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4.To turn off the keyboard, set

POWER/MODE to OFF. The POWER/ MODE indicator and the display turn off.

Cancelling Auto Power Off

To have the keyboard not automatically turn off during a session, turn on the keyboard while holding down TONE.

The next time you turn the keyboard off then back on again, it will automatically turn off after about 6 minutes.

PLAYING THE PRERECORDED TUNES

You can listen to any of the 100 tunes that come prerecorded in the keyboard, or you can turn off a tune’s melody or accompaniment and play along on the keyboard.

Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune

1.Press SONG. An indicator appears next to SONG on the display and the number of the current tune appears.

Note: The keyboard always selects the tune “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (No. 00) the first time you press SONG after turning the power on.

2.Choose a tune from the 100 SONGS list and enter its two-digit number on the keypad.

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 08 (“Killing Me Softly with His Song”) press 0 8.

If you enter an incorrect first digit, press SONG to clear your entry, then enter the correct digit.

3.Press PLAY/PAUSE to start playing the tune.

You can change the tune by repeat- ing Step 2 even while a tune is play- ing. The new tune immediately begins to play.

As a tune 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 fin- gering and which keys are pressed (bottom of the display)

a “metronome” to show you the selected tempo — the metro- nome’s bar swings along with the tempo you selected, and the black dots above the metronome show the beat count in the mea- sure

the chord name (except for tunes 70 to 99) to the center right of the display

“play” indicator ( ) to the upper left of the display

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Optimus MD-1150 owner manual Cancelling Auto Power Off, Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune