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LK-1261 Light-Up MIDI Keyboard
Limited One-Year Warranty
This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workman-ship under normal use for
one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and
dealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE
LIMITED IN DURATION
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GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BY FCC RULES FOR USE OF THE UNIT IN THE U.S.A. (not applicable to other areas). NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
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Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the Symbol Examples RadioShack electronic musical instrument. This triangle symbol ( ) means • Before using the instrument, be sure to that the user should be careful. carefully read through the instructions (The example at left indicates contained in this owner’s manual. electrical shock caution.) • Please keep all information for future reference. This circle with a line through it ( ) means that the indicated action must not be performed
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Misuse of the AC adaptor’s DANGER electric cord can damage or break it, creating the risk of fire and Alkaline Batteries electric shock. Always make sure Perform the following steps you observe the following immediately if fluid leaking from precautions. alkaline batteries ever gets into your • Never place heavy objects on eyes. the cord or subject it to heat. 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them • Never try to modify the cord with water. or subject it to excessive 2.Contact your physician ben
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Do not incinerate the product. Plastic Bags Never throw the product into fire. Never place the plastic bag the Doing so can cause it to explode, product comes in over your head or creating the risk of fire and personal in your mouth. Doing so creates the injury. risk of suffocation. Particular care concerning this Water and Foreign Matter precaution is required where small Water, other liquids, and foreign children are present. matter (such as pieces of metal) getting into the product create the
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Cleaning CAUTION Before cleaning the product, always unplug the AC adaptor from the AC Adaptor wall outlet first. Leaving the AC Misuse of the AC adaptor creates adaptor plugged in creates the risk the risk of fire and electric shock. of damage to the AC adaptor, fire, Always make sure you observe and electric shock. the following precautions. • Do not locate the electric cord Batteries near a stove or other sources of Misuse of batteries can cause them heat. to leak resulting in damage to •
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Display Screen Heavy Objects • Never push on the display Never place heavy object on top of screen’s LCD panel or subject it the product. to strong impact. Doing so can Doing so can make the product top cause the LCD panel’s glass to heavy, causing the product to tip crack, creating the risk of personal over or the object to fall from it, injury. creating the risk of personal injury. • Should the LCD panel ever crack or break, never touch the liquid Correct Stand* Assembly inside of the panel. L
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Main Features ❐ On-screen fingering and timing indicators • Easy-to-understand on-screen indicators help to simplify keyboard play, even for novices. ❐ 100 amazingly realistic tones ❐ Enhanced auto-accompaniment function for greater versatility • 50 built in auto-accompaniment patterns. ❐ 100 Built-in tunes • A total of 100 tunes comes built in for playback enjoyment or play-along practice. ❐ 3-Step Lesson System • Develop your musical skills by following the keys as they light. First you become
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Contents Safety Precautions ................E-1 3-Step Lesson System ........E-22 Using 3-Step Lesson System ..................E-22 Main Features ........................E-6 Voice Fingering Guide .............................E-24 Timing Indicator .......................................E-25 Contents.................................E-7 Step 1: Master the timing.........................E-26 Step 2: Master the melody.......................E-27 General Guide ........................E-8 Step 3: Play a
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General Guide 1 3 5 6 8 0 2 4 7 9 A B C D A ** ** * * ** * E F G HI J K L M N O P Q E-8 648U-E-010A LK-1261_e_08_13.p65 Page 8 04.6.15, 3:33 PM Adobe PageMaker 6.5J/PPC
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1 D MIC jack 100 SONGS list 2 MIC VOLUME knob E CHORD root names 3 F DEMO button Percussion instrument list 4 G KEY LIGHT button Voice 1 to 5 5 H Display Power indicator 6 TRANSPOSE/TUNE/LOCAL CONTROL I POWER/MODE selector operation guide J MAIN VOL slider 7 SONGS button K SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button 8 TONE button L START/STOP button 9 RHYTHM button M TEMPO buttons 0 Number buttons N 3-STEP LESSON buttons A Speakers O PART SELECT button B 50 RHYTHMS list P ONE KEY PLAY buttons See “Rhythm List” on pa
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About the Display 1 Twi nkle 6 5 4 3 1. Currently selected tone number and name, rhythm number and name, song number and name. This area is also used to display other types of information, depending on the mode. 2. Timing Indicator shows the timing of upcoming notes during lesson and song play. 3. Fingering and finger crossing during 3-Step Lesson and song play. R indicates right-hand and L indicates left-hand. 4. Chord names during auto-accompaniment and song play. 5. Tempo (beats per minute)
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Quick Reference This section provides a quick overview of keyboard operation using steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. See page E-22 for detailed explanations of these steps. 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 Set the POWER/MODE selector to NORMAL. 5 Play the melody part on the keyboard. 4 Play the notes with the ONE KEY PLAY buttons. • The accompaniment tempo automatically adjusts to play along with your melody. 2 Press the SONGS button. SONG indicator appears
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Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard • Abnormal rhythm pattern and Song play. household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by • Loss of power, sound distortion, or low volume when batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off playing from a connected computer or MIDI device. whenever you are not using it. • Abnormally low microphone volume. • Distortion of microphone input. • Dim power supply indicator when a microphone is used. Using batterie
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WARNING Power On Alert Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Keyboard keys light to alert you if you leave power on and Always make sure you observe the following precautions. do not perform any operation for about 6 minutes. Note that • Be sure to use only the AC adaptor that is specified for this keys light only, and no sound is produced. When this product. happens, press any button or keyboard key to clear the power • Use only a power source whose voltage is w
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Connections Phones/Output Jack Sustain Jack Before connecting headphones or other external equipment, You can connect an optional sustain pedal to the SUSTAIN be sure to first turn down the volume settings of the keyboard jack to enable the capabilities described below. The sustain and the connected equipment. You can then adjust volume pedal is available at www.RadioShack.com or 1-800-THE- to the desired level after connections are complete. SHACK (843-7422). SUSTAIN jack [Rear Panel] PHONES/O
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Basic Operations This part of the manual provides you with the basic IMPORTANT! information you need to use your keyboard. • Be sure to use the microphone’s ON/OFF switch to turn off the microphone and to disconnect the microphone from the keyboard whenever you are not using it. To switch power on and off Recommended Microphone Type 1. Set the POWER/MODE selector to NORMAL. • Dynamic microphone (standard plug) 2. Press the keyboard keys. IMPORTANT! 3. Use the MAIN VOL slider to set the volume to
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TONE RHYTHM Number buttons POWER/MODE MAIN VOL TEMPO SONGS PERCUSSION (No.99) Keyboard split tones • PERCUSSION (Tone 99) assigns 35 percussion sounds and Some of the preset tones split the keyboard and assign two five voice sounds to the keyboard as shown below. The or more sounds. With such a preset tone, the sound produced sounds assigned to each key are indicated above the depends on what position of the keyboard you play. For keyboard. example, BASS/PIANO (tone 90) puts BASS on the left and
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Polyphony # # Key : F G A A B B C C D E E F The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. This keyboard has 12-note Display : polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the + Trans (–) Trans ( ) rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played : Pressing by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto- : Pressing accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the number of
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DEMO RHYTHM Number buttons POWER/MODE START/STOP TEMPO 2. Use the TEMPO buttons to change the tuning of 3. You can change the demo tune play being played the keyboard. by pressing the number buttons. Example: Lower tuning by 20. • The tunes play back in tune number sequence, starting from the one you select. ( ) – Tun e To stop demo tune play Press the DEMO button or START/STOP button again to stop ❚ NOTE demo tune play. • If you leave the tuning screen on the display for about five seconds wit
