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Radio Shack MD500 - page 1
Owner’s Manual Please read before using this equ ipment. MD500 MIDI Keyboard with Mini-Size Keys ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 2
1 CONTENTS Features ........... .............. .............. .............. .............. ................. .............. .............. ...... ........ .... 2 The FCC W ants Y ou to Know .............. ................. .............. ................ .............. ................ 2 Preparation ........ .............. ............... ........ ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 3
2 Features Features Your RadioShack MIDI Keyboard is a state- of-the-art keyboard with man y exciting fea- tures. You can set the keyboard to sound like 50 different musical instruments. To accom- pany your music, th e keyboard has 30 rhythms, as well as au to accompaniments and percussion sounds. Your keyboard also inclu des a MIDI (Musica l I ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 4
3 Preparation Preparation To connect a MIDI device to your keyboard, see “Making the MIDI Co nnections” 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 optional DC adapter Notes : • C ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 5
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 Ad aptaplug adapter into th e adapter ’s cord so it reads + TIP . 4. Connect th e AC or DC adapter ’s bar- rel plug to the DC 9V jack on the back of the key- board. 5. Plug the AC or DC adapte ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 6
5 A Quick Look at Your Keyboard A Quick Look at Y our Keyboard Operation BASIC OPERATION 1. T o turn on the ke yboard, set POWER to ON . The POWER indicator lights. Important: T o prevent hearing damage, always set the keyboard’ s volume to its lowest level before you begin playi ng it after changing any settings. Note: T o remind yo u to ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 7
6 Operation 3. Repeatedly pre ss VOLUME UP or VOL- UME DOWN to increase or decrease th e volume. Notes: • The keyboard’s volume ranges from 0 (no sound) to 10 (maximu m), and the current volume level appears on the display . Each time you turn on th e keyboard, the volume is set to 6. • T o quickly return to the default vo l- ume setting of 6 ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 8
7 Operation USING THE PRESET T ONES Your keyboard can sound like 50 differ ent musical instruments. The na me and two-digit number for each preset tone is li sted on the TONES list on the keyboard’ s top panel. Note: The keyboard has 8-note (maximum) polyphonic sound. Thi s means that you can play up to 8 different n otes at the same time with mo ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 9
8 Operation • T o reset the tempo to its d efault (ori g- inal) speed, press TEMPO UP and TEMPO DOWN at the same time . 6. Play the keyboard al ong with the auto- rhythm. 7. T o select a differ ent rhythm, repea t Steps 1 and 2. 8. T o stop the au to-rhythm, pr ess ST ART/ STOP again. Using SYNC This feature lets you synchronize the start of an a ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 10
9 Operation Or , to synchronize the start of the selected auto-rhythm with your accom- paniment, press SYNC/FI LL-IN . 6. Begin the accomp animent at the desired interval by pressing the desired accom- paniment key(s). T o play a melody along with th e accom- paniment, press any key(s) to the right of the accompaniment keys. 7. Adjust TEMPO and VOL ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 11
10 Special Features 1. Press SONG , then repeated ly press LEARNING until black dots appe ar next to 21 ( .(< on the left side of the display . 2. Select a tone from the SONGS list and enter its two-digit nu mber on the key- pad. Or , you can press – or + to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune. 3. Press ST ART/STOP . The keyboard pl ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 12
11 Special Features 4. Press TON E . The preset ton e that matches the selected auto-rhythm appears. To quit one-touch settin g, press O.T .S. 27 6 disappears. USING SUSTAIN For added flexibi lity and co ntrol as you make music, you can set the keyboard so it sus- tains sound. To sustain notes you play, press SUST AIN . 68 6 7$,1 appears a ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 13
12 Using MIDI Usin g MIDI Your keyboard includes a feature called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interfa ce). MIDI is the universal standard for sendin g and re- ceiving performance data between all types of electronic musical instruments, regard- less of the manufact ur er. Using MIDI, you can play music on your key- board and another instru ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 14
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 pre ss MIDI to select a MIDI channel. MIDI uses up to 16 ch annels to exchange data. As in a TV broadcast, different channels send different data. 3. T o transmit to the MIDI device, play the melody using t ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 15
14 Chord Charts Chord Charts These tables show the fingering for the ch ords you pla y most often. Suspended Diminished ...
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15 Chord Charts Diminished ...
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Radio Shack MD500 - page 17
42-4034 01A01 Printed in China A RadioShack Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Specifications Number of K eys ............. ............. ............. .......... ............. .............. ............. ............. .......... ...... .......... ............. ............. ...... 49 Polyphonic Sound . .................. .................. . ...
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