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Casio LK-300TV User Manual

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GUÍA DEL USUARIO
LK300ES1A

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  • Page 1 USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO LK300ES1A...
  • Page 2 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Model Number: LK-300TV Trade Name: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. Responsible party: CASIO, INC. Address: 570 MT. PLEASANT AVENUE, DOVER, NEW JERSEY 07801...

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the CASIO electronic musical instrument. • Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully read through the instructions contained in this manual. • Be sure to keep all user documentation handy for future reference.
  • Page 4 • Never twist or stretch the cord. • Should the electric cord or plug become damaged, contact your original retailer or authorized CASIO Service Provider. G Never touch the AC adaptor while your hands are wet.
  • Page 5 2. If you are using the AC adaptor for power, unplug it from the wall outlet. 3. Contact your original retailer or an authorized CASIO Service Provider. Plastic Bags Never place the plastic bag the product comes in over your head or in your mouth.
  • Page 6 Safety Precautions Connectors Connect only the specified devices and equipment to the product’s connectors. Connection of a non-specified device or equipment creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Location Avoid the following locations for this product. Such locations create the risk of fire and electric shock.

  • Page 7: Main Features

    ❐ Storing and Playing Back Tune Data You Transferred from Your Computer You can connect your keyboard to a computer, use special CASIO conversion software to convert SMF data you purchase or create to CASIO format, and then transfer it to the keyboard.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Safety Precautions ... E-1 Main Features ... E-5 General Guide ... E-8 Attaching the Score Stand ... E-10 Quick Reference ...E-11 To play the keyboard ... E-11 Power Supply ... E-13 Using batteries ... E-13 Using the AC Adaptor ... E-13 Auto Power Off ...
  • Page 9 Using Auto Accompaniment ... E-32 Using an Intro Pattern ... E-35 Using a Fill-in Pattern ... E-35 Using a Rhythm Variation ... E-35 Using a Fill-in Pattern with a Variation Rhythm ... E-36 Synchro Starting Accompaniment with Rhythm Play ... E-36 Finishing with an Ending Pattern ...

  • Page 10: General Guide

    General Guide 664A-E-010A...
  • Page 11 NOTE • This keyboard has two PLAY/STOP buttons. In this manual, the PLAY/STOP button that is located near the KARAOKE button is indicated as <PLAY/STOP>. MIC VOLUME knob KEY CONTROL/TRANSPOSE buttons <PLAY/STOP> button KARAOKE button FUNCTION button REVERB/CHORUS button SONG MEMORY button KEY LIGHT button RHYTHM button TONE button...

  • Page 12: Attaching The Score Stand

    General Guide *1 Attaching the Score Stand Insert both ends of the music stand provided with the keyboard into the two holes on the top surface. Rear Panel USB port VIDEO OUT jack Using the Keyboard Position Stickers Affix the keyboard position stickers that come with the keyboard as shown in the illustration below.

  • Page 13: Quick Reference

    Quick Reference POWER This section provides a quick overview of keyboard operation using steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. To play the keyboard Press the POWER button to turn on power. • This causes the power indicator to light. Set the MODE switch to NORMAL.
  • Page 14 Quick Reference If you selected lesson Step 1 • Play the notes on the keyboard. • Accompaniment (left-hand part) plays in time with the notes. • With Step 1, the correct melody note is played no matter which keyboard key you press. If you selected lesson Step 2 •...

  • Page 15: Power Supply

    Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off whenever you are not using it. Using batteries Always make sure you turn off the keyboard before loading or replacing batteries.

  • Page 16: Auto Power Off

    Power Supply Note the following important precautions to avoid damage to the power cord. GDuring Use • Never pull on the cord with excessive force. • Never repeatedly pull on the cord. • Never twist the cord at the base of the plug or connector. •...

  • Page 17: Connections

    The wrong type of connector at either end can cause one of the stereo channels to be lost. When connected to a musical instrument amplifier, set the volume of the keyboard to a relatively low level and make output volume adjustments using the amplifier’s controls.

  • Page 18: Microphone Jack

    Connections Microphone Jack You can connect a commercially available microphone to the microphone jack and sing along with notes played on the keyboard. For details, see “Using a Microphone for Karaoke” on page E-29. VIDEO OUT Jack You can connect the keyboard to a TV equipped with a video input jack, and view lessons* and song lyrics* screen.

  • Page 19: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations POWER MAIN VOLUME This section provides information on performing basic keyboard operations. To play the keyboard Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on. Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. Use the MAIN VOLUME slider to set the volume to a relatively low level.

  • Page 20: Using Tone Effects

    Basic Operations Polyphony The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played by the keyboard.

  • Page 21: Playing A Built-In Tune

    Playing a Built-in Tune Your keyboard comes with a total of built-in 100 tunes. You can play back built-in tunes for your own listening pleasure, or you can use them for practice and even karaoke. Built-in tunes are divided between the two groups described below. •...

  • Page 22: To Play Back A Piano Bank Tune

    Playing a Built-in Tune To play back a Piano Bank tune Find the tune you want to play in the PIANO BANK List, and note its number. • See page A-9 for the PIANO BANK List. Press the PIANO BANK button to specify the Piano Bank group.

  • Page 23: To Pause Playback

    To pause playback Press the PAUSE button while a tune is playing to pause it. Pressing the PAUSE button again resumes play from the point where it was paused. To fast reverse While a tune is playing or paused, hold down the REW button to skip in a reverse direction at high speed.

  • Page 24: To Change The Melody Tone

    Playing a Built-in Tune To change the melody tone Press the TONE button. Indicator appears Find the tone you want in the TONE List, and then use the number buttons to input its three-digit number. Example: To select “130 VIOLIN”, input 1, then 3, then •...

  • Page 25: Advanced 3-Step Lesson

    Advanced 3-Step Lesson With the 3-Step Lesson System, you can practice built-in tunes and SMF data from a memory card, and even plot your progress according to the evaluation points the keyboard awards you. * See “Using a Memory Card” on page E-52 for information about using the SMF data from a memory card for playback.

  • Page 26: Evaluation Mode

    Advanced 3-Step Lesson Example: When play requires pressing keys with fingers 3, 2, and then 1 1st Note 2nd Note Next note Current note Flash Flash Lit Key light NOTE • Note length is not indicated when you are using two- hand tunes with 3-step lesson Steps 1 and 2.

  • Page 27: Using The Lesson Functions And Evaluation Mode

    Evaluation Results After you finish playing, the keyboard calculates an evaluation of your total performance, from beginning to end, and displays your total score on the monitor screen. The greater the score, the higher your evaluation is. Evaluation Rank Display Messages and Sound Effects Display Message Sound Effect “Bravo!”...

  • Page 28: Step 2 - Master The Notes

    Advanced 3-Step Lesson Evaluation 1: Find out how the keyboard evaluates your Step 1 play. Use the SCORING 1 button to check the evaluation of your play in Step 1. Press the SCORING 1 button. • This causes the SCORING 1 indicator to appear on the display.

  • Page 29: Step 3 - Play At Normal Speed

    Step 3 – Play at normal speed. Select the tune you want to play. Press the RIGHT/TRACK 2 button or the LEFT/ TRACK 1 button to specify the part you want to practice. • If you want to practice both hands, press both buttons at the same time.

  • Page 30: Voice Fingering Guide

    Advanced 3-Step Lesson To practice the practice phrase While the Phrase Practice Mode screen is on the display, press the STEP 1, STEP 2, or STEP 3 button. • This starts 3-Step Lesson playback of the practice phrase in accordance with the STEP button you pressed.

  • Page 31: Using A Microphone For Karaoke

    Using a Microphone for Karaoke MIC VOLUME <PLAY/STOP> You can select any of the 50 Song Bank/Karaoke Group tunes or SMF data from a memory card, and sing along with its accompaniment. Using the microphone jack Connecting a commercially available microphone to the MIC jack makes it possible to sing along with the keyboard’s built- in tunes or with SMF playback.
  • Page 32 Using a Microphone for Karaoke Select the karaoke source. I Song Bank Press the SONG BANK button. This enters the Karaoke Song Bank Mode, and displays the Song Bank indicator. Indicator appears I Card Bank See “Reading a Memory Card” on page E-54 for information about using song data on a memory card.

  • Page 33: Auto Accompaniment

    [+] and decrement it by pressing [–]. • Some rhythms consist of chord accompaniments only, without any drums or other percussion instruments. Such rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the accompaniment mode.

  • Page 34: Playing A Rhythm

    This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience. The following describes the CASIO CHORD “Accompaniment keyboard” and “Melody keyboard”, and tells you how to play CASIO CHORDs.
  • Page 35 Chord Types CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Major chords Major chord names are marked above the keys of the accompaniment keyboard. Note that the chord produced when you press an...
  • Page 36 Auto Accompaniment NOTE • Except for the chords specified in note* fingerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E- G) will produce the same chords as the standard fingering. • Except for the exception specified in note* of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed. Failure to press even a single key will not play the desired FINGERED chord.

  • Page 37: Using An Intro Pattern

    Using an Intro Pattern This keyboard lets you insert a short intro into a rhythm pattern to make startup smoother and more natural. The following procedure describes how to use the Intro feature. Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use, and set the tempo.

  • Page 38: Using A Fill-In Pattern With A Variation Rhythm

    Before starting, you should first select the rhythm you want to use, set the tempo, and use the MODE switch to select the chord play method you want to use (NORMAL, CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, FULL RANGE CHORD). To use synchro start Press the SYNCHRO/ENDING button to put the keyboard into synchro start standby.

  • Page 39: Song Memory Function

    Song Memory Function SONG MEMORY MODE INTRO NORMAL/FILL-IN You can use Song Memory to record your lesson play (lesson recording) and to record your keyboard play along with the Auto Accompaniment you are using (performance recording). Parts and Tracks How data is recorded to Song Memory and the type of data that is recorded depends on whether you are performing a performance recording operation or a lesson recording operation.

  • Page 40: Recording Play Along With A Built-In Tune

    Song Memory Function Recorded Data Storage • Anything previously stored in song memory is replaced whenever you make a new recording. • Song Memory contents are retained even when power is turned off, as long as the keyboard is being supplied battery or AC adaptor power.

  • Page 41: Playing Back A Lesson Recording

    To record as you play along with a built-in tune Press the SONG BANK button or PIANO BANK button to select the mode that includes the tune you want to play along with. Use the SONG MEMORY button to select record standby.
  • Page 42 Song Memory Function Part/Track Indicators in Playback Standby Each press of a part/track button toggles playback of that track on (part/track indicator displayed) and off (indicator not displayed). Track 1 Playback (displayed) Example: The above indicates that Track 1 will be played back, while Track 2 will not.

  • Page 43: Playing Back A Performance Recording

    Track 1 Data In addition to notes played on the keyboard and chord accompaniments, the following data is also stored in Track 1 during performance recording. • Tone number • Rhythm number • INTRO button, SYNCHRO/ENDING button, NORMAL/ FILL-IN button, VARIATION/FILL-IN button operations •...

  • Page 44: Overdubbing A Performance Recording

    Song Memory Function Overdubbing a Performance Recording You can use the following procedure to record a melody in Track 2 so it combines with a recording you previously made in Track 1. Press the RHYTHM button to enter the rhythm mode.

  • Page 45: Keyboard Settings

    Keyboard Settings This section describes how to use layer (to play two tones with a single key) and split (to assign different tones to either end of the keyboard), and how to make touch response, transpose, and tuning settings. Using Layer Layer lets you assign two different tones (a main tone and a layered tone) to the keyboard, both of which play whenever you press a key.

  • Page 46: Using Split

    Keyboard Settings Using Split With split you can assign two different tones (a main tone and a split tone) to either end of the keyboard, which lets you play one tone with your left hand and another tone with your right hand. For example, you could select STRINGS as the main (high range) tone and PIZZICATO STRINGS as the split (low range) tone, putting an entire string ensemble at your fingertips.

  • Page 47: Transposing The Keyboard

    Press the SPLIT button and then input the number of the split tone. P i z z . t S r • After specifying the split tone, press the SPLIT button to unsplit the keyboard. Press the LAYER button and then input the number of the layered tone.

  • Page 48: Using Touch Response

    Keyboard Settings Using Touch Response When touch response is turned on, the relative volume of sound output by the keyboard is varied in accordance with the amount of pressure applied, just like an acoustic piano. Touch response provides a choice of three settings, described below.

  • Page 49: Tuning The Keyboard

    • In this case, a song volume screen will appear in place of the accompaniment volume screen. Tuning the Keyboard Use the following procedure to fine tune the keyboard to match the tuning of another musical instrument. To tune the keyboard Press the FUNCTION button three times to display the tuning screen.

  • Page 50: Connection To A Computer

    MIDI driver user’s guide.* * You need to have Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view the contents of the “CASIO USB MIDI Driver User’s Guide” (manual_e.pdf). If your computer does not have either Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed, use the procedure below to install it.

  • Page 51: Expanding The Selections In The Song Bank Tunes

    CASIO MUSIC SITE http://music.casio.com/ Keyboard USB port • In addition to the software itself, the CASIO MUSIC SITE will also provide you with information about its installation and use. You can also find out about the latest news about your keyboard and other CASIO musical instruments, and much more.

  • Page 52: General Midi Tone

    Connection to a Computer Song Data Storage Song data saved as Song Bank tunes are retained even when power is turned off, as long as the keyboard is being supplied battery or AC adaptor power. If you remove the batteries or should the batteries go dead while the keyboard is not being supplied power by the AC adaptor, song data will be deleted.
  • Page 53 LOCAL CONTROL (Default: On) oFF: Anything played on the keyboard is output as a message from the USB port, without being sounded by the internal sound source. • Note that no sound is produced by the keyboard if LOCAL CONTROL is turned off and no external device is connected.

  • Page 54: Using A Memory Card

    G Supported Data: SMF Format 0, CASIO Original Format CM2 IMPORTANT! • Use only an SD memory card or an optional CASIO song data card* with this keyboard. Proper operation is not guaranteed when any other type of card is used.

  • Page 55: Getting Ready

    Inserting and Removing a Memory Card IMPORTANT! • Make sure you turn off the keyboard before inserting or removing a memory card. • Be sure to orient the card correctly when inserting it. Never try to force a memory card into the card slot when you feel resistance.

  • Page 56: Reading A Memory Card

    Using a Memory Card Reading a Memory Card Press the CARD button. Indicator appears Use the number buttons to input the three-digit number that corresponds to the SMF data you want to select. Perform one of the following operations. I To play back SMF data Press the START/STOP button.

  • Page 57: Memory Card Error Messages

    Memory Card Error Messages Display Message Err No Card There is no memory card loaded in the keyboard or the memory card you are using is not loaded correctly. Err No File (1) The memory card song data that is supported by the keyboard is not in the MUSICDAT folder.
  • Page 58 Using a Memory Card The keyboard ran out of memory for SMF data Err Mem Full reading during a playback, karaoke, lesson or use of the evaluation feature. After a few seconds, the “Err Mem Full” message will be replaced by one of the messages described below.

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting

    (1) Power supply problem. (2) Power is not turned on. (3) Volume setting is too low. (4) The MODE switch is in the CASIO CHORD or FINGERED position. (5) LOCAL CONTROL is off. Low battery power Accompaniment volume is set to 000.
  • Page 60 * Multiple digital samples are taken for the low range, middle range, and high range of the original musical instrument. Because of this, there may be a very slight difference in tonal quality and volume between sample ranges. Action (1) Correctly insert the memory card into the card slot.

  • Page 61: Specifications

    514 (372 panel tones + 128 General MIDI tones + 14 drum sets); with layer and split Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types) 32 notes maximum (16 for certain tones) 3 fingering methods (CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, FULL RANGE CHORD) START/STOP, INTRO, NORMAL/FILL-IN, VARIATION/FILL-IN, SYNCHRO/ENDING...

  • Page 62: Care Of Your Keyboard

    Specifications Terminals SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK: PHONES/OUTPUT Jack: Microphone In: USB port: VIDEO OUT Jack: SD CARD SLOT Power Jack: Power Supply: Batteries: Battery Life: AC Adaptor: Auto Power Off: Speaker Output: Power Consumption: Dimensions: Weight: • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. Care of your keyboard Avoid heat, humidity or direct sunlight.
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  • Page 70: Appendix

    • Rhythms 110 through 119 consist of chord accompaniments only, without any drums or other percussion instruments. These rhythms do not sound unless CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected as the accompaniment mode. With such rhythms, make sure that CASIO CHORD, FINGERED, or FULL RANGE CHORD is selected before you try playing chords.

  • Page 71: Song List

    Song List/Lista de canciones SONG BANK/KARAOKE List Lista SONG BANK/KARAOKE WE GOT THE BEAT BEYOND THE SEA (“FINDING NEMO” THEME) BORDERLINE WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS JINGLE BELLS SILENT NIGHT JOY TO THE WORLD O CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN GREENSLEEVES SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT AMAZING GRACE...
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  • Page 74 This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD. 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome MA0603-A Printed in China Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan...

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