IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Please read these instructions carefully Warnings This Service Manual has been provided for the use of authorized Korg service personnel. It has been assumed that basic service procedures inherent to Korg products, and in general to standard electric/electronic equipment, are already known and understood by the users and have therefore not been restated.
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EXB-M256 memory expansion board Sampling Record, Edit, Time Slice, Compression Tool, Load/Import of Korg, Wav, AIFF and Akai files; Export of Wav and AIFF files Effects Up to 8 Stereo Digital Multi-Effects block system, 140 Effects types (including VOCODER);...
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(Sub Woofer); 5 Speakers: 2 Middle range (80 mm) + 2 Tweeters + Dual Coil Subwoofer (130 mm); Aluminum case with Bass Reflex System; Extremely Simple Connection - Power and the audio signal from the Pa3X are via a special connector that is automatically attached to the keyboard.
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FULL VIEW H* = 331 mm (13,03 in) H = 145 mm (5,71 in) W = 980 mm (35,58 in) H* = height with music rest D = 366 mm (14,41 in) Weight = 14,7 kg (32,41 lbs)
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PLA0010212 VITI 2.9X9.5 TSP NERA VTA0001060 SCREW M4x15 TSP SELF BAKING HEX 2.5 I VTA0010072 VITI 2.9X9.5TC AUTOF.NERE SP VTA0001039 FERL001092 SO-DIMM COVER OPTIONS PA3X FERL001089 PA3X HDD-VIDEO-BATTERY OPTION COVER FEL0010094 BATTERY FELT HOLD VTA0001068 VITI 2.9X16 TC NERE FERL001086...
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Pa3X (61k) UPPER CASE DISASSEMBLY 1 STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty UPPER CASE (TO DISASSEMBLY 2) SCHEDA PANNELLO DESTRO GRA0002168 Display VITE AUTOFILETTANTE 2.9X7.5 TC ZINCATA BIANCA VTA0010065 PLA0001046 CLIP FERMACAVO PICCOLO VTA0001039 VITI 2.9X9.5TC AUTOF.NERE SP FER0010175 CONTROL PANEL PROFILE LEFT SUPPORT (61)
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Pa3X (61k) UPPER CASE DISASSEMBLY 2 STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty CONTROL PANEL 61 FERL001081 LONGITUDINAL BOX PLASTIC STOPPER PLA0010188 VITI 2,2X6,5 TC NERE VTA0001049 PLA0010187 PA3X CONNECTOR COVER VTA0001019 VITE 3X13 TSP PR NERA GRA0002174 SCHEDA CONNETTORE CASSA SU PA3X...
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Pa3X (61k) SWITCHES LAYOUT STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty CONTROL PANEL 61 FERL001081 1 left 1 right BUTTON STEP 19 WITH GLASS ABS NOVODUR GREY 700700 PLA0010214 BUTTON STEP 17 ABS NOVODUR GREY 700700 PLA0010216 PLA0010215 BUTTON STEP 17 WITH GLASS ABS NOVODUR GREY 700700...
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Pa3X (61k) LOWER CASE DISASSEMBLY 1 STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty MAIN FILTER GROUP 2 rear 1 rear HARNESS AC LINE PA3X CAV0010068 VTA0001045 DADI M4 AUTOBLOCCANTE TRA0010004 ALIMENTATORE SWITCHING 75 W, 15V 5A, MEAN WELL z+a1+b OPTION UNIT CAV0010080...
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Pa3X (61k) LOWER CASE DISASSEMBLY 2 STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty FERL001091 LOWER METAL CASE 61 PAINTED HEADPHONE BOARD GRA0002138 VITI 3MX6 TC NERE VTA0001031 CLIPS FERMACAVO PICCOLO PLA0001046 VTA0001050 VITI M4X8 TC AUTOMAS.BIANCHE VTA0010026 DISTANZIALE RICHCO HTSB-M4-15-6-1...
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Pa3X (61k) JOYSTICK GROUP STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty KEYBOARD SIDE PANEL PA3X SILKSCREEN PLAL001024 JOYSTICK TRANSPARENT FRAME PLA0010171 BUTTON STEP 17 WITH GLASS PLA0010174 FEL0010112 FELTRO ANTIVIBRAZIONE ASSIGNABLE SWITCH PLA0010149 POLICARBONATE FOR RIBBON CONTROL GRA0002169 SCHEDA RIBBON CONTROL PA3X...
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Pa3X (61k) MAIN BOARD GROUP STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty MAIN BOARD PA3X GRA0002165 MAIN BOARD SUPPORT FER0010172 Front view VITI 3MX6 TC NERE VTA0001031 GRA1002101 PA2X 128MBYTE SDRAM EXB SODIMM 144 FEL0001032 ACETATE TAPE X LCD CAV0010079 HARNESS CONTROL BOARD/M.B./RIGHT PANEL...
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Pa3X (61k) OPTION UNIT STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty SUPPORTO HDD-VIDEO-BATTERIA FER0010215 Front view PACCO BATTERIA 7V2 2100MAH NIMH CON NTC 10K BAT0001002 DIE-CUTTING BATTERY FELT FEL0010114 MSD0001009 USB-KEY 4GBYTE PICO MINI B GRA0002177 USB KEY BOARD VTA0001031 VITI 3MX6 TC NERE...
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Pa3X (61k) MAIN FILTER AND KEYBOARD GROUP STEPS REF. CODE DESCRIPTION Q.ty KEYBOARD TP8-61 AFTER TOUCH WITH WEIGHT TAS0010011 main filter group INTERFACCIA TASTIERA PA3X 61 TASTI GRA0002183 VITI 3X20 TC PR NERE VTA0001016 PLA0001094 DISTAN.CST 6MM SRS4-04-01 CAV0010089 RILANCIO INTERFACCIA TAST/M.B. PA3X...
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IC10 PROT D+/D- HEADPHONES AMP. OUTPUT BOARD D+/D- GRA1002132 S/PDIF PaAS TC_SPDIF_OUT TRANSFORMER AUDIO Pa3X 61-keys BLOCK DIAGRAM CON2 CON1 PaAS POWER (from Control Board) Authors: M. Palombini - M. Caldari FRONT USB BOARD PaAS JACK1 OPTION GRA0002185 CONNECTION BOARD HP BOARD Version: 3.0...
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MAIN FILTER GRA0002134 MAIN-SW-MONO L-IN L-OUT L=BLACK NO USED CN1-3 CN1-2 NO USED N.U. CN1-1 N=WHITE PLUG1 N-IN N-OUT HEADPHONE BOARD GRA0002138 JACK1 VK200 2 SPIRE J1-1 4 TN 5 RN VK200 2 SPIRE J1-4 6 SN J1-2 J1-3...
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Pa3X 76keys HARNESSES AND FFC CABLES CAV0010085 - HARNESS FCC CIRCUITS=50 P=0.5 CAV0010086 - HARNESS FCC CIRCUITS=33 P=0.5 FCC FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE: FCC FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE: N. OF CIRCUITS N. OF CIRCUITS STEP 0.5mm STEP 0.5mm TOTAL LENGHT 70mm S2+/-1.00 S1+/-1.00...
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PA3x 61K e PA3x 76K final inspection Connect the main cable Connect MIDI IN and MIDI OUT by using a MIDI cable Insert 2 USB Flash Memory in USB frontal plug and USB rear plug Connect Left and Right output to a 2 tracks oscilloscope Connect a dummy jack to the right input and connect Left input to a signal generator Turn on the instrument by the main on/off switch closet o the main plug.
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Follow display instructions Calibrate the display by pressing on the 4 display corner progressive icon, then save Set the display to the most wide as possible position and then press the framed command Set the display to neutral position (as low as possible) then press the framed command...
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Press Start command to start PA3x test PA3x tests list CPU components test Durante component testing process, PA3x automatically verifies CPU components funcionality, its important that the 2 USB Flash have been inserted and MIDI cable must connect MIDI In and MIDI Out plugs...
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Audio test In Audio test SPDIF, Audio Output and MP3.output signals are checked S/PDIF – 2 step S/PDIF Left S/PDIF Right Check SPDIF output level (typical 0,5Vpp) by using a digital tool Step 1 Left Out Step 2 Right Out Mp3 Board - 5 step 1-5 Sampling Mode MX1 loop 2-5 Play 1 Left...
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Play 2 typical left level 16Vpp +/- 0,5Vpp Play 2 typical right level 16Vpp +/- 0,5Vpp Audio Output – 18 step 1-18 Max Level LEFT 1/4 2-18 Max Level LEFT 2/4 3-18 Max Level LEFT 3/4 4-18 Max Level LEFT 4/4 5-18 Max Level RIGHT 1/4 6-18 Max Level RIGHT 2/4 7-18 Max Level RIGHT 3/4...
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Connect oscilloscope probes to Out1 and Out2 connected MONO jacks check output levels: Left typical level 3Vpp +/- 0,5Vpp Right typical level 3Vpp +/- 0,5Vpp Audio In LG – 10 step 1-10 IN Left Direct To Left 2-10 IN Left Direct To Right 3-10 IN Left TG To Left 4-10 IN Left TG To Right 5-10 MIC To Left...
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Distortion LG – 10 step 1-10 IN Left Direct To Left 2-10 IN Left Direct To Right 3-10 IN Left TG To Left 4-10 IN Left TG To Right 5-10 MIC To Left 6-10 MIC To Right 7-10 MIC To Out 1 8-10 MIC To Out 2 9-10 MIC To HP Left 10-10 MIC To HP Right...
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Audio In HG – 2 step 1-2 MIC To Left 2-2 MIC To Right Connect 600ohm Audio Analyzer generator output to the label below specified inputs, then check the relative output levels. (+/- 0,5Vpp) Mic gain potentiometer must be turned to the maximum level MIC In Left In Right In...
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Functional tests Panel Buttons Insert Damper, Ass. Pedal, Headphone e MIC jacks and verify the mark in the relative frame Rotate clockwise the dial wheel until +48 value, then rotate it counter-clockwise until -48 value...
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PaAS option box to Pa3X Keyboard For 76keys PA3x keyboard test starts from G7, last key to the right, and ends in E0, first key to the left. For 61keys PA3x keyboard test starts from C7, last key to the right, and ends in C1, first...
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Sliders First step of this test is Joystick calibration. Follow display’s instruction for joystick calibration procedure. Move Joystick to the left then leave it for the centre Center Pos. frame will light on, press the frame to store left and central joystick position. Repeat this procedure for each side (right/centre, top/centre, bottom/centre) then store by pressing marked save button (marked only after bottom/centre joystick calibration).
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Go on with ribbon calibration, placing its calibration jig in ribbon frame Press ribbon calibration icon Wait for calibration. At the end of this, there could be 2 results:...
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In the first case, “Calibration in progress..”: calibration to be completed. Remove ribbon tool and press ok in the display, verify 0512 value in display ribbon measurement line, Put again ribbon tool over ribbon frame and press ribbon calibration icon. Wait to complete calibration.
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Aftertouch Load a 680gr weight onto F key (central) and press aftertouch icon on display At calibration end, check aftertouch activation strenght, looking at relative values in aftertouch display line, if activation strenght is out of range, rotate dial wheel and a disk icon will appear in the display Rotate dial wheel until the right strenght value, then press floppy icon.
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roceed test with Damper, Ass. Pedal, Master, Balance, Sq. Bal., Sld1, Sld2, Sld3, ld4, Sld5, Sld6, Sld7, Sld8, Sld9, Mic, Harm., Effect Slide a finger on the Ribbon to make sure that its value excursion is from 0000 to 1023 to come back to 512 once finger has been removed ouch Panel Move a finger on the screen and check that X and Y values are changing, press Nex...
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Speaker Connect to a PaAs and check that it works: SubWoofer, Left Low Freq., Left High Freq., Right Low Freq., Right High Freq. After this test, on display you’ll se the following image...
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Press Cancel to exit this screen, turn off the instrument by using the main switch in the rear side of Pa3X Press the main switch again to turn on Pa3X, press STANDBY switch and play the keyboard.
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Media Procedures and Utilities Format tab The Format function lets you initialize a device. Pa3X uses a PC compliant device format. Warning: When formatting a device, all data it contains is lost forever! Volume Label Use this parameter to assign a name to the device to be formatted. Touch the (TextEdit) button to open the Text Edit window.
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Note: When formatting the hard disk or an external USB device, an additional warning appears, to avoid accidental data loss. Utility tab This page includes a set of backup and restore utilities. Full Resources Backup This command allows you to make a full backup of all the internal data on a target device. A “.BKP”...
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Factory Restore In case you want to erase all changes to your Factory and User data, and restore your Pa3X to the same condition it was when it was new, you can use the Factory Restore procedure. Warning: This command deletes all modified data in memory.
Factory Reset Introduction The procedure described explains how to restore the original Factory data in the Pa3X’s internal memory, by loading the “Pa3X_RES.pkg” file from an USB storage device. This operation is only due in one of the following cases: •...
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LD1 OU CAV0010083 RILANCIO TASTIERA LOWER 61 PA3X CAV0010084 RILANCIO TASTIERA UPPER 61 PA3X CAV0010085 RILANCIO FFC 50 VIE P=0.5 L 410MM PA3X D DG CAV0010086 RILANCIO FCC 33 VIE P=0.5 PA3X CAV0010087 RILANCIO FCC 10 VIE P=1 PA3X CAV0010089 RILANCIO INTERFACCIA TAST/M.B.
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SLIDER 30MM BLACK FRAME PLA0010220 BLACK DIAL BUTTONS SUPPORT PLA0010223 PROTEZIONE PROFILO PA3X PLAL001024 KEYBOARD SIDE PANEL PA3X SILKSCREEN PLAL001025 DISPLAY PLASTIC PANEL PAINTED = ONLY FOR U.S.A. VERSION = ONLY FOR U.K. VERSION = ONLY FOR AUSTRALIAN VERSION = ONLY FOR JAPANESE VERSION...
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FERL001086 ALUMINUM LEFT SIDE PANEL 76 PAINTED FERL001089 PA3X HDD-VIDEO-BATTERY OPTION COVER FERL001091 LOWER METAL CASE PA3X 61 TP8 PAINTED FERL001092 SO-DIMM COVER OPTIONS PA3X = ONLY FOR U.S.A. VERSION = ONLY FOR U.K. VERSION = ONLY FOR AUSTRALIAN VERSION...
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FELT BATTERY 26X57X2 FEL0010118 WARNING LABEL FOR SODIMM FEL0010121 REAR LENGHTWISE ADHESIVE FELT 960X10X1 FEL0010127 LABEL PA3X POWER ON INSTRUCTION FEL0010129 FELTRINO ANTIVIBRAZIONE TASTI DIAL = ONLY FOR U.S.A. VERSION = ONLY FOR U.K. VERSION = ONLY FOR AUSTRALIAN VERSION...
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Pa3X 61keys PART LIST PART LIST SCREWS CODE DESCRIPTION REF. Q.TY VTA0001006 VITI 3MX14TC NERE VTA0001011 RONDELLE DENTATE D.4 LD1 LD2 VTA0001016 VITI 3X20 TC PR NERA VTA0001019 VITE 3X13 TSP PR NERA VTA0001023 DADI M3 AUTOBLOCCANTI UD2 DG VTA0001031...
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WARNING When replacing damaged GRA1002101, keep attenction to assemble only PCB'S marked KIP-2101 _1 or higher NO GOOD GOOD Back to PART LIST...
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