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Its not top of the line or anything nor am i a great player, but it is my oneway ticket to keep liberating my soul through this beautiful instrument. Yamaha sy85download the official user manual this is it, you have found the official user manual for your product. After extensive usage, the readwrite head can pick up a layer of magnetic particles. In the bottom left picture you can see an original sy85 key, the replacement i got and the broken one.