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User’s Guide Creative Prodikeys DM Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
Technical Support and Warranty ....................iv Document Conventions........................v 1 About Your Creative Prodikeys DM Parts of your Creative Prodikeys DM....................1-1 Removing the Music Keyboard Cover....................1-2 Maintaining Creative Prodikeys DM....................1-3 2 Setting Up Your Creative Prodikeys DM Installing Hardware ..........................
Appendixes A General Specifications General Specifications ..........................A-1 Software features............................A-1 B Troubleshooting Problems with installing Creative Prodikeys DM................B-1...
Creative Prodikeys DM is for everyone, even if you have no background in music. With Creative Prodikeys DM, you can create music easily. Learn to play songs in a fun and easy way. You can even record what you have played, and then send it to friends or post it on the Internet.
Getting More your Creative Prodikeys DM. Additional content such as Fun Mixes, Penta Tunes, Information Rhythms and Learnable Songs can also be downloaded from the websites. Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your products during installation, or at Online www.creative.com/register.
Document Conventions Tip. This tells you about short cuts or hints relating to a feature. Note. This highlights additional or important information about a feature. Caution! This highlights proper usage of your product. Use this information to avoid risky situations. Warning! This warns you of possible hazards to yourself or your product, that may result in injury or damage.
The palm rest also acts as a dust www.prodikeys.com sensitive — the harder you cover to protect the music strike the keys, the louder the keyboard for the latest drivers. sound Figure 1-1: Parts of your Creative Prodikeys DM About Your Creative Prodikeys DM 1-1...
The music keyboard on your Creative Prodikeys DM is protected by a cover, which Removing the also acts as a palm rest as you type. To use the music keyboard, you will need to Music remove the cover. Keyboard To remove the palm rest: Press down the upper corners of the cover and slide it Cover out, as shown below.
To clean your Prodikeys DM, use a soft, damp cloth to clean the exterior. Do not Maintaining use any liquid or aerosol cleaners as these may damage your keyboard. Creative Prodikeys DM About Your Creative Prodikeys DM 1-3...
Setting Up Your Creative Prodikeys DM Connect your Creative Prodikeys DM to your computer’s PS/2 keyboard port as Installing shown below. Hardware PS/2 keyboard port Creative Prodikeys DM is not hot-pluggable. PS/2 You must turn off your cable computer before...
To install the software: Installing Insert the Creative Prodikeys DM software Installation CD into your CD-ROM Software drive. An installation screen appears. If not, start Windows Explorer, right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then select AutoPlay. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Getting Started You will need to start the included Creative Prodikeys DM software before you can Starting the fully use the Creative Prodikeys DM’s music keyboard. Software To start the software: Press the Music button on the Creative Prodikeys DM keyboard.
Prodikeys software. Figure 3-2: Creative Prodikeys DM software startup screen — PentTunes mode For a simple demonstration of what you can do with the software, click the Demo button. The Demo button can be found in the PentaTunes and FunTunes modes.
The six different Play Modes of your Prodikeys DM software allow you to have fun Play Modes playing and learning music. Press the How To Play button in each mode for more information. PentaTunes mode FunTunes mode Intelligent mode FixedChord mode...
If you have enabled power saving or power management on your computer, you Configuring should set your monitor's power management properties to Never. You should Power also configure your screen saver so that it deactivates when you move your Management mouse.
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General Specifications Standard IBM-compatible computer PS/2 keyboard with 104 keys General Integrated music keyboard with 37 touch-sensitive accordian-sized MIDI keys (also acts Specifications as a standard MIDI input device) PS/2 connector for connecting to computer's PS/2 keyboard port Removable palm rest Pitch Bend wheel Volume Control wheel MUSIC button...
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Troubleshooting Creative Prodikeys DM cannot be detected, even after the Problems with connections are checked and the software installed. installing There may be a conflict with a USB Legacy Device setting on your computer’s Creative motherboard. Prodikeys DM Refer to your computer’s motherboard manual to disable the USB Legacy Device setting.