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Related Manuals for Yamaha Clavinova CVP-209
Summarization of Contents
Special Message Section
Product Safety Markings
Explains safety graphics and cautions for electronic products.
Battery Notice
Provides information about the product's non-rechargeable battery.
Disposal Notice
Guidelines for the safe and legal disposal of the product.
Name Plate Location
Indicates the location of the name plate for model and serial numbers.
Precautions
Warning
Basic precautions to avoid serious injury or death from electrical shock and hazards.
Caution
Basic precautions to avoid physical injury or property damage.
Power Supply/Power Cord
Precautions regarding the safe use of the power cord and plug.
Water Warning
Warning against exposing the instrument to water or damp conditions.
Fire Warning
Warning against placing burning items on the unit.
If You Notice Any Abnormality
Instructions for handling abnormal situations like smoke or smell.
About This Owner’s Manual and Data List
Introduction
Directs users to read the Introduction section first.
Quick Guide
Explains how to use the basic functions of the Clavinova.
Basic Operation
Explains how to use basic operations and display-based controls.
Reference
Explains how to make detailed settings for various functions.
Data List
Contains lists of voices, styles, and parameters.
Accessories
Recording Disk
Suggests using a blank disk to save your performance data.
Owner’s Manual
States the manual contains complete operating instructions.
Data List
States the manual contains lists of voices, styles, and parameters.
Handling the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) and Floppy Disk
Precautions
Advises careful handling of floppy disks and the disk drive.
Compatible Disk Type
Specifies compatible floppy disk types (2DD and 2HD).
Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks
Provides instructions for inserting and ejecting floppy disks.
About the Display Messages
A Message (Information or Confirmation Dialog)
Explains how display messages facilitate operation.
Maintenance
Cleaning the Instrument
Instructions for cleaning the instrument with a soft cloth.
Tuning
States the Clavinova does not require tuning.
Transporting
Instructions for safely moving or transporting the Clavinova.
Panel Controls and Terminals
Power Controls
Details the POWER button and Master Volume.
Metronome Controls
Explains the Metronome START/STOP button.
MIC. Controls
Details buttons for Vocal Harmony, Talk, and Effects.
Song Controls
Details buttons for SONG playback and recording.
Tempo Controls
Details buttons for Tempo and Transpose.
Style Controls
Details buttons for Style playback and Auto Accompaniment.
Menu Controls
Details buttons for DEMO, HELP, and FUNCTION.
Digital Studio Controls
Details buttons for Sound Creator and Digital Recording.
Display Control Buttons
Details buttons used for display navigation and selection.
Voice Effect Controls
Details buttons for Reverb, DSP, Variation, etc.
What Can You Do With the Clavinova?
Song Playback
Explains playing back internal and disk songs.
Vocal Harmony
Describes automatic backup singing and harmony features.
Demo
Guides users to explore instrument demos and features.
Style
Explains using Auto Accompaniment styles for backing.
Digital Recording
Details recording keyboard performances and creating songs.
Guide
Explains learning and practicing with guide functions.
Setting Up the Clavinova
Key Cover Operation
Instructions for opening and closing the key cover safely.
Music Rest Adjustment
Instructions for raising and lowering the music rest.
Lid Operation
Instructions for opening the instrument's lid.
Turning the Power On and Off
Connecting the Power Cord
Instructions for connecting the power cord correctly.
Setting the Volume
How to adjust the master volume level.
Using Headphones
Instructions for connecting and using headphones.
Quick Guide
Playing the Demos
How to play demo songs and explore instrument features.
Song Playback
Explains how to play back songs, including internal and disk songs.
Playing Voices
How to select, play, layer, and split voices.
Playing Styles
How to select and play accompaniment styles.
One Touch Setting
How to use One Touch Setting for appropriate panel setups.
Music Finder
How to use Music Finder to call up ideal song setups.
Playing and Practicing with the Songs
How to play along with songs and practice parts.
Recording
Instructions for quick recording of keyboard performances.
Mastering Your Favorite Songs
How to use practice features like Follow Lights and Repeat.
Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data
Open/Save Displays
Explains the Open/Save displays for various data types.
Example — Open/Save Display for Voice
Details the PRESET, USER, and FLOPPY DISK drives for voice data.
Selecting Files and Folders
How to select files and folders within the display.
File/Folder-related Operations
Operations for naming, moving, copying, and deleting files/folders.
Saving Files
Instructions on how to save created data to drives.
Organizing Files by Creating a New Folder
How to create folders for better file organization.
Entering Characters and Changing Icons
How to enter characters for names and change file icons.
Using the [DATA ENTRY] Dial
Explains how to use the DATA ENTRY dial for adjustments and selections.
Direct Access — Instant Selection of Displays
How to instantly access specific displays using Direct Access.
Help Messages
How to use and display help messages for functions.
Using the Metronome
How to use the metronome for tempo guidance.
Adjusting the Tempo
How to adjust the playback tempo for songs and styles.
Tap Tempo
How to tap out the tempo for songs or styles.
Playing the Demos
Pressing the [DEMO] Button
How to automatically play demo songs at random.
Selecting Demo Categories
How to select categories like Function, Voice, or Style demos.
Selecting and Starting Demos
How to select and start individual demo items.
Voices
Selecting a Voice
Step-by-step guide to selecting and playing voices.
Voice Characteristics
Describes the characteristics of Natural, Live!, Cool!, and Sweet! voices.
One-touch Piano Play
How to instantly set up the Clavinova for optimal piano performance.
Layer — Layering Two Different Voices
How to layer two voices for a richer sound.
Left — Setting Separate Voices for the Left and Right Sections of the Keyboard
How to assign different voices to the left and right keyboard sections.
Applying Voice Effects
How to add effects like Reverb, Chorus, and DSP to voices.
Using the Pedals
Explains the functions of the Damper, Sostenuto, and Left pedals.
Styles
Playing a Style
How to select and play accompaniment styles.
Accompaniment Style Characteristics
Describes characteristics of different style types like Session! and Pianist!
Playing a Style’s Rhythm Channels Only
How to play only the rhythm channels of a style.
Adjusting the Volume Balance/Channel Muting
How to adjust volume balance and mute specific channels.
Chord Fingerings
Explains how to play chords for accompaniment using different fingering modes.
Arranging the Style Pattern (Sections: Main A/B/C/D, Intro, Ending, Break)
How to vary style arrangement using its different sections.
Stopping the Style Playback While Releasing Keys (Sync. Stop)
How to stop/start accompaniment with key release/press.
Selecting Intro and Ending Types (Intro/Ending)
How to select different Intro and Ending types for styles.
Playing Fill-in Patterns Automatically...
Explains how Auto Fill In works when changing style sections.
Appropriate Panel Setting for the Selected Style (One Touch Setting)
How to select appropriate panel settings using One Touch Setting.
Automatically Changing One Touch Settings with the Sections — OTS Link
How OTS Link changes settings automatically with style sections.
Registering the Panel Controls in One Touch Setting
How to create and register custom One Touch Settings.
Calling Up Ideal Setups for Your Music — Music Finder
How to use Music Finder to call up appropriate settings.
Searching the Ideal Setups — Music Finder Search
How to search Music Finder records by title or keywords.
Editing Records — Music Finder Record Edit
How to edit existing or create new Music Finder records.
Song Playback
Compatible Song Types
Lists compatible song data formats (GM, XG, DOC, MIDI).
Playing the Internal Songs
How to play the built-in songs from the Song Book.
Simultaneously Playing a Song and an Accompaniment Style
How to play songs along with accompaniment styles.
Playing Back Songs on Disk
How to play songs from a floppy disk.
Other Playback-related Operations
Includes repeat, rewind, fast forward, and channel muting.
Muting Specific Parts — Track1/Track2/Extra Tracks
How to mute specific song parts for practice.
Repeat Playback of a Specific Range
How to repeatedly play back a specific song range.
Practicing Music with the Guide Functions — Guide
How to use guide functions for learning music.
Displaying Music Notation — Score
How to display music notation automatically as the song plays.
Displaying the Lyrics
How to display song lyrics while the song is playing back.
Saving and Recalling Custom Panel Setups — Registration Memory
Registering Panel Setups — Registration Memory
How to save custom panel settings to Registration Memory buttons.
Saving Your Registration Memory Setups
How to save registration memory settings as a bank file.
Recalling a Registration Memory Setup
How to recall saved panel settings.
Selecting the Freeze Settings
How to specify settings to remain unchanged across presets.
Editing Voices — Sound Creator
Operation
Steps to access and use the Sound Creator feature.
SOUND CREATOR Parameters (Natural/Regular Voices)
Parameters for editing Natural and Regular voices.
Natural Voices and Regular Voices
Explains the Natural and XG tone generation sources.
PIANO (Natural Piano Voice has been selected)
Parameters specific to editing the Natural Piano voice.
COMMON Parameters
Common settings for voices like volume and touch sensitivity.
SOUND Parameters (Regular Voice only)
Parameters for editing the sound of Regular voices.
FILTER Settings
How FILTER settings affect timbre and sound.
EG Settings
Envelope Generator settings for sound level changes.
VIBRATO Settings
Parameters for the Vibrato effect (Depth, Speed, Delay).
EFFECT/EQ Settings
Explains effect types and equalizer settings.
HARMONY Settings
Explains Harmony settings and parameters.
Organ Flutes
Explains the Organ Flutes voice and its editing parameters.
Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs — Song Creator
About Song Recording
Introduces Quick Recording, Multi Recording, and Step Recording methods.
Quick Recording
Steps for quickly recording keyboard performances.
Multi Recording
How to record songs with multiple instrument sounds.
Recording Individual Notes — Step Record
How to create songs by entering notes one by one.
Editing a Recorded Song
How to edit song data using various features.
Editing Channel-related Parameters — Channel
How to edit channel parameters like Quantize and Velocity Change.
Editing Note Events — 1 - 16
How to edit individual note events.
Editing Chord Events — CHD
How to edit recorded chord events in a song.
Editing System Events — SYS/EX. (System Exclusive)
How to edit recorded System events like Tempo and Key.
Inputting and Editing Lyrics
How to enter and edit song lyrics.
Customizing the Event List — Filter
How to filter event types shown in editing displays.
Creating Accompaniment Styles — Style Creator
About Creating Accompaniment Styles
Introduces the process and parts of creating accompaniment styles.
Realtime Recording — Basic
How to create styles by recording parts in real time.
Step Recording
Describes entering notes individually for style creation.
Assembling an Accompaniment Style — Assembly
How to combine patterns from existing styles to create new ones.
Edit the Created Accompaniment Style
How to custom edit created styles using Groove and Dynamics.
Making Style File Format Settings — Parameter
Describes style file format parameters for pitch and sound changes.
Adjust the Volume Balance and Changing Voices — Mixing Console
Operation
How to access and use the Mixing Console display.
Setting the Level Balance and Voice — Volume/Voice
How to adjust volume balance and select voices for each part.
Changing the Tone of the Voice — Filter
How to adjust tone quality using filter settings.
Changing Pitch-related Settings — Tune
How to adjust pitch using tuning parameters.
Adjusting the Effects
How to adjust effect types (Reverb, Chorus, DSP) and their depth.
Adjusting the Sound to Match the Performance Environment — EQ
How to adjust the sound using the equalizer for different environments.
Effect Structure
Illustrates the signal flow for effect blocks (System and Insertion).
Using a Microphone — MIC.
Selecting a Vocal Harmony Type
How to select a vocal harmony type.
Adjusting the Vocal Harmony Settings and Microphone Effects — OVERALL SETTING
How to adjust EQ and Noise Gate for the microphone.
Making Settings for the Vocal Harmony and Microphone — MICROPHONE SETTING
How to set up Vocal Harmony and microphone parameters.
Vocal Harmony Parameter List
Details parameters for controlling Vocal Harmony.
Setting the Microphone Volume and Related Effects — TALK SETTING
How to adjust microphone volume and related effects.
Making Global and Other Important Settings — Function
Adjusting the Pitch and Tuning — Master Tune and Scale Tune
How to fine-tune pitch and select tuning systems.
Setting Song-related Parameters — Song Settings
How to set parameters for song playback and practice functions.
Setting Auto Accompaniment-related Parameters — Style Setting, Split Point, and Chord Fingering
How to set style, split point, and chord fingering parameters.
Making Settings for the Pedals and Keyboard — Controller
How to assign functions to pedals and customize keyboard touch.
Pedal-controllable Functions
Lists functions that can be controlled by pedals.
Changing the Touch Sensitivity and Transpose — Keyboard/Panel
How to customize keyboard touch response and transpose settings.
Setting the Registration Sequence, Freeze, and Voice Set
How to specify preset order, freeze settings, and voice set options.
Setting Harmony and Echo
How to set Harmony or Echo effect type and amount.
Showing the Clavinova Display on a TV — Video Out
How to output the Clavinova display contents to a TV monitor.
Making MIDI Settings
How to make MIDI-related settings for the instrument.
Making Overall System Settings (Local Control, Clock, etc.) — System
How to set system parameters like Local Control and MIDI Clock.
Transmitting MIDI Data — Transmit
How to determine which parts send MIDI data and over which channel.
Receiving MIDI Data — Receive
How the CVP-900 responds to data from connected MIDI devices.
Setting Root Note Channels — Root
Determines channels recognized for root notes for auto accompaniment.
Setting Chord Channels — Chord Detect
Determines channels recognized for chords for auto accompaniment.
Other Settings — Utility
Accesses utility settings like CONFIG 1, CONFIG 2, Disk, Owner, and System Reset.
Making Settings for Fade In/Out, Metronome, Parameter Lock, and Tap — CONFIG 1
How to set Fade In/Out, Metronome, Parameter Lock, and Tap sound.
Making Settings for the Display, Speaker System, and Voice Number Indication — CONFIG 2
How to adjust display contrast, speaker settings, and voice number indication.
Copying and Formatting Disks — Disk
How to copy data between disks and format disks.
Entering Your Name and Language Preference — Owner
How to enter your name and select the display language.
Restoring the Factory-programmed Settings of the CVP-900 — System Reset
How to restore the instrument to its original factory settings.
Using Your Clavinova with Other Devices
Using the Headphones (PHONES jacks)
Instructions for connecting and using headphones.
Connecting the Microphone or Guitar (MIC./LINE IN jack)
How to connect a microphone or guitar.
Connecting Audio & Video Devices
How to connect audio equipment and output video.
Connecting a Computer (MIDI terminals/TO HOST terminal)
How to connect the Clavinova to a computer via MIDI or TO HOST.
What’s MIDI?
Explains the basics of MIDI and how digital instruments produce notes.
MIDI Channels
Explains how MIDI performance data is assigned to channels.
Data Compatibility
Information on data compatibility with other MIDI devices.
Disk Format
Information about floppy disk formats (MF2DD, MF2HD).
Sequence Format
Explains sequence formats compatible with the Clavinova (SMF, ESEQ, XF).
Voice Allocation Format
Explains how voices are assigned to program numbers (GM, XG, DOC).
Keyboard Stand Assembly
Parts Removal and Preparation
Instructions for removing parts and preparing for assembly.
Attaching the Legs
Steps for attaching the front and rear legs to the stand.
Installing the Pedal Box
Instructions for installing the pedal box and its cord.
Raising the Unit to the Standing Position
How to safely raise the main unit to its standing position.
Connecting the Power Cord
Instructions for connecting the power cord.
Setting the Adjuster
How to adjust the stand's feet for stability.
Assembly Check
Checklist to ensure the assembly is complete and correct.
Troubleshooting
Clavinova Does Not Turn On / No Power
Solutions for power issues.
Click or Pop Heard When Power Is Turned On or Off
Explanation for normal sounds during power cycling.
Noise Heard From Speakers
Troubleshooting tips for speaker noise.
Display Too Bright or Too Dark
Solutions for display readability issues.
Keyboard Volume Low Compared to Accompaniment/Song
Troubleshooting tips for volume balance issues.
Accompaniment/Song Volume Low Compared to Keyboard
Troubleshooting tips for volume balance issues.
Overall Volume Low or No Sound
Solutions for no sound or low volume issues.
Pedal Functions Not Working
Troubleshooting for damper, sostenuto, and soft pedal issues.
Damper Pedal No Effect or Continuous Sustain
Troubleshooting for damper pedal issues.
Not All Simultaneously-Played Notes Sound
Troubleshooting for issues with polyphony or note sounding.
Accompaniment Style or Song Playback Does Not Start
Solutions for issues preventing style or song playback.
Only Rhythm Channel Plays
Troubleshooting for when only the rhythm plays.
Desired Chord Not Recognized
Troubleshooting for auto accompaniment chord recognition.
Auto Accompaniment Chords Recognized Regardless of Split Point
Explanation for chord recognition behavior in Full Keyboard modes.
Certain Notes Sound at the Wrong Pitch
Troubleshooting for incorrect pitch due to Scale parameter.
Some Channels Do Not Properly Play Back Song Data
Troubleshooting for channel playback issues in song data.
Distorted or Out-of-tune Sound from Vocal Harmony
Solutions for distorted Vocal Harmony sound.
Appropriate Harmony Notes Not Produced
Troubleshooting for issues with harmony note production.
Harmony Function Does Not Operate
Troubleshooting for when the Harmony function is not working.
Microphone Input Signal and Vocal Harmony Sound Cannot Be Recorded
Explanation that microphone audio input cannot be recorded.
MIDI Data Not Transmitted/Received via MIDI Terminals
Troubleshooting for MIDI connection issues.
Voice Changed, Previously Selected Effect Changed
Explanation of how voice changes affect preset effects.
Sound Quality Difference Between Notes
Explanation for normal sound quality differences.
Strange 'Flanging' or 'Doubling' Sound Occurs
Troubleshooting for flanging or doubling sound issues.
Specifications
Sound Source
Details the AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling sound source.
Display
Specifies the display type and resolution.
Keyboard
Details the keyboard specifications (keys, range).
Voice
Specifies polyphony, voice selection count, and types.
Effects
Lists effect blocks and types available.
Accompaniment Style
Details number of styles, session, pianist, combo, and fingering types.
Style Creator
Specifies features for style creation.
Music Finder
Specifies Music Finder record capacity and edit feature.
Song
Details song formats, preset songs, guide, lyrics, and recording.
Memory Device
Details floppy disk and internal flash memory capacity.
Tempo
Specifies tempo range, tap tempo, and metronome sound options.
Registration Memory
Details registration memory buttons, sequence, freeze, and demo.
Others
Lists other settings like language, help, and system reset.
Jacks/Connectors
Lists all available input and output jacks.
Pedals
Specifies number of pedals and their functions.
Amplifiers/Speakers
Details amplifier power and speaker configuration.
Dimensions
Provides the instrument's dimensions.
Weight
Specifies the instrument's weight.
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