Yamaha PSR-140 manual Panel Display Indications

PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS

The PortaTone features a large multi-function display that shows all important settings for the instrument. The section below briefly explains the various icons and indications in the display.

NOTE:

The LCD’s backlight will gradually dim over a long period of use. When the display becomes dim or hard to read, contact the store where you purchased the instrument or, Yamaha directly, to have the LCD replaced. A fee will be charged for replacement.

B Overall function	G Song/Voice/Style name	A Mode indicator
bar indicator	and number	C Notation

TEMPO	002	WholeNew
MULTI PAD
TRANSPOSE
TUNING
ACMP VOL		MEASURE 003
SONG VOL
METRONOME VOL
F Chord		D Keyboard	E Measure/Tempo
			and beat

AMode indicator

These dark bars indicate the currently selected mode: Song, Voice, or Style. A C-shaped bar (at SONG or STYLE) indicates that the mode is active in the background.

In the first example, the Song mode is selected. In the second example, the Voice mode is selected,

active, the display also shows the specific notes of the current chord. The indication “8va” appears at the lower or upper part of the notation staff for a note or notes that are respectively an octave lower or higher than notated.

003

8va

but the Song mode is active in the background. (This means that the song controls below the display are active and can be used to play the currently selected song.)

EX.1	Song	EX.2	Song
	mode		mode

Voice mode

BOverall function bar indicator

The PortaTone has seven Overall functions or controls. The currently selected function is indi- cated by a dark bar that appears next to its name (printed on the panel).

CNotation D Keyboard

These two portions of the display conveniently indicate notes currently played on the keyboard. When a song is being played back, they show the single notes of the melody in succession. When

1212 the Style mode and auto accompaniment are

NOTE:

For a few specific chords (such as BM7), not all notes may be shown in the notation section of the display. This is due to space limitations in the display.

EMeasure/Tempo and beat

This shows either the current measure (when the Song mode is selected) or the current Tempo value (when the Style mode is selected). The hand clap icons also flash to indicate the beats in the measure during song or style playback. (See page 22.)

FChord

When a song is being played back, this indicates the current chord root and type. It also indicates chords played in the ACMP section of the key- board when the Style mode and auto accompani- ment are on.

GSong/Voice/Style name and number

This portion of the display indicates the name and number of the currently selected song, voice, or style. When other functions of the PortaTone are selected, it briefly shows the function name and current value or setting.