Radio Shack MD500 owner manual ˆ Special Features, Using the Metronome, Using Beat, Recording

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1.Press SONG, then repeatedly press LEARNING until black dots appear next to 21( .(< on the left side of the display.

2.Select a tone from the SONGS list and enter its two-digit number on the key- pad.

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

3.Press START/STOP. The keyboard plays the first note of the tune you selected and the note appears. Press the corre- sponding key on the keyboard to con- tinue learning. The next note you need to press appears. The tune will continue to play even if you press the wrong key.

4.To stop learning, press START/STOP again or press LEARNING. If you pressed LEARNING, a black dot appears next to :$,7,1* and a note appears. Press the correct key to continue learn- ing. The tune doesn’t play until you press the correct key.

If you want to play the tune with accompani- ment in the learning mode, repeatedly press LEARNING until a black dot appears next to 0(/2’<2)).

If you want to quit the learning mode, repeat- edly press LEARNING until the black dot ap- pears next to 1250$/.

USING THE METRONOME

To turn on the keyboard’s metronome, press TONE or RHYTHM, then press METRO. The metronome’s bar swings along with the tem- po you selected, and the corresponding beat appears. Press METRO again to turn the met- ronome off.

USING BEAT

When the metronome is on, repeatedly press BEAT until you hear the desired beat to ad- just it. 9 beats (00, 0209) are available and can be selected cyclically. The beat number you selected appears.

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RECORDING

You can record a sequence of notes up to 37 notes in length.

1.Press RECORD to start recording. 5(&25’ appears.

2.Play the notes you want to record.

3.Press PLAY to play the notes you recorded. 3/$< appears.

4.To turn off recording, press RHYTHM,

TONE, or SONG.

Note: If the keyboard loses power, recording is turned off and any recording you made is erased.

USING ONE-TOUCH

SETTING

Your keyboard’s one-touch setting feature lets you automatically play a preset tone to match a selected auto-rhythm you changed.

1.Press RHYTHM.

2.Enter a two-digit auto-rhythm number.

3.Press O.T.S. 276 appears.

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Contents MD500 Midi Keyboard Contents FCC Wants YOU to Know ˆ Featuresˆ Preparation Connecting PowerUsing Batteries Using AC/DC PowerListening Safely Connecting HeadphonesConnecting AN External Amplifier Basic Operation ˆ a Quick Look at Your Keyboardˆ Operation Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune Using DemoPlaying the Prerecorded Tunes Selecting/Playing An Auto-Rhythm Using the Preset TonesUsing the Preset AUTO- Rhythms Selecting/Playing a Preset ToneSingle Fingering Using Auto AccompanimentUsing Sync Using FILL-INStandard Fingering Learning to PlayUsing ONE-TOUCH Setting ˆ Special FeaturesUsing the Metronome Using BeatTransposing Using SustainUsing a Percussion Pad Percussion PadsMaking the Midi Connections ˆ Using MidiAbout Midi Care ˆ Troubleshootingˆ Chord Charts Diminished DC 9V Jack ˆ Specifications