Setting up | First steps
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FR-7b/FR-5b V-Accordion
About the Main page
You may have realized by now that, with the exception of the display as well as the additional buttons and knobs, the
FR-7b/FR-5b looks like a conventional accordion. The display contains important clues about the settings that are cur-
rently in effect.
What’s shown in the display depends on the function
you select. When you switch on the FR-7b/FR-5b, or if
you press the [EXIT÷JUMP] button several times, the
Main page appears. In some cases, it may also reappear
automatically after changing a parameter. The Main
page must be displayed whenever you wish to play the
FR-7b/FR-5b without changing any of its “internal” set-
tings.
A typical Main page display looks like this:
The exact contents depend on the Set that is currently
selected and on how the various sections and perfor-
mance functions are set. The A~H fields, however, are
always there:
ASelected Orchestra register (here “14”).
BOrchestra mode.
CPower source (here the battery).
If you are working with a battery, this field also
indicates the remaining battery power.
DNumber of the currently selected Set.
ESelected Treble register (here “8”).
FBass, Free Bass, Orchestra Bass, Orchestra Chord,
Orchestra Free Bass register (here “4”).
Only one of the two available Bass sections (Free
Bass or Bass) can be active at any one time.
GLink symbols. These symbols mean that the Orches-
tra (upper entry) and Bass registers change when-
ever you select a different Treble register (page 47).
The Bass Link function also applies to the Orchestra
Chord section (or the Orchestra Free Bass section).
HPart Select indicator. It tells you whether the Treble
buttons play the accordion or orchestral sound.
Note: The information shown in the display may change when
you rotate a knob or press a button. In such cases, however,
the Main page reappears after a few seconds.
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