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Yamaha PSR-E333 Owner's Manual

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    En thank you for purchasing this yamaha digital keyboard! We recommend that you read this manual carefully so that you can fully take advantage of the advanced and convenient functions of the instrument. We also recommend that you keep this manual in a safe and handy place for future reference. Befo...

  • Page 2: Limited 1-Year Warranty On

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 2 limited 1-year warranty on portable keyboards (np, npv, psre, ypg and ypt series) thank you for selecting a yamaha product. Yamaha products are designed and manufactured to provide a high level of defect-free performance. Yamaha corporation of america (“yamaha”) is ...

  • Page 3: Special Message Section

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 3 special message section this product utilizes batteries or an external power supply (adapter). Do not connect this product to any power supply or adapter other than one described in the manual, on the name plate, or specifically recommended by yamaha. Warning: do no...

  • Page 4: Precautions

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 4 precautions please read carefully before proceeding * please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. Warning always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short- circui...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 5 always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use. Even when the power switch is in standby status, electricity is still flowing to the instrument at the minimum level. When you are not using the instrument for a long time, make sure you unplug the power c...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 6 this instrument has the following documents and instructional materials. Included documents owner’s manual (this book) online materials (downloadable from the web) the following instructional materials are available for downloading from the yamaha website. Yamaha ma...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 7 contents about the manuals................................................ 6 formats and functions .......................................... 6 supplied accessories ........................................... 6 using the music rest .....................................

  • Page 8: Using An Ac Power Adaptor

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 8 setting up be sure to do the following operations before turning on the power. Although the instrument will run either from an optional ac adaptor or batteries, yamaha recommends use of an ac adaptor whenever possible. An ac adaptor is more environmentally friendly ...

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    Setting up psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 9 make all necessary connections before turning the power on. You can connect the phones/output jack to a set of headphones, keyboard amplifier, stereo system, mixer, tape recorder, or other line-level audio device to send the instrument’s output signal to ...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 10 panel controls and terminals front panel q [ ] (standby/on) switch ..................................... Page 9 w [master volume] control ................................ Page 9 e [1 listening 2 timing 3 waiting] button .... Page 31 r [keys to success] button ........

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    Panel controls and terminals psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 11 grandpno 001 001 !4 !9 @0 !3 !1 u !0 o i @3 @4 @5 @6 @7 @2 @1 !2 y #2 #1 @9 #0 rear panel display (page 13) song list (page 66) style list (page 64) voice list (page 58) c3 (middle c) the “press & hold” symbol buttons having this indica...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 12 basic operation and displays press a button to select a basic function: voice, style or song. To change the instrument voice that sounds when you play the keyboard, press the [voice] button. If you want to play along with auto accompaniment, press the [style] butto...

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    Basic operation and displays psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 13 display grandpno 001 003 indicate the operating condition of the instrument (page 12). Song/voice/style displays the melody and chord notes of a song when the song lesson function is in use, or the notes of chords you specify when the d...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 14 try playing a variety of instrument voices this instrument features a variety of realistic, built-in voices. The grand piano voice is automatically selected whenever the power is turned on, but you can easily change this to guitar, drums, or any of an extensive ran...

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    Try playing a variety of instrument voices psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 15 when you simply want to play a piano voice, all you have to do is press one convenient button. Press the [portable grand] button. The voice “grand piano” will automatically be selected as the main voice. You can play the k...

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    Try playing a variety of instrument voices psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 16 this feature adds harmony notes as well as tremolo or echo effects to the main voice. 1 press the [harmony] button to turn harmony on. When you don’t want to add harmony notes, press the [harmony] button again to turn harm...

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    Try playing a variety of instrument voices psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 17 you can select a second voice which will play in addition to the main voice selected on page 12. This second voice is known as the dual voice. Press the [dual] button to turn the dual function on. When dual is on, you can ...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 18 play with a style this instrument has an auto accompaniment feature that produces accompaniment (rhythm + bass + chords) in the style you choose to match chords you play with your left hand. You can select from 106 different styles covering a range of musical genre...

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    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 19 here we’ll see how to add bass and chord accompaniment to the basic rhythm to produce a full, rich accompani- ment that you can play along with. 1 press the [style] button and select the desired style. For instructions on how to select a style, se...

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    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 20 the instrument features a wide variety of style “sections” (patterns) that allow you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment to match the song you are playing. Pattern variation (sections) adding an intro pressing the [intro/ending/rit.] butt...

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    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 21 for users who are new to chords, this chart conveniently shows common chords for your reference. Since there are many useful chords and many different ways to use them musically, refer to commercially available chord books for further details. You...

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    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 22 the dictionary function is essentially a built-in “chord dictionary” that shows you the individual notes of chords. This is convenient when you know the name of a certain chord and want to quickly learn how to play it. 1 press and hold the [1 list...

  • Page 23: Aura Lee

    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 23 let’s try out the song “aura lee.” for information on how to play styles using chords, see pages 19 and 20. Try playing chords with your left hand and play a melody with your right hand. Practice aura lee composer: g. Poulton try playing a song wi...

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    Play with a style psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 24 you want to play music in your favorite style, but you’re not sure how to select the best voice and style for the type of music you want to play, simply select the appropriate style from the music database. The panel settings will automatically be...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 25 playing songs this instrument has 102 built-in songs. For this instrument, the term “song” refers to the data that makes up a piece of music. Try selecting and listening to the various songs. Press the [song] button and then select the desired song, referring to th...

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    Playing songs psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 26 press the [demo] button. Songs 001, 002, 003 play in sequence, and playback will continue repeatedly starting again from the first song 001. You can stop playback at any time by pressing the [demo] or [start/stop] button. With the default setting only...

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    Playing songs psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 27 these are just like the transport controls on a cassette deck or cd player, letting you fast forward (ff), rewind (rew) and pause (pause) playback of the song. [rew] button ........ Fast-reverses the song if pressed during playback (no sound is heard ...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 28 using the lesson feature you can practice the preset songs using these lesson functions: “keys to success,” “listening, timing, waiting” and “phrase repeat.” keys to success helps you master a song, whereas listening, timing, waiting helps you first master the timi...

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    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 29 3 start the lesson. Press the [start/stop] button to start lesson. After the lead-in, step 01 of the song starts automatically, and the appropriate notes appear in the display. You can start playing along on the keyboard as soon as the lead...

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    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 30 entering and clearing the passing status entering passing status will automatically be entered and shown in the display when the step or song is selected. You can recognize at a glance whether or not you’ve passed the selected step or song....

  • Page 31: The Lesson Modes:

    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 31 you can select any song you like and use it for a left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands lesson. Song lesson lets you learn how to play songs in three easy steps. The lesson modes: 1 listening there’s no need to play the keyboard in this mode...

  • Page 32: Lesson Operation

    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 32 lesson operation 1 select the desired song for your lesson. For instructions on how to select a song, see page 12. 2 select the part you want to practice. Press the [r] button for a right-hand lesson, [l] button for a left-hand lesson, or p...

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    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 33 this function allows you to repeatedly practice difficult phrases, by selecting a phrase and repeatedly play it back. You can also mute one of the parts, and practice just the other part repeatedly. The specified phrase can also be practice...

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    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 34 this function lets you specify a section of a song—“a” is the start point and “b” is the end point—for repeat playback. Play the song and press the [a-b repeat] button at the beginning of the section you want to repeat (the “a” point), then...

  • Page 35: Tap Start

    Using the lesson feature psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 35 the instrument features a built-in metronome (a device that keeps an accurate tempo) that is convenient for prac- ticing. Press the [metronome] button to start the metronome. To stop the metronome, press the [metronome] button again. You ca...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 36 record your own performance you can record up to five of your own performances as user songs (user 1–5: song numbers 103–107). Think of each user song as a kind of basket or drawer for storing your recordings. Remember that you can also record a style (containing c...

  • Page 37: About Track Recording

    Record your own performance psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 37 3 stop recording. Pressing the [start/stop] button stops recording and writes the data to the user song. (a “writing!” message is shown.) to playback the newly recorded performance, press the [start/stop] button. The user songs are organ...

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    Record your own performance psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 38 selecting a specific track for recording 1 turn acmp (auto accompaniment) on or off, depending on what you want to record. If you want to record style playback, turn acmp on. If you want to record only your own keyboard performance, turn...

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    Record your own performance psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 39 deleting an entire user song. 1 press the [song] button and select the user song you want to delete by using the number buttons [0]–[9], [+], [-]. 2 press and hold the [rec] button for longer than a second. The song delete display appear...

  • Page 40: Initialization

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 40 backup and initialization the following settings are always backed up, and are maintained even when the power is turned off. If you want to initialize the settings, use the initialize operation “initialization” as explained below. This function erases all backup da...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 41 function settings the [function] button gives you access to a variety of operations related to adjusting or enhancing the sound and making settings for connection to external devices. For more about the available functions, see the following function setting list. ...

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    Function settings psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 42 style file 007 style register stylereg 001–nnn – select and register a style file from flash files that are loaded from computer (page 46). Main voice 008 main voice volume m.Volume 000–127 * determines the volume of the main voice to adjust the b...

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    Function settings psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 43 * different for each voice combination. ** different for each song or style combination. Pc mode (function 027) the pc settings instantly reconfigure all important midi settings (as shown below). * determines whether song data is transmitted (on) ...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 44 connecting to a computer this instrument can be connected to a computer to allow transfer of midi data or a file. Midi (musical instrument digital interface) is a world-standard interface for communi- cation between electronic musical instruments and music devices....

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    Connecting to a computer psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 45 this instrument includes 102 preset songs and 106 styles, but you can load other songs and styles from your computer and use them in the same way as the preset songs and styles as long as the loaded song is smf format 0* or the loaded style...

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    Connecting to a computer psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 46 this instrument features 106 internal styles, but other styles, such as those which can be obtained from the inter- net (only styles with the “.Sty” suffix), can be registered to style number 107 and used in the same way as the internal sty...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 47 troubleshooting problem possible cause and solution when the instrument is turned on or off, a popping sound is temporarily produced. This is normal and indicates that the instrument is receiving electrical power. When using a mobile phone, noise is produced. Using...

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    48 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song book sample this score is provided with the part of the song book (free downloadable scores). The song book contains not only the scores for all internal songs (excepting songs 1–3) but also music terms and impor- tant points for your practice. To obtain the s...

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    49 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual before playing... Sit correctly finger numbering left right 3 1 1 5 3 4 4 5 2 2 sit near the middle of the keyboard. Reading the score the keyboard, staff lines, and clef b d e f g a c b d e f g a b d c e f g a c b d e f g a c b d e f g a c c m i d...

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    50 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 play with both hands as if gently telling a story. It might help to sing or hum the melody as you play. Similar melody lines and rhythms are repeated in this song, so there aren’t as many sections to practice as you might think. Enjoy l...

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    51 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic ...To here from here... ...To here für elise song no.004 basic.

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    52 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic für elise song no.004 basic warm-up exercise - “the semitone mystery” let’s start with a warm-up exercise using three fingers of the right hand. We’ll start by ascending and descending the white and black keys. Check out ...

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    53 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic für elise song no.004 basic diligent practice time right! Now that we’re warmed up let’s try playing along with the orchestra in 3/4 time. The melody will be built up little by little. Compare each line... Notice that ma...

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    54 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic für elise song no.004 basic warm-up exercise - “basic accompaniment” and now a warm-up exercise for the left hand. It’s important to spread your fingers widely from the start. Don’t play the black keys too strongly. Left ...

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    55 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic für elise song no.004 basic diligent practice time ok, let’s begin the second half! You’ll be able to play the melody nicely if you lift your fingers from the keyboard between the slurs. It might be easier to grasp the ke...

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    56 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic für elise song no.004 basic e e e jump to the next e! And again! C m i d d l e warm-up exercise - “the jump competition” the first note has a staccato dot. Spread your fingers wide and jump quickly to the next note! Left h...

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    57 song book sample psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song no.004 für elise basic left right für elise song no.004 basic “left! Right! Left! Right!” play “d e” repeatedly, alternating the left and right hands. Have the next hand ready in position to play d so you won’t have to rush. Second half review...

  • Page 58: Maximum Polyphony

    58 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual voice list panel voice list voice no. Bank select midi program change# (1–128) voice name msb (0–127) lsb (0–127) piano 1 0 112 1 grand piano 2 0 112 2 bright piano 3 0 112 7 harpsichord 4 0 112 4 honky-tonk piano 5 0 112 3 midi grand piano 6 0 113 3 cp 80 e.Piano ...

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    59 voice list psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual * when you select a voice of the dual category, two voices sound at the same time. The voice whose midi program change number is indicated in the voice list is known as the main voice. Xglite voice/xglite optional voice* list 98 0 112 89 fantasia 99 0 11...

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    60 voice list psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 222 0 40 21 puff organ 223 0 0 22 accordion 224 0 0 23 harmonica 225 0 32 23 harmonica 2 226 0 0 24 tango accordion 227 0 64 24 tango accordion 2 xg guitar 228 0 0 25 nylon guitar 229 0 43 25 velocity guitar harmonics 230 0 96 25 ukulele 231 0 0 26 steel...

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    61 voice list psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual the voice number with an asterisk (*) is xglite optional voice. 360 0 65 81 solo sine 361 0 66 81 sine lead 362 0 0 82 sawtooth lead 363 0 6 82 sawtooth lead 2 364 0 8 82 thick sawtooth 365 0 18 82 dynamic sawtooth 366 0 19 82 digital sawtooth 367 0 20 8...

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    62 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual drum kit list • “ ” indicates that the drum sound is the same as “standard kit 1”. • each percussion voice uses one note. • the midi note # and note are actually one octave lower than keyboard note # and note. For example, in “141: standard kit 1”, the “seq click h...

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    63 drum kit list psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 147 148 149 150 122 151 152 153 127/000/113 127/000/033 127/000/041 127/000/049 126/000/128 126/000/001 126/000/002 126/000/113 dance kit jazz kit brush kit symphony kit alternate group stdkit1 + chinese perc. Sfx kit 1 sfx kit 2 sound effect kit drum...

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    64 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual style list style no. Style name 8 beat 001 8beatmodern 002 60’sgtrpop 003 8beatadria 004 60’s8beat 005 8beat 006 offbeat 007 60’srock 008 hardrock 009 rockshuffle 010 8beatrock 16 beat 011 16beat 012 popshuffle 013 guitarpop 014 16btuptempo 015 koolshuffle 016 hiph...

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    65 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual music database list mdb no. Mdb name pop 1 alvfever 2 daypdise 3 gomyway 4 howdeep! 5 hurryluv 6 imagine 7 justcall 8 sultansw 9 whiteple 10 yesterpf rock 11 jumprock 12 pickuppc 13 rdriverr 14 satsfygt 15 sheriff 16 smokewtr 17 twistagn 18 venuspop dance 19 2 of u...

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    66 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual song list • some songs have been edited for length or for ease in learning, and may not be exactly the same as the original. • a song book (free downloadable scores) is available that includes scores for all internal songs (excepting songs 1–3). To obtain the song ...

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    67 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual effect type list harmony types reverb types chorus types no. Harmony type description 01 duet if you want to sound one of the harmony types 01–05, play keys to the right side of the split point while playing chords in the left side of the keyboard after turning aut...

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    68 psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual specifications * specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha corp. Reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment or options ma...

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    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 69 index a a-b repeat .................................................................. 34 acmp on/off .......................................................... 19 auto accompaniment ................................................ 19 auto accompaniment range .........

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    Index psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 70 pc setting .................................................................... 43 phones/output ..................................................... 9 phrase .......................................................................... 33 phrase repeat ..........

  • Page 71: Memo

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 71 memo.

  • Page 72: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    Psr-e333/ypt-330 owner’s manual 72 information for users on collection and disposal of old equipment and used batteries these symbols on the products, packaging, and/or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should not be mixed with general household w...

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