Main Features

❐264 tones

A wide selection of tones includes stereo piano and synthesized sounds, drum sets, and much more. Other features include digital effects that control the acoustical characteristic of tones.

❐PIANO BANK button

The touch of a button takes you directly to piano tones and piano lessons.

❐Advanced 3-Step Lesson System

The 3-Step Lesson System lets you practice at your own pace. The keyboard automatically grades your performances, so you can trace your progress as you improve.

•3-Step Lesson System: Use any of the keyboard’s built-in tunes and SMF data from a SmartMediaTM card to learn to play as the keyboard keys light to teach you the correct notes. First practice the timing of the notes. Next, play along at your own pace. Soon you will be ready for step three, where you play along at normal speed.

*Note that key lights may be difficult to see under direct sunlight or under other very bright lighting.

•Evaluation System: The keyboard can be configured to rate your performances during Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 lessons by assigning points. You can even have the keyboard report your points vocally, both part way through and at the end of a lesson.

❐Karaoke

Simply connect the bundled microphone to the microphone jack and you can sing along with the keyboard’s built-in tunes and SMF data from a SmartMediaTM card.

❐100 built-in tunes, including piano pieces

Built-in tunes are divided into two groups: a Song Bank of 65 tunes with Auto Accompaniment, and a Piano Bank of 35 piano tunes. You can simply enjoy listening to the built-in tunes, or eliminate either hand part of a tune, and then play along on the keyboard.

❐120 rhythms

A selection of rhythms cover rock, pops, jazz and just about any other musical style imaginable.

❐Auto Accompaniment

Simply play a chord and the corresponding rhythm, bass, and chord parts play along automatically.

❐Musical Information System

A big LCD screen graphically shows you fingerings and notes, making keyboard play more informative and enjoyable than ever before.

❐Song Memory function

With lesson recording you can record as you play along with built-in tunes for later playback.

Performance recording lets you record your performances, including Auto Accompaniment, in real time. When playing back recorded data, keyboard keys light in time with the melody.

❐Storing and Playing Back Tune Data You Transferred from Your Computer

You can connect your keyboard to a computer, use special CASIO conversion software to convert SMF data you purchase or create to CASIO format, and then transfer it to the keyboard.

❐SmartMediaTM Card Slot

You can load a card with a standard MIDI file (SMF) and play it back on the keyboard.

❐VIDEO OUT Jack

Connect the keyboard to a TV equipped with a video input jack and you can view lesson information on your TV screen. You can also view lyric data for easy reading during karaoke.

You can also specify the type of alphabet that should be used for TV screen display (Russian Cyrillic or Latin).

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