Guided Tour; Setting Up Your Mu50; What You'll Need; Making The Connections - Yamaha MU50 Owner's Manual

GUIDED TOUR

Setting Up Your MU50

In this introductory section, you'll learn how to set up the MU50 for use
with a MIDI keyboard. (Setting up for use with a computer is covered on
page 25.)

What You'll Need

The MU50 and the included power adaptor.
A MIDI keyboard, electronic piano, or any instrument that can output
MIDI data.
An amplifier/speaker system, preferably stereo. Alternately, you can use
a set of stereo headphones.
Audio connecting cables.
A MIDI cable.

Making the Connections

CAUTION!
Before making any connections, make sure that all equipment to be connected is turned off,
and that the MU50 power adaptor is not connected to an electrical outlet.
Operation
1 Connect one end of the MIDI cable to the MIDI OUT terminal of
2 Connect the audio cables from the R and L/MONO OUTPUT
3 Set the HOST SELECT switch on the MU50 to MIDI.
4 Connect the power adaptor to the DC IN terminal on the MU50
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the MIDI keyboard and the other to the MIDI IN terminal of the
MU50 (as shown in the illustration below).
jacks of the MU50 to the appropriate inputs on the amplifier
speaker system (as shown in the illustration below).
If the amplifier has only one input, use the L/MONO jack on
the MU50. If you are using stereo headphones, connect them to
the front panel PHONES jack.
and plug the adaptor into an appropriate electrical outlet.