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BACKUP & INITIALIZATION ..........24 TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN THE PSR-A300 and a COMPUTER ........25 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ........27 MIDI DATA FORMAT ............28 PARTS LIST OVERALL CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 001738 HAMAMATSU, JAPAN Copyright (c) Yamaha Corporation. All rights reserved. PDF-K556 ’05.07...
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IMPORTANT NOTICE This manual has been provided for the use of authorized Yamaha Retailers and their service personnel. It has been assumed that basic service procedures inherent to the industry, and more specifically Yamaha Products, are already known and under- stood by the users, and have therefore not been restated.
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ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, START/STOP, Power Supply INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL • Fingering: Multi fingering • Adaptor: Yamaha PA-3B/3C AC power adaptor • Style Volume • Batteries: Six “AA” size, LR6 or equivalent batteries Education Feature Dimensions (W x D x H) •...
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PSR-A300 PANEL LAYOUT Front Panel Style List Display Voice List GrandPno !4 !5 @6 @7 Song List GrandPno Rear Panel o [STYLE] button !7 [TEMPO/TAP] button Front Panel q [STANDBY/ON] switch !8 [REC] button !0 [VOICE] button w [MASTER VOLUME] control @0 [START/STOP] button ! 1 Number buttons [0]-[9], [+/YES], [–/NO] @1 [PORTABLE GRAND] button...
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PSR-A300 CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT & WIRING Upper case side PNAM PNAM PNAM – – DMLCD – – Speaker R Speaker L Lower case side 61-L 61-H Connector Location Parts No. Destination Remarks Assembly WE138500 61H-CN1 DMLCD-CN831 WE138700 61H-CN2 DMLCD-CN832 WE138800 61L-CN5 DMLCD-CN833 Battery terminal A...
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PSR-A300 DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE Caution: Be sure to attach the removed filament tape just as it was before removal. ∗ Lower Case Assembly When installing the DMLCD circuit board, tighten (Time required: About 1 minute) the screws 1 through 8 in numerical order. (Fig. 2) ∗...
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PSR-A300 PNAM Circuit Board (1/3, 2/3, 3/3) PNAM Circuit Board 1/3 Remove the lower case assembly. (See procedure 1) (Time required: About 3 minutes) PNAM Circuit Board 3/3 4-3-1 Remove the PNAM circuit board 3/3. (Time required: About 2 minutes) (See procedure 4-2) 4-2-1 Remove the volume knob from the control panel 4-3-2 Remove the twelve (12) screws marked [150B].
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PSR-A300 Speaker PN1 Circuit Board, PN2 Circuit Board (Time required: About 3 minutes) Remove the lower case assembly. (See procedure 1) (Time required: About 3 minutes each) Remove the four (4) screws marked [30]. The Remove the lower case keyboard assembly. speaker can then be removed.
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PSR-A300 Keyboard Assembly Circuit Board 61L, Circuit Board 61H 10-1 Remove the lower case keyboard assembly. 12-1 Remove the lower case keyboard assembly. (See procedure 7) (See procedure 7) 10-2 White and black keys for one octave unit are 12-2 Circuit Board 61L integrated as a set.
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PSR-A300 Top view Rubber Contact [180A] [180B] Rubber Contact Rubber Contact Rubber Contact Rubber Contact [180A] [180A] [180A] [180B] [180B] [190A] [190A] [190B] [180]: Bind Head Tapping Screw-B 3.0X8 MFZN2Y (EP600250) [190]: Bind Head Tapping Screw-P SP 3.0X12 MFZNBL (VZ313100) (Fig.7-1) (Fig.7-2) How to Remove Spring Terminals...
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PSR-A300 LSI PIN DESCRIPTION YMW767-VTZ (X6055A00) CPU (Central Processing Unit) DMLCD: IC301 NAME FUNCTION NAME FUNCTION Ground Ground 2 TESTN (SCMD) TEST Pin Power supply PLLBPN PLL bypass 67 LBN/LWRN/PF6 Low byte enable PLLV Power supply 68 UBN/UWRN/PF7 Upper byte enable Condenser connect RDN/PF4 Read enable...
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PSR-A300 NT3881DF-01 (X3148A00) LCD DRIVER (XZ987A00) LCD DRIVER ML9040A-B01GAZ03A NT3881EFG-01 (X6247A00) LCD DRIVER DMLCD: IC701 NAME FUNCTION NAME FUNCTION Data interface Segment signal output for LCD driving Common signal output for LCD driving Ground OSC1 Oscillator OSC2 Oscillator Power supply CLK1 Data latch clock Segment signal output for LCD...
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PSR-A300 IC BLOCK DIAGRAM NJM4580E (X2331A00) HD74LV32AFPEL (IS003200) SN74LV138ANSR (ISO013810) Dual Operational Amplifier Quad 2 Input OR DECODER DMLCD: IC432 DMLCD: IC204 DMLCD: IC831,832 A Output INPUT B Output Select A+INPUT INPUT B +INPUT Output Enable Output AK4385ET (X6040A00) D/A Converter DMLCD: IC431 MCLK MCLK...
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PSR-A300 PNAM3/3 Circuit Board to PNAM1/3-CN401 MASTER VOLUME Component side PNAM2/3 Circuit Board to PNAM1/3-CN503 to DMLCD-CN531 to PN2-CN301 to PN1-CN201 PORTABLE SOUND PEVERB GRAND EFFECT KIT ON/OFF SPLIT DUAL HARMONY TOUCH ON/OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF VOICE STYLE METRONOME ON/OFF FUNCTION SONG DEMO...
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PSR-A300 DMLCD Circuit Board to PNAM2/3-CN601 Component side to 61H-CN2 to 61H-CN1 to 61L-CN5 to PB-CN1 Pattern side 2NA-WE00520...
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PSR-A300 61H Circuit Board to DMLCD-CN831 to 61L-CN4 to DMLCD-CN832 A’ Component side A’ 61L Circuit Board B’ to DMLCD-CN833 to 61H-CN3 B’ Component side 61H: 2NAKB-V869540 61L: 2NAKB-V869520...
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PSR-A300 PN1 Circuit Board ORIENTAL SCALE (SETTING) C’ to PNAM2/3-CN504 Component side C’ D’ Pattern side D’ 2NA-WE16730...
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PSR-A300 PN2 Circuit Board to PNAM2/3-CN505 ORIENTAL SCALE (MEMORY) Component side Pattern side PB Circuit Board PITCH BEND to DMLCD-CN901 Component side PN2: 2NA-WE16730 PB: 2NA-WC36570...
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PSR-A300 TEST PROGRAM ∗ If the test number 47 “Factory Set” is executed, the data already set will be lost. Preparation 1) Use an AC adaptor PA-3C or PA-32. 2) Measuring device: Frequency counter, which can detect thousandth digit, Level meter (with JIS-C filter) Note: Connect a load resistor of 33Ω...
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PSR-A300 Test No. LCD display Test descriptions, judging conditions, etc. 019 : Noise Connect the level meter (with JIS-C filter) to the L/R terminals of the [PHONES/OUTPUT]. (33Ω of load) Set the [MASTER VOLUME] to the maximum level and check the noise. •...
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PSR-A300 Switch test item list Turn SW Name LCD Display Note Number Turn SW Name LCD Display Note Number LEFT Left Record RIGHT Right PAUSE Pause LISTEN & LEARN Listen START/STOP StartStp TIMING Timing PORTABLE GRAND WAITING Waiting SOUND EFFECT SoundEff FUNCTION Function...
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PSR-A300 BACKUP & INITIALIZATION Backup Some internal parameters will revert to their default values if not saved before the power is turned off. In order to backup these parameters press and hold the [FUNCTION] button for longer than a second. FUNCTION BACKUP Hold for longer than a second.
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: 800 x 600 HighColor (16-bit) • Other : Microsoft® Internet Explorer®5.5 or higher NOTE: Visit the Yamaha website for more information on the latest version of Musicsoft Downloader (version 5.2.0 or higher) and how to install it. Connecting a personal computer After installing the Musicsoft Downloader application on your computer, connect the PSR-A300 as described below.
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PSR-A300 Transferring data from a computer You can transmit Song or Style File Format (SFF) files from your computer to your PSR-A300’s Flash Memory. For details about how to transmit the data using the Musicsoft Downloader application, refer to the Online help topic “Transferring Data Between the Computer and Instrument (for unprotected data)”...
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PSR-A300 MIDI DATA FORMAT NOTE: By default (factory settings) the instrument ordinarily <MIDI Master Tuning> F0H, 43H, 1nH, 27H, 30H, 00H, functions as a 16-channel multi-timbral tone generator, 00H, mm, ll, cc, F7H and incoming data does not affect the panel voices or •...
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PARTS LIST CONTENTS OVERALL ASSEMBLY ............2-3 LOWER CASE KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY ......4 KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY ............5 ELECTRICAL PARTS ............6-11 Notes : DESTINATION ABBREVIATIONS A : Australian model M : South African model B : British model O : Chinese model C : Canadian model Q : South-east Asia model D : German model...