mike71

I wonder what is the current absorption on batteries due the fact they become warm. The fact the battery are getting hot means that there's an high power draw. Now it's true that NiMh and NiCd have a lower internal resistance, so they could deliver more power, especially peak power, but the lower nominal voltage and higher current could cause problems. I am a radio amateur and have some portable rigs designed to run at nominal 12 V/13,8V to be used eventually on a car. The old FT290 Yaesu has NINE cells on the battery holder: https://www.flickr.com/photos/2w0daa/14628273554 The newer FT-817 uses 8 AA cells instead of D cells and they could be either Alkaline and NiMh, but the holder is different and there's a sense pin used to disable recharging of alkalines. https://www.lxrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/FT-817ND-YF-122S-01.jpg The HT Vx-6 has a rechargeable lithium battery or an alkaline adapter, if you put NiMh the output voltage is too low and the HT does not work. I think that on the Privia the battery compartment was an afterthought so the power supply unit could misbehave if the voltage is under 12 V. If the original power supply is regulated this could be a sign that the DC supply has to be clean. Anyway recheargeable alkalines and regular alkalines are almost the same, if you like fireworks, you could try to recharge regular ones. The biggest problem is that is missing the vent for making the excess hydrogen to exit.

https://www.lidl.de/de/livarno-lux-led-klemmspot/p257647 I've found useful these clam-on lamp sold sometimes at LIDL, it's never the same exact model. They provide a diffused illumination that I find that is illuminating sheets and displays better than IKEA ones http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/lighting/work-lamps/jansjö-led-wall-clamp-spotlight-black-art-40386316/

Yes. I agree. I suppose they find more profitable to make cheap instruments and console digital pianos like the Celviano. Following this forum looks to me that there are a lot of people that are happy users of Pro Casio series, but maybe the market segment is tiny and crowded. On an Italian forum I was just talking about that was easier to find an acoustic piano dealer (actually in Turin there is a piano maker) or a small music shop specialized in guitars than on specialized in synthesizers and keyboards. Unfortunately we can't know what the Casio management thinks to do.

Maybe you have had an unlucky unit, maybe a warped case or dirty PCB or who knows. It's a bit like the cars. Old Fiat Panda was a really rugged and affordable car, but I know one person that had a lot of problem at the engine, eventually breaking the clutch plates. My Panda was made in 1999 and my mum still uses it.. :-)

Some times ago I was searching for a stage piano and I found the Farfisa DP500 as an interesting stage piano, made in Italy with a Fatar TP40 keybed. I was also looking at the Ps5x at the time. I had read mixed reviews about it, it was one of the first serous keyboard after year, the sounds weren't spectacular but the keybed was nice. Gone to the dealer to buy it and he said to me that he have ordered some of them and wait a week. The next week same story, and so on. Meanwhile I found for free an old used stage piano that was only 76 key. I decided to start to practice on it. After over a month passed I returned to the dealer and asked again. Then I found that the Farfisa division that make keyboards declared bankruptcy. Now Farfisa makes CCTV doorbells http://www.farfisa.com that is alive and well. I suppose that this is an hard move to exit a market, and from what I have read it was unwanted and actually due to the cheaper 'toy' instruments stockpiling in the warehouses(there are still some music and toy shop selling Farfisa toy keyboards), but in my 'elephant' story I hope that if I buy something costly that I think to use for at least 10 years the manufacturer will remain active and committed in the segment. An the fact that the ps560 isn't the successor of the PX5s especially because lacks master keyboard useful functions is stopping me on the purchase. In this case I suppose a firmware update will make people happy. Are they going to fix this?

I have a Kawai K5000S I got for "free", in exchange to a couple of repairs of some amplified loudspeakers. The guy gave it to me wasn't using it because it was too complex to use and the manual wasn't clear in most cases, and said that was a keyboard made by engineers for engineers. I still have to figure out a lot of things because the manual doesn't explain at all a lot of things, like the principle of operation, and because has some really strange quirks on the user interface and the principle of operation is difficult to understand. So I suppose that when a powerful keyboard is made the manual can't cover all the aspects of the operation. A simple stage piano, like a PX160 could have a simple manual because has a few of basic functions. Anyway I am happy that you've solved the problem

Ciao, un altro torinese! Ok io sono molto indeciso nell'acquisto di questo, del PX560 o del Roland Juno-DS e sono andato da Scavino a vedere ma sono totalmente indeciso. Anyway, I think you should look with a Midi log program kile midi-ox what is generated on the MDI port. I suppose that there's a misunderstanding between the MIDI channels sent and received or some strange interaction with OMNY/MONO/POLY settings. I have an old keyboard that in split mode, will send left part on channel 1 and right part on channel 2, and when used in dual layer will send notes on both channels, unless you mute a layer.