Yamaha RX-17, Authorized Product Manual

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You now have a second chance to cancel this operation, and return to the Select
Song display by pressing
–
1 NO.
3. Press +1 YES to clear the selected Song. The LCD will show
then return to the Select Song display.
3.4 CLEAR ALL SONGS
You can instantly clear (erase) all 10 Songs. This would be done, for example, if the
RX17’s Song memory were full and you wanted to write more Songs. Use operation 4.1
to save the Songs on tape before clearing all Songs, if you wish to preserve the Songs
for later use. You can also save Songs via MIDI, by using a MIDI data storage device
such as the Yamaha MDF-1 MIDI Data Filer (see operation 5.7).
1. Press SONG and select Function 4.
At this point, you can press SONG to return to the Select Song display, if you do
NOT wish to clear all Songs.
2. Press +1 YES to continue this operation.
You now have a second chance to cancel this operation, and return to the Select
Song display by pressing
–1 NO.
3. Press +1 YES to clear all Songs. The LCD will show
then return to the Select Song display.
3.5 COPY SONG
The Song Copy function lets you copy any selected Song to another destination in the
RX17’s Song memory. This is useful if you want to copy a Song in order to alter it to
create a new Song, while retaining the original Song.
1. After selecting the Song you wish to copy, select Function 5.
2. Use the Numeric Key Pad to enter the number of the Song destination to which the
selected Song will be copied.
3. Press +1 YES.
You can now cancel this operation by pressing –1 NO, if you do not wish to copy
to the selected destination (for example, if it already contains data). The LCD will
return to the Select Song display.
4. To copy the Song, press +1 YES. The LCD will show
then return to the Select Song display.
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