CHAPTER 1: Getting Started

Initial Settings of the Pocket Controller

The following functions are available to control the Disklavier remotely. Set up a variety of useful functions to your preference.

Title Bar

Calibrating the Touch Screen

The following procedure calibrates the touch screen to improve the accuracy of the tapping operation.

Tap on [Recalibrate] in the [PRC- 100 Menu] screen, and then firmly tap on the cross hairs that appear in sequence one by one.

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[PRC-100 Menu] icon

Task Bar (pg. 19)

[PRC-100 Menu] screen

Cross hair

Tip: Tap on ([PRC-100 Menu] icon) to return to the [PRC-100 Menu] screen.

[Interface]: Usually utilize this function to control the Disklavier remotely. The [Main] screen is the top menu of this function. (pg. 12 in “Quick Guide”)

[Interface Updater]*: Updates the [Interface].

[Piano Assign]*: (pg. 18 “Pairing the Pocket Controller and the Disklavier”)

[Service Center]*: (pg. 66 “Diagnosing the Disklavier”)

[Light & Power]*: Makes energy conserving settings.

[Recalibrate]: (See “Calibrating the Touch Screen” below.)

[Date/Time]: (See “Setting up the Current Date and Time” below.)

[Network]*: Lists available network services. [System Info]*: Shows system information

(memory, storage, version).

*For normal use, modification of these setups are not required.

When the recalibration is completed, the [PRC-100 Menu] screen resumes.

Setting up the Current Date and Time

1 Tap on [Date/Time] in the [PRC-

100 Menu] screen.

City time button [Date] button

[Set System Time] screen

2 Tap on [Time Zone] , and then on your time zone in the drop down list.

Note: If your time zone does not appear in the drop down list, add the zone to the list by following the procedure in “Adding Your City to the [Time Zone] Drop Down List” on page 17, and then repeat step 2.

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Yamaha piano Initial Settings of the Pocket Controller, Calibrating the Touch Screen, Setting up the Current Date and Time

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