CHAPTER 2: Song Playback Features

2 Tap on the desired part to change its setting (guide, normal play, or mute).

Each time you tap on the part, its setting changes as follows showing the status with the color of the part icon:

 

Guide

Normal play

Mute

(orange)

(green)

(white)

Adding Disklavier Accompaniment to Commercial CD Songs (PianoSmart)

You can add a Disklavier piano performance provided on SmartPiano software floppy disks to the playback of songs on commercial CDs. Furthermore, once you playback a SmartPiano song to the end, the paired song on the CD is automatically copied to the [CD Library]. This feature eliminates the trouble of changing CDs and enables quick playback later.

3 Wait until the [Registering] disappear,

and then press to start PianoSmart playback.

Note: If [Different CD!] screen appears in

step 2, confirm that the CD paired with the selected

SmartPiano song is loaded, and then tap on .

Video Synchronized

Playback

1 Perform the video synchronized recording in advance. (pg. 43)

Note: Be sure to rewind the video cassette to locate the beginning of the recording.

2 Make sure that the video synchronization is on. (pg. 43 “Setting Up the Camcorder and the Disklavier”)

3 Turn down the volume completely on the camcorder.

English

1 Select the desired SmartPiano song (a

song with ). (pg. 14 in “Quick Guide”)

When you select a SmartPiano song for the first time, [Please insert the CD.] screen appears.

Tip: It is convenient that you copy the SmartPiano software to the [User Library] in advance. (pg. 53 “Making Copies of the Entire Contents in a Medium or Song Library”)

2 Load a CD paired with the SmartPiano software, if necessary. (pg. 20 “Loading a CD”).

Note: When you perform PianoSoft playback for the first time, it takes 15 seconds to synchronize the SmartPiano song and the CD with the [Registering] appearing on the screen.

Note: Although noises (synchronizing signal) are heard from the camcorder’s speaker when the volume is not turned down completely, this is not a malfunction.

4 Start playback on the camcorder.

The Disklavier automatically selects the song paired with the video, and then starts playback as well.

Note: You cannot change the playback tempo during video synchronized playback.

Note: When the song paired with the video is stored in [User Library] (songs recorded with Video Synchronized Recording will automatically be stored here) or [PianoSoft Library], the song is automatically selected and starts playback. However, it is required to select the desired song after step 2 when the song is stored in the removable medium.

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