About The Psr-5700 Manuals - Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-5700 Authorized Product Manual

About the PSR-5700 Manuals

The PSR-5700 comes with two manuals: "Getting Started" (this manual), and the "Advanced Features" manual.
n The "Getting Started" Manual
This, as its name suggests, is the manual you should
start with. The "Getting Started" manual will teach you
everything you need to basically play and enjoy the PSR-
5700, concentrating on the keys and controls that you'll
use most frequently.
The Getting Started manual covers:
Playing the demonstration.
Selecting and playing voices.
Tuning and transposition.
Voice registration.
Using the auto accompaniment functions.
The multi, tempo, and percussion pads.
Expression and effects.
The panel registration feature.
Playing Disk Orchestra Collection disks.
Go through the Getting Started manual first!
The "Advanced Features" Manual
The Advanced Features manual is the manual you'll
want to refer to after you gain initial familiarity with the
PSR-5700 — i.e. after you've carefully gone through the
Getting Started manual. As its name suggests, the Ad-
vanced Features manual concentrates on the many ad-
vanced features and utility functions provided by the
PSR-5700.
The Advanced Features manual covers:
The sequencer.
The custom accompaniment programmer.
Custom voice editing.
The PSR-5700's digital effects.
Floppy disk operations.
And a range of other functions including MIDI
operations and General MIDI Level 1 protocol
compatibility.
Unlike the Getting started manual which is designed
to be read through from beginning to end, the Advanced
Features manual allows you to directly reference infor-
mation on individual features and functions.
n Icons
The following simple icons are used throughout this
manual to draw attention to important points and infor-
mation where necessary. The icons also make it easier to
differentiate between information that you should read
immediately and information that can be skipped until
later, hopefully helping you to become familiar with the
PSR-5700 in the quickest, most efficient manner possi-
ble.
This icon warns of possible hardware dam-
age, software malfunction, or any other seri-
ous problem that may occur due to improper
operation or set up.
This icon marks information that you must
read — i.e. important steps or procedures
that are essential for proper, efficient, or
easy operation.
The magnifying-glass icon indicates infor-
mation that may not be essential for general
operation, but is a more detailed explanation
of a feature, a description of the principle
involved, etc. You can skip this information
if full details are not required immediately.
Suggestions as to how a feature or function
can be applied musically are identified by
this icon.
Hints or ideas that are not specifically musi-
cal but may make operation easier or more
interesting are marked by the light-bulb
icon.
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