Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

On May 18, 2007, at 3:04 PM, nornrider wrote:

> I'm the soon-to-be proud owner of a DC6M4t. Now that the 2.0
> software/firmware is released for the Disklaviers, I'm looking forward
> to Disklavier Radio and direct connection to the internet.
>
> What exactly will I need to achieve this connection?

The simplest connection is an ethernet connection between the  
Disklavier's I/O center underneath and your home's local area network  
(i.e. to a router).
> My Yamaha dealer
> is a piano wiz but not that computer savvy by his own admission. Some
> thoughts/questions:
>
> - I assume the Disklavier M4s serve as a 802.11b access point based on
> some research. Can they also serve as clients for a different 802.11
> access point?

The Disklavier has 802.11b Wi-Fi for the sole purpose of  
communicating with the Pocket Remote controller.

If you need to put your Disklavier onto your home network wirelessly,  
you need to plug an adapter that is made for this purpose into the  
ethernet port of the Diskklavier. Such an adapter requires a  
complementary receiver that is plugged into your home network. An  
example is this product:

1) AirStation125 High Power Wireless Broadband Router with AOSS -  
802.11g   -   Manufacturer Part# WHR-HP-G54
2) AirStation125 High Power Wireless Ethernet Converter with AOSS  -   
Manufacturer Part# WLI-TX4-G54HP

> - My dealer showed me an email he just received from Yamaha saying
> that to connect to the internet wirelessly, Yamaha will only support a
> certain Buffalo Technology Wifi product.

True.

> Alternatively, the email
> says an ethernet cable can be plugged into the M4 (yuck).

Also true.

> - I have a standard linksys 802.11g wifi network covering my house.
> Is there any way I can simply configure the DC6M4 to use this network
> for connection purposes?

No.

> (Not wifi related) I have a CD-ROM of MIDI files; will I be able to
> simply insert that CD-ROM into the Disklavier and copy its files onto
> the Disklavier's hard drive?

Yes. However, I am not sure if this is possible IF your files are  
buried more than one layer deep in the directory. If you can't see  
all of your files with the Pocket Remote, burn another CD on which  
you do not have nested folders.

Regards,
PianoBench

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