Yamaha Pro IV Series Introduction

English

Introduction

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the

Disklavier PRO/Mark IV Series Piano.

The Disklavier PRO/Mark IV Series Piano is an exciting

new type of grand piano that brings together the

excellence of Yamaha’s finest acoustic piano and state-

of-the-art innovations into an expansive home

entertainment station. The new pocket controller offers

greater ease of use to allow players of any level to enjoy

the exciting functions of the piano from basic keyboard

playing to PianoSoft playback entertainment. Let your

imagination go, and enjoy the Disklavier to your heart’s

content.

Here are some examples of how you can enjoy your

Disklavier

• Play the acoustic piano or the digital piano

• Play back songs accompanied by live piano

performance

• Create a library of favorite songs in the

Disklavier

• Practice playing songs using Disklavier’s

innovative functions

• Play along with professional recordings

• Connect the Disklavier with a computer to

compose ensemble songs

• Synchronize piano performance with a video

recording

Note on source code

distribution

For three years after the factory shipment, you may

request from Yamaha the source code for any portions of

the product which are licensed under the GNU General

Public License by writing to the following address:

1480 Ryoke, Kakegawa, Shizuoka, 436-0038, JAPAN

Piano International Sales Division, YAMAHA

Corporation

The source code will be provided at no charge; however,

we may require you to reimburse Yamaha for the cost of

delivering the source code to you.

The source code download is also available on the

following website;

http://www.global.yamaha.com/download/

disklavier_markiv/

• Note that we shall bear no responsibility whatsoever

for any damage arising from changes (additions/

deletions) made to the software for this product by a

third party other than Yamaha (or party authorized by

Yamaha).

• Note that re-use of source code released to the public

domain by Yamaha is unguaranteed, and Yamaha shall

not bear any responsibility whatsoever for the source

code.

Note on the online document

Additional license information is included in the HDD in

the Disklavier system. Connect the LAN port on the I/O

Center to your network router, and then open the

respective documents in the [Document] folder in the

Disklavier’s HDD.

Trademarks & Copyrights

• This product is manufactured under license of U.S. Patents

No. 5231671, No. 5301259, No. 5428708, and No. 5567901

from IVL Technologies Ltd.

• Yamaha, Disklavier, Silent, PianoSoft, PianoSoft·Plus,

PianoSoft·PlusAudio, PianoSmart, and Smart PianoSoft are

trademarks of Yamaha Corporation.

• SmartKey, CueTIME, and You Are The Artist are trademarks

of Yamaha Corporation or Yamaha Corporation of America.

CORPORATION.

• This contains programs licensed under the GNU General

Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, the BSD

• Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation

in the United States and other countries.

• Macintosh and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc.,

registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Before using your Disklavier, please read this manual

thoroughly and keep it on hand for future reference.

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