Disklavier

I am planning to upgrade my Mark III Disklavier to the new E3. My understanding is the unit is backwards compatible, that is, I can retrofit a unit for approx. $120 to the bottom of the unit to play the old floppies I have, and I can put the data from the floppies on to a flash drive to store it and use it for future use. Any comments from anyone elaborating on the backwards compatible nature of the E3 or ability to use diskettes I already have?

Thanks.



On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:37 PM, Wallace Lyle <awl_bidness@...> wrote:
  
  
Patrica,

Sorry, but I will be keeping the DKC55RCD, if only for a back up.

Roger



On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:49 PM, Patricia Spedden <speddenp@...> wrote:
  
  
Hello,

When you have successfully transferred your data to the DKC-850, would you be interested in selling your DKC55RCD control unit?  I am looking for one.  

I cannot offer advice for transferring data to the DKC-850, but here is a place to search for a Disklavier technician near you:  http://usa.yamaha.com/support/contact/pianos_diskaviers/.  Of course, you may still want recommendations for the best technician in your area.

Sincerely,

Patricia Spedden




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>To: "Disklavier@yahoogroups.com" <Disklavier@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:34 PM
>Subject: [disklavier] Need advice for MK III upgrade to DKC-850 and Internet Piano Radio
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>I have been following posts in this group for over a year, and need help figuring out a sensible path to upgrade for Internet Piano Radio.
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>In 2004 I purchased (from Evola Music in Toledo, OH) a Yamaha DC2A with Disklavier MK III, control unit DKC55RCD and silent key device.  
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>After several moves, I have retired and live in suburbs NW of Houston, Texas.  
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>I visited the Yamaha dealer in downtown Houston to seek service, tuning, and discuss upgrading to the DKC-850.  Unfortunately, the people I spoke with were incompetent and did not even follow up with the tuning.  They are now out of business, and I am trying to locate someone reasonably local to tune/service the piano and disklavier.  
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>Any recommendations for technicians in the Houston area would be appreciated.  
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>From reading posts in this group, I am fairly certain I can perform the work to replace the MK III with the DKC-850.  However, before replacing anything I need to figure out how to retrieve and back up music stored on the MK III hard drive and how to salvage the dozens of floppy discs I have purchased.  I have purchased the USB floppy drive that Sam Kanter described recently, but of course the MK III does not have USB access.
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>I am assuming the DKC-850 will read and process the music I have purchased on CD's.
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>(1) are there cables/adapters I can use to convert from the round 8 pin "To Host" plug to USB, or is there another way to retrieve the information from the hard drive?
>(2) are there cables/adapters I can use to convert from the round 5 pin "Midi In and Midi Out" plugs to USB, or should I be looking for something else?
>(3) what software is available for facilitating recovery from the MK III and floppy drives, and moving the data to the DKC-850?
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>I am sure I am not the first one to face this task, but I have not been able to locate the discussions/instructions.  If anyone can point me to previous posted information I would be happy to sort through it and try to figure it out.
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>Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
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