USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”. Precauciones de seguridad Antes de intentar usar el piano, asegúrese de leer las “Precauciones de seguridad” separadas.
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Contents Unpacking................................................................. E-29 To assemble the stand ............................................. E-29 To connect the pedal cord......................................... E-31 To install the music stand.......................................... E-31 General Guide ................................... E-2 Configuring Settings with the Keyboard........................... E-20 FUNCTION Button......................................................
General Guide 1 Bottom 2 3 bk 4 bl 5 6 7 bm Rear Front bo bn E-2 8 9
General Guide NOTE 8 GRAND PIANO (MODERN) button 2 VOLUME controller 9 ELEC PIANO button 3 FUNCTION button bk Pedal connector 4 SONG a, DEMO button bl USB port 5 RECORDER (L/R) button bm DC 12V terminal 6 METRONOME, DUET button bn PHONES jacks 7 GRAND PIANO (CONCERT) button bo Power lamp English • The names shown here are always indicated in bold when they appear within the text of this manual.
Power Outlet Your digital piano runs on standard household power. Be sure to turn off power whenever you are not using the digital piano. ■ To release the clip As shown in the illustration, press (b) in the direction indicated by the arrow. ¨â© Using an AC Adaptor Use only the AC adaptor (JEITA Standard, with unified polarity plug) that comes with this digital piano. Use of a different type of AC adaptor can cause malfunction of the digital piano.
Power Outlet 1. Press the P (POWER) button to turn on digital piano power. Auto Power Off This digital piano is designed to turn off automatically to avoid wasting power after no operation is performed for a preset amount of time. The Auto Power Off trigger time is about four hours. • You also can use the procedure below to temporarily suspend Auto Power Off. ■ To disable Auto Power Off • This causes the P (POWER) button to light.
Connections IMPORTANT! • Whenever connecting something to the digital piano, first use the VOLUME controller to set the volume to a low level. After connecting, you can adjust the volume to the level you want. Connecting Headphones Connecting Audio Equipment or an Amplifier You can connect audio equipment or a music amplifier to the digital piano and then play through external speakers for more powerful volume and better sound quality.
Connections English Bundled and Optional Accessories Use only accessories that are specified for use with this digital piano. Use of unauthorized accessories creates the risk of fire, electric shock, and personal injury. NOTE • You can get information about accessories that are sold separately for this product from the CASIO catalog available from your retailer, and from the CASIO website at the following URL. http://world.casio.
Playing with Different Tones VOLUME METRONOME FUNCTION SONG a ELEC PIANO GRAND PIANO Selecting and Playing a Tone The piano comes with 18 built-in tones. • The names of the tones are marked above the keyboard keys to which they are assigned. To select a tone 1. Select the tone you want. z To select GRAND PIANO (CONCERT or MODERN) or ELEC PIANO • Press one of the GRAND PIANO buttons (CONCERT or MODERN) or the ELEC PIANO button to select the one you want.
Playing with Different Tones • Of the digital piano’s 18 built-in tones, the first five are grand piano tone. Each tone has its own distinctive merits, so you should select the tone that suits the song you are playing along with or your own personal preferences. The CONCERT and MODERN tones are assigned to buttons for quick and easy selection. Tone Name Characteristics CONCERT This is a full concert grand piano tone that uses Linear Morphing* for dynamic and natural tone changes.
Playing with Different Tones Layering Two Tones Use the following procedure to layer two tones, so they sound at the same time. When specifying two tones for layering, first tone you select will be the main tone, while the second tone will be the layered tone. 1. To adjust the volume balance between two layered tones 1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the keyboard keys shown below to adjust the volume of the layered tones.
Playing with Different Tones Reverb : Makes your notes resonate. Chorus : Adds more breadth to your notes. 1. While holding down the FUNCTION button, use the Reverb or Chorus keyboard key to cycle through the available settings. Using the Digital Piano’s Pedals Your digital piano comes equipped with three pedals: damper, soft, and sostenuto. • Each press of the Reverb or Chorus keyboard key causes the digital piano to beep according to which setting is selected, as shown in the table below.
Playing with Different Tones Using the Metronome 1. Press the METRONOME button. • This starts the metronome. • The lamp above the SONG a button flash in time with the metronome beat. 2. To change the beat, hold down the FUNCTION button as you press one of the METRONOME BEAT keys to select a beat setting. 4. Press the METRONOME button or SONG a button to turn off the metronome.
Playing with Different Tones You can use the Duet Mode to split the piano’s keyboard in the center so two people can play a duet. The left and right side keyboards have virtually the same range. The left pedal operates as the left side damper pedal, while the right pedal is the right side damper pedal. This makes it possible to configure the keyboard so, for example, the teacher can play on the left and the student can follow along on the right.
Playing Back Built-in Songs RECORDER FUNCTION SONG a Your digital piano comes with a Music Library of 60 built-in tunes. You can play all 60 tunes in sequence, from beginning to end. 2. IMPORTANT! To change demo playback to a different song, hold down the FUNCTION button as you use the SONG SELECT keys to specify a song number. • After you select a built-in song, it can take a number of seconds for the song data to be loaded.
Playing Back a Specific Music Library Song Practicing with a Music Library Song The Music Library includes both built-in songs (01 to 60), plus songs (61 to 70) that have been saved to digital piano memory from a computer*. You can use the procedure below to select one of these songs and play it back. * You can download music data from the Internet and then transfer it from your computer to digital piano memory. See “Transferring Song Data with a Computer” on page E-26 for more information.
Recording and Play Back RECORDER FUNCTION METRONOME SONG a You can store the notes you play in digital piano memory for later playback. Tracks A track is a container of recorded data, and a song consists of two tracks: Track 1 and Track 2. You can record each track separately and then combine them so they play back together as a single song. Track 1 Record While playing back. . . Song Track 2 Recording Data Storage • Starting a new recording deletes any data that was previously recorded in memory.
Recording and Play Back 4. • Recording will start automatically. 5. After recording to either of the tracks of a song, you can record to the other track while listening to playback what you recorded in the first track. 1. Start playing something on the keyboard. To stop recording, press the SONG a button. • This will cause the RECORDER button lamp and the lamp of the track you recorded to change from flashing to lit. • To play back the track you just recorded, press the SONG a button.
Recording and Play Back To record to one track of a song while listening to the playback of the other track 1. Playing Back from Digital Piano Memory 1. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. NOTE 2. 3. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the RECORDER (L/R) button to select the track you want to play back while recording. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is flashing. • This will cause the L lamp to flash. 4.
Recording and Play Back Deleting Recorded Data English The following procedure deletes a specific track of a song. IMPORTANT! • The procedure below deletes all of the data of the selected track. Note that the delete operation cannot be undone. Check to make sure you really do not need the data in digital piano memory before you perform the following steps. 1. Press the RECORDER button twice so its lamp is flashing. 2.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard FUNCTION In addition to selecting tones and Music Library tunes, you also can use the FUNCTION button in combination with the keyboard keys to configure effect, keyboard touch, and other settings. To configure settings with the keyboard 1. 2. 3. Use the “Parameter List” on pages E-22 E-24 to find the setting you want to configure, and note its details.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Keyboard Keys Used for Configuring Settings [Left keyboard] English • The numbers 1 through cl correspond to the same numbers in the “Parameter List” on pages E-22 - E-24.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Parameter List ■ Tones Parameter Settings Operation Type (page E-20) Description 7 Tone selection See page E-8. Default: GRAND PIANO (CONCERT) A Assigns a tone to the keyboard. (page E-8) 8 Reverb Off (OFF), 1 to 4 Default: 2 D Specifies the reverb of notes. (page E-11) 9 Chorus Off (OFF), 1 to 4 Default: 2 D Controls the breadth of notes. (page E-11) bo Brilliance –3 to 0 to 3 Default: 0 B Specifies the brilliance of notes.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ Keyboard 1 Keyboard key Operation Type (page E-20) Settings Description Remarks B Raises or lowers the tuning of the digital piano in semitone steps. • The transpose setting cannot be configured while Music Library playback is in progress or while in the Duet Mode. • Raising the key of the digital piano can cause notes the highest part of the range to become distorted. 2 Keyboard tuning 415.5Hz to 440.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ MIDI and Other Settings Parameter bp USB device Settings Operation Type (page E-20) Description Remarks MIDI, Storage Default: MIDI – • While Storage is selected for this setting, the The digital piano enters MIDI GRAND PIANO (CONCERT, MODERN) mode automatically when it is and ELEC PIANO button lamps flash, and connected to a computer by a USB all other lamps are unlit. cable.
You can connect the digital piano to a computer and exchange MIDI data between them. You can send play data from the digital piano to commercially available music software running on your computer, or you can send MIDI data from your computer to the digital piano for playback. 2. After starting up your computer, use a commercially available USB cable to connect it to the digital piano.
Connecting to a Computer Using MIDI 2. Change the digital piano’s USB device mode to storage. What is MIDI? The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers. NOTE • For detailed information about MIDI Implementation, visit the CASIO website at: http://world.casio.com/.
4. Double-click “PIANO”. • “PIANO” contains folders named “MUSICLIB” and “RECORDER”. • To transfer a user song to the digital piano from your computer, open the “MUSICLIB” folder and put the song into one of the numbered subfolders (61 through 70). Each subfolder corresponds to a Music Library number: Subfolder 61 to Music Library 61, and so on. • The files in the “RECORDER” folder are songs that have been recorded with the digital piano’s recorder function.
Connecting to a Computer 5. After the file copy operation is complete, return the USB device mode to MIDI. • If you are using a Macintosh, perform the eject operation (drag them to the trash can). • While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the applicable keyboard key. See “USB device mode” on page E-24 for more information. • Returning the USB device mode to MIDI will load the contents of MUSICLIB into user song memory and the contents of RECORDER into Recorder memory.
Unpacking • PREPARATION • This stand does not include any of the tools required for assembly. It is up to you to prepare a large Philips head (+) screwdriver for assembly. • • A C B • CAUTION Assembly of the stand should be performed by at least two people working together. This stand should be assembled on a flat surface. Do not remove the tape securing the keyboard cover in place until assembly is complete.
Assembling the Stand 2. Slide back panel C into the grooves 4 of the side panels. 5. • After you slide back panel C into place, the positions of its screw holes should be aligned with those of crosspiece D. Adjust the height adjustment screw 7 to provide support so crosspiece D does not bow downwards when the pedals are pressed. C D IMPORTANT! 4 3. 7 Use the two screws I to secure the top left and right edges of the back panel C to the brackets 5 of side panels A and B.
Assembling the Stand Use the two screws H to secure the piano to the stand. To connect the pedal cord 1. Orienting the pedal plug as shown in the illustration, plug it into the pedal connector on the bottom of the piano. • Secure the pedal cord with the clip G. Pedal plug H IMPORTANT! • The screws keep the piano from slipping off the stand. Never use the piano without the screws installed. 8. Affix the adaptor cord clip K next to the power terminal (DC12V).
Reference Troubleshooting Problem No sound is produced when I press a keyboard key. The pitch of the digital piano is off. Cause 1. The VOLUME controller is set to “MIN”. 2. Headphones or an adaptor plug is plugged into one of the PHONES jacks. 3. MIDI Local control is turned off. 1. The digital piano’s key setting is something other than “0”. 2. Digital piano tuning is incorrect. 3. Octave shift is enabled. 4. A non-standard temperament setting is being used. Tones and/or effects sound strange.
Reference Product Specifications AP-250BK/AP-250BN Keyboard 88-key piano keyboard, with Touch Response Maximum Polyphony 128 notes Tones 18 • Layer (excluding bass tones) • Split (Low-range bass tones only) Effects Brilliance (–3 to 0 to 3), Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types), DSP, Damper Resonance Metronome • Beats: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 • Tempo Range: 20 to 255 Duet Adjustable tone range (–1 to 2 octaves) Music Library • Number of Songs: 60, User Songs: 10 songs (Up to approximately 90KB per son
Reference Operating Precautions Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near a radio, TV, video deck, or tuner The above devices will not cause malfunction of the product, but the product can cause interference in the audio or video of a nearby device.
Reference Model: AD-A12150LW 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions on hand. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this product near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not install near radiators, heat registers, stoves, or any other source of heat (including amplifiers). 8. Use only attachments and accessories specified by the manufacturer. 9. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
Appendix/Apéndice Tone List/Lista de tonos Tone Name/ Nombre de tonos Song List/Lista de canciones Bank Select MSB/ Program Change/ MSB de selección de Cambio de programa banco GRAND PIANO CONCERT 0 0 GRAND PIANO MODERN 0 1 GRAND PIANO CLASSIC 0 2 GRAND PIANO MELLOW 0 3 GRAND PIANO BRIGHT 0 4 ELEC PIANO 4 0 FM E.PIANO 5 0 60’S E.
Key’s Ch’s After Touch Control Change Pitch Bender Note ON Note OFF Velocity True voice 0,32 1 5 6, 38 7 10 11 16 17 18 19 64 65 O X X X O X X X X X X O X X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O X O O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 9nH v = 0, 8nH v =** O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 8nH v = 64 X X 0 - 127 0 - 127*1 Mode 3 X 1 - 16 1 - 16 Recognized 0 - 127 Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered Mode Note Number 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default Changed Transmitted Remarks Version : 1.
X O X O X X : All sound off : Reset all controller : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset Aux Messages Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY O O X O O X X X X X X O 0 - 127 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O *2 Sostenuto Soft pedal Vibrato rate Vibrato depth Vibrato delay DSP Parameter4*2 DSP Parameter5*2 DSP Parameter6*2 DSP Parameter7*2 Portamento Control High resolution velocity prefix*3 Reverb send Chorus send RPN LSB, MSB*2 Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO
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