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VA-76 Owner’s ManualSetting up and demo songs

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Once the internal circuit tests have been completed,
the display looks as follows:

This page will be displayed automatically whenever
you leave the VA-76 unattended for more than five
minutes.

Note: You can prevent the VA-76 from automatically select-
ing this display page at start-up, or from returning to it at
power-on. See page 195 for details.

Note: If you want to select this page at a later stage (after
playing the VA-76), press the [VIRTUAL BAND] button.

If you like, you can press a language field. That way, all
demo song messages will be displayed in your lan-
guage (if supported).

Note: Depending on the country where you bought the
VA-76, other language options than the above may be avail-
able.

5. Press the [DEMO] field. The display now looks as
follows:

Note: If you selected another language, the question is dis-
played in that language. All other functions are the same,
however.

6. Slightly increase the setting of the [VOLUME]
knob. You may have to adjust it once demo song play-
back is up and running.

7. Insert the supplied Zip disk into the drive.

The demo songs do not reside in the VA-76’s internal
memory but on the supplied Zip. If you do not insert
that disk before proceeding, the following message is
displayed:

8. Press a “DEMO” field to select the demo songs you
want to listen to:
ALL DEMO—
The VA-76 plays back all of the follow-
ing demo songs.

TONE DEMO— The VA-76 plays back the demon-
stration songs that illustrate the variety and realism of
its sounds.

STYLE DEMO— The VA-76 plays back the demo
songs that illustrate the quality of its automatic
accompaniments (called “Music Styles”).

VariPhrase DEMO— Press this field to listen to the
exciting possibilities of the VA-76’s VariPhrase proces-
sor.

What happens now depends on the selected demo
option:

• Playback starts automatically. If you don’t want to wait

until the end of the current song, press [SKIP NEXT
®®

]. This takes you to the beginning of the next

demo song.

• Press the [STOP ■] field to stop demo song playback.

• You can continue playback from the beginning of the

current or next song (after pressing the
[SKIP NEXT ®®] field) by pressing [PLAY ®].

• Press the [oBACK] field to return to the demo song

selection page.

• Press [EXIT] to leave the Virtual Band mode and to

jump to the Master page (see page 24).

If you selected ALL DEMO

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