Backing Up Data And Initializing The Settings; Data Maintained When Power Is Turned Off; Saving The User Song Data To A Computer; Transferring Smf Files Between A Computer And This Instrument - Yamaha 142 Owner's Manual

Advanced Operations

Backing up Data and Initializing the Settings

Data Maintained When Power is Turned Off

The following settings and data are maintained even if you turn the power off.
• Metronome Volume
• Metronome Beat
• Touch Sensitivity
• Tuning
• Intelligent Acoustic Control Depth
• Intelligent Acoustic Control On/Off
• Auto Power Off Enable/Disable
• User Song data
• Song data (SMF Files) loaded from a computer

Saving the User Song data to a computer

Among the data listed above, only the User Song data can be transferred to a computer
and saved as a SMF file. For details, refer to "Computer-related Operations" on the
website (page 7).
Transferring SMF Files Between a Computer and this
Instrument
With Musicsoft Downloader (available for free downloading), up to 10 SMF files can be
transferred from the computer to the internal memory of this instrument, and vice versa.
For details, refer to the "Computer-related Operations" downloadable from Yamaha
Manual Library (page 7).

Initializing the Settings

With this operation, all data (with the exception of the Songs) will be reset to the factory
default settings.
To do this, simultaneously hold down the C7 (the highest) key and turn on the power.
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C7
Highest key
NOTICE
Saved data may be lost due to
malfunction or incorrect
operation. Save important
data to an external device
such as a computer.
NOTICE
Never turn off the power while
the Initialize operation is being
executed (that is, while the
[REC] and [PLAY] lamps are
flashing).
NOTE
If this instrument somehow
becomes disabled or
malfunctions, turn off the
power then execute
Initialization.