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Congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha  PSR-280 PortaTone!

You now own a portable keyboard that combines advanced functions, great sound 

and exceptional ease-of-use in a highly compact package.  Its outstanding features 

also make it a remarkably expressive and versatile instrument.

Read this Owner’s Manual carefully while playing your new PSR-280 in order to 

take full advantage of its various features.

 

Main Features

 

The PSR-280 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:

 

 

 Yamaha Education Suite 

 

The PSR-280 features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest 
technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!

 

The Yamaha Education Suite includes:

 

 

 Lesson  ............................. page 60

 

The convenient and easy-to-use Lesson feature, guides you through the parts of a song — just like a 
patient teacher!  Select from any one of 100 songs on the PSR-280, and learn the left- and right-hand 
parts independently at first, then together.  Lesson features four easy steps that help you master each 
song: Timing, Waiting, Minus One, and Both Hands.  

 

 

 Grade & Talking  ............................. pages 65, 66

 

The PSR-280 also has the Grade and Talking features.  Grade is a virtual “teacher,” evaluating your 
practice sessions and rating your performance.  The convenient Talking function “announces” each 
Lesson step and your “grades,” among other things.

 

 

 Dictionary  ............................. page 45

 

Dictionary is a built-in “chord encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play specific chords by showing 
you the appropriate notes in the display — perfect for when you know the name of a chord and want to 
quickly learn how to play it!

 

 

 Portable Grand  ............................. page 20

 

The PSR-280 also has a 

 

Portable Grand

 

 function for realistic piano performance.  Pressing the [Piano] 

button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic “Stereo Sampled Piano” voice and configures the entire 
PSR-280 for optimum piano play.  Special Pianist styles — with piano-only accompaniment — are also 
provided.

 

 DJ  ............................. page 22

 

The DJ feature is an exciting new addition to the PSR-280, that puts a wealth of contemporary sounds and 
rhythms at your fingertips.  Pressing the [DJ] button instantly calls up one of the special DJ songs (“DJ 
GAME”) and a DJ style, and provides the appropriate voice and sound effects to match.

 

Other powerful features include:

 

 

256

 

 exceptionally 

 

realistic and dynamic voices

 

, utilizing digi-

tal recordings of actual instruments.  

• Special 

 

Split voices

 

, with two different voices playable from 

separate sections of the keyboard.

• 10 different 

 

Drum Kit voices

 

, with individual drum and per-

cussion sounds on each key.

• High-quality 

 

Reverb, DSP, and Harmony effects

 

 for enhanc-

ing the sound of the voices — and your performance.

 

100 auto accompaniment styles

 

, each with Intro, Main A and 

B, and Ending sections.  An Auto Fill function adds dynamic 
fills when switching sections.

• Powerful, easy-to-use 

 

song recording

 

 operations, for record-

ing and playing back up to five of your original songs.

 

Registration Memory

 

 presets for storing all of the PSR-280’s 

panel settings to a single button for instant and automatic 
recall.

 

One Touch Setting

 

 function for automatically calling up an 

appropriate voice to match the style or song you select.

 

Touch Response

 

 and 

 

Dynamic Filter

 

 that give you extraordi-

narily expressive control over the voices.  They automatically 
change both the volume and tone according to your playing 
strength — just like a real musical instrument!

• Full MIDI and 

 

General MIDI (GM) compatibility

 

, letting 

you easily integrate the PSR-280 into a MIDI music system, 
and use the built-in GM voices with all GM software.

• Built-in high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system.

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