Disklavier

Bill,

Thanks for your excellent explanation.  Understood.

My DKC500RW XG has only 1MB of memory and does NOT have the EMK1 
(expanded memory kit) installed.

Okay then.  I have the EMK control board and do NOT have the EMK1 
upgrade.  If EMK1 stands for "expanded memory kit", what does the 
EMK stand for with reference to my EMK CTRL board?  Like I 
mentioned, this is a trivia question.  I've figured out that 
the "PK" CTRL board refers to the Pedal Keyboard Control board.


Regards,

Robert



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Brandom" <BBrandom@y...> 
wrote:
> I understand your confusion on this issue. I will try to explain it
> without making it more confusing. Your control unit model number 
has a
> "W" in the name. This indicates that the control board in the 
control
> unit has additional OPERATING memory (8 megabits verses 4 
megabits).
> This board with additional memory is labeld EMK CTRL. On some
> Disklaviers, such as the PRO and certain DGT2IIXG and DGT7 pianos
> equipped with SmartKey, and later Mark IIXG Disklaviers, boards 
with
> additional operating memory are required. For customers that 
purchase
> the EMK1 Expanded Memory Kit, the Control board is replaced with 
the EMK
> CTRL board and an additional memory board is attached to the EMK 
CTRL
> board. I think I have still left you confused.
> 
> Your piano may or may not have expanded USER memory (16 meg). To 
see if
> it does, press the FAST FORWARD and FAST REVERSE buttons at the 
same
> time. If your screen displays numbers starting with 0 and going to 
F,
> then your control unit has the EMK1 Expanded Memory Kit installed,
> giving you sixteen megs of USER memory, instead of one meg.
> 
> 
> Bill Brandom
> Senior Technical  Manager, Piano Division 
> YAMAHA Corporation of America 
> TEL (800) 854-1569  FAX (714) 522-9424
> E-mail: bbrandom@y... 
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