User Manual

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YDP-163/YDP-143 Owner’s Manual

Table of Contents

PRECAUTIONS .................................... 5

About the Manuals ................................ 9

Included Accessories ............................. 9

Panel Controls and Terminals.............10

Basic Operations

Setting Up.............................................11

Key Cover ..................................................................11

Music Rest .................................................................11

Turning the Power On.............................................12

Setting the Volume...................................................12

Auto Power Off Function........................................13

Using Headphones ...................................................13

Playing the Piano..................................14

Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC)........................14

Using the Pedals........................................................15

Using the Damper Resonance ................................15

Setting the Operation Confirmation Sounds........16

Changing the Touch Sensitivity .............................16

Using the Metronome..............................................17

Advanced Operations

Playing Various Musical Instrument

Sounds (Voices)....................................18

Selecting a Voice.......................................................18

Listening to the Demo Songs ..................................19

Adding Variations to the Sound (Reverb) ............20

Transposing the Pitch in Semitones ......................21

Fine-tuning the Pitch ...............................................21

Layering Two Voices (Dual mode) ........................22

Playing Duo...............................................................23

Song Playback and Practice .................24

Listening to 50 Preset Songs....................................24

Practicing a One-Hand Part....................................25

Playing from the Beginning of a Measure that

Includes Rest or Silence ...........................................25

Recording Your Performance ............. 26

Recording Your Performance ................................ 26

Changing the Initial Settings of the Recorded Song

....................................................................................27

Deleting Recorded Data ..........................................27

Backing up Data and Initializing the

Settings................................................. 28

Data Maintained When Power is Turned Off...... 28

Saving User Song data to a computer ...................28

Transferring SMF Files Between a Computer and

this Instrument......................................................... 28

Initializing the Settings............................................ 28

Appendix

Troubleshooting ..................................29

Keyboard Stand Assembly...................30

Specifications .......................................34

Index.....................................................35