Roland FR-2b owner manual Using optional batteries, Installing and removing batteries

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Using optional batteries

11.Using optional batteries

Your FR-2/FR-2b has a compartment that contains a special holder unit into which you can install 8 optional AA-type batteries. You can therefore play your instrument without connecting the supplied adaptor.

Installing and removing batteries

The FR-2/FR-2b provides a battery compartment with a spe- cial holder unit into which 8 AA-type (R6) batteries can be installed.

By pressing [SET] + register [3] (BATT), you can check the bat- tery status. If all registers (the green and red ones) are lit, the batteries are fully charged. If only the red registers light, the remaining battery life is about 1 hour. (You may need to hold down [SET] to check the battery status). If the [PAD] button and only the last two ORCHESTRA registers light during this operation, the FR-2/FR-2b is powered by the supplied adap- tor. If the [REC] button lights, the batteries are used to power the FR-2/FR-2b.

Note: Please see page 6 for notes on battery handing.

(1)Switch off the FR-2/FR-2b.

(2)Remove the cover from the FR-2/FR-2b’s battery com- partment by pressing the two tabs and lifting the cover.

You should now see a tab that allows you to remove the battery case:

(3)Use the tab to pull the battery case out of the compart- ment.

The battery case is connected to the FR-2/FR-2b by means of a cable with a padded connector strip. You can discon- nect the cable from the battery case by pulling off the pad- ded connector strip.

Note that this is unnecessary if you manage to install (or remove) the batteries without disconnecting the strip.

(4)Insert 8 AA-type (R6) batteries into the compartment (4 on either side), taking care to orient them in accordance with the “+” and “–” indications.

(5)Insert the case with the 8 batteries into the compart- ment.

(6)Close the FR-2/FR-2b’s battery compartment.

Note about rechargeable batteries

Certain batteries can be recharged several times before they need to be replaced with a new ones. Note that it is normal for the batteries to last increasingly shorter as time goes by. At the end of their life cycle, they may only last one hour, for example. But that is a gradual process.

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