Roland EP-880 Troubleshooting, If you think there’s a problem, read this first, Case Cause/Remedy

Troubleshooting

If you think there’s a problem, read this first.

Case	Cause/Remedy
The power doesn’t	Is the power cord connected and plugged in
come on	correctly? (p. 10)
The button	Is the panel locked? (p. 28)
doesn’t work	Is the Tone locked? (p. 28)
	Turn the power off, then back on.
No sound is heard	Is the volume level of the ep 880 turned all
	the way down? (p. 11)
	Are headphones plugged in and
	headphones indicator lights up? (p. 10)
	Has a plug remained connected to the
	Phones jack?
	When headphones are connected, the
	keyboard’s speaker stops playing.
	Is Local Off selected?
	When Local Control is set to OFF, no sound
	is produced by playing the keyboard. Set
	Local Control to “ON” (p. 31).
	Is V-LINK switched on?
	While V-LINK is switched on, no sound is
	produced when you press any of the twelve
	keys at the left end of the keyboard (p. 29).
No sound is heard	Have all devices been switched on?
(when a MIDI
	Are the MIDI cables connected correctly?
instrument is
connected)	Does the MIDI channel match the connected
	instrument? (p. 31)
Sounds are heard	Is the ep 880 in Dual play? (p. 17)
twice (doubled)
	When the ep 880 is connected to an external
when the
	sequencer, set it to the Local OFF mode (p.
keyboard is
	31). Alternatively, the sequencer could be
played
	set so its MIDI Thru feature is OFF.
The tone has	If you use Dual play or Split play with a
changed in the	TONE SELECT button for which tone
Split or Dual play	number 3 is
	selected, tone number 1 will be selected for
	that TONE SELECT button (p. 14).
	Some tones assign the tone that had been
	selected before you pressed the [SPLIT]
	button to the left hand area of the keyboard.
	Please refer to “Tone List” (p. 207).
Tone doesn’t	Is the panel locked? (p. 28)
change	Is the Tone locked? (p. 28)
	Turn the power off, then back on.
	Are the indicators for the [SPLIT] and
	[TWIN PIANO] buttons flashing?
	Setting of functions is in progress. Press the
	[SPLIT] or [TWIN PIANO] button to exit
	function mode (p. 26).
Not all played	The maximum number of notes that the
notes are sounded	ep 880 can play simultaneously is 64.
	Frequent use of the damper pedal when
	playing along with a song may result in
	performance data with too many notes,
	causing some notes to drop out.

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Case	Cause/Remedy
The tuning or	Have you set Transpose? (p. 16)
pitch of the
	Are the settings for the “Temperament” and
keyboard or song
	“Stretch Tuning” correct? (p. 27)
is off
	Is the setting for the “Master Tuning”
	correct? (p. 27)
Song doesn’t play	Are the indicator for the Track buttons
back/ Only the	([LEFT] and [RIGHT] buttons)
sound of a	extinguished? (p. 21)
particular	If the button indicator is out, the music on
instrument in a	that track is not heard. Press the track
song does not play	button so the indicator is illuminated.
Can’t record	Has one of the track buttons for recording
	been selected? (p. 22~24)
Tempo of	If you select an internal song in which the
recorded song or	tempo changes during the song, and then
metronome is off	record, the tempo will change in the same
	way for the
	performances. The tempo of the metronome
	will also change in the same way.
	If you record additional material without
	erasing the previously recorded song, the
	song will be recorded at the first-recorded
	tempo. Please erase the previously recorded
	song before you re-record (p. 24).
The recorded	Any performance that has been recorded is
performance has	deleted when the power to the ep 880 is
disappeared	turned off. A performance cannot be
	restored once it’s been deleted.
	If you do not want a performance to be
	deleted, use Song Backup (p. 25).
Depressing a	Is the footswitch connected correctly?
footswitch has no	Make sure it is securely connected to the
effect, or the effect	jack on the rear of the unit.
doesn’t stop
Reverberation still	Since the ep 880’s piano sounds faithfully
audible even with	reproduce the sense of spaciousness and
Reverb turned off	reverberation of an actual acoustic piano’s
	sound, a certain amount of reverberation is
	still perceptible, even with the reverb effect
	deactivated.
In the upper	On an acoustic piano, notes in the upper one
range, the sound	and a half octaves of the keyboard continue
changes abruptly	to sound until they decay naturally,
beyond a certain	regardless of the damper pedal. There is a
key	difference in the timbre as well. Roland
	pianos faithfully simulate such
	characteristics of the acoustic piano. On the
	ep 880, the range that is unaffected by the
	damper pedal will change depending on the
	Key Transpose setting.

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