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Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries. devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee * This applies only to products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America. (class B) COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT (Supplier’s declaration of conformity procedure)
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WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. (UL60065_03) EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
For the AC adaptor WARNING CAUTION • This AC adaptor is designed for use with only Yamaha electronic • When setting up, make sure that the AC outlet is easily instruments. Do not use for any other purpose. accessible. If some trouble or malfunction occurs, immediately turn off the power switch of the instrument and disconnect the AC •...
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(If you are using batteries, remove all batteries from the - When the batteries run out, or if the instrument is not to be instrument.) Then have the device inspected by Yamaha service used for a long time, remove the batteries from the instrument.
Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modifications to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed. Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use. Even when the [ ] (Standby/On) switch is in standby status (display is off), electricity is still flowing to the instrument at the minimum level.
This contains music scores for the preset Songs (excepting for a Demo Song and some Songs due to copyright issues) of this instrument. To obtain this Song Book, access the Yamaha website and download it from the product web page. Yamaha Global Site https://www.yamaha.com...
XGlite “hot swapping” (connecting peripheral As its name implies, “XGlite” is a simplified ver- devices while the power to the computer is sion of Yamaha’s high-quality XG tone genera- on). tion format. Naturally, you can play back any Touch Response XG song data using an XGlite tone generator.
Hear and experience a sound of a single chord .. 42 Hear and experience basic chord progressions .. 42 Playing Chords along with Chord Progressions of a Song Play the chords in combination with “Waiting” of the Lesson function ....43 EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Built-in Speakers ........56 Connecting to a Computer ......... 57 Connecting a Smart Device ....... 58 Lowering the volume of a melody part (Melody Suppressor function) ....... 58 Backup and Initialization Backup Parameters ........... 59 Initialization ............59 The Functions EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
(page 87) (C1) (C2) (C3) (C4) (C5) (C6) As illustrated, each note of the keyboard has a specific note number and name (e.g., 036/C1), which is used in making various settings, such as Split Point (page 45). EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Buttons having this indication can be used to call up an alternate function when the relevant button [ARTICULATION] button ......page 27 is pressed and held. Hold down this button until [REGIST MEMORY] button ....page 53 the function is called up. MEMORY ........page 53 EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
This instrument requires six “AA” size, Alkaline (LR6)/ Although the instrument will run either from an AC Manganese (R6) batteries, or rechargeable nickel- adaptor or batteries, Yamaha recommends use of an metal hydride batteries (rechargeable Ni-MH batter- AC adaptor whenever possible. An AC adaptor is ies).
Any other operations such as pressing the pedal the power is turned off with the Auto Power Off function. For are not allowed. Doing so may cause the instrument to details, see page 59. malfunction. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
NOTE • When connecting the headphones or external speaker to the instrument, set the Master EQ (page 55) to “2 Headphone. ” The Master EQ can be set in Function settings (page 61; Function 025). EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Song when the Song Lesson function is Auto Accompaniment in use. Also indicates the notes of a chord—either when playing a chord or Appears when the Auto Accompani- when using the Dictionary function. ment function is on. (page 45) EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Voice settings to the Grand Piano Voice (Voice No.001 Live!ConcertGrandPiano). Song.....Press the [START/STOP] button to start Song playback. Style .....Press the [START/STOP] button to start only the rhythm part. For instructions on playing the chord accompaniment part etc., refer to page 45. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Press the [-/NO] button in the same function settings as in step 2 to turn the “Storage Mode” off. Start playback of the transferred Song (Song No. 208 –). For instructions on playing back a Song, refer to page 32. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Lesson 2 (Timing) ..Play the notes with the correct timing. Lesson 3 (Waiting) ..Play the correct notes. Select the Song you want to learn, and then press the [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING 3 WAITING] button to start your desired Lesson. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Play the root note of a chord with your left hand and the melody part with your right hand. Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button to stop Style playback. The Ending part is added before stopping Style playback. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
User 1 Flashes Press the [REC] button to exit from the Record Ready mode. Play the keyboard to start recording. Press the [START/STOP] button to stop recording. To play back the recorded Song, press the [START/STOP] button. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
This instrument features the Light Guide function which makes the keys you press or those specified by Song data light. Although this function is turned on by default, you can turn the function off by holding down the [FUNCTION] button for longer than a second. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
This can be set via Function number 032 (page 62). The One Touch Setting feature automatically selects the most suitable Voice when you select a Style or Song (excepting the Song inputted from other devices). Simply select Voice number “000” to activate this feature. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
To exit from the Split function, press the [SPLIT] button again. To select a different Split Voice: Press and hold the [SPLIT] button to call up “S.Voice” (Function 012; page 61), then use the number but- tons [0]–[9], [+/YES], [-/NO]. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
When you play strongly. buttons to select the desired type. Play the keyboard. NOTE • When the Touch Response is "Fixed," the strength meter Press the [DSP] button again to turn off the DSP. is at fixed medium strength. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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(sold separately; page NylnGtrH 16). NOTE • Even if you turn on Sustain, there are some Voices to which Press the [ARTICULATION] button while playing sustain is not applied. the keyboard. Release the [ARTICULATION] button to turn Articulation off. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
To turn the Harmony or Arpeggio off, press the [HARMONY/ARPEGGIO] but- ton again. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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• Arpeggio cannot be applied to the Split and Main/ will continue. To stop Arpeggio playback, release Dual Voices simultaneously. the footswitch. • Selecting a Voice number between 274 and 283 as the Main Voice will turn on Arpeggio and Split auto- matically. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
“DuoMode” (Function 051; page 63) by section and the right Voice section. • While Sustain is set to on via Function 024, the setting of executing steps 1. hold is maintained even when the power is turned off. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
203–207 USER SONG Songs (User Songs) you record yourself. Songs transferred from a computer. For instructions on how to 208– FLASH MEMORY transfer, refer to page 19 or “Computer-related Operations” on the website (page 8). EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
While Song or Style playback is stopped, tap the [TEMPO/TAP] button several times to start playback at the tapped tempo—four times for a 4-beat Song or Style or three times for a 3-beat Song or Style. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
• You can change the melody Voice even when the Song “Normal” or “Random.” playback is stopped. • Selecting another Song will cancel the changed Melody Voice. • You cannot change the melody Voice of a User Song. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
• The A-B Repeat function will be canceled when you select HOST] terminal of this instrument to a computer, you another Song. can transfer song files from the computer. For details, refer to the “Connecting to a Computer” on page 57. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
You can refer to the music score in the Song Book (free downloadable scores). To obtain the Song Book, access the Yamaha website and download it from the product web page. https://www.yamaha.com...
Song (with each Step) to effectively master the entire Song. Step01 Prepare the Song Book. Download the Song Book from the Yamaha web- site (page 8), or you can refer to the scores of some Songs at the end of this manual. NOTE The amount of Steps and lesson parts (which are •...
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Select the desired Song, enable Keys to Success, select the desired Step, then hold down the [KEYS TO SUCCESS] button for longer than three seconds. A “Cleared” message will appear on the display. NOTE • This operation cannot be executed during playback. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Repeat function is on Even during repeat playback, you can select any other phrase number via the [+/YES] or [-/NO] but- ton, and you can return to normal playback by press- ing the [PHRASE REPEAT] button again. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Press either or both the [R] and [L] but- lesson will start again from the beginning. tons to select the part you want to prac- tice. Press the [START/STOP] button to stop the Lesson mode. Left-hand Right-hand lesson lesson Left Right Both-hands lesson BothHand EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Phrase Repeat. Pressing the same button again sev- eral times to exit from the Lesson mode stops play- back and allows use of just the Phrase Repeat mode. NOTE • In this status, the evaluation function is not available. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
To exit from the Touch Tutor mode, select a Song Try playing so that the following indications from any other category, except “Touch Tutor.” appear (as target values) while you play. NOTE • This function cannot be used with Keys to Success. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
WAITING] button repeatedly until “WAITING” appears in the display. To exit from the Waiting To stop the playback, press the [START/ function, press the same button again. STOP] button. To stop the playback, press the [START/ STOP] button. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
(excluding the range of C5–B5, which are used to change the key of a Song), as well as different inversions of the Press the [PHRASE REPEAT] button again chords, the playback will progress. to turn the Chord Progression function off. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Press the [STYLE] button to exit from the Smart Chord Key settings. SmartChd Use the number buttons [0]-[9] or [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons to select “SmartChd” or “Multi.” Press the [STYLE] button to exit from the Fingering Type settings. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Style Volume. Synchro Start on. This can be set via Function number 016 (page 61). This puts the Style playback in “standby” and Style starts playing back when you play the key- board. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
ING/rit.] button again while the Ending is playing back. Press the [MAIN/AUTO FILL] button to select Main A or Main B. MAIN A Current Section Press the [INTRO/ENDING/rit.] button. INTRO≥A Now, you’re ready to start Style playback from the Intro section. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
G dim G# m dim7 C m7 D dim Eb m F 1+5 G dim G# 7 Bb m dim7 NOTE • The “1+5” chord indication on the instrument’s display is the same as that of a major chord. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
“ ” so that the “G” is shown as the in the display flashes. root note. To exit from the Chord Dictionary mode, press one of these buttons; [VOICE], [SONG] or [STYLE]. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
For instructions, refer to “Computer-related Oper- ations” on the website (page 8). Press the [FUNCTION] button several times until “StyleReg” (Function 060; page 63) appears. StyleReg After about two seconds, a registerable Style file name will appear in the display. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
• When you play the keyboard while turning the DSP on and record your performance, make sure to record To exit from the Record Ready mode, press the it to track 1. [REC] button again to stop flashing on the display. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Same as in Steps 3 to 5 (page 51) in “Quick Recording.” When playing back the recorded Song, pressing [REC TRACK 1] or [REC TRACK 2] button allows you to mute Track 1 or Track 2. Each time the button is pressed, playback/mute is switched. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
* When a Song is selected, the Style settings cannot be Number recorded or called up. The Registration Memory number can be changed by pressing one of the other [1]–[9] but- tons. To exit from Registration Memory, press the [REGIST MEMORY] button. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Style settings, for example, you can “freeze” only the Style settings and have those Style settings remain, even when you select another Reg- istration Memory number. Select the items you want to freeze via Function numbers 048, 049, and 050 (page 63). EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Optimum for headphones, or for lis- Headphone tening via external speakers. Boost Features more powerful sound. Piano Optimum for piano solo performance. Lowers the mid range for a brighter Bright sound. Lowers the high range for a softer Mild sound. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
For details, refer to “Registering a Style File” (page 50). • Files transferred to the instrument are listed in the instru- ment in the order of symbol, number and alphabet. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Press the [+/YES] button to select “on.” NOTE • When the instrument is connected to the [USB TO HOST] terminal, and Audio Loop Back (Function 045; page 62) is set to OFF, the Melody Suppressor function cannot be used. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Song files or Style files on this instrument to ensure sufficient memory space, and then set Storage Mode to off and back to on again. A backup file will be cre- ated. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Song or a Style. M.Octave Octave -2 – +2 Determines the octave range for the Main Voice. Determines how much of the Main Voice’s signal is sent to the M.Chorus Chorus Depth 000–127 Chorus effect. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Pedal Function 1 (Sustain) Sus + ArpH: Sustain will be produced and Arpeggio playback will 3 (Sus+ArpH) continue while the pedal is held down. 4 (Articulation) Articulation: Articulation effect will be produced while the pedal is held down. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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HOST] terminal through this instrument, select “ON” to cancel or lower the volume of the melody part of audio playback (page 58). Determines the position of the playback sound of the external SupprPan Suppressor Pan L63–C–R63 audio device to be canceled or lowered (page 58). EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Battery Type Battery 1 (Alkaline) Alkaline: Alkaline battery/manganese battery 2 (Ni-MH) Ni-MH: Rechargeable battery * The appropriate value is automatically set for each Voice combination. ** The appropriate value is automatically set for each Song, Style or Arpeggio. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
This is normal. The AWM tone generation method uses multiple record- ings (samples) of an instrument across the range of the keyboard; thus, the actual sound of the voice may be slightly different from note to note. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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AC adaptor is damaged. Use the specified adaptor (page 94) only. If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. The application on your smart device doesn’t rec- Is Storage Mode set to ON? Make sure that Storage Mode is set to ognize the instrument.
The Song Book contains not only the scores for all internal songs (excepting for a Demo Song and some Songs due to copyright issues) but also music terms and important points for your practice. To obtain this Song Book, access the Yamaha website and download it from the product web page.
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Quarter note rest (Flat) Lower a semitone Eighth note Eighth note rest (Natural) Return to normal pitch Sixteenth note Sixteenth note rest Time Signatures and Counting Time 4/4 time 2/2 time 2/4 time 3/4 time 6/8 time 9/8 time EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Play with both hands as if gently telling a story. It might help to sing or hum the melody as you play. Similar melody lines and rhythms are repeated in this song, so there aren’t as many sections to practice as you might think. Enjoy learning each section as you build proficiency. From here... EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Song Book Sample Song No.075 Für Elise Basic Song No.004 Für Elise Basic ...to here From here..to here EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
We’ll start by ascending and descending the white and black keys. Check out the illustrations until you understand how the fingers are supposed to move, then get started! You’ll find it easier to play if you bend your fingers slightly. Tip-toe Go back to the beginning and play it again. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Right! Now that we’re warmed up let’s try playing along with the orchestra in 3/4 time. The melody will be built up little by little. Compare each line... notice that many of the shapes formed by the notes are very similar. Short break Almost done EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Connect the notes smoothly, as if the left hand were passing them to the right hand. You’ll be able to play smoothly if you move the left hand into position for the next phrase as soon as it finishes playing the first phrase. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
It might be easier to grasp the key release timing if you sing along with the melody. Don’t panic and play too strongly where the left hand has to play short notes. Always have left-hand finger 5 ready to play the next note! EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
The first note has a staccato dot. Spread your fingers wide and jump quickly to the next note! “EEEEE!” The only note in this step is E! Make the connection between the left and right hands as smooth as possible. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
This is the finishing step! Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Just concentrate on playing the entire song from start to finish. Practice this with the lessons learned in each step in mind, and gradually you’ll master the whole song. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Chapel Organ STRINGS Pipe Organ S.Art Lite Strings *** Reed Organ Live! Strings ACCORDION Studio Strings Musette Accordion Strings Traditional Accordion Chamber Strings Bandoneon Marcato Strings Modern Harp Slow Strings Blues Harp Tremolo Strings Harmonica Synth Strings EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Sitar 1 Sweet! Flute Detuned Sitar Sweet! Classical Flute Sitar 2 Flute Shehnai Piccolo Gopichant Pan Flute Tabla Recorder Er Hu Ocarina Di Zi SYNTH Pi Pa Gemini Gu Zheng Hands Up! Yang Qin Square Lead Morin Khuur EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Brush Kit Symphony Kit StdKit 1 + Chinese Perc. Indian Kit 1 Indian Kit 2 StdKit 1 + Indonesian Perc. 1 StdKit 1 + Indonesian Perc. 2 StdKit 1 + Indonesian Perc. 3 Arabic Kit Cuban Kit EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Detuned Percussive Organ Fretless Bass 4 Light Organ Slap Bass 1 Percussive Organ 2 Punch Thumb Bass Rock Organ Slap Bass 2 Rotary Organ Velocity Switch Slap Slow Rotary Organ Synth Bass 1 Fast Rotary Organ Techno Synth Bass EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Muted Trumpet Fantasy French Horn 1 Warm Pad French Horn Solo Poly Synth Pad French Horn 2 Choir Pad Horn Orchestra Itopia Brass Section Bowed Pad Trumpet & Trombone Section Metallic Pad Synth Brass 1 Halo Pad EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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XG PERCUSSIVE Laser Gun Tinkle Bell Explosion Bonang Firework Altair Gamelan Gongs Stereo Gamelan Gongs Rama Cymbal Agogo Steel Drums Glass Percussion Thai Bells Woodblock Castanets Taiko Drum Gran Cassa Melodic Tom 1 Melodic Tom 2 Real Tom EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Mid Tom H Wood Block L C# 3 Crash Cymbal 1 F# 5 Cuica Mute High Tom Cuica Open D# 3 Ride Cymbal 1 G# 5 Triangle Mute Chinese Cymbal Triangle Open A# 5 Shaker Jingle Bells Bell Tree EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
Für Elise (Basic) (L. v. Beethoven) Pomp and Circumstance (E. Elgar) Für Elise (Advanced) (L. v. Beethoven) Chanson du Toreador (G. Bizet) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Basic) (Traditional) Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (G. Holst) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Advanced) (Traditional) EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Songs (excepting for a Demo Song and some Songs Down by the Riverside (Traditional) due to copyright issues). To obtain this Song Book, access the Yamaha website and download it from the product web page. JAPANESE SONG https://www.yamaha.com...
Echo 1/6 note Echo 1/8 note If you play a note, echo is applied to the note played. Echo 1/12 note (The echo speed differs depending on the selected type.) Echo 1/16 note Echo 1/24 note Echo 1/32 note EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Distortion can be applied to the output of Auto Wah. Clavi Touch Wah Clavinet Touch Wah Tremolo E-Piano Tremolo Rich Tremolo effect with both volume and pitch modulation. Guitar Tremolo Ensemble Detune Chorus effect without modulation, created by adding a slightly pitch-shifted sound. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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The feedback of the two delayed sounds is crossed. Compressor Medium Compressor with medium setting. 3Band EQ A mono EQ with adjustable LOW, MID, and HIGH equalization. Harmonic Enhancer Adds new harmonics to the input signal to make the sound stand out. EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
12 V Headphones/Output Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT) Storage and Connectivity Connectivity Sustain Sustain, Articulation, Arpeggio AUX IN Yes (Stereo mini jack) USB TO HOST Amplifiers 2.5 W + 2.5 W Sound System Speakers 12 cm x 2 EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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• Footswitch: FC4A/FC5 * The contents of this manual apply to the latest specifications as of the publishing date. To obtain the latest manual, access the Yamaha website then download the manual file. Since specifications, equipment or separately sold accessories may not be the same in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.
Effect Type List ......89 Synchro Start ......45 Multi Finger ......44 ENDING ........46 Music Database ...... 50 External Clock ......62 Music Database List....87 Music Rest ......16 Tap function ......32 Tempo ....... 24, 32 EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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- contains samples of "No Scrubs" by Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss and Tameka Cottle (c) 1999 EMI April Music Inc., Air Control Music, Kandacy Music, Tiny Tam Music, Shek'em Down Music, Pepper Drive Music and Tony Mercedes Music EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Words and Music by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin Copyright (c) 2008 by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd. All Rights in the United States and Canada Administered by Universal Music - MGB Songs International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved EZ-300 Owner’s Manual...
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Information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment and used batteries: These symbols on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling of old products and used batteries, please take them to applicable collection points, in accordance with your national legislation.
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Owner’s Manual for this product; any shipment of the product (claims must be presented to the carrier); repair or attempted repair by anyone other than Yamaha or an authorized Yamaha Service Center; (b) any unit which has been altered or on which the serial number has been defaced, modified or removed;...
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DMI30 Head Office/Manufacturer: Yamaha Corporation 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, 430-8650, Japan Importer (European Union): Yamaha Music Europe GmbH Siemensstrasse 22-34, 25462 Rellingen, Germany Importer (United Kingdom): Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK) Sherbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes, MK7 8BL, United Kingdom...