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USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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Safety Precautions
Before trying to use the digital piano, be
sure to read the separate “Safety
Precautions”.
Precauciones de seguridad
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seguridad” separadas.
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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 General Guide..........................................E-2 Recording Your Keyboard Play ...........E-22 Attachment of the Score Stand ..................................... E-2 Recordable Data, Parts, and Tracks ...........................E-22 Recording Your Practice (Song Recording) ................ E-23 Power Supply ..........................................E-4 Recording a Performance (Free Recording)............... E-23 Using the AC Adaptor ............................................
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General Guide 13 2 Back Panel 6 7 8 b c d e f 4 5 9 * 0 AB C D Left Side Panel g j h i E F G H I K R S U Z ] J LMNOP Q T V W XY [ \ _a *Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration. E-2 419A-E-004A PX400R_e_01-16.p65 2 04.8.24, 4:34 PM
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General Guide 1 ECHO button Q TEMPO buttons 2 MIC VOLUME knob R ONE TOUCH PRESET button 3 S SING ALONG button METRONOME button 4 TRANSPOSE/KEY CONTROL buttons T AUTO HARMONIZE button 5 button U REGISTRATION buttons 6 V SETTING button BANK button 7 REVERB CHORUS button W STORE button 8 X ACCOMP/SONG VOLUME button SPLIT button 9 Y Display screen LAYER button 0 PITCH BEND wheel Z CARD FUNCTION button A [ CHORD root name EXECUTE button B \ Percussion instrument list Card slot C MAIN VOLU
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Power Supply You can power this digital piano by plugging it into a standard household power outlet. Be sure you turn off power and unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano is not in use. Using the AC Adaptor Make sure that you use only the AC adaptor specified for this digital piano. Specified AC Adaptor: AD-12 [Left Side Panel] DC 12V jack AC adaptor AD-12 AC outlet IMPORTANT! • Make sure that the product is turned off before connecting or disconnecting the A
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Connections IMPORTANT! Connecting an audio or musical • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the MAIN VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume controller instrument amplifier of the external equipment to relatively low volume settings. You Connecting to an audio or musical instrument amplifier provides can later adjust volume to the level you want after connections even clearer, more powerful sound through external speakers. are complete. IMPORTANT! • The digital piano automa
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Selecting and Using Built-in Tones Press one of the 12 TONE buttons to select the tone 3 Tone Type group you want. Your digital piano has the following types of tones built in. • For information about each tone group, see the tone list on page A-1. Example: ORGAN Panel Tones 120 GM Tones 128 Drum Sets 10 • See the Tone List on page A-1 for more information. Selecting a Tone • Pressing a TONE button causes its indicator lamp to light. Panel tones are divided into 12 groups. You can select a group
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Selecting and Using Built-in Tones Using Tone Effects Layering Two Tones Reverb: Makes your notes resonate Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at Chorus: Adds more breadth to your notes the same time. Press the REVERB CHORUS button to cycle through Use the procedure under “Selecting a Tone” on page 1 1 the effect settings as shown below. E-6 to select the main tone. • You can find out the current effect setting by looking at Example: To select Grand Piano, press the PIA
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Selecting and Using Built-in Tones Splitting the Keyboard between Using Layer and Split Together Two Tones You can use the following procedure to layer two tones on the left side of the keyboard (left main tone + left layered tone), and two You can assign different tones to keys on the left side and the right other tones on the right side (right main tone + right layered tone). side of the keyboard. Split point Split Point Split Tone Split Tone Main Tone + + Strings Grand Piano Layered Split Ton
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Selecting and Using Built-in Tones Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals Using the PITCH BEND Wheel The digital piano is equipped with two pedal jacks, one for a Rotating the PITCH BEND wheel causes the pitch of notes to bend. damper pedal and one for a soft/sostenuto pedal. You can use the This lets you add realistic effects to saxophone, electric guitar, and procedure below to specify the type of operation that should be other tones. performed by the pedal connected to the PEDAL SOFT/ SOSTENUTO jac
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Playing a Rhythm Press the START/STOP button to start play of the selected 3 Playing a Rhythm rhythm’s normal pattern. You can select from among 120 built-in rhythms. See the Rhythm List on page A-3 for more information. If you want to change to the variation rhythm pattern, 4 press the VARIATION/FILL-IN button. NOTE • To return to the normal rhythm pattern, press the • FOR PIANO group rhythms 10 through 19 consist of chord NORMAL/FILL-IN button. accompaniments only, without any drums or other p
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Playing a Rhythm Use a CASIO CHORD fingering to play the first chord 4 Using Auto Accompaniment within the accompaniment keyboard range. With Auto Accompaniment, the digital piano automatically plays • See “How to Play Chords” on this page for information rhythm, bass, and chord parts in accordance with chords you select about how to finger chords with the different chord modes. using simplified keyboard fingerings, or chords you play. Auto • Playing a chord will cause the intro pattern for the
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Playing a Rhythm FINGERED Chord Type Example In the FINGERED mode, you play standard chord fingerings in Major Chords the accompaniment area to play chords. To finger a C chord, for Pressing a single accompaniment C (C major) example, you would press the C-E-G keys. ## # area key in the CASIO CHORD CC DEEF F GAAB B CC DE E F mode will play the major chord FINGERED Mode Keyboard whose name is marked above the key. All of the accompaniment area keys that are marked with the same chord na
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Playing a Rhythm FULL RANGE CHORD Adjusting the Volume of Accompaniment, The FULL RANGE CHORD mode lets you play a total of 38 different types of chords (the same chords available in the Tune, and Memory Card Playback FINGERED mode plus 23 more). FULL RANGE CHORD recognizes the pressing of three or more keyboard keys anywhere Use the procedures below to adjust the volume of the on the keyboard as a chord fingering. Anything else (pressing one accompaniment, built-in tune playback, and memory c
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Playing a Rhythm NOTE Using One-Touch Preset • Auto Harmonize is available in the FINGERED and CASIO CHORD accompaniment modes only. With One-Touch Preset, the digital piano automatically configures • Auto Harmonize is disabled and cannot be used while optimal tone, tempo, and other settings in accordance with the playing back a tune from the Music Library or a memory card. rhythm pattern you select. The following are the One-Touch Preset settings that are configured for each rhythm pattern. • K
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Using Registration Memory How registration memory organizes its What is registration memory? data Registration memory lets you save up to 16 (4 areas × 4 banks) Registration memory has four banks, and each bank contains four digital piano setups (tone, rhythm, tempo, etc.) for instant recall areas. Use the BANK button to select a bank, and the whenever you need them. REGISTRATION buttons to select an area. Registration Memory Setup Data The following are the settings that can be saved for each r
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Using Registration Memory To store a setup in registration memory To recall a setup from registration memory On the digital piano, configure the tone, rhythm, and Use the BANK button to select the registration memory 1 1 other settings you want to save as your setup. bank that contains the setup you want to recall. • See “Registration Memory Setup Data” (page E-15) for • This causes the number of the selected bank to appear on more information. the display for about five seconds. If you do not p
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Playing Back Built-in Tunes Your digital piano comes with a total of 80 tunes built in. You can Playing Back a Song Group Tune play back built-in tunes for your own listening pleasure, or you can use them for practice and even sing-along. Page A-4 shows a Song Group List, which lists all of the tunes Built-in tunes are divided between the two groups described below. included in the Song Group. • Piano Group: 50 tunes Getting Ready The tunes in this group are piano tunes. • Use the ACCOMP/SONG VO
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Playing Back Built-in Tunes NOTE Skipping Forward through a Tune • You can also use the dial to change the tempo setting while the current setting is indicated by a value in brackets ([ ]) on the display. While playback is in progress, hold down the FF button. Example: [T:120] 1 • This skips forward through the tune measure-by-measure. • The value indicates the number of beats per minutes. • The measure number and beat number appear on the • To return the tempo to its initial default setting,
