Roland VK-8 owner manual Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

If the VK-8 does not function in the way you except, first check the following chart. If this does not resolve the

problem, consult your dealer or a nearby Roland service station.

Problem	Check	Solution	Page
Power does not turn on	Power cord is not connected correct-	Connect the power cord correctly.	p. 16
	ly.
	Power of connected device is not	Turn on the power of the connected	p. 17
	turned on.	amp or mixer.
	The volume of the connected amp or	Raise the volume of the connected	p. 17
	mixer is turned down.	amp or mixer.
	Volume of the VK-8 is too low.	Turn the [Master Volume] knob to-	p. 19
		ward “Max.”
	Volume of the connected amp or	Raise the volume of the connected	p. 17
No sound/insufficient volume	speaker has been turned down.	amp or mixer.
	The expression pedal is not de-	While carefully monitoring the vol-	p. 39
	pressed.	ume, depress the toe of the pedal.
	If there is sound in the headphones,
	it is possible that a cable connecting	Check your cables and amp/mixer
	the VK-8 to your amp/mixer is bro-		p. 17
		system once again.
	ken, or that your amp/mixer is mal-
	functioning.
	Local Control is turned off.	Turn the Local Control setting on.	p. 53
	All harmonic bars are pushed all the	Pull out the harmonic bars.	p. 24
	way inward.
Organ voices cannot be heard
	The wheel brake is activated.	Release the wheel brake using the	p. 34
		foot switch, D Beam.	p. 40
	Volume of the Other Tones is too	Turn the [OTHER TONES LEVEL]
		knob clockwise to increase the vol-	p. 43
	low.
		ume of the Other Tones.
		If “OTHER TONES EXPRESSION”
		is assigned to the control pedal, the
		volume of the orchestra voice is con-
	The control pedal has been rocked	trolled by means of the control ped-	p. 40
	toward the front.	al.
		While carefully monitoring the vol-
OTHER TONES cannot be heard/		ume, depress the toe of the control
		pedal.
Volume is too low
	The expression pedal is not de-	While carefully monitoring the vol-	p. 39
	pressed.	ume, depress the toe of the pedal.
	The part that plays Other Tones has	Set the OTHER TONE PART AS-
		SIGN parameter to specify the part	p. 57
	not been set correctly.
		that will play Other Tones.
	(If the expression pedal assignment
	is set to OTHER TONE CRESCEN-	Depress the toe of the expression	p. 39
	DO) The expression pedal has not	pedal.
	been depressed.
		Press either the HARMONIC BAR
Harmonic bars do not work	The part that reflects the harmonic	PART [PEDAL] button, [LOWER]
		button, or [UPPER] button to select	p. 23
	bar settings is not selected correctly.
		the part that will reflect the settings
		of the harmonic bars.

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