A Quick Look At Your Keyboard; Operation; Basic Operation - Radio Shack MD500 Owner's Manual

A Quick Look at Your Keyboard

SYNC/
VOLUME
FILL-IN
Speaker START/
STOP
METRO
POWER
BEAT
RECORD

Operation

BASIC OPERATION

1. To turn on the keyboard, set
. The POWER indicator lights.
ON
Important: To prevent hearing damage,
always set the keyboard's volume to its
lowest level before you begin playing it
after changing any settings.
Note: To remind you to save power dur-
ing operation, the keyboard automati-
cally sounds a tone about every 5
minutes if you do not press a key.
2. To hear a sample of the keyboard's
many sounds, play a prerecorded tune
(see "Playing the Prerecorded Tunes"
RHYTHMS
List
TONES
TEMPO
CHORD
List
DEMO
RHYTHM
PLAY
TONE
to
POWER
A Quick Look at Your Keyboard
SONGS
List
LEARNING
Number PERCUSSION
Keys
Keys
O.T.S.
MIDI TRANSPOSE
SUSTAIN
SONG
on Page 6). To make your own music,
simply begin playing the keyboard.
Notes:
• The keyboard automatically selects
the tone Grand PIANO (No. 01) when
you turn the power on. To select a dif-
ferent tone, see "Selecting/Playing a
Preset Tone" on Page 7.
• To select an auto-rhythm, see "Using
the Preset Auto-Rhythms" on Page 7.
• To play auto accompaniment, see
"Using Auto Accompaniment" on
Page 8.
Speaker
5