Optimus MD-1150 - Manual (Page 11)

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4. To turn off the keyboard, set
POWER/MODE to OFF . The POWER/
MODE indicator and the display turn
off.
Cancelling Auto Power Off
To have the keyboard not automatically
turn off during a session, turn on the
keyboard while holding down
TONE .
The next time you turn the keyboard off
then back on again, it will automatically
turn off after about 6 minutes.
PLAYING THE
PRERECORDED TUNES
You can listen to any of the 100 tunes
that come prerecorded in the keyboard,
or you can turn off a tune’s melody or
accompaniment and play along on the
keyboard.
Playing Back a Prerecorded
Tune
1. Press SONG . An indicator appears
next to SONG on the display and the
number of the current tune appears.
Note: The keyboard always selects
the tune “(Everything I Do) I Do It for
You” (No. 00) the first time you
press
SONG after turning the power
on.
2. Choose a tune from the 100
SONGS list and enter its two-digit
number on the keypad.
Or, you can press + or – to move to
the next higher or lower numbered
tune.
Notes:
• Precede a single-digit number
with a 0. For example, to select
08 (“Killing Me Softly with His
Song”) press
0 8 .
• If you enter an incorrect first digit,
press SONG to clear your entry,
then enter the correct digit.
3. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start playing
the tune.
You can change the tune by repeat-
ing Step 2 even while a tune is play-
ing. The new tune immediately
begins to play.
As a tune plays, the display shows:
• a “score” to show you the notes
that are playing (right side of the
display)
• a “keyboard” to show you the fin-
gering and which keys are
pressed (bottom of the display)
• a “metronome” to show you the
selected tempo — the metro-
nome’s bar swings along with the
tempo you selected, and the
black dots above the metronome
show the beat count in the mea-
sure
• the chord name (except for tunes
70 to 99) to the center right of the
display
• “play” indicator ( ) to the upper
left of the display
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