Disklavier

Hi PianoBench,
The 'guts' of the DK were NOT in the piano. I looked underneath and saw
the slot for it. The bottoms of the keys were plainly visible. There is
not a 'To Host' connector on the back of the XG unit. The dealer put the
"DGA1XG" label on the cross brace under the piano and in the XG Manuel.
There is a label "XG SERIES" pasted over "DGP1XG" in the manual,
although the manual matches the DKC100XG control unit we have. The CD
player is mounted (with Velcro) under the XG unit and is labeled "DCD1".
When I first went to the dealer to look at a disklavier, they showed me
the digital unit. When I said I wanted an acoustic piano they showed me
the 4'11" grand and said they could add the 'digital' capability to it.
After we worked out the final price (including a trade-in of a Kawai
digital piano) they told me I was getting the grand with 'all the
capabilities' of the digital disklavier, which turns out not to be true.
The dealer probably gave me what he could at the price quoted, which was
very reasonable.
 
 I am not unhappy with the piano, but according to a Yamaha Piano
Service Specialist at web: www.yamaha.com, I will need to add a DSR1 to
play the PianoSmart software: "The DSR1 is an XG tone generator with a
Floppy Disk and is capable of PianoSmart via software update. Your
DKC100XG can not be upgraded for PianoSmart." 
 
 I'm wondering if I can get an updated control unit that includes both a
floppy and CD drive - the dealer hinted that these are the new units
being used.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: PianoBench@... [mailto:PianoBench@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:44 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] A reply to your message.
 
Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 1/6/04 5:07:54 PM, jimschelling@... writes:



I am new to the group and picking up a lot of knowledge by being here.
We bought our DGA1 ( 4'11 grand w/DKV) in November 2003. I have been
following the discussions and can add several comments: Our disklavier
was added to the piano by the dealer - I know this for a fact since I
selected the grand myself, before the DKV was added.

The "guts" of the system were installed at the factory. At most, the
dealer would have mounted and attached the control unit. This control
unit does not have to be mounted under the keys. You can remove it and
put it somewhere else if you would like.



 Also, the floppy drive (DKC100XG) will only play MIDI 0 files, it will
not play MIDI 1. If a floppy with a MIDI 1 file is inserted in the
drive, we either get the message "cannot execute" or the unit goes into
limbo and has to be powered off to recover. 

Are you sure that you gto a DGA1? You can find a description on this
webpage:

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,63
73,CNTID%253D2114%2526CTID%253D201900%2526ATRID%253D20%2526DETYP%253DATT
RIBUTE%2526VNM%253DLIVE%2526AFLG%253DY%2526LGFL%253DN,00.html

The DGA1 supports the playback of Type 1 Standard MIDI files. Although
it is not mentioned on the website, I believe that the correct control
unit for this piano is the DKC55. Check and see if your control unit has
a "To Host" connector on the back, in addition to MIDI In, MIDI Out, and
the connector to the piano itself.



I think we got a somewhat 'disabled' MARK III.

I believe that the DGA1 is a somewhat reduced Mark III in the sense that
it does not come with a built-in CD drive and it does not record.

Regards,
PianoBench


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