Disklavier

I know that even if you have a DSR1 connected to an older model DKV, you 
still need a working floppy drive on the older instrument.  In fact, it must 
be turned on before the newer DSR1 will work, so I do not know if this will 
stop the hibernation of the older MX100A.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Fry" <groups@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Recording on a MX100A.........


> Hello,
>
> Is this a Japanese import? I thought the MX100A was a U1 based piano and
> that was all Yamaha had ever offered outside of Japan? I'm pretty sure
> that U3 disklaviers were/are only offered in Japan too?
>
> Anyway, as far as I know the DSR1 doesn't have this limitation - it is
> essentially the same controller that I have on my MarkIIXG (DKC500RW)
> and I can use my piano for hours as a midi controller, with or without a
> disk in the drive. I can't help on the MX100 hibernate issue though :(
>
> Enjoy the piano!
>
> James
>
>
> glarcombe wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently bought a Yamaha U3 (1989) which has a MX100A Disklavier
>> instatled on it. I had a question regarding recording. If anyone has
>> any advice on this I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>> I play the piano & record with it mainly through MIDI. Everything works
>> well except for the fact that I always have to have a disk in the drive
>> for MIDI to work. If I don't send info to the piano for over 5 mins the
>> drive goes into a hibernation mode & turns itself off. This is normal
>> for it to do this but it gets annoying as I always have to then press
>> the stop key to wake the drive up to reactivate the drive.
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to stop the drive from hibernating
>> after 5 mins. Or to tell it to hibernate after say 1 hour instead of 5
>> mins. I heard there was a way of upgrading the MX100 to a DSR1 unit.
>> Does the DSR1 still have to have a disk in its drive for MIDI to work?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
>>
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