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User’s Manual
Princeton HP-21 DIGITAL PIANO
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Using the Instruction Manual Congratulations on the purchase of your new digital piano! With your new piano, you’ll enjoy breakthrough technology and advanced sound reproduction – bringing you professional performance and entertainment all in one! This skillfully built digital piano enables you to explore your creativity, and helps make yours a more musical home… Before using your new piano, we recommend you read through this manual completely and keep it handy for future reference.
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Precautions Please read the following carefully before use: Do not expose the piano to high temperature, direct sunlight or excessive dust. Do not place the piano too close to appliances such as televisions and radios as these items may cause interference. Avoid excessive humidity and putting any liquids on top of the piano Always unplug AC cord by gripping the plug firmly, but not pulling on the cable. Do not apply excessive force to the switches and buttons. When
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Contents Digital Piano Set-up Guide 3-5 General Guide 6-7 The Connectors 8 - Using the AC power jack 8 - Using Headphones 8 - Using the MIDI OUT jack 8 Operation 9-13 1. Power Switch & Volume 9 2. Voice/Dual Voice 9 3. Metronome 9 4. DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 10 5. Transpose 10 6. Tempo 10 7. Touch Response 10 8. Record & Playback 11-12 9. Demo Song 12-13 10. Foot Pedals 13 MIDI 14 - What is MIDI? 14 - What can you do with MIDI? 14 Specifications 15 Voice List 16
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Digital Piano Set-up Guide 1. Open the package, and check that you have the following parts: 1. Piano body 2. Music stand 3. Right leg 4. Left leg 5. Back panel 6. Foot pedal unit 7. Hand screw (4 pcs.) 8. Screws (8 pcs.) 9. Screw caps (8 pcs.) 10. Power cable stabling hook (2 pcs.)
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Digital Piano Set-up Guide 2. . Follow the illustration below to setup your piano. A. Put the foot pedal unit(6) in between the left and right legs (3&4) . Use 4 screws (2 on each side) to attach the legs onto the foot pedal unit. (Make sure the position correct before tightening screws) B. Use 4 screws (2 on each side) to tighten the back panel (5) onto the finished assembly in Part A.
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Digital Piano Set-up Guide C. Put the piano body (1) on the top of the finished stand from part B. Use 4 hand screws to fasten the piano to the stand. D. After the initial set-up, adhere the cable stabling hook(10) on the internal side of the leg (see the below illustration for reference). Cable stabling hook
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General Guide Top View Rear View Front View 1. Control Panel 2. Pedal Jack 3. MIDI IN/OUT Jack 4. AUX. OUT Jack 5. AC Power Jack 6. Headphones Jack 7. Soft Pedal 8. Sostenuto Pedal 9. Sustain Pedal 10. Music Stand 11. Piano Keyboard
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General Guide 1) POWER SWITCH 16 ） VOICE TYPE & DEMO SONG SELECT 2) MASTER VOLUME 0 - PIANO 1 3) DUAL 1 - PIANO 2 4) DSP 2 - E.PIANO 1 5) TOUCH 3 - E.PIANO 2 6) RECORD 4 - HARPSICHORD 7) TRACK A 5 - VIBES 8) TRACK B 6 - STRINGS ENSEMBLE 9) REPEAT 7 - CHORUS 10) METRONOME 8 - JAZZ ORGAN 11) TRANSPOSE +/- 9 - CHURCH ORGAN 12) TEMPO +/- 17 ） LED 13) DEMO ALL - TEMPO 14) RECORD - SONG - PLAY - TRANSPOSE - STOP 15 ） DEMO - SELECT - START/STOP
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The Connectors Using the AC power jack 1. Connect the power cable to the AC power jack on the underside of the piano. 2. Ensure the piano is turned off when connecting and disconnecting the power 3. Plug the power cable into an AC power outlet. 4. Turn the volume switch counter-clockwise to reach the minimum volume level. 5. If you have done the above procedures, it’s now safe to turn on the piano. Caution: When the piano is not in use or during a thundersto
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Connect the rear-panel AUX.OUT jack to amplified speakers, amplifiers or domestic hi-fi-units for external amplification. Note: Connect both left(L) and right(R) channels for stereo effect. If you only connect either one of the channels, the connected channel will only take effect. Using the Foot Pedals Connect the plug of the foot pedal unit to the pedal jack on the rear panel. Using the MIDI IN/OUT Jack MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interfac
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1. Power Switch & Volume 1. Turn the POWER switch on. The LED display lights up. 2. Use the volume control switch to adjust the volume to your desired level Caution: If the LED display has not lit up after you turned on the piano, please check the power supply. If the piano is silent, the volume may be adjusted to its minimum level. Although the Main switch may be in the OFF position, the piano is not disconnected from the power supply completely! 2. Voic
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Press the [DSP] button to turn on/off the DSP. The status will appear on the LED. 5. Transpose The Transpose function allows you to change the pitch of the instrument in semi-tone steps, up to a maximum setting of 12 semitones above or below standard pitch. To restore the normal Transpose position, press both the +/- buttons simultaneously. 6. Tempo You can speed up or slow down the tempo of a song or metronome by pressing the [TEMPO +/-] buttons. To restore the de
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There is a touch response function to set the default value for the keyboard touch. Press the [TOUCH] button to adjust the touch response level in the range of 1 to 3. 2 is the default level. To turn off the touch response function, press the [TOUCH] button repeatedly until "OFF" appearing on the display. 8. Record & Playback Record Press the [RECORD] button to record. The record indicator lights up. There are 2 tracks for recording - track A and track B. Select an
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Repeat the playback During the playback, press the [REPEAT] button to set the beginning point that you want to listen, "r-A" will appear on the display, then press the [REPEAT] button again to set the end point of the playback, "r-B" will appear on the display and the recorded song will playback repeatedly. 9. Demo Song Select a Demo song Hold the [SELECT] button. The number of the current demo song will appear on the display. Use the Voice button twice to select
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Repeat the demo song When a demo song is playing, press the [REPEAT] button to set the beginning point that you want to listen. "r-A" will appear on the display, then press the [REPEAT] button again to set the end point of the playback."r-B" will appear on the display and the selected section of the demo song will playback repeatedly. This function does not work after pressing the [DEMO ALL] button and its songs are playing. Adjust the tempo of demo song When a demo song
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MIDI The MIDI connections are located at the rear panel of the unit. The following shows the description of MIDI and the steps of using MIDI. What is MIDI? MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a world wide standard that makes it possible for various electronic musical instruments and other devices, such as computers, to "communicate with each other". The keyboard is equipped with two types of MIDI connections, both are located on the rear panel. MID
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Specifications Keyboard 88 hammer action keys Voice 10 Voices Demo Song 20 Demo Songs Display LED Switch and Buttons POWER SWITCH, VOLUME SWITCH, DUAL, DSP, TOUCH, RECORD, TRACK A, TRACK B, REPEAT, METRONOME, TRANSPOSE +/-, TEMPO +/-, DEMO ALL, RECORD - PLAY/STOP, DEMO - SELECT/ START/STOP, VOICE SELECT 0-9 +/-12 semi tones Transpose Soft, Sostenuto, Sustain Pedals Hard, Medium, Soft, Off Touch Response AC POWER, HEADPHONES, AUX.OUT, MIDI IN/OUT, Connectors PEDALS Speaker
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Voice List No Name of Voice Name of Voice on Panel Demo Song List
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