Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 manual Use the dial to select an item or value, Start a function

Basic Operation and Displays

2 Use the dial to select an item or value.

When you select a basic function, the item corresponding to that function will be highlighted in the display. You can then use the dial or the number buttons [0] – [9] to select the desired item.

The selectable item is highlighted in the display. In this example the [SONG] button has been pressed.

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● Dial	Decrease	Increase	● CATEGORY Buttons [f], [r]
Rotate the dial clockwise to increase			When selecting a song, style, or
the value of the selected item, or coun-			voice, you can use these buttons to
terclockwise to decrease it’s value.			jump to the first item in the next or	Jump to the first item
Rotate the dial continuously to contin-			previous category.	in the next or previ-
uously increase or decrease the value.			The CATEGORY buttons are useful	ous category.
			for selecting categorized items, as in
● [+] and [-] Buttons			the example below.
Press the [+] button briefly to incre-			Example: VOICE SELECT Display
ment the value by 1, or press the [-]
button briefly to decrement the value			CATEGORY button [r] mark.
by 1. Press and hold either button to
continuously increment or decrement			CATEGORY button [f] mark.
the value in the corresponding direc-	Press	Press
tion.
	briefly to	briefly to
	decrement.	increment.
			Select the category shown here.

●Number Buttons [0] – [9]

The number buttons can be used to directly enter a song num-			The first voice in the selected
			category is selected.
ber or parameter value.
Hundreds or tens digits that are “0” can be omitted (see
below).			In a display in which a category appears, selection is easy if
			you first use the CATEGORY [f] and [r] buttons to select
Example: Song number “003”			the category containing the desired item, then use the dial or
	can be entered in three		[+] and [-] buttons to select the item. This can be particularly
	ways.		handy when you have to select from a large number of voices.
• [0] → [0] → [3]
			In most procedures described throughout this owner’s manual
•	[0] → [3]
			the dial is recommended for selection simply because it is the
	(“003” will appear on the dis-
			easiest and most intuitive selection method. Please note how-
	play after a brief delay)
			ever, that most items or values that can be selected using the
•	[3]
			dial can also be selected using the [+] and [-] buttons.
	(“003” will appear on the dis-
	play after a brief delay)	Press number buttons
		[0], [0], [3].

3 Start a function.

This is the [START/STOP] button.

Press the [START/STOP] button after pressing the [SONG] or [STYLE] button to start playback of the selected song or style (rhythm).

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