Yamaha YDP-181 - Manual

(7)-1 2/2 Owner’s Manual 5 ENGLISH • Do not insert a finger or hand in any gaps on the key cover or instrument. Also take care that the key cover does not pinch your finger. • Never insert or drop paper, metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the key cover, panel or keyboard. • Do not rest your...

Owner’s Manual 6 ENGLISH Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha Digital Piano! We recommend that you read this manual carefully so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced and convenient functions.We also recommend that you keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference. About...

Owner’s Manual 7 ENGLISH Accessories • “50 greats for the Piano” (Music Book) • Owner’s Manual • Bench A bench may be included or optional, depending on your locale. • AC Power cord • My Yamaha Product User Registration The PRODUCT ID on the sheet will be needed when you fill out the User Registrati...

Owner’s Manual 8 ENGLISH Table of Contents Introduction About this Owner’s Manual and Data List .............................................................................. 6 Accessories...................................................................................................................

Owner’s Manual ENGLISH 9 Detailed Settings — [FUNCTION] ......................................................................................... 43 Basic Procedure in Function ....................................................................................................................... 44A...

Panel Controls and Terminals Owner’s Manual 10 ENGLISH Panel Controls and Terminals 7 8 ) 2 3 9 ! 6 4 5 1 ¡ PHONES SPEAKER NORMAL OFF ON HP. SW º * £ MIDI IN OUT PEDAL ( ™ Front Front Shows the jacks as seen when viewed from below the instrument. Right (higher key side) Left (lower key side) Front

Before Using the Digital Piano Owner’s Manual 12 ENGLISH Before Using the Digital Piano Key Cover To open the key cover: Lift the cover slightly, then push and slide it open. To close the key cover: Slide the cover toward you and gently lower the cover over the keys. Music Rest To raise the music re...

Before Using the Digital Piano Owner’s Manual ENGLISH 13 Turning the Power On 1. Connect the power cord. Insert the plugs at the ends of the cord, one into the AC IN on the instrument, and the other into a standard AC outlet. In some areas, a plug adaptor may be provided to match the pin configurati...

Before Using the Digital Piano Owner’s Manual 14 ENGLISH Setting the Volume Initially set the [MASTER VOLUME] slider about halfway between the “MIN” and “MAX” settings. Then, when you start playing, re-adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] slider to the most comfortable listening level. CAUTION Do not use the ...

Listening to the Demonstration Tunes Owner’s Manual ENGLISH 15 Listening to the Demonstration Tunes Demonstration tunes are provided that effectively demonstrate each of the instrument’s voices. 1. Turn the power on. (In case the power is not turned ON) Press the [POWER] switch. When the power is tu...

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs Owner’s Manual 16 ENGLISH Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs The instrument provides performance data of 50 piano songs. You can simply listen to these songs or use them for practice (page 17). You can also refer to the included “50 greats for the Piano” that conta...

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs Owner’s Manual 17 ENGLISH Practicing a One-Hand Part Using the 50 Preset Songs (Part Cancel Function) The 50 preset songs have separate left- and right-hand parts on individual parts. You can turn the left- and right-hand parts on or off as desired, in order to pra...

Listening to 50 Piano Preset Songs Owner’s Manual 18 ENGLISH A-B Repeat for 50 Preset Songs The A-B Repeat function can be used to continuously repeat a specified phrase within a preset song. Combined with the Part Cancel function described on page 17, this provides an excellent way to practice diff...

Selecting & Playing Voices Owner’s Manual 19 ENGLISH Selecting & Playing Voices Selecting Voices Select the desired voice by pressing one of the Voice buttons. Then, when you start playing, re-adjust the [MASTER VOLUME] slider for the most comfortable listening level. Voice buttons Procedure...

Selecting & Playing Voices Owner’s Manual 20 ENGLISH Using the Pedals The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. Damper (Right) Pedal The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on...

Selecting & Playing Voices Owner’s Manual 25 ENGLISH Combining Two Voices (Dual mode) You can play two voices simultaneously across the entire range of the keyboard. In this way, you can simulate a melody duet or combine two similar voices to create a thicker sound. 1. Engage Dual mode. Press tw...

Selecting & Playing Voices Owner’s Manual 26 ENGLISH Using the Metronome The instrument features a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) that is con-venient for practicing. 1. Start the metronome. The metronome sound is turned on by pressing the METRONOME [ON/OFF] button. Ad...

Recording Your Performance Owner’s Manual 27 ENGLISH Recording Your Performance The ability to record and play back what you’ve played on the instrument can be an effective prac-tice aid. You can, for example, record just the left-hand part, and then practice the right-hand part while playing back t...

Recording Your Performance Owner’s Manual 28 ENGLISH 1. Make all the initial settings. Before you begin to record, select the voice you want to record (or voices if you will be using Dual). Make any other desired settings (reverb, effect, etc.) as well. You might also want to set the volume.You can ...

Recording Your Performance Owner’s Manual 29 ENGLISH Playing back a recorded song 1. Play back the recorded performance. Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the recorded performance. 2. Stop the performance. To stop playback in the middle of a song, press the SONG [STOP] button. Re-recor...

Recording Your Performance Owner’s Manual 30 ENGLISH Recording to RIGHT/LEFT parts This lets you record the right and left parts separately. Since you can record the left part while play-ing back the right, this is useful for recording both parts of a duet. 1. Make all the initial settings. Same as ...

Recording Your Performance Owner’s Manual 31 ENGLISH The user song recorder records the following data: Data in addition to the notes and voices you play is recorded.This data includes “Individual Parts” and “Entire Song.” See below. Individual Parts • Notes played• Voice selection• Pedal (Damper/So...

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device Owner’s Manual 33 ENGLISH Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device You can handle User songs (save, load, and delete) with a USB storage device. You can also format the device or media. Before using a USB device, read the “Precautions when using the USB TODEV...

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device Owner’s Manual 34 ENGLISH Saving a Song 1. Select a User song to save. Select a User song to save by using the [SONG SELECT] and [–/NO][+/YES] buttons. 2. Select a song container in the device and save the User song. After making sure that the USB storage dev...

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device Owner’s Manual 35 ENGLISH Loading a Song Notice If the User file (U03) on the instrument already contains data, this operation can result in overwriting of the data. Make sure to save important data to your computer beforehand. 1. Select a song container in t...

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device Owner’s Manual 36 ENGLISH Deleting Song Files 1. Select a song file to be deleted. Press the [FILE] button. (The “DEL/FORMAT” indicator lights.) Then, hold the [FILE] button, simultaneously press the [–/NO][+/YES] buttons to select a file to be deleted. Two t...

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device Owner’s Manual 37 ENGLISH Formatting the USB Storage Device Notice If data is already saved to the USB storage device, be careful not to format it.If you format the device, all the previously saved data will be deleted. 1. Engage the format mode. Press the [F...

38 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH Handling the USB Storage Device (USB Flash Memory) Precautions when using the USB [TO DEVICE] terminal This instrument features a built-in USB [TO DEVICE] ter- minal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB device with care. Follow the import...

39 Owner’s Manual ENGLISH To display the data in the USB storage device To view the data of the USB storage device on the display, press the [SONG SELECT] button a few times until the “USB” indicator lights (page 42). Backing up your data to a computer ■ Backing up the instrument data to a computer ...

Playing Back Songs Owner’s Manual 40 ENGLISH Playing Back Songs You can play back songs recorded using the Record function (pages 27 – 32) or commercially avail-able songs. You can also play the keyboard along with the playback. • The Demo Songs .........................................................

Playing Back Songs Owner’s Manual 41 ENGLISH Playing Back User/External Songs on the Instrument 1. Select the desired song. Press the [SONG SELECT] button (the USER indicator lights). Then press the [–/NO] [+/YES] buttons to select a song. The User songs are displayed as “Uxx*” and External songs in...

Playing Back Songs Owner’s Manual 42 ENGLISH Playing Back User Songs from a USB Storage Device 1. Select the desired song in the USB storage device. After making sure that the device is connected to the instrument, press the [SONG SELECT] button (the USB indicator lights). Then press the [–/NO] [+/ ...

Detailed Settings — [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 43 ENGLISH Detailed Settings — [FUNCTION] You can set various parameters to make the best use of instrument functions, such as fine tuning the pitch or selecting a scale, etc. The following parameters are available.This instrument has seven main function...

Detailed Settings — [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 44 ENGLISH Basic Procedure in Function Follow the steps below to use the functions.(If you become lost while using a function, return to this page and read the basic procedure.) 1. Engage the Function mode. Press the [TEMPO/FUNCTION] button so that its [...

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 45 ENGLISH About Each Function You can fine tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play the instrument along with other instruments or CD music. 1. Engage the Function mode and select . 2. Use the [–/NO] and [+/YES] but...

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 46 ENGLISH You can set various parameters for Dual mode to optimize the settings for the songs you play, such as adjusting the volume balance between two voices.Dual mode function settings are set individu-ally for each voice combination. 1. Select the v...

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 47 ENGLISH This section provides a variety of other functions, including letting you assign the operation of the left pedal to one of several modes, and allowing you to select specific song channels for playback. 1. Engage the Function mode and select 2....

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 48 ENGLISH You can make detailed adjustments to MIDI settings. For more information about MIDI, see the “About MIDI” section (page 51). 1. Engage the Function mode and select . 2. Press the [+/YES] button to engage the MIDI function’s sub-mode, then use ...

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 49 ENGLISH Control Change ON/OFF Normally the instrument will respond to MIDI control change data received from an external MIDI device or keyboard, causing the voice on the corresponding chan-nel to be affected by pedal and other “control” settings rece...

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION] Owner’s Manual 50 ENGLISH However, the backup settings themselves, the contents of the user song recorder memory and character code set-tings are always backed up. You can turn the backup function on or off for each function group (each of the following sub-mode functi...

Connections Owner’s Manual 51 ENGLISH Connections Connectors 1 USB [TO DEVICE] terminal This terminal allows connection to USB storage devices.Refer to “Handling the USB Storage Device” on page 38. 2 MIDI [IN] [OUT] terminals Use MIDI cables to connect external MIDI devices to these connectors. MIDI...

Connections Owner’s Manual 52 ENGLISH Connecting a Personal Computer By connecting a computer to the MIDI terminals, you can transfer data between the instrument and the computer via MIDI. To do this, install the USB MIDI interface driver and Musicsoft Down-loader software. There are two ways you ca...

Backing up Data and Initializing the data Owner’s Manual 54 ENGLISH Backing up Data and Initializing the data Data Backup For maximum data security Yamaha recommends that you save your important data to your com-puter by using the application Musicsoft Downloader (MSD). This provides a convenient ba...

Message List Owner’s Manual 55 ENGLISH Message List Message Comment CLr Displayed after factory presets are recalled. Notice Do not turn off the power of the instrument when “CLr” appears in the display. Doing so may delete all song data in the instrument, including external songs (page 41). con Dis...

Troubleshooting Owner’s Manual 56 ENGLISH Troubleshooting Options BC-100 Bench A comfortable bench styled to match your Yamaha digital piano. HPE-150 Stereo Headphones High-performance lightweight dynamic headphones with extra-soft ear pads. UX16 USB-MIDI interface Problem Possible Cause and Solutio...

Preset Voice List Owner’s Manual 57 ENGLISH Preset Voice List *1. Dynamic Sampling provides multiple velocity-switched samples to accurately simulate the timbral response of an acoustic instrument. *2. Contains a very subtle sample that is produced when the keys are released. Demo Song List The demo...

Keyboard Stand Assembly Owner’s Manual 58 ENGLISH Keyboard Stand Assembly CAUTION • Assemble the stand on a hard and flat floor with ample space.• Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all parts in the correct orientation. Please assemble the unit in accordance with the sequence gi...

Index Owner’s Manual 62 ENGLISH Index Numerics 50 greats for the Piano .....................................................16 50 Piano Preset Songs ......................................................16 A A-B Repeat .......................................................................18 Adjust ...

Owner’s Manual 67 e_list_2 Yamaha Representative Offices in Europe