Operation; Basic Operation; Playing The Demonstration Tunes - Optimus MD-1200 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION

(Partial Control View)
VOLUME
VOLUME
POWER
MODE

BASIC OPERATION

1. Slide to
VOLUME MIN
Important: To prevent hearing dam-
age, always set the MD-1200's vol-
ume to before you turn it on.
MIN
2. To turn on the MD-1200, press
. The POWER indicator
POWER
lights and the display turns on.
Note: To save power, the keyboard
automatically turns off after about 6
minutes if you do not press a key. To
turn the keyboard on again, press
. To cancel the auto power
POWER
off feature, see "Changing Auto
Power Off" on Page 30.
3. Slide to
MODE NORMAL
4. Slide toward
VOLUME
and begin playing the keyboard.
Notes:
• The MD-1200
selects the tone
000) when you first turn the power
on. Each time you turn it on after
that, it recalls the last selected
tone. To select a different tone,
10
(minimum).
PLAYING THE
.
DEMONSTRATION TUNES
slightly
MAX
To showcase its sounds, your MD-1200
can play two pre-programmed demon-
stration tunes. To start the demonstra-
automatically
tion, press
(No.
GND PIANO
the first demonstration tune (No. 0). To
select the other tune, press
keypad. The selected tune's number ap-
pears, and the tune plays.
DEMO
see "Using the Preset Tones" on
Page 11.
• To select an auto-rhythm, see
"Using the Preset Auto-Rhythms"
on Page 15.
• To play auto accompaniment, see
"Using Auto-Accompaniment" on
Page 17.
5. Slide toward
VOLUME
increase the sound level or
decrease it.
6. To turn off the MD-1200, press
. The red POWER indicator
POWER
and the keyboard's display turn off.
. The MD-1200 plays
DEMO
to
MAX
to
MIN
or on the
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