Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AVANTGRAND N2 Yamaha
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Before using this instrument, be sure to read “PRECAUTIONS” on pages 6 – 7. N3: When assembling or transporting the unit, consult a qualified AvantGrand dealer. (Refer to page 41 for the assembly instructions.) Achten Sie darauf, vor Einsatz dieses Instruments die „VORSICHTSMASSNAHMEN“ auf Seiten 6-7 durchzulesen.
2 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual SPECIAL MESSA GE SECTION PR ODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Y amaha electronic products may hav e either labels similar to the graphics sho wn below or molded/stamped f acsimiles of these graph- ics on the enclosure. The e xplanation of these graphics appears on this page.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 3 The abov e warning is located on the bottom of the unit. Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is int.
4 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH H ybrid Piano Combining ov er one hundr ed y ears of superb piano craftsmanship with the latest advanced technologies, Y amaha is proud to introduce a true hybrid acoustic/ digital piano that meets the demands of contemporary musicians.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 5 ENGLISH T able of Contents PRECA UTIONS .......................................................... 6 Introduction P anel Controls and T erminals ......................................8 Playing the Keyboar d ..............
6 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a safe place f or future ref erence. W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 7 ENGLISH •T ake care that the key cover does not pinch your fingers, and do not insert a finger or hand in any gaps on the fallboard or instrument. • Never insert or drop paper , metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the fallboard, panel or keyboard.
8 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH P anel Controls and T er minals Over view N3 Jacks and Terminals (page 9) Po w er switch (page 12) Control panel (page 9) P edals (page 14) Music rest (page 15) L.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 9 P anel Controls and T erminals ENGLISH Control Panel q [MASTER V OLUME] control ....................... page 12 w Displa y ................................................... See below . e [RECORD] button.................
10 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Playing the K eyboar d 1 Connecting the power cor d 1-1 S et the voltage selector and insert the pow er cord plug to the [AC IN] connector . Refer to the “P anel Controls and T erminals” on page 8 for information on the location of the [AC IN] connector .
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 11 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 2 Opening the fallboard U sing the hand grip on the front, lift open the fallboard. 3 Opening the lid One long stay and one short stay are pro vided on the lid. Use one of them to open the lid to the desired angle.
12 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 3-1 Raise the music rest (page 15). 3-2 Open the lid up as far as it will go. 4 T urning the power on T urn on the switch located on the bottom left of the keyboar d to turn the power on. ↓ The [PO WER] indicator located below the left end of the keyboard lights up .
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 13 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 6 T urning the power off T urn the switch off . ↓ The [PO WER] indicator turns off. 7 Closing the lid 7-1 Hold the lid stay and car efully raise the lid. 7-2 H old the lid in its raised position and lo wer the lid stay .
14 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano . Damper (Right) P edal The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 15 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH To raise the music rest: 1 Gently open the front portion of lid. 2 P ull the music rest up and toward yourself until it remains at the desired angle. The music rest is latched at angles of 35 degrees and 70 degrees.
16 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Listening to the P r eset Songs This instrument features a variety of built-in piano preset songs. Y ou can simply listen to these songs. 1 Engage the Preset Song mode. While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press the [+] or [-] button until “ P01 ” appears on the display .
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 17 Listening to the Pr eset Songs ENGLISH Select and start playback songs fr om the keyboard Y ou can also select and start playback songs by pressing the keys. ● Play back a particular song: While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press one of the C2–A2 keys.
18 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Basic O perations and M or e The following instructions pro vide all you need to know about the instrument to take full advantage of its versatile and sophisticated functions. Pr ess and release the [PIANO/V OICE] button to select the Grand P iano 1 voice.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 19 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Demo songs are pro vided that effectively demonstrate each of this instrument’ s voices. 1 Engage the Demo Song mode. While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press the [+] or [-] button until the “ d01 ” appears on the display .
20 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument features a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) that is convenient for practicing. 1 Start the metronome. Pr ess the [METRONOME] button to turn on the metronome.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 21 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH 2 Stop the metronome. T urn off the metronome b y pressing the [METR ONOME] button. Normal setting: 0/4 (No downbeat) Adjusting the time signature While holding down the [METR ONOME] button, press one of the C3–F3 keys.
22 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can select four different types of keyboard touch sensitivity — HARD, MEDIUM, SOFT or FIXED — to match different playing styles and prefer ences. While holding down the [PIANO/V OICE] button, press one of the A6–C7 keys to select the desired touch sensitivity .
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 23 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument features a special TRS (T actile Response System) that enables you to feel the natural vibration or reso- nance of the instrument when you play the keyboard, just as on an actual acoustic piano.
24 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument’ s T ranspose function makes it possible to easily match the pitch of the keyboar d in semitone intervals to the range of a singer or other instruments. F or example, if you set the transposition amount to “5,” playing key C produces pitch F .
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 25 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play this instrument along with other instruments or CD music. ● To tune up (in about 0.2Hz steps): While holding down the [FUNCTION] button, press the [+] button.
26 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can select various scales. Equal T emperament is the most common contemporar y piano tuning scale. Ho wever , his- tory has known numerous other scales, many of which serve as the basis for certain genres of music.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 27 ENGLISH R ecor ding y our P erfor mance This instrument’ s recor ding function enables you to record your performance. F ollow the steps below to recor d and play back your performance. 1 Select a v oice for the recording.
28 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH 3 Start recording. Recor ding starts as soon as you play the keyboard. Alternatively , press the [PL A Y/STOP] button to start recor ding. ↓ The [RECORD] button indicator and the [PLA Y/ST OP] button indicator light up.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 29 Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH The recorded user song data on this instrument can be saved to a USB flash memory device. Before using a USB flash memory device, be sure to read “P recautions when using the USB [ T O DEVICE] terminal” on page 30.
30 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH Precautions when using the USB [TO DEVICE] terminal This instrument features a built-in USB [TO DE VICE] terminal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB device with care.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 31 ENGLISH Listening to songs in USB Flash M emor y Y ou can conveniently connect a USB flash memor y device to the instrument and listen to songs recorded to that device (on a computer). Y ou can also save your recor ded per formances on the instrument to the connected device and play those songs back as well.
32 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Listening to songs in USB Flash M emor y ENGLISH “ U xx”: The smallest number among U00–U99 is selected. If there are no any “ U xx” songs, the smallest number among F00– F99 is selected. If a USB flash memory device is not con- nected or there are no USB songs, the “ Usr ” song is selected.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 33 ENGLISH Fo r matting USB Flash M emor y Certain USB flash memor y devices may require formatting befor e they can be used by this instr ument. If you format a USB flash memory that already contains data, all of the data will be erased.
34 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Backing up D ata and I nitializing the Settings The following data will be saved to internal memory of the instrument.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 35 ENGLISH Connections q [PHONES] jacks A set of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in her e for private practice. Refer to “U sing Headphones (option)” on page 14 for more information. w USB [T O DEVICE] terminal This terminal is for connection to USB storage devices.
36 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Connections ENGLISH r A UX IN [L/L+R] [R] jacks The stereo outputs from another instrument can be connected to these jacks, allowing the sound of an external instrument to be reproduced via the N3/N2’ s speakers. Refer to the diagram below and use audio cables to make the connections.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 37 ENGLISH About MIDI MIDI (M usical Instrument Digital Interface) is a global format standard for performance data transmission and reception between electronic musical instruments.
38 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual About MIDI ENGLISH “Local Control” r efers to the fact that, normally , the keyboard of this instrument controls its internal tone generator , allowing the internal voices to be played directly from the keyboard.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 39 ENGLISH M essage List * When an operation (such as saving or data tr ansfer) is in process, the displa y shows a sequence of flashing dashes. * Press the [+] or [-] button to e xit from these message displays. Message Comment 001 Indicates failure in accessing the USB flash memory or media.
40 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Tr oubleshooting * The message list (page 39) is also provided f or your reference . Problem P ossible Cause and Solution The instrument does not tur n on.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 41 ENGLISH N3: Assembling the U nit • Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all parts in the correct orientation. Please assemble in accordance with the sequence given below . • Assembly should be carried out by at least three persons.
42 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual N3: Assembling the U nit ENGLISH 4 Set the piano upright. 5 Attach and securel y tighten the left front leg with the bolts while holding the piano firmly . 6 Attach the pedal brace r ods. F ind the threaded bores on the bottom of the unit, and securely tighten the screws to attach the rods.
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 43 ENGLISH S pecifications * Specifications and descriptions in this owner’ s manual are for inf or mation pur poses only . Y amaha Cor p . reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice.
44 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH I ndex A AC IN .......................................................................... 10 A ccessories ...................................................................... 5 Assembly (N3) ...................
N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 45 ENGLISH Information f or Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment This symbol on the products, pac kaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with gener al household waste.
46 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifi- cations not expressly appro ved by Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product.
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