21
Connecting to Your Computer/MIDI Keyboard
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Turning the Power ON/OFF
Once the connections have been completed, turn on power to your various devices
in the order specified.
Here we will explain how to connect the SC-8850 to an audio reproduction system
(stereo set or amplified speakers). If you are using headphones, you may skip the ex-
planations regarding operation of your audio reproduction system.
Turning the Power On
1
Before you turn the power on, turn down the volume of the SC-8850 and
audio playback devices (your amp/speaker system).
2
Push the Power switch to turn on the SC-8850.
3
Turn on the power of your audio system.
4
Set the volume of each device to an appropriate setting.
Turning the Power Off
1
Before you turn the power off, turn down the volume of SC-8850 and audio
playback devices (your amp/speaker system).
2
Turn off audio devices, and then turn off the SC-8850.
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Do you Hear Sound?
After making connections as explained in
Making connections
, turn the power on,
and gradually raise the volume while playing the keyboard. Does the bar indicator
of this unit move? If it does, this unit is receiving MIDI messages correctly.
This unit will sound a note when the [VOLUME] knob is pressed (the Preview func-
tion). If playing your keyboard produces no sound, you can use this function to see
whether the amp volume and speaker connections are correct.
If this unit bar indicator does not move, MIDI messages are not being received from
your MIDI keyboard. Check your MIDI keyboard settings and MIDI cable connec-
tions.
Even when you hear sound, if the bar indicators are not moving it means that the
parts that are playing are not currently displayed. To view the bar indicators, use
PART
[
] or [
] to re-select the part, or simultaneously press
PART
[
] and
[
](
ALL
) to access the All Part screen, and press [64PART] ([F4]) to view the vol-
ume levels of all parts.
By turning on devices in
the wrong order, you risk
causing malfunction and/
or damage to speakers and
other devices.
This unit is equipped with
a protection circuit. A brief
interval (a few seconds)
after power up is required
before the unit will operate
normally.
When connecting the SC-
8850 to your speaker system,
excessive volumes can
damage your speaker system.
Please be aware that speakers
used in conventional stereo
systems are more vulnerable
to being damaged by high
volume levels than are
speakers designed for
musical instruments.
If this unit is placed at an
angle where the display is
difficult to read, adjust the
LCD Contrast (p.62).
Unless you save them,
system parameters and user
parameters will return to
their default values when
you turn off the power of
the SC-8850. If you wish to
save these settings, refer to
Saving and Loading SC-
8850 Settings
(p.134).
At the factory settings, this
unit will produce sound in
response to any channel 1 –
16, regardless of the transmit
channel your keyboard is set
to (p.146). This is because
each Part is assigned to the
correspondingly numbered
MIDI channel. The number
below the bar indicator is
the Part number.
