CVP 300 Series Quick Start DVD

[sablair]

I haven't seen this mentioned, but my Dealer lent me a "Quick Start DVD" for the CVP 300 series. It's put out by a branch of Yamaha called www.miditainment.com. They also sell instructional videos for other CVP's and Yamaha keyboards.

It's very good and demonstates all the the basic operations on a CVP 307. There is a 1 hour demonstration with 2 guys taking turns playing and operating the various settings.

There is also about a 1 hour demonstration of how to hook up the CVP to the internet. Also a nice story about the history of Yamaha Music.

This is also a DVD ROM with 20 "FollowLights" Songs you can transfer to your CVP. Also includes a nice color booklet with the voices, styles and songs nicely listed for easy reference.

From their website, looks like they are releasing 2 more DVD's in January, with more detailed instruction.

The introductory DVD was very informative, even though I had already figured out the basics. It gets a little corny at times, but well scripted and videographed.

Among the things I learned....it's obvious that you can adjust the tempo up or down for any song or style......BUT IF you want to return to the original tempo intended for the song or style, push both tempo buttons at the same time...(that's why it says "reset" underneath the buttons). The same goes for the "transpose" buttons.

[Tapas]

Steve,

You found us a great site for Clavinova Tutorials. Looks like they are professionally made. I am ordering one. There is always something new to learn from the experts.

I would be interested in their new upcoming DVDs as well.

I hope they walk you through the steps in making a broadband connection. I have saved your detailed writeup on this topic on another thread. Your research was very useful.

Tapas

[ds_1910]

Just received this DVD from the dealer for free - not sure if they were meant to be included with the new Clavinova 300 series. They had limited supply and just received them in. The DVD provides an excellent overview of the major features of the Clavinova 300 series in an entertaining way. Nice visuals and easy to follow. As sablair indicated, the DVD includes a QuickStart Booklet and 20 FollowLight Songs. The lessons included in the Clavinova Quickstart are:

1.) Main Display Overview
2.) Demo Button
3.) Voice Section
4.) Part Select & On/Off
5.) Registration Memory
6.) Piano Button
7.) Style Control Section
8.) One Touch Settings
9.) Style Select Button
10.) Tempo Controls
11.) The Transposer
12.) Song Playback
13.) Song Select Button
14.) Song Recording

There are also sections on setting up the Internet Direct Connect and support items. The www.miditainment.com site has the two followup DVD's which are coming out this month.

[sablair]

Hi DS1910-

Thanks for confirming another "dealer goodie".

When I picked up my CVP 307, my dealer said that Yamaha would be sending an intro DVD to them that they would forward to me. I borrowed their "store copy" until my DVD arrives.

That's why you won't find this intro DVD listed for sale on their website.

This is another way that Yamaha supports their dealers by keeping them "in the loop".