Roland F-50 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	Is the AC adaptor properly connected?
cannot be
	(p. 10)
switched on
	Is the [Volume] knob set to the
	minimum position? (p. 12)
No sound is	Are the headphones connected? (p. 12)
produced
	Has a plug remained connected to the
	phones jack? (p. 12)
	Is Local On/Off set to “Off”? (p. 24)
	Depending on the setting for volume
Only One Tone	balance, and the particular selection of
Plays in Dual	tones you make, certain tones may be
Play	difficult to hear when layered. Try
	adjusting volume balance (p. 21).
Demo songs
do not play
Buttons do not
function	Is Panel Lock on? (p. 19)
Keyboard
sound does not
change
Two sounds

Case	Cause/Remedy
	On an acoustic piano, notes in the upper
	one and a half octaves of the keyboard
In the upper	continue to sound until they decay
	naturally, regardless of the damper
range, the
	pedal. There is a difference in the timbre
sound changes
	as well. Roland pianos faithfully
abruptly
	simulate such characteristics of the
beyond a
	acoustic piano. On the F-50, the range
certain key
	that is unaffected by the damper pedal
	will change depending on the Key
	Transpose setting.

	When listening through headphones:
	Certain piano tones that feature vibrant,
	sparking sounds contain a large high-
	frequency component, which may make
	it appear that a metallic reverberation
	has been applied. This faithfully
	reproduces the characteristics of
	acoustic pianos, and does not indicate
	any malfunction. Since this
High-Pitched	reverberation becomes particularly
Whine is	audible when supplemented by heavy
Produced	reverb, you may be able to diminish the
	problem by reducing the amount of
	reverb applied to the sound.

are produced	Is the keyboard in Dual Play mode?
when the
	(p. 16)
keyboard is
played
The tone has	If you use Dual Play with a Tone button
	for which tone number 3 or 4 is selected,
changed in the
	tone number 1 will be selected for that
Dual Play
	Tone button (p. 15).
The pitch of the	Is the Master Tuning setting correct?
keyboard	(p. 20)
sounds
	Is the Key Transpose setting correct?
incorrect
	(p. 20)
The recorded	Any performance that has been
	recorded is deleted when the power to

Bass notes

If you can’t hear the problem in the headphones:

Here, a different cause (such as resonance produced by the F-50) 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 piano. At times, other objects in the room, such as fluorescent lights or glass doors, could start vibrating. Such phenomenon becomes more prevalent when sounding the lower frequencies at high

performance

sound wrong/

the F-50 is turned off. A performance

has

cannot be restored once it’s been

buzzing or

volume. To minimize such unwanted resonance, please observe the following:

disappeared	deleted.
	Raising the volume too high may distort
Sound is	the sound. Adjust the volume level with
	the [Volume] knob (p. 12).
distorted
	With certain tones, the sounds may
	seem to be distorted.

vibration

• Locate the instrument so it is 10-15

occurs

cm away from walls.

•Reduce the volume.

•Increase the distance from the object that is resonating.

If you can hear the problem in the headphones:

The problem may be for a different reason. Please contact your dealer.

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