Technical Reference

Troubleshooting

Be sure to check the following table whenever you experience problems with keyboard operation.

Symptom

 

Cause

 

Action

 

 

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• No sound when keyboard keys

1.

Power supply problem.

1.

Correctly

attach

the

AC

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are pressed.

 

 

 

adaptor,

make

sure

that

 

 

 

 

 

batteries (+/–) are facing

 

 

 

 

 

correctly, and check to make

 

 

 

 

 

sure that batteries are not dead.

 

 

2.

Volume setting is too low.

2.

Use the MAIN VOLUME slider

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to increase volume.

 

 

 

 

3.

Headphones are plugged into

3.

Unplug the headphones from

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the keyboard.

 

the PHONES/OUTPUT jack.

 

 

4.

The POWER/MODE selector is

4.

Normal play is not possible on

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in the CASIO CHORD or

 

the accompaniment keyboard

 

 

 

FINGERED position.

 

while the

POWER/MODE

 

 

 

 

 

selector is set to CASIO

 

 

 

 

 

CHORD

or FINGERED.

 

 

 

 

 

Change the POWER/MODE

 

 

 

 

 

selector setting to NORMAL.

 

 

5.

Tone “99 PERCUSSION” is

5.

While “99 PERCUSSION” is

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selected and you are pressing

 

selected, you can use only keys

 

 

 

keys that are not assigned tones.

 

that are marked on the console

 

 

 

 

 

with illustrations of percussion

 

 

 

 

 

instruments.

 

 

 

 

6.

LOCAL CONTROL is off.

6.

Turn on LOCAL CONTROL.

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• Any of the following symptoms

• Low battery power

• Replace the batteries with a set

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while using battery power.

 

 

 

of new ones or use the AC

 

 

 

 

 

adaptor.

 

 

 

 

Dim power indicator

Instrument does not turn on

Display that is flickering, dim, or difficult to read

Abnormally low speaker/headphone volume

Distortion of sound output

Occasional interruption of sound when playing at high volume

Sudden power failure when playing at high volume

Flickering or dimming of the display when playing at high volume

Continued sound output even after you release a key

A tone that is totally different from the one that is selected

Abnormal rhythm pattern and Song Bank play

Loss of power, sound distortion, or low volume when playing from a connected computer or MIDI device

Abnormally low microphone volume

Distortion of microphone input

Dim power supply indicator when a microphone is used

• Key light stays on.

• Keyboard is waiting for play of

1.

Press the lit key to continue with

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the correct note during Step 1

 

Step 1 or Step 2 play.

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or Step 2 play.

2.

Press the START/STOP button

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to quit Step 1 or Step 2 play.

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• Keyboard keys light but no

• Power on alert is telling you that

• Press any button or keyboard

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sound is produced.

power is left on.

 

key to resume normal

 

 

 

 

operation with the keyboard in

 

 

 

 

its initial power on setting.

 

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