Tony,

you find my comments written inline.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

> I just picked up a USED A-112 and on arrival I noticed 2 things
> that troubled me...
>
> One lead off the battery has corroded a bit and snapped from the
> battery terminal.
> I replaced the lead and soldered it directly to the battery
> terminal. The battery reads 3.8V with no load.
> Should I be concerned that there was corrosion on the battery
> lead, or is this common. The unit looks to be pretty old, and has
> alot of wear. Perhaps it was not properly stored at some point

Though the voltage of the battery seems to be OK I'd recommend to replace it
betimes. The reported corrosion is an indication that the part should be
replaced. It is available as a spare part from your local Doepfer
representative.

>
> A cap that was soldered to the backside of the unit has broken
> from one of it's connections. This had to have happened during
> packing as the bubble wrap was very tightly wrapped around the
> module. It appeared to have been connected across the pins of the
> "LP ON" jumper. I reconnected.

You are right: this additional capacitor has to be soldered across the
jumper J1.

> I just want to confirm that I have reconnected the cap in the
> correct position.
>
> Thanx a heap!
>
> Tony