Yamaha Arius YDP-161 manual

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    DIC565 YDP-161 YDP-141 For information on assembling the keyboard stand, refer to the instructions at the end of this manual. IMPORT ANT — Check y our power suppl y — (YDP-161) 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 selector may be pr ovided on the [...]

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    2 ENGLISH[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 4 ENGLISH (7)-1 1/2 PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this ma nual in a safe place for future r efer ence. WA R N I N G Always follow the basic precauti ons listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or oth[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 5 ENGLISH (7)-1 2/2 CAUTION Always follow the basic precaut ions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injur y to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property . These precautio ns include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a[...]

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    6 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH About this Owner’ s Manual Thank you for purchasing the Y a maha Digita l Piano! We recommend that you read this manual car efully so that you can take full advantage of the advanced and c onv enient functions of your new digital piano. We also recommend that you keep this manual in a safe, convenient place [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 7 ENGLISH T able of Contents Introduction About this Owner’ s Manual.......... .......... 6 T able of Contents ............ ............... ........ 7 Features .................... ................ .............. 8 Accessories ................ ................ .............. 8 Panel Controls and T erminals ...........[...]

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    8 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Features Accessories *1 The PRODUCT ID on the sheet will be needed when you fill out the User Registration form. *2 Included or optional depending on locale. ■ T uning Unlike an acoustic piano, this instrument does not need to be tuned. It always stays per fectly in tune. ■ Tr a n s p o r t i n g If you mo[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 9 ENGLISH Panel Controls and T erminals PHONES MIDI IN OUT PEDAL Rear side Right (higher key side) Left (lower key side) Front (keybo ard side) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) !@ # # $ YDP-1 61 YDP-1 41 Front (keyboard side) 1 [ ] sw itch ............. ................ ............... page 1 1 Power switch(YDP-161) / Standby/On swi[...]

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    10 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Before Using the Digital Piano Key Cover T o open the key cover: Lift the cover slightly , then push and slide it open. T o close the key cover: Slide the cover toward you and gently lower the cover over the keys. CAUTION • Hold the cover with both hands whe n opening or closing it. Do not release it until [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Before U sing the Digi tal Piano 11 ENGLISH T urning the Power On 1 Make sure that the [ ] switch is turned off. 2 Make sure that the power cord is connected to the rear panel connector (page 35). 3 Insert the plug on the othe r end of the power cord in to a standa rd AC outlet. 4 Press the [ ] switch on the right end o[...]

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    Before Using the Digital Piano 12 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Setting the V olume When you star t playing, adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] control to the most comfortable liste ning level. CAUTION • Do not use this instrument at a high volume level for a long period of time, or your hearing may be damaged. Using Headphones Connect a pair of h[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 13 ENGLISH Listening to the Demo Songs For more infor mation on ho w to adjust the tempo of the demo song p layback, see page 21. The demo songs will not be transmitted vi a MIDI. Demo songs ca nnot be used with the Part select func tion. Demo songs are provided that ef fectively demonstrate each of this instrument’ s[...]

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    14 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs This digital piano provides per formance data for 50 piano songs as well as voice demo songs. Y ou can simply listen to these songs. Y ou ca n also refer to the included “50 Greats for the Piano” that contains scores for 50 piano preset songs. T u rning part playback on [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 15 ENGLISH Listening to Songs Loaded from the Computer Y ou can transfer song data from your computer to this in strument and play back the songs. (See page 28 for more information on loading song data from the computer .) Y ou can load up to 10 songs or up to 84 5 KB of data fr om the computer . Use the follo wing tabl[...]

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    16 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Selecting & Playing V oices Selecting V oices T o understand the characteristics of various voices, listen to demo songs for each voic e (page 13). Selecting a voice automatically en gages the best-suit ed reverb type and depth (page 18) for that particular voice. Press and r elease the [PIANO/VOICE] butt[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Selectin g & Play ing Voices 17 ENGLISH Using the Pedals If the damper pedal doesn’ t work, make sure that the pedal cord is properly plugged into the main unit (page 35). Organ and str ing voices will continue t o sound for as long as the sost enuto pedal is depressed. Damper (Right) pedal The damper pedal functi[...]

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    Select ing & Pl aying Voi ces 18 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Adding V ariations to the Sound – Reverb This control enables you to select various digital reverb ef fect s that ad d extra depth and expression to the sound to create a realistic acoustic ambience. Selecting a reverb type While holding down the [PIANO/VOICE] button, press[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Selectin g & Play ing Voices 19 ENGLISH Layering T wo V oices (Dual mode) Y ou can layer two voices and play them simultaneously to create a thicker and suppler sound. 1 Engage D ual mo de. Y ou cannot assign the same voice to Voice 1 and V oice 2 simultaneou sly in Dual mode. Rev erb in Dual mode The reve rb type a[...]

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    Select ing & Pl aying Voi ces 20 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH T ransposition Y our digital piano’ s T ranspose function make s it possible to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or down in semitone intervals up to a maximum of six semitones, and lets you easily match the pitch of the keyboard to the range of a singer or other in[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Selectin g & Play ing Voices 21 ENGLISH Using the Metronome Y our digital piano features a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) that is convenient for practicing. 1 Press the [METRONOME ] button to turn on the metronome. Start the metronome. Determinin g the time signat ure While holding down t[...]

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    Select ing & Pl aying Voi ces 22 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH T o reset t he tempo to default value of 120 wh ile the metronome is stopped , press the [METRONOME], [+ R] and [– L] buttons simultaneo usly . Set ting range: C1 (1) ~ G2 (20 ) Default set ting: G  1 (10) Resetting the te mpo to default: While the metronome is playing, [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 23 ENGLISH Recording Y our Per formance Y our digital piano’ s recording function enables you to recor d your perfor mance of one song. The recorded perfor mance is called the “user son g.” Y ou can recor d up to two pa rts separately . For example, you can record the left-hand and right-hand parts separat ely . O[...]

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    Recording Your Perf ormance 24 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH 3 Start recording. Recording starts as soon as you play the keyboard. Alternat ively , press the [PLA Y] button to start recording. The [REC] button indicator lights up steadily , and the indicator for the recording part flashes at the current tempo.(If data exists in the part you [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Recording Your Perf ormance 25 ENGLISH Playing Back Recorded Per formance Data If the user song contains no data, pr essing the [P LA Y] button will no t start playback. 1 Press the [PLAY] but ton. The [PLA Y] button indicator and the indicator for the part that contains data light up, and the recorded part starts playi[...]

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    26 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Listening to a Specified Part / Practicing a One-Hand Part The following songs feature separate right- ([+ R]) and left- hand ([– L]) parts on ind ividual channels. Y ou can turn the right- ([+ R]) and left-hand ([– L]) parts on or off as desired, in order to practice on the keyb oard the corresponding pa[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 27 ENGLISH Connecting MIDI Instruments Y our digital piano features MIDI connectors. Using the MIDI fu nctions enable s you to access a variety of musical genres. About MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Inte r face) is a global format standa rd for performance data tran smission and reception between electronic musi[...]

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    Connecting MIDI Instruments 28 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Connecting the Digital Piano to a Computer Connecting the digital piano to a computer usin g the MIDI connectors enables you to tran sfer MIDI data between the piano and the computer . This connection requires that you have ap pr opriate application software installed on the comput[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Connecting MIDI Instruments 29 ENGLISH While Musicsoft Downlo ader is operating, the [REC] an d [PLA Y] button indica tors on the piano l ight up. Before you use thi s instrumen t, close the Musicsoft Do wnloader windo w and quit the appl ication. Do not manua lly change the file name by usin g a computer; doi ng so wil[...]

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    30 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH MIDI Functions Y ou ca n make detailed adjustments to MIDI settings. MIDI T ransmit/Receive Channel Selection In any MIDI control setup, the MIDI channels of the transmitting and receiving equipment must be matched for proper data transfer . This parameter enables you to specify the channel on whic h the digi[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual MIDI Functions 31 ENGLISH Program Change ON/OFF Normally t his instrument will respond to MIDI program chang e numbers received from an external keyboard or other MIDI device, causing the correspondingly-numbered voice to be selected on the corresponding channel (the keyboard voice does not change). This instrument will[...]

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    32 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH T roubleshooting Options BC-100 Bench A comfortable bench styled to match your Y amaha digital piano. UX16 USB-MIDI interface HPE-150 Headphones Problem Possible Cause and Solu tion This instrument does not turn on. This instrument has not been plugged in properly . (YDP-161 ) Securely insert the female plug [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 33 ENGLISH Keyboard Stand Assembly CAUTION • Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all par ts in the correct direction. Please assemble in accordance with the sequence given below . • Assembly should be carried out by at least two persons. • Assemble the stand on a hard and flat floor with ample [...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 34 Keyboard Stand Assembly ENGLISH 2 Attach B. Depending on the model o f digital piano you purchased, the surface color of one side of B may be differ ent from the other side. In this case, position B so that the side of the sur face color similar to D and E faces the player . 2-1 Place the lower side of B on each foot[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual Keyboard Stand Assembly 35 ENGLISH 6 Connect the pedal cord. 6-1 Insert the pedal cord pl ug to the [PEDAL] jack from the rear. 6-2 Attach the cord holders to the rear panel as shown, then clip the cord into the holders. 6-3 Use a vinyl tie to take up any slack in the pedal cord. 7 Connect the power cord (for YDP-161) o[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 36 Keyboard Stand Assembly ENGLISH 8 Set the adjuster. Rotate the adjuster until it comes in firm c ontact with the floor surface. 9 Attach the headphone hanger. (for YDP-161 only) Use the included two screws 5 (4 × 10mm) to attach the hanger as shown in the illustration below . ■ After completing the assembly , plea[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 37 ENGLISH INDEX Numerics 50 Piano Preset Songs ............... ................. .............. 14 A AC IN ............. ................. ................. .................... ..... 9 Accessories ............. .................... ................ .............. 8 Adjust Keyboard Touch .......... ....................[...]

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    38 YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH FRANÇAIS ESP AÑOL Specifications • Specifications and descriptions in this owner’ s manual are for information purposes only . Y amaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or speci fications at any time without prior not ice. Since specifications, equipment or options may not be the sam[...]

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    YDP-161/141 Owner’s Manual 39 (weee_eu) YDP-161 (2 wires) • This applies only to products distributed by Y amaha- Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd. YDP-141 (standby) Information for Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment This symbol on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic pr oducts s[...]

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    DIC565 YDP-161 YDP-141 For information on assembling the keyboard stand, refer to the instructions at the end of this manual. IMPORT ANT — Check y our power suppl y — (YDP-161) 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 selector may be pr ovided on the [...]