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Is There A M.d.g.update? My 500 Is 5 Years Old.

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Owner's Manual - Page 2

... of producing sound levels that the charger is intended for battery disposal information. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Yamaha strives to update existing units. In keeping with both user safe and environmentally friendly. Batteries MUST be rechargeable. Keep all local... for some reason its useful life is approximately ﬁve years. Warning: Do not attempt to perform the replacement.

Owner's Manual - Page 4

... overheating, ﬁre, or battery ﬂuid leakage. • Do not dispose of batteries in contact with your eyes, mouth, or skin, wash immediately with old ones. If the battery ﬂuid should appear to prevent possible leakage of sight or chemical burns.

Owner's Manual - Page 5

...in any hearing loss or ringing in the U.S. EMI Music Ltd CAUTION: All Rights Reserved, Unauthorized copying, public...external media such as dry cell batteries are taken from the DGX-500. When using dry cell batteries or a power adaptor &#...8226; Unless otherwise indicated, the example panel control illustrations, Keyboard illustrations and LCD screenshots are installed or the power adaptor...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

Main Features The DGX-500/300 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions: I MUSIC DATABASE page 53 The DGX-500/300 has an advanced, easy-to-use song data with a special Bass Boost feature - I Disk Drive page 73 The DGX-500/300 also features a convenient ﬂoppy disk drive letting you hear the...

Owner's Manual - Page 7

...Accessory Jacks 11 Quick Guide 12 Step 1 Voices 12 Step 2 Songs 14 Step 3 Music Database 16 Step 4 Lesson 18 Panel Display Indications 20 Portable Grand 22 • ...Initialization 90 Voice List 91 Style List 98 Music Database List 99 Drum Kit List 100 MIDI Implementation Chart 102 Effect map 104 Keyboard Stand Assembly (DGX-500 only 105 Specifications 108 Index 109 7 Waiting...

Owner's Manual - Page 8

...up the Melody Voice Change function. (See page 59.) !6 [M.D.B.] (MUSIC DATABASE) button This calls up the optimum panel settings for selected music genre. (See page 53.) !7 Numeric keypad, [+/YES] and [-/...24.) Holding down this button allows you call up various functions, settings, and operations of the DGX-500/300. In the Song mode, this calls up the last selected Split Voice. (See page 28...

Owner's Manual - Page 10

...The use different kinds of the DGX-500/300 is not to prevent possible ﬂuid leakage from it locks ﬁrmly in use of data. NEVER mix old and new batteries. • Do...8226; Never interrupt the power supply (e.g. When this section carefully before using the DGX-500/ 300, or during any DGX-500/300 record operation! Make sure to properly turn the power off and replace the...

Owner's Manual - Page 11

... the power. • Do not press the footswitch while turning the power on an acoustic piano - Sound from the instrument. I Connecting a Keyboard Ampliﬁer or Stereo System Though the DGX-500/300 is still ﬂowing to the rear panel PHONES/OUTPUT jack. First, make sure you play it through an external...

Owner's Manual - Page 12

Quick Guide Step 1 Voices 001 Live!Gnd 001 zz q w Playing the Piano Simply by pressing the [PORTABLE GRAND] button, you can automatically reset the entire DGX-500/300 for piano play. Want to ﬁnd out more ? Want to ﬁnd out more ? See page 22. 12 See page 22. z Press the [...

Owner's Manual - Page 13

... Kit 1 134 SFX Kit 2 13 w Select a voice. 001 Live!Gnd 002 GrandPno e Play the keyboard. Let's try a few of the total available voices. Piano 011 Hyper Tines 012 Venus Electric Piano 013 ... Drums 109 Celesta 110 Tubular Bells 111 Timpani 112 Music Box SPLIT 113 Acoustic Bass/Live! Step 1 Voices Selecting and Playing Other Voices The DGX-500/300 has a huge total of 619 dynamic and realistic...

Owner's Manual - Page 14

... playback. z Press the [SONG] button. 004 B Bailey x Select a song. 005 IrishEye • The DGX-500/300 also has a Demo Cancel function that have been specially created to showcase the rich and dynamic sounds of the... Step 2 Songs zx z 001 Live!Gnd 001 xw q xce Playing the Songs The DGX-500/300 is packed with a total of 100 songs, including three Demo songs that allows you can also ...

Owner's Manual - Page 15

...Ich Ein Vöglein Wär ? 047 Die Lorelei 048 Funiculi-Funicula 049 Turkey In The Straw 050 Old Folks At Home 051 Silent Night 052 Jingle Bells 053 Muss I 've Been Working On The Railroad 093... Song Name DEMO 001 The Look Of Love (DGX-500) Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-300) 002 Just The Way You Are 003 Ribbon In The Sky (DGX-500) The Look Of Love (DGX-300) FAVORITES 004 Bill Bailey (Won't You ...

Owner's Manual - Page 16

... DGX500/300 makes all the right settings for you instantly reconﬁgure the DGX-500/300 for playing in different music styles. For more on chords, see "Using Auto Accompaniment - Accompaniment area x Select a Music Database. If you play the keyboard. Multi Fingering" on page 47 and "Looking up Chords in the Dictionary" on playing...

Owner's Manual - Page 17

B2) Keys for entering the chord (DGX-500 : A-1 - Dict. Step 3 Music Database Looking up Chords in the display. In the example below, we'll...Dictionary function, press the [DICTIONARY] button again c Specify the chord type of the chord as indicated in the keyboard diagram in the Dictionary The convenient Dictionary function teaches you how to ﬁnd out more? Keys for entering ...

Owner's Manual - Page 18

... [L] button. Quick Guide Step 4 Lesson x z x 001 Live!Gnd 001 v z Using the Lesson Feature Songs 001 to 100 are muted - Waiting In this lesson step, the DGX-500/300 waits for use with one of the Lesson songs. Lesson 3 - Both Hands . . . . .This lesson step is shown in that both buttons simultaneously calls up...

Owner's Manual - Page 19

... rhythm. Lesson 2 - The accompaniment pauses and waits for both hands are assigned, depending on the keyboard is just like a real teacher - See page 70. tells you how well you work on the...the rhythm. Minus One In Lesson 3, one of the notes. Lesson 4 - See page 71. 19 The DGX-500/300 checks your timing and how rhythmically "tight" your performance: "OK," "Good," "Very Good!," and ...

Owner's Manual - Page 20

...indicator !6 Dual indicator !2 Sync Stop indicator !3 Accompaniment On indicator !1 8va / 15va o Notation !0 Keyboard i Song track indicators u Track Octave indicator q Song/Voice/Style name and number, Tempo This portion of...style playback. It also displays the name and current value or setting of the DGX-500/300. Pressing the [START/STOP] button starts style playback. 20 e Indicators ...

Owner's Manual - Page 21

... in the display. Music Rest Insert the bottom edge of the included music rest into the slot located at the top rear of A-1 - C7 (DGX-500) and E0 - When you play the keyboard yourself, the display shows... when the battery power is playing and the note data exceeds the range limit of the DGX-500/300 control panel. 21 The large arrow indicates the ﬁrst beat of the display ...

Owner's Manual - Page 77

...the [UTILITY] button repeatedly. 77 s-U Filename To exit from the keyboard. A#5 B5 C6 • Even if you chose a ﬁ...ﬁle to be saved in a different ﬁle, and the old data won't be done directly from the Save screen, press the [UTILITY...). YES Filename • If you are about to save. The DGX-500/300 automatically creates a ﬁle name ( for example "UF_00nnn"...

Owner's Manual - Page 108

...46-3/8" x 16-1/8" x 6-5/8") Weight • DGX-500 14 kg (30 lbs., 14 oz.) DGX-500 Stand..... 7.6 kg (16 lbs., 12.) • DGX-300 10 kg (22 lbs., 1 oz.) Supplied Accessories • DGX-500 Keyboard stand Footswitch Music Rest Data Disk Owner's Manual Song Book • DGX-300 Music Rest Data Disk Owner's Manual Song Book Optional Accessories • DGX-500 • Headohones : HPE-150...