Yamaha DGX-305, DGX-505 Using SmartMedia Memory, Inserting a SmartMedia Card, SmartMedia Root

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Using SmartMedia™ Memory

SmartMedia is a card-type memory medium used for storing data.

When a SmartMedia card is inserted in this instrument’s card slot, MIDI data created on the instrument can be saved to or loaded from the memory card. SmartMedia can also be used to transfer song data downloaded from the Internet to the instrument, where it can be used with the performance assistant technology (page 16) and Lesson (page 39) features described in the Quick Guide. Furthermore, user songs saved to SmartMedia memory in MIDI file format can also be used with these features.

In this section we’ll look at the procedures for setting up and formatting SmartMedia memory cards, as well as for saving and loading data to and from them.

If you don’t have a SmartMedia card, you will need to purchase one (or more, as needed).

Be sure to read the handling SmartMedia precautions provided on page 11.

Inserting a SmartMedia Card

1 Insert a SmartMedia* card into the card slot, being careful to insert it with the proper ori- entation.

The gold connector terminals on the SmartMedia card should be facing upward. Carefully but firmly insert the card all the way into the slot. Take care not to insert the card the wrong way around.

* This instrument uses 3.3V SmartMedia™ memory cards.

IMPORTANT

•In order to play songs copied to a SmartMedia card from a com- puter or other device, the songs must be stored either in the card’s root directory or a first-level folder in the root directory. Songs stored in these location can be selected and played as song num- bers 036 – 929 (page 36).

Songs stored in sub-folders created inside a root-level folder can- not be selected and played by this instrument.

SmartMedia (Root)

Song

File

Can be selected/played.

Song

File

Song Cannot be selected/played.

File

2 Check that the file control icon appears in the MAIN display.

File Control

Icon

This icon will appear when a SmartMedia card has been properly inserted and is ready for use.

The file control icon will appear in the MAIN dis- play when a SmartMedia memory card has been inserted and is ready for use. When the file control icon is showing you can access the FILE CONTROL display by pressing the [FILE CONTROL] button. Please don’t press the button just yet.

NOTE

•No sound will be produced if you play the keyboard while the FILE CONTROL display is showing. Also, in this state only buttons related to file functions will be active.

NOTE

•The FILE CONTROL display will not appear in any of the following cases:

•No SmartMedia card has been inserted.

•The FUNCTION display Media Select item is set to Flash Mem- ory.

•During style or song playback.

•During a lesson.

•While data is being loaded from a SmartMedia card.

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