Radel RANJANI PLUS 5 User Manual

RANJANI PLUS 5 DIGITAL TANPURA
USER MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION: Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a quality product - the Ranjani
Radel
+5 digital tanpura. products are renowned for their excellent tonal quality as well as their
reliability. The latest state-of-the-art technology is used in the design as well as manufacture of the
products. Being the inventor of these products and pioneer in the field of electronic musical
Radel
instruments for Indian music, continuously improves the existing models and introduces new
Radel Radel
products. is an ISO 9001:2008 company. Hence, the name assures you of excellent
quality, and, although you may never need it, dedicated after-sales service.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The Ranjani +5 digital tanpura is a sophisticated musical instrument for
providing sruti (sur) accompaniment to performers of music. It incorporates the latest state-of-the-art
technology with natural tambura / tanpura sound. It can be tuned to any pitch over a range of more
than one octave thus enabling it to be used by men or women as well as instrumentalists. It has
perfect tuning of 4 notes. It is housed in an attractive, unbreakable, light weight (Size :
230mmX135mmX190mm; weight: approx.1 kg) and safe ABS plastic cabinet. It can be directly
operated on any voltage from 90V - 260VAC or on a set of batteries (uses six 'AA' size batteries of
1.5V each). It automatically switches-over to batteries (DC) on failure of mains power (AC). A Iine-out
socket of 1/8" is provided. An additional tunable 5th note (string) is also provided.
CAUTION: 1. Provide a gap of at least 10 seconds between switching the product OFF and ON.
2. Avoid using the product dose to other electronic equipment such as mobile / cordless phones.
pagers etc.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: Insert the power cord provided, into the socket at the rear of the
instrument. Plug the cord into a standard wall outlet.
Switch ON the product by pressing the power button.
Note: It has SMPS facility due to which it can be operated directly on any voltage from 90V-260VAC.
VOLUME(VOL): To adjust the volume press ▲ or ▼ button either step by step or continuously.
PITCH SELECTION: Press the ▲ or ▼ button (PITCH) to change the pitch to any standard setting in
steps of half-notes such as C, C# (shown as C.) etc. Please refer to the pitch reference chart at the
bottom of the product for pitch references in the Indian systems. The display will show the selected
pitch.
FINE TUNING: For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting, press MODE key once. The display
will now start blinking to confirm that the product is in fine tuning mode. Now press ▲ or ▼ button to
either increase or decrease the pitch in micro-steps.
TEMPO SETTING: Pressing MODE button twice from the NORMAL mode (or once from the fine
▲
tuning mode) puts the product in the tempo setting mode. The display now indicates T. Press the
or ▼
button repeatedly to increase or decrease the plucking tempo (speed).
TONE: To get bass/treble sound, TONE adjustment is provided. Tone can be altered by pressing the
▲ or ▼
button step by step or continuously