RadioShack MD-981 - Manuals

6 Preparation Using Batteries Your keyboard can use six AA batteries(not supplied) for power. For the bestperformance and longest life, we recom-mend RadioShack alkaline batteries. Cautions: • Use only fresh batteries of the required size and recommendedtype. • Do not mix old and new batteries, diff...

7 Preparation 5. Plug the AC adapter’s other end into a standard AC outlet. Using Vehicle Battery Power You can power the keyboard from a ve-hicle’s 12V power source (such as a cig-arette-lighter socket) using a 9V, 800-mA AC adapter and a size M Adapta-plug adapter (neither supplied). Both areavail...

9 Operation ˆ Operation BASIC OPERATION 1. To turn on the keyboard, set POWER/MODE to NORMAL . The POWER/MODE indicator lights. Note: To save power when operat-ing on batteries, the keyboard auto-matically turns off after about 6minutes if you do not press a key. Toturn on the keyboard again, set PO...

12 Operation Turning Applause Off/On When you turn off either the melody oraccompaniment and then play a tune,applause automatically sounds at theend of the tune. To turn off the applause,hold down STOP and press either ON/ OFF LEFT or ON/OFF RIGHT . Apls=Off appears. To turn the applause on again,p...

13 Operation Notes: • Precede a single-digit number with a 0. For example, to selectELEC 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. 3. Play the keyboard to hear the selected tone and adjust MAIN VOL- UME to the...

15 Operation Using SYNCHRO This feature lets you synchronize thestart of an auto-rhythm with the begin-ning of your music. After you select and enter an auto-rhythm, press SYNCHRO/FILL-IN . The bars of the metronome flash to show thekeyboard is in a standby mode. Begin playing the keyboard. The key-...

16 Operation Or, press – or + to select the next lowest or highest accompanimentvolume setting. To reset the accompaniment volume toits default value of 7, press – and + at the same time. Note: You can adjust the accompani-ment volume separately for your key-board play and prerecorded tuneplayback. ...

17 Operation Standard Fingering The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, andlets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords. This chart shows the 15 chord types you can play on your keyboard by using stan-dard fingering. Notes: • You d...

18 Operation • When you play an aug, 7– 5 , or dim7 chord, the lowest note you playdetermines the root of the chord. Besure that your fingering correctlydefines the root you want. Note: See “Standard Fingering ChordCharts” on Page 26 for a list of all thechords you can play on your keyboardusing sta...

19 Special Features 5. Use – or + to scroll through the chords associated with the rootchord you entered in Step 3. Or,press a different root key to see thechords based on that key. Notes: • If the chord is not recognized by the keyboard, only a dash ap-pears. • Since the keyboard automatically chan...

20 Special Features Notes: • You can also use the number key- pad to quickly raise the key. Simplypress the semitone change value (1to 5). • The keyboard automatically resets the key to the default value of 0(middle C) each time you play a pre-recorded tune. • Each preset tone plays within a specifi...

21 Using MIDI ˆ Using MIDI Your keyboard includes a feature calledMIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Inter-face). MIDI is the universal standard forsending and receiving performance databetween all types of electronic musicalinstruments, regardless of the manufac-turer. Using MIDI, you can play music ...

22 Using MIDI To receive MIDI data on your keyboard,use a MIDI cable to connect the key-board’s MIDI IN terminal to the other de- vice’s MIDI OUT terminal. Note: You do not need to make bothconnections if you are only either send-ing or receiving. MIDI DATA Your keyboard can send and receiveseveral ...

23 Using MIDI MIDI data on channels 1 through 4 and 10only. The data received on other channelsare ignored. For transmission of MIDI da-ta, you can use any of 16 channels. 1. Repeatedly press TRANSPOSE/ TUNE/MIDI until Keybd Ch appears. 2. Within 5 seconds, press – or + to select the channel you wan...

24 Troubleshooting Control Change — This feature sendsdata on various controllers, each havingits own number. For the details of eachparameter, see “MIDI Data” on Page 22. Program Change — This featurechanges the preset sounds. Each soundnumber corresponds to a program num-ber between 0 and 127. For...

26 Standard Fingering Chord Charts ˆ Standard Fingering Chord Charts These tables show the left-hand fingering for the chords you play most often. This illustration shows which fingers on your left hand match the num-bers on the charts. The illustration also appears on your keyboard’s dis-play. Note...

29 Note Table ˆ Note Table Legend: (1) Tone number (2) Maximum polyphony (3) Range type (see Page 30) (4) Corresponding general MIDI number (see “MIDI Data” on Page 22)

31 MIDI Implementation Chart ˆ MIDI Implementation Chart FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS BasicChannel DefaultChanged 11–16 1–4, 101–4, 10 Mode DefaultMessagesAltered Mode 3X ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ Mode 3X ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ NoteNumber: True voice 36–96 ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ 0–12736–96 * 1 * 1 Depends on t...

32 Care and Maintenance Mode 1: OMNI ON, POLYMode 3: OMNI OFF, POLYO: YesMode 2: OMNI ON, MONOMode 4: OMNI OFF, MONOX: No ˆ Care and Maintenance System Exclusive X X SystemCommon : Song Pos: Song Sel: Tune XXX XXX SystemReal Time : Clock: Commands XX XX Aux Mes-sages : Local ON/OFF: All notes OFF: A...

33 Specifications ˆ Specifications Number of Keys ..................................................................................................................... 61 Polyphonic Sound .............................................................................................. 12-note (Max.) Pr...

35 Notes ˆ Notes 42-4042.fm Page 35 Friday, April 28, 2000 11:18 AM