Roland SP-505, Service Notes

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16
Oct.2001
Sequencer (songs/patterns)
All songs are empty.
All user patterns are empty.
System
UTILITY CONFIG
LCD Contrast: 6
Pad Protect: (BANK 5-16), OFF
Metronome LV: 10
Foot SW Asgn: PLAY
Chop Demo: ON
Pitch Demo: ON
Power Up PTN: PRESET
Power Up BNK: PRESET
UTILITY MIDI
Pads Ch: 1
Part 1-4 Ch: OFF
Prog Chg SW: ON
Sync Mode: AUTO
Procedure
1.
Press [SONG] or [PTN] to display the Play screen.
2.
Press [SYSTEM] to display the System screen.
fig.10-01a
* It is not possible to display the System screen while a pattern or song is playing.
3.
Press [F1] (UTILITY).
4.
Press [F3] (INIT).
The Initialize screen will appear.
fig.14-01a
5.
Use the VALUE dial to select the type of setting that you want to
initialize.
Init Target: ALL, SYSTEM, SAMPLE, SEQ
ALL: All system-related parameters will be initialized.
All pad samples will be erased. (Except for preset samples)
All songs and all user patterns will be erased.
SYSTEM: System-related parameters will be initialized.
SAMPLE: All pad samples will be erased. (Except for preset samples)
SEQ: All songs and all user patterns will be erased.
6.
To initialize the settings you selected, press [F1] (EXECUTE).
To cancel, press [F2] (CANCEL) or [EXIT].
When you press [F1] (EXECUTE), a screen asking you to confirm that
you indeed do want to carry out an initialization appears.
fig.14-01b
* If you attempt to initialize SAMPLE when sample memory is protected, the
display will ask “Protected! Sure?”.
7.
To initialize the settings, press [F1] (YES). To cancel, press [F2] (NO)
8.
Press [PTN] or [SONG] to return to the Play screen.
Never turn off the power while the display indicates “Keep Power On!”
SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE
PROCEDURE
The SP-505 can be updated in two ways, Updating by SmartMedia and
Updating by SMF.
However, when updating the SP-505, the user data are all initialized.
When updating, save user area data on the SmartMedia by using [SAVING
USER DATASAVING AND LOADING] in this service note.
Notes
Do not turn off the SP-505 while updating.
The contents of the flash ROM may be damaged and the SP-505 will stop
functioning.
In this case, update again using the following [Updating by SmartMedia]
procedure below.
Updating by SMF
Required Items
• Floppy disk for updating (P/No. 17041086)
• MIDI cable
• MIDI sequencer
(For MIDI sequencer, use SMF data playbackables such as the MC-80.)
The following SMF data are saved on the disk.
SP-505 SYSTEM VER 1.**
_00001.MID
_00002.MID
_00003.MID
_00004.MID
_00005.MID
_00006.MID
_00007.MID
_00008.MID
_00009.MID
_00010.MID
_00011.MID
_00012.MID
_00013.MID
_00014.MID
_00015.MID
Perform the following procedure when updating with MIDI.