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Contents

Using the unit safely ..................................3

Important notes......................................................................... 5

Introduction.................................................7

Main Features............................................................................ 7
How To Use This Manual........................................................8

Panel Descriptions................................... 12

Rear Panel................................................................................ 14
Bottom Panel............................................................................14

Before You Start Playing .........................15

Connect the Pedal Cable........................................................ 15
Connect the Power Cord........................................................15
Setting Up the Music Rest......................................................15
Using the Music Holders................................................... 15
Opening/Closing the Lid...................................................... 16
Turning the Power On and Off.............................................16
About the Pedals..................................................................... 16
Adjusting the Sounds Volume and Brilliance................... 17
Connecting Headphones....................................................... 17
Using the Headphone Hook..............................................18
Connecting a Microphone..................................................... 18
About the Touch Screen.........................................................18
Adjusting the Contrast of the Screen................................18
Main Screens............................................................................19
Piano Screen.........................................................................19
Basic Screen..........................................................................19
Using the Main Icons.......................................................... 19
The Scroll Bar and The Page Icon..................................... 19

1. Performance................................................. 20

Playing the KR105 Like a Piano (One-Touch Piano).......20
Performing with a Variety of Tones (Tone Buttons)....... 21
Performing with Multiple Sounds Layered Together
(Layer).................................................................................... 25
Playing Different Tones with the Left and Right Hands
(Split)...................................................................................... 26
Adding Reverberation to the Sound (Reverb)................. 28
Applying Effects to the Sound (Effects)............................ 30
Using the Metronome.......................................................... 32

2. Automatic Accompaniment.........................35

Music Styles and Automatic Accompaniment.................35
Performing Using Automatic Accompaniment (One-
Touch Arranger)................................................................... 36
Selecting Music Styles (Music Style Buttons)...................39
Playing Only Music Style Rhythm Patterns..................... 42
Adjusting the Accompaniment Tempo.............................42
Starting and Stopping the Accompaniment..................... 43
Modifying an Accompaniment.......................................... 46
Adding Harmony to the Right-Hand Part (Melody
Intelligence)........................................................................... 49
Playing Sounds in the Left Hand (Lower Tone).............. 50
Playing the Piano with Accompaniment Added (Piano
Style Arranger)......................................................................51
Adjusting the Volume Balance for Each Part (Balance)..52

3. Song Playback..............................................54

Playing a Song.......................................................................54
Registering the Songs You Like (Favorites)......................59

4. Practice Functions....................................... 61

Displaying Scores................................................................. 61
Adjusting the Tempo........................................................... 66
Match the Tempo Before You Begin Playing (Count In) 68
Muting Some Parts Before Playing
(Track Buttons)......................................................................69
Setting Markers for Repeated Practice (Marker)............. 70
Transposing Keyboard Sounds and Songs Played Back
(Transpose)............................................................................ 73

5. Recording and Saving the Performance.... 75

Recording a New Song (New Song).................................. 76
Recording With Accompaniment...................................... 78
Recording Along with a Song.............................................80
Recording While Selecting the Track Buttons (Redoing
Recordings)............................................................................81
Erasing Recorded Performances........................................ 82
Changing How Recording Stops........................................82
Recording Songs Starting with Pickups............................84
Using Floppy Disks..............................................................85
Saving Songs......................................................................... 87
Deleting Saved Songs...........................................................90
Copying Songs on Disks to Favorites................................91

6. User Program Registration..........................93

Saving Performance Settings (User Program).................... 93
Calling Up Saved User Programs.........................................94
Changing the Way User Programs Are Called Up........ 94
Saving the User Program Sets............................................... 94
Loading Saved User Program Sets................................... 95
Deleting Saved User Program Sets.......................................96

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