Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PL-40R Casio
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Safety Precautions E-1 Safety Precautions Congratulations on your selec tion of the CASIO Digital Piano. This piano is a sophisticated musical in strument that blends the very best of tradit ional piano feel and sound quality with the latest th at modern electronics technolo gy has to offer.
Safety Precautions E-2 Water and Fo reign Ma tter Water, other liquids, and fo reign matter (such as piec es of metal) getting into th e product create the risk of fire and electric shock. Take the following steps immedia tely. 1. Turn off power. 2. If you are using the AC adaptor for power, unplug it from the wall outlet.
E-3 Safety Precautions Relocating th e Product Before relocating the product, always unplug the AC cord from the wall outlet and disconnect all other cables and connecting cords. Leaving cord s connected creates the risk of damage to the cor ds, fire, and ele ctric shock.
Safety Precautions E-4 * Stand is available as an option. At least two people sh ould lift the digital piano when placing it onto the stan d or moving it. Trying to move the digital piano alone can cause the stan d to fall over, creating the risk of personal injury.
Main Features E-5 Main Fe atures J Simple, compact design A simple, compact design fits right in an d complements j ust about a ny interior layo ut. J Advanced Le sson System (p ages E-35, 39) Choose from among 70 built-in auto accompanime nt tunes for your lis tening pleasure, or turn off t he melody or another part and practice by playing along.
Contents E-6 Safety Precautions ........ E-1 Main Features ................ E-5 Contents ......................... E-6 General Guide ................ E-9 About the Display . ............. ................ .. E-12 Connecting to a Power Outlet .........
E-7 Contents Looping a Musical Phrase . .................. E-37 Using the Advanced Lesson System to Practice Along with a Music Library Tune .................. E-39 Arrangement Levels .... ................ ........ E-39 Selecting the Part You Want to Practice .
Contents E-8 Reference Troubleshooting .......... E-84 Specifications .............. E-87 Operational Precautions .................. E-90 Appendix ........................ A-1 Tone List ..................... ............ .............. A-1 Drum Assignment List .
General Guide E-9 General Guide 1 LINE OUT jack s (R, L/MONO) 2 DAMPER PEDAL jac k, SOFT/SOSTENUTO PEDAL jack 3 POWER button 4 DC 15V jack 5 MIDI IN terminal, MIDI OUT termin al 6 PHONES jack 7 USB port 426-E-011A PL40NE01-1.
General Guide E-10 8 MAIN VOLUME knob 9 ACCOMP/SONG VOLUME k nob bk MODE button bl RHYTHM buttons POPS button ROCK/DANCE button BALLAD butto n JAZZ/LATI N button VARIOUS b utton FOR PIANO butto n bm AUTO HARMONIZE button bn SEQUENCER button bo RECORD button 426-E-012A PL40NE01-1.
E-11 General Guide bp SPLIT butto n bq LAYER/(GROUP A/ B) button br PART/(MIXER) button bs INTRO button bt VARIATION 1/2 but tons ck FILL-IN bu tton cl BREAK button cm ENDING button cn SYNCHRO START/S TOP button co START/STOP but ton cp METRONOME/(BEAT) button cq ONE TOUCH PRESET/(KE Y LIGHT) button cr EFFECT/(L.
General Guide E-12 1. Operation Indicato rs These indicators show wh at type of se ttings you are making and the type of information currently displayed in the message area. The applicable indicator appears while you are maki ng tone (TONE), part (U1 , U2, L1, L2), song (SONG) , rhythm (RHYTHM), mixer (MIXE R), or function (FUNCTION) set tings.
E-13 General Guide 11. Chord name display Shows chord names while auto accompanim ent is being used. 12. Pointers A pointer appears next to the applicab le function when you have voice fingering guide, touch response, or key lighting turned on. Display exa mples shown i n this User’ s Guide are intended for illus trative pur poses only .
Connecting to a Power Outlet E-14 Connecting to a Pow er Outlet You can power this digital piano by plugging it into a standard household powe r outlet. Be sure you turn of f power and unplug the power cor d from the electrical outlet whenever the digital piano is n ot in use.
E-15 Connecting to a Power Outlet Keyboard keys light to alert you if you leave power on and do not perform any operation for abo ut 6 minutes. Note that keys light only, and no sound is produced. When this happens, press any button or keyboard ke y to clear the power on alert.
Connections E-16 Connections Connecting to an audio or musical instrument am plifier provides even clearer, more powerful sound through exter nal speakers. Whenever c onnecting ex ternal equi pment, firs t set the MAIN VOLUME knob of the digital piano and the vo lume controller of th e external equi pment to relatively lo w volume setti ngs.
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Basic Operations E-18 Basic Op eration s This section provides information on perform ing basic piano operations. 1. Press the POWER button to turn on the piano. 2. Use the MAIN VOLUME knob to set the volume to a relatively low level. 3. Play somethi ng on th e keyboard.
E-19 Basic Operations The term polyphony ref ers to the maximum nu mber of notes you can play at the same ti me. This piano has 64-n ote polyphony, which includes the notes yo u play as well as the rhythms and au to-accompaniment pat terns that are played by the piano.
Basic Operations E-20 With split you can assign two different tones (a mai n tone and a split tone) to either end of th e keyboard, which lets you play one tone with your l eft hand and a nother tone with yo ur right hand. 1. Select the main tone. 2. Press the SPLIT button.
E-21 Basic Operations Layer/spl it is produced b y using mixer Gro up A Upper1, Upper2, Lower1, and Lower2 at the same time. This me ans you can use the mixer to change the volume ba lance and stereo pan p osition par ameters f or each of the tones.
Auto Accompaniment E-22 Auto Accompaniment This piano au tomatically plays bass and chord parts 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 match the rhythm you are using.
E-23 Auto Accompaniment The built-in rhythms are divided among 6 groups, with each group assigned to a RHYTHM button on the control pan el. 1. See the Rhythm Reference at the back of this manual (page A-10) for information about the RHYTHM button names for each of the buil t-in rhythms.
Auto Accompaniment E-24 1 Name of chord be ing played 2 Current meas ure and beat 4. To stop auto accompaniment play, press the START/STOP button again. This method of chord play makes it possible for anyone to easily play chords, regardless of previous musical knowledge and experience.
E-25 Auto Accompaniment In this mode, you specify chords by playing them as you would on a piano, i nside the accompan iment keybo ard range. To spec ify a C-c hord, yo u would p lay C-E-G.
Auto Accompaniment E-26 You can adjust the tempo (number of beats per minute) of rhythm play wi thin a range of 30 to 255 . 1. While the indicator lamp above the TEMPO buttons is lit, use t he TEMPO button s [ ]/[ ] to adjust the te mpo.
E-27 Auto Accompaniment Fill-in patterns let you momentar ily change the rhythm pattern to add some interesting varia tion to your performanc es. 1. Press the START/STOP bu tton to start rhythm play. 2. Press the FILL-IN button to insert a fill-in pattern for the rhythm you are using.
Auto Accompaniment E-28 Synchro stop is the opposite of synchro start. It causes the currently playing auto accompani ment pattern to stop when the keys in the accompaniment keybo ard range are released. This feature is mor e than just a simpl e way to stop auto accompaniment play.
E-29 Auto Accompaniment When you are using auto accompani ment, auto harmoniz e automatically a dds an addit ional note t o your melody in accordance with the chord that i s being played. The result is a harmony effect that makes your melody lin e richer and fuller.
Auto Accompaniment E-30 The notes you play on the keyboard are called “melody notes”, while the notes added to the melody by auto harmonize a re called the “ harmonize notes”.
E-31 Auto Accompaniment 5. To turn off the metronome, press the METRONOME/(BEAT) button. Transpose lets you raise and lower the overal l key of the piano in semitone uni ts.
Auto Accompaniment E-32 Turning on touch response causes the volume and sound quality of piano output to ch ange in accord ance with the amount of pressure applied to the keyboard. 1. Press the FUNCTION button. 2. Use the [ ] and [ ] buttons or the selector dial to display the “General” menu screen.
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