Creative Prodikeys User Manual

User’s Guide

Creative Prodikeys

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes.

The Software License Agreement is found in a separate folder on the installation CD.

Version 2.0

March 2003

Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks, and Prodikeys is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Contents

Introduction

Introduction....................................................................................................................... i

Minimum System Requirements .............................................................................. i

More Help ................................................................................................................. i

Getting More Information........................................................................................ ii

Online Registration .................................................................................................. ii

Technical Support and Warranty ............................................................................. ii

Document Conventions........................................................................................... iii

1 About Your Creative Prodikeys

Parts of Creative Prodikeys .......................................................................................... 1-1

Removing the Music Keyboard Cover ......................................................................... 1-2

Maintaining Creative Prodikeys ................................................................................... 1-3

2 Setting Up Your Creative Prodikeys

Installing Hardware ..................................................................................................... 2-1

Installing Software........................................................................................................ 2-2

3Getting Started

Starting the Software .................................................................................................... 3-1

Learning how to use the Software ................................................................................ 3-2

Configuring Power Management settings .................................................................... 3-3

A General Specifications

General Specifications................................................................................................. A-1

B Troubleshooting

Problems with installing Creative Prodikeys............................................................... B-1

Introduction

Minimum System Requirements

Thank you for choosing Creative Prodikeys™, another quality product from Creative Technology Ltd., the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products.

Creative Prodikeys is a revolutionary keyboard that consists of both a computer keyboard and a music keyboard with 37 touch-sensitiveMIDI keys. It comes with the easy-to-use Creative Prodikeys software, which you will use to interact with and control your Creative Prodikeys.

Creative Prodikeys is for everyone, even if you have no background in music. With Creative Prodikeys, you can create music instantly, play music for fun, learn to play songs or conduct a performance. You can even record what you have played and use it for presentations or home video productions.

Playing and learning music has never been easier.

Your Prodikeys requires at least:

❑ Intel ❑ Desktop computer system ❑ 128 MB RAM ❑ 325 MB free hard disk space ❑ Microsoft ❑ Onboard audio device or audio card (Sound Blaster

❑ CD-ROM drive for software installation ❑ Speakers or headphones ❑ Internet connection for downloading Internet content

Pentium® 233 MHz (or similar class) processor

Windows® 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

audio experience)

with Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset

audio card included in selected packages for best

More Help In the Creative Prodikeys software, click the Help button for a helpful tutorial and for detailed

information on using the software. You can also click the How to Play button, located near the topcenter of the program, for basic step-by-step instructions on using the mode that you are currently in.

* Notebooks currently not supported.

Introduction i

Getting More Information

Visit www.creative.com or www.prodikeys.com for the latest news and updates on your Creative Prodikeys. Additional Fun Mixes, Penta Tunes, Music Styles and Learnable Songs can also be downloaded from these websites.

Online Registration

Technical Support and Warranty

Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your products during installation, or at

www.creative.com/register. Benefits include:

• Service and product support from Creative

• Exclusive updates on promotions and events

Technical Support information can be found in the Installation CD. D:\Support\<Language>\Support.pdf.

For Warranty information, can also be found in the Installation CD. D:\Warranty\<Region>\<Language>\Warranty.pdf

(where D: represents your CD-ROM drive, <Region> represents the region you are in and <Language> represents the language the document is in).

Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the Warranty period.

Introduction ii

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