Radio Shack LK-1161 - Manual (Page 5)

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1. To turn on the keyboard, set POWER/
MODE to NORMAL . The POWER/MODE
indicator lights. ±
2. To hear a sample of the keyboard’s
many sounds, play a prerecorded tune
(see “Playing the Prerecorded Tunes”).
To make your own music, simply begin
playing the keyboard.
3. Repeatedly press VOLUME
¼¼¼¼ or ¹¹¹¹ to
increase or decrease the volume. The
current setting appears.
4. To turn off the keyboard, set POWER/
MODE to OFF . The POWER/MODE
indicator turns off.
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To save power when operating on batteries,
the keyboard automatically turns off after
about 6 minutes if you do not press a key.
To turn on the keyboard again, set
POWER/
MODE to OFF then back to NORMAL .
To remind you that the keyboard is turned
on, if the keyboard is connected to an AC
adapter, it automatically turns off the sound
after about 6 minutes if you do not press a
key. The keyboard silently “plays” song 99
(“Fur Elise”). The keys play the song to light,
but you hear no sound. To turn the sound
back on, press any button or key.
To set the keyboard so it does not auto-
matically turn off or enter power on alert
mode, turn on the keyboard while holding
down
TONE .
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You can sit back and listen to the 100 tunes
that come prerecorded in the keyboard. The
keyboard’s keys light to indicate the melody
notes of the tune as it plays.
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1. Press SONG . The SONG indicator lights
and the number of the current tune
appears.
2. Choose a tune from the 100 SONGS
list and enter its two-digit number on the
keypad.
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3. Press START/STOP to start playing the
tune. ±
4. Use VOLUME
¼¼¼¼ or ¹¹¹¹ to adjust the
overall volume as desired.
5. To stop playing the tune, press START/
STOP again.
6. To stop playing back any tunes, press
SONG again.
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To play all 100 prerecorded tunes con-
secutively, press
DEMO . The keyboard plays
the tunes in sequence until you turn off the
keyboard.
To stop playing back all the tunes, press
DEMO again.
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Your keyboard can sound like 100 different
musical instruments or sound effects. The
TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel
shows the name and two-digit number for
each preset tone.
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1. Press TONE . The TONE indicator lights
and the current tone’s number appears. ±
2. To play a different tone, choose a
preset tone from the 100 TONES list
and enter its two-digit number on the
keypad. As you press the keys, the
selected digits appear.
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3. Play the keyboard to hear the selected
tone and adjust VOLUME
¼¼¼¼
or
¹¹¹¹
to the
desired level.
4. To select a different tone, repeat Steps
1 and 2.
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The preset tones numbered 80 through 89
on your keyboard let you automatically play
two different layered tones at the same time
when you press one key. For example,
STRINGS PIANO (No. 80) plays string and
piano tones when you press a key.
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The preset tones numbered 90 through 96
on your keyboard let you automatically play
two different musical instruments or sound
effects independently on opposite sides of
the keyboard.
The instrument listed first in the tone’s name
plays on the left half of the keyboard (below
middle C). The instrument listed next plays
on the right half of the keyboard (above
middle C). For example, BASS/PIANO (No.
90) plays a bass tone on the left half of the
keyboard and a piano tone on the right.
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Basic Operation
• The keyboard automatically selects the
tone GRAND PIANO (No. 00) when you
turn the power on. To select a different
tone, see “Selecting/Playing a Preset
Tone”.
• To select an auto-rhythm, see “Percussion
Sounds” on Page 6.
• To play auto accompaniment, see “Using
Auto Accompaniment” on Page 6.
• The keyboard’s volume ranges from 0 (no
sound) to 9 (maximum). Each time you turn
on the keyboard, the volume is set to 7.
• To quickly change the volume setting, hold
down VOLUME
¼¼¼¼
or
¹¹¹¹
.
• To quickly return to the default volume
setting of 7, press VOLUME
¼¼¼¼
and
¹¹¹¹
at
the same time.
• The volume level differs depending on the
tone, accompaniment, or song you
selected.
Playing the Prerecorded Tunes
• To practice or play along with the
prerecorded tunes, see “Using Lesson
Mode” on Page 8.
• Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For
example, to select 07 (“I Just Called To Say
I Love You”), press 0 7.
• You cannot use the preset auto-rhythms
while a prerecorded tune is playing. To play
a rhythm, press SONG to exit the song
mode first.
Using the Preset Tones
• The keyboard has 12-note (maximum)
polyphonic sound. This means that you can
play up to 12 different notes at the same
time with most of the keyboard’s preset
tones. Some tones are only capable of 6-
note polyphony.
• Most tones on this keyboard have been
recorded and processed using a technique
called
digital sampling. To ensure a high
level of tonal quality, samples are taken in
the low, mid, and high ranges and are then
combined to sound amazingly close to the
originals. You might notice very slight
differences in volume or sound quality for
some tones when you play them at different
positions on the keyboard. This is an
unavoidable result of multiple sampling and
is not a malfunction.
• Some sound effect tones, such as
PERCUSSION (No. 99), do not follow the
musical scale when played, but change
effect as you play them in different octaves
on the keyboard.
Selecting/Playing a Preset Tone
• Each time you turn the keyboard on, it
automatically selects the tone GRAND
PIANO (No. 00).
• Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For
example, to select ELEC PIANO 1 (No. 04),
press 0 4.
• If you enter an incorrect first digit, press
TONE to clear your entry, then enter the
correct digit.