Editing A User Authentication Key; Changing The Password - Yamaha QL5 Reference Manual

NOTE
• If no password has been set, you will simply be logged-in in step 6 when you press the LOAD
button.
• If the password was incorrect, a message of "Wrong Password!" will appear near the bottom of
the screen.
• If you have selected a user authentication key that was created on a different QL series console,
a keyboard window will appear, allowing you to enter the Administrator password of the QL series
console that you will be using. (If the Administrator passwords are identical, this window will not
appear.) When you enter the correct Administrator password, another keyboard window will
appear, allowing you to enter the password for the selected user. If you re-save the user
authentication key, you will not be asked for the Administrator password the next time. Refer to
"Editing a user authentication key" on
• For details about loading files from the USB flash drive, refer to
drive" on page 207.

Changing the password

Follow the steps below to change the password of the logged-in user. The Guest account
does not have a password.
STEP
1. In the Function Access Area, press the SETUP button.
2. In the SETUP screen, press the PASSWORD CHANGE button.
3. In the keyboard window, enter the current password and press the OK button.
4. Enter the new password in the NEW PASSWORD field, then enter the same
password in the RE-ENTER PASSWORD field for verification, and finally press the OK
button.
5. Refer to "Editing a user authentication
authentication key.
NOTE
After you change the password, if you log out from the console without saving the user
authentication key, the changed password will be discarded.
page 189.
"Loading a file from a USB flash
key" on page 189 to overwrite the user

Editing a user authentication key

If you are logged-in as a user, you can edit your preference settings, USER DEFINED keys,
USER DEFINED knobs, custom fader banks, master fader, comments, and password, and
save (overwrite) them onto your user authentication key. If you are logged-in as a Power User,
you can also change the user level.
STEP
1. Log in as a user, and edit the Preference settings
(page 194), USER DEFINED knobs
settings.
2. Close the USER SETUP window.
3. In the SETUP screen, press the SAVE KEY button.
4. In the SAVE KEY window, choose the save-destination button, and then press the
SAVE TO button.
5. A dialog box will ask you to confirm that you want to overwrite that user
authentication key; press the OK button.
SETUP screen
NOTE
• If you are logged-in as a Power User, you can also change the user level.
• If you loaded a user authentication key from a USB flash drive, press the SAVE KEY button before
removing the USB flash drive. If you do remove the USB flash drive before pressing this button,
load the user authentication key again.
189
(page 192), USER DEFINED keys
(page 199), and custom fader bank (page
SAVE KEY window
Setup
202)
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