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USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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Safety Precautions
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Precauciones de seguridad
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de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad”
separadas.
PX300-ES-1
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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, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfere
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Contents General Guide ..........................E-2 Other Settings ........................E-21 Attachment of the Score Stand .................. E-2 Changing the Keyboard Touch ................. E-21 Playing Back All the Built-in Tunes ............. E-3 Changing the Piano Key ........................... E-21 Changing the Pitch of the Piano to Match Another Instrument ........................ E-21 Power Supply ...........................E-4 Using MIDI ............................................
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General Guide Back Panel Attachment of the Score Stand Insert the score stand into the slot at the top of the digital piano as shown in the illustration. 12 3 4 Left Side Panel 567 8 J NO 90A BCDE F G H I KLM NOTE CONTROL • Each chapter of this manual starts with an illustration of the piano’s console, which shows the buttons and other controllers you need to operate. REVERB CHORUS E-2 413A-E-004A
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General Guide 1 E PEDAL DAMPER jack RHYTHM, SONG button 2 PEDAL SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack F TRACK 1/L TRACK 2/R button 3 G LINE OUT R, L/MONO jacks SONG MEMORY button 4 H LINE IN R, L/MONO jacks METRONOME button 5 I POWER button Display screen 6 DC 12V jack J TONE buttons 7 K MIDI THRU/OUT/IN terminals TEMPO buttons 8 PHONES jacks L RHYTHM/SONG SELECT buttons 9 M VOLUME knob BEAT buttons 0 N CONTROL button VARIATION button A O REVERB CHORUS button SPLIT button B INTRO/ENDING button C SYNCHRO/FILL-IN
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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 to a PEDAL Jack • Whenever connecting external equipment, first set the VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the volume Depending on the type of operation you want the controller of the external equipment to relatively low pedal (SP-3) to perform, connect the pedal’s cable to volume settings. You can later adjust volume to the level the digital piano’s PEDAL DAMPER jack or PEDAL you want after connections are complete. SOFT/SOSTENUTO jack. If you want to use bo
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Connections Connecting to a Musical Instrument Connecting an audio or Amplifier 3 musical instrument amplifier Use commercially available cables to connect the Connecting to an audio or musical instrument amplifier to the piano’s LINE OUT jacks as shown in amplifier provides even clearer, more powerful sound Figure 3. R jack output is right channel sound, while through external speakers. L/MONO jack output is left channel sound. Connecting to the L/MONO jack only outputs a Audio amplifier AUX IN
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Playing with Different Tones Press the VARIATION button so the 4 Selecting and Playing a Tone indicator lamp above it is lit. Your piano has the following types of tones built in. • This selects the variation tone assigned to each TONE button. Example: PIPE ORGAN Main Tones 15 • For information about variation tone assigned Variation Tones 15 to each button, see the Tone List on page A-1. GM Tones 128 To toggle between the main tone Drum Sets 10 5 (VARIATION indicator lamp off) and variation to
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Playing with Different Tones While holding down the CONTROL Selecting the GM TONES Button 4 button, use the keyboard keys shown below Variation Tone to input the tone number of the GM tone To assign a variation tone to the GM TONES button, you want to assign to the GM TONES perform the steps under “Selecting a GM Tone or button. Drum Set” on page E-7. After step 1, however, press Example: 008 (GM CELESTA) the VARIATION button so the indicator lamp above it is lit. After you assign a GM tone as t
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Playing with Different Tones To Select effect type Layering Two Tones You can select from among four reverb effects and four Use the following procedure to layer to two tones, so chorus effects by pressing the keyboard keys shown they sound at the same time. below. PREPARATION 1 Reverb Effect Keys 1: Room 2 3: Hall 2 • If you plan to use a variation tone, perform the procedure on page E-7 to select the variation tone for the applicable TONE button(s) before starting this procedure. 0: Room 1 2:
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Playing with Different Tones Adjusting the Volume of Layered Tones Specifying the Keyboard Tone Split Point While holding down the CONTROL While holding down the SPLIT button, 1 1 button, use the keyboard keys shown below press the keyboard key where you want the to adjust the volume of the layered tones. left limit of the high range (right) tone to be. – Left limit of the high range Low range High range + C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 + : Raises the volume (0 to 24) – : Lowers the vol
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Playing with Different Tones Pedal functions Using the Built-in Metronome • Damper pedal Pressing this pedal causes notes to reverberate and You can use the metronome to sound a count that helps to sustain longer. keep you in proper time. • Soft pedal Press the METRONOME button. 1 Pressing this pedal dampens notes and slightly • This starts the metronome. reduces their volume. Only notes played after the pedal is depressed are affected, and any notes While holding down the CONTROL played before
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Playing Rhythms You can select from among 120 built-in rhythms. See Press the START/STOP button again to stop 4 the Rhythm List on page A-2 of this manual for more the rhythm. information. NOTE NOTE • You can also cycle through the available rhythms • Rhythms 110 through 119 consist of chord in step 2 by holding down the CONTROL button accompaniments only, without any drums or other and pressing the RHYTHM/SONG SELECT [ ] percussion instruments. These rhythms do not or [ ] button. sound unless C
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Playing Rhythms To adjust the tempo of the rhythm Using Auto Accompaniment With auto accompaniment, the keyboard Press the RHYTHM button so the RHYTHM 1 automatically plays rhythm, bass, and chord parts in indicator lamp is lit. accordance with chords you select using simplified • Each press of the button toggles between the keyboard fingerings, or chords you play. Auto upper indicator lamp and lower indicator lamp. accompaniment makes it feel like you have your own private backup group with you
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Playing Rhythms Use a CASIO CHORD fingering to play the How to Play Chords 4 first chord within the accompaniment The way you finger chords depends on the current keyboard range. chord mode. • See “How to Play Chords” on this page for information about how to finger chords with Normal the various chord modes. In this mode there is no auto accompaniment, so you • This will cause the intro pattern for the selected rhythm to play, followed by the auto can play all of piano’s keys for standard-fin
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Playing Rhythms Chord Types CCm Cdim CASIO CHORD accompaniment lets you play four types of chords with minimal fingering. Chord Types Example 1 2 Caug * Csus4 C7 * Major chords Press one accompaniment key. C Major (C) Note that the chord produced CC## DEEF F GAAB B CC#DE E F when you press an 2 2 5 Cm7 * Cmaj7 * Cm7 accompaniment keyboard key does not change octave, regardless of which key you use to play it. 5 1 Minor chords (m) C7 * C7sus4 Cadd9 To play a minor chord, keep the C mi
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Playing Rhythms FULL RANGE CHORD Adjusting Accompaniment Volume This accompaniment method makes it possible to play Perform the following operation to change the volume a total of 38 chord variations: the 15 available with level of the rhythm and chord accompaniment (setting FINGERED plus 23 additional variations. The range : 000 to 127). keyboard interprets any input of three or more keys that matches a FULL RANGE CHORD pattern to be a While holding down the CONTROL chord. Any multi-key input
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Learning to Play the Built-in Tunes NOTE Playing a Built-in Tune • You can also cycle through the available tunes in step 2 by holding down the CONTROL button and Your piano comes with 25 Music Library tunes built pressing the RHYTHM/SONG SELECT [ ] or in. See the Song List on page A-2 of this manual for [ ] button. more information. Press the SONG button so SONG indicator 1 lamp (below the button) is lit. • Each press of the button toggles between the upper indicator lamp and lower indicator l
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Recording to and Playing Back from Song Memory You can store the notes you play in Song Memory for Recorded Data Storage later playback. This digital piano has a lithium battery to supply power to retain memory contents even while power is off.* The life of the lithium battery is five years after Tracks the date of manufacture of the digital piano. Be sure The song memory of this piano records and plays back to contact your CASIO service provider about having notes much like a standard tape reco
