Disklavier

Has anyone been able to play a PianoDisc brand CD on a Yamaha Mark III.

I have a friend that has a Mark IV and he can play PianoDisc CD's but I 
have not been able to play them on my Mark III.  I was wondering if 
there was a problem with my player or only certin PianoDisc CD's will 
play on a Disklavier.
PianoDisc has some very nice selections but I don't want to spend money 
trying.
Maybe only older ones or newer ones will play?????
Thanks
Alan

I was told they do but to be sure call Freddie at Yamaha at 714-522-
9886. He is a great resourse. PianoDiscs are great but you may find 
that the volume is a different level then the yamaha discs.


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "iski1alan" <ISKI1@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone been able to play a PianoDisc brand CD on a Yamaha Mark 
III.
> 
> I have a friend that has a Mark IV and he can play PianoDisc CD's but 
I 
> have not been able to play them on my Mark III.  I was wondering if 
> there was a problem with my player or only certin PianoDisc CD's will 
> play on a Disklavier.
> PianoDisc has some very nice selections but I don't want to spend 
money 

> trying.
> Maybe only older ones or newer ones will play?????
> Thanks
> Alan
>

I did not think PianoDisc CDs, the ones with people
singing and also playing the piano, worked on a
Disklavier, but I could be wrong.  I know that the
newer PianoDisc CDs will not even work on their own
PianoDisc systems until the software upgrade is
installed on both the CPU and the control box!  At
least Yamaha never did THAT to their customers!

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message -----
From: "iski1alan" <ISKI1@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [disklavier] PianoDisk CD's


> Has anyone been able to play a PianoDisc brand CD on
a Yamaha Mark III.
>
> I have a friend that has a Mark IV and he can play
PianoDisc CD's but I
> have not been able to play them on my Mark III.  I
was wondering if
> there was a problem with my player or only certin
PianoDisc CD's will
> play on a Disklavier.
> PianoDisc has some very nice selections but I don't
want to spend money
> trying.
> Maybe only older ones or newer ones will play?????
> Thanks
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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I can play some PianoDisc CDs on my Mark III but not others.  
Apparently the newer ones have a different encryption that the Mark 
III cannot decode.  I don't know how to predict which ones will and 
will not work, so unfortunately I have purchased some that are 
useless to me.

I wonder if there's any way to do a software upgrade on the Mark III 
to overcome this problem? 


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "iski1alan" <ISKI1@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone been able to play a PianoDisc brand CD on a Yamaha Mark 
III.
> 
> I have a friend that has a Mark IV and he can play PianoDisc CD's 
but I 
> have not been able to play them on my Mark III.  I was wondering 
if 
> there was a problem with my player or only certin PianoDisc CD's 
will 
> play on a Disklavier.
> PianoDisc has some very nice selections but I don't want to spend 
money 

> trying.
> Maybe only older ones or newer ones will play?????
> Thanks
> Alan
>

Hi

There are programs that will convert different formats, have a look 
at "Giebler Converters" on Google. Google found this site first go.

http://www.midifile.com/#pdm

Dave

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Coate" <rcoate@...> wrote:
>
> I can play some PianoDisc CDs on my Mark III but not others.  
> Apparently the newer ones have a different encryption that the 
Mark 
> III cannot decode.  I don't know how to predict which ones will 
and 
> will not work, so unfortunately I have purchased some that are 
> useless to me.
> 
> I wonder if there's any way to do a software upgrade on the Mark 
III 
> to overcome this problem? 
> 
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "iski1alan" <ISKI1@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone been able to play a PianoDisc brand CD on a Yamaha 
Mark 
> III.
> > 
> > I have a friend that has a Mark IV and he can play PianoDisc 
CD's 
> but I 
> > have not been able to play them on my Mark III.  I was wondering 
> if 
> > there was a problem with my player or only certin PianoDisc CD's 
> will 
> > play on a Disklavier.
> > PianoDisc has some very nice selections but I don't want to 
spend 

> money 
> > trying.
> > Maybe only older ones or newer ones will play?????
> > Thanks
> > Alan
> >
>