Kawai K5000 series

Hi all, I've just bought a K5000S and I've just started learning how
to use it.  I noticed that there is a high pitch noise coming from the
keyboard - like a small , noisy fan?  Is this noise normal for this
keyboard?  

I have an old Roland MV30 that makes a similar noise (but not quite so
loud) due to the high voltage back-light on the display - is this what
I'm hearing on the K5000?

Its OK with good headphones on, but outside of the headphones is
pretty annoying - any solutions?

Steve

Hi,

I've got a similar noise on the K5000R but I think it's something to do with the display.

Jonathan
--- In KAWAI-K5000@yahoogroups.com, "stevemacster" <stevemacster@...> wrote:

>
> Hi all, I've just bought a K5000S and I've just started learning how
> to use it.  I noticed that there is a high pitch noise coming from the
> keyboard - like a small , noisy fan?  Is this noise normal for this
> keyboard?  
> 
> I have an old Roland MV30 that makes a similar noise (but not quite so
> loud) due to the high voltage back-light on the display - is this what
> I'm hearing on the K5000?
> 
> Its OK with good headphones on, but outside of the headphones is
> pretty annoying - any solutions?
> 
> Steve
>

--- In KAWAI-K5000@yahoogroups.com, jonathan_01uk <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a similar noise on the K5000R but I think it's something to do with the display.
> 
> Jonathan

Yes, it is the display - I built in a switch that isolates both wires of the display to eliminate the noise.  However, I find now that I actally don't use the backlight at all any more and just have an LED booklight above the screen instead.  I have done the same with my Roland MV30, which had the same issue.

The quality is very clear now, though I have put an RNLA compressor on the outputs to thicken the sound up a bit - works great.

Steve