Stagg STP-710 User Manual

USER MANUAL

DIGITAL PIANO

STP-710

Using the Instruction Manual

Thank you for purchasing this Digital Piano. The use of high technology and the most advanced
sampling technique brings you high quality sound and enjoyment. The combination of digital piano
and electronic keyboard features let you perform perfectly. We hope this skilfully built digital piano
will able to explore your creativity, and brings you unlimited happiness and music enjoyment.
Before you use the piano, we recommend you to read through this manual. Please keep this
instruction manual for future reference.

Precautions

Please read the following carefully before use:

Do not expose the piano to high temperature, direct sunlight and excessively dusty places.

Do not place the piano too close to other electrical appliances such as television and radio or
it may cause interference.

Do not place the piano to excessive humidity area. Avoid putting container with liquid on top of
the piano, this will prevent the damage of the internal parts of the piano by flowing liquid.

Always unplug cables by gripping the plug firmly, but not pulling on the cable.

Do not apply excessive force to the switches and buttons.

When the piano is not in use or during a thunderstorm, disconnect the power supply.

Avoid adjusting the volume level to the maximum or to the levels that you feel uncomfortable, we
recommend you to limit the volume level to two-third of the max to prevent the damage of
audiory sense

Unplug the power cable before cleaning the piano, never connect or disconnect the power cable
with a wet hand.

Check and clean the power plug periodically.

To avoid damage to the piano and other devices to which it is connected, turn the power
switches of all related device off prior to connecting or disconnecting cables.

Clean the piano with a dry soft cloth, a slightly damp cloth may be used to remove dirt.

Never use cleaners such as thinner or alcohol. To prevent damage the surface of the LED display,
please use lens cleaning tissue to clean the display.

If the piano cable is damaged, do not use the piano, otherwise it may a fire or electrical hazard.

The piano may cause malfunction due to improper handling, if this occurs, switch off the piano
and switch on again after 30 seconds.

Do not attempted to disassemble or repair the piano by yourself, and do not modify the internal
parts. If the piano is not working properly, please contact approved repairer.

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Contents

Digital Piano Set-up Guide
General

Guide

The

Connectors

- Using the AC power jack

- Using Headphones

- Using the AUX.OUT jack

- Using the Foot Pedals

- Using the MIDI IN/OUT ports

Operatio

n

1.

Power Switch & Volume

2.

Voice/Dual Voice

3.

Metronome

4.

DSP (Digital Signal Processor)

5.

Transpose

6.

Tempo

7.

Touch Response

8.

Record & Playback

9.

Demo Song

10.

Foot Pedals

MID

I

- What is MIDI?

- What you can do with MIDI?

Specifications
Voice List
Demo

Song List

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5

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7

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Digital Piano Set-up Guide

1. Open the package, and check whether the following parts are available:

1. Piano body

2. Music stand

3. Right leg component

4. Left leg component

5. Back panel skirt

6. Foot pedal unit

7. Hand screw (4 pcs.)

8. Screws (8 pcs.)

9. Screw caps (8 pcs.)

10. Power cable stabling hook (2 pcs.)

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Digital Piano Set-up Guide................Continued

A. Put the foot pedal unit(6) in between the left and right legs components (3&4), use 4 pieces

of screws (2 on each side) to stable the legs onto the foot pedal unit.
(Make sure the direction of the placement is correct before screwing)

2. Follow the illustration below and finish off the set-up procedures.

B. Use 4 pieces of screws (2 on each side) to tighten the back panel skirt (5) onto the

assembly finished in Part A.

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Digital Piano Set-up Guide................Continued

C. Put the piano body(1) on the top of the assembly finished in part B, use 4 pieces of hand

screws to stable afterward.

D. After the initial set-up, stick the cable stabling hook(10) on the internal side of the leg

component (see the below illustration for reference).

Cable stabling hook

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General Guide

Top View

Rear View

Front View

Control Panel
Footboard DIN socket
MIDI IN/OUT DIN sockets
AUX. OUT jack
AC Mains Power socket
Headphones j ack

Soft Pedal
Sostenuto Pedal
Sustain Pedal
Music Stand
Piano Keyboard

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10

6

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General Guide............Continued

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POWER SWITCH
MASTER

VOLUME

DUA

L

DS

P (Digital Signal Processor)
TOUCH
RECORD
TRACK

A

TRACK

B

REPEA

T
METRONOME
TRANSPOSE +/­TEMPO

+/-

DEMO

ALL

RECORD

- PLAY

- STOP
DEM

O

- SELECT

- START/STOP

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VOICE TYPE & DEMO SONG SELECT
0 - PIANO 1
1 - PIANO 2
2 - E.PIANO 1
3 - E.PIANO 2
4 - HARPSICHORD
5 - VIBES
6 - STRINGS ENSEMBLE
7 - CHORUS
8 - JAZZ ORGAN
9 - CHURCH ORGAN
LE

D

- TEMPO

- SONG

- TRANSPOSE

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The Connectors

1.

3. Turn the volume control
anti-clockwise

to

the

minimum volume

level

.

2. Ensure the piano
is

turned off when

connecting

and

disconnecting

the

power cable

.

4.

5.

If

you have done the above procedures

you

are now safe to turn on the piano.

Caution

: When the piano is not in use or during a thunderstorm, disconnect the power for

safety

sake.

Caution: Never use the headphone with high volume, as it may damage your sense of hearing.

To prevent the damage of the speakers, ensure that the volume is set to the
minimum

level before connecting the power and other device.

Connect the rear-panel AUX.OUT
jack

to amplified speakers, amplifiers

or

domestic hi-fi-units for external

amplification

.

Note: Connect both left(L) and right(R) channels for the stereo result. If you only connect
either one of the channels, the connected channel will only take effect.

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Connect the power
cable to the AC mains
socket underneath the
piano body.

Plug the power cable
into a proper AC mains
power outlet

Using the AC power socket

Using the Headphones jack

Using the AUX.OUT jacks

An optional set of stereo headphones can be
connected to the headphones jack located on
the lefthand side, underneath the keyboard.
When a pair of headphones is connected to
this jack, the internal speakers will switch off
automatically

The Connectors..................Continued

Using the Foot Pedals

Using the MIDI IN/OUT Ports

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Connect the DIN plug of the footboard
to the “PEDAL” DIN socket on the rear
panel

. You will experience the sustain

effect

.

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument
Digital Interface. MIDI is a world wide
standard that allows various electronic
musical instruments and other devices
to communicate with each other.

MIDI IN: Data transmitted from other MIDI instruments via MIDI are received at this connector.
MIDI OUT: Data produced by the Digital Piano are transmitted to other MIDI instruments via
MIDI from this connector.

Operation

1.

1. Turn the POWER switch on.
The

LED display lights up.

2.

Note

: If the LED display has not lit up after you turned on the piano, please check

the

power supply.

If

the piano is silent, the volume may be adjusted to its minimum level.

2.

3. Metronome

Press the [D UAL] button to
enter

the Dual Voice mode,

then

select the second voice

by

pressing a [VOICE] button.

To quit the Dual Voice mode,
press

the [DUAL] button again.

While

recording, Voice 2 will

turn

off automatically.

Press

the [METRONO ME ]

button

to turn on/off the

metronome

function.

You cannot use the
metronome

function when

the

DEMO song is playing.

You can also turn off t he
metronome by pressing
the

[S TOP] button.

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Use the volume control
knob to adjust the volume
to your desired level

Choose a voice by pressing one of
the [VOICE] buttons. The related
LED indicator will then light up and
the number of the selected voice will
appear on the LED display.

Power Switch & Volume

Voice/ Dual Voice

Operation............Continued

4. DSP (Digital Signal Processor)

5. Transpose

To restore the normal
Transpos

e position, press

both

the +/- buttons

simultaneously

.

6. Tempo

You can speed up or slow
down

the tempo of a song

or

metronome by pressing

the

[TEMPO +/-] buttons.

To restore the default tempo,
press

both the +/- buttons

simultaneously

. When you

press

both the +/- buttons

when

the song/metronome

is

stopping, the tempo will

return

to 120.

When

you are adjusting the

tempo,

the tempo indicator

will

appear on the display.

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Press the [DSP] button to turn

on/ off the Digital Signal
Processor. The LED display
will clearly show the DSP
status.

The Transpose function allows
you to change the pitch of the
instrument in semi-tone steps, up
to a maximum of 12 semi-tones
(one octave) above or below the
standard pitch.

Operation............Continued

7. T ouch Response

8. Record & Playback

Record

Play

a key on the keyboard to

start

recording.

Press the [STO P] button to
stop

the recording.

Playbac

k

Press

the [REC OR D - S TOP]

button

to stop the playback.

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The digital piano features a touch­sensitive keyboard. This function is
a default setting when you turn on
the piano.

Pressing the [T OUC H] button

repeatedly adjusts the touch
response level from 1 to 3, where 2
is the default level.

To cancel the touch response effect,
press the [T OUC H] button until the

LED display shows “OFF”.

Press the [R ECO RD] button. The

indicator lights up. Then, press
[T RAC K A] or [TR ACK B] to
select a track to record.

Press the [P LAY ] button to start the

playback.

Recorded Track A or B can be
deactivated to play Track B or A
only

Operation............Continued

Use th e
Voice

butto n

twice

to sel ect

a Demo son g.

9. Demo Song

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During the playback, press the

[R EPE AT] button once to set
the starting point of the
repeated part you want to
listen.“r- A” appears on the
display. Then, press the
[R EPE AT] button again to set the
ending point of the playback.
"r -B" appears on the display and
the recorded song is then played
back repeatedly from point “r-A” to
“r-B”.

Press

the Demo [SE LECT]

button

. The display shows the
number of the current Demo song.
To choose a new Demo song, hold
down

the Demo [SE LECT] button

while

entering a 2-digit number
(00-19) with the Voice Select
buttons (0-9). For example, to select
Demo Song n°8, press first “0”
(piano) then “8” (harpsichord).

Repeat

the playback

Select a Demo song

Selecting a track of the demo song

Play the Demo songs in sequence

Press

the [DE MO ALL ] button
to make the Demo songs play
one after the other

. To stop
playing the Demo songs, press
once the [D EMO AL L] or
[S TART/ STOP ] button.

While the Demo song is
playing, you can deactivate
the corresponding track by
pressing

the [T RACK A] or

[T RACK B] button.

Operation............Continued

Repeat the demo song

10. Foot pedals

Soft
Peda

l

Soste nut

o

Peda

l

Susta i

n

Peda

l

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To play a Demo song in loop, press the
[REPEAT] button once to set the starting
point of the repeated part you want to
listen.“r-A” appears on the display. Then,
press the [REPEAT] button again to set the
ending point of the playback part."r-B"
appears on the display and the recorded
song is then played back repeatedly from
point “r-A” to “r-B”.

Adjusting the tempo of the Demo song

While a Demo song is playing, you can
adjust its tempo by pressing the [T EMP O

+/ -

] buttons.

The piano has a footboard w/ 3 pedals,
from left to right: Soft, Sostenuto and
Sustain pedal.

The MIDI IN and MIDI OUT sockets, located on the rear panel of the unit, offer broadened
musical possibilities through the use of MIDI. The following is the description of MIDI and how
you can use MIDI with the piano.

What is MIDI?

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a world wide standard that allows
various electronic musical instruments and other devices, such as sequencers, computers, etc
to "communicate with each other".

MIDI IN/OUT

The keyboard is equipped with two types of MIDI
tsockets, both located on the rear panel.

MIDI IN

Data transmitted from other MIDI instruments via
MIDI, are received at this socket.

MIDI OUT

Data produced by the keyboard, are transmitted to
other MIDI instruments via MIDI from this socket.

What can you do with MIDI?

MIDI

MIDI r eceive

MIDI IN

MIDI

IN

MIDI

OUT

MIDI

OUT

MIDI t ransmit

Play music from another keyboard .

MIDI IN

MIDI

IN

MIDI

OUT

MIDI

OUT

MIDI t ransmit

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Record performance data using the piano Auto Accompaniment on an external computer
(equipped w/ a MIDI card) or an external sequencer (featuring MIDI facilities). After recording, edit
the data with the computer/ sequencer, then play it again on the piano.

STP-710 Computer w/ MIDI

MIDI r eceive

STP-710 Digital Keyboard

Sockets

Specifications

Keyboard
Voic

e

Demo

Song

Displa

y

Switch

and Buttons

Transpos

e

Pedal

s

Touc

h Response

Connector

s

Speake

r
Dimensions (W*D*H)
Weigh

t

88 hammer action keys
10

Voices

20

Demo Songs

LE

D

POWER

SWITCH, VOLUME SWITCH, DUAL, DSP,

TOUCH,

RECORD, TRACK A, TRACK B, REPEAT,

METRONOME,

TRANSPOSE +/-, TEMPO +/-,

DEMO

ALL, RECORD - PLAY/STOP, DEMO - SELECT/

STA

RT/STOP, VOICE SELECT 0-9

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semi tones above or below standard pitch

Soft,

Sostenuto, Sustain

Hard,

Medium, Soft, Off

DC

POWER, HEADPHONES, AUX.OUT, MIDI IN/OUT,

PEDAL

S

8ohm

25w x 2

1380

*520*830 mm / 54.3*20.5*32.7 in

62k

g / 136.7 lb

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Voice List

No Name of Voice Name of Voice on Panel

Demo Song List

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