Yamaha YPP-50 TAKING CARE OF YOUR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PIANO, THE CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS: BASIC OPERATION

TAKING CARE OF YOURPERSONAL ELECTRONIC PIANO

Your Personal Electronic Piano is a fine musical instrument,

and deserves the most careful treatment. Observe the following

points and your Personal Electronic Piano will sound and look

great for many years.

Never open the case and touch or tamper with the internal

circuitry.

Always turn the POWER switch OFF after use, and cover

the keyboard with the supplied cover.

Clean the cabinet and keys of your Personal Electronic

Piano only with a clean, slightly damp cloth. A neutral

cleanser may be used if desired. Never use abrasive cleansers,

waxes, solvents or chemical dust cloths since these can dull

or damage the finish.

Never place any vinyl products on your Personal Electronic

Piano. Contact with vinyl can cause irreversible damage to

the finish.

Install your Personal Electronic Piano in a place that is

away from direct sunlight, excessive humidity or heat.

Never apply excessive force to the controls, connectors or

other parts of your Personal Electronic Piano, and avoid

scratching or bumping it with hard objects.

Do not leave heavy objects on the keyboard for an extended

length of time.

8.Never spill water, beverages or other liquids on the key-

board or any other part of the Personal Electronic Piano.

The YPP-50 contains digital circuitry and may cause inter-

ference if placed too close to radio receivers, television sets

or similar radio-frequency reception equipment. If such a

problem occurs, move the YPP-50 further away from the

affected equipment.

10.

IMPORTANT!: Check your power supply!

Make sure that your local AC mains voltage matches the

voltage specified on the name plate on the bottom panel. In

some areas a voltage selector may be provided on the rear

panel of the main unit. Make sure that the voltage selector

is set for the voltage in your area.

Name Plate Location

The YPP-50 nameplate is located on the bottom panel.

THE CONTROLS ANDCONNECTORS: BASIC OPERATION

POWER Switch

Press the POWER switch once to turn the power ON, a

second time to turn the power OFF. When the power is

initially turned ON, the PIANO voice selector LED will light.

MASTER VOLUME Control

The MASTER VOLUME control adjusts the volume (level)

of sound produced by the Personal Electronic Piano. The

MASTER VOLUME control also adjusts headphone volume

when a pair of headphones is plugged into the HEADPHONE

jack

MIDI/TRANSPOSE Button

The MIDI/TRANSPOSE button allows access to the Personal

Electronic Piano’s TRANSPOSE function (to shift the pitch

of the entire keyboard up or down) and MIDI functions.

For details refer to the “TRANSPOSITION” and “MIDI

FUNCTIONS” sections on pages 8 and 10, respectively.

METRONOME Button

Press the METRONOME button to start the YPP-50’s built-

in metronome. The metronome will sound at either the initial

tempo of 120 beats per minute, or a tempo set using the

TEMPO and

buttons, described below. The METRO-

NOME button LED will flash on the first beat of each

measure. Press the METRONOME button a second time to

stop the metronome sound.

Metronome Volume:

The volume of the metronome sound

can be independently adjusted in five steps (normal volume

plus two steps up and two down) by pressing the TEMPO

button while holding down the METRONOME

button. The button increases the volume while the

button decreases the volume. Normal volume can be

restored by holding the METRONOME button and press-

ing both the TEMPO

and

buttons simultaneously.

Note: The metronome is also related to operation of the YPP-50

Performance Memory. This relationship will be described

in the “PERFORMANCE MEMORY” section on page 9.

TEMPO

and Buttons

The TEMPO

and

buttons are mainly used to adjust

the tempo of the YPP-50 metronome. The tempo can be

adjusted from 32 to 280 beats per minute in the following

steps:

32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 66 68

70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90

92 94 96 98 100102104106108110112

114116118120122124126128130132136

140144148152156160168176184192200

208216224232240248256264272280

When the power is initially switched ON, the tempo is auto-

matically set to 120. Each brief press on the

or button

increases or decreases the tempo by one step, respectively.

Holding the

button down causes continuous in-

crementing or decrementing of the tempo value. The initial

tempo of 120 can be restored at any time by pressing the

TEMPO

and

buttons simultaneously.

Note: The TEMPO and buttons are also used for trans-

position and metronome volume control-see“ METRO-

NOME Button” above, and “TRANSPOSITION” on page

8 for details.