Turning The Power On/Off; Do You Hear Sound - Roland SC-8820 Owner's Manual

Connecting to Your Computer/MIDI Keyboard

Turning the Power ON/OFF

Once the connections have been completed, turn on power to your various devices
in the order specified.
Here we will explain how to connect the SC-8820 to an audio reproduction system
(stereo set or amplified speakers). If you are using headphones, you may skip the ex-
planations regarding operation of your audio reproduction system.
Turning the Power On
1
Before you turn the power on, turn down the volume of the SC-8820 and
audio playback devices (your amp/speaker system).
2
Push the Power switch to turn on the SC-8820.
3
Turn on the power of your audio system.
4
Set the volume of each device to an appropriate setting.

Do you Hear Sound?

After making connections as explained in Making connections, turn the power on,
and gradually raise the volume while playing the keyboard. Do the part level indi-
cators of the SC-8820 light? If they light, the SC-8820 is receiving MIDI messages.
This unit will sound a note when the [VOLUME] knob is pressed (the Preview func-
tion). If playing your keyboard produces no sound, you can use this function to see
whether the amp volume and speaker connections are correct.
If this unit part level indicator does not light, MIDI messages are not being received
from your MIDI keyboard. Check your MIDI keyboard settings and MIDI cable con-
nections.
Turning the Power Off
1
Before you turn the power off, turn down the volume of SC-8820 and audio
playback devices (your amp/speaker system).
2
Turn off audio devices, and then turn off the SC-8820.
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By turning on devices in
the wrong order, you risk
causing malfunction and/
or damage to speakers and
other devices.
When connecting the SC-
8820 to your speaker system,
excessive volumes can
damage your speaker system.
Please be aware that speakers
used in conventional stereo
systems are more vulnerable
to being damaged by high
volume levels than are
speakers designed for
musical instruments.
This unit is equipped with
a protection circuit. A brief
interval (a few seconds)
after power up is required
before the unit will operate
normally.
At the factory settings, this
unit will produce sound in
response to any channel 1 –
16, regardless of the
transmit channel your
keyboard is set to (p.96).
This is because each Part is
assigned to the correspond-
ingly numbered MIDI
channel.