System Requirements; Software Installation - Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-640 Owner's Manual

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

System Requirements

Data
Windows 2000/XP Home
Musicsoft Edition/XP Professional/Vista
Downloader * Only 32-bit is supported.
Windows 7
Windows XP Professional
(SP2/SP3)/XP Home Edition
(SP2/SP3)/2000 (SP4)
Windows XP Professional x64
Edition (SP2)
USB Driver
for Windows
Windows Vista (SP0/SP1/SP2)
Windows 7

Software Installation

If you have any problems with the installation, refer to
the troubleshooting section on page 106.
NOTE
• The example displays shown in this guide are in English.
Installing / Updating the USB-MIDI
Driver
In order to be able to communicate with and use MIDI
instruments connected to your computer, the appropri-
ate driver software must be properly installed on your
computer.
The USB-MIDI driver allows sequence software and
similar applications on your computer to transmit and
receive MIDI data to and from instruments via a USB
cable.
Computer
Sequence
software
USB Cable
Driver
Follow the steps below to install (or update) the USB-
MIDI driver.
1
Disconnect all USB devices from the
computer except for the mouse and
computer keyboard.
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OS Computer
233 MHz or higher; Intel Pen-
tium/Celeron Processor family
(500 MHz or higher is recom-
mended)
166 MHz or higher; Intel Core/
Pentium/Celeron processor
Intel 64 compatible processor
800 MHz or higher; Intel Core/
Pentium/Celeron processor or
Intel 64 compatible processor
1.4 GHz or higher; Intel Core/
Pentium/Celeron processor or
Intel 64 compatible processor
MIDI instrument
Memory
64 MB or more
(256 MB or more is
recommended)
32 MB or more
(64 MB or more is
recommended)
256 MB or more
512 MB or more
1 GB or more
(32-bit)/2 GB or
more (64-bit)
2
Start the computer and use the "Admin-
istrator" account to log on to Windows.
Close all applications and windows that are open.
3
Insert the Accessory CD-ROM into your
computer's CD-ROM drive.
4
Turn off the power of the instrument.
5
Connect the USB connector of the com-
puter to the USB TO HOST terminal of
the MIDI instrument with a standard
USB cable.
NOTE
• Do not use a USB hub for connecting multiple USB
devices.
NOTE
• If you are using several MIDI instruments with USB con-
nection at the same time, connect all the instruments to
the computer and turn on the power for all of them, then
perform the following installation procedure.
6
Turn on the power of the instrument(s).
7
When the "Found New Hardware Wiz-
ard" window appears, click [Cancel].
NOTE
• On some computers, it may take a few minutes before
this screen appears.
Hard Disk Display
128 MB or more
800 x 600
(at least 512 MB
HighColor
of free space is
(16-bit)
recommended)
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —