Startup Summary; Making Connections; Making Music - Kurzweil PC3A8 Getting Started Manual

Startup summary

Startup summary
If you are familiar with Kurzweil instruments and are comfortable making system connections,
here is a quick summary of the necessary steps. More detailed instructions are on the following
pages.

Making Connections

1. Set the keyboard on a hard, flat, level surface. Make sure to leave plenty of room for
ventilation.
2. Four adhesive-backed rubber feet are provided with your PC3A. If you want to attach them to
the bottom of the PC3A(recommended to prevent scratching your tabletop), carefully turn the
keyboard over, remove the paper backing from the rubber feet and attach them now, near each
corner, all on the same level.
3. Connect the AC power cable to the rear panel.
4. Make sure your sound system is at a safe volume level. Also make sure that the PC3A's
MASTER VOLUME slider (on the far left side of the front panel) is all the way down.
5. Plug in a pair of stereo headphones to the jack labelled on the rear panel, or run standard
(1/4-inch) audio cables from your amplifier or mixer to the MIX audio outputs on the PC3A.
(Use the Main Left out for mono.) Balanced ("TRS" or "Stereo") cables are recommended.
6. You may also want to adjust the display contrast and brightness, using thetwo small knobs on
the rear panel of the PC3A for this purpose.

Making Music

1. Plug the power cable into an AC source and power up your PC3A with the switch on the rear
panel, next to the power cord connector. Raise the level of the MASTER VOLUME slider, and
check out some of the programs and setups. The PC3A starts up in Program mode by default.
2. If you hear distortion, reduce the gain on your mixing board (or use the pad if it has one).
Scroll through the program list with the Alpha Wheel, or the dedicated Category and Program
3.
buttons, to try the PC3A's many sounds.
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