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LK-1500 Light-Up General MIDI Keyboard
42-4069
Owner’s Manual
Please read before using this equipment.
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Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the RadioShack Symbol Examples electronic musical instrument. • Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully This triangle symbol ( ) means that the read through the instructions contained in this user should be careful. (The example at manual. left indicates 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. Indica
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Safety Precautions Never touch the AC adapter while your DANGER hands are wet. Doing so creates the risk of electric shock. Alkaline Batteries Use the AC adaptor where it will not be Perform the following steps immediately if splashed with water. Water creates the fluid leaking from alkaline batteries ever risk of fire and electric shock. gets into your eyes. Do not place a vase or any other container 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them with filled with liquid on top of the AC water. adap
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Safety Precautions Dropping and Impact CAUTION Continued use of this product after it has been damaged by dropping or subjecting it AC Adaptor to strong impact creates the risk of fire and Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the electric shock. Take the following steps risk of fire and electric shock. Always immediately. make sure you observe the following 1. Turn off power. precautions. 2. If you are using the AC adaptor for • Do not locate the electric cord near a power, unplug it from the wal
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Safety Precautions Connectors • Should you ever feel any symptoms Connect only the specified devices and similar to those described above when equipment to the product’s connectors. using this product, stop using it Connection of a non-specified device or immediately and contact your physician. equipment creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Heavy Objects Never place heavy object on top of the Location product. Avoid the following locations for this Doing so can make the product top heavy
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Main Features ❐ 264 tones A wide selection of tones includes stereo piano and synthesized sounds, drum sets, and much more. ❐ PIANO SONGS button The touch of a button takes you directly to piano tones and piano lessons. ❐ Advanced 3-Step Lesson System The 3-Step Lesson System lets you practice at your own pace. The keyboard automatically grades your performances, so you can trace your progress as you improve. TM • 3-Step Lesson System: Use any of the keyboard’s built-in tunes and SMF data from a
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Contents Safety Precautions .................... E-1 Practicing on the Piano .......... E-20 Using the PIANO SONGS Button .......... E-20 Main Features ............................ E-5 Playing a Built-in Tune............ E-21 Contents..................................... E-6 To play back a SONGS tune .................. E-21 To play back a PIANO SONGS tune ...... E-22 General Guide............................ E-8 Musical Information System ................... E-22 Attaching the Score Stand ......
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Contents Using Auto Accompaniment ................... E-34 Connection to a Computer ..... E-50 Using an Intro Pattern ............................ E-37 Connecting to a Computer ..................... E-50 Using a Fill-in Pattern............................. E-37 Expanding the Selections in the SONGS Tunes ....................................... E-51 Using a Rhythm Variation....................... E-37 General MIDI Tone ................................. E-51 Using a Fill-in Pattern with a Variatio
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General Guide 3 5 6 7 8 0 A B C 1 2 4 9 D EFG H I J K L M N 1 O 2 3 I * * * P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] _ b c d a e E-8 649U-E-010A
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General Guide NOTE • This keyboard has two PLAY/STOP buttons. In this manual, the PLAY/STOP button that is located under the SING ALONG button is indicated as . 1 N MIC VOLUME knob Display 2 O KEY CONTROL/TRANSPOSE buttons PIANO SONGS list 3 SING ALONG button P CHORD root names 4 Q button Percussion instrument list 5 R SONG MEMORY button SPLIT button 6 S FUNCTION button LAYER button 7 T DEMO button Voice 1 to 5 list 8 U KEY LIGHT button POWER button 9 DATA ACCESS lamp V Po
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General Guide *1 Attaching the Score Stand Insert both ends of the music stand provided with the keyboard into the two holes on the top surface. *2 f Number buttons • For input of numbers to change a displayed number or setting. • Negative values cannot be input using the number buttons. Use [+] (increase) and [–] (decrease) instead. g [+] [–] / buttons *3 h Card slot h Rear Panel i j k l m i l SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK USB port j DC 9V jack m VIDEO OUT jack k PHONES/OUTPUT jack E-10 649U-E-012A
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Quick Reference SONGS PIANO SONGS Number buttons POWER indicator STEP2 POWER MODE PLAY/STOP STEP1 This section provides a quick overview of keyboard operation 4 Find the tune you want to play in the SONGS/SING using steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. ALONG List, and then use the number buttons to input its two-digit number. • See page A-9 for the SONGS/Sing Along List. To play the keyboard Example: To select “58 ALOHA OE”, input 5 and then 8. 1 Press the POWER button to turn on powe
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Quick Reference If you selected lesson Step 1 • Play the notes on the keyboard. • Accompaniment (left-hand part) plays in time with the notes. • With Step 1, the correct melody note is played no matter which keyboard key you press. If you selected lesson Step 2 • Play the correct notes on the keyboard. • Press the keyboard key that lights. Note that with a Piano Bank tune, the keyboard key light turns off as soon as you press the key. • The keyboard key for the next note you will need to play f
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Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard Important Battery Information household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by The following shows the approximate battery life. batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off Alkaline batteries .................................... 2.5 hours whenever you are not using it. The above value is standard battery life at normal temperature, with the keyboard volume at medium setting. Temperature extremes or playi
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Power Supply CAUTION Using the AC Adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric To power the keyboard from an AC outlet, you need an AC shock. Always make sure you observe the following TM adaptor and a size M Adaptaplug (neither supplied, precautions. available at your local RadioShack store or online • Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other www.RadioShack.com). sources of heat. • Never pull on the cord when unplugging from the CAUTION electrical outlet
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Power Supply Power On Alert Keyboard keys light to alert you if you leave power on and do not perform any operation for about 6 minutes. Note that keys light only, and no sound is produced. When this happens, press any button or keyboard key to clear the power on alert. NOTE • Power on alert operates only when you are powering the keyboard using the AC adaptor. It does not operate when you are using batteries. To turn off power on alert 1 Press the FUNCTION button a number of times until “DEMO 2
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Connections Connection Example Phones/Output Jack PIN plug (red) PIN jack PREPARATION To keyboard’s INPUT 1 • Before connecting headphones or other external PHONES/OUTPUT INPUT 2 equipment, be sure to first turn down the volume settings jack PIN plug (white) of the keyboard and the connected equipment. You can Keyboard or Stereo standard plug Standard plug guitar amp then adjust volume to the desired level after connections are complete. [Rear Panel] USB port PHONES/OUTPUT jack You can also c
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TV / VIDEO Connections IMPORTANT! Microphone Jack • See the user documentation that comes with your TV You can connect a microphone (not supplied, available at your for information about how to configure the required local RadioShack store) to the microphone jack and sing along settings. with notes played on the keyboard. For details, see “Using a • The supported color system by this keyboard is NTSC. Microphone for Sing Along” on page E-31. VIDEO OUT Jack Images will not appear correctly on the
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Basic Operations KEY LIGHT TONE Number buttons [+] / [–] POWER MAIN VOLUME MODE This section provides information on performing basic 2 Press the TONE button. keyboard operations. To play the keyboard 1 Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on. Indicator appears 2 Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. 3 Use the number buttons to input the three-digit tone 3 Use the MAIN VOLUME slider to set the volume number of the tone you want to select. to a relatively low level. Example: To select “049 ACOUST
