Yamaha PSR-540 Support Question
Yamaha PSR-540 Support Question
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Question posted by fregroldsworld on January 31st, 2012
Floppy Drive Doesn't Work, Except The Light.
The floppy disk drive light comes on (and stays on) when the keyboard is turned on, but the drive doesn't function. I have attempted to replace the drive with a generic floppy drive that I pulled out of an old computer to no avail. I'm not sure if this is even the correct approach, and didn't want to spend money on a new drive if this is the wrong way to go. I was afraid maybe there's a short in the keyboard, or some such business. The floppy drive, however, is the only non-functioning part of the keyboard.
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Related Yamaha PSR-540 Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 4
The Yamaha PSR-540 PortaTone combines the most of your PSR-540.
• PSR-540
• Music Stand (page 14)
• Sample Disk
• Owner's Manual
4
2 Keep the manual in... described.
Congratulations! Packing List
Please check that these items have been packed with maximum musical enjoyment. In order to make the most advanced tone generation technology with state-of-theart...
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...and other details. It will help you master the PSR-540. Read through the features you're interested in, then turn to your music. Panel operations are exceptionally quick and easy, especially with... and functions, yet it's also exceptionally easy to best use them floppy disk as to how to explore its capabilities and how to use , and each function - Basic operations
• The PSR-540 is ...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... echo effects. (→ Page 50)
Disk Drive
• The PSR-540 also features a built-in disk drive that lets you enhance your right-hand ...Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a worldwide standard interface that any data conforming to the standard will play accurately on any GM-compatible tone generator or synthesizer from a connected keyboard. (→ Page 108) * Connect the PSR-540...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... so may cause hearing loss. CAUTION
• Connect the PSR-540 to switch sustain on and off power for data backup.
• The floppy disk drive, in particular, uses a large amount of power, so it to external equipment only after the notes have a long decay after turning off . Audio equipment connections
s PHONES/OUTPUT jack A standard pair...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
... at its maximum level when the batteries are provided.
1 Turn the power ON by pressing the [STANDBY/ON] switch. When you are not using the PSR-540 for Blue Sky Rider Songs Administered by Famous Music Corporation, Ensign Music Corporation, TCF Music Publishing, Inc., Fox Film Music Corporation and Blue Sky Rider Songs All Rights for a long...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
.../Message Display and "Easy Navigator"
Depending on the selected function or operation, the PSR-540 shows a variety of displays and indications. Let's take a look at some examples: q Voice
Press the [VOICE R1] button.
001 Grand Piano
CHORD
mdiMm67aug15s11u39s4
BACK
NEXT
EASY
TRACK(1~16)
START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL
VOICE LR12
0~9
STYLE
/YES SONG...
Owner's Manual - Page 19
... menus in the display. Format OK? q Disk
Basic Operation
Insert an unformatted disk into the disk drive.
F1 Multi Pad
CHORD
dim mM
67aug15s11u39s4
BACK
NEXT
EASY
TRACK(1~16)
START/STOP KEYBOARD NAVIGATOR PART DIAL
VOICE LR12
0~9
STYLE
/YES SONG
FUNCTION
In this case you can select the function by turning the data dial, or move the cursor...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
... power is turned on.) The Style mode is used for playing/ indicating chords. In the Disk mode, no...PSR-540 has several fundamentally different conditions (or methods of these condition is on, the recording starts as soon as you play a key on the keyboard... the [SONG] button or inserting the disk that contains song data into the disk drive. Record Mode
Select this mode by pressing...
Owner's Manual - Page 26
... R1.
002 Bright Piano
3 Play the keyboard and adjust the volume.
26
24 Refer to the keyboard and play . Playing Voices
The PSR-540 has a huge selection of this manual (page 123).
Try out the different voices referring to the voice list at the end of various musical instrument voices which you can play them...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
...Muting
The PSR-540 has eight accompaniment tracks - Individual accompaniment tracks can be turned OFF ...You'll find guitar, piano and other extras that style will light. q PHRASE 1, PHRASE 2 This is the abbreviation of the ...that you play the keyboard with your right hand performance. By turning the tracks OFF and...keyboard-played voice.
4 Stop the accompaniment (page 33).
• [ACMP] is ...
Owner's Manual - Page 54
...the Registration Banks page 56
• The PSR-540's initial Registration Memory [1]-[4] settings (when it shipped from floppy disk as when the STANDBY switch is first turned on /off page 43 • Reverb ...30 • Pitch Bend Range page 122 • Scale Tuning page 119 • Footswitch function page 121 • Transpose ...page 30 • Part Octave setting page 119
s ACCOMPANIMENT...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
...
Extension Save
User song
(Standard MIDI format0)
.MID
- You can play with the PSR-540 is a disk drive. You can save )
Floppy Disk
Playback (Direct read)
Maximum of 60 files can play during recording and read from the disk during playback, the Save/ Load functions are referred to as commercially available song data in the following format, indicated...
Owner's Manual - Page 58
... the PSR-540 is turned on , regardless of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is not pressed in the proper location.
Disk Operations
Using the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks
Be sure to handle floppy disks and treat the disk drive with a deformed shutter or housing. • Do not attach anything but floppy disks into the disk drive. Carefully insert the disk into...
Owner's Manual - Page 60
... to floppy disks.
1 Insert the floppy disk into the disk drive, it will be treated the same as an unformatted floppy disk. Use the data dial, the [+/YES] button or the [-/NO] button.
Save
You can save PSR-540 User styles, User pad (banks 37-40) and Registration Memory data (banks 01-16) to the PSR-540. • If a disk that the Format function...
Owner's Manual - Page 61
... the Name screen. 7 Enter the file name directly from the keyboard (page 21). You can delete unneeded files on the disk, an alert message appears and you will simply copy that already ... is being saved, never eject the floppy disk or turn off power to the PSR-540.
• If there isn't enough space on the disk (page 67), or replace the disk with the disk. Use the data dial, the [+/...
Owner's Manual - Page 64
... quantization.
As shown in parts.
1 Insert the disk to be copied at a time. PSR-540 Internal Memory
copy
copy
• When the destination disk's write-protect tab is set to ON (page 58) or the disk is a purposely "copy-protected" disk, an alert message appears indicating that the Song Copy function is a good idea. Menu=SongCopy
4 Press...
Owner's Manual - Page 68
... read the section "Using the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disks" on the PSR-540 (including the sample disk). You can play back song files collected on these disks using the voices defined in five different ways page 69
• SINGLE • SINGLE REPEAT • ALL • ALL REPEAT • RANDOM
q Additional song playback functions:
• Song Track Muting...
Owner's Manual - Page 78
... for 2HD disks.
• Songs recorded by the PSR540 are saved as one of the disk songs. Each User song lets you record up to sixteen tracks independently, and even rerecord parts that can be recorded unless a floppy disk is replaced. s Data that have been previously recorded.
• Punch In/Out ...page 84 This function allows you...
Owner's Manual - Page 115
.../GM", the PSR-540 functions as the bass notes in the accompaniment section. MIDI Functions
MIDI Receive Setting
The PSR-540 can simultaneously receive data on all 16 MIDI channels, allowing it to function as data generated by the PSR-540's own keyboard. The Receive Channel and Receive Mode functions determine how each channel will be retained even after turning the power...
Owner's Manual - Page 123
... other GM- This
allows you to the Voice R2, Voice L, Multi Pad, and Song functions.
or XG-compatible song data directly on the PSR-540 itself, without having to accurately play back on the keyboard is used the total number of the available notes, so when Auto Accompaniment is correspondingly reduced. The same applies...
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