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Congratulations on your choice of the Roland Digital Piano F-90.

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Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: 

“USING THE UNIT 

SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 2; p. 4)

. These sections provide 

important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in 
order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by 
your new unit, Owner’s manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be 
saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.

Assembling the F-90

page 6

Before You Play

page 10

Listening to the Demo Songs

page 12

Playing the Keyboard

page 13

Contents

page 9

Index

page 31

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Copyright © 2001 ROLAND CORPORATION

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the 

written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for F-90.

Page 1: ...have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit Owner s manual should be read in its entirety The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference Assembling the...

Page 2: ...If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears you should immediately stop using the unit and consult an audiologist IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH...

Page 3: ...on the Information page 101b The unit and the AC adaptor should be located so their location or position does not interfere with their proper ventilation 102c Always grasp only the plug on the AC ada...

Page 4: ...nit Swiftly wipe away any liquid that spills on the unit using a dry soft cloth 358 Do not allow objects to remain on top of the keyboard This can be the cause of malfunction such as keys ceasing to p...

Page 5: ...ncludes High Quality Reverb The Reverb effect can duplicate the ambience of a concert hall Numerous Internal Songs The F 90 features sixty internal piano songs Metronome Function The F 90 comes equipp...

Page 6: ...ing the screws Then after checking the overall alignment of the boards and gently shifting certain parts where necessary go around and tightly fasten each of the screws Be careful when assembling the...

Page 7: ...cable extending from the rear of the speaker box to the F 90 s speaker connector Press the speaker cable completely into the connector so that it is securely fastened fig st04 When Moving the Instrume...

Page 8: ...his switch turns the unit on off p 11 Applying the Tempo Setting Sheet If desired you can affix the included tempo setting sheet to the instrument Use the tempo setting sheet when setting the metronom...

Page 9: ...Sounds Dual Play 14 Adding Reverberation to Sounds Reverb Effect 15 Sounding the Metronome 15 Some Handy Functions 18 Changing the Keyboard s Touch 18 Disabling Buttons Panel Lock 18 Transposing with...

Page 10: ...a safety precaution Connecting Pedals 1 Connect the supplied pedals to one of the pedal jacks fig 00 03 When connected to the Damper jack the pedal can be used as a damper pedal When connected to Soft...

Page 11: ...he left to lower the volume to the minimum level fig 00 04 2 Push the Power switch to turn off the F 90 fig 00 06 Adjusting the Volume 1 Use the Volume knob to adjust the overall volume level fig 00 0...

Page 12: ...When the last song has been played playback will return to the first song and resume 2 To stop the demo song playback press the Demo button to make the indicator go out The demo song playback will st...

Page 13: ...Press any Tone button The indicator on the selected button lights up 2 You can select tones by switching the Variation button on indicator lit and off indicator off The Tone you ve selected is heard w...

Page 14: ...strings will play The Variation button indicator now indicates the selected tone button s right tone Switching the Variation button on and off switches the right tone button tone 2 To exit Dual Play p...

Page 15: ...button once more turns off the button s indicator and cancels the reverb effect Sounding the Metronome Here s how you can make use of the metronome fig 02 04 1 Pressing the Metronome button starts th...

Page 16: ...C to decrease the tempo by one count or press D to increase the tempo by one count While holding down the Metronome button also hold down C or D to change the tempo continuously You can change the te...

Page 17: ...lume of the metronome to any of five possible levels The setting is at 3 when the power is turned on fig 02 08 1 Hold down the Metronome button and press one of the Tone buttons The Tone button indica...

Page 18: ...no button press the Power switch to turn on the power 3 Adjust the volume Fingering the keyboard now produces a grand piano sound It will be not possible to switch to another sound 4 By turning the po...

Page 19: ...e the F 90 s reference pitch to the pitch of another instrument The reference pitch generally refers to the pitch of the note that s played when you finger the middle A key For a cleaner ensemble soun...

Page 20: ...ou can also return to the previous state by pressing the Demo button Changing the Depth of the Reverb The depth of the reverb effect p 15 can be adjusted There are five levels of depth from which to c...

Page 21: ...the following precautions Some connection cables contain resistors Do not use cables that incorporate resistors for connecting to this unit The use of such cables can cause the sound level to be extr...

Page 22: ...l devices before making any connections 1 Turn the volume down completely on all equipment 2 Turn off the F 90 and any other devices to be connected 3 Use the optional MIDI cable to connect the MIDI c...

Page 23: ...ff fig 8 07 e If the F 90 is connected to a Roland MT series except MT 80s 90s it is not necessary to make the Local Off setting When the power is turned on the MT series will transmit a Local Off mes...

Page 24: ...o Omni On p 23 This means that if you are using a MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer to play the F 90 s tones messages will be received on all channels regardless of any MIDI channel settings If you want...

Page 25: ...ere is a dif ference in the timbre as well Roland pianos faithfully sim ulate such characteristics of the acoustic piano On the F 90 the range that is unaffect ed by the damper pedal will change depen...

Page 26: ...15 B1 tude op 10 5 F Chopin 2001 Roland Corporation 16 C2 Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum C Debussy 1995 Roland Corporation 17 Db2 Grande Valse Brillante F Chopin 1995 Roland Corporation 18 D2 La pri re d...

Page 27: ...6 Roland Corporation 41 Db4 Venezianisches Gondellied F Mendelsshon 1996 Roland Corporation 42 D4 Alpenabendr te T Oesten 1996 Roland Corporation 43 Eb4 Farewell to the Piano L v Beethoven 1996 Roland...

Page 28: ...ault Messages Altered True Voice Note ON Note OFF Key s Ch s 6 38 7 11 64 66 67 91 100 101 True Number Song Pos Song Sel Tune Clock Commands All sound off Reset all controllers Local ON OFF All Notes...

Page 29: ...Tuning 415 3 Hz to 466 2 Hz 0 1 Hz steps Metronome Beat 0 2 3 4 6 Volume 5 levels Tempo Quarter note 20 to 250 Speakers 12 cm x 2 Rated Power Output 5 W x 2 Others Demo Songs 60 Connectors Headphones...

Page 30: ...ord Key Touch Dual Balance Piano Variation C4 C5 C6 C8 C3 C2 C1 Demo Key Touch Dual Balance Variation 0 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Enter C7 Setting the MIDI Channel p 24 Key Transpose p 19 Master Tun...

Page 31: ...een tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference...

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