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AP-250
USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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Safety Precautions
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Precauciones de seguridad
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AP250-ES-1A
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TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other appar
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Contents Assembling the Stand............................................................................................... E-29 Unpacking................................................................. E-29 To connect the pedal cord......................................... E-31 To assemble the stand ............................................. E-29 To install the music stand..........................................E-31 General Guide ................................... E-2 Configuring Settin
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General Guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bottom bk bl bm Rear Front bo bn E-2
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General Guide NOTE � The names shown here are always indicated in bold when they appear within the text of this manual. 1 P (POWER) button 8 GRAND PIANO (MODERN) button 2 VOLUME controller 9 ELEC PIANO button 3 FUNCTION button bk Pedal connector 4 SONG a, DEMO button bl USB port 5 RECORDER (L/R) button bm DC 12V terminal 6 METRONOME, DUET button bn PHONES jacks 7 GRAND PIANO (CONCERT) button bo Power lamp FUNCTION Button The FUNCTION button is used when configuring a variety of different digital
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Power Outlet Your digital piano runs on standard household power. ■ To release the clip Be sure to turn off power whenever you are not using As shown in the illustration, press (b) in the direction the digital piano. indicated by the arrow. Using an AC Adaptor Use only the AC adaptor (JEITA Standard, with unified polarity plug) that comes with this digital piano. Use of a different type of AC adaptor can cause malfunction of the digital piano. Specified AC Adaptor: AD-A12150LW � Use the s
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Power Outlet Auto Power Off Turning Power On or Off This digital piano is designed to turn off automatically to avoid wasting power after no operation is 1. Press the P (POWER) button to turn on performed for a preset amount of time. The Auto digital piano power. Power Off trigger time is about four hours. � You also can use the procedure below to temporarily suspend Auto Power Off. ■ To disable Auto Power Off 1. While the digital piano is turned on, press the � This causes the P (POWER) b
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Connections IMPORTANT! Connecting Audio Equipment � Whenever connecting something to the digital piano, or an Amplifier first use the VOLUME controller to set the volume to a low level. After connecting, you can adjust the You can connect audio equipment or a music amplifier volume to the level you want. to the digital piano and then play through external speakers for more powerful volume and better sound quality. Connecting Headphones To either of the digital piano’s PHONES jack Pin plug
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Connections Bundled and Optional Accessories Use only accessories that are specified for use with this digital piano. 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/ E-7 English
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Playing with Different Tones VOLUME FUNCTION METRONOME ELEC PIANO SONG a GRAND PIANO Selecting and Playing a Tone The piano comes with 18 built-in tones. � The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned. To select a tone 1. Select the tone you want. To select GRAND PIANO (CONCERT or To select one of the other tones MODERN) or ELEC PIANO � While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the keyboard key that corresponds to the � Press one of the GRAND PIANO
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Playing with Different Tones Bass Tones (BASS 1, BASS 2) NOTE Selecting either of the two BASS (LOWER) tones (1 or � Of the digital piano’s 18 built-in tones, the first five are grand piano tone. Each tone has its own 2) in step 1 of the above procedure will assign the distinctive merits, so you should select the tone that selected bass tone to the low range (left side) of the suits the song you are playing along with or your keyboard. The high range (right side) will be assigned own pers
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Playing with Different Tones To adjust the volume balance between Layering Two Tones two layered tones Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at the same time. 1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, When specifying two tones for layering, first tone you use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust select will be the main tone, while the second tone will the volume of the layered tones. be the layered tone. 1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press down the
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Playing with Different Tones Using Effects Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals Reverb : Makes your notes resonate. Chorus : Adds more breadth to your notes. Your digital piano comes equipped with three pedals: damper, soft, and sostenuto. 1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the Reverb or Chorus keyboard key to cycle through the available settings. � Each press of the Reverb or Chorus keyboard key causes the digital piano to beep according to which setting is selected, as shown in t
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Playing with Different Tones 4. Press the METRONOME button or SONG Using the Metronome a button to turn off the metronome. 1. Press the METRONOME button. NOTE � This starts the metronome. � To return the tempo setting to the default tempo of � The lamp above the SONG a button flash in time the currently selected Music Library tune, press the with the metronome beat. + and – keys at the same time in step 3. Pressing + and – while recording will return the tempo value to 2. To change the bea
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Playing with Different Tones Changing the Octaves of the duet Playing a Piano Duet keyboards You can use the Duet Mode to split the piano’s You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboard in the center so two people can play a duet. keyboards in octave units from their initial default The left and right side keyboards have virtually the settings. This comes in handy, for example, if the initial same range. The left pedal operates as the left side default range is not enough when
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Playing Back Built-in Songs FUNCTION RECORDER SONG a Your digital piano comes with a Music Library of 60 2. To change demo playback to a different song, built-in tunes. You can play all 60 tunes in sequence, hold down the FUNCTION button as you use from beginning to end. the SONG SELECT keys to specify a song number. IMPORTANT! � After you select a built-in song, it can take a number of seconds for the song data to be loaded. While the data is being loaded, the keyboard keys and button o
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Playing Back Built-in Songs Playing Back a Specific Music Practicing with a Music Library Library Song Song The Music Library includes both built-in songs (01 to You can turn off the left hand part or right hand part of 60), plus songs (61 to 70) that have been saved to digital a song and play along on the piano. piano memory from a computer*. You can use the procedure below to select one of these songs and play it NOTE back. � The Music Library includes a number of duets. * You can download
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Recording and Play Back FUNCTION RECORDER METRONOME SONG a You can store the notes you play in digital piano Recording Data Storage memory for later playback. � Starting a new recording deletes any data that was previously recorded in memory. � If power to the Digital Piano is cut off while Tracks recording is in progress, everything you recorded up to that point will be deleted. Take care so power is A track is a container of recorded data, and a song not turned off accidentally during re
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Recording and Play Back 4. Start playing something on the keyboard. To record to a specific track of � Recording will start automatically. a song 5. To stop recording, press the SONG a After recording to either of the tracks of a song, you can button. record to the other track while listening to playback � This will cause the RECORDER button lamp and the what you recorded in the first track. lamp of the track you recorded to change from flashing to lit. 1. Press the RECORDER button twice s
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Recording and Play Back To record to one track of a Playing Back from Digital song while listening to the Piano Memory playback of the other track 1. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. 1. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. NOTE � When a song has something recorded in both tracks, 2. While holding down the FUNCTION button, you can turn off one track and play back just the press the RECORDER (L/R) button to select other track, if you want. the track you want to play ba
