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Panel Controls and Terminals

Owner’s Manual

ENGLISH

1 [] Power switch ........................page 13

This switch turns the power to the unit on ( ) or off

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[MASTER VOLUME] slider..............page 14

Adjust the volume level using this slider.

[DEMO] button.............................. page 15

Demonstration playback is available for each voice.

[TRANSPOSE] button.....................page 24

You can shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up or

down so that the pitch will match that of another

instrument or singer, while you play the same,

unshifted keys.

[REC] button .................................page 27

For recording your keyboard performance.

[RIGHT], [LEFT] buttons......... pages 17, 30

For turning the left- and right-hand parts on or off as

required so you can practice the corresponding part

(the part that is turned off) on the keyboard.

7[PLAY/PAUSE], [STOP] buttons

............................................... pages 16, 41

For playing back the preset songs or your recorded

songs, etc.

8[SONG SELECT] button .................page 16

For selecting a song to play back or edit.

9[FILE] button ......................... pages 34, 37

For saving songs to and loading songs from a USB

storage device, as well as managing song ﬁles. Also,

lets you format a USB storage device.

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[TEMPO/FUNCTION] button

... pages 26, 44

For changing the song tempo (speed) and selecting

other useful functions (pages 43 – 50).

![METRONOME] button.......... pages 26, 47

For using the metronome.

@Display............................................page 13

Notice

Do not turn off the power to the instrument while ﬂash-

ing dashes appear in the display (indicating the opera-

tion is in process). Doing so may damage the data.

#[–/NO], [+/YES] buttons

For setting values or performing ﬁle operations.

Pressing both buttons simultaneously for certain

value settings (Transpose, Tempo, etc.) restores the

default value.

$Voice group buttons......................page 19

For selecting voices from 14 internal sounds includ-

ing Grand Piano 1 and 2. You can also combine two

voices and use them together.

%[BRILLIANCE], [REVERB], [EFFECT]

buttons ..........................................page 21

For adjusting the brightness of the sound and adding

reverb effects to the sound.

^[TOUCH] button ............................page 23

For adjusting the touch response.

&[DAMPER RES.] button ................. page 22

For turning the Damper Resonance function on or

off. When DAMPER RES. is on, the instrument simu-

lates the sustain sound that occurs when you press

the damper pedal of a grand piano, as you press the

damper pedal and play the keyboard.

*USB [TO DEVICE] terminals........... page 51

For connecting the instrument to a USB storage

device, allowing saving/loading of data to and from

the connected device.

(MIDI [IN] [OUT] terminals............ page 51

For connecting external MIDI devices, allowing the

use of various MIDI functions.

[PHONES] jacks, [SPEAKER] switch

..page 14

For connecting a set of standard stereo headphones,

allowing private practice. The [SPEAKER] switch

turns the internal speakers on or off.

¡PEDALS...........................................page 20

For producing a range of expressive effects similar to

those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano.

The left pedal can also be assigned to a variety of

functions.

™[PEDAL] jack .................................. page 60

For connecting a pedal cable.

£[AC IN] jack ............................pages 13, 60

For connecting the included power cord.

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