Yamaha Portatone PSR-540, Owner'S Manual

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Contents
Packing List 4
How to use the manual 5
Important Features 8
Panel logos ................................................... 9
Panel Controls and Terminals 10
Top Panel Controls ..................................... 11
Rear Panel Controls ................................... 11
Setting Up 12
Power supply connections ..................................... 12
Connecting a footswitch ......................................... 13
Audio equipment connections ................................ 13
Connecting external MIDI devices ......................... 14
Music stand ................................................ 14
Demo Song Playback 15
Panel Display Indications 16
Basic Operation 17
Calling up the Operation Displays .......................... 17
How to Read the Menu/Message Display and
“Easy Navigator” ............................................... 18
Menu Selection ...................................................... 19
Changing (Editing) Values ..................................... 20
Naming .................................................................. 21
Direct Access ......................................................... 21
Function Tree 22
Direct Access Chart ................................... 24
Mode 25
Style Mode ............................................................. 25
Song Mode ............................................................ 25
Record Mode ......................................................... 25
Disk Mode .............................................................. 25
Playing Voices 26
Selecting a Voice ................................................... 26
Playing Two Voices (R1, R2) Simultaneously ......... 27
Playing Different Voices with
the Left (L) and Right (R1, R2) Hands ............. 28
Functions of the Keyboard ..................................... 29
Transpose .............................................................. 30
Pitch Bend Wheel .................................................. 30
Sustain ................................................................... 30
Keyboard Percussion ............................................. 31
Auto Accompaniment 32
Using Auto Accompaniment (rhythm track only) .... 32
Using Auto Accompaniment (all tracks) ................. 33
Accompaniment Sections ...................................... 34
Tempo/Tap ............................................................. 36
Accompaniment Track Muting ................................ 37
Accompaniment Volume Control ............................ 37
Chord Fingerings ................................................... 38
Accompaniment Split Point .................................... 40
Synchro Stop ......................................................... 41
One Touch Setting ................................................. 42
The Multi Pads 43
Playing the Multi Pads ........................................... 43
Chord Match .......................................................... 43
Selecting a Multi Pad Bank .................................... 44
Turning Chord Match On/Off .................................. 44
Multi Pad Bank List ..................................... 45
Digital Effects 46
Reverb ................................................................... 46
Chorus ................................................................... 48
DSP ....................................................................... 49
System Effects and Insertion Effects ..................... 50
Harmony/Echo ....................................................... 50
Registration Memory 54
Registering the Panel Settings .............................. 55
Recalling the Registered Panel Settings ............... 55
Selecting a Registration Bank ................................ 56
Naming the Registration Banks ............................. 56
Disk Operations 57
Using the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and
Floppy Disks ......................................... 58
Sample Disk ........................................................... 59
Format ................................................................... 60
Save ....................................................................... 60
Load ....................................................................... 62
Song Copy ............................................................. 64
Delete .................................................................... 67