Panasonic 970 owner manual Tuning the Keyboard

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TUNING THE KEYBOARD

Although your Concertmate 970 never goes out of tune, it does let you adjust its pitch to match other instruments or musical recordings.

Note: You cannot tune the keyboard while the juke box mode is turned on.

1.Press and hold SOUND, then press and release JUKE BOX. The display shows the current pitch setting.

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SOUND

 

 

 

 

 

MELODY

 

 

 

 

 

ON/OFF

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RHYTHM

Note: The number on the display is the number of “cents” to which the keyboard is currently tuned, compared to its default pitch. A cent is the measurement that rep- resents the acoustical interval between two tones. 1200 cents equal 1 octave.

2.Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press TRANSPOSE/TUNE s or t to raise or lower the keyboard's pitch. Each time you press the key, the number on the display increases or decreases by 1 (cent).

VOLUME SYNCHRO/ START/ TEMPO

FILL-IN STOP

TRANSPOSE/TU

Notes:

You can tune the Concertmate 970 to within ±50 cents (101 lev- els) of its default pitch.

You can use the number keypad to raise the pitch by entering the desired cent value.

To reset the keyboard to its default pitch, press both TRANSPOSE/ TUNE s and t at the same time. 00 (cents) appears on the display.

The Concertmate 970 automati- cally resets the tuning pitch to the default value of 00 (cents) each time you turn off the keyboard or play the juke box tunes.

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Contents Concertmate Features FCC Wants YOU to Know Contents Using Batteries Connecting PowerPreparation Using AC Power Using Vehicle Battery PowerConnecting Headphones Listening SafelyConnecting AN External Amplifier Using the Sheet Music StandUnderstanding the Controls Look AT Your KeyboardReading the Display Operation Basic OperationPlaying Back a Juke Box Tune Using the Juke BOXPlaying Along with a Juke Box Tune Using the Preset Sounds Selecting/Playing a Preset Sound RhythmsPercussion Sounds Keyboard Split Sounds Using the Preset AUTO-RHYTHMSSelecting/Playing An Auto-Rhythm Using Synchro Using FILL-IN Using Auto AccompanimentConcert Chord START/STOP Standard Fingering Changing Auto Power OFF Sounds RhythmsSpecial Features Changing KeysTuning the Keyboard Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance Standard Fingering Chord Chart M7-5 dim aug sus4 Root Type 7sus4 m add9 mM7 7 Specifications Levels of Difficulty SongbookSongs Score ExampleFm Page 30 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 445 PM Fm Page 31 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 445 PM RadioShack Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas