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Vasco Manuel
April 11, 2025

what power cable to use

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Mr. Anderson
April 11, 2025

The Thomann Hemingway DP-501 MKII uses an external power supply. The input voltage of the AC outlet must match the voltage rating of the device, and the AC outlet should be protected by a residual current circuit breaker.

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  • Page 1 DP-501 MKII digital piano user manual...
  • Page 2 Musikhaus Thomann Thomann GmbH Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 E-mail: info@thomann.de Internet: www.thomann.de 05.10.2016, ID: 358344, 360374, 365189...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Table of contents General information......................5 1.1 Further information......................5 1.2 Notational conventions....................5 1.3 Symbols and signal words................... 6 Safety instructions......................... 7 Features............................9 Assembly instructions......................10 Connectivity options......................15 Control panel and connections..................17 Operating..........................20 7.1 Turning on / off......................
  • Page 4 Table of contents 7.6.26 Selecting first voice....................32 7.6.27 Selecting second voice, Split mode..............32 7.6.28 Selecting second voice, Dual mode..............33 7.6.29 USB speed........................33 7.6.30 Play mode........................33 7.6.31 Selecting memory bank..................34 7.6.32 Saving settings......................34 7.6.33 Loading saved settings..................34 7.6.34 Activating Bluetooth interface................
  • Page 5: General Information

    Our products are subject to a process of continuous development. Thus, they are subject to change. 1.1 Further information On our website (www.thomann.de) you will find lots of further information and details on the following points: Download This manual is also available as PDF file for you to download.
  • Page 6: Symbols And Signal Words

    General information Instructions The individual steps of an instruction are numbered consecutively. The result of a step is indented and highlighted by an arrow. Example: Switch on the device. Press [Auto]. ð Automatic operation is started. Switch off the device. Cross-references References to other locations in this manual are identified by an arrow and the speci‐...
  • Page 7: Safety Instructions

    Safety instructions Safety instructions Intended use This device is intended to be used for electronic sound generation using a piano key‐ board. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating conditions is considered to be improper and may result in per‐ sonal injury or property damage.
  • Page 8 Safety instructions CAUTION! Risk of injury due to heavy weight Due to the heavy weight of the device, at least two persons are required for transport and installation. NOTICE! Operating conditions This device has been designed for indoor use only. To prevent damage, never expose the device to any liquid or moisture.
  • Page 9: Features

    Features Features The digital piano is characterized by the following features: 88 weighted keys with hammer action and adjustable touch response Blue backlit LCD Integrated recorder (MIDI) Integrated speaker system Retractable keyboard cover User-friendly controls and indicators 16 selectable timbres Polyphony: 64-voice Recording capacity: 90,000 notes Reverb and Chorus effects...
  • Page 10: Assembly Instructions

    Assembly instructions Assembly instructions You need a Phillips screwdriver (not supplied) for the assembly of the digital piano. Open the package and please make sure before assembling that the entire scope of delivery is present, as posted here. Digital piano housing with music stand Left side panel Right side panel Pedal box...
  • Page 11 Assembly instructions Mechanical assembly Assemble the piano near a wall power outlet. Proceed according to the illustrations and exclusively use the supplied Phillips screws. Using other screws could damage the piano housing or result in a reduced stability of the piano. Screw the levelling bolt on the bottom of the pedal box completely in.
  • Page 12 Assembly instructions Place the digital piano case on the frame and secure it with four Phillips screws M6 ´ 16. Fasten the cables to the stand. Insert the DIN plug of the pedal cable into the provided socket on the bottom side of the digital piano. Move the digital piano to its designated location.
  • Page 13 Assembly instructions Mains connection Make sure that the device is turned off before you connect it to the power supply or disconnect it. Slide the volume control to minimum. Connect the included power adapter to the 12V connector of the unit and then plug the power adapter into a wall outlet.
  • Page 14 Assembly instructions Rear panel Connection for pedal cable Power cord Connection box Pedals Soft pedal Sostenuto pedal Sustain pedal digital piano...
  • Page 15: Connectivity Options

    Connectivity options Connectivity options Headphones On the connection box you find the headphones outlets 1 and 2. Connecting headphones (not supplied) to outlet 2 mutes the speakers. Using outlet 1 maintains the sound output through the speakers. Pedals Connect the foot pedal to the provided connector on the bottom of the pedal box. Pedal functions: Soft pedal Using the Soft pedal makes the piano sound smoother and the overall volume is...
  • Page 16 Connectivity options External audio devices Use the [LINE OUT] sockets to connect the digital piano to an amplifier, stereo device, mixing console or recording device. Plug one end of the audio cable into the [LINE OUT] sockets in the connection box of the digital piano and the other end into the input of the respective audio device.
  • Page 17: Control Panel And Connections

    Control panel and connections Control panel and connections 1 [STANDBY / ON] Main switch. Turns the device on and off. 2 [MASTER VOLUME] Volume control for the built-in speakers and headphone outputs. 3 [TREBLE] Control to adjust the high frequencies. 4 [BASS] Control to adjust the low frequencies.
  • Page 18 Control panel and connections 10 [TRANS] Keys to increase or decrease the currently displayed value. 11 Display. 12 [FUNCTION] Button to call the function menu. 13 [ENTER] Button to confirm changes and input values as well as to open the various submenus. 14 Buttons to select a timbre: [GRAND PIANO] | [BRIGHT PIANO] [E.
  • Page 19 Control panel and connections Connection box 22 [HEADPHONES] Output sockets to connect headphones (1/4" phone sockets). 23 [MIDI OUT] MIDI out for connecting a MIDI device. 24 [USB] USB interface to connect a computer. 25 [BLUETOOTH] Interface to connect a Bluetooth device. 26 [AUX IN] Input sockets for connecting an audio device (e.g.
  • Page 20: Operating

    Operating Operating 7.1 Turning on / off Press the [STANDBY/ON] main switch to the left on the operating panel to turn the device on and off. If the display does not light up after switching on the digital piano, check the power supply.
  • Page 21: Setting The Touch Sensitivity

    Operating 7.5 Setting the touch sensitivity With this function you can adjust the touch response of the keyboard at three levels. Press [TOUCH] to activate the function. ð The LED of the button lights. Press [TOUCH] again to open the menu for adjusting the touch sensitivity. ð...
  • Page 22 Operating Function Display Range Standard PAN effect second voice, Dual mode Dual.Pan? –64 … 63 Volume first voice M.Volume? 0 … 127 Volume second voice, Split mode S.Volume? 0 … 127 Volume second voice, Dual mode D.Volume? 0 … 127 Octaving first voice Main.Oct? –2 …...
  • Page 23: Fine Tuning

    Operating Function Display Range Standard Play mode PlayMode? Single, Chain, Random Single Selecting memory bank Mem.Bank? Reg.Bank:01 … Reg.Bank:04 Saving settings Reg.SaveMem? Reg.SaveMem:01 … Reg.SaveMem:06 Loading saved settings Reg.LoadMem? Reg.LoadMem:01 … Reg.LoadMem:06 Activating Bluetooth interface BlueTooth? ON/OFF Automatic shutoff Auto Power Off? SLEEPMODE:20Min/30Min/40Min/50Min/ 30Min 30Min/40Min/50Min/60Min/OFF...
  • Page 24: Pan Effect Second Voice, Split Mode

    Operating 7.6.3 PAN effect second voice, Split mode With this function you can adjust the PAN effect of the second voice in Split mode. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Performance?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘Split.Pan?’...
  • Page 25: Volume Second Voice, Split Mode

    Operating 7.6.6 Volume second voice, Split mode With this function you can adjust the volume of the second voice in Split mode. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Performance?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘S.Volume?’...
  • Page 26: Octaving Second Voice, Split Mode

    Operating 7.6.9 Octaving second voice, Split mode This function allows you to shift the second voice in Split mode by up to two octaves up or down. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Performance?’...
  • Page 27: Activating Midi Reception

    Operating 7.6.12 Activating MIDI reception With this function you can activate the MIDI reception of the digital piano. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Performance?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘Midi In?’...
  • Page 28: Reverb Effect

    Operating 7.6.15 Reverb effect With this function you can turn on the Reverb effect and select the effect type. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Effect?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘Rev.Type?’...
  • Page 29: Reverb Effect Ratio Second Voice, Dual Mode

    Operating Use both arrow buttons [TRANS] to adapt the effect ratio in a range from 0 … 127. Press both arrow buttons [TRANS] simultaneously to reset the value to the preset ‘S.RevVol: 15’ . 7.6.18 Reverb effect ratio second voice, Dual mode With this function you can adjust the Reverb effect ratio of the second voice in Dual mode.
  • Page 30: Chorus Effect Ratio First Voice

    Operating 7.6.20 Chorus effect ratio first voice With this function you can adjust the Chorus effect ratio of the first voice. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Effect?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘M.ChrVol?’...
  • Page 31: Function Pedal 1

    Operating 7.6.23 Function pedal 1 With this function you can assign a desired function to pedal 1. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Pedal assign?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘Pedal 1?’...
  • Page 32: Track Muting

    Operating 7.6.25 Track muting With this function you can mute one of the tracks of a song. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Usb Function?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘FilterTrk?’...
  • Page 33: Selecting Second Voice, Dual Mode

    Operating 7.6.28 Selecting second voice, Dual mode With this function you can assign the second voice for the Dual mode. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Usb Function?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘D.RecTrk?’...
  • Page 34: Selecting Memory Bank

    Operating 7.6.31 Selecting memory bank With this function you can select the desired memory bank. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Memory?’ . Confirm with [ENTER]. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Reg.Bank?’...
  • Page 35: Activating Bluetooth Interface

    Operating 7.6.34 Activating Bluetooth interface With this function you can activate the Bluetooth interface of the digital piano. To use the Bluetooth function of the digital piano, you need the supplied Bluetooth stick. Use [FUNCTION] to open the functions menu. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to proceed to submenu ‘Other Func?’...
  • Page 36: Reset To Factory Defaults

    Operating 7.6.36 Reset to factory defaults Proceed as follows to restore the factory default settings: Confirm with [ENTER] and use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to mark the item ‘Resetmem?’ . Confirm with [ENTER] to reset all parameters of the digital piano to the factory default settings.
  • Page 37: Functions

    Functions Functions 8.1 Playing demo songs 16 demo songs are stored in the memory of the digital piano. Press [DEMO] to enter the DEMO mode. The first demo song is shown and played. During playback, you can use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to switch between the demo songs at will. Press [DEMO] again to stop playback.
  • Page 38: Split Point Setting

    Functions 8.5 Split point setting Using this function you can select a point to split the whole claviature into two areas. Press [SPLIT/TWIN] once to activate the Split mode. ð The LED of the button lights. Keep the [SPLIT/TWIN] button pressed for two seconds. Use the arrow buttons [TRANS] to specify the desired split point.
  • Page 39: Transposing

    Functions Proceed as follows to adjust the time signature: Keep the [METRONOME] button pressed until the display shows the current time signature. Use both arrow buttons [TRANS] to select the desired time signature. 2/2, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8. Press both arrow buttons [TRANS] simultaneously to reset the value to the preset ‘Metrotype: 4/4’...
  • Page 40: Playing Recordings From Usb Memory

    Functions 8.10.2 Playing recordings from USB memory Connect the external USB storage device to the digital piano. ð The display shows ‘Disk in’ . Use the two arrow buttons [TRANS] to select the track you want to play. Press [PLAY] to play the recording. 8.10.3 Deleting recordings from USB memory Connect the external USB storage device to the digital piano.
  • Page 41: Playing Melody Tracks

    Functions If track 1 already contains data, the LED of the button [TRACK 1] lights and that track is played as accompaniment track during recording. To mute the already data containing track 1 while recording, press [TRACK 1]. 8.10.5 Playing melody tracks Press [PLAY] to play recorded melody tracks.
  • Page 42: Device Configuration

    Functions Confirm with [TRANS] to load the file from the external storage device into the local memory. ð The display shows ‘Load OK!’ . 8.13 Device configuration You can store six configuration files in the memory of the digital piano and recall them any time when needed.
  • Page 43 Functions Use the two arrow buttons [TRANS] to select the configuration file you want to delete. Press [RECORD] and [PLAY] simultaneously. ð The display shows the confirmation prompt ‘Delete?’ . Confirm with [TRANS] or cancel the deleting with [TRANS]. DP-501 MKII...
  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes and solutions You hear a 'pop' sound from the speakers when switching the This is normal. No need to worry. digital piano on and off. No sound can be heard when playing the piano. Make sure that the volume control is set appropriately. Check if headphones are plugged into the headphone output 2.
  • Page 45: Midi Implementation Chart

    MIDI implementation chart MIDI implementation chart Function Sent Received Notes Basic Channel Default (*1) 1 – 16 Changed (*1) 1 – 16 Mode Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Messages Altered Note Number 0 – 127 0 – 127 True voice 0 –...
  • Page 46 MIDI implementation chart Function Sent Received Notes True 0 – 127 0 – 127 System Exclusive System Common Song Position Pointer Song Select Tune Request Aux Messages LOCAL ON/OFF All Notes Off Active Sensing System Reset Notes: Main voice track (1 – 16).Default: 01 Split voice track (1 –...
  • Page 47: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications Technical specifications Display Blue backlit LCD Keyboard 88 weighted keys with hammer action and adjustable touch response Polyphony 64-voice Sound settings Memory 4 × 6 memory locations for user settings Recording tracks Pedals Soft, Sostenuto, Sustain Connections Power supply via 12V adapter , 2 × headphones (1/4"), AUX, USB, MIDI, audio out, audio in, Bluetooth Speaker 2 ×...
  • Page 48: Protecting The Environment

    Protecting the environment Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose of these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are collected for recycling.
  • Page 49 Notes DP-501 MKII...
  • Page 50 Notes digital piano...
  • Page 52 Musikhaus Thomann · Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...

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