Radel RANJANI PLUS 5 User manual

RANJANI PLUS 5 DIGITAL TANPURA
USER MANUAL
INTRODUCTION: Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a Radel quality product - the Ranjani
+5 digital tanpura. Radel products are renowned for their excellent tonal quality as well as their
reliability. The latest state-of-the-art technology is used in the design as well as manufacture of the
products. Being the inventor of these products and pioneer in the field of electronic musical
instruments for Indian music, Radel continuously improves the existing models and introduces new
products. Radel is an ISO 9001:2008 company. Hence, the name Radel assures you of excellent
quality, and, although you may never need it, dedicated after-sales service.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The Ranjani +5 digital tanpura is a sophisticated musical instrument for
providing sruti (sur) accompaniment to performers of music. It incorporates the latest state-of-the-art
technology with natural tambura / tanpura sound. It can be tuned to any pitch over a range of more
than one octave thus enabling it to be used by men or women as well as instrumentalists. It has
perfect tuning of 4 notes. It is housed in an attractive, unbreakable, light weight (Size :
230mmX135mmX190mm; weight: approx.1 kg) and safe ABS plastic cabinet. It can be directly
operated on any voltage from 90V - 260VAC or on a set of batteries (uses six 'AA' size batteries of
1.5V each). It automatically switches-over to batteries (DC) on failure of mains power (AC). A Iine-out
socket of 1/8" is provided. An additional tunable 5th note (string) is also provided.
CAUTION: 1. Provide a gap of at least 10 seconds between switching the product OFF and ON.
2. Avoid using the product dose to other electronic equipment such as mobile / cordless phones.
pagers etc.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: Insert the power cord provided, into the socket at the rear of the
instrument. Plug the cord into a standard wall outlet.
Switch ON the product by pressing the power button.
Note: It has SMPS facility due to which it can be operated directly on any voltage from 90V-260VAC.
VOLUME(VOL): To adjust the volume press ▲or ▼button either step by step or continuously.
PITCH SELECTION: Press the ▲or ▼button (PITCH) to change the pitch to any standard setting in
steps of half-notes such as C, C# (shown as C.) etc. Please refer to the pitch reference chart at the
bottom of the product for pitch references in the Indian systems. The display will show the selected
pitch.
FINE TUNING: For fine tuning close to a standard pitch setting, press MODE key once. The display
will now start blinking to confirm that the product is in fine tuning mode. Now press ▲or ▼button to
either increase or decrease the pitch in micro-steps.
TEMPO SETTING: Pressing MODE button twice from the NORMAL mode (or once from the fine
tuning mode) puts the product in the tempo setting mode. The display now indicates T. Press the ▲
or ▼button repeatedly to increase or decrease the plucking tempo (speed).
TONE: To get bass/treble sound, TONE adjustment is provided. Tone can be altered by pressing the
▲or ▼button step by step or continuously

PLUCK STYLES: Two pluck styles are provided in the instrument. One style has a pause after PA note
and constitutes a cycle of six counts. This style is popular among the South Indian musicians. The
other style does not have the pause after PA and this style is popular among the North Indian
musicians.
1. PA-SA.SA.SA
2. PA.SA.SA.SA
To change the style to the alternate one, press ▲or ▼buttons simultaneously (at the same time).
Carnatic style will be shown as 'c’on the display and Hindustani style will be shown as 'h’for a few
seconds.
PANCHAM, MADHYAM OR NISHAD SELECTIONS: Press the PA button repeatedly to change the
panchamam note to MA or NI or OFF. A lamp/LED indicates PA/MA/NI selection.
AUTO SAVE DUAL MEMORY(ASDM): The current selections / settings Iike pitch, tempo, pluck style,
etc. are automaticaly saved into memory about 10 seconds after the last button-press. If there is an
interruption in AC mains power or if the instrument is switched off, then on switching on the
instrument again, these settings will automatically be restored. Thus, the user need not worry about
losing the selected pitch and other settings. In addition, another set of pitch, tempo etc. can be
saved by the user by pressing STORE (▲) and MEMORY (PA) buttons simultaneously. For recalling
this set of selections, press RECALL ( ▼) and MEMORY (PA) buttons simultaneously.
ADDITIONAL 5TH NOTE / STRING: The Ranjani +5 can be used as either a 4-string or a 5-string
tambura/tanpura. To switch on the 5th note/string, press the ON/OFF button of '5th STRING'. An
LED will glow to indicate that '5th STRING' Is ON. User can tune the 5th string/note, as desired, by
pressing ▲or ▼button. User can position the 5th note either before or after the pancham by
pressing both the ▲or ▼buttons of pitch simultaneously (together) while the 5th note/string is on.
For eg.to get GA.PA.SA.SA.SA in raga Hamsadhwani, switch on the 5th note/string, tune it to GA, by
pressing ▲or ▼button, then press both the ▲or ▼buttons of PITCH simultaneously (at the same
time). To get PA.NI.SA. SA.SA, tune the 5th note to NI then press both the ▲or ▼buttons of PITCH
simultaneously (at the same time). User can get other combinations too, Iike MA.DHA.SA.SA.SA for
Bageshree by first selecting 'MA’through 'PA/MA NI selection switch and then tuning the 5th note to
DHA.
USAGE ON BATTERIES: Ranjani +5 operates on six 'AA' size batteries. It automatically switches-over
to batteries (DC) on failure of mains power (AC).
Video demonstration link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C18250491336A2C
CONTACT ADDRESS:
Factory:
Radel Electronics Pvt.Ltd.,
74/D, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560100, India Tel:[phone]
Sales Office:
217,8F Main Road, 3rd Block
Jayanagar, Bangalore 560011, India Tel:[phone]
E-mail: General enquiries: [e-mail] Service requests: [e-mail]
Website: www.radel.in