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Roland FR-4X - Other Important Function; Viewing the Remaining Battery Level; Switching the Speaker Setting; Additional Information about the Organ Sounds and the Rotary Effect (Organ Section)

Roland FR-4X
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Other Important Function
This section presents other important functions you may need
regularly.
Viewing the Remaining Battery Level
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the right
hand register [6/13].
The display shows the battery status.
“Battery oooo” indicates maximum remaining amount, “Battery
ooo” indicates high, “Battery oo” indicates medium, and “Battery
o” indicates low battery level.
If “Battery LOW!!” is shown, you must replace or charge the
batteries.
If the “Battery ADAP” message is shown, the included adaptor is
being used.
The previous screen reappears after a time.
Switching the Speaker Setting
If the FR-4x is connected to an external amp system, you can turn
the Speakers setting OFF” to disable the built-in speakers, so that
no sound is output from the FR-4x itself. This is convenient when
you want to conserve the batteries.
If the Speakers setting is either “ON” or ON.PH (On+Phones),
the speaker is on, and sound is output from the FR-4x itself.
However with the ON” setting, connecting headphones to the
PHONES jack automatically turns off the built-in speakers.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the right
hand register [5/12].
Each time you press this, the setting of the Speakers changes in the
following order.
Off
0
On
0
On+Phones
0
Off
0
...
The Speakers setting screen appears.
The previous screen reappears after a time.
MEMO
You can also change this by using the “Speakers” (p. 74).
Additional Information About the Organ Sounds and the
Rotary Effect (Organ Section)
A rotary effect (an effect that adds the modulation that is
characteristic of a rotating speaker) is applied to organ sounds.
The FR-4x lets you switch the rotational speed of this rotary effect
between fast and slow.
1. Select the organ tone.
&
“Selecting Tones and Playing with the Right Hand” (p. 21)
2. Once again press the button of the selected organ
sound.
Each time you press the button, the rotary effect speed switches
between fast and slow.
The screen briefly indicates “Rotary SLOW or “Rotary FAST.
NOTE
Slow / Fast switching of the rotary effect is common with the
VTW organ tones of the orchestra bass part, orchestra chord
part and orchestra free bass part.
MEMO
Rotary effect can also switch the function buttons or MIDI
foot controller (p. 76).
Using the Sordina
On an acoustic accordion, this closes the wooden resonance
chamber inside the instrument.
The FR-4x simulates this effect electronically.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the right
hand register [3/10].
Sordina turns on.
The following screen appears.
The previous screen reappears after a time.
2. To turn it off, once again hold down the [SHIFT]
button and press right hand register button [3/10].
NOTE
5 The sordina effect applies only to the right hand sound.
5 Sordina effect is OFF at the time of power-on. Also, it will not
be stored in the system / the SET / the User Program.

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