System Requirements; Software Installation - Yamaha YPT-420 Owner's Manual

Accessory CD-ROM Installation Guide

System Requirements

Data
Musicsoft Downloader
USB Driver for Windows

Software Installation

If you have any problems with the installation,
refer to the troubleshooting section on page 96.
■ Installing / Updating the USB-MIDI
Driver
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In order to be able to communicate with and use
MIDI instruments connected to your computer, the
appropriate driver software must be properly
installed on your computer.
The USB-MIDI driver allows sequence software
and similar applications on your computer to trans-
mit and receive MIDI data to and from instruments
via a USB cable.
Computer
Sequence
software
USB
Cable
Driver
Follow the steps below to install (or update) the
USB-MIDI driver.
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OS
233 MHz or higher; Intel
Windows 2000/XP Home
Pentium/Celeron
Edition/XP Professional/
Processor family
Vista
(500 MHz or higher is
* Only 32-bit is supported.
Windows 7
recommended)
Windows XP Professional
166 MHz or higher; Intel
(SP2/SP3)/XP Home
Core/Pentium/Celeron
Edition (SP2/SP3)/2000
processor
(SP4)
Windows XP Professional Intel 64 compatible
x64 Edition (SP2) processor
800 MHz
Windows Vista (SP0/SP1/ Core/Pentium/Celeron
SP2) processor or Intel 64
compatible processor
1.4 GHz or higher; Intel
Core/Pentium/Celeron
Windows 7
processor or Intel 64
compatible processor
MIDI instrument
Computer Memory
64 MB or more
(256 MB or more
is recommended)
32 MB or more
(64 MB or more is
recommended)
256 MB or more
or higher; Intel
512 MB or more
1 GB or more
(32-bit)/2 GB or
more (64-bit)
1
Disconnect all USB devices from the com-
puter except for the mouse and computer
keyboard.
2
Start the computer and use the "Adminis-
trator" account to log on to Windows.
Close all applications and windows that are open.
3
Insert the Accessory CD-ROM into your
computer's CD-ROM drive.
4
Turn off the power of the instrument.
5
Connect the USB connector of the com-
puter to the USB terminal of the MIDI
instrument with a standard USB cable.
NOTE
• Do not use a USB hub for connecting multiple USB devices.
NOTE
• If you are using several MIDI instruments with USB connection at
the same time, connect all the instruments to the computer and turn
on the power for all of them, then perform the following installation
procedure.
6
Turn on the power of the instrument(s).
7
When the "Found New Hardware Wizard"
window appears, click [Cancel].
NOTE
• On some computers, it may take a few minutes before this screen
appears.
Hard Disk Display
128 MB or more (at
800 x 600
least 512 MB of free
HighColor
space is
(16-bit)
recommended)
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —
10 MB or more —