Roland VS-890 - Manual (Page 5)

Troubleshooting
When the VS-890 does not perform the way you expect,
check the following points before you suspect a malfunction.
If this does not re.solve the problem, contact servicing by
your dealer or qualified Roland Service Center.
Recording and Playback
No Sound
• The power of the VS-890 and the connected devices is
not turned on.
• The audio cables are not connected correctly.
• The audio cables are broken.
• The volume is turned down on the connected mixer or
amp.
• Each Levels of the VS-890 is turned down.
Channel fader
Master fader
PHONES knob
• The output jacks which are connected are different than
tlie output jacks selected in the master section of the
mixer (Owner's Manual p. 183).
• Short phrases less than 0.5 seconds cannot be played
back.
• The volume level of the instrument connected to
the VS-890 is too low.
—> Could you be using a connection cable that contains
a resistor? Use a connection cable that does not
contain a resistor.
• 1 can't record or play back, even when I press [PLAY].
-> Does the he PLAY indicator just blink green? When
the SYNC MODE fields in the display indicates
"EXT'," the VS-890 is receiving MTC receive standby
messages from the external MIDI device. Operate
the external MIDI device or press
[STOP].
-> When "PoweЮFF/RESTART" appears in the
display it means that the shutdown procedure is
being performed. Hold down
[SHIFT] and press
[PLAY (RESTART)]. This restarts the VS-890.
A specific channels does not sound
• The input mixer or the track mixer has not selected
correctly.
• The volume level of the channel is turned down.
-> When switching between the input mixer and track
mixer, recalling Scenes, using Auto Mix, or in other
such situation, the actual volume levels may not
match the position of the faders. In such cases, bring
the faders up or down to match the settings.
• The track is off (the STATUS indicator is off).
• The Mix Send Switch is set to "Off."
• The Solo or Mute function (Owner's Manual p. 174) is
being used.
• "Cntrl Local" is set to "Off."
-> In this case, fader movements have no effect.
Cannot record
• The recording track has not been selected (the STATUS
indicator is not blinking red).
• Recording source tracks, playback tracks, or effects have
not been assigned.
• The disk drive has insufficient capacity.
• The song has an insufficient number of events (Owner's
Manual p. 24).
• The number of tracks which can be simultaneously
recorded will decrease.
When the Sample Rate is selected to "48 kHz," up to
6 tracks can be recorded simultaneously.
When the Vari Pitch is selected to "On," up to 4
tracks can be recorded simultaneously.
Cannot record digitally
• The QI) player's digital connection is not accepted
(Owner's Manual p. 67).
• The master clock is set to "INT" (Chvner's Manual p.
68 ).
• The DIGITAL IN connector (optical or coaxial) was not
properly selected.
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