Radio Shack MD500 Playing the Prerecorded Tunes, Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune, Using Demo

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3.Repeatedly press VOLUME UP or VOL- UME DOWN to increase or decrease the volume.

Notes:

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 vol- ume setting of 6, turn the keyboard off then back on.

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

PLAYING THE PRERECORDED TUNES

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 accompani- ment and play along on the keyboard.

Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune

1.Press SONG. 621* and the number of the current tune appears.

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

2.Choose a tune 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.

Notes:

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.

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 show you the notes that are playing (right side of the display)

a “keyboard” to show you the finger- ing and which keys are pressed (bot- tom of the display)

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

the chord name (center left of the dis- play)

Note: Each tune plays a different preset tone for the melody.

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.

Using DEMO

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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Operation

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Contents MD500 Midi Keyboard Contents FCC Wants YOU to Know ˆ Featuresˆ Preparation Connecting PowerUsing Batteries Using AC/DC PowerConnecting AN External Amplifier Connecting HeadphonesListening Safely ˆ Operation ˆ a Quick Look at Your KeyboardBasic Operation Playing the Prerecorded Tunes Using DemoPlaying Back a Prerecorded Tune 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 PadsAbout Midi ˆ Using MidiMaking the Midi Connections Care ˆ Troubleshootingˆ Chord Charts Diminished DC 9V Jack ˆ Specifications