A4 Mk1 - Should the screen turn off?

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
#1

Just purchased an A4 Mk1, and I am loving it, but I’m a little concerned about the life span of the screen, since a) obviously I purchased it used, and b) I’m the type of person who likes to leave my gear turned on for a long periods of time.

I searched around a little bit here, plus looked through the (1.50) manual, but couldn’t find a real answer. Is the screen supposed to turn off after a period of idle time?

I saw a post confirming that the Mk2 turns off after an hour of idle time, however I left my Mk1 idle for at least 2 hours yesterday and it did not turn off. Is there a setting I can’t find?

#2

AFAIK there is no screen saver on the mk1 versions… I have my a4 and ar since 2014/2015 and no problems with the screens. I turn them off when not in use…

#3

It’s a Mk2 thing only because afaik the newer panels are more prone to screen burn. It was never added to the Mk1s.

#4

Thanks for the responses. Sounds like I shouldn’t worry too much about it.
But just to be safe, I will be worrying about it a lot :wink:

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#5

Screens of my AnalogKeys and AnalogRytm mkI are diying, it takes times but it is on a pretty good way…so i would say that turned on or off, it is like those mkI screens were made to slowly but surely die.

#6

The mk1s, silver boxes and the Models have backlit LCD screens that don’t suffer from burn-in. It’s an OLED problem (the Digis and mk2s have OLED screens).

LCDs on the other hand can fade over time. I think there’s probably a pot on the board (you’d have to open it up to get to it) which you can adjust to increase the contrast on them.

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