3
Easy Quick Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Selecting a T one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Selecting and Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Music Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Opening/Closing the Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
T ur ning the P ower On/O
(Opening/Closing the F allboard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting Y our Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Selecting a T one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the Overall Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adding Reverberation to the Sound ( Ambience) . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) . . . . . . 8
Making V arious S ettings (F unc tion Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Changing the Playing F eel of the Keyboard (Key T ouch) . 8
T ransposing the Pitch ( T ranspose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dividing the Keyboard for T wo People (Twin P iano) . . . . 9
Saving Y our Performance Settings (Registration) . . . . . . . 9
Playing Dier ent T ones with the Left and R ight Hands . . 9
Creating Y our Own Piano T one (Piano Designer) . . . . . . . . 9
Layering Tw o Sounds (Dual Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using the Bluetooth F unc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting an I tem/Editing a Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sounding the Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Playing Back or Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Disabling the Buttons (P anel Lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting the Part(s) to Play (Part Mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Advanc ed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording Y our Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording a New Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Overdubbing a Recorded P er formance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recording Audio to USB F lash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deleting a Saved Song (Delete Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Copying a Sav ed Song (Copy Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Renaming a Song (Rename Song) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Personalizing Y our Piano Sound (Piano Designer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving Y our Performance Settings (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recalling a Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Saving Current Settings into a Reg istration . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Saving a Registration Set (Registration Export) . . . . . . . . . 17
Loading a Saved Registr ation Set (Registration Import) . 17
Loading/Saving P iano Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving Piano Settings (Piano Setup Export) . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Loading Piano Settings (P iano Setup Impor t) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Conv enient F unctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Initializing the Memor y (F ormat Media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Restoring the F ac tory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Bluetooth® F unc tionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Here ’ s What Y ou Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Listening to Music Through the Piano ’ s Speakers . . . . . . . 21
Making I nitial Settings (P airing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting an Already-P aired Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing Back Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Piano with an App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Example Apps That Can Be Used with the Piano . . . . . . . . 22
Making Settings (Pairing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Pedals t o T urn Pages on a Music Score App . . . 23
Making I nitial Settings (P airing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting an Already-P aired Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . 23
T ur ning P ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
V arious S ettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
V arious Settings (Function Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Basic Operations in F unc tion Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Matching the Pitch with Other Instruments
(Master T uning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the Tuning Method ( T emperament) . . . . . . . . . 24
Specifying the T onic Note ( T emperament Key) . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the Song (SMF) Volume (Song Volume SMF) . . 24
Adjusting the Song (Audio ) V olume
(Song Volume Audio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Pla yback Device
(Input Volume) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Specifying the Keyboard’ s T one When Playing Back a
Song (SMF Play Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the Format for Recor ding (Recording Mode) . . 25
Changing How the P edal Eects Are Applied
(Damper Pedal P ar t) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing How the P edals W ork (Center P edal) . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing the Eect of the Pedal (L ef t P edal) . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using a Pedal t o Switch Registrations (Reg . Pedal Shift) . 25
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
(Display Contrast) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specifying a Maximum V olume ( Volume Limit) . . . . . . . . 26
Prev enting Doubled Notes When Connected to a
Sequencer (Local Contr ol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MIDI T ransmit Channel Settings (MIDI T ransmit Ch) . . . . . 26
Changing the Language Displayed in the Screen
(Language) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
T ur ning O the Po wer When Y ou Close the Fallboar d
(Po wer O by the Lid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making the Power Aut omatically Turn o After a Time
(Auto O ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Settings That Are Sav ed by Auto Memory Backup
(Auto Memory Backup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
T roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
USING THE UNIT SAFEL Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
IMPORT ANT NO TES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Con tents
Sound Generator Piano Sound: SuperNA TURAL Piano Modeling
Keyboard
PHA-50 Keyboard: Wood and Plastic Hybrid Structure, with Escapement and
Ebony/Ivory Feel (88 keys)
Bluetooth
Audio: Bluetooth Ver 3.0 (Supports SCMS- T content prot ection)
MIDI, T urning music sheet: Bluetooth Ver 4.0
Pow er Supply AC Adaptor
Pow er
Consumption
18W (13W–44W)
Dimensions
T op opened:
1,445 ( W) x 1,501 (D) x 1,569 (H) mm
56-15/16 ( W) x 59-1/8 (D) x 61-13/16 (H) inches
T op closed:
1,445 ( W) x 1,501 (D) x 996 (H) mm
56-15/16 ( W) x 59-1/8 (D) x 39-1/4 (H) inches
Weigh t 148 kg / 326 lbs 5 oz
Accessories
Owner ’ s Manual, Leaet “Leaet F or a Dealer or a Qualied Professional
Installer , ” Leaet “USING THE UNIT SAFEL Y , ” “R oland Classical Piano
Masterpieces, ” Roland Piano Arrange Collections “Let ’ s Enjoy Piano , ”
Maintenance Set, Key Cover , Caster Cups, P ower Cord , Headphone Hook, Cord
clamps
Options
(sold separately)
Headphones, USB Flash Memory (*1)
*1: Use a commercially available USB ash drive or a USB ash driv e sold by
Roland. However , we cannot guarantee that all commercially a vailable USB
ash drives will work with this unit.
* This document explains the specications of the product at the time that the
document was issued. F or the latest information, refer to the Roland website .
Main Specications
Roland GP609: Digital Piano