Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product YPP-50 Yamaha
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IMPORTANT Check your power supply Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In some areas a voltage selec- tor may be provided on the rear panel of the main keyboard unit. Make sure that the voltage selector is set for the voltage in your area.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
lntroduction Thank you for choosing a Yamaha YPP-50 Personal Electronic Piano. Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument that employs advanced Yamaha music technology. With the proper care, it will give you many years of musical pleasure.
2 KEYBOARD STAND ASSEMBLY NOTE: Although the YPP-50 keyboard stand can be assembled by a single person, the job is much easier with two people. Open the box and remove all the parts. On opening the box you should find the parts shown in the illustration.
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4 Attach the stand assembly to the main unit (A). Turn the assembled stand upside down and place it on top of the main unit (which should also be upside-down) with the feet extending toward the keyboard side of the main unit. The tops of the side panels fit into the recessed areas at the ends of the main unit.
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TAKING CARE OF YOUR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PIANO Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument, and deserves the most careful treatment. Observe the following points and your Personal Electronic Piano will sound and look great for many years.
Voice Selectors The YPP-50 has eight voice selectors. Simply press any of the voice selectors to select the corresponding voice. The LED indicator above the voice selector will light to indicate which voice is currently selected.
ENJOY THE DEMONSTRATION To give you an idea of the YPP-50’s sophisticated capabilities, it is programmed with a demonstration sequence which plays automatically while demonstrating some of the instrument’s voices. Short segments of the following pieces are included: l 24 Preludes No.
PITCH CONTROL Pitch control makes it possible to tune the Personal Electronic Piano over a ±50-cent range in approximately 3-cent intervals. A hundred “cents” equals one semitone, so the tuning range provided allows fine tuning of overall pitch over a range of approximately a semitone.
MIDI FUNCTIONS A Brief Introduction to MIDI MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a world- standard communication interface that allows MIDI-compatible musical instruments and equipment to share musical information and control one another.
Setting the Personal Electronic Piano MIDI Channels 1. Press and hold the MIDI/TRANSPOSE button. 2. Press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the desired MIDI transmit or receive channel.
The Multi-Timbre Mode The Multi-Timbre mode is a special mode in which the Personal Electronic Piano voices can be independently controlled on different MIDI channel numbers (1 through 10) by an external MIDI device such as the Yamaha EMQ-1 Memory Box.
TROUBLESHOOTING MIDI DATA FORMAT If you encounter what appears to be a malfunction, please check the following points before assuming that your Personal Elec- tronic Piano is faulty. 1. No Sound When the Power is Turned ON Is the AC plug properly connected to an AC wall outlet? Check the AC connection carefully.
SPECIFICATIONS * Specifications subject to change without notice. YPP-50 KEYBOARD 76 KEYS (E 0 ~ G 6 ) VOICE SELECTORS PIANO, E.PIANO, HARPSICHORD, VIBES, STRINGS, BRASS, P.
YAMAHA [ Personal Electronic Piano ] Date : 7/28, 1989 Model YPP50 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.0 Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function Basic Default 1 1 Channel Changed 1–16 1-16 Default.
FCC INFORMATION (USA) While the following statements are provided to comply with FCC Regulations in the United States, the corrective measures listed are applicable worldwide.
YAMAHA YAMAHA CORPORATlON P.O. Box 1, Hamamatsu, Japan 909 VI27370 Printed in Japan.
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