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Contents
Main
Page
Page
CAUTION
ATTENTION
INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
3
Page
Page
IMPORTANT NOTES
Repairs and Data
Maintenance
Placement
Additional Precautions
Handling Floppy Disks
IMPORTANT NOTES
Handling the CDs (CD-ROMs)
Using USB Memory
9
Introduction
Full Complement of Player Piano Functions
Main Features
Conventions Used in This Manual
Contents
Chapter 2. Using the RG-3 with an External Display or Television........ 45
Chapter 3. Performance..................................................... 53
Chapter 4. Recording the Performance............................... 75
Chapter 5. User Program Registration................................ 79
Chapter 6. Changing Various Settings ................................89
Chapter 7. Connecting External Devices.............................. 98
Appendices
Panel Descriptions
Front Panel
12
10 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Jack Panel (RG-3s Bottom Left Panel)
5 6
2
1
3 4 78 9 10 11 12
RG-3s Bottom Right Panel
1 Ext Memory port
2 Ext Memory port cover
3 Ext Memory port cover lock
4 FDD connector
Before You Start Playing
(2)
A
(2)
Opening and Closing the Top
Opening and Closing the Lid
1.
4.
2.
Using the Lid Lock
Turning the Power On and Off
Turning On the Power
1. 2.
Turning Off the Power
1. 2.
Connecting Headphones
1.
in the jack panel on the RG-3s bottom left panel.
Some Notes on Using Headphones
Connecting a Microphone
Connecting USB Memory
Connecting the Memory
1.
2.
3.
About the Screens
Main Screens
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen
1.
Chapter 1. Playing Back Songs
Look at What You Can Do with the RG-3!
25
Listening to Songs
[Song] Button Functions
What are the Favorites?
Listening to the Tone Demos
1.
the genre.
2.
3.
demos.
1.
want.
2.
3.
songs.
27
Playing Back One Song
28
Listening to Songs on CDs
Precautions Concerning Use of the CD
1.
connected.
2.
connector on this instrument.
3. 4.
1.
2.
genre.
When Selecting Songs in a Folder
If a Folder Contains Further Folders and Song Data
3.
4.
Turning Off the Power (When a CD Drive Is Connected)
1. 2.
* Firmly press the CD drive's Eject button. * It may take some time for the CD disk to be ejected.
3.
(p. 20).
4.
31
Listening to Songs on USB Memory and Floppy Disks
1.
floppy disk drive.
4.
2.
as the genre.
1.
to the Ext Memory port.
2.
as the genre.
3.
Using the Remote Control
Installing Batteries in the Remote Control
1. 2.
remote control.
3.
How to Use the Remote Control
Top View
Precautions Concerning Use of the Remote Control
Remote Control
Front View
About the Remote Control
1
2
10
9
8
Changing the Song Tempo
1.
Using the Karaoke Feature
1.
2. 3.
1. 2. 3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Page
Page
Copying Songs
Copying Songs Stored on USB Memory, CD-ROMs, and Floppy Disks to the Favorites
1.
2. 3.
4.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
16.
14.
15.
Deleting Songs Saved to the Favorites, USB Memory, and Floppy Disks
Page
45
Chapter 2. Using the RG-3 with an External Display or Television
Connecting an External Display
Displays That Can Be Connected to This Instrument
1. 2.
to the Ext Display connector on the RG-3.
Page
Connecting a Television
1. 2.
Video Out jack with the televisions video input jack.
3. 4.
Switching Television Formats
Selecting What is To Be Displayed on the External Display or Television
1.
displayed in the external display or television.
2.
49
Displaying Favorite Images on an External Display or Television (Slide Show)
When Using a USB Memory
Preparing the Images to be Displayed
Prepare the desired image data on your computer and save the data to the USB memory.
1. 2.
Page
Page
52
Changing the Background for the Lyrics Screen
Preparing the Images to be Displayed
1.
2.
3.
Chapter 3. Performance
Performing with a Variety of Sounds
Selecting a Tone Group
1.
Selecting Variation Tones
Changing the Volume Balance of the Layered Tones (Layer Balance)
Making Fine Adjustments to the Piano Sound
Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
Changing the Timing of Sounds According to the Force Used to Press the Keys (Hammer Response)
Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)
Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (String Resonance)
Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (Damper Resonance)
Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality (Equalizer)
2.
display the EQUALIZER screen.
3.
the value for the range you want to set is flashing.
4.
Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard Sound (Transpose)
2.
7.
3.
4.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Cancelling the Transpose Function
Tuning to Other Instruments Pitches (Master Tuning)
Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretched Tuning)
Changing the Tuning
display the TUNE screen.
the Temperament setting to flash.
select the temperament.
Setting the Tonic
display the TUNE screen.
the value for Key to flash.
select the tonic.
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split Performance)
1. 2. 3.
display the SPLIT screen.
4.
the value for Split to flash.
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Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)
Assigning Functions to Pedals
display the PEDAL screen.
the value for Cent (Center Pedal) or Left (Left Pedal) to flash.
select the function assigned to the pedal.
Page
Changing the Volume Balance of the Accompaniment and the Keyboard
Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup)
2.
display the MEMORY BACKUP screen.
3.
4.
Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
2.
display the FACTORY RESET screen.
3.
4.
Chapter 4. Recording the Performance
Notes Regarding Recording
Recording Performances
1. 2. 3.
display the RECORD screen.
6.
Play Back the Recorded Performance
1.
Saving Recorded Performances
7.
save-destination number to flash.
8.
select the save-destination number.
9.
Chapter 5. User Program Registration
Load
Save
.....
Max. 99 User Program Sets
Saving Performance Settings (User Program)
81
Calling Up Saved User Programs
1. 2.
Restoring the Standard Performance Settings (Settings in Effect When the Power is Turned On)
3.
Saving the User Program Sets
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
the User Program save-destination number is flashing.
8.
select the User Program save-destination number.
9.
Loading Saved User Program Sets
2.
3.
5.
6.
Page
Deleting Saved User Program Sets
Page
Using the Pedal to Switch User Programs
2.
3.
4.
89
Chapter 6. Changing Various Settings
Preventing Changes to the Current Settings (Panel Lock)
Making the Setting
1. 2.
Cancelling the Setting
Changing the Remote Control Settings
Disabling Use of the Remote Control
Changing the Functions of the Remote Controls Buttons
Changing the CD Settings
Adjusting CD and Audio File Levels
Enjoying Karaoke with Commercial CDs (Center Cancel)
1.
2. 3.
4.
5.
Initializing the User Memory, USB Memory, and Floppy Disks
1.
2.
3.
4.
Using the V-LINK Function
V-LINK
1.
2.
3.
Muting or Reducing the Volume of a Specific Part (Minus One/Guide)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Changing the Notation Display Settings
+) button to display the NOTATION screen.
+) button to select the parameter whose settings you want to change.
+) button to change the setting.
Changing the Infrared Transmission Function Settings
Switching Infrared Transmissions On and Off (Infrared Function)
4.
1.
2.
Chapter 7. Connecting External Devices
Connecting to Audio Equipment
Connectors
Connecting MIDI Devices
Whats MIDI?
Connecting with a MIDI Sound Module
and on the device youre about to connect.
Connectors
Making MIDI-related Settings
MIDI Transmit Channel Settings
+) button to display the MIDI screen.
+) button to get the value for Tx Ch (Transmit channel) to flash.
+) button to set the MIDI Transmit channel.
Sending Tone Change Messages (Program Change/Bank Select MSB/Bank Select LSB)
4.
5.
3.
Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out)
1.
2.
4.
5.
Connecting to the Computer
Making the Settings for the USB Driver
+) button to display the MIDI screen.
+) button to get the value for USB Driver to flash.
+) button to select the USB driver.
Troubleshooting
105
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Tone List
108
Internal Song List
Jazz
Classical
Parameters Stored to Internal Memory
Parameters Stored in Memory Backup
Parameters Stored in the User Program
Music Files That the RG-3 Can Use
What Are Music Files?
Regarding Copyright
The RG-3 allows you to use the following music files
SMF with Lyrics
MIDI Implementation Chart
Main Specifications
RG-3
113
Main Specifications
RG-3
114
Index
A
B
C
D
115
H
I
J
K
116
P
R
S
117
T
U
V
W
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