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MD-992 MIDI Keyboard
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42-4067
Owner’s Manual
Please read before using this equipment.
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GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BY FCC RULES FOR USE OF THE UNIT IN THE U.S.A. (not applicable to other areas). 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,
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Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selection of the RadioShack Symbol Examples electronic musical instrument. • Before using the instrument, be sure to carefully This triangle symbol ( ) means that the read through the instructions contained in this user should be careful. (The example at manual. left indicates electrical shock caution.) • Please keep all information for future reference. This circle with a line through it ( ) means that the indicated action must not be performed. Indica
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Safety Precautions Never touch the AC adapter while your DANGER hands are wet. Doing so creates the risk of electric shock. Alkaline Batteries Use the AC adaptor where it will not be Perform the following steps immediately if splashed with water. Water creates the fluid leaking from alkaline batteries ever risk of fire and electric shock. gets into your eyes. Do not place a vase or any other container 1. Do not rub your eyes! Rinse them with filled with liquid on top of the AC water. adap
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Safety Precautions Dropping and Impact CAUTION Continued use of this product after it has been damaged by dropping or subjecting it AC Adaptor to strong impact creates the risk of fire and Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk electric shock. Take the following steps of fire and electric shock. Always make sure immediately. you observe the following precautions. 1. Turn off power. • Do not locate the electric cord near a 2. If you are using the AC adaptor for stove or other sources of heat.
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Safety Precautions Connectors Correct Stand* Assembly Connect only the specified devices and An incorrectly assembled stand can tip over, equipment to the product’s connectors. causing the product to fall and creating the Connection of a non-specified device or risk of personal injury. equipment creates the risk of fire and Make sure you assemble the stand correctly, electric shock. following the assembly instructions that come with it. Make sure you mount the Location product on the stand corre
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Introduction ❐ 100 tones • Choose from among orchestral sounds, synthesized sounds, and more. ❐ 100 rhythms • 100 versatile rhythms help to add plenty of life to all your keyboard performances. ❐ Auto Accompaniment • Simply play a chord and the corresponding rhythm, bass and chord parts play automatically. ❐ 100-Built-in Tunes • A wide selection of favorites including “ODE TO JOY” and “JINGLE BELLS” is yours for your listening enjoyment or play along fun. A simple operation cuts out the melody p
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Contents Safety Precautions ................ E-1 Auto Accompaniment ......... E-18 Selecting a Rhythm ................................ E-18 Introduction ........................... E-5 Playing a Rhythm ................................... E-18 Adjusting the Tempo............................... E-19 Care of your keyboard .......... E-5 Using Auto Accompaniment ................... E-19 Using a Fill-in Pattern............................. E-21 Contents................................. E-6 Synchro St
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General Guide 1 MIC VOLUME knob H [+]/[–] buttons • Negative values can be changed only by using [+] and 2 Power indicator [–] to increase and decrease the displayed value. 3 MAIN VOLUME buttons I Number buttons/Chord specification buttons 4 SYNCHRO/FILL-IN button • For input of numbers to change displayed settings. • For input of chord specification data when using the 5 START/STOP button Chord Book. 6 POWER/MODE switch J TONE button 7 TEMPO buttons K RHYTHM button 8 ACCOMP VOLUME button L SONG
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General Guide Using the Display 2 3 4 5 1 11 10 6 9 8 7 1. An indicator appears next to the type of setting you are currently performing (TONE, RHYTHM, SONG). 2. Tone number, rhythm number, song number, keyboard settings value 3. Rhythm, auto-accompaniment, tune beats 4. Tone name, rhythm name, song name, mode name, keyboard settings name 5. Musical staff representation of notes and chords you play on the keyboard. A pedal indicator ( ) appears when the keyboard’s pedal is depressed. An octav
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Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by current from a standard Important Battery Information household wall outlet (using the specified AC adaptor) or by batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off The following shows the approximate battery life. whenever you are not using it. Alkaline batteries .................................... 4 hours The above value is standard battery life at normal temperature, with the keyboard volume at medium Using batteries setting. Temperature ext
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Power Supply CAUTION Using the AC Adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric To power the keyboard from an AC outlet, you need an AC TM shock. Always make sure you observe the following adaptor and a size M Adaptaplug (neither supplied, precautions. available at your local RadioShack store or online • Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other www.RadioShack.com). sources of heat. • Never pull on the cord when unplugging from the CAUTION electrical outlet
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Connections [Connection Example] Phones/Output Jack PIN plug (red) PIN jack Before connecting phones or other external equipment, be sure to first turn down the volume settings of the keyboard To keyboard’s INPUT 1 PHONES/OUTPUT and the connected equipment. You can then adjust volume INPUT 2 jack to the desired level after connections are complete. PIN plug (white) Keyboard or Stereo standard plug Standard plug guitar amp [Rear Panel] PHONES/OUTPUT jack NOTE Audio connection • You can also co
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Auto Accompaniment RHYTHM POWER/MODE Number buttons START/STOP TEMPO This keyboard automatically plays bass and chord parts in 3 Use the number buttons to input the two digit accordance with the chords you finger. The bass and chord rhythm number for the rhythm you want to select. parts are played using sounds and tones that are Example: To select “64 WALTZ”, input 6 and then 4. automatically selected to select the rhythm you are using. All of this means that you get full, realistic accompanimen
