Williams Sonata 88 User Manual

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 LCD 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 AUX.OUT jack

- Using the foot pedals

- Using the MIDI IN/OUT jacks

Basic Operation

1. Power switch & volume

2. Demonstration

Voice and Effects

1. Select a voice

2. Dual voice

3. Harmony

4. Drum kit

5. Digital effects

6. Instant select piano voice

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10-13

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MIDI

- MIDI channel selection

- Control change filter

Specifications
Troubleshooting
Appendix

- Appendix 1A - Single Finger Chord
Chart

- Appendix 1B - Fingered Chord Chart

- Appendix 2 - Style List

- Appendix 3 - Voice List

- Appendix 4 - Demo Song List

- Appendix 5 - Digital Effect List

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Touch Response Keyboard
Octave Down Control
Split Keyboard
Playing the Styles

1. Select a style

2. The chord recognition modes

3. Accompaniment control

Metronome
Jam Track
One Touch Setting

Selecting the One Touch Setting

The Sequencer

Playback the recorded song
Record a new song

Mixer Volume Control

Muting the sections

Utility Functions

- Change the Tempo

- Restoring the memorized Tempo

-Pan

-Pitch

- Transpose

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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. Center supporting board

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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

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

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Parts required in this
step:

7. Hand screws x 4

8. Screws x 8

9. Screw caps x 8

Caution: When setting up the piano, please use the screws supplied and avoid using the

unspecified screws which may damage the piano body or causing the lost of
stability.

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)

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

B. Use 4 pieces of screws (2 on each side) to stable the center supporting board (5) onto the

assembly finished in Part Aon the previous page.

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

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Top View

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423

1

Control Panel

2

Pedal Jack

3

MIDI IN/OUT Jack

4

AUX. OUT Jack

5

AC Power Jack

Rear View

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Front View

5

6

Headphones Jack

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Soft Pedal

8

Sustain Pedal

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Music Stand

10

Piano Keyboard

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

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12 14 15 16

NORMAL

FINGERED

S. FINGER

44

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

1

A

18

3

B

910

122

1

5

5

7

6

REVERB CHORUS

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2

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SPLIT

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POWER SWITCH

2

MASTER VOLUME

3

MIXER CONTROL

- LOWER

- UPPER

- OC1, OC2, OC3

- BASS

-RHYTHM

4

METRONOME

5

JAM TRACK

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LCD DISPLAY

1

-NORMAL

2

- FINGERED

3

- S.FINGER

4

-SPLIT

5

- TEMPO

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- METRONOME

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- VOLUME

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- CHORD

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- VOICE 1, VOICE 2, LOWER

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- STYLE

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- REVERB

12

- CHORUS

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-DUAL

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-HARMONY

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- OCTAVE DOWN

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- TOUCH

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-OTS

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-MEMORY

21 2223 24

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JAM TRACK INDICATOR

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NUMERIC KEYPAD

9

VOICE SELECT

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STYLE SELECT

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OTS

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TEMPO +/-

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PAN

14

PITCH

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X'POSER

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MIDI

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- TRANSMIT

- RECEIVE

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SONG

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ACCOMPANIMENT
CONTROL

- START/STOP

-SYNC

- INTRO

- FILL-IN A

- FILL-IN B

-FADE

- ENDING

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SEQUENCER

-RECORD

- ACCOMP

-MELODY1

-MELODY2

- PLAY/STOP

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PIANO

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PANEL MEMORY

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SPLIT

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OCTAVE DOWN

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TOUCH

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DUAL

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HARMONY

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EFFECT

- REVERB

- CHORUS

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MODE

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WRITE

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The Connectors

Using the AC power jack

1. Connect the power
cable to the AC power
jack on the underside
of the piano body.

3. Turn the volume switch
anti-clockwise to reach
the minimum volume
level.

If you have done the above procedures

5.
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.

4. Plug the power cable
into an AC power
outlet.

2. Ensure the piano
is turned off when
connecting and
disconnecting the
power.

Using Headphones

An optional set of stereo headphones
can be connected to the headphones
jack located on the left underside of
the piano body. When a pair of
headphones is connected to the jack,
the internal speakers will switch off
automatically.

ON

OFF

POWER

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.

Using the AUX.OUT jack

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

Using the Foot Pedals

Connect the plug of the foot pedal
unit to the pedal jack on the rear panel.
You will experience the sustain effect.

Using the MIDI IN/OUT Jack

MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital
Interface. MIDI is a world wide standard
that makes it possible for various electronic
musical instruments and other devices.

MIDI IN:
MIDI OUT:

Data transmitted from other MIDI instrument via MIDI, is received at this terminal.

Data produced by the Digital Piano is transmitted to other MIDI instruments
via MIDI from this terminal.

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Basic Operation

1. Power Switch & Volume

1. Turn the switch on.
The LCD display light up.

POWER

ON

OFF

POWER

2. Use the volume control
switch to adjust the
volume to your desired
level

Note: If the LCD display has not light 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. Demonstration

This Digital Piano comes with 10 demo songs
for showing you the possibilities of the piano.
To playback the demo songs, follow the
instructions below:

Press the button, the demo song startSONG
to playback. There are 10 demo songs and
they can play in sequence or in loop.

When you press the button during theSONG
playback, the song playing currently will stop
and will skip to the next song.

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

DEMO

During the playback you can use the numeric
keypad or the "+" and "-" keys to select the songs.

To stop the playback, press the button.START/STOP

Note: During the demo song playback, the digital piano is unable to play.

Voices and Effects

This digital piano features 147 voices which already divided into 18 groups.
For the types and names of the voices please see the voice list later in this manual.

1. Select a Voice

The Voice Select mode is the default
mode every time the piano is turned
on and VOICE 01 is selected. At this time
you can use the numeric keypad or the
"+" and "-" keys to select another voice.

When you are choosing Voice 01-99
at the status of VOICE 1 or VOICE 2,
you can use the numeric keypad to
input the number of your desired voice
directly.

Three digits voice number are entered
by first pressing the button, then

+100

press the remaining two digits in
sequence.

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

1

3

2

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Voices and Effects...........Continued

2. Dual Voice

This digital piano features dual voice option which allow you to hear two different sounds
for every note played.

1. When VOICE 1 is showing on the display,
press the button, a word VOICE 2

DUAL

appears in the display. Now input the
second voice digits.

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

2. Press the button again to turn this
function off, and the word VOICE 1 appears
in the display.

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

Note: Dual Voice function only working on full keyboard playing or right-hand playing status.

3. Harmony

This digital piano has three different harmony
settings, it transforms simple one-note melodies
into fully orchestrated pieces.

1. When the piano is turned on, the harmony
function is in the off status, press the

HARMONY

button once, then a word OFF appear in the
display.

2. When OFF is showing in the display, press

HARMONY

button once, at this time an arrow
head points to HARMONY in the display and
the harmony value switch from OFF to 01.
Now play a key on the left to turn on the
auto accompaniment, and play a key on the
right to hear the harmony effect.

NORMAL

FINGERED

ONEFINGER

NORMAL

FINGERED

ONEFINGER

HARMONY

SPLIT

SPLIT

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

3. When you are in harmony 01 status, press the button once and 02 will appear
in the display. If you would like to switch to harmony 03, press the button once

HARMONY

HARMONY

more. Now play a single note on the right keyboard. If you selected harmony type 01, you
will hear two notes play.
Select harmony type 02 and play the same chord and single note again, this time you will
hear a three note chord on the right hand for every single note played.
Select harmony type 03 and play the same chord and single note again, this time you will
hear an octave intervals for every single note played.

4. To turn off the harmony function, press the button until OFF appears in the

HARMONY

display.

Note: If the keys on the left are in Normal or Split mode, the harmony effect will not take

effect.
If the Harmony function is turned on, only play a single note by right hand will take
effect.
During recording, the harmony effect will not work. If you start recording when the
harmony function is turned on, the function will turn off automatically.

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Voices and Effects...........Continued

4. Drum Kit

This digital piano features 7 percussion sounds.

Voices 141-147 are the featuring drum set of this digital piano. To select a drum set,
please refer to the section "Select a Voice" on page 10.

5. Digital Effects

This digital drum has 8 Reverb and 8 Chorus effects. This function can adjust the reverb and
chorus effect by referring to the performing environment.

Reverb effect

To adjust reverb type and levels:

HARMONY

1. Press the button, then two values

REVERB

appear on the display, the one on the left is
reverb type, the other one is the reverb level.

2. Hold the button, the reverb type

REVERB

value start to flash, you can change the reverb
type by input number 0-7 with the numeric
keypad. When the reverb type is selected, the
reverb level start to flash, now you can use the
same method as selecting reverb type to select
reverb level (0-7).

TYPE LEVEL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

TOUCH

HARMONY

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

TOUCH

Chorus effect

To adjust chorus type and levels:

1. Press the button, then two values

CHORUS

appear on the display, the one on the left is

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

chorus type, the other one is the chorus level.

2. Hold the button, the reverb type

CHORUS

TYPE LEVEL

value start to flash, you can change the chorus
type by input number 0-7 with the numeric
keypad. When the chorus type is selected, the

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

chorus level start to flash, now you can use the
same method as selecting chorus type to select
chorus level (0-7).

Note: When the Reverb and Chorus levels are set to 0, the effects are turned off.

The default Reverb type and level are both set to 4; the default Chorus type and
level are both set to 0, as in off status.

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Voices and Effects...........Continued

6. Instant select Piano voice

You can select the piano voices immediately by pressing the button.PIANO

When you press the button, the digital piano turns into
Normal status automatically, at this time Dual voice function is
unable to start.

PIANO

Press the button again to exit the PIANO mode and return

PIANO

to the previously selected voice.

If you select a voice directly in the Piano status, the PIANO status
will be exit automatically.

Touch Response Keyboard

The keys on this digital piano is velocity sensitive, which means, the harder you play on the
keys, the louder the sound becomes, as occurs in an acoustic piano.

The Touch Response Keyboard can be turn on
and off at any time. At the default, the Touch

HARMONY

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

Response is turned on.

Press the button, the arrow head pointing

TOUCH

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

TOUCH

to TOUCH on the display disappears, at this time
the touch response is off.

Octave Down Control

When you are playing in Normal mode, you can octave-shift the current voice down one
octave in real time. In the Fingered, Single Fingered and Split mode, play with the right
hand to shift down one octave.

In Normal mode, press the
button, the octave down indicator appears
in the display and now the entire keyboard

OCTAVE DOWN

NORMAL

FINGERED

ONEFINGER

HARMONY

SPLIT

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

shift down one octave.

In Fingered, Single Fingered and Split mode,
press the button, the octave

OCTAVE DOWN

down indicator appears in the display and now
the right section of the keyboard shift down one

Arrow
heads
appear

NORMAL

FINGERED

ONEFINGER

HARMONY

SPLIT

Octave DownIndicator

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

octave.

To cancel the octave down function, press the

OCTAVE DOWN

button again, the octave down

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

indicator turns off.

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Split Keyboard

To play on a split keyboard with one or two voices on the right section (Upper keyboard) and
one voice on the left (Lower keyboard), press the button as many times as necessary
until the arrowhead points to the SPLIT function.

MODE

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

Select a Split Point

1. Press and hold the button. The display shows the current Split point setting

SPLIT POINT

expressed as a note of the keyboard, together with the number of the Voice assigned to
the LOWER section. The default setting corresponds to note F#3. ( If you release the

SPLIT POINT

2. While still holding the button, press a key corresponding to the new Split

button, the display returns to the previous situation).

SPLIT POINT

point. (Note: If you use the + or - buttons in this situation, you will change the voice of
the Lower section).

SPLIT POINT

3. To exit the Split mode, press the button as many times as necessary until the

MODE

arrowhead points to NORMAL.

Play in Split mode with a Dual option on the Upper keyboard
To play with two layered sounds on the Upper keyboard and one on the lower

simply press the button while you are in SPLIT mode.DUAL

Note: In the SPLIT mode, if you feel the ratio of the Lower and Upper sections does not
meet your requirement, you can proceed to further adjustment with the MIXER CONTROL
function as will describe later in this manual.

Playing the Styles

This digital piano contains 99 styles (01-99) and 1 metronome (00).The sophisticated Auto
Accompaniment system can provide automated bass and chord backing that is perfectly
matched to the selected accompaniment arrangements.

1. Select a Style

1. Press the button, the message appears in the

STYLE

display.

2. Use the or the + and - keys to input

NUMERIC KEYPAD

a Style number.

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

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Playing the Styles.............Continued

2. The Chord Recognition Modes

The digital piano allows you to choose between two different Chord modes: Fingered and
Single Finger.

Single Finger mode

1.Choose a style that you desired (01-99).

2.Press the MODE button until the arrowhead
points to S.Finger.

3.Press the button to start to

START/STOP

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

A

B

playback the style.

4.Follow the Single Finger Chord table in the appendix section and play the chord that you
want.

The following shows C, Cm, C7 and Cm7 as the examples of the S.Finger Chord playing
method:

CCmC7Cm7

Major[M] Minor[m] Seventh[7] Minor Seventh[m7]

Fingered mode

In this mode, play the keys on the left of the Split point to play the Fingered Chord that
you want.

1.Choose a style that you desired (01-99).

2.Press the button until the arrowhead

MODE

points to Fingered.

3.Press the button to start to

START/STOP

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

A

B

playback the style.

4.Follow the Fingered Chord table in the appendix section and play the chord that you
want.

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Playing the Styles.............Continued

3. Accompaniment Control

This digital piano provides a wide variety of automatic functions that make itself very easy to
play. The functions are found in the Accompaniment Control section.

START/STOP
Press the button to start/stop

START/STOP

the style.

SYNC

1. The SYNC function allows you to synchronize
the start of your Style with a note or chord
pressed on the keyboard without using the

START/STOP
SYNC

button, the display shows the beat

button. When you press the

pattern indicators and the FILL-IN Aindicator
to indicate the synchro is in standby mode.

2. If you are in Normal mode, you can start the
style by playing any key on the keyboard.
If you are in Fingered, S.Finger or Split mode,
you have to play the chord that is corresponding
to the style pattern you selected.

3. To stop the style, press either the
button or the button.

SYNC

START/STOP

B

A

B

A

Beat pattern

HARMONY

HARMONY

indicators

OCTAVEDOWN

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

TOUCH

INTRO
Before starting the Style, press the

button to place the piano on intro-start standby.
The LED of the current Style pattern starts to

INTRO

B

A

flash to indicate that the INTRO has been
preset. Now press the button to

START/STOP

play a note or chord on the lower part of the piano.
The Style starts with an introductory pattern
then it proceeds with the selected auto­accompaniment.

FILL in A/B
FILL-IN A is the normal situation of the styles, all the 99 styles in the piano are playing in

this situation. FILL-IN B is the situation that adds variations to FILL-IN A.

When you press the or the

FILL-IN B

during playback, the current

FILL-IN A

B

A

pattern is interrupted by an appropriate
Fill-in, then it proceeds with the same
pattern, depending on which button you
press.

FADE

While playing your style, you can fade the
overall volume down simply by pressing the

FADE

button. After pressing the button, the
Style continues to play but the volume
decreases gradually until no volume is heard.

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B

A

Playing the Styles.............Continued

ENDING

You can stop your Style automatically with
a well-executed ending pattern without using
the button. While the Style is

START/STOP

playing, simply press the button.

ENDING

The Style auto-accompaniment stops
automatically with an Ending phrase.

Metronome

At any time, you can activate the METRONOME for practising purposes.

B

A

1. To play with the Metronome, press the

STYLE

button and insert the value "00".

x2

2. Press the button to start the

START/STOP

Metronome. You can choose the metronome
type (0,2-9) by pressing the

METRONOME

button.

3. When the Metronome is playing, you can adjust the speed by pressing the
buttons.

4. To stop the Metronome, press the button.START/STOP

Jam Track

1. While the electronic keyboard is playing the
auto-accompaniment, you press the
button and the indicator lights up. In this case,
the electronic keyboard will play the chord of the
style according to the previous setting. Press the

JAM TRACK

button again, the JAM TRACK
indicator turns off, and the electronic keyboard
will return to normal-mode.

JAM TRACK

Beat

Indicator

Metronome

TEMPO +/-

Type

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

2. In the JAM TRACK accompaniment pattern by
pressing the or the button,

FILL-IN A FILL-IN B

the JAM TRACK function will cancel automatically.

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One Touch Setting

The One Touch Setting is a quick and easy way of reconfiguring voices of Upper and Lower
sections of a style by pressing only one button while you are playing.

Selecting the One Touch Setting

1.Select a Style using the methods already described.

2.Press the button. The display shows an

OTS

arrowhead pointing to the OTS indicator.
Make sure one of the two chord recognition

From Normal

switch to

Fingered

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

mode is selected.

Press the button to play the

3.

START/STOP

M1-M4

selected style. While playing the style, you
can press one of the

ONE TOUCH SETTING

buttons--[M1], [M2], [M3], [M4] to select the
appropriate setting.

Memorize Panel Settings

If you don't want to use the factory style settings, you can memorize your own panel
configurations to the buttons. This function allows you to store up to 6 user­defined configurations, including Style, Variation and other selections, which you can
then recall by simply pressing a button.

How to store a memorized setting?

You are able to store the following values into your user-define settings:

1. Voice values

Voice Variation setting
Mixer Control setting
Touch Response On/Off
Reverb, Chorus and
Level setting
Harmony effect setting
Octave Down setting
Split Keyboard setting

MEMORY

2. Accompaniment values
Accompaniment style number

Mixer Control setting
FILL-IN A/B setting
Intro, Ending, Fade setting
Split Point setting

3. Tempo setting
Mode configuration

(Normal, Fingered,
Single Finger, Split
Keyboard)

You only need to change one aspect of any factory setting to be able to save as a new setting.

1.Press the button, then press the
button, use the numeric keypad or the keys

STYLE OTS

+/-

to choose a style.

2.Press the button and select a different

VOICE

voice by using either the numeric keypad or
the keys.

+/-

3.Press the button to deactivate the OTS

OTS

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

function.

4.Hold down the button and press one of
the button (M1-M6). An arrowhead

MEMORY

WRITE

at the bottom of the display shows the current
memorized setting.

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The Sequencer

The digital piano hasa3tracksrecording function, you can record in Voice mode or Style mode
with one or two melody tracks. In the playback, you can play along with the recorded sequence
using different voices to those used in the Melody tracks.

1. Set the piano to STYLE mode and select a Style.

2. Press the button. The LED of the RECORD

button starts to flash and the KEY START function
activates automatically (the Beat indicators start to flash).

3. Press the button followed by the MELODY 1

button. This allows you to record a melody line with
auto accompaniments.
The LED of the ACCOMP and MELODY 1 buttons start to
flash to indicate that the tracks are ready to record.

4. Start to record the notes you play.

The Key Start function triggers the Style accompaniment patterns when you play a chord
on the keyboard below the split point.

5. While playing, use the FILL-IN buttons to change the Variations, change Voices for the

Upper and Lower sections, activate Dual Mode, etc. Your actions will be captured by the
sequencer.

6. To stop the recording, press the button and the LED

will turn off. At this point you will have a recorded sequence
consist of a melody line with accompaniment.
You can record the Melody 2 track or leave it empty, according
to your requirements.
To record the Melody 2 track, press the button, then
press the button.
Start the recording by playing the keyboard.

RECORD

ACCOMP

MELODY 2

RECORD

RECORD

The flashing
Beat indicators

Playback the recorded song

Press the button to listen to the playback of your recorded song.
Before starting, you can deactivate one or more recorded tracks. For example,
if you have recorded the ACCOMP and MELODY 1 tracks, you can deactivate
the Melody 1 track to playback the Accomp track only.

PLAY/STOP

Record a New Song

To record a new song and cancel the old one, simply press the
RECORD button and the buttons of the track you want to record.
For example, if the and buttons already
contain recorded notes (LEDs on), press the button,
then press the and buttons. All LEDs start
to flash indicating that the sequencer is set to record mode.
Proceed to record your new song using the methods already
described The old song is overwritten by the new one.

ACCOMP MELODY 1

RECORD

ACCOMP MELODY 1

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Mixer Volume Control

If you are playing in Normal mode with Voices on a Split keyboard, you may at some stage want
to adjust the volume of one section with respect to the other. Using the MIXER Volume controls,
you can balance your Upper and Lower voices to the levels requires easily.

The mixer consist of 7 twin buttons organized

Increase Volume

in 2 rows. The top row of buttons are INCREASE
VOLUME controls while the bottom row are

Decrease Volume

DECREASE VOLUME controls.

To increase the volume of each section, press and hold the button on the

INCREASE VOLUME

top row until you reach the volume you required.

To decrease the volume, press and hold the control button.DECREASE VOLUME

Muting the sections

You can use the MIXER control buttons to turn off a
section, simply press both INCREASE VOLUME
and DECREASE VOLUME buttons simultaneously
to mute te section required.

Increase Volume

Decrease Volume

To restore the volume to normal, press both the

INCREASE VOLUME DECREASE VOLUME

and

buttons again at the same time.

Utility Functions

Changing the Tempo

Every time you select a Style, you also recall a memorized Tempo, shown on the top left
corner of the display.

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVEDOWN

TOUCH

Tempo setting

You can speed up or slow down the tempo, before or after starting the Style by pressing the

TEMPO +/-

buttons. Hold down either the + or - button to change the Tempo value at high

speed.

Decrease Tempo Increase Tempo

Restoring the memorized Tempo

To restore the Style's memorized tempo, press both the and buttons simultaneously.Tempo + -

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Utility Functions...........Contiuned

Pan

The Pan function allows you to change the stereo pan position of the overall sound, moving
the sound at the speakers either to the left or to the right.
If you press either the or button once, the display will show the
normal setting corresponding to Pan at the center (00).
Press the or repeatedly to pan the overall sound to the left

INCREASE DECREASE PAN

(max:07) or to the right (max:07).

INCREASE DECREASE PAN

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

To restore the normal Pan position (00), press both the and

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVE DOWN

TOUCH

INCREASE DECREASE PAN

buttons simultaneously.

Pitch

The Pitch function allows you to fine tune the instrument.
Press the or buttons repeatedly to raise (max:50) or lower
(min:50) the tuning until you reach the value required.

INCREASE DECREASE PITCH

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVE DOWN

TOUCH

To restore the normal Pitch position (00), press both the and

INCREASE DECREASE PITCH

buttons simultaneously.

Transpose

The TRANSPOSE function allows you to change the pitch of the instrument in semi-tone
steps, up to a maximum setting of 12 semitones above or below standard pitch.

NORMAL

FINGERED

S.FINGER

SPLIT

To restore the normal Transpose position (00), press both the and

TRANSPOSE

buttons simultaneously.

DUAL

HARMONY

OCTAVE DOWN

TOUCH

INCREASE DECREASE

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MIDI

The MIDI section consists of two functions, TRANSMIT or RECEIVE, which allows you to
set the Transmission and Reception channels independently for the keyboard as a whole.
Both Reception and Transmission channels also feature a Control Change filter (on/off).

MIDI channel selection

You can set the MIDI Transmission and Reception channels to any value from 1-16, or off.

If you press the button, the display shows the factory-set MIDI Transmission
channel.

If you press the button, the display shows the factory-set MIDI Reception
channel.

Use the + button in the numeric keypad to increase the Transmission or Reception channel, or
the-buttontodecreaseit.

MIDI TRANSMIT

MIDI RECEIVE

Control Change filter

To set the Control Change filter for either the Transmission or Reception channel, press the

or button twice. The display shows the current setting (Off).TRANSMIT RECEIVE

x2

To activate or deactivate the filter, use the + or - buttons of the numeric keypad.

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Specifications

Keyboard
Voice
Style
Demo Song
Max, Polyphony
Display
Switch and Buttons

Accompaniment Control

Sequencer
Panel Memory
MIDI
Connectors

Voltage
Speaker
Dimension
Weight

88 weighted/hammer action keys
147 Voices
99 Styles + 1 Metronome
10 Demo Songs
38-note Polyphony (max)
Multi functional LCD display with blue backlit
POWER SWITCH, VOLUME SWITCH, DUAL, OTS,
VOICE, STYLE, DEMO, TOUCH, UPPER, LOWER,
OC1, OC2, OC3, BASS, RHYTHM, OCTAVE, TEMPO,
SELECT, NUMERIC KEYPAD, SPLIT, PAN, PITCH,
X'POSER, MODE, HARMONY, REVERB, CHORUS,
WRITE, PANEL MEMORY 1-6
START/STOP, SYNC, INTRO/ENDING, FILL-IN A,
FILL-IN B, FADE
RECORD, MELODY 1/2, ACCOMP, PLAY/STOP
6 Memory Storage
TRANSMIT, RECEIVE, 1-6 MIDI TERMINALS
DC POWER, HEADPHONES, AUX.OUT, MIDI IN/OUT,
2 PEDALS
120V
8ohm 25w x 2
1380 x 520 x 830
62kg

Troubleshooting

PROBLEM

No keyboard sound and
LCD display has not
light up.

No keyboard sound but
LCD display lighten up.

The START/STOP button
ispressedtostartastyle,
the Beat indicators appear
in the display, but no sound.

There is no sound output
from the external amplifier
speakers or the sound is
mono.

1. Power supply problem

2. Power is not turned on.

1. The volume level is set
to the minimum level.

2. Headphones are inserted
into the jack.

1. The volume level is set to
the minimum level.

2. The RHYTHM in the MIXER
Volume Control is too low
or has been muted.

1. The volume level is too
low.

2. Only either one of the left
or right channel is connected.

CAUSE

SOLUTION

1. Correctly attach the power cable.

2. Set the power switch to ON position.

1. Adjust the volume to a higher level.

2. Disconnect the headphone from the
headphone jack.

1. Adjust the volume to a higher level.

2. Adjust the RHYTHM track to a higher level,
if there is still no sound, press both the
INCREASE and DECREASE volume
buttons of the RHYTHM track to re-open it.

1. Adjust the volume to a higher level.

2. Connect both the left(L) and right(R) channels
for the stereo result.

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Appendix 1A - Single Finger Chord Chart

Chord Name [Abbreviation] Normal Voicing Chord Display

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Major[M]

Major sixth [6]

Major seventh [M7]

Major seventh sharp Eleventh [M7#11]

Major add ninth [Madd9]

Major ninth [M9]

Major sixth add ninth [6 9]

augmented [aug]

Minor [m]

Minor sixth [m6]

Minor seventh [m7]

Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7b5]

Minor add ninth [madd9]

Minor ninth [m9]

Minor eleventh [m11]

Minor major seventh [mM7]

1-3-5

1-(3)-5-6

1-3-(5)-7

1-(2)-3-#4-(5)-7

1-2-3-5

1-2-3-(5)-7

1-2-3-(5)-6

1-3-#5

1-b3-5

1-b3-5-6

1-b3-(5)-b7

1-b3-b5-b7

1-2-b3-5

1-2-b3-(5)-b7

1-(2)-b3-4-5-(b7)

1-b3-(5)-7

C

C6

CM7

CM7#11

Cmadd9

Cm9

C6 9

Caug

Cm

Cm6

Cm7

Cm7b5

Cmadd9

Cm9

Cm11

CmM7

C

C6

CM7

CM7#11

Cm(9)

CM7(9)

C6(9)

Caug

Cm

Cm6

Cm7

Cm7b5

Cm(9)

Cm7(9)

Cm7(11)

CmM7

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Minor major ninth [mM9]

Diminished [dim]

Diminished seventh [dim7]

Seventh [7]

Seventh suspended Fourth [7sus4]

Seventh flatted Fifth [7b5]

Seventh Ninth [79]

Seventh sharp eleventh [7#11]

Seventh thirteen [7 13]

Seventh flatted Ninth [7b9]

Seventh flatted Thirteen [7b13]

Seventh sharp ninth [7#9]

Major Seventh augmented [M7aug]

Seventh augmented [7 aug]

1-2-b3-(5)-7

1-b3-b5

1-b3-b5-6

1-3-(5)-b7

1-4-5-b7

1-3-b5-b7

1-2-3-(5)-b7

1-2-3-#4-(5)-b7 or

1-(2)-3-#4-5-b7

1-b2-3-(5)-b7 or

2-3-5-6-b7

1-b2-3-(5)-b7

1-3-5-b6-b7

(1)-#2-3-(5)-b7

1-3-#5-7

(1)-3-#5-b7

CmM9

Cdim

Cdim7

C7

C7sus4

C7b5

C7 9

C7#11

C7 13

C7b9

C7b13

C7#9

CM7aug

C7aug

CmM7(9)

Cdim

Cdim7

C7

C7sus4

C7b5

C7(9)

C7(#11)

C7(13)

C7(b9)

C7(b13)

C7(#9)

CM7aug

C7aug

30

31

Suspended Fourth [sus4]

One plus two plus five [1+2+5]

24

1-4-5

1-2-5

Csus4

C1+2+5

Csus4

C

Appendix 1B - Fingered Chord Chart

Appendix 2 - Style List

Appendix 3 - Voice List

HARMONICA
TG ACCORDION

STRINGS 1

MALLET

VIBRAPH

TUBE BELLS

MUTED GT
OVERDRIVEN

AC BASS

PK BASS

SYNBASS 1
SYNBASS 2

STRINGS 2
SYNTHSTRS 1
SYNTHSTRS 2
CHOIR AAH
VOXOOH
SYNVOX

FR HORN

EUROBEAT 1
EUROBEAT 2

JAZZ BLD
JAZZ BLD

EN HORN

RECORDER

SHAKU

FIFTHS

BASS

NEW AGE

CHOIR

METALLIC

EFFECTS

GOBLINS
ECHOES
SCI-FI

BLOK

MELODTOM

SYNDRUM

SOUND EFFECTS

GT FRET NOIZ
BREATHNOIZ

BIRD TWEET

127 APPLAUSE
128 GUNSHOT

CHINESE

129 PIPA
130 YUE QIN
131 ZHONGRUAN
132 GUZHENG
133 YANGQIN
134 ERHU
135 GAOHU
136 HI-SUONA
137 LUSHEN
138 QUDI
139 BANGDI
140 XIAO

DRUM SET

141 STD DRUM
142 ROCK DRUM
143 EL DRUM
144 TR808 DRUM
145 BRUSH DRUM
146 ORCH DRUM
147 ORIENTAL DRUM

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Appendix4-DemoSongList

1. Piano Concerto (by P. T. Tschaikowsky)

2. Yellow River

3. Rock 'N' Roll

4. Jasmine

5. Seashore

Appendix5-Digital Effect List

REVERB TYPE

0

ROOM 1

1

ROOM 2

2

ROOM 3

3

HALL 1

4

HALL 2

5

PLATE

6

DELAY

7

PANNING

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

CHORUS TYPE

CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4
FEEDBACK
FLANGER
SHORT DELAY
FEEDBACK DELAY

6. Swan Lake

7. Modern Jazz

8. Very Happy

9. Jazz

10. Last Flower

RECOMMENDED

00 24
00 54
14 00
24 64
34 00
44 00
44 64
44 74
54 64
74 00
74 74

DISCO
SQUARE
ROOM
CHURCH
HALL
LARGE HALL
STADIUM
ROCK
JAZZ
FOREST
VALLEY

Reverb: 1st Digit - Reverb Type

2nd Digit - Reverb Level

Chorus: 1st Digit - Chorus Type

2nd Digit - Chorus Level

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