Yamaha arius ydp-181 User Manual

Handling Songs with a USB Storage Device

Owner’s Manual

Select a User song to save by using the 

 and 

 buttons.

After making sure that the USB storage device is connected to the instrument, press 
the 

 button (the “SAVE TO USB” indicator lights). Then, while holding the 

 button, simultaneously press the

 buttons to select a container 

(S00 – S99). After releasing the 

 button, “n y” (no/yes) appears in the display. 

Press the 

 button to save the songs. The song is saved into the “USER FILES” 

folder and named as “USERSONGxx.MID.”

If you select a container which contains an SMF song, three dots appear in the 
display (ex., “S.0.0.”). If you do not want to overwrite the file, press the

 

button when “n y (no or yes)” appears in the display and select another container. 
If you want to overwrite the song, press the 

 button. After “n-y” appears in 

the display again to confirm whether you wish to overwrite the file or not, press 
the 

 button once more.

While the instrument is accessing data (such as during Save, Load, Delete and
Format operations) or is mounting the USB storage device (shortly after the connection: 
until the FILE LOAD LED flash stops), do NOT unplug the USB cable, do NOT remove 
the media from the device, and do NOT turn the power off to either devices. Doing so 
may corrupt the data on either or both devices.

Press the 

button several times to exit the file operation mode. (The FILE 

indicators turn off.)
Play the recorded song (see page 40).

Do not rename User files on a computer. If the file name is changed in this way, the file 
cannot be loaded to the instrument.

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If the selected song has no data, 
the song will not be saved (you 
cannot select a container for SMF 
songs — S00 – S99). Confirm that 
the selected song has data by 
making sure that the indicator of 
[RIGHT] or [LEFT] is turned on.

If there is not enough capacity left 
on the USB storage device to 
save or export the data, an appro-
priate message will appear on the 
display and you will not be able to 
save or export the data. Delete 
unwanted files from the device to 
make more memory available 
(page 36), or use another device.

If you move an SMF song from the 
“USER FILES” folder to the top 
folder using a computer, the file 
type will be changed — from a 
SMF song (S00 – S99) to an 
External song.