Connecting to a Computer

You can connect the Digital Piano to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the Digital Piano to commercially available music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the Digital Piano for playback.

Minimum Computer System Requirements

The following shows the minimum computer system requirements for sending and receiving MIDI data. Check to make sure that your computer complies with these requirements before connecting the Digital Piano to it.

zOperating System Windows® XP (SP2 or later)*1 Windows Vista® *2 Windows® 7 *3

Mac OS® X (10.3.9, 10.4.11, 10.5.X, 10.6.X, 10.7.X) *1: Windows XP Home Edition

Windows XP Professional (32-bit) *2: Windows Vista (32-bit)

*3: Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

zUSB port

IMPORTANT!

Never connect to a computer that does not conform to the above requirements. Doing so can cause problems with your computer.

Connecting the Digital Piano to Your Computer

IMPORTANT!

Make sure you follow the steps of the procedure below exactly. Connecting incorrectly can make data send and receive impossible.

1. Turn off the Digital Piano and then start up your computer.

Do not start up the music software on your computer yet!

2.After starting up your computer, use a commercially available USB cable to connect it to the Digital Piano.

Digital Piano USB port

B connector

USB cable (A-B type)

A connector

Computer USB port

3. Turn on the Digital Piano.

If this is the first time you are connecting the Digital Piano to your computer, the driver software required to send and receive data will be installed on your computer automatically.

4.Start up commercially available music software on your computer.

5.Configure the music software settings to select one of the following as the MIDI device.

CASIO USB-MIDI : For Windows Vista, Windows 7,

Mac OS X

USB Audio Device: For Windows XP

For information about how to select the MIDI device, see the user documentation that comes with the music software you are using.

IMPORTANT!

Be sure to turn on the Digital Piano first before starting up your computer’s music software.

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