Document Outline

• IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Introduction
  • Main Features
    • Conventions Used in This Manual
• Contents
• Panel Descriptions
  • Front Panel
  • Jack Panel (RG-3’s Bottom Left Panel)
  • RG-3’s Bottom Right Panel
    • Installing the Floppy Disk Drive
• Before You Start Playing
  • Opening and Closing the Top
  • Opening and Closing the Lid
    • Using the Lid Lock
  • Connecting the Pedal Cord and the Power Cord
  • Turning the Power On and Off
    • Turning On the Power
    • Turning Off the Power
  • Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance
  • About the Pedals
  • Connecting Headphones
  • Connecting a Microphone
  • Connecting USB Memory
    • Connecting the Memory
  • About the Screens
    • Main Screens
    • Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen
• Chapter 1. Playing Back Songs
  • Look at What You Can Do with the RG-3!
  • Listening to Songs
    • [Song] Button Functions
    • Listening to the Tone Demos
    • Listening to the Internal Songs
    • Listening to Songs on CDs
    • Listening to Songs on USB Memory and Floppy Disks
  • Using the Remote Control
    • Installing Batteries in the Remote Control
    • How to Use the Remote Control
    • About the Remote Control
  • Changing the Song Tempo
  • Using the Karaoke Feature
    • Changing the Key of the Song Being Played (Playback Transpose)
    • Adding Echo to the Mic Vocals (Mic Echo)
  • Copying Songs
    • Copying Songs Stored on USB Memory, CD-ROMs, and Floppy Disks to the “Favorites”
  • Deleting Songs Saved to the “Favorites,” USB Memory, and Floppy Disks
• Chapter 2. Using the RG-3 with an External Display or Television
  • Connecting an External Display
    • Making the Connections
    • Changing the Display Settings
  • Connecting a Television
    • Making the Connections
    • Switching Television Formats
  • Selecting What is To Be Displayed on the External Display or Television
  • Displaying Favorite Images on an External Display or Television (Slide Show)
    • When Using a USB Memory
    • When Using a VIMA CD-ROM (VIMA TUNES)
  • Changing the Background for the Lyrics Screen
• Chapter 3. Performance
  • Performing with a Variety of Sounds
    • Changing the Volume Balance of the Layered Tones (Layer Balance)
  • Making Fine Adjustments to the Piano Sound
    • Adjusting the Keyboard Touch (Key Touch)
    • Changing the Timing of Sounds According to the Force Used to Press the Keys (Hammer Response)
    • Playing Sounds When the Keys Are Released (Key Off Resonance)
    • Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (String Resonance)
    • Producing the Resonance of the Strings When the Keys Are Played (Damper Resonance)
    • Adjusting the Sound to Achieve the Preferred Tone Quality (Equalizer)
  • Changing the Pitch of the Keyboard Sound (Transpose)
  • Tuning to Other Instruments’ Pitches (Master Tuning)
  • Setting the Tuning Curve (Stretched Tuning)
  • Changing the Tuning
    • Setting the Tonic
  • Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands (Split Performance)
    • Changing the Keyboard’s Split Point
  • Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)
  • Assigning Functions to Pedals
  • Changing the Volume Balance of the Accompaniment and the Keyboard
  • Remembering the Settings Even When the Power is Turned Off (Memory Backup)
  • Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)
• Chapter 4. Recording the Performance
  • Notes Regarding Recording
  • Recording Performances
    • Play Back the Recorded Performance
  • Saving Recorded Performances
    • Deleting Performances Saved to the “Favorites” or USB Memory
• Chapter 5. User Program Registration
  • Saving Performance Settings (User Program)
  • Calling Up Saved User Programs
  • Saving the User Program Sets
  • Loading Saved User Program Sets
  • Deleting Saved User Program Sets
  • Using the Pedal to Switch User Programs
• Chapter 6. Changing Various Settings
  • Preventing Changes to the Current Settings (Panel Lock)
  • Making Detailed Settings
  • Changing the Remote Control Settings
    • Disabling Use of the Remote Control
    • Changing the Functions of the Remote Control’s Buttons
  • Changing the CD Settings
    • Adjusting CD and Audio File Levels
    • Enjoying Karaoke with Commercial CDs (Center Cancel)
    • Switching VIMA CD-ROM Recommended Tones
  • Initializing the User Memory, USB Memory, and Floppy Disks
  • Using the V-LINK Function
  • Playing the Automatic Demos
  • Muting or Reducing the Volume of a Specific Part (Minus One/Guide)
  • Changing the Notation Display Settings
  • Changing the Infrared Transmission Function Settings
    • Switching Infrared Transmissions On and Off (Infrared Function)
    • Setting Playback After the Song is Transferred (Infrared Playback)
• Chapter 7. Connecting External Devices
  • Connecting to Audio Equipment
    • Connectors
    • Making the Connections
  • Connecting MIDI Devices
    • What’s MIDI?
    • Connectors
    • Making the Connections
    • Connection Examples
  • Making MIDI-related Settings
    • MIDI Transmit Channel Settings
    • Disconnecting the Internal Sound Generator and Keyboard (Local Control)
    • Sending Tone Change Messages (Program Change/Bank Select MSB/Bank Select LSB)
    • Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out)
  • Connecting to the Computer
  • Making the Settings for the USB Driver
• Appendices
  • Troubleshooting
  • Error Messages
  • Tone List
  • Internal Song List
  • Parameters Stored to Internal Memory
    • Parameters Stored in Memory Backup
    • Parameters Stored in the User Program
  • Music Files That the RG-3 Can Use
    • The RG-3 allows you to use the following music files
    • About the RG-3 Sound Generator
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Main Specifications
  • Index