Boss Audio Systems SP-505 - Manual (Page 75)

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Chapter 15. Appendices
Troubleshooting
If the SP-505 does not operate as you expect, check the following points.
If this does not resolve the problem, please contact the nearest Roland Service Center or your dealer.
■ No sound/volume is too low
❍ Is the power of the SP-505 and connected devices
turned on?
❍ Are the SP-505 and external devices connected
correctly?
→ Check the connections.
❍ An audio cable may be broken.
❍ The cable connected to DIGITAL IN may be broken.
❍ You may be using an audio cable with a built-in
resistor.
→ Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor
(e.g., Roland PCS series).
❍ The volume of a connected amp or mixer may be
turned down.
→ Adjust the volume to an appropriate level.
❍ The volume of SP-505 may be turned down.
→ Adjust the volume to an appropriate level.
❍ If you are using a memory card, is the memory card
inserted correctly?
→ Turn off the power, remove the memory card, and then
re-insert it correctly all the way.
❍ If you are attempting to play a sample, is the pad of the
sample lit?
→ When you press a pad that contains a sample, the pad
will light and the sample will sound. If the pad does not
light when you press it, a sample has not yet been
assigned to that pad. Sample a sound for the pad.
❍ If you are attempting to play a song or pattern, does the
song or pattern contain performance data?
→ Record the song or pattern so that it contains
performance data. (p. 63, 58)
❍ If you are attempting to play a song or pattern, MIDI
Sync Mode may be set to MIDI.
→ If MIDI Sync Mode is set to “MIDI,” playback will not
occur unless MIDI Clock is being received from an
external MIDI device. (p. 72)
■ A specific sample does not sound
❍ The level of that sample may have been lowered.
→ Check the level of the sample. (p. 44)
❍ The effect level may have been lowered.
→ For some types of effect, the level can be adjusted by one
of the control knobs.
For the correspondence between effect types and control
knobs, refer to p. 36.
■ A sample does not stop sounding
❍ The Pad Play setting of the sample may be set to
DRUM.
→ Since the sample will continue sounding until the End
point, a long sample may give the impression that the
sound never stops.
If you want to change the way that the sample is played,
change the setting to something other than DRUM. (p.
44)
■ External input sound cannot be
heard/volume is too low
❍ Is [EXT SOURCE] lit?
→ In order for an external input sound to be heard, you
must press [EXT SOURCE] to make the pad light.
❍ The level of the external input may be lowered.
→ Adjust the REC LEVEL knob to an appropriate level.
❍ The volume of the device connected to LINE IN may be
lowered.
→ Adjust it to an appropriate level.
❍ Are the audio cables connected correctly?
→ Check the connections.
❍ An audio cable may be broken.
❍ The cable connected to DIGITAL IN may be broken.
❍ Could you be using an audio cable with a built-in
resistor?
→ Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor
(e.g., Roland PCS series).