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USER’S GUIDE
GUÍA DEL USUARIO
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Safety Precautions
Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read
the separate “Safety Precautions”.
Precauciones de seguridad
Antes de intentar usar el piano, asegúrese de
leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas.
AP620/6ES1A
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the pol
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NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that inte
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Any reproduction of the contents of this manual, either in part or its entirety, is prohibited. Except for your own, personal use, any other use of the contents of this manual without the consent of CASIO is prohibited under copyright laws. IN NO EVENT SHALL CASIO BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT, EVEN IF CASIO
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Contents Assembling the Stand.................................................................................E-56 Unpacking ..........................................................................E-56 To connect cables..............................................................E-59 To assemble the stand.......................................................E-56 To install the music stand and headphones hook..............E-60 General Guide...............................E-2 Recording Your Sa
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General Guide � This manual uses the numbers and names below to refer to buttons and controllers. POWER button ELEC PIANO button INTRO/REPEAT button VIBES/CLAVI button NORMAL/FILL-IN, sREW button ORGAN button VARIATION/FILL-IN, dFF button STRINGS/SYNTH-PAD button SYNCHRO/ENDING, PAUSE button BASS/GUITAR button START/STOP, PLAY/STOP button VARIOUS/GM TONES button ACCOMP ON/OFF, PART button REVERB, REV TYPE, EXIT button METRONOME button CHORUS, CHOR TYPE, u butto
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General Guide Saving Settings and Using Panel Lock Your Digital Piano lets you save its current settings, and lock its buttons to protect against operation errors. For details, see “Setting Backup” (page E-42) and “Panel Lock” (page E-42). Returning the Digital Piano to Its Factory Default Settings Perform the following procedure when you want to return the Digital Piano’s stored data and settings to their initial factory defaults. 1. Turn off the Digital Piano. 2. While holding down both
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Power Supply Your Digital Piano runs on standard household power. IMPORTANT! � Be sure to turn off power whenever you are not using the Digital Piano. Placing the cover on the Digital Piano while power is on can cause internal circuitry to over heat and lead to the risk of fire. 1. Make sure that the POWER button is in the OFF position (raised). POWER button ON (Power lamp on) OFF (Power lamp off) Front Power lamp 2. Connect the power cord that comes with the Digital Piano to the AC power j
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Connections Connecting Headphones Connecting Audio Equipment or an Amplifier IMPORTANT! You can connect audio equipment or a music amplifier � Before connecting headphones, be sure to use the to the Digital Piano and then play through external Digital Piano’s VOLUME controller to turn the speakers for more powerful volume and better sound volume down to a low level. After connecting, you quality. can adjust the volume to the level you want. � The Digital Piano automatically adjusts sound
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Connections Connecting to Audio Equipment Bundled and Optional Use commercially available cables to connect the Accessories external audio equipment to the piano’s LINE OUT jacks as shown in Figure . LINE OUT R jack output is Use only accessories that are specified for use with this right channel sound, while LINE OUT L/MONO jack Digital Piano. output is left channel sound. It is up to you to purchase Use of unauthorized accessories creates the risk of fire, connecting cables like the
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Using Built-in Tones 8METRONOME btw, q ctCHORUS, u blMUSIC LIBRARY bsFUNCTION csREVERB dkSPLIT, i brTONE dlENTER 7PART –Tone groups bkTEMPO Turning on the Digital Piano Selecting a Tone and Playing Something Your Digital Piano has 250 tones, divided into eight groups. 1. Press the (POWER) button. � For more information, see the “Tone List” (page This turns on power. A-1). � To turn off the Digital Piano, press the button � The Digital Piano has built-in demonstration tunes again. t
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Using Built-in Tones 3. Use the to (tone groups) buttons to 2. Hold down the button of the group that select the group you want. contains the tone you want to select as the Example: To select the ORGAN group layered tone until “LAYER: ON” appears on the display as shown below for a few moments. This will layer the tones currently selected in the two groups. Lit 4. Use the (w, q) buttons to select the tone you want. Example: To select “002 Jazz Organ” Tone number Tone name The b
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Using Built-in Tones Moving the Keyboard Split Point Splitting the Keyboard You can use the procedure below to specify the between Two Tones location on the keyboard where it splits between the left side and the right side. That location is called the You can split the keyboard so the left side (lower “split point”. range) plays one tone and the right side (upper range) plays a different tone. Left (Lower Range) side Right (Upper Range) side Example: To split the keyboard between the GM SL
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Using Built-in Tones Using Octave Shift Adjusting the Brilliance of a Tone After you split the keyboard (page E-10), you may find out that the lower range notes on the left are too low or 1. Press the (FUNCTION) button. that the upper range notes on the right are too high. The FUNCTION lamp will light and the function screen You can use octave shift to shift the octaves of the will appear on the display. upper range and lower range upwards or downwards in octave units. 1. While holdin
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Using Built-in Tones Adding Reverb to the Tone Adding the Chorus Effect to the Tone 1. Press the (REVERB) button to toggle reverb on and off. 1. Press the (CHORUS) button to toggle Lit when on chorus (which adds depth to a tone) on and off. Lit when on Selecting the Reverb Type You can select from among the following four types of Selecting the Chorus Type reverb. 1: Room You can select from among the following four chorus 2: Hall types. 3: Large Hall 1: LightChorus 4: Stadium 2: C
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Using Built-in Tones Using the Digital Piano’s Using the Metronome Pedals 1. Press the (METRONOME) button. Your Digital Piano comes equipped with three pedals: This will start the metronome. damper, soft, and sostenuto. Soft pedal Damper pedal Sostenuto pedal Lights with the first beat Lights with each subsequent beat of of each measure each measure Pedal Functions 2. Press the (METRONOME) button again to Damper Pedal stop the metronome. Pressing the damper pedal while playing will cau
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Using Built-in Tones Changing the Tempo Setting Adjusting the Metronome Volume There are two different methods you can use to change You can use the following procedure to adjust the the tempo setting: by pressing q (faster) and w volume level of the metronome, without affecting the (slower) buttons or by tapping a beat with a button. volume of Digital Piano output. 1. While holding down the (FUNCTION) ■ To adjust the tempo using q and w buttons button, press the (METRONOME) button. Th
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Using Built-in Tones Configuring the Digital Piano for Duet Changing the Octave of a Duet Mode Play Keyboard You can use the following procedure to change the 1. Press the (MUSIC LIBRARY) button so its octave of the left and right Duet Mode keyboards. lower lamp is lit. 1. While holding down the (FUNCTION) button, press the (SPLIT) button. This displays the Duet Mode on/off screen shown in step 2 under “Configuring the Digital Piano for Duet Play” (page E-15). If the Duet Mode
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Using Auto Accompaniment 5SYNCHRO/ENDING boBALLAD/PIANO RHYTHMS btw/NO, q/YES 6START/STOP bpUSER RHYTHMS brTONE csEXIT dlENTER blRHYTHM – Accompaniment bkTEMPO patterns – Rhythm groups –Instrument parts 7ACCOMP ON/OFF With Auto Accompaniment, simply select the 3. Use the to (rhythm groups) buttons to accompaniment rhythm you want and the matching select the group you want. accompaniment (drums, guitar, etc.) will play Example: When the LATIN/WORLD group is selected automati
