Troubleshooting - Roland HP601 Owner's Manual

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Troubleshooting

Problem Items to check
Even though you're
The keyboard of this piano is designed to simulate
using headphones
the mechanism of an acoustic piano. Even on an
to mute the sound,
acoustic piano, a thumping sound is actually being
a thumping sound is
produced when you press a key. Such sounds do
heard when you play
not indicate a malfunction.
the keyboard
Could the Auto of
Power turns of on
setting be something
its own
other than "Of"?
Power does not turn
Is the AC adaptor connected correctly?
on
Could the "Input/Bluetooth Vol. " be low?
The volume level of
the device connected
Could the volume of the connected device be
to Input jack is too low
turned down?
Could "Panel Lock" be
Can't perform
activated?
operations
Sound is heard from
Could the Speaker
the speakers even
Auto Mute setting be
though headphones
turned "Of"?
are connected
Piano sounds don't seem right
Is the volume turned down?
Could headphones or an adaptor plug be inserted
in the Phones jack? Alternatively, you won't hear
sound if the settings prevent the speakers from
No sound
outputting sound.
Has Local Control
been set to "Of"?
Could you have made Transpose settings?
Is the Master Tune setting appropriate?
Pitch of the keyboard
or song is incorrect
Is the setting for the Temperament correct?
Is the Single Note Tuning setting appropriate?
Could you be holding down the damper pedal and
sounding a large number of notes?
Notes are interrupted
Could you be using Dual Play or playing along with
a song?
Could you be using
"Dual Play" to layer
two tones?
Sounds are heard
twice (doubled) when
Could the piano be
the keyboard is played
connected to an
external sequencer?
When using "Dual Play" which layers two tones, or
Sound appears
"Split Play" which lets you play diferent tones with
diferent when using
the left and right hands, the sound might appear
Dual Play or Split Play
diferent with certain combinations of tones.
Even if the Ambience efect is of, the acoustic
Reverberation remains
piano's own resonance remains.
even if you defeat the
You can reduce this reverberation by adjusting the
Ambience efect
Cabinet Resonance.
This simulates the characteristics of an acoustic
The sound of the
piano, and is not a malfunction.
higher notes suddenly
The sound will change where there is a change in
changes from a certain
the number of strings per key or a transition from
key
wound strings to unwound strings.
If you don't hear it through headphones:
It may be that the piano has malfunctioned. Please
contact your dealer or a Roland customer service
center.
High-pitched ringing
If you also hear it through headphones:
is heard
To decrease the metallic ringing, adjust the
following settings.
5 Ambience (p. 6)
5 String Resonance (p. 13)
In some cases, a note you play might cause a
diferent note (whose frequency is an integer
When you press a key,
multiple of the irst note) to resonate, producing
the sound of a note
the sensation that the sound has changed; this is
you didn't press is also
not a malfunction.
faintly heard
Lower the Piano Designer's "String Resonance"
value, or turn it of.
Action Page
–
If you don't need the power
to turn of automatically,
p. 24
turn the Auto Of setting
"Of. "
–
p. 22
–
Disengage the "Panel Lock"
p. 9
setting.
Turn the Speaker Auto Mute
p. 24
setting "On. "
p. 6
p. 24
Set Local Control to "On. " p. 24
p. 6
p. 22
p. 22
p. 13
–
Press the [Dual] button to
p. 7
turn of Dual Play.
If you don't want the other
sound module to produce
–
sound, turn your DAW's soft
thru function "Of. "
If Local Control is turned
"On, " set Local Control to p. 24
"Of. "
p. 7
–
–
–
p. 13
Problem Items to check
Could the volume be
set to maximum?
If you also hear it through headphones:
It may be that the piano has malfunctioned. Please
contact your dealer or a Roland customer service
center.
If you don't hear it through headphones:
Low notes sound
Objects near the piano are resonating because
wrong, or are buzzy
of the high volume of sound coming from the
speakers. You can take the following measures to
minimize resonances.
5 Locate the speakers 10–15 cm (4–6 inch) away
from walls or other surfaces.
5 Keep the volume down.
5 Move away from the objects that are resonating.
Pedal does not sound right
Could the adjuster
located under the
Unusual sound is
pedal not be in
heard when you press
contact with the
the pedal
loor?
Is the pedal connected correctly?
Check the pedal cord, and the Pedal jack located on
the bottom of the piano.
Could you have
disconnected or
connected the pedal
cord while the power
was on?
Could the Damper pedal part be set to "Right" or
"Left"?
Pedal does not work,
or is "stuck"
Could Twin Piano be turned on?
If Twin Piano is on, the right pedal will afect only
the right-hand keyboard zone and the left pedal
will afect only the left-hand keyboard zone.
Could you have
changed the function
of the pedal?
Could you be using the page-turning function?
Song does not play correctly
Could you be
recording with a tone
that you created in
The piano's tonal
Piano Designer?
character changes
when you record
Could you be playing
back the audio-
recorded sound?
Only the sound of a
Could the part button
particular instrument
be unlit?
in a song does not play
No sound when you
Could the volume of the song be set to "0"?
play back a song
Song volume is too
low / Volume difers
Could the song volume be set too low?
between recording
and playback
Two types of ile can be played back: audio iles and
MIDI iles.
Can't play back a song
saved in USB lash
Audio iles
drive
MIDI iles
Could the song name information in the ile be
Titles of songs saved
blank or consist of only spaces?
on the USB lash drive
Does the ile have a ".MID" extension? Song titles
do not appear in the
can be shown in the screen only for iles that have a
screen
".MID" extension.
Can't record
Has one of the part buttons for recording been
Can't record SMF
selected?
Is a USB lash drive connected to the USB Memory
Can't record audio
port?
Action Page
Lower the volume. p. 6
–
The adjuster might have
loosened as you use the p. 5
pedal. Adjust the adjuster.
–
Power-of the piano before
you connect or disconnect –
the pedal cord.
p. 23
p. 7
Return the pedal function
(Center Pedal, Left Pedal,
p. 23
Reg. Pedal Shift) to its
previous setting.
p. 21
Some of the Piano Designer
settings might not be
–
reproduced when you play
back a song.
Record as SMF. p. 10
Press the part button so the
p. 9
indicator is illuminated.
p. 22
p. 22
Extension ".WAV, " 16-bit
–
linear
Sampling rate "44.1 kHz"
Extension ".MID"
–
–
p. 10
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