Before You Start Playing

■Using the Headphones Hook

Whenever you are not using the headphones, you can hang them on the headphones hook at the lower left of the DP-970.

Attaching the Headphones Hook

Press and twist the headphones hook included with the DP- 970 into the hole in the bottom of the DP-970 (refer to the figure below). Turn the wing nut of headphones hook to secure the headphone hook.

Wing Nut

Headphones Hook

Turning the Power On and Off

NOTE

Once the connections have been completed, turn on power to your various devices in the order specified. By turning on devices in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction and/or damage to speakers and other devices.

To turn the power on, turn the [Volume] knob all

the way down, and then press the [Power] switch.

The power will turn on, and the following display will appear.

After a few seconds, you will be able to play the keyboard to produce sound.

Use the [Volume] knob to adjust the volume.

NOTE

This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few seconds) after power up is required before the unit will operate normally.

To turn the power off, turn the [Volume] knob all

the way to the left, and press the [Power] switch.

Adjusting the Sound’s Volume and Brilliance

Turn the [Volume] knob to adjust the overall volume.

Press the [Brilliance] button to adjust the brightness of the sound.

Select one of the three available settings to obtain the desired brilliance.

[Brilliance]

Off

Lit in red

Lit in

button’s indicator

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brilliance

Medium

Mellow

Bright

 

 

 

 

Min Max

About the Pedals

The pedals have the following functions, and are used mainly for piano performance.

Soft Pedal

Damper Pedal

Sostenuto Pedal

Damper pedal (right pedal)

While this pedal is pressed, notes will be sustained even after you take your fingers off the keys.

On an acoustic piano, holding down the damper pedal will allow the remaining strings to resonate in sympathy with the sounds that you played from the keyboard, adding a rich resonance.

The DP-970 simulates this damper resonance.

→You can change the amount of resonance applied with the damper pedal. Please refer to “Changing the Damper Pedal’s Resonance” (p. 40).

Sostenuto pedal (center pedal)

This pedal sustains only the sounds of the keys that were already played when you pressed the pedal.

Soft pedal (left pedal)

When you hold down this pedal and play the keyboard, the sound will have a softer tone.

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