11EUROGRAND EG2280USB/EG8280USB User Manual
This decay characteristic can be influenced using the three foot pedals.
•Soft/piano pedal (left): The soft pedal produces a soft and intimate sound. Use this pedal for particularly soft musical passages (pianissimo).
On an acoustic piano this soft sound results from a smaller distance between hammer and strings. On a grand piano, however, the position of the hammer changes, so that the hammer does not hit all strings.
1)Press the pedal to dampen all tones played afterwards with the pedal down.
2)Let go of the pedal for normal playing.
◊You can adjust the effect of the damper pedal (see chapter 5.6.2).
•Sostenuto pedal (middle): Use the sostenuto pedal to sustain individual tones. The notes already played – as long as they have not yet decayed – will be sustained as soon as you press the pedal. All notes played subsequently will be dampened as described above. This allows you to play and sustain a certain note using the pedal, while all subsequent tones will be played in a staccato (detached) manner.
When you sustain single notes on an acoustic piano using the sostenuto pedal, the damper felts of the notes already played do not dampen the strings when you release the keys, but are held in their position.
1)Play the notes to be sustained.
2)Press the pedal to sustain the tones you just played.
3)Play the next notes. These are played with normal decay.
4)Release the pedal for normal playing.
•Damper/Forte pedal (right): The damper pedal allows you to sustain the notes already played (and held) plus all subsequent notes, without having to hold the keys down. The damper pedal is often used to achieve a richer sound. This is the pedal that is used most often. You can also use it very subtly, for example, by holding it down only
On the acoustic piano notes are sustained by keeping all the damper felts in their raised position even after releasing the keys. This allows the notes played to decay quite naturally.
1)Play the notes to be sustained.
2)Press the pedal to sustain the notes you just played plus all subsequent notes.
3)Release the pedal for normal playing.
4.4 Using headphones
The EG2280USB/EG8280USB is equipped with two headphone jacks located on the underside of the playing console (front left). Headphones are ideal for practicing without disturbing others. The second headphone jack allows another person, for example a music teacher, to listen as well so that piano lessons can also be held using headphones. Both ¼" and 1/8" inputs are available.
1)Use the VOLUME control to turn the volume down (move the slide control to the left half of its control range).
2)Connect your headphones to a free headphone jack on the underside of the playing console.
3)While playing, adjust the volume as desired using the VOLUME control.
4) If required, the 
button allows you to switch the
◊ The 
button lights up.
◊When you disconnect your headphone from the
headphones jack, the
5. Advanced Operation
The following chapters provide information on advanced operating functions of the EG2280USB/EG8280USB.
5.1 Using EDIT mode
Many advanced operating functions of the EG2280USB/EG8280USB are available in EDIT mode. The following sections describe how to adjust these functions in EDIT mode.
◊Whenever you are prompted to enter EDIT mode, please follow the
1)Keep pressing the MODE button in the TEMPO/EDIT MODE section until the EDIT MODE LED lights up.
2)Scroll through the functions using the Down/Up buttons, until the appropriate function (e.g. E1) has been selected.
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