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  • Page 1

    Before using this instrument, be sure to read “PRECAUTIONS” on pages 6 – 7. N3: When assembling or transporting the unit, consult a qualified AvantGrand dealer. (Refer to page 41 for the assembly instructions.) Achten Sie darauf, vor Einsatz dieses Instruments die „VORSICHTSMASSNAHMEN“ auf Seiten 6-7 durchzulesen. N3: Wenden Sie sich bez?[...]

  • Page 2

    2 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual SPECIAL MESSA GE SECTION PR ODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Y amaha electronic products may hav e either labels similar to the graphics sho wn below or molded/stamped f acsimiles of these graph- ics on the enclosure. The e xplanation of these graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions indicated on this page and [...]

  • Page 3

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 3 The abov e warning is located on the bottom of the unit. Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude [...]

  • Page 4

    4 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH H ybrid Piano Combining ov er one hundr ed y ears of superb piano craftsmanship with the latest advanced technologies, Y amaha is proud to introduce a true hybrid acoustic/ digital piano that meets the demands of contemporary musicians. Authentic A coustic Piano T ouch with Special G rand Piano Action and Piano[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 5 ENGLISH T able of Contents PRECA UTIONS .......................................................... 6 Introduction P anel Controls and T erminals ......................................8 Playing the Keyboar d ................................................ 10 Using the Pedals ............................................[...]

  • Page 6

    6 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep this man ual in a safe place f or future ref erence. W ARNING Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. The[...]

  • Page 7

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 7 ENGLISH •T ake care that the key cover does not pinch your fingers, and do not insert a finger or hand in any gaps on the fallboard or instrument. • Never insert or drop paper , metallic, or other objects into the gaps on the fallboard, panel or keyboard. If this happens, turn off the power immediately and unplug[...]

  • Page 8

    8 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH P anel Controls and T er minals Over view N3 Jacks and Terminals (page 9) Po w er switch (page 12) Control panel (page 9) P edals (page 14) Music rest (page 15) Lid (pages 11, 13) Stay (page 11) F allboard (pages 11, 13) [AC IN] connector (page 10) Jacks and Terminals (page 9) N2 Music rest (page 15) Lid (pages[...]

  • Page 9

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 9 P anel Controls and T erminals ENGLISH Control Panel q [MASTER V OLUME] control ....................... page 12 w Displa y ................................................... See below . e [RECORD] button......................................... page 27 r [PLA Y/ST OP] button ................. pages 16, 19, 28, 31 t [+[...]

  • Page 10

    10 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Playing the K eyboar d 1 Connecting the power cor d 1-1 S et the voltage selector and insert the pow er cord plug to the [AC IN] connector . Refer to the “P anel Controls and T erminals” on page 8 for information on the location of the [AC IN] connector . 1-2 Attach the included cord holders to the instrum[...]

  • Page 11

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 11 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 2 Opening the fallboard U sing the hand grip on the front, lift open the fallboard. 3 Opening the lid One long stay and one short stay are pro vided on the lid. Use one of them to open the lid to the desired angle. 3-1 Hold the right side of the lid and raise it. 3-2 Raise the lid stay and[...]

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    12 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 3-1 Raise the music rest (page 15). 3-2 Open the lid up as far as it will go. 4 T urning the power on T urn on the switch located on the bottom left of the keyboar d to turn the power on. ↓ The [PO WER] indicator located below the left end of the keyboard lights up . 5 Playing the ke ybo[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 13 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH 6 T urning the power off T urn the switch off . ↓ The [PO WER] indicator turns off. 7 Closing the lid 7-1 Hold the lid stay and car efully raise the lid. 7-2 H old the lid in its raised position and lo wer the lid stay . 7-3 Carefully low er the lid. Slightly raise the lid, then lo wer i[...]

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    14 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH The instrument has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano . Damper (Right) P edal The damper pedal functions in the same way as a damper pedal on an acoustic piano. When the damper pedal is pressed, notes su[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 15 Playing the Keyboard ENGLISH To raise the music rest: 1 Gently open the front portion of lid. 2 P ull the music rest up and toward yourself until it remains at the desired angle. The music rest is latched at angles of 35 degrees and 70 degrees. 3 Open the music brace. To lower the m usic rest: 1 Close the music brace.[...]

  • Page 16

    16 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Listening to the P r eset Songs This instrument features a variety of built-in piano preset songs. Y ou can simply listen to these songs. 1 Engage the Preset Song mode. While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press the [+] or [-] button until “ P01 ” appears on the display . 2 Select a preset song. Pr e[...]

  • Page 17

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 17 Listening to the Pr eset Songs ENGLISH Select and start playback songs fr om the keyboard Y ou can also select and start playback songs by pressing the keys. ● Play back a particular song: While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press one of the C2–A2 keys. ● Play back all: While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] [...]

  • Page 18

    18 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Basic O perations and M or e The following instructions pro vide all you need to know about the instrument to take full advantage of its versatile and sophisticated functions. Pr ess and release the [PIANO/V OICE] button to select the Grand P iano 1 voice. While holding down the [PIANO/V OICE] button, press th[...]

  • Page 19

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 19 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Demo songs are pro vided that effectively demonstrate each of this instrument’ s voices. 1 Engage the Demo Song mode. While holding down the [DEMO/SONG] button, press the [+] or [-] button until the “ d01 ” appears on the display . 2 Select a demo song. Pr ess the [+] or [-] bu[...]

  • Page 20

    20 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument features a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) that is convenient for practicing. 1 Start the metronome. Pr ess the [METRONOME] button to turn on the metronome. Using the Metronome 1, 2 The beat indicator flashes at the current tempo . Setting [...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 21 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH 2 Stop the metronome. T urn off the metronome b y pressing the [METR ONOME] button. Normal setting: 0/4 (No downbeat) Adjusting the time signature While holding down the [METR ONOME] button, press one of the C3–F3 keys. The current setting appears on the display while both controls[...]

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    22 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can select four different types of keyboard touch sensitivity — HARD, MEDIUM, SOFT or FIXED — to match different playing styles and prefer ences. While holding down the [PIANO/V OICE] button, press one of the A6–C7 keys to select the desired touch sensitivity . The current[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 23 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument features a special TRS (T actile Response System) that enables you to feel the natural vibration or reso- nance of the instrument when you play the keyboard, just as on an actual acoustic piano. Y ou can select the strength of vibration for your taste. Pr ess the [ TR[...]

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    24 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH This instrument’ s T ranspose function makes it possible to easily match the pitch of the keyboar d in semitone intervals to the range of a singer or other instruments. F or example, if you set the transposition amount to “5,” playing key C produces pitch F . I n this way , you[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 25 Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument. This function is useful when you play this instrument along with other instruments or CD music. ● To tune up (in about 0.2Hz steps): While holding down the [FUNCTION] button, press the [+] button. Holding do wn both buttons sh[...]

  • Page 26

    26 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Basic Operations and M ore ENGLISH Y ou can select various scales. Equal T emperament is the most common contemporar y piano tuning scale. Ho wever , his- tory has known numerous other scales, many of which serve as the basis for certain genres of music. Y ou can experience the tunings of these genres. While holding d[...]

  • Page 27

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 27 ENGLISH R ecor ding y our P erfor mance This instrument’ s recor ding function enables you to record your performance. F ollow the steps below to recor d and play back your performance. 1 Select a v oice for the recording. While holding down the [PIANO/V OICE] button, press the [+] or [-] button to select the desire[...]

  • Page 28

    28 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH 3 Start recording. Recor ding starts as soon as you play the keyboard. Alternatively , press the [PL A Y/STOP] button to start recor ding. ↓ The [RECORD] button indicator and the [PLA Y/ST OP] button indicator light up. 4 Stop recording. Pr ess either the [RECORD] or [PL A Y/ST O[...]

  • Page 29

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 29 Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH The recorded user song data on this instrument can be saved to a USB flash memory device. Before using a USB flash memory device, be sure to read “P recautions when using the USB [ T O DEVICE] terminal” on page 30. 1 Engage Saving mode. Make sur e that a USB flash memory dev[...]

  • Page 30

    30 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Recording y our P erformance ENGLISH Precautions when using the USB [TO DEVICE] terminal This instrument features a built-in USB [TO DE VICE] terminal. When connecting a USB device to the terminal, be sure to handle the USB device with care. F ollow the important precautions below . NOTE For more information about the[...]

  • Page 31

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 31 ENGLISH Listening to songs in USB Flash M emor y Y ou can conveniently connect a USB flash memor y device to the instrument and listen to songs recorded to that device (on a computer). Y ou can also save your recor ded per formances on the instrument to the connected device and play those songs back as well. Before u[...]

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    32 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Listening to songs in USB Flash M emor y ENGLISH “ U xx”: The smallest number among U00–U99 is selected. If there are no any “ U xx” songs, the smallest number among F00– F99 is selected. If a USB flash memory device is not con- nected or there are no USB songs, the “ Usr ” song is selected. Selecting[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 33 ENGLISH Fo r matting USB Flash M emor y Certain USB flash memor y devices may require formatting befor e they can be used by this instr ument. If you format a USB flash memory that already contains data, all of the data will be erased. Be careful not to erase important data when using the format function. 1 Engage t[...]

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    34 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Backing up D ata and I nitializing the Settings The following data will be saved to internal memory of the instrument. The data is maintained even when the power is turned off. • Metr onome volume (page 21) • F ine-tuning of the pitch (page 25) • Character code (page 31) • U ser song data recorded to t[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 35 ENGLISH Connections q [PHONES] jacks A set of standard stereo headphones can be plugged in her e for private practice. Refer to “U sing Headphones (option)” on page 14 for more information. w USB [T O DEVICE] terminal This terminal is for connection to USB storage devices. F or more information, refer to “P reca[...]

  • Page 36

    36 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual Connections ENGLISH r A UX IN [L/L+R] [R] jacks The stereo outputs from another instrument can be connected to these jacks, allowing the sound of an external instrument to be reproduced via the N3/N2’ s speakers. Refer to the diagram below and use audio cables to make the connections. t A UX OUT [L/L+R] [R] jacks Th[...]

  • Page 37

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 37 ENGLISH About MIDI MIDI (M usical Instrument Digital Interface) is a global format standard for performance data transmission and reception between electronic musical instruments. Connecting musical instruments that support MIDI via MIDI cables enables you to transfer performance and setting data between multiple musi[...]

  • Page 38

    38 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual About MIDI ENGLISH “Local Control” r efers to the fact that, normally , the keyboard of this instrument controls its internal tone generator , allowing the internal voices to be played directly from the keyboard. This situation is “Local Control On,” since the internal tone generator is controlled locally by i[...]

  • Page 39

    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 39 ENGLISH M essage List * When an operation (such as saving or data tr ansfer) is in process, the displa y shows a sequence of flashing dashes. * Press the [+] or [-] button to e xit from these message displays. Message Comment 001 Indicates failure in accessing the USB flash memory or media. → Disconnect the USB ?[...]

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    40 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH Tr oubleshooting * The message list (page 39) is also provided f or your reference . Problem P ossible Cause and Solution The instrument does not tur n on. The instrument has not been plugged in properly . Securely inser t the female plug into the sock et on the instr ument, and the male plug into a proper AC [...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 41 ENGLISH N3: Assembling the U nit • Be careful not to confuse parts, and be sure to install all parts in the correct orientation. Please assemble in accordance with the sequence given below . • Assembly should be carried out by at least three persons. • Be sure to use the correct screw size, as indicated below . [...]

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    42 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual N3: Assembling the U nit ENGLISH 4 Set the piano upright. 5 Attach and securel y tighten the left front leg with the bolts while holding the piano firmly . 6 Attach the pedal brace r ods. F ind the threaded bores on the bottom of the unit, and securely tighten the screws to attach the rods. 7 Attach the pedal. Insert[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 43 ENGLISH S pecifications * Specifications and descriptions in this owner’ s manual are for inf or mation pur poses only . Y amaha Cor p . reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment or options ma y not be the same in ev er y l[...]

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    44 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual ENGLISH I ndex A AC IN .......................................................................... 10 A ccessories ...................................................................... 5 Assembly (N3) .............................................................. 41 AUX IN .............................................[...]

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    N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual • 45 ENGLISH Information f or Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment This symbol on the products, pac kaging, and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with gener al household waste. F or proper treatment, reco very and recycling of old products, please [...]

  • Page 46

    46 • N3/N2 Owner’ s Manual 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifi- cations not expressly appro ved by Y amaha may v oid your authority , granted by the FCC , to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this pr[...]

  • Page 47

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