Radio Shack MD500 - Manual (Page 6)

5 A Quick Look at Your Keyboard
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A Quick Look at Your Keyboard
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Operation
BASIC OPERATION
1. To turn on the keyboard, set POWER to
ON . The POWER indicator lights.
Important: To prevent hearing damage,
always set the keyboard’s volume to its
lowest level before you begin playing it
after changing any settings.
Note: To remind you to save power dur-
ing operation, the keyboard automati-
cally sounds a tone about every 5
minutes if you do not press a key.
2. To hear a sample of the keyboard’s
many sounds, play a prerecorded tune
(see “Playing the Prerecorded Tunes”
on Page 6). To make your own music,
simply begin playing the keyboard.
Notes:
• The keyboard automatically selects
the tone Grand PIANO (No. 01) when
you turn the power on. To select a dif-
ferent tone, see “Selecting/Playing a
Preset Tone” on Page 7.
• To select an auto-rhythm, see “Using
the Preset Auto-Rhythms” on Page 7.
• To play auto accompaniment, see
“Using Auto Accompaniment” on
Page 8.
POWER
Speaker
Speaker
SONGS
PERCUSSION
Keys
TONES
RHYTHMS
VOLUME
List
Number
Keys
List
START/
STOP
SYNC/
FILL-IN
List
TEMPO
CHORD
LEARNING
METRO
BEAT
RECORD
PLAY
DEMO
TONE
RHYTHM
SONG
O.T.S.
SUSTAIN
MIDI
TRANSPOSE