Yamaha CLP-280 - Manual (Page 62)

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CLP-280/270 Owner’s Manual
Basic Operation
Connections
Backing up your data to a computer
■ Backing up the instrument data to a computer
Once you’ve saved data to a USB storage device, you can copy the data to the hard
disk of your computer, then archive and organize the files as desired. Simply
reconnect the device as shown below.
■ Copying files from a computer hard disk to a USB storage
device
Files contained on the hard disk of a computer can be transferred to the instru-
ment by first copying them to the storage media, then connecting/inserting the
media to the instrument.
Not only files created on the instrument itself but also Standard MIDI files created
on other devices can be copied to a USB storage device from the hard disk of the
computer. Once you’ve copied the data, connect the device to the USB [TO
DEVICE] terminal of the instrument, and play back the data on the instrument.
Instrument
Computer
USB storage
device
USB [TO DEVICE] terminal
Saves internal data to a USB storage device.
USB storage device
Disconnect the USB storage device from the instrument and connect it
to the computer.
Backing up data to a computer and organizing files/folders.
Instrument
USB storage
device
USB [TO DEVICE] terminal
Reading files on the USB storage device from the instrument.
Computer
USB storage device
Copying the files of the hard disk of the computer to the
USB storage device.
Disconnect the USB storage device from the computer and connect it
to the instrument.