Casio Privia PX3ES1A - Manual (Page 11)

E-9
English
Connections
IMPORTANT!
• Before connecting headphones, be sure to use the
Digital Piano’s  (VOLUME) knob to turn the
volume down to a low level. After connecting, you
can adjust the volume to the level you want.
Connect commercially available headphones to the
PHONES
jacks. To protect your hearing, make sure
that you do not set the volume level too high when
using headphones.
The back of the Digital Piano has two pedal jacks, one
for a damper pedal and one for a soft/sostenuto pedal.
To connect to the pedal jack
Depending on the type of operation you want the
pedal (SP-3) to perform, connect the pedal’s cable
either to the Digital Piano’s DAMPER PEDAL jack or
SOFT/SOSTENUTO PEDAL
jack. If you want to use
both operations (jacks) at the same time, you need to
purchase another optionally available pedal.
NOTE
• You can connect a pedal to the SOFT/SOSTENUTO
PEDAL
jack and apply either a soft or sostenuto
effect to the notes you play. For details, see “Pedal
Assign” (page E-39).
Pedal Functions
 Damper Pedal
Pressing the damper pedal while playing will cause the
notes you play to reverberate for a very long time.
• Whenever a piano tone is selected, pressing this
pedal will activate the Digital Piano’s Acoustic
Resonance effect, which causes notes to resonate in
the same way they do when the damper pedal on an
acoustic piano is pressed. You can adjust the
acoustic resonance effect for each individual tone,
and you can apply it to other non-piano tones, if you
want. For details, see “Acoustic Resonance” (page
E-39) and “Acoustic Resonance Send” (page E-32).
 Soft Pedal
Pressing this pedal suppresses notes played on the
keyboard after the pedal was pressed, and makes them
sound softer.
 Sostenuto Pedal
Only the notes that are played while this pedal are
depressed are sustained until the pedal is released.
Pedal Connector
You can connect the optionally available 3-Pedal Unit
(SP-32) to the pedal connector on the bottom of the
Digital Piano. You can then use the pedals for
expression that is similar to that available on an
acoustic piano.
NOTE
• The SP-32 Pedal Unit supports half-pedal operation
(pressing the pedal part way). You can adjust the
amount of the effect is applied when the damper
pedal is pressed part way. For details, see “Half
Pedal Effect” (page E-39).
• The optionally available CS-67P special stand is
required in order to use the SP-32 Pedal Unit.
Connecting Headphones
Connecting a Pedal
PHONES jacks Commercially available
headphones
Mini plug
Left Side
PEDAL jacks
SP-3
Back
Pedal connector
Bottom