Phil O'Keefe Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Interesting. My PS-3s do this. I've always found it annoying, but not enough to stop using PS-3s. That pedal could poop on my foot every time I turned it on, and I would probably just live with it. If you're willing to put up with that, you must REALLY like the PS-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philip G Posted October 6, 2021 Members Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hi Guys - regarding the auto-switch on of Boss pedals when connected to power, it's official, it's just how they work. I got this reply from Roland Corporation: 5 Oct 2021, 02:04 GMT-7 Hi Philip, Thanks for getting in touch. Sorry to hear that you are considering returning the OC-5. Please rest assured, that there is nothing wrong with your pedal, this is just how it functions. Many of the pedals in the BOSS compact range switch on automatically when connected. I appreciate this may be a little inconvenient to your needs. I can only apologise for this. Kind regards Huw Roland Customer Support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taoengine Posted April 30, 2022 Members Share Posted April 30, 2022 This is in response to all those asking "why the heck does it matter?" It matters because if you are using a large pedal array which contains some of the boss units that "auto-on" (also some older DOD units do this too BTW), and have your series of pedals dialed in and activated/stacked how you like them, and you lose power or shut down the board, it actually is a pain in the neck to have to switch off all the pedals you weren't using for that session just to get back to your starting place. •Imagine if every time you turned on your guitar amp, the reverb button self activated, even though you'd switched it off. If you are a pedal person, and use a pedal array, having a bunch of pedals that self activate upon start up really is annoying. If you're using one or two pedals, I agree, not big deal. But it sucks to have to toe click a half dozen pedals before you can jam. The Metal Zone does this too, and if you forget that its on automatically you'll get blasted sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted May 6, 2022 Members Share Posted May 6, 2022 The above fits if you turn on your board, then start playing the gig within 10 seconds of powering up. If that's what you do, then you deserve having to press maybe 5 or 6 pedals off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Walter AMGN Posted July 8, 2022 Members Share Posted July 8, 2022 I have a brand new CE-5 it arrived yestarday, it is on when i turn the psa on, not a big deal, im not in a rush to play. If it is such a big problem, use it with a batery... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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