Display Brightness and Bassy problem

Hi

I just bought an MPC1000 second hand, it's in very good condition but I have a couple of problems..

1. The display was looking fine for the first 10mins of usage. But when I was performing a basic function (trimming a sample), the screen suddenly faded significantly until it is hardly visible. I tried switching off and back on but it's still faded.

2. Having recorded a sample from vinyl, when I play it back through the MPC, the sample has no hi end frequencies, like it's been pass through a high pass filter. All the EQ settings - ie Master etc seem to be off.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

1. maybe you accidentially changed the screen brightness, should be shift+jogwheel (on JJ OS its stop+wheel, cant remember what it was, should be in the manual)

2. Did you connect your turntable directly to your mpc? You have to have a preamp in between, like a dj mixer.

Hi

Thanks for replying.

Yeah I sorted out the screen brightness problem.

I have my turntable connected through a mixer - I also use this setup to record sounds into Logic on my computer and have never had this EQ problem. Any other suggestions?

Nathan

Does the problem occur with other sources too? I know, stupid question since its running through the mixer, but i got no better idea... if its not the signal it has to be the jacks.