Yamaha FX550 - Manual (Page 6)

Chapter 1: Controls & Connections
The Front Panel
© INPUT jack
Plug your guitar cable into this jack.
@ LCD
A 2-line 15-character LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).
® DEC [ T ] & INC [ A ] buttons
In Play mode, press to select effect programs. In Edit
and Utility modes, press to select and adjust parameter
values.
© Mode buttons & indicators
Press to select Play, Edit, and Utility modes. The respec­
tive LED lights up when Edit or Utility mode is selected.
• PLAY button
Select this mode when playing the guitar.
• EDIT button
Select this mode to edit effect programs.
Press repeatedly to select the Select Patch, CTRLl,
CTRL2, TRIGGER ASSIGN, and EOOT BYPASS
displays.
• UTILITY button
Select this mode to set the operational controls.
Press repeatedly to select the TITLE EDIT, MIDI
SETUP, MIDI PGM CHANGE, CONTROLLER!,
CONTROLLER2, F.SW FUNCTION, and MEMORY
SELECT displays.
® BYPASS button, indicator
In Play mode, press to bypass all effects. In Edit mode,
press to bypass the effect being edited.
® CURSOR [ M ] [ ► ] buttons
Use to select a parameter on the LCD that you want to
edit.
® INPUT level control
Use this control to set the input level.
® PEAK/SIGNAL indicators
Use these indicators when adjusting the input level.
Set the INPUT level control so that the SIGNAL indica­
tor lights most of the time but the PEAK indicator does
not light.
® Effect buttons, indicator
In Play mode, press to bypass the corresponding effect,
its LED will go off. Press the button again to un-bypass
the effect, its LED will come on.
In Edit mode, these buttons are used to select parame­
ters.
® POWER switch
Press this switch to power-on the FX550. Press it again
to power-off.
STORE button
Press to store an edited effect program.