INFORMATION FOR YOUR SAFETY! THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA) PRECAUTIONS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
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Contents Panel & Display Description Mixer ..............19 Front Panel...............4 Rear Panel..............4 Effect Related Settings LCD................5 Octave..............20 Touch..............20 Setup Metronome..............20 Power Supply............6 Sustain..............20 Setting a Music Stand..........6 Pitch Bend...............21 Modulation..............21 DSP.................21 Connections Transpose...............21 Connecting a pair of Headphones......7 Harmony..............21 Using Sustain Pedal..........7 Connecting a Computer ..........7 Register Memory Registration Banks..........22...
Setup This section contains information about setting up your instrument and preparing to play. Please go through this section carefully before turning the power on. Power Supply You can power the instrument either by batteries or by power adaptor. Before you switch your instrument on, turn down the volume of instrument and the connected audio equipment first.
Connections Connecting a pair of Headphones PHONES SUSTAIN A standard pair of stereo headphones can be connected to the PHONES jack for private practice or late-night playing. The internal stereo speaker system is automatically shut off when a pair of head phones is plugged into this jack.
Power/Master Volume Turn the Power On/Off Firstly, please make sure you have correctly completed power connection. Press POWER SWITCH, the LCD screen is lit, and displays data information on the screen, it indicates the instrument is powered on. Note: Press the POWER SWITCH, if the LCD screen isn’t lit, please check VOLUME the power is connected correctly or not.
Playing Voices VOICE Press the [VOICE] button. Enter the Voice Mode. The LCD displays the current default voice name and number. / NO / YES Select a Voice. Use the data dial or the [+/Yes]/ [-/No] button to select the voice you want to play.
Playing Songs SONG This instrument has featured 120 preset songs, and each song can be practiced in LESSON mode. Press the [SONG] button. Enter the song selection mode. It will play all songs circularly. / NO / YES Select a song. Toccata Use the data dial or the [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button to select the song you want to play.
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Voices The instrument features 508 build-in voices. In order to offer you a better performance experience, we programmed many useful effects which can be inserted while playing voices. Please refer to Function Menu. VOICE Select a Voice The default voice number is 001 when power on and the “VOICE R1” / NO / YES icon will be lightening up on the left-top corner of the LCD.
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Styles The auto accompaniment feature puts a full backing band at your STYLE fingertips. To use it, all you have to do is to play the chords with your left hand using your selected accompaniment style, and then the accompaniment will automatically play along, instantly following the chords you play.
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Styles Playing Different Accompaniment STYLE Sections Press the [STYLE] button. / NO / YES Press the Style Direct Button, data dial or [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button to select a style. START / SYNC INTRO / CHORD Press [CHORD MODE] button to enter A.B.C. (auto bass chord) STOP START ENDING...
Styles Chord Fingering Fifth How the chords are played or indicated with your left hand (in the auto accompaniment section of the keyboard) is referred to as “fingering”. There are 2 types of fingerings as described below. Root Chord Basics Third A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
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Styles Tempo TEMPO Each style of the instrument has been set with a default or standard tempo; however, this can be changed by using the [TEMPO +]/ [TEMPO -] button. ACCOMP Use the [TEMPO +]/ [TEMPO -] button to change the tempo. While the tempo data is flashing, use the data dial can also change the tempo.
Function Menu SHIFT PIANO Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and then press the [FUNCTION] button to enter function menu. The LCD displays the default “Tune” function menu option. Use [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button to set parameter of FUNCTION the current menu. The option and parameters are as follows: Content LCD display...
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Function Menu Beat Type Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and then repeatedly press the SHIFT PIANO [FUNCTION] button to select beat type menu. The LCD displays “xxx Beat”. / NO / YES FUNCTION Use [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button or data dial to change beat type. The range of beat type: 0, 2~9.
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Function Menu Reverb Level Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and then repeatedly press the SHIFT PIANO [FUNCTION] button to select reverb level. The LCD displays “xxx Rev Lev”, adjustable range is: 0-32. / NO / YES FUNCTION Use the [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button or data dial to change reverb level, press the [+/YES] and [-/NO] buttons simultaneously to restore its default setting: 23.
Function Menu MIDI IN/ OUT Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and then repeatedly press the SHIFT PIANO [FUNCTION] button to select MIDI in/ out menu. The LCD displays “xxx Midi In”/ “xxx Midi Out”. / NO / YES FUNCTION Use [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button or data dial to change MIDI in channel: 1~16, ALL.
Effect Related Settings SHIFT METRONOME Octave Press and hold the [SHIFT] button and then press the [OCTAVE] button to select octave function menu. The LCD displays “xxx OCTAVE Octave”. Use [+/YES]/ [-/NO] button or data dial to change octave / NO / YES value, adjustable range is: -1~ +1.
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Effect Related Settings Pitch Bend Use the pitch bend wheel to bend notes up (roll the wheel away from you) or down (roll the wheel toward you) while playing the keyboard. The pitch bend wheel is self-centering and will automatically return to normal pitch when released.
Register Memory The Registration Memory feature can make your performance more easily and efficiently. It allows you to save virtually all panel settings to a Registration Memory setting, and you can instantly recall custom panel settings by pressing a single button. Registration Banks BANK STORE...
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Record Use the powerful record function; you can record your own keyboard performance real time as a user song, just like using recording equipment, and can also playback it. Up to 5 user songs you can record in this instrument. SHIFT BANK Prepare for Recording...
Record Playback Recording SHIFT STORE When recording is in process, holding down [SHIFT] button and then press the [PLAY] button to enter the selection interface. The PLAY LCD displays “XXX NoFile_X”, if you have selected a user song with no record data; or the LCD displays “XXX PlySongX”, if you PlySong1 have selected a user song with record data, for example, “001 PlySong1”.
Piano Mode This function is to set the voice of the whole keyboard to piano PIANO instantly. Press the [PIANO] button can enter or exit piano mode. FUNCTION 2. In piano mode, the accompaniment control is the same to other Piano mode.
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Song SHIFT Lesson Mode SONG This lesson mode is consisting of four combination buttons: [SHIFT] + [LESSON], [SHIFT] + [L], [SHIFT] + [R] and [SHIFT] + [L] + [R]. LESSON Enter the lesson mode While the song is stop playing, holding down the [SHIFT] button and press the [LESSON] button.
Chord Dictionary If you know the name of a chord but don't know how to play it, you SHIFT can use the Chord Dictionary function. You can learn the chord and test in this features. Displaying the chord notes on LCD and helping DICT.
Pedal Function Using pedal function can makes your performance more naturally and PHONES SUSTAIN with greater expressiveness. Multi-function Pedal You can refer to Pedal Type chapter for details. Sustain Pedal This pedal function performs the same function as the damper pedal on an acoustic piano, letting you sustain the sound of voices Ped Sust even after releasing the keys.
MIDI With the MIDI functions you can expand your musical possibilities. This section will let you know what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how you can use MIDI on your instrument. PHONES SUSTAIN What's MIDI? MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) allows a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause and Solution The speakers produce a pop sound This is normal and is no cause for alarm. whenever the power is turned ON or OFF. No sound when the keyboard is played. The R1/R2/L voice volume (Mixer) settings could be set too low. Make sure the voice volumes are set at appropriate levels.
Voice List NO. Name LCD Name Music Box Mbox Piano Vibraphone Vibra Vibraphone (wide) VibraW Acoustic Grand Piano GrdPno Marimba Marimba Acoustic Grand Piano 2 GrdPno 2 Marimba (wide) MarimbaW Acoustic Grand Piano (wide) GrdPnoW Xylophone Xyloph Acoustic Grand Piano (dark) GrdPnoD Tubular Bells TubulBe...
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Voice List Electric Guitar (pedal steel) PedalGt Tremolo Strings TreStr Tremolo Strings 2 Electric Guitar (clean) CleaGt TreStr 2 Electric Guitar (clean) 2 CleaGt 2 Pizzicato Strings PizStr Electric Guitar (detuned clean) DetClGt Orchestral Harp Harp Mid Tone Guitar MidGt Yang Chin YangChin Electric Guitar (muted)
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Voice List Quint Quint Oboe Oboe Synth Pad 2 Oboe 2 Oboe Pad 1 (new age) NewAge English Horn EngHorn Pad 2 (warm) WarmPd 2 English Horn 2EngHorn Pad 2a (sine pad) Sine Pad Bassoon Bassoon Pad 3 (polysynth) PolySyn 2 Bassoon 2Bassoon Pad 4 (choir)
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Voice List BagPipe HiTimbal Bag Pipe High Timbale Fiddle Low Timbale LoTimba Fiddle Shanai Cabasa Shanai Cabasa Percussive Maracas Maracas TinkBe AnMarac Analog Maracas Tinkle Bell Agogo ShGuiro Agogo Short Guiro SteeDru Long Guiro LoGuiro Steel Drums WoodBlo Claves Woodblock Claves Castan Mute Cuica...
Style List NO. Name LCD Name NO. Name LCD Name 8BEAT New Shuffle NewShufl Rock Hip Hop 8Beat Ballad 8BtBld RkHipHop Rock&Roll 1 8Beat Piano 8BtPiano R'N'R1 Rock Shuffle 8Beat 1 8Beat1 RockShfl GtPop1 Rock&Roll 2 Guitar Pop 1 R'N'R2 BALLROOM 8Beat Hip Hop 8BtHiHop...
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Style List LCD Name LCD Name NO. Name NO. Name Big Band BigBand Polka Polka Dixieland 1 Dixland1 6/8 March 6/8March Guitar Swing 1 GtSwing1 German Polka GerPolka Broadway Big Band BwayBand Party Polka PtyPolka Swing Swing Army March ArmMarch Latin Jazz 2 LatinJz2 March...
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Song List NO. Name LCD Name NO. Name LCD Name FOLK & COUNTRY Turkish March Turkish An Die Musik Musik Toccata Toccata Lieder Ohne Worte Op.62 No.6 Lieder Carry Me Back To Old Virginny CarMeBk Red River Valley RedRiver El Condor Pasa ElCondor Traumere Die Forelle...
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Song List LCD Name NO. Name PIANO Hanon Piano Fingering 1 Hanon 1 Hanon Piano Fingering 2 Hanon 2 Hanon Piano Fingering 3 Hanon 3 Hanon 4 Hanon Piano Fingering 4 Hanon Piano Fingering 5 Hanon 5 Basic Tutorial Beyer Piano12 Beyer 12 Basic Tutorial Beyer Piano13 Beyer 13...
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