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WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the DO NOT OPEN product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE TH
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & USING THE UNIT SAFELY About WARNING and CAUTION Notices About the Symbols The symbol alerts the user to important instructions or Used for instructions intended to alert the warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is user to the risk of death or severe injury determined by the design contained within the triangle. In should the unit be
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY CAUTION CAUTION Place in a well ventilated location If there is a possibility of lightning strike, disconnect The unit should be located so that its the power cord from the outlet location or position does not interfere Whenever you suspect the possibility of with its proper ventilation. lightning in your area, pull the plug on the power cord out of the outlet. Grasp the plug when connecting or disconnecting the power cord Take care so as not to get fingers pinched by
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & IMPORTANT NOTES • About piano polishing liquid • Do not allow objects to remain on top of the Power Supply keyboard. This can be the cause of malfunction, such • Use polishing liquid as directed by the instructions as keys ceasing to produce sound. for the product. • Do not connect this unit to same electrical outlet that is being used by an electrical appli
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IMPORTANT NOTES • Carefully insert the USB flash drive all the way in— • It is forbidden by law to make an audio recording, • Some connection cables contain resistors. Do not video recording, copy or revision of a third party’s use cables that incorporate resistors for connecting until it is firmly in place. copyrighted work (musical work, video work, to this unit. The use of such cables can cause the broadcast, live performance, or other work), whether sound level to be extremely low, or
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . .C .on . . venien . . . .t F . . unctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the Brightness of the Display (Display Contrast) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . .
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& & Look What You Can Do! & & Play the Piano page 18 e& Play various sounds The HP507 contains a wide variety of tones (sounds). You can freely select and perform using these tones. page 19 e& Play two layered tones You can layer two tones on a single key. page 20 e& Play different tones with your left and right hands You can divide the keyboard into left and right zones, and select a different tone for each zone. page 24 e& Play duets You can divide the keyboard into left and right halves, play
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix & & Adjust Your Piano page 23 e& Adjust the keyboard touch You can adjust the touch sensitivity of the keyboard to match your own playing style. page 22 e& Add reverberation to the sound You can add reverberation (ambience) to create the sensation of performing in a concert hall. page 23 e& Adjust the brightness of the sound You can adjust the tone quality of the s
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& & Operation Guide Adding Reverberation (Ambience) Adjusting the Brightness of the Sound (Brilliance) You can add a pleasant reverberation to the sounds, You can adjust the brightness of the sound you play page 22 page 23 producing the impression that you are performing in from the keyboard or the sounds of a song you play a concert hall. back. To turn ambience on To turn brilliance on Press the [Ambience] button so it’s lit. Press the [Brilliance] button so it’s lit. To adjust the ambience T
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Operation Guide Tone Buttons To select a single tone page 18 To layer two tones (dual play) page 19 Press one of the tone buttons, and then use the [–] [+] buttons. Press two tone buttons. Press two Press one To change the tones Tone 1 Press the [–] [+] buttons. Hold down the right-most of the lit tone button, and then use Tone 2 the [–] [+] buttons. Dividing the K
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Operation Guide Using the Metronome Changing the Tempo or Time Signature Here’s how to sound the metronome. You can adjust the tempo of the metronome or page 26 page 26 song. To turn the metronome on To change the tempo Press the [Metronome] button so it’s lit. Use the [ ] [ ] (Slow/Fast) buttons. To adjust the metronome’s volume To change the time signature While holding down the [Metronome] button, use the [–] [+] buttons. While holding down the [Metronome] button, use the [ ] [ ] (Slow/Fa
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Operation Guide Selecting the Parts that will Play Repeatedly Practicing a Portion of a Song (AB Repeat) Here’s how to select the parts that will play. Here’s how you can make a specific portion of a page 30 page 31 song play back repeatedly. To select the right-hand part Press the [Right] button so it’s lit. 1. Press the [ ] (Play/Stop) button to play back the T
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& & Panel Descriptions [Power] Switch This turns the power on/off. page 17 WARNING * With the factory settings, the HP507’s power will automatically be switched off 30 minutes after you stop playing or operating the unit. If the unit’s power has been turned off automatically, you can use the [Power] switch to turn the unit back on again. If you don’t want the power to turn off automatically, change the “Auto Off” setting to “Off” as described on “Making the Power Automatically Turn Off After
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Panel Descriptions USB Memory Port USB Port If a USB flash drive is connected, you can use it to save If you use a commercially available USB cable to connect the or play back songs. HP507’s USB port to your computer’s USB port, you’ll be able to do page 28 page 41 the following things. You can do the following things using a USB flash drive. • SMF data played b
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& & Before You Play * When opening/closing the lid or raising/folding down the music rest, please be careful not to get your fingers pinched between the movable part and the panel. In places where small children are present, make sure that an adult provides supervision and guidance. Setting Up the Music Rest Using the music holders 1. You can use the holders to hold pages in place. When not using the holders, leave them folded down. 2. 2. 2. Raising the music rest Push 1. Gently raise the music
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Before You Play Turning the Power On/Off NOTE • Once everything is properly connected (p. 15), be sure to follow the procedure below to turn on their power. If you turn on equipment in the wrong order, you risk causing malfunction or equipment failure. • Before turning the unit on/off, always be sure to turn the volume down. Even with the volume turned down, you mi
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& & Performing Performing with Various Sounds In addition to piano sounds, the HP507 lets you enjoy performing with many other sounds (347 types). These sounds are called “Tones.” The Tones are categorized into five groups, each of which is assigned to a different Tone button. Switching Tones Let’s start by performing with a piano tone. When you turn on the power, the “ConcertPiano” tone is selected. 1 2 1. Press a tone button to select the tone group . The currently selected tone number and to
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Operation Guide Panel Descriptions Before You Play Performing Practicing Piano Designer Convenient Functions Function Mode Appendix Performing Performing with Two Layered Tones (Dual Play) You can play two tones simultaneously from each note of the keyboard. This feature is called “Dual Play.” As an example, here’s how to layer piano and strings tones. 2 1 1. While holding down the Piano [Grand] button, press the [Strings] button . Both buttons will light. When you play the keyboard, you’ll hear
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Performing Playing Different Tones with the Right and Left Hands (Split Play) You can play different tones in the left and right sides of the keyboard, divided at a certain key. This feature is called “Split Play,” and the key at which the keyboard is divided is called the “Split Point.” 1 2 1. While holding down the [Transpose] button, press the [Twin Piano] button . The Split screen will appear. When Split is turned on, the keyboard settings will be as follows. Split Point (Power-up default: F
