Radio Shack MD500 owner manual ˆ a Quick Look at Your Keyboard, ˆ Operation, Basic Operation

ˆA Quick Look at Your Keyboard

VOLUME

SYNC/

RHYTHMS

SONGS

FILL-IN

List

List

Speaker

Speaker

START/

TONES

TEMPO

LEARNING

STOP

CHORD Number

PERCUSSION

List

Keys

Keys

POWER	METRO		DEMO	O.T.S.	MIDI	TRANSPOSE
	BEAT	PLAY
			RHYTHM		SUSTAIN
	RECORD		TONE	SONG

ˆOperation

BASIC OPERATION

1.To turn on the keyboard, set POWER to ON. The POWER indicator lights.

Important: To prevent hearing damage, always set the keyboard’s volume to its lowest level before you begin playing it after changing any settings.

Note: To remind you to save power dur- ing operation, the keyboard automati- cally sounds a tone about every 5 minutes if you do not press a key.

2.To hear a sample of the keyboard’s many sounds, play a prerecorded tune (see “Playing the Prerecorded Tunes”

on Page 6). To make your own music, simply begin playing the keyboard.

Notes:

•The keyboard automatically selects the tone Grand PIANO (No. 01) when you turn the power on. To select a dif- ferent tone, see “Selecting/Playing a Preset Tone” on Page 7.

•To select an auto-rhythm, see “Using the Preset Auto-Rhythms” on Page 7.

•To play auto accompaniment, see “Using Auto Accompaniment” on Page 8.

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