Casio Adaptor manual

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J Important! Please note the foll owing important information before using this product.  Before using the optional AD-5 Ada ptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor fo r any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for b reakage, cuts, exposed wire and other serious d amage. Never let childre n use an AC ad aptor that is seri[...]

Safety Precautions E-1 Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selec tion of the CASIO electroni c musical instrument.  Before using the in strument, be sure to carefully read through the instructions contain ed in this manual.  Please keep all information for future refere nce. Symbols Various symbols are used in this user’s guide and o[...]

Safety Precautions E-2  Never try to modify the cord or subject it to exc essive b ending .  Never twist or stretch the cord.  Should the electric cord or plug become damaged, contact your original retailer or authorized CASIO Se rvice Provider. AC Adaptor Never touch the AC adaptor whil e your hands are wet. Doing so creates the risk of e[...]

E-3 Safety Precautions CAUTION AC Adaptor Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric shock. Always make sure you observe the foll owing precautions.  Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other sources of hea t.  Never pull on the cord when unplugging from the electrical outlet. Al ways grasp the AC adaptor when [...]

Safety Precautions E-4 * Stand is available a s an option. When using ba tteries, be su re to replace them or shift to one of the alte rnate power sources w henever you notice a ny of the following symptoms.  Dim power indicato r  Instrum ent does not tu rn on  Display that is flickering, dim, or diffic ult to read  Abnormally low speak[...]

Main Features E-5 Main Fe atures J 137 tones Everything fr om orchestra ins truments to synthesized so unds, drum set s and more. J 100 rhythms A selection of rhythms that cover rock, pops, jazz and just about any other musical style imaginable. J Auto Accompaniment Simply specify a chord and the keyb oard automatically plays the correct rhythm, ba[...]

Contents E-6 Safety Precautions ........ E-1 Main Features ................ E-5 Contents ......................... E-6 General Guide ................ E-8 About the Display . ................ ............... E-10 Quick Reference .......... E-11 Power Supply .............. E-13 Using batteries ........................ ............ E-13 Using the AC A[...]

E-7 Contents Playing Back from Song Memory ...... .. E-39 Real-time Recording to Track 2 ..........E-39 Recording Chords with Step Recording .................... ............... E-40 Step Record ing Melody to Track 2 ... ................. ................ ........ E-43 Track 2 Contents After Step Recording .................... ............... E-43 [...]

General Guide E-8 General Guide 641A-E-010A[...]

E-9 General Guide 1 MIDI OUT terminal 2 MIDI IN terminal 3 SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK terminal 4 PHONES/OUTPUT terminal 5 DC 9V jack 6 Speaker 7 Rhythm list 8 Tone list 9 Display bk Song Bank list bl Chord root names bm Percussion instrument list bn Chord types name bo TRANSPOSE/TUNE/MIDI button bp ACCOMP VOLUME button bq METRONOME button br BEAT butt[...]

General Guide E-10 1. An indicator appears ne xt to a function that is in use: GM (General MIDI Mode), SONG MEMORY (Song Memory), STEP (Step), KEY LIGHT (key light). 2. This area shows tone number and nam e, rhythm number and na me, and tune number and name. It also shows other information when using the song memory function and other function s. I[...]

Quick Reference E-11 Quick Reference This sectio n provides a qu ick overview o f keyboard ope ration using steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. 1. Press the POWER button to turn on power.  This causes the power indicator to light. 1 Lit 2. Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. 3. Press the SONG BANK button. 4. Find the tune you want to p la[...]

Quick Reference E-12 z If you selected lesson Step 2  Play the corre ct notes on the keyb oard.  Press the keyboard key th at lights. Note t hat with tunes 7 0 through 99, the keyboard key light turns off as so on as you press the key.  The keyboard key for the next note you will need to play f lashes.  A sub-melody (obbligato) pl ays i[...]

Power Supply E-13 Power Supply This keyboard can be powered by cur rent from a standard household wall outlet (usi ng the specified AC ad aptor) or by batteries. Always make sure you turn the keyboard off whenever you are not using it. Always make sure you turn of f the keyboard before loading or replacing batteries. 1. Remove the battery compartme[...]

Power Supply E-14 Make sure that you use only the AC adapt or specified for this keyboard. 1 DC 9V jack 2 AC adaptor AD -5 3 AC outlet Also note the following impor tant warnings and pre cautions when using the AC adaptor. Misuse of th e AC adapto r creates the risk of fire and electr ic shock. Alw ays make sur e you obse rve the f ollowing precaut[...]

E-15 Power Supply Hold down the TONE butt on while turning on the keyboar d to disable Auto Power Off and power on alert.  When these functions are turn ed off, the keyboard does not turn off automat ically and no alert is performed no matter how long it is left with no opera tion being performed.  Auto Power Off and power on alert are enable[...]

Connections E-16 Connections Before connecting headphones or other external equi pment, b e s u r e t o f i r s t t u r n d o w n t h e v o l u m e s e t t i n g s o f t h e k e y b o a r d and the connected equipment. You can then a djust volume to the desired level after connecti ons are complete. Rear Panel J Connecting Headphones (Figure 1 ) Co[...]

E-17 Connections J Rhythm Start/Stop Pedal In this case, the pe dal performs the same funct ions as the START/STOP button. Use only the accessories and options specifie d for this keyboard. Use of non-authorized items creates t he danger of fire, electric shock, and personal injury. Accessories and Options 641A-E-019A[...]

Basic Operations E-18 Basic Op eration s This section provides infor mation on performing basic keyboard operations. 1. Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on. 2. Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. 3. Use the VOLUME slider to set the volume t o a relatively low level. 4. Play somethi ng on th e keyboard. This keyboard comes with 137 built-in to[...]

E-19 Basic Operations number of notes (po lyphony) av ailab le for keyboard play is reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer onl y 12-note polyphony.  When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced. A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have been recorded and proce[...]

Basic Operations E-20  While the tempo v alue is flashi ng, you can also use the number butt ons or [+] an d [–] to inp ut a three- digit value. Note that you must input le ading zeros, so 90 is input as 090.  Pressing both the and T EMPO buttons at the same time automatic ally returns the currently s elected rhy thm to its defaul t tempo. [...]

Auto Accompaniment E-21 Auto Accompaniment This keyboard au tomatically plays ba ss and chord pa rts in accordance with the chords yo u finger. The bass and cho rd parts are played using so unds and tones tha t are automatically selected to select the rhythm you are using. All of this means that you get full, realistic accompaniments for the melody[...]

Auto Accompaniment E-22 The tempo (beats per min ute) can be set to a value in the ran ge of 40 to 255. Th e tempo value you set is used for Song Bank, 3-step lesson, and Auto Accompaniment cho rd play, as well as playback from memory and me tronome operation. 1. Use the TEMPO buttons to set th e tempo. : Increases the tempo value. : Decreases the [...]

E-23 Auto Accompaniment J CASIO CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard  The accompani ment keyboa rd can be used fo r playing chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playing single melody no tes on the accompan iment keyboar d. Chord Types CASIO CHORD acco mpaniment lets yo u play four types of chords with m inimal finge ring[...]

Auto Accompaniment E-24 See the “Fingered Chord Chart” on page A-4 for details on playing chords with other roots. *1. Inverted fingerings cannot be used. The lowest note is the root. *2. The s ame chord ca n be playe d without p ressing the 5th G.  Except for the chords specified in note *1 abov e, inverted fingerings (i.e. play ing E-G-C o[...]

E-25 Auto Accompaniment  When the composi te notes of a chord ar e separated by 6 or more note s, the lowe st sound b ecomes the ba ss ( 2 ). Music Example Tone: 016, Rhyt hm: 05, Tempo: 070 This keyboard lets yo u insert a short int ro into a rhythm pattern to make star tup smoother and mor e natural. The following procedure describes how to us[...]

Auto Accompaniment E-26 You can also insert a fill-in pattern while a va riation rhythm pattern is playing. 1. While a variation rhythm pattern is playing, press the VAR/FILL-IN button to insert a fill-in pattern for the variation rhythm you are using. You can set up the keyb oard to start rhyth m play at the same time you play the accompaniment on[...]

E-27 Auto Accompaniment You can adjust the volume of the accompaniment parts as a value in the range of 000 (minimum) to 127. 1. Press the ACCOMP VOLUME button. 1 Current accompan iment volume setting 2. Use the number buttons or th e [+]/[–] buttons to change the current volume settin g value. Example: 110  The current accompaniment vol ume v[...]

Song Bank E-28 Song Bank Th is ke yb oa rd fe at ur es a b ui lt -i n S on g B an k o f 1 00 tu ne s t ha t can be used for Auto Accompaniment playback. You can select a song simply to enjo y listening to it, or you can cut out its melody part and play along on t he keyboard using the 3- step lesson. M elody and accompa niment finger ings and notes[...]

E-29 Song Bank Keyboard keys light to show th e keys that should be pressed to pl ay al ong w ith S ong B ank t unes as th ey pl ay ba ck. At the same time, the displ ay shows fingerings, chor d names, notes, tempo and other info rmation. 1 Chord name 2 Tempo value 3 Measure nu mber 4 Beat number 5 Fingering 6 Dynamic mar k 7 Note pitch Each tune h[...]

Song Bank E-30 1. While a tune is playing or pau sed, hold down the REW button to skip i n a reverse direction at high speed.  The fast reverse operation skips back one measure at a ti me.  The measure and beat numbers on the display change while the fast reverse operation is being performed. 1 Measure nu mber 2 Beat number 2. Releasing the R[...]

E-31 Song Bank  Specifying the tune numb er for the s ame tune that is currently s elected retur ns the melody tone to the default setting for that tune. 1. Press the DEMO button.  Song Bank tune pl ay starts from tun e number 00, and continues with each tune in numeric sequence. 2. To stop Song Bank tune play, press the DEMO, STOP, or START/[...]