Roland F-100 owner manual Troubleshooting, Case Cause/Remedy

Troubleshooting

If you are encountering problems with the unit, please read

the section below before assuming that there is a

malfunction.

Case	Cause/Remedy
The piano cannot be	Is the AC adaptor properly connected? (p. 10)
switched on
	Is the [Volume] knob set to the minimum position?
	(p. 12)
No sound is produced	Are the headphones connected? (p. 12)
	Is Local On/Off set to “Off”? (p. 31)
	Is the speaker cable properly connected? (p. 6)
	Depending on the setting for volume balance, and the
Only One Tone Plays	particular selection of tones you make, certain tones
in Dual Play	may be difficult to hear when layered. Try adjusting
	volume balance (p. 28).
Internal songs do not
play
Buttons do not func-	Is Panel Lock on? (p. 26)
tion
Keyboard sound does
not change
Two sounds are pro-
duced when the key-	Is the keyboard in Dual Play mode? (p. 16)
board is played
The tone has changed	If you use Dual Play with a Tone button for which
	tone number 3 or 4 is selected, tone number 1 will be
in the Dual Play
	selected for that Tone button (p. 15).
The pitch of the key-	Is the Master Tuning setting correct? (p. 27)
board sounds incor-
	Is the Key Transpose setting correct? (p. 27)
rect
	Are the indicator for the [1] or [2] button extin-
Song doesn’t play	guished, when you press the [Track] button? (p. 14)
back/ Only the sound	If the button indicator is out, the music on that track
of a particular part in a	is not heard.
song does not play	Hold down the [Track] button and press the [1] or [2]
	button, illuminating its indicator.
	It is not possible to sound the rhythm while an inter-
Rhythm doesn’t sound	nal song is playing back or recording.
	A performance that was recorded using metronome
	cannot be played back with the rhythm.
	Is Panel Lock on? (p. 26)
	A performance that was recorded using rhythm can-
Metronome does not	not be played back with the metronome.
sound
	If Rhythm is selected, the metronome will not sound
	even if you press the button. Please re-select the beat
	(time signature) of the metronome (p. 19).
	If you select an internal song in which the tempo
	changes during the song, and then record, the tempo
	will change in the same way for the performances.
Tempo of recorded	The tempo of the metronome will also change in the
	same way.
song or metronome is
	If you record additional material without erasing the
off
	previously recorded song, the song will be recorded
	at the first-recorded tempo. Please erase the previ-
	ously recorded song before you re-record
	(p. 25).
The recorded perfor-	Any performance that has been recorded is deleted
mance has disap-	when the power to the F-100 is turned off. A perfor-
peared	mance cannot be restored once it’s been deleted.
	Raising the volume too high may distort the sound.
Sound is distorted	Adjust the volume level with the [Volume] knob
	(p. 12).

Case	Cause/Remedy
	On an acoustic piano, notes in the upper one and a
	half octaves of the keyboard continue to sound until
In the upper range, the	they decay naturally, regardless of the damper pedal.
sound changes	There is a difference in the timbre as well. Roland pi-
abruptly beyond a cer-	anos faithfully simulate such characteristics of the
tain key	acoustic piano. On the F-100, the range that is unaf-
	fected by the damper pedal will change depending
	on the Key Transpose setting.
	When listening through headphones:
	Some of the more flamboyant and effervescent pi-
	ano tones feature an ample high-end component,
	which may make the sound appear to have metal-
	lic reverberation
	added. Since this reverberation becomes particu-
A High-pitched whine	larly audible when supplemented by heavy re-
	verb, you may be able to diminish the problem by
is produced
	reducing the amount of reverb applied to the
	sound.
	When listening through speakers:
	Here, a different cause (such as resonance pro-
	duced by the F-100) would be suspect. Consult
	your Roland dealer or nearest
	Roland Service Center.
	If you can’t hear the problem in the headphones:
	When playing at high volumes, resonance may
	occur in the piano itself or in objects near the pi-
	ano. At times, other objects in the room, such as
	fluorescent lights or glass doors, could start vi-
	brating. Such phenomenon becomes more preva-
	lent when sounding the lower frequencies at high
	volume. To minimize such unwanted resonance,
Bass notes sound	please observe the following:
wrong/buzzing or vi-	- Locate the instrument so it is 10-15 cm away
bration occurs	from walls.
	- Reduce the volume.
	- Increase the distance from the object that is res-
	onating.
	- Place the keyboard lid farther away from the pi-
	ano.
	If you can hear the problem in the headphones:
	The problem may be for a different reason. Please
	contact your dealer.
The pedals are not
functioning, or function	Are the pedals connected properly? (p. 10)
intermittently

When the F-100 is connected to an external device

	Is the power to all equipment turned on?
	Are the connections between F-100 and the MIDI se-
No sound is produced	quencer or the other external devices correct? (p. 29,
	p. 30)
	Is the MIDI channel setting correct? (p. 32)
	Is the Omni On/Off setting correct? (p. 31)
Strange sounds (or	With the sequencer’s “Thru” function on, the same
two sounds) are pro-
	notes may be sounded twice. Set the F-100 to Local off
duced when the
	(p. 31).
F-100 is played
The volume level of	Could you be using a connection cable that contains
the instrument con-	a resistor?
nected to the Input	Use a connection cable that does not contain a resis-
jack is too low.	tor.

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