Radio Shack MD500 Owner's Manual - Features

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Summary of MD500

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    Owner’s manual ple a se read be fo re u s ing this equ ipmen t. Md500 midi keyboard with mini-size keys.

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    1 contents features .................................................................................................................................. 2 the fcc wants you to know ........................................................................................... 2 preparation ..................

  • Page 3: Features

    2 features features your radioshack midi keyboard is a state- of-the-art keyboard with many exciting fea- tures. You can set the keyboard to sound like 50 different musical instruments. To accom- pany your music, the keyboard has 30 rhythms, as well as auto accompaniments and percussion sounds. Your...

  • Page 4: Preparation

    3 preparation preparation to connect a midi device to your keyboard, see “making the midi connections” on page 12. Connecting power you can power your keyboard in any of these ways: • internal batteries • standard ac power using an optional ac adapter • a vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket using an ...

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    4 preparation before you disconnect it from the key- board. 1. Slide power to off . 2. Set the ac or dc adapter’s voltage switch to 9v. 3. Insert the adaptaplug adapter into the adapter’s cord so it reads + tip. 4. Connect the ac or dc adapter’s bar- rel plug to the dc 9v jack on the back of the key...

  • Page 6: Operation

    5 a quick look at your keyboard a quick look at your keyboard 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 ...

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    6 operation 3. Repeatedly press volume up or vol- ume down to increase or decrease the volume. Notes: • the keyboard’s volume ranges from 0 (no sound) to 10 (maximum), and the current volume level appears on the display. Each time you turn on the keyboard, the volume is set to 6. • to quickly return...

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    7 operation using the preset tones your keyboard can sound like 50 different musical instruments. The name and two-digit number for each preset tone is listed on the tones list on the keyboard’s top panel. Note: the keyboard has 8-note (maximum) polyphonic sound. This means that you can play up to 8...

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    8 operation • to reset the tempo to its default (orig- inal) speed, press tempo up and tempo down at the same time. 6. Play the keyboard along with the auto- rhythm. 7. To select a different rhythm, repeat steps 1 and 2. 8. To stop the auto-rhythm, press start/ stop again. Using sync this feature le...

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    9 operation or, to synchronize the start of the selected auto-rhythm with your accom- paniment, press sync/fill-in . 6. Begin the accompaniment at the desired interval by pressing the desired accom- paniment key(s). To play a melody along with the accom- paniment, press any key(s) to the right of th...

  • Page 11: Special Features

    10 special features 1. Press song , then repeatedly press learning until black dots appear next to 21( .( on the left side of the display. 2. Select a tone from the songs list and enter its two-digit number on the key- pad. Or, you can press – or + to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune. ...

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    11 special features 4. Press tone . The preset tone that matches the selected auto-rhythm appears. To quit one-touch setting, press o.T.S. 276 disappears. Using sustain for added flexibility and control as you make music, you can set the keyboard so it sus- tains sound. To sustain notes you play, pr...

  • Page 13: Using Midi

    12 using midi using midi your keyboard includes a feature called midi (musical instrument digital interface). Midi is the universal standard for sending and re- ceiving performance data between all types of electronic musical instruments, regard- less of the manufacturer. Using midi, you can play mu...

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    13 troubleshooting 1. Use a midi cable to connect midi out on the back of the keyboard to the other device’s midi in terminal. 2. Repeatedly press midi to select a midi channel. Midi uses up to 16 channels to exchange data. As in a tv broadcast, different channels send different data. 3. To transmit...

  • Page 15: Chord Charts

    14 chord charts chord charts these tables show the fingering for the chords you play most often. Suspe n ded dim in ished.

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    15 chord charts diminished.

  • Page 17: Specifications

    42-4034 01a01 printed in china a radioshack corporation fort worth, texas 76102 specifications number of keys ................................................................................................................................................................ 49 polyphonic sound ............