Disklavier

Hi Michael,

The reset of the control unit back to default settings worked!  I 
was unaware of this procedure, thank you to you and to everyone else 
who brought it to my attention.  Everything is back to normal 
playback now.


  - Bob


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Weinstock" 
<mweinstock@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>  
> I don't know if this will help, but it certainly couldn't hurt.  
Have you
> tried resetting the control unit back to default settings ?
>  
> "The details are in Chapter 12 of the Advanced Owners Manual on 
page 72.
> Basically, you push Function, then Reset, then Settings to do a 
Reset.
> Leave the menus for the Memory Disks alone"
>  
> Good luck,
>  
> Michael
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Bob Coate
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:14 AM
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [disklavier] Need help with Disklavier Mk III gone mute
> 
> 
> 
> My Disklavier Mk III has suddenly gone mute, on all instrumental 
> accompaniment playbacks. If I'm playing a Yamaha PianoSoft Plus 
> diskette, the piano still plays fine acoustically -- but no other 
> instrumentation plays at all through the speakers, it just stays 
> silent. I know that the speakers are OK, because I can switch the 
> piano to Silent Mode and the synthesized piano voice then plays 
fine 
> through the speakers (but still no other instruments).
> 
> Strangely, if I try to play a standard MIDI file, not only is the 
> MIDI instrumentation totally silent, but in this case the piano 
will 
> not even play acoustically!
> 
> Also, if I try to play just a regular audio CD, which normally 
would 
> work, there is no sound at all from the speakers.
> 
> Given that my local dealer has a minimum two-month (!) wait for 
> service appointments (which I consider totally unacceptable), can 
> anyone suggest any troubleshooting or diagnostic steps that I can 
> take in the meantime?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> 
> - Bob
>