5
Panel Controls and Terminals........................ 6
Setting Up......................................................... 8
• Power Requirements ..........................................8
• Turning On the Power.........................................8
• Accessory Jacks.................................................9
Quick Guide 10
Step 1 Voices........................................................... 10
Step 2 Songs............................................................ 12
Step 3 Auto Accompaniment..................................... 14
Step 4 Lesson ..........................................................16
Panel Display Indications .............................18
Portable Grand............................................... 20
• Playing the Portable Grand...............................20
• Using the Metronome .......................................20
DJ .................................................................... 22
• Playing the DJ...................................................22
Playing Voices ...............................................23
• Playing a Voice.................................................23
• One Touch Setting............................................25
• Transpose and Tuning......................................26
• Touch and Touch Sensitivity.............................28
Effects............................................................. 29
• Reverb ..............................................................29
• DSP ..................................................................30
• Harmony ...........................................................31
Auto Accompaniment.................................... 34
• Selecting a Style...............................................34
• Playing the Accompaniment .............................35
• Sync Stop .........................................................39
• Changing the Tempo ........................................40
• Accompaniment Sections
(Main A/B and Fill-ins) ......................................40
• Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume.............41
• Using Auto Accompaniment
— Multi Fingering .............................................42
• Setting the Split Point .......................................44
• Dictionary..........................................................45
Registration Memory..................................... 48
• Registration Memory Presets ...........................48
• Recording a Registration Memory Preset.........48
• Recalling a Registration Memory Preset ..........49
Selecting and Playing Songs ....................... 50
• Selecting and Playing a Song.......................... 50
• A-B Repeat ...................................................... 51
• Melody Voice Change...................................... 52
• Changing the Tempo ....................................... 53
• Adjusting the Song Volume.............................. 54
Song Recording............................................. 55
• Recording a User Song.................................... 55
• Song Clear...................................................... 58
• Track Clear ...................................................... 59
Song Lesson.................................................. 60
• Using the Lesson Feature................................ 60
• Lesson 1 — Timing.......................................... 62
• Lesson 2 — Waiting......................................... 63
• Lesson 3 — Minus One ................................... 63
• Lesson 4 — Both Hands.................................. 64
• Grade............................................................... 65
Talking............................................................ 66
MIDI Functions............................................... 67
• What Is MIDI? ..................................................67
• Connecting to a Personal Computer................ 69
• Controlling PSR-280 Playback from an External
Device — External Clock................................. 70
• Using Bulk Dump Send to Save Data.............. 71
• Using Initial Setup Send with a Sequencer...... 73
• Local Control.................................................... 74
Troubleshooting ............................................ 75
Data Backup & Initialization ......................... 76
Voice List ....................................................... 77
Style List ........................................................ 81
Drum Kit List.................................................. 82
MIDI Implementation Chart........................... 84
Specifications ................................................ 87
Index............................................................... 88