Appendices

Troubleshooting

If you think there’s a problem, read this first.

 

 

Case

Cause/Remedy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The power doesn’t

Is the power cord connected and plugged in

 

 

come on.

correctly? (p. 18)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The button doesn’t

Is the panel locked? (p. 157)

 

 

work.

Turn the power off, then back on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing appears

The KR-7/5 uses a liquid-crystal screen, so

 

 

text may not be displayed when the ambient

 

 

on screen.

 

 

temperature is below freezing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical lines ap-

These occur due to the nature of a liquid crys-

 

 

pear in the screen/

 

 

tal display, and do not indicate a malfunction.

 

 

Color is “washed

 

 

They can be minimized by adjusting the

 

 

out” at the edges of

 

 

brightness of the screen. (p. 22)

 

 

the screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The positioning of the touch screen may be-

 

 

The touch screen

come displaced if some time has passed since

 

 

doesn’t respond

it was last used. Take a look at “Calibrating

 

 

correctly.

the Touch Screen (Touch Screen)” (p. 156) to

 

 

 

correct the positioning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the adjuster underneath the pedal so

 

 

The pedal rattles

that the pedal presses firmly against the floor

 

 

 

surface. (p. 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the pedal connected correctly?

 

 

 

Make sure the pedal cord extending from the

 

 

 

stand is securely connected to the pedal

 

 

 

connector on the rear of the unit (p. 18).

 

 

Depressing a ped-

 

 

 

Has a different function been assigned to the

 

 

 

 

 

al has no effect, or

pedal?

 

 

the pedal effect

See “Assigning Functions to Pedals and Per-

 

 

doesn’t stop.

formance Pads (Pedal Setting/User Func-

 

 

 

tions)” (p. 147).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal pedal operation is automatically en-

 

 

 

abled when the One Touch Program [Piano]

 

 

 

button is pressed (p. 20).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The volume level

Could you be using a connection cable that

 

 

 

 

 

of the instrument

contains a resistor?

 

 

connected to Input

Use a connection cable that does not contain a

 

 

jacks is too low.

resistor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the external display properly connected (p. 21)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the external display’s power turned on?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you using a display that is compatible

 

 

 

with the KR?

 

 

Images not shown

Refer to “Displays That Can Be Connected to

 

 

This Instrument” (p. 21).

 

 

on external display

 

 

 

 

 

Are the KR’s settings correct?

 

 

when external dis-

 

 

play is connected

Follow the instructions in “Selecting Images

 

 

To Be Shown on the KR-7 and External Dis-

 

 

 

Appendices

 

 

 

 

plays (User Image Display) (KR-7)” (p. 154) to

 

 

 

 

 

 

set the “External Display” image. Also refer to

 

 

 

“Changing the Settings for Showing Images

 

 

 

with the External Display (External Display)

 

 

 

(KR-7)” (p. 153).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case

Cause/Remedy

 

 

 

No sound is heard

 

 

 

Is the volume level of the KR-7/5 (p. 20) or

 

connected device turned all the way down?

 

 

 

Are headphones plugged in? (p. 20)

 

 

 

Has the Balance knob been moved all the way

 

to the right or left?

No sound is heard.

Has the volume been set to “0” using the Part

Balance? (p. 67)

 

 

 

 

Are all sliders in the Equalizer screen at the

 

minimum level? (p. 34)

 

 

 

Has the footage been adjusted so that all fre-

 

quency components aren’t sounded? (p. 15 in

 

the Quick Start)

 

 

 

Have all devices been switched on?

 

 

No sound is heard

Are the MIDI cables connected correctly? (p.

159)

(when a MIDI in-

 

Does the MIDI channel match the connected

strument is con-

instrument? (p. 160)

nected).

 

 

Is the Computer switch on the bottom of the

 

KR-7/5 set to “MIDI”? (p. 163)

 

 

 

The MIDI connectors and the computer con-

You cannot use a

nector cannot be used at the same time.

connected MIDI

Confirm that the computer switch is set to

device and com-

“MIDI” when a MIDI device is connected to

puter simulta-

the MIDI connector, and to either “MAC,”

neously

“PC-1,” “PC-2,” when a computer is connect-

 

ed to the Computer connector (p. 163).

 

 

No sound is heard

Has Local Control been set to “Off”?

When Local Control is set to Off, no sound is

when the keyboard

produced by playing the keyboard.

is played.

Set Local Control to On. (p. 160)

 

 

 

 

The maximum number of notes that the KR-7

 

can play simultaneously is 128, and that the

Not all played

KR-5 can play is 64. Frequent use of the damp-

notes are sound-

er pedal during automatic accompaniment or

ed.

when playing along with a song on floppy

 

disk may result in performance data with too

 

many notes, causing some notes to drop out.

 

 

The sound is strange

 

 

Sounds are heard

Is the KR-7/5 in layer play? (p. 28)

 

When the KR-7/5 is connected to an external

twice (doubled)

when the keyboard

sequencer, set it to the Local OFF mode

(p. 160). Alternatively, the sequencer could be

is played.

set so its Soft Thru feature is OFF.

 

 

 

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