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PSR-550
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
This manual has been provided for the use of authorized Yamaha Retailers and their service personnel. It has been assumed
that basic service procedures inherent to the industry, and more specifically Yamaha Products, are already known and
understood by the users, and have therefore not been restated.
WARNING : Failure to follow appropriate service and safety procedures when servicing this product may result in
personal injury, destruction of expensive components and failure of the product to perform as
specified. For these reasons, we advise all Yamaha product owners that all service required should
be performed by an authorized Yamaha Retailer or the appointed service representative.
IMPORTANT : This presentation or sale of this manual to any individual or firm does not constitute authoriza-tion,
certification, recognition of any applicable technical capabilities, or establish a principal-agent
relationship of any form.
The data provided is believed to be accurate and applicable to the unit (s) indicated on the cover. The research engineering,
and service departments of Yamaha are continually striving to improve Yamaha products. Modifications are, therefor, inevitable
and changes in specification are subject to change without notice or obligation to retrofit. Should any discrepancy appear to
exist, please contact the distributors Service Division.
WARNING : Static discharges can destroy expensive components. Discharge any static electricity your body
may have accumulated by grounding yourself to the ground bus in the unit (heavy gauge black wires
connect to this bus).
IMPORTANT : Turn the unit OFF during disassembly and par ts replacement. Recheck all work before you apply
power to the unit.
WARNING : CHEMICAL CONTENT NOTICE !
The solder used in the production of this product contains LEAD. In addition, other electrical/electronic and/or plastic
(where applicable) components may also contain traces of chemicals found by the California Health and Welfare Agency
(and possibly other entities) to cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.
DO NOT PLACE SOLDER, ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC OR PLASTIC COMPONENTS IN YOUR MOUTH FOR ANY
REASON WHAT SO EVER!
Avoid prolonged, unprotected contact between solder and your skin! When soldering, do not inhale solder fumes or expose
eyes to solder/flux vapor!
If you come in contact with solder or components located inside the enclosure of this product, wash your hands before
handling food.
WARNING
Components having special characteristics are marked Z and must be replaced with parts having specification equal to
those originally installed.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Keyboards
- 61 standard-size keys (C1 - C6) with
touch response.
Display
- Large multi-function LCD display
Setup
- STANDBY/ON
- Master Volume : MIN - MAX
Demo
- 9 Songs
Realtime Controls
- Pitch Bend wheel
Control & Number Buttons
- SONG
- STYLE
- MUSIC DATABASE
- VOICE L
- VOICE R1
- VOICE R2
- VOICE CHANGE
- MIXER
- NEXT/BACK
- DIRECT ACCESS
- EXIT
- Data dial, [1] - [0], [+/YES], [-/NO]
Overall Controls
- Tempo : 32 - 280
- Transpose
Voice
- 219 Panel Voices +14 Drum Kits + 480
XG Voices
- Polyphony : 32
- Voice Set
- R1/R2/L Voices
- Part on/off (R1/R2/L)
- Voice Change : Voice number
- Mixer : Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb
Depth, Chorus Depth, DSP Depth
Auto Accompaniment
- 112 Styles
- Accompaniment Track : RHYTHM SUB/
MAIN, BASS, CHORD
1/2, PAD, PHRASE1/2
- Accompaniment Track Settings : ON/OFF
- Accompaniment Control : ACMP ON/OFF,
SYNC START, SYNC STOP, START/STOP,
INTRO, MAIN A/B (AUTO FILL), ENDING/
rit
- Beat Indicator
- Accompaniment Volume
- Voice Change : Voice number
- Mixer : Volume, Pan, Reverb depth,
Chorus depth, DSP depth
- One Touch Setting
- Fingering Mode : Multi Finger/SingleFin-
ger/Fingered 1/ Fingered 2/Full Keyboard
Music Database
- 220
Multi Pads
- 40 Multi Pad Banks
- 4 Pads + STOP
- Chord Match
- Naming
Amplifiers
- 6W + 6W (when using PA-6 power
adaptor)
- 4.5W + 4.5W (when using batteries)
Speakers
- 12 cm (4-3/4") x 2, 3 cm (1-3/16") x 2
Power Consumption
- 22W (when using PA-6 power adaptor)
Power Supply
- Adaptor : Yamaha PA-6 AC power
adaptor
Rated Voltage DC 10-12V
Rated Current 2A
- Batteries : Six D size, R20P (LR20) or
equivalent batteries
Dimensions (W x D x H)
- 952 x 387 x 169 (mm)
(37-1/2" x 15-1/4" x 6-5/8")
Weight
- 8.7 Kg (19.2 lbs.) excluding batteries
Supplied Accessories
- Data Disk
- Music Stand
- Owners Manual
Optional Accessories
- Headphones : HPE-150
- AC Power Adaptor : PA-6
- Foot Switch : FC4, FC5
- Keyboard Stand : L-6, L-7
Digital Effects
- Reverb : 24 types
- Chorus : 16 types
- DSP (system/insertion) : 74 types
- Harmony/Echo : 22 types
Registration Memory
- 32 Registration Banks : 1 - 4
- Naming
- Accompaniment Freeze
Disk Operations
- Song playback/recording
- Load (Style/Multi Pad/Registration
Memory)
- Save (Style/Multi Pad/Registration
Memory)
- Utility : Format, Song Copy, Delete File
Song
- Song Volume
- Song Track Settings : ON/OFF
- Repeat Play
- Song Transpose
Song Recording
- Quick Record, Multi Record
- Recording Tracks : 1 - 16
- Punch In/Punch Out
- Quantize
- Naming
- Clear
- Setup Data : Volume, Octave, Pan, Reverb
depth, Chorus depth, DSP depth
Multi Pad Recording
- User Pad Bank : 4 (41 - 44)
- Naming
- Clear
- Chord Match
Style Recording
- User Styles : 3 (113 - 115)
- Recording Tracks : 6 Sections x 8 tracks
- Drum Cancel
- Quantize
- Naming
- Clear
MIDI
- Transmit settings
- Receive settings
- Local Control
- Clock
- Initial Data Send
- MIDI template
Other functions
- Metronome
- Upper Octave
- Master Tuning
- Scale Tuning
- Split Point
- Touch Sensitivity
- Voice Set
- Footswitch function
- Pitch Bend Range
Auxiliary Jacks
- DC IN 10-12V, PHONES/OUTPUT,
SUSTAIN, MIDI IN/OUT, TO HOST
