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Re: [disklavier] DKC850 upgrade unit

2010-06-14 by athomik

It's not available in the UK yet. It should come out later this summer

athomik

On Jun 12 2010, Gary Connoley wrote:

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>Hi all
>anyone purchased a DKC850 upgrade unit in the UK, if so where from and how much?
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>many thanks
>Gary
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>On 10 Jun 2010, at 20:27, George Husson wrote:
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>I'm curious about whether the lack of the floppy drive gives you any concern. I have many of those and Yamaha still seems to be selling a lot of their stuff on floppy. I know there is a floppy drive available to go with this unit but I am also under the impression that you have to get that unit and cannot just use a portable floppy drive. I have considering whether or not it would be worth it for me to purchase it.
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>Thanks!
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>--George
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>From: whitestarline123 >
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 11:07:20 AM
>Subject: [disklavier] DKC850 upgrade unit
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>Hi Everybody, I have just recently purchased the dkc 850 upgrade. I am happy to report that this unit is everything that I had been expecting and more!! I have one problem with it. I cannot seem to get it to play
>files through the analogue midi inputs. I am using a laptop with Vista. It will play the audio perfectly but the piano will not play along.
>It is probably the operator!
>I am wanting to purchase the squeezebox Duet system so that I can control all of my media from the handheld unit. I am hoping there is a way to play the disklavier files using this method. Any help would be appreciated.
>In all other aspects I am very happy with the unit and highly reccomend it. The supplied manual does not explain the use for the analogue midi inputs properly.
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>Thanks in advance
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>Wayne
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