Roland RG-7 Preparing the Images to be Displayed, Setting the Duration for Displaying Images

Chapter 2. Using the RG-7 with an External Display or Television

Displaying Favorite Images on an External Display or Television (Slide Show)

With the RG-7, you can take desired image data saved in USB memory and display it on a connected external display or television set.

First, you will need to have saved the image data and connected the USB memory to the Ext Memory port.

Preparing the Images to be Displayed

Prepare the desired image data on your computer and save the data to the USB memory.

1. Prepare the desired image data with your computer.

Image Data That Can Be Displayed

Size	640 x 480 pixels
Color	8 bit (256 colors), 4 bit (16 colors), 1 bit (2 colors)
Format	BMP Format * The RG-7 cannot deal with compressed image data.
Name	SCENE***.BMP	***: 001–099

2. Connect the USB memory to your computer, then create a folder named “_PICTURE” in the USB memory.

3. Place the images you want to display in the “_PICTURE” folder.

Setting the Duration for Displaying Images

	When you have data for multiple images saved to the USB memory and want to
	display these images on a connected display or television set, you can specify the
	length of time each image appears.
1.	Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator is lit.
2.	Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [	] (Select +) button to display
	the EXT DISPLAY screen.
3.	Press the [Song] (Select -) button or [	] (Select +) button to get the
	value for “Slide Interval” to flash.

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4. Press the [ ] (Value -) button or [ ] (Value +) button to set the time a single image is to be displayed.

Value; 2–60 seconds

5. Press the [Function] (Exit) button so the indicator goes out.

The folder named

“_PICTURE” is not shown in the Song Select screen.

You can save this setting in the RG-7’s memory using the Memory Backup function (p. 72).

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