Appendices; Troubleshooting - Roland FP-2 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

Case
Is the power cord properly connected?
No Power
(p. 8)
Is the volume level of the FP-2 (p. 10) or
connected device turned all the way
down?
Are headphones plugged in?
Has a plug remained connected to the
Phones jack? (p. 10)
No Sound
Is the Speaker switch to "ON"? (p. 7)
Is Local Off selected? When Local Control
is set to OFF, no sound is produced by
playing the keyboard. Set Local Control to
"ON"(p. 47).
Is the MIDI Out mode set to "4"? (p. 48)
Is the power to all devices turned on?
(p. 44)
No Sound (With a
Is the MIDI cable connected and plugged
MIDI Device
in correctly? (p. 46)
Connected)
Does the MIDI channel match the
connected instrument? (p. 47)
Is the [Chord Progression] button's
indicator off? (p. 31)
No sound from the left side is produced if
the [Chord Progression] button's indicator
is off while the Session Partner is playing.
No Sound From
the Left Side
Is V-LINK switched on (p. 49)? When V-
LINK is switched on, the twelve keys at the
left end of the keyboard are used to control
images, and no sounds are played with
these keys.
The Volume of the
Is the volume balance turned all the way
Keyboard is Too
down? (p. 18)
Low
Is the FP-2 in Dual Play? (p. 15)
Two Sounds are
When the FP-2 is connected to an external
Produced When
sequencer, set it to the Local OFF mode
the Keyboard is
(p. 47). Alternatively, set SOFT THRU on
Played
the sequencer to "OFF."
The FP-2 has a maximum polyphony of 64
voices. When playing together with a song
or Rhythm along with heavy use of the
Not All Sounds Are
damper pedal, the performance data may
Played
exceed the number of available voices, and
as a result, some notes or sounds played on
the keyboard may not sound.
Cause/What to do Case
Is the [Chord Progression] button's
The
indicator off? (p. 31)
accompaniment
When the [Chord Progression] button's
sounds when the
indicator is off, the Session Partner begins
keys are played
if you finger a keyboard.
Have you set Transpose? (p. 24)
The Keyboard or Are the settings for the Temperament
Song Register or (p. 42) correct?
Pitch is Off
Is the setting for Master Tuning correct?
(p. 41)
Does "dEL" appear in the display? (p. 13)
The internal songs cannot be played back
Song Doesn't Play
while recorded performance data remains
Back
in the FP-2's memory. Try playing back the
song after deleting the performance data.
Only the Sound of Is Track Mute on? (p. 13)
a Particular If the button's light is out when you hold
Instrument in a down the [Play/Stop] button, the music on
Song Does Not that track is not heard. Press the track
Play button so the light is illuminated.
Have you selected which of the Track
Cannot Record
Buttons to be recorded? (p. 36)
When you select for recording an internal
song that features tempo changes, the
Tempo of
tempos of Performances recorded on other
Recorded Song or
tracks are altered along with these
Metronome is Off
changes. In addition, the Metronome
tempo is also changed the same way.
Performances that have been recorded are
Recorded
erased when the power for the FP-2 is
Performance is
turned off. Once erased, Performances
Erased
cannot be recovered.
The [Split] button's
Is the [Chord Progression] button's
lindicator won't go
indicator off? (p. 31)
out
When the part to which the effects are
Effects Not applied is assigned to the Lower Tone, the
effects are then not applied to the Upper
Applied
Tone (p. 41).
As the FP-2 piano sounds faithfully
Reverb Remains reproduce the depth and reverberation of
Even After Reverb actual acoustic pianos, reverberation may
is Lifted still be audible even after the reverb effect
is removed from sounds.
Cause/What to do
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