Troubleshooting - Roland RP201 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

If you think there's a problem, read this first.
Symptom Cause/Action
Power does not turn
Is the AC adaptor connected correctly?
on
Is the pedal connected correctly?
Plug the cord firmly into the pedal connector.
If you disconnect the pedal cord from the RP201 while the power is on, the pedal effect may remain "stuck" in the On condition.
You must switch off the RP201's power before connecting or disconnecting the pedal cord.
If you've switched the function of the soft pedal or sostenuto pedal, these pedals will not operate as the soft pedal or sostenuto
Pedal does not work, pedal.
or is "stuck"
Could you have changed the way in which the pedal effect is applied?
The pedal will apply only to the right tone if you've assigned the right pedal part to the right, or only to the left tone if you've assigned
it to the left.
Could Twin Piano be turned on?
If Twin Piano is on, the right pedal will apply only to the right-hand section of the keyboard, and the left pedal will apply only to the
left-hand section of the keyboard.
"Buzz" is heard from Are the external devices connected to more than one AC outlet?
external devices If you connect external devices, be sure to connect them to the same AC outlet.
Device connected to
Could you be using a connection cable that contains a resistor?
the Input jacks have
Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor.
insufficient volume
No sound
Could the RP201's volume or the volume of the connected equipment be turned down?
Could headphones be connected?
No sound Could there be a plug inserted in a headphone jack?
The speakers will not produce sound if headphones or plug are connected to the headphone jacks.
Has Local Control been set to "Off"?
When Local Control is set to Off, no sound is produced by playing back a song. Set Local Control to On.
Has Local Control been set to "Off"?
No sound when you
When Local Control is set to Off, no sound is produced by playing back a song. Set Local Control to On.
play back a song
Could the song volume be set to "0"?
No sound from the
Is V-LINK switched on?
leftmost notes of the
When V-LINK is on, the lowest twelve notes of the keyboard are used to control the image, and will not produce sound.
keyboard
Are all devices powered on?
No sound (when a
MIDI device is Are the MIDI cables connected correctly?
connected)
Do the MIDI channels of the RP201 and the connected device match?
The maximum simultaneous polyphony is 128 notes. If you're using the Dual play, if you're playing along with a song, or if you're
Not all the notes you
making extensive use of the damper pedal, the performance data may exceed the available polyphony, possibly causing some of the
play are sounded
notes you play to drop out.
Notes don't sound right
Could you have made Transpose settings?
Pitch of the keyboard
or song is incorrect Is the Master Tune setting appropriate?
Is the setting for the Temperament correct?
Is the RP201 in Dual play mode?
Sounds are heard
twice (doubled) when
When the RP201 is connected to an external sequencer, set the Local Control to off. Alternatively, the sequencer could be set so its
the keyboard is played
Soft Thru feature is Off.
The wrong instrument The Tone buttons [E. Piano], [Strings], and [Others] also operate as buttons that select "Recommended Tones."
is selected when you With the factory settings, connecting the RP201 to a computer running "VIMA TUNES PLAYER" and selecting a song produced for the
press the [E. Piano], VIMA (VIMA TUNES) will automatically cause sounds appropriate for that song to be assigned to the [E. Piano], [Strings], and [Others]
[Strings], or [Others] Tone buttons, so that you can select "recommended" sounds by pressing one of these buttons.
button You can also make settings so that "recommended" sounds are not automatically assigned.
When you are using Dual performance or Split performance, and different effects are specified for the two selected tones, the effect
Effect not applied
will not be applied to Tone 2 (when using Dual performance) or the left-hand tone (when using Split performance).
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