Yamaha PSRSX900 - User Manual

6 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following: • Do not connect the instrument to ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 7 Main Featur es Main Features Replacing the hugely successful PSR-S series, the PSR-SX900/SX700 are the new generation in Digital Worksta-tion sound, design and user experience. Whether you’re a professional musician or a hobbyist, these instruments will inspire and i...

8 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Information  About copyrights • Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. • This product incorporates and bundles contents in which Yamaha owns cop...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 9 Abou t the Manuals About the Manuals This instrument has the following documents and instructional materials. Included Documents Owner’s Manual (this book) Provides overall explanations of the PSR-SX900/SX700 basic functions. Online Materials (Downloadable from the w...

10 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Using the PSR-SX900/SX700—A Broad Overview This section provides a helpful overview of the wide range of functions available in this instrument, and places you can find necessary information on those topics. If you need help in understanding a feature, function or o...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 11 Usin g th e PSR-SX90 0/SX7 00—A Br oad Ove rview Using the PSR-SX900/SX700 with a computer Using the PSR-SX900/SX700 with other devices Connecting a computer to the instrument Connections Transferring files (Songs, Styles, Backup files, etc) Computer-related Operati...

12 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Contents PRECAUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 5Main Features ................................................................................................

14 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Key Functions and Terms This section briefly explains the key functions of this instrument, to help you better understand the overall capa-bilities. Styles —Rhythm and Auto Accompaniment— The PSR-SX900/SX700 features a variety of accompaniment and rhythmic backing p...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 15 Key Fun ctio ns and T er m s Registration Memory —Saving and recalling custom panel setups— The Registration Memory function allows you to save (or “register”) virtually all panel settings to a Registration Memory button, and then instantly recall your custom panel ...

16 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Panel Controls and Terminals  Top Panel w r !2 !6 !9 !8 !5 !4 !3 !7 e !0!1 t y o u i q q [ ] (Standby/On) switch ................................ Page 20 Turns on the instrument’s power or sets to standby. w [MASTER VOLUME] dial ............................. Page 2...

18 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual q DC IN jack ........................................................ Page 20 For connecting the power adaptor. w SUB (AUX) OUTPUT [1 (L/L+R)], [2 (R)] jacks (PSR-SX900) ................................................... Page 102 For connecting external audio devic...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 19 Pa nel Co nt rols and Te rm inals u [GAIN] knob................................................... Page 100 For adjusting the input level of the [MIC/GUITAR INPUT] jack. i FOOT PEDAL [1], [2] jacks.......................... Page 106 For connecting footswitches and/o...

20 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Starting Up Connect the AC adaptor in the order shown in the illustration. 1 Turn down the [MASTER VOLUME] dial to “MIN.” 2 Press the [ ] (Standby/On) switch to turn the power on. After a brief interval, the Home display (page 26) appears. Adjust the volume as desir...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 21 Star ting Up Auto Power Off function To prevent unnecessary power consumption, this instrument features an Auto Power Off function that automatically turns the power off if the instrument is not operated for a speci-fied period of time. The amount of time that elaps...

22 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Here you can change the brightness of the main display and button lamps. 1 Call up the operation display (Utility) (step 1 on page 21). 2 Call up the “Touch Screen/Display” display. Touch [Touch Screen/Display] on the display. 3 Change the settings by touching the d...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 23 Display Stru cture Display Structure This instrument has an LCD touch screen display and button lamps for visually helping you to understand the cur-rent status. When the instrument is turned on, the Home display is called up. By touching the display, you can call u...

24 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual How to call up the key function displays by the buttons This map shows how to call up the displays for each key function by the buttons on the panel. Style Selection display One of the File Selection displays (page 28) for selecting Styles. Song Playback display Thi...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 25 Display Stru cture Menu display By touching each of the icons, you can call up various functions, such as Song Score, Volume Balance and other detailed settings. (page 29) Voice Selection display One of the File Selection displays for selecting Voices for the key-bo...

26 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Basic Operations This section covers the most often used displays: Home, File Selection and Menu. The Home display appears when the power is turned on. The term “File Selection display” refers to all the various displays called up on the instrument from which you ca...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 27 Basic Operations t Other Information area Indicates the current status, such as the current Registration Memory or microphone-related informa-tion. For details, see the next page. y Shortcut area Contains the shortcut icons which let you call up various functions wi...

28 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual File Selection Display The File Selection display is for selecting a Voice, Style, Song, Multi Pads and other items. You can call up this display by touching the name of the Voice, Style or Song on the Home display, or by pressing one of the VOICE buttons or STYLE b...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 29 Basic Operations Menu Display This is the portal display for using various functions and can be called up by pressing the [MENU] button. Various convenient functions are shown via icons. Touching each of them calls up the cor-responding function. This list consists ...

30 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual The display of this instrument is a special touch screen that allows you to select or change the desired parameter by simply touching the corresponding setting on the display. You can also decrease/increase the value in small steps by rotating the Data dial or press...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 31 Basic Operations Using the Data dial, [ENTER] button, and [DEC]/[INC] buttons Depending on the display, the Data dial and the buttons can be used in the following two ways.  Adjusting the parameter values After selecting the desired parameter by touching it, use th...

32 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual With the convenient Direct Access function, you can instantly call up the desired display—with just a single additional but-ton press. Refer to the “Direct Access Chart” on page 113 for a list of the displays that can be called up with the Direct Access function. 1 ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 33 Basic Operations Data you have created such as recorded Songs and edited Voices can be saved as files to the instrument (referred to as “User drive”) or a USB flash drive. If you’ve saved a lot of files, you may have trouble finding the desired file quickly. To make...

34 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 6 Touch [OK] in the Character Entry window to actually save the file. The saved file will be automatically located at the appropriate position among the files in alphabetical order. Creating a new folder Folders can be created, named and organized as desired, making...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 35 Basic Operations 4 Select the desired files/folders by touching each item. One or more files/folders can be selected (highlighted). To cancel the selection, touch the same item again.Touch [Select All] to select all items indicated on the current display including t...

36 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual This section covers how to enter characters for naming your files/folders, inputting keywords on searching file, etc. Enter-ing characters is done in the display shown below. 1 Touch the character type. Touching [Symbol] (or [abc]) switches between entering symbols ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 37 Basic Operations When the panel settings are locked, nothing happens if you press any panel buttons. For example, when you take a break during your performance and leave the instrument unattended, this feature protects the panel settings from being accessed by other...

38 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Workflow Guide—For Performing on the PSR-SX900/SX700  Creating panel settings manually and performing a single song Playing the keyboard with Styles (Auto Accompaniment) Singing with Song playback  Storing the song’s panel settings for easy recall  Calling up the...

1 1 Operation Guide 40 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Playing with Styles—Setting Up This section gives you basic steps on how to enhance your keyboard performance with Styles (Rhythm and Auto Accompaniment). Go through the various instructions below to completely set up your performance of a single...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 41 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up 4 If necessary, try out the selected Style. Press the STYLE CONTROL [ ] (SYNC START) button, then play chords with your left hand. To stop Style Playback, press the STYLE CONTROL [ ] (START/STOP) but- ton. A Style generally consist...

42 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Adjusting the tempo The TEMPO [-] and [+] buttons let you change the playback tempo of the Metronome, Style and MIDI Song. The tempo of the Style and MIDI Song can also be adjusted via the [RESET/TAP TEMPO] button.  TEMPO [-]/[+] buttons Press the TEMPO [-] or [+] ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 43 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up One Touch Setting is a powerful and convenient feature that automatically calls up the most appropriate panel settings (Voices, effects, etc.) for the currently selected Style, with the touch of a single button. If you’ve already d...

44 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual There are four keyboard parts for your manual performance: LEFT, RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2 and RIGHT 3, and each part has one Voice. You can combine these parts by using the PART ON/OFF buttons to create luscious instrument textures and convenient performance combinations. C...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 45 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up Setting the Split Point The key which divides the keyboard into two areas is referred to as “Split Point.” There are three types of Split Point: Split Point (Style), Split Point (Left), and Split Point (Right 3). You can set them i...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 47 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up Specifying chords with your right hand for Style playback By changing the Chord Detection area from the left-hand section to the right-hand section, you can play a bass line with your left hand while using your right hand to play c...

48 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 1 Press the PART SELECT button corresponding to the desired part. The Voice Selection display (for the desired part) appears. 2 Touch the desired Voice. You can also select the sub category of the Voice, pressing one of the VOICE cate-gory selection buttons. 3 If ne...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 49 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up This instrument uses advanced digital technology to recreate the legendary sound of vin-tage organs. Just as on a traditional electronic organ, you can create your own sound by increasing and decreasing the levels of the flute foot...

50 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual You can apply the Keyboard Harmony or Arpeggio features to enhance or change the sound of the Right-hand parts (RIGHT 1–3). Keyboard Harmony applies performance effects such as harmony (duet, trio, etc.), echo, tremolo and trill to the notes played in the Right-hand...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 51 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up • When the [ACMP] button is off and the LEFT part is on: • When both the [ACMP] button and the LEFT part are on: Multi Assign The Multi Assign effect automatically assigns the notes of chords you play on the right-hand section of t...

52 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 5 Play a note or notes to trigger the Arpeggio. The arpeggiated phrase differs depending on the notes played. To turn off the effect, turn the [HARMONY/ARPEGGIO] button off. • By using the Arpeggio Quantize function, Arpeggio playback can be synchronized with Song/S...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 53 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up Selecting Multi Pads 1 Press the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button to call up the Multi Pad Bank Selection display. 2 Touch the desired Multi Pad Bank. 3 If desired, try out the selected Multi Pad(s). Simply press the MULTI PAD CON...

54 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual You can memorize your original panel settings (mainly Style, Voices, and Multi Pads) to a One Touch Setting (OTS). The newly created One Touch Setting will be saved in the User drive or a USB flash drive as a Style, and you can call up the One Touch Setting as a par...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 55 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up Transposing the pitch in semitones (TRANSPOSE [-]/[+]buttons) The TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons transpose the overall pitch of the instrument (the key-board sound, Style playback, MIDI Song playback, and so on) in semitone steps (from ...

56 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual You can assign parameters and functions to the LIVE CONTROL knobs, the [ROTARY SP/ASSIGNABLE] button, or optional footswitches for quick operations and expressive control during your keyboard performance. The setup of assign-able controllers is stored/recalled from ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 57 1 Playin g with Styles—Settin g Up Assigning functions to the assignable buttons Various functions can be assigned to the ASSIGNABLE [A]–[F] buttons and the [ROTARY SP/ASSIGNABLE] button. 1 To call up the Edit display, touch [MENU]  [Assignable]. 2 Double-tap (touc...

2 2 Operation Guide 58 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Playing with Styles—Operations While Performing If you’ve made all desired settings for a single song (in the previous sections), now you’re ready to play the key-board. This section mainly explains the various Style-related operations you’ll use...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 59 2 Playing with Styles—Operations While Perfor ming Changing pattern variations (Sections) during Style playback Each Style features four different Main sections, four Fill-in sections and a Break section. By using these sections effectively, you can easily make your...

60 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual While playing back a Style, you usually specify chords with your left hand. However, with the convenient Chord Looper function, you can record a sequence of the chords and play it back in a loop. For example, if you record a “C  F  G  C” chord progression, Style ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 61 2 Playing with Styles—Operations While Perfor ming Recording stops, and the [ON/OFF] button flashes in orange and loop playback standby is entered.On the next measure of the Style, the [ON/OFF] button lights in orange, and the chord sequence recorded on step 2 will ...

62 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Using the Joystick By moving the joystick in a horizontal (X) or vertical (Y) direction, you can bend the notes up or down, or apply modula-tion effects. Move the joystick to control the sound while playing the keyboard.  X: Pitch Bend Bends notes up (by moving the...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 63 2 Playing with Styles—Operations While Perfor ming The word “articulation” in music usually refers to the transition or continuity between notes. This is often reflected in specific performance techniques, such as staccato, legato and slur.The Super Articulation Voi...

64 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Playing the Multi Pads 1 Press any of the MULTI PAD CONTROL [1]–[4] buttons to play a Multi Pad phrase. The corresponding phrase for the button starts playing back in its entirety at the currently set tempo. You can play up to four Multi Pads at the same time. 2 Pre...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 65 2 Playing with Styles—Operations While Perfor ming Using the Multi Pad Synchro Start Function You can also start Multi Pad playback by playing the keyboard or by starting Style playback. 1 While holding the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button, press the desired button...

3 3 Operation Guide 66 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Singing with Song Playback—Setting Up This section explains how to set up for your singing performance with Songs, using Song selection and Vocal Har-mony settings. As is the case in Chapter 1, the settings made in this section can be collectivel...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 67 3 Singing with Song Playba ck—Set ting Up Switching Song playback modes This instrument features two modes of Song playback: Song Player mode and Song List mode. Song Player mode plays back a MIDI Song and a Audio Song simultaneously. Song List mode plays back Songs...

68 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Selecting Songs (Song Player mode) 1 Press the [PLAYER] button to call up the Song Playback display. Make sure that Song Player mode is selected. 2 Touch the Song name in the MIDI or Audio area. The Song Selection display for the corresponding Song type (MIDI or Aud...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 69 3 Singing with Song Playba ck—Set ting Up Selecting Songs (Song List mode) 1 Press the [SONG] button to call up the Song Playback display. Make sure that Song List mode is selected. 2 Prepare a Song List  When creating a new Song List Touching (New) on the display ...

70 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual You can automatically apply various Vocal Harmony effects to your voice as you sing, or you can use Synth Vocoder to graft the unique characteristics of your voice onto synthe-sizer and other sounds. Using Vocal Harmony 1 Call up the Vocal Harmony display via the [M...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 71 3 Singing with Song Playba ck—Set ting Up 5 Follow the steps below, depending on which Type (and mode) you selected.  If you selected the Chordal Type: 5-1 Make sure that the [ACMP] button is turned on. 5-2 Play back a Style while playing chords, or play back a Son...

4 4 Operation Guide 72 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Singing with Song Playback—Operations While Performing This section explains operations you can do during your singing performance with Songs: Song playback, dis-playing score and lyrics, and Audio Song, and switching microphone-related functions...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 73 4 Sing ing wit h Song Playba ck— O perat ion s Wh ile Perfo rming Playback Operations exclusively for MIDI Song  Synchro Start You can conveniently start playback of a MIDI Song as soon as you start playing the keyboard. Touching (Synchro start) puts Synchro Start ...

74 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Playback Operations exclusively for Audio Song  Vocal Cancel This let you cancel or attenuate the center position of the stereo sound in Audio Song play-back. This lets you sing “karaoke” style with just instrumental backing, or play the melody part on the keyboard...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 75 4 Sing ing wit h Song Playba ck— O perat ion s Wh ile Perfo rming Song Position markers (SP1–SP4) can be placed in the MIDI Song data. This not only lets you navigate quickly and easily through the MIDI Song data, but also lets you set up convenient playback loops—a...

76 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Using Markers in loop playback In this section, we’ll explain loop playback by the example of looping between markers [1] and [2]. 1 Touch (Play/Pause) to start playback from the top of the Song. 2 After passing the [1] point, touch (Loop) to turn the loop function ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 77 4 Sing ing wit h Song Playba ck— O perat ion s Wh ile Perfo rming Displaying Music Notation (Score) of the MIDI Song You can view the music notation (score) of the selected MIDI Song. We suggest that you read through the music notation before starting to practice. 1...

78 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Displaying Lyrics of the Song When the selected Song contains lyric data, you can view it on the instrument’s display during playback. 1 Select a Song (page 68). 2 Touch (Lyrics) on the Song Playback display to call up the Lyrics display. When the Song data contains...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 79 4 Sing ing wit h Song Playba ck— O perat ion s Wh ile Perfo rming The Talk function lets you instantly change the microphone settings for speaking to your audience. This is useful when you want to make announcements between song perfor-mances without distracting rev...

5 5 Operation Guide 80 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Adjusting the Parameters of Each Part— Mixer The Mixer gives you intuitive control over aspects of the keyboard parts and Song/Style channels, including vol-ume balance and the timbre of the sounds. It lets you adjust the levels and stereo positi...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 81 5 Adjusting the Parameters of E a ch Par t—Mixe r 3 Touch a tab for editing the desired parameters. 4 Set the value of each parameter. 5 Save your Mixer settings.  To save the Panel 1/2 Mixer settings: Register them to Registration Memory (page 87).  To save the S...

82 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual You can add variations and change the feeling of a Style or a MIDI Song by selectively turning channels on/off. 1 In the Mixer display, touch the [Style] tab or [Song] tab. 2 Touch the Channel which you want to turn on/off. If you want to play back only one particul...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 83 5 Adjusting the Parameters of E a ch Par t—Mixe r You can change the Voice for each channel via the Mixer display. 1 In the Mixer display, touch the [Style] tab or [Song] tab. 2 Touch the instrument icon below the channel name to call up the Voice Selection display,...

6 6 Operation Guide 84 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Song Recording This instrument allows you to record your performance in two ways: MIDI recording and Audio recording. In addition, MIDI recording features two different methods: Quick Recording, which is the easiest, most convenient way to record...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 85 6 Song Re cording 2 Start recording. You can start recording by playing the keyboard, starting the Style, playing a Multi Pad or touching [Play/Pause]. 3 After you finish your performance, touch [Stop] to stop record- ing. 4 Touch [Save] to call up the Song Selectio...

7 7 Operation Guide 86 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Storing and Calling up Custom Panel Set- ups—Registration Memory, Playlist The Registration Memory function and the Playlist function allow you to save (or “register”) virtually all panel settings, and then instantly recall your custom panel sett...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 87 7 Storing and Calling up Cu stom Panel Setups—R egist rat ion Memor y, Playlist Registering Your Panel Setups 1 Make the desired panel Settings, such as those for Voices, Styles and Effects. 2 Press the [MEMORY] button in the REGISTRATION MEMORY section to call up t...

88 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Saving the Registration Memory as a Bank file You can save all eight registered panel setups as a Single Registration Memory Bank file. 1 Press the REGIST BANK [-] and [+] buttons simultaneously to call up the Registration Bank Selection display. 2 Touch (File Edit)...

90 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual The Playlist is useful for managing multiple set lists for your live performances. You can select only the desired files from a large repertoire (the huge number of the Registration Memory Bank files) and create a new set list for each performance. Creating a new Pl...

92 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Recalling custom panel setups via the Playlist 1 Press the [PLAYLIST] button to call up the Playlist display. 2 Touch the Playlist file name to call up the Playlist File Selection display. 3 Touch the desired Playlist file, and then close the display. 4 Touch the Re...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 93 7 Storing and Calling up Cu stom Panel Setups—R egist rat ion Memor y, Playlist Changing the order of the Records in the Playlist 1 Press the [PLAYLIST] button to call up the Playlist display. 2 Change the order of the Records. 2-1 Touch the desired Record you want ...

8 8 Operation Guide 94 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Customizing for Optimum Performance You can customize the instrument for your own personal preferences and optimum performance. This section cov-ers how to edit shortcuts on the Home display, set ASSIGNABLE buttons, make global settings, adjust t...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 95 8 Cust omizing f o r Optimum Per for mance The Utility function provides a variety of convenient tools and settings for this instrument. These include general settings that affect the entire instrument, as well as detailed settings for specific functions. Also inclu...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 97 8 Cust omizing f o r Optimum Per for mance By installing Expansion Packs, you can add a variety of optional Voices and Styles to the “Expansion” folder in the User drive. The installed Voices and Styles can be selected via the User tab in the Voice or Style Selectio...

9 9 Operation Guide 98 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual System Settings This section explains how to make important overall, system-related settings, including backup/restore of settings and file data. You can check the firmware version and hardware ID of this instrument. 1 Call up the operation displ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 99 9 System Se ttings Data Backup You can back up all data in the User drive of this instrument (except for Expansion Voices/Styles) and all settings to the USB flash drive as a single file. This procedure is recom-mended for data security and backup in case of damage....

100 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Connections—Using Your Instrument with Other Devices This chapter covers the connections of this instrument to other devices. To see where the connectors are located on the instrument, refer to pages 16–19. By connecting a microphone, you can sing along with your k...

104 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Connecting to an Audio Player via Bluetooth communication (PSR- SX900) You can play the sound of the audio data saved in a Bluetooth-equipped device, such as a smartphone or portable audio player, on this instrument and listen to it through the built-in speaker of ...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 105 Conn ection s—Us ing Y o ur In str um ent with Other D evices 5 Play back audio data on the Bluetooth-equipped device to con- firm that the built-in speakers of the instrument can output the audio sound. Once the device has been paired with the instrument, there is...

106 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual The FC4A or FC5 footswitches and the FC7 foot controller (sold separately) can be connected to one of the FOOT PEDAL jacks. A footswitch can be used for switching functions on and off, while a foot controller controls continuous parameters such as volume. By defaul...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 107 Conn ection s—Us ing Y o ur In str um ent with Other D evices You can connect a USB flash drive, USB display adaptor or a USB wireless LAN adaptor to the [USB TO DEVICE] termi-nal. You can save data you’ve created on the instrument to the USB flash drive (page 33),...

108 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Formatting a USB flash drive or the internal User drive To format a USB flash drive or the internal User drive, execute the Format operation. In order to format a USB flash drive, make sure that a USB flash drive is properly connected to the [USB TO DEVICE] termina...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 109 Conn ection s—Us ing Y o ur In str um ent with Other D evices By connecting with an external monitor such as a television, you can separately show the lyrics/text or duplicate the instrument display (mirroring) on an external monitor. Use a USB display adaptor and ...

110 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual By connecting a computer to the [USB TO HOST] terminal, you can transfer data between the instrument and the computer via MIDI. For details on using a computer with this instru-ment, refer to the “Computer-related Operations” on the website. Use the [MIDI] terminal...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 111 Fu nc tion L ist Function List This section simply and very briefly explains what you can do in the displays called up by pressing the buttons on the panel, or by touching each icon on the Menu display. For more information, refer to the page indicated below or the...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 113 Direct Access Char t Direct Access Chart Press the [DIRECT ACCESS] button, then press one of the buttons (or move the appropriate knob, joystick or pedal) listed below to call up the desired display. Appendix Control Display called up with the Direct Access Functio...

PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 115 Tr oub lesho oting Troubleshooting Overall A click or pop is heard when the power is turned on or off. This is normal. Electrical current is being applied to the instrument. The power is automatically turned off. This is normal and due to the Auto Power Off functio...

118 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Specifications PSR-SX900 PSR-SX700 Product Name Digital Keyboard Digital Keyboard Size/Weight Dimensions (W x D x H) 1,017 mm x 431 mm x 139 mm (40-1/16” x 17” x 5-1/2”) 1,017 mm x 431 mm x 139 mm (40-1/16” x 17” x 5-1/2”) Weight 11.5 kg (25 lb, 6 oz) 11.5 kg (25 l...

120 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual Index A A-B Repeat ......................................74AC adaptor .......................................20Accessories .......................................8Accompaniment ...............................40Action (Playlist) ................................91AI ...

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124 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright © 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but...

126 PSR-SX900/SX700 Owner’s Manual 11. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, ...

Information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment: This symbol on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste.For proper treatment, recovery and recycling of old products, p...