Radio Shack MD-981 owner manual

Owner’s Manual

Please read before using this equipment.

MD-981 MIDI Keyboard

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Contents

Main Contents Page Features THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW FCC Rules Preparation CONNECTING POWER Using Batteries ! Using AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power ! CONNECTING HEADPHONES Listening Safely Page Operation BASIC OPERATION Cancelling Auto Power Off PLAYING THE PRERECORDED TUNES Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune Playing Along with a Prerecorded Tune Play Guide for the Prerecorded Tunes Turning Applause Off/On Consecutively Playing Back the Tunes USING THE PRESET TONE S Selecting/Playing a Preset Tone Keyboard Split Tones Layered Tones Percussion Sounds USING THE PRESET AUTO-RHYTHMS Selecting/Playing an Auto-Rhythm Using SYNCHRO Using FILL-IN USING AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT accompaniment keys Concert Chord Standard Fingering Adjusting the Accompaniment Vol ume Concert Chord any Standard Fingering USING THE CHORD BOOK Special Features CHANGING KEYS TUNING THE KEYBOARD Tune USING A SUSTAIN PEDAL Using MIDI ABOUT MIDI MAKING THE MIDI CONNECTIONS MIDI DATA CHANGING MIDI SETTINGS N G NOTES ABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART Troubleshooting 25Troubleshooting G Page Page Page Page Page 31MIDI Implementation Chart MIDI Implementation Chart Care and Maintenance Specifications 34 Specifications Play Guide for the Prerecorded Tunes Page 42-4042 MA0005-A 04A00 Printed in Malaysia MD981E-1 RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Limited One-Year Warranty We Service What We Sell