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To prevent hearing damage, always set the keyboard’s volume to its lowest level before you begin playing it after changing any settings.

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Basic Operation

•To remind you to save power during operation, the keyboard automatically sounds a tone about every 5 minutes if you do not press a key.

•The keyboard automatically selects the tone Grand PIANO (No. 01) when you turn the power on. To select a different tone, see “Selecting/Playing a Preset Tone” on Page 4.

•To select an auto-rhythm, see “Using the Preset Auto-Rhythms” on Page 4.

•To play auto accompaniment, see “Using Auto Accompaniment” on Page 5.

•The keyboard’s volume ranges from 0 (no sound) to 10 (maximum), and the current volume level appears on the display. Each time you turn on the keyboard, the volume is set to 6.

•To quickly return to the default volume setting of 6, turn the keyboard off then back on.

Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune

•The keyboard always selects the tune “Canon” (No. 01) each time you turn it on.

•Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For example, to select 06 (“Wiegenlied (Schubert)”), press 0 6.

•If you enter an incorrect first digit, repeatedly press + or – to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune.

•Each tune plays a different preset tone for the melody.

Using the Preset Tones

The keyboard has 8-note (maximum) polyphonic sound. This means that you can play up to 8 different notes at the same time with most of the keyboard’s preset tones.

Selecting/Playing a Preset Tone

•Each time you turn the keyboard on, it automatically selects the tone Grand PIANO (No. 01).

•Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For example, to select VIBRAPHONE (No. 06), press 0 6.

Selecting/Playing an Auto-Rhythm

•Each time you turn on the keyboard, it automatically selects the rhythm Disco 1 (No. 01).

•Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For example, press 0 5 to select POP WALTZ

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1.To turn on the keyboard, set POWER to ON. The POWER indicator lights. #"±

2.To hear a sample of the keyboard’s many sounds, play a prerecorded tune (see “Playing the Prerecorded Tunes” on

Page 4). To make your own music, simply begin playing the keyboard. ±

3.Repeatedly press VOLUME UP or

VOLUME DOWN to increase or decrease the volume. ±

4.To turn off the keyboard, set POWER to OFF. The POWER indicator turns off.

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You can listen to any of the 50 tunes that come prerecorded in the keyboard, or you can turn off a tune’s melody or accompaniment and then play along on the keyboard.

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1.Press SONG. IED= and the number of the current tune appears. ±

2.Choose a tune from the SONGS list and enter its two-digit number on the keypad.

Or, you can press + or – to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune. ±

3.Press START/STOP to start playing the tune. ±

You can change the tune by repeating Step 2 even while a tune is playing. The new tune immediately begins to play. As it plays, the display shows:

•a “score” to indicate the notes that are playing (right side of the display)

•a “keyboard” to indicate the fingering and which keys are pressed (bottom of the display)

•the black dots above the metronome show the beat count in the measure

•the chord name (center left of the display)

4.Use VOLUME to adjust the volume as desired.

5.To change the tempo, repeatedly press

TEMPO UP or TEMPO DOWN. The current tempo setting appears.

6.To select a different tune, repeat Step 2. To stop the tune completely, press

START/STOP.

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To play the prerecorded tunes one by one (in order from the selected starting point), press DEMO. To stop the demo, press DEMO again.

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Your keyboard can sound like 50 different musical instruments. The name and two-digit number for each preset tone is listed on the TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel. ±

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1.Press TONE. JED; and the current tone’s number appears. ±

2.To play a different tone, choose a preset tone from the TONES list and enter its two-digit number on the keypad. As you press the keys, the selected digits appear.

Or, you can use + or – to move to the next higher or lower numbered tone. ±

3.Play the keyboard to hear the selected tone and adjust VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN to the desired level.

4.To select a different tone, repeat Steps 1 and 2.

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Your keyboard has 30 preset auto-rhythms that provide a steady beat for your music. The name and two-digit number of each preset auto-rhythm is listed on the RHYTHMS list on the keyboard’s top panel.

You can play a preset auto-rhythm on the keyboard in any of the following ways:

•select and play a rhythm (see “Selecting/ Playing an Auto-Rhythm”)

•synchronize the start of a rhythm with your music (see “Using SYNC” on Page 5)

•briefly vary the pattern of a rhythm (see “Using FILL-IN” on Page 5)

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1.Press RHYTHM. ±

2.To select a different rhythm, choose an auto-rhythm from the RHYTHMS list and enter its two-digit number on the keypad. Or, repeatedly press + or – to move to

the next higher or lower numbered rhythm. ±

3.Press START/STOP to start the selected auto-rhythm.

4.Adjust VOLUME to the desired level.