Yamaha V50, Authorized Product Manual

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CHAPTER 6. UTILITY FUNCTIONS
This chapter explains card and disk operations, settings for MIDI reception and
transmission, micro tuning performance effect, and initialization of voices and per-
formances.
CARD OPERATIONS
Types of memory card
The V50 uses two types of card.
ROM card:
Voice and performance data stored on ROM cards can
only be read (not written to). You cannot use a ROM
card to store your own original voices or performances.
Voice or performance cards are of this type.
RAM card (MCD32 or MCD64):
Voice, performance or rhythm machine data can be saved
to or loaded from a RAM card. Use a RAM card to
store your own original voices, performances, or rhythm
machine data.
This type of card has a write protect slider switch.
When this switch is “on”, data cannot be stored to the
card. When you need to store data to a card, set its write
protect switch to “off”. (Use a pointed non-metallic
object such as a toothpick to move the switch.)
Note:
Cards are very fragile. Do not bend or drop them,
or subject them to high temperatures, high humidity,
or excessive dust.
Do not allow foreign objects to enter the card
slot.
Always turn the power off before inserting or
removing a card.
Cards contain a backup battery with a lifespan
of approximately 5 years. When the backup battery
in a card nears the end of its lifespan, the V50 display
will show “Change card battery” when you select a
card voice or card performance.
When this occurs, copy the contents of the card
to another card or to disk, and contact your dealer
or authorized Yamaha service center to have the
battery replaced. (When the battery is replaced, the
memory contents of the card will be lost.)
About card formatting
When you purchase a new RAM card, you must
“format” it before using it to save data. Page 95 explains
how to format a card.
About card banks
A MCD32 card has 1 bank, and a MCD64 card has 2
banks. (It may help to think of a “bank” as being like
a drawer in a file cabinet, A single file cabinet may
contain one or more drawers, each with different in-
formation.) Saving, loading, and formatting is done se-
parately for each bank.
Card format
Format cards using the following procedure.
Note:
Even if a card is formatted, the old data in the card
will not be lost.
(1) Press to get the following display.
(2) Select the bank to format. When using an MCD32,
select 1. When using an MCD64, select 1 or 2.
(3) Press the below “ > Form” to get the following
display.
You can press the below “ > EXIT” to return
to the previous display.
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