Using WRITE

(1)Press and hold the [MENU÷WRITE] button until the following page appears:

Sections whose settings you changed without saving them are flagged with an “EDIT” message.

Note: If there is no “EDIT” message, there is nothing that needs to be saved. Consequently, you can leave this page by pressing [EXIT÷JUMP] again.

(2)Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the section whose settings you want to save.

The possibilities are: Treble, Bass, Orchestra, Free Bass, Orc. Bass, Orc. Chord, Orc. FBass, Global, Set Com, ALL. “Set Com” allows you to save the “Common” parame- ters of the current Set. “ALL” saves all registers and the “Set Common” parameters – but not the “Global” settings.

The GLOBAL page shows all parameters that are saved to the Global memory (there is only one such memory): the Master Tune and Scale Tune parame- ters of the TUNING group (the Transpose setting is never saved) as well as the SYSTEM and MIDI groups.

(3)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to jump to the page

of the selected function.

Note: To save the Global settings, skip to step (10). For the Orchestra, Orchestra Bass and Set Common parameters, skip to step (7).

(4)Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] buttons to specify what you want to save: Current: The register you are currently editing.

Currnt + The register you are currently editing as

SCom:

well as the Set Common settings

 

(page 63).

ALL

All registers. This is probably the safest

 

bet, because it ensures that no register

 

will be forgotten. (It is perfectly possible

 

to edit several registers without saving

 

them.)

(5)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your selection.

(6)If necessary, change the name of the register you have just edited. (This is only possible on the three “accordion” pages: TREBLE, BASS and FREE BS.)

Select the character position (indicated by a dark square) by pressing [UP] (previous character), [DOWN] (next character) or the [DATA÷ENTER] knob (next character).

Turn the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the desired character.

V-Accordion r

Saving settings using the WRITE function

Press [UP] and [DOWN] simultaneously to erase the currently selected character (it will become a space). Example: To replace the “s” in “Celeste” with a space (“Cele te”), position the cursor on the “s” and simulta- neously press [UP]/[DOWN].

To insert a space before the currently selected char- acter and push all subsequent characters one posi- tion to the right, select the character that should fol- low the space, then press and hold [UP]. Example: To insert a space before the “s” in “Celeste” (creating the name “Cele ste”), position the cursor on the “s” and

hold down [UP] for a while.

Note: If the name already contains 8 characters (“Bandoneo”),

the last character is erased (example: “Band one”).

To delete the character indicated by the cursor and move subsequent characters one position to the left, select it (example: “Celeste”) and press and hold [DOWN] (“Celete”).

(7)Press the [MENU÷WRITE] button.

(8)Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] buttons to select the Set that should contain your changed version(s).

Change this setting only if you do not want to save your settings to the current Set.

Note: For the Orchestra, Orchestra Bass and Set Common parameters, skip to step (10).

(9)(Only for “Current”:)

Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “REGISTER”, then turn it to select the number of the register where you want to save your edited version (1~7).

(10)Press the [MENU÷WRITE] button to save your changes. The display briefly shows a confirmation:

(11)Press the [EXIT÷JUMP] button to return to the Main page.

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Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual Using Write, Press the DATA÷ENTER knob to jump to Selected function

FR-7, FR-5 specifications

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