Connecting a Computer to the Instrument. Yamaha DGX-650, YDP-S52, CVP-709GP, CLP-565GP, CVP-709, NU1, CLP-525, F02, CVP-701

Connecting a Computer to the Instrument

Connecting to the USB TO HOST terminal

 Precautions when using the USB TO HOST terminal

When connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST terminal, make sure to observe the following points. Failing to do so risks freezing the computer and corrupting or losing the data. If the computer or the instrument freezes, restart the application software or the computer OS, or turn the power to the instrument off then on again.

NOTICE

• Use an AB type USB cable of less than 3 meters. USB 3.0 cables cannot be used.

• Before connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST terminal, exit from any power-saving mode of the computer (such as suspend, sleep, standby).

• Before turning on the power to the instrument, connect the computer to the USB TO HOST terminal.

• While the computer is connected to the instrument, you should wait for six seconds or more between these operations: (1) when turning the power of the instrument off then on again, or (2) when alternately connecting/disconnecting the USB cable.

Operating System (OS)

Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32-bit/64-bit)

Mac OS X 10.5.0 – 10.10.x

NOTICE

• Never use a computer having a different OS from those above. Doing so may cause problems.

1

Turn off the power of the instrument.

2

Start the computer, then quit any running application software.

3

Connect the USB cable to the USB TO HOST terminal of the instrument, then to the USB terminal of the computer.

USB terminal USB TO HOST terminal

Computer

Instrument

USB cable

4

Turn on the power of the instrument.

The computer will automatically be set to enable MIDI communication with the instrument.

 Yamaha Standard USB-MIDI driver

When data communication is unstable or some problem occurs with the above operation, download the Yamaha

Standard USB-MIDI driver from the following URL:

http://download.yamaha.com/

Follow the Installation Guide in the package file to install the driver to the computer.

NOTE

• Depending on the computer OS used, the Yamaha Standard USB-MIDI driver may be incompatible with the instrument.

Computer-related Operations

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Connecting a Computer to the Instrument

Connecting to the MIDI terminals

The computer can also be connected to the MIDI terminals, via a USB-MIDI interface, such as the Yamaha UX16.

1

Install the Yamaha USB-MIDI driver supplied with the USB-MIDI Interface to the computer.

For details, refer to the manual of the USB-MIDI interface.

2

Turn off the instrument, then connect the USB-MIDI interface to the USB terminal of the computer and to the MIDI terminals of the instrument.

MIDI [IN][OUT] terminals

USB terminal

Computer

Instrument

USB-MIDI interface

(Yamaha UX16, etc.)

3

Turn on the power of the instrument.

Computer-related Operations

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