Yamaha PSR-240 Owner's Manual - Page 4

Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha PSR-240 PortaTone! You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package. Its outstanding features also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument. Read this Owner's Manual carefully while playing your new PortaTone in order to take full advantage of its various features. Contents PANEL CONTROLS AND TERMINALS 6 q Front Panel 6 q Rear Panel 8 SETTING UP 9 POWER REQUIREMENTS 9 q Using an AC Power Adaptor 9 q Using Batteries 9 TURNING ON THE POWER 9 ACCESSORY JACKS 10 MUSIC STAND 10 GETTING STARTED - PLAYING THE DEMO SONGS 11 PANEL DISPLAY INDICATIONS 12 PORTABLE GRAND 13 USING THE METRONOME 13 q Setting the Metronome Time Signature 14 q Adjusting the Metronome Volume . 14 SELECTING AND PLAYING VOICES - THE VOICE MODE 15 SELECTING AND PLAYING A VOICE ......... 15 q Percussion Voice Chart (voices 90 and 100 17 TRANSPOSE AND TUNING 18 q Transpose 18 q Tuning 19 TOUCH RESPONSE 19 SELECTING AND PLAYING SONGS - THE SONG MODE 20 SELECTING AND PLAYING A SONG ......... 20 CHANGING THE TEMPO 21 q About the Beat Display 22 ADJUSTING THE SONG VOLUME 23 SONG CONTROLS 24 A/B REPEAT 24 4 MELODY GUIDE 26 VOICE CHANGE 27 SELECTING AND PLAYING STYLES - THE STYLE MODE 28 SELECTING AND PLAYING A STYLE .......... 28 STYLE CONTROLS 30 USING THE AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT FEATURES 31 CHANGING THE TEMPO 31 STYLE SECTIONS (MAIN A, MAIN B) AND FILL-INS 32 ADJUSTING THE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME 32 USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT - MULTI FINGERING 33 q Single Finger Chords 33 q Fingered Chords 33 WHAT IS A CHORD 34 WRITING CHORD NAMES 35 q The Intervals of the Scale 35 q Other Chords 35 ONE TOUCH SETTING (OTS 36 CHORD GUIDE 37 q Smart 37 q Dictionary 39 MULTI PADS 40 MIDI 41 q About MIDI 41 q How Can MIDI be Used 41 TROUBLESHOOTING 42 VOICE LIST 43 MULTI PAD LIST 45 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 46 SPECIFICATIONS 48 INDEX 49