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PX - 870 PX-770 USER’S GUIDE (Full) Before using this Digital Piano for the first time, be sure to read the separate USER’S GUIDE to familiarize yourself with basic operations. PX870/770-E-3A...
Contents Getting Ready ..................... EN-49 Assembling the Stand ..........EN-49 Connecting Headphones ...........EN-55 To connect the cable..........EN-53 Connecting Audio Equipment or an Amplifier ....EN-55 To install the music stand..........EN-54 Bundled and Optional Accessories......EN-56 Removing the Protective Tape from the Keyboard..EN-54 General Guide .........EN-3 Configuring Settings with the Keyboard .........EN-25...
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Contents Speaker out (PX-870) ..........EN-33 Head phone mode (PX-870) ........EN-33 Volume Sync Equalizer (PX-870) ......EN-33 Auto Resume ............EN-33 Linking with an Application (APP Function)....EN-34 USB Flash Drive (PX-870) ....EN-35 Storing Standard Audio Data (WAV Files) to a USB Flash Drive ............
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General Guide • Illustrations in this User’s Guide show the PX-870. Front PX-870 PX-770 Bottom Rear (PX-870 only) (PX-870) (PX-770) EN-3...
(Auto Resume). You can also lock its buttons to protect against operation errors (Operation Lock). For details, see “Parameter List” on pages EN-28 - EN-33. About Music Score data You can use a computer to download music score data from the CASIO Website. For more information, visit the URL below. http://world.casio.com/...
Power Outlet After you finish assembling the stand, turn on the NOTE Digital Piano. For details, see “Getting Ready” on page • Turning off the Digital Piano after performing the EN-49. above steps will re-enable Auto Power Off. Turning Power On or Off Returning the Digital Piano to Its Factory Default Settings Press the P (POWER) button to turn on...
Playing with Different Tones Selecting and Playing a Tone The Digital Piano comes with 19 built-in tones. *1: The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned. *2: In this manual, these six tones are collectively referred to as “piano tones”. The CONCERT, MELLOW, and BRIGHT tones are collectively referred to as “GRAND PIANO tones”.
Playing with Different Tones Bass Tone (BASS) Adjusting Acoustic Piano Selecting the BASS (LOWER) tone in step 1 of the Sound Characteristics above procedure will assign the bass tone to the low (PX-870) range (left side) of the keyboard. The high range (right side) will be assigned the tone that was selected when The tones of your Digital Piano have built-in elements you pressed the BASS key.
Playing with Different Tones In addition to piano tones, the elements below are also Layering Two Tones available. KEY OFF SIMULATOR Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at the same time. Causes notes to decay when keyboard keys are released.
Playing with Different Tones To adjust the volume balance between Using Effects two layered tones Hall simulator (PX-870) : Makes your notes resonate. While holding down the FUNCTION button, Reverb (PX-770) Chorus : Adds more breadth to your use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust notes.
Playing with Different Tones To apply chorus to a tone Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the Chorus keyboard key to cycle Your Digital Piano comes equipped with three pedals: through the available settings. damper, soft, and sostenuto •...
Playing with Different Tones Disabling Damper Noise Output Using the Metronome Damper noise is a slight metallic ringing sound that is generated as the damper of an acoustic piano separates Press the METRONOME button. from the wires pedal when the damper pedal is •...
Playing with Different Tones While holding down the FUNCTION button, To adjust the metronome volume use the TEMPO keys to specify a tempo You can perform the following procedure at any time, value in the range of 20 to 255 beats per regardless of whether or not the metronome is minute.
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Playing with Different Tones Select the piano tone you want to use for the Changing the Octaves of the duet duet. keyboards Example: GRAND PIANO (BRIGHT) You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboards in octave units from their initial default To cycle between the Duet Mode settings settings.
Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes) Your Digital Piano comes with 10 built-in piano and Concert Play orchestra tunes (Concert Play 1 through 10), and 60 piano solos (Music Library 1 to 60). Concert Play has recordings of a live orchestra, which Concert Play lets you enjoy playing along with you can use to play along with authentic orchestral accompaniment.
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Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes) While holding down the FUNCTION button, To practice the piano part (LESSON) press the LISTEN keyboard key. PREPARATION • This enters the Listen Mode for listening to the piano • You can change tempo of the playback, if you want. and orchestra performance.
Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes) To play along with the orchestra Playing Back a Specific Music accompaniment (PLAY) Library Song While holding down the FUNCTION button, Find the song number of the song you want to press the PLAY keyboard key.
Using Built-in Songs (Concert Play, Music Library, Demo Tunes) Practicing with a Music Library Playing Back Audio Data Song Stored on a USB Flash Drive (PX-870) You can turn off the left hand part or right hand part of a song and play along on the Digital Piano. You can use your Digital Piano to play back audio data (WAV files*) stored on a commercially available USB NOTE...
USB flash drive (Audio the track you are recording will be deleted. Recorder). IMPORTANT! • CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. takes no Recording to Built-in MIDI responsibility for any damages, lost profits, or claims Recorder by third parties arising from the deletion of recorded data due to malfunction, repair, or for any other reason.
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Recording and Playback While holding down the FUNCTION button, Recording to One Track while Listening press the a button to select the track you to Playback of the Other Track want to record. Press the MIDI REC button so its lamp is lit. •...
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Recording and Playback Playing Back from Digital Piano Memory Deleting Recorded Data The following procedure deletes a specific track of a Press the MIDI REC button so its lamp is lit. song. IMPORTANT! • The procedure below deletes all of the data of the selected track.
Recording and Playback Press the AUDIO REC button once or twice Recording to a USB Flash so the AUDIO REC lamp is flashing. Drive (Audio Recorder) (PX-870) Anything played on the Digital Piano is recorded to the USB flash drive as audio data (WAV files*). If you play along on the Digital Piano as you play back data stored in song memory, the memory playback and your To start recording, press the a button or...
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Recording and Playback Recording Digital Piano Play as Data Playing Back Data Recorded on a USB Recorded in MIDI Recorder Plays Back Flash Drive (Audio Recorder) Press the AUDIO REC button once or twice Press the MIDI REC button once or twice until so the AUDIO REC lamp is lit.
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Recording and Playback Adjusting the Audio Recorder Volume Deleting an Audio File from a USB Flash Level Drive You can use the procedure below to adjust the volume Files can be deleted one at a time. level of audio data recorded to a USB flash drive. IMPORTANT! While holding down the FUNCTION button, •...
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Recording and Playback Once again, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press the a button. • To cancel the delete operation at any time, press the AUDIO REC button so its lamp is unlit. NOTE • When you record a new file, it is always automatically assigned the next new file number in the sequence of files currently on the USB flash drive, even if a previous number is unused (because...
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard In addition to selecting tones and songs (Concert Play Release the FUNCTION button to complete or Music Library), you also can use the FUNCTION the setting procedure. button in combination with the keyboard keys to configure effect, keyboard touch, and other settings.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings • The numbers through correspond to the same numbers in the “Parameter List” on pages EN-28 - EN-33. [Left keyboard] Speaker Out (PX-870) Volume Sync Equalizer (PX-870) ...
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Configuring Settings with the Keyboard [Middle Right Keyboard] METRONOME BEAT Temperament Select Layer Tone METRONOME TEMPO Base Note Touch Response Tone (C5) (C6) [Overall] [Right keyboard] Octave Shift A-tuning Keyboard Volume ...
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Parameter List ■ Tones Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) Hall simulator Off, DUTCH Specifies the hall simulator of CHURCH to notes. (page EN-9) (PX-870) FRENCH CATHEDRAL Default: STANDARD HALL Reverb Off, 1 to 4 Specifies the reverb of notes.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) Select layer tone Off, On Enables or disables layering. • BASS (LOWER) cannot be layered with Default: Off (page EN-8) another tone. • Configuring of layering settings is not supported for recording function Track 2 recording.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ Song/Metronome Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) Music Library 1 to 70 Selects a Music Library tune. • This setting cannot be changed while Default: 1 (page EN-16) recording. song select (MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT)
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ Keyboard Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) Temperament Temperament: <Selecting a Temperament> You can change the <Temperaments> 0 to 16 While holding down the scale (tuning 0: Equal / Temperament Base note: FUNCTION button, press the system) of the...
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Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ MIDI and Other Settings Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) USB flash drive MIDI, Storage The Digital Piano enters MIDI • After this setting is changed to Storage, the Default: MIDI mode automatically when it is GRAND PIANO, E.PIANO 1, and R lamps mode...
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Operation Type Parameter Settings Description Remarks (page EN-25) USB flash drive Off, On – USB flash drive mode. Default: Off mode (PX-870) Format Off, On – Formats a USB flash drive. Default: Off (PX-870) ...
A special app is available to display music scores and a piano roll display to support your practice. Downloading the Special App Go to the website below to download the app and install it on your smart device. http://web.casio.com/app/en/ EN-34...
Digital Piano Memory” (page EN-40) (page types of music data Direct playback of song (.MID, .CM2) data from a EN-46) 1. CASIO format data USB flash drive (CM2) – See “Simple Play Back of a Song on a USB Flash 2.
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Connecting a USB Flash Drive Formatting a USB Flash Drive to and Detaching It from the IMPORTANT! Digital Piano • Be sure to format a USB flash drive on the Digital Piano before using it for the first time. IMPORTANT! •...
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Press the a button. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to • This starts formatting. • After formatting is complete, the L/R lamps will go the USB flash drive mode. out and the Digital Piano will exit the formatting •...
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USB Flash Drive (PX-870) ■ USB Flash Drive Data (File) Storage While holding down the FUNCTION button, Locations press the save USB flash drive keyboard key. The above procedure stores piano data in a folder • This will cause the MIDI REC lamp to light. named MUSICLIB on the USB flash drive.
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) While holding down the FUNCTION button, Loading Song Data from a press the keyboard key that corresponds to USB Flash Drive into Digital the USB flash drive mode. Piano Memory • This will cause the L/R lamps to flash. You can use the procedure below to load user song data (page EN-46) from a USB flash drive to the Digital Piano’s Music Library (song numbers 61 to 70).
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Hold down the FUNCTION button as you use Deleting Data from a USB the MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT keyboard Flash Drive keys to select a song number (61 to 70). You can use the procedure below to delete song data stored in the “MUSICLIB”...
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Hold down the FUNCTION button as you use Simple Play Back of a Song on the MUSIC LIBRARY SELECT keyboard a USB Flash Drive keys to select a song number (61 to 70). You can use the procedure below to play back a user song (page EN-46) stored on a USB flash drive without loading the song into Digital Piano Music Library memory (song numbers 61 to 70).
USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Error Indicators The following shows how the lamps indicate the error type when an error occurs due to data transfer failure or some other reason. Lamps Error Type Cause Action 1. The USB flash drive is not 1.
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USB Flash Drive (PX-870) Lamps Error Type Cause Action 1. The USB flash drive format is 1. Format the USB flash drive on not compatible with this the Digital Piano. Digital Piano. Format 2. The USB flash drive is 2. Use a different USB flash drive. corrupted.
(OS X/Mac OS X) 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 Configure the music software settings to *1: Windows Vista (32-bit) select “CASIO USB-MIDI” as the MIDI device. *2: Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) • For information about how to select the MIDI device, *3: Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
(machines) produced by different manufacturers. NOTE • For detailed information about MIDI Implementation, visit the CASIO website at: http://world.casio.com/. • While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the USB device See “Send channel” and “Local control” on page mode.
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.MID: SMF format data • If there are two files with the filename extensions (format 0/1) .MID and .CM2 in the MUSICLIB folder, only the .CM2: CASIO original .MID data will be loaded into user song memory. format data Recorder RECORDER BIDREC01.CSR: CASIO...
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Connecting to a Computer ■ To transfer Recorder memory data between the Digital Piano and your computer To transfer the Piano’s current Recorder Digital memory data to your computer, copy the contents of the RECORDER folder to your computer. To return Recorder data you previously saved to your computer back to Recorder memory, copy it back to the RECORDER folder (and replace the current RECORDER folder contents).
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Doing so risks damage to the stand and/or Digital Piano. • You can find the screws in a plastic bag inside of the packing material. • If anything is missing or damaged, contact your local CASIO service provider. EN-49...
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Getting Ready Remove the four screws (two on each end) IMPORTANT! from back board Joint connectors • When inserting a screw into a joint connector, keep your finger on the joint connector hole on the back of back board ...
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Getting Ready 3-2. If you plan to locate the piano and stand Place the two ends of the pedal unit onto against a wall, loosen the two screws (one on brackets and secure them with the outside of each side panel) that secure screws.
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Getting Ready (PX-870 only) From the back of the assembled stand, slide the piano into the grooves of side panel Secure the back panel to the back board and side panel • Note that there is nothing anchoring the piano to the •...
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Getting Ready After checking to make sure the six screws Insert the plug of the AC adaptor that comes that secure side panels are fully with the Digital Piano into its power terminal tightened, cover the heads of the screws with (PX-870: 24VDC, PX-770: 12VDC).
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Getting Ready To install the music stand Removing the Protective Tape from the Keyboard PX-870 Protective tape is affixed to the front edges of the Install the music stand by inserting its pegs keyboard keys to protect them during shipment. into the holes in the top of the piano.
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Getting Ready Connecting Headphones Connecting Audio Equipment or an Amplifier Front PHONES/OUTPUT jacks You can connect audio equipment or a music amplifier to the Digital Piano and then play through external speakers for more powerful volume and better sound quality. IMPORTANT! •...
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Use of unauthorized accessories creates the risk of fire, electric shock, and personal injury. NOTE • You can get information about accessories that are sold separately for this product from the CASIO catalog available from your retailer, and from the CASIO website at the following URL. http://world.casio.com/...
Reference Troubleshooting Problem Action Page EN-6 No sound is produced when I 1. Rotate the VOLUME controller more towards “MAX”. press a keyboard key. EN-55 2. Disconnect whatever is connected to the PHONES/OUTPUT jacks. EN-32 3. Turn on the Local control setting. ...
Appendix Song No. Song Name Tone List Praeludium 1 BWV 846 [Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1] Le Coucou Tone Name Program Change Bank Select MSB Gavotte GRAND PIANO CONCERT Sonatina Op.36-1 1st Mov. GRAND PIANO MELLOW Sonatine Op.20-1 1st Mov. GRAND PIANO BRIGHT Sonate K.545 1st Mov.