Playing An Audio File - Kawai ES8 Owner's Manual

Audio Record/Playback
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Playing an Audio file

The ES8 digital piano is also capable of playing MP3 and WAV audio files stored on a USB memory device directly
through the instrument's speaker system. This function is particularly useful when attempting to learn the chords
or melody to a new piece, or to simply play along with one's favourite song.
 A udio Player supported format specifications
Audio Format
MP3
WAV
 P reparing the USB memory device
First, prepare a selection of MP3 or WAV audio files, copying the
data to a USB memory device.
* USB devices should be formatted to use the 'FAT' or 'FAT32' filesystems.
Please refer to page 134 for more information.
1. Entering USB playback mode
Connect a USB memory device to the USB port.
Press the PLAY/STOP button, then press the MENU  button to
select the 'USB Recorder' function.
The LED indicator for the PLAY/STOP button will turn on, and
the file selection screen will be shown in the LCD display.
 F ile selection screen
The file selection screen provides a listing of relevant files and
folders stored on the connected USB device.
The symbol is used to indicate the selected file/folder.
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The symbols are used to indicate a folder.
< >
An example of a typical file/folder listing screen is shown below.
The visible screen height has been extended for the purpose of
this illustration.
[Parent Dir
<Jazz MP3s
<MIDI Files
Cardova
I Got You
‚Man's World MP3
Root Down
Selection cursor
56
(USB Memory)
Specifications
32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz, Mono/Stereo
32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz, Mono/Stereo, 16 bit
Previous folder
]
>
Folders
>
MID
MP3
Files
WAV
Bitrate
8~320 kbit/s (fixed & variable)
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MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
 or  VALUE
Move cursor.
* Files and folders will be listed in alphabetical order, with folders
shown at the top of the screen.
* When the USB Recorder function is selected, MP3, WAV, MID, and KSO
files will be shown.
* The LCD display is capable of showing filenames with a maximum
length of 11 characters (+3 character suffix). Filenames longer than 11
characters will be truncated automatically.
MP3 codec is Copyright (c) 1995-2007, SPIRIT.
 MENU
Select file/folder.