This manual describes the standard assembly procedure for the DTX522K and DTX542K electronic drum kits. It covers assembly and wiring of the kit as
shown below. When you have completed all of the steps described, you will be ready to turn on the drum module and start playing.
This manual describes the process of assembling drum pads and a
drum module to an already assembled RS502 Electronic Drum Rack.
Before starting the steps below, therefore, be sure to assemble your
RS502 as described in the Owner’s Manual that came with it.
Before starting assembly, lay a drum mat (sold separately) on the floor.
Alternatively, you can place cardboard from the drum kit packaging or
the like on the floor to prevent it from being scratched. This is particu-
larly important when using the HH65 Hi-hat Controller and KP65 Kick
Pad.
The purpose of the precautions detailed below is to ensure that this electronic drum kit can be used safely without fear of injury or property damage. As a means of indicating
the severity and immediacy of any risk of injury or property damage resulting from incorrect operation, these precautions are classified as either WARNING or CAUTION. The
instructions displayed together with these precautions are extremely important in terms of ensuring safety, and therefore, they should be fully observed.
* After reading this Assembly Manual, ensure that it is kept in a safe, convenient location for future reference.
* Be sure to also read the Assembly Manuals and/or Owner’s Manuals that came with your pads and rack.
NOTICE: Usage Precautions
• When connecting and disconnecting cables, be sure to hold the plug and not the cable itself. In
addition, avoid placing heavy items on top of cables and do not allow them to touch sharp edges.
Failure to avoid these precautions can lead to cable breakage and disconnection.
• Do not climb onto the electronic drum kit and avoid placing heavy objects on it. Failure to observe
this precaution can result in malfunction.
• Avoid using or storing the electronic drum kit in very hot locations (i.e., in direct sunlight, in close
proximity to a heater, or in a closed vehicle) or in highly humid locations (i.e., in a bathroom or out-
doors in wet weather). Failure to observe this precaution can lead to warping, discoloration, mal-
function, or breakdown.
• Avoid cleaning the electronic drum kit with organic solvents, paint thinner, or alcohol as these sub-
stances can cause warping and discoloration. Instead, we recommend you remove dust using a soft
dry cloth or wipe clean using a moist, tightly-wrung cloth. If the electronic drum kit is very dirty, first
wipe the dirt away using a cloth moistened with a neutral detergent solution and tightly wrung. Fol-
lowing this, wipe away the detergent solution using a cloth soaked in water and tightly wrung.
* Yamaha Corporation reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice.
DTX522K/DTX542K Assembly Manual
Safety Precautions Please read carefully before proceeding.
EN
Example of standard assembly
Cymbal pad
Tom pad
Tom pads
Kick pad
Snare pad
Hi-hat controller
Drum module
Cymbal pad
(hi-hat)
Electronic drum
rack
Cymbal pad
IMPORTANT
NOTICE
Failure to observe the precautions described below can result in
serious injury or even death.
• Young children using this electronic drum kit should be supervised by a guardian to eliminate any
possibility of injury.
• Holders for cymbal and tom pads have sharp tips. In order to avoid injury, therefore, you should
take special care whenever handling these components.
• The anti-slip stoppers on kick pads and foot pedals have sharp tips. In order to avoid injury, there-
fore, you should take special care whenever handling these components.
• Be sure to securely tighten nuts and other fasteners when setting up this electronic drum kit. In
addition, be sure to proceed slowly when loosening nuts. If this precaution is not observed, pads
may fall off or the rack may collapse or fall over, possibly causing injury.
• Do not setup this electronic drum kit on a slope, on an unstable platform, or on any other unsafe
surface. If this precaution is not observed, it may topple over or fall, possibly causing injury.
• Whenever setting up this electronic drum kit, ensure that cables and the like are arranged safely. If
someone were to trip on a cable, the kit could topple over and cause injury.
• Under no circumstances should this electronic drum kit be disassembled or customized. Failure to
observe this precaution can result in injury or malfunction.
• Do not sit or stand on the rack. Doing so could cause it to fall over or break, possibly causing
injury.
WARNING
Failure to observe the precautions described below can result in
injury and/or property damage.
• Mind your fingers when adjusting clamps. They can easily be crushed if care is not taken during
this operation.
• Be careful with the tips of supports, arms, screws, and the like. Fingers can easily be injured by
sharp tips if these components are not handled carefully.
• Do not place hands or feet under a kick pad or foot pedal. Doing so could result in injury.
• Do not use the electronic drum kit’s rack to hold acoustic drums. Doing so could cause clamps to
break and the drums to fall off, which in turn could lead to injury.
CAUTION
Open the boxes to reveal their contents.
After opening up the packages containing your electronic drum kit, please verify that all of the following components are present.
Assemble the RS502 Electronic Drum Rack.
For instructions on how to assemble the RS502 Electronic Drum Rack, refer to the Owner’s Manual that came with it.
Assemble the hi-hat holder, the pads, and the drum module to the electronic drum rack.
1
Components of both DTX522K & DTX542K
XP80 Snare Pad
(x1)
PCY135 Cymbal Pad
(x1)
PCY100 Cymbal Pad
(x2)
KP65 Kick Pad
(x1)
RS502 Electronic Drum Rack (x1)
RS502 Owner’s Manual (x1)
HH65 Hi-hat Controller
(x1)
Hi-hat holder (x1) Nine-channel snake cable (x1)
Stopper for PCY100 and PCY135
(x3)
Cable band (x6) Tuning key (x1)
Felt pad for
PCY135 (x1)
Felt pad for
PCY100 (x2)
DTX522K/DTX542K Assembly Manual (this booklet; x1)
PCY100/135/155 Owner’s Manual (x1)
HH65 Owner’s Manual (x1)
XP70/80 Owner’s Manual (x1)
KP65 Owner’s Manual (x1)
DTX502 Drum
Module (x1)
Power adaptor (x1)
Module holder (x1) Module holder
screw (x2)
DTX502 Owner’s Manual (x1)
Components of DTX522K only
TP70 Tom Pad (x3) Clamp bolt
(for XP80; x1)
Wing bolt
(for TP70; x3)
TP70 Owner’s Manual (x1)
Components of DTX542K only
XP70 Tom Pad (x3) Clamp bolt
(for XP70 or XP80; x4)
* May not be included
depending on your
particular area. Please
check with your Yamaha
dealer.
2
3
1. Remove the drum module clamp a and the left leg b from the left side of the
rack.
2. Assemble the holder clamp for the hi-hat holder, ensuring that it is oriented as
shown in the figure. Following this, reassemble the left leg b and the drum mod-
ule clamp a.
Drum module
clamp a
Left leg b
Drum module
clamp
a
Left leg b
Holder clamp
Hi-hat holder
Assembling the hi-hat holder
Continued on rear.
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Snare pad
1. Attach a clamp bolt to the snare pad and provision-
ally tighten (by five or six turns).
2. Push the snare pad onto the rack’s snare holder.
Ensure that the snare holder’s rod is fully inserted
into the snare pad’s mounting hole, and then tighten
the clamp bolt to secure the pad in place.
3. Loosen bolts A to D as shown below to adjust the
height and angle of the snare pad’s playing surface.
When correctly positioned, be sure to securely re-
tighten the bolts before proceeding to the next step.
Tom pads
1. As with the snare pad, attach a wing bolt (DTX522K)
or clamp bolt (DTX542K) to each of the three tom
pads and provisionally tighten (by five or six turns).
2. Push each of the tom pads onto one of the rack’s
tom holders. Each time, ensure that the tom holder’s
rod is fully inserted into the tom pad’s mounting
hole, and then tighten the bolt to secure the pad in
place.
3. Loosen bolts A to C as shown below to adjust the
height and angle of each tom pad’s playing surface.
When correctly positioned, be sure to securely re-
tighten the bolts before proceeding to the next step.
XP80 Snare Pad
Tom pads
DTX522K: TP70
DTX542K: XP70
Clamp bolt (tighten in the
direction of the arrow)
Underside of snare pad
Push
on
Snare pad
Rod
Snare holder
Clamp bolt
Bolt A
Bolt C
Bolt D
Bolt B
Tom pad: TP70
Tom holder
Push
on
Tom pad: XP70 Rod
DTX522K DTX542K
Rod
Wing bolt Clamp bolt Tom holder
Push
on
Bolt C
Bolt B
Bolt A
* DTX542K shown.
Assembling the snare and tom pads
Drum module
1. Secure the module holder to the bottom of the drum
module using the module holder screws.
2. Push the module holder into the holder clamp and
tighten the clamp bolt to secure it in place.
Each cymbal and hi-hat pad
1. Using the tuning key, loosen the stopper’s key bolt.
2. Remove the wing nut, the two felt pads, and the bolt
cover from the cymbal holder.
3. Place the stopper on the cymbal holder.
* If the key bolt was not sufficiently loosened in
Step 1 above, it may not be possible to pass the
stopper over the cymbal holder’s shaft. In such a
case, loosen the key bolt as much as possible
without removing it.
4. Replace the bolt cover.
* Turn the bolt cover to tighten it onto the threaded
section and firmly secure it in place.
5. With the stopper making full contact with the bottom
surface of the bolt cover as shown below, tighten the
stopper’s key bolt using the tuning key.
6. Place one of the felt pads removed in Step 2 on the
cymbal holder.
7. Mount the pad on the cymbal stand. Lower the pad
into place with the cymbal holder’s shaft passing
through the central hole. When mounted, the stop-
per’s pin should rest inside the pad’s smaller hole.
* If you were to play your cymbal or hi-hat pad with-
out the stopper’s pin positioned well inside the
smaller hole, the pad could rotate, causing the ca-
ble to be pulled out. It is very important, therefore,
to ensure that the stopper is secured as shown in
Step 5 above.
8. Assemble the felt pad that came with the hi-hat or
cymbal pad.
9. Tighten the wing nut to secure the pad to the cymbal
holder.
A cymbal pad’s built-in sensor is located close to the
Yamaha logo found on the top surface. In order to
achieve the best performance from your pad, position
it such that the area around the logo can be easily
struck. (See the figure above.)
PCY100 Cymbal Pad
Drum module
PCY100
Hi-hat Pad
PCY135 Cymbal Pad
Module holder
screws
Module holder
Bottom of drum
module
Front side
Clamp bolt
Drum module
+
module holder
Push in
Holder clamp
Tuning key
Key bolt
Stopper
Cymbal holder
Felt pads
Bolt cover
Wing nut
Cymbal holder
Stopper
Bolt cover
Threaded section
The second felt pad removed from the cymbal
holder in Step 2 above is not required for assem-
bly.
Cymbal holder
Stopper
Bolt cover
Full contact
Full contact
Bolt cover
Cymbal pads Hi-hat pad
Cymbal or
hi-hat pad
Felt pad that
came with cym-
bal or hi-hat
Cymbal holder
Felt pad
Bolt cover
Cymbal or
hi-hat pad
Stopper
Pin
Wing nut
Stopper
Smaller hole
Assembling the drum module, cymbal pads, and hi-hat pad
Arrange the hi-hat controller and the kick pad as shown in Example of standard assembly on the other side of this sheet.
Lay a drum mat (sold separately) on the floor underneath the hi-hat controller and the kick pad. Alternatively, you can place
cardboard from the drum kit packaging or the like on the floor to prevent it from being scratched.
Connect the pads to the drum module.
Connect the output of each pad to the corresponding drum-module input.
Connect the power adaptor to the drum module.
Your electronic drum kit is now ready.
* For instructions on turning on the drum module, producing sounds, and other subsequent steps,
please refer to the Owner’s Manual that came with the module.
1. If a drum mat (sold separately) is not available, lay a sheet of cardboard on the
floor to prevent it from being scratched.
2. Remove the four wing bolts, spring washers, and flat washers from the kick pad
frame, and line up each set nearby in the order of removal.
3. Join the base section to the frame as shown on the right, and then secure it in
place by assembling the wing bolts, spring washers, and flat washers removed in
the previous step from the base side.
Frame
Frame
Base
Flat washerSpring washer
Wing bolt
Assembling the kick pad
4
NOTICE
5
1. Plug the straight ends of the nine-channel snake cable into the trigger input
jacks ([qSNARE] to [oHI-HAT] and [HI-HAT CONTROL]) on the back of the
drum module.
• When using the standard setup, the stickers on each of the snake cable’s plugs
will indicate the name of the corresponding pad.
2. Plug the L-shaped ends of the nine-channel snake cable into the corresponding
pads.
3. In the case of snare and tom pads, wrap the cables around the cable clips to pre-
vent them from being pulled out.
Excessive bending can damage pad cables. Ensure, therefore,
that these cables are not bent at an extreme angle when
wrapped around the clips.
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Drum-module rear panel
Nine-channel
snake cable
Straight
plugs
L plugs
Straight plug names
(as shown on stickers)
SNARE
TOM1
TOM2
TOM3
RIDE
CRASH
KICK
HI HAT
HH CON
DTX502 jack names
1: qSNARE
2: wTOM1/!0
3: eTOM2/!1
4: rTOM3/!2
5: tRIDE
6: yCRASH
7: uKICK/i
8: oHI-HAT
9: HI HAT CONTROL
HH CON HI HAT CRASH SNARE TOM1 TOM2 TOM3 RIDEKICK
RIDE
TOM3
TOM2
KICK
TOM1
HH CON
SNARE
HI HAT
CRASH
Locations of pad jacks
NOTICE
6
1. Ensure that the drum module is turned off, and then plug the power adaptor’s DC cord into the con-
nector. Hook the power adaptor’s DC cord around the cord clip to secure it in place.
2. Using the cable bands, secure the cables to the kit rack at the positions circled in the figure on the right. ( )
3. Plug the adaptor’s AC cord into a domestic wall socket.
Drum-module rear panel
Cord clip
connector
/