Disklavier

Thanks - I've also just had a similar problem with a pianosoft disk 
and a CD ordered via the Amazon link. I contacted Yamaha who 
suggested upgrading my firmware (my Mk IV is still on v2, not the 
latest v3), but I doubt that is the problem and have yet to do it. I 
never though of looking at the order of the songs.

Is anyone at Yamaha aware of this problem - presumably with a limited 
number of CDs? The one I am ahving trouble with is the soundtrack 
from Grease.
Howard

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George Allison" <disklav@...> 
wrote:
>
> I saw this old post and couldn't find a good reply to it, so I'll 
pass
> this along....
> 
> I've had no trouble using iTunes to burn a CD with songs that match
> the Smart Pianosoft floppy disk and then play it successfully in the
> Mk IV.  In a couple of cases I had an old CD that didn't quite match
> the version desired by the floppy -- in this case, I ripped it with
> iTunes (set to wav format so there's no loss), rearranged the songs 
to
> match the floppy, then burned a new CD which the Mk IV recognized 
and
> read.  I've even burned a CD from song albums purchased in the 
iTunes
> store that worked with the Smart Pianosoft floppy.
> 
> George
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "rwberry99" <rwberry@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > For the most part, I've had no problems with my "Smart PianoSoft"
> > (SPS) disks.  I've been pleasantly suprised how well they work.
> > 
> > I recently bought the SPS disk that goes with the OCR of the 
musical
> > "Pippin".  I have owned the OCR CD for several years (and it's
> catalog number didn't match the SPS disk) but I figured it was 
worth a
> try.  I ordered the SPS disk and sure enough, when I pressed play it
> simply indicated "Wrong Disk" and started playing only the
> accompanying MIDI tracks.
> > 
> > I then order the CD through the Amazon link on the
> > www.yamahamusicsoft.com site.  Looking more closely, the 
description
> > of the CD in Amazon doesn't match the catalog number on the SPS 
disk
> > either, but for $11.00, I thought I would take a chance.  The CD
> > arrives and I get the same "Wrong Disk" message.  I poke around a 
few
> > more sites, and found yet another version of the disk, so I 
ordered it
> > as well.  I get the same behavior.
> > 
> > Now I realize, I could most likely return the SPS disk to Yamaha 
since
> > their link appears to be broken.  But I thought I would poke 
around on
> > the disk itself and see if I could circumvent whatever test the 
DKV is
> > doing.
> > 
> > Even before ripping the diskette, the first thing I noticed was 
the
> > the SPS disk only thinks there are 14 tracks versus the 15 track 
on
> > all my CDs.  So I ripped the CD and burned a copy with the same
> > "serial" number but with the tracks in the order the SPS disk 
expects.
> >  The DKC doesn't even recognize the CD-R disk.
> > 
> > So I ripped the SPS diskette and see several MIDI files and two 
MNG
> > files.  I figure one (or both) of the MNG files contains some 
kind of
> > checksum that identifies the CD, but there's nothing that jumps 
out
> > when I look at them.
> > 
> > Has anyone out there run into this kind of problem?  Is there a
> > resolution?  Can you use some kind of magic key sequence that 
bypasses
> > the CD check?
> > 
> > I haven't tried creating a floppy with the contents of a working 
SPS
> > disk, so I'm not sure if that even works.
> > 
> > Just so you don't get the wrong idea, this is a legitimate copy 
of the
> > SPS disk.  It just doesn't work.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Bob
> >
>