EN/ES English PX-160 Español USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”.
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS O : Yes X : No O O X O X O X X : Clock : Commands : All sound off : Reset all controller : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset System Real Time Aux Messages Mode :True # • Before using the AD-A12150LW Adaptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor for any damage first.
General Guide .................................EN-2 Installing the Music Stand.........................................EN-2 FUNCTION Button....................................................EN-3 Saving Settings and Using Operation Lock ..............EN-3 About Music Score data............................................EN-3 Power Outlet....................................EN-4 Using an AC Adaptor ................................................EN-4 Turning Power On or Off...................................
General Guide 1 2 Front 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Back bk bl bm bn bo Bottom bp Installing the Music Stand Insert the bottom of the music stand into the groove on the top of the Digital Piano’s console. EN-2 PX160-ES-1A.
General Guide NOTE 9 ELEC.PIANO 1 button 2 VOLUME controller bk PHONES jacks 3 FUNCTION button bl USB port 4 START/STOP a, DEMO button bm DAMPER PEDAL jack 5 RECORDER (L/R) button bn LINE OUT R, L/MONO jacks 6 METRONOME, DUET button bo DC 12V terminal 7 GRAND PIANO (CONCERT) button bp Pedal connector 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. Turning Power On or Off 1. 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. Specified AC Adaptor: AD-A12150LW • This causes the P (POWER) button to light.
Power Outlet 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 1. 2. While the Digital Piano is turned on, press the P (POWER) button to turn it off. While holding down the FUNCTION button, press the P (POWER) button to turn on the Digital Piano.
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 Use commercially available cables to connect the amplifier to the Digital Piano’s LINE OUT jacks as shown in Figure 2. LINE OUT R jack output is right channel sound, while LINE OUT L/MONO jack output is left channel sound. Connecting to the LINE OUT L/MONO jack only outputs a mixture of both channels. It is up to you to purchase connecting cable like the one shown in the illustration for connection of the amplifier. Use the Digital Piano’s VOLUME controller to adjust the volume level.
Playing with Different Tones VOLUME FUNCTION METRONOME START/STOP a ELEC.PIANO 1 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 1 • Press one of the GRAND PIANO buttons (CONCERT or MODERN) or the ELEC.PIANO 1 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 CONCERT Selecting the BASS tone in step 1 of the above procedure will assign the bass tone to the low range (left side) of the keyboard.
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 Using the Metronome 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. 1. • This starts the metronome. • The lamp above the START/STOP a button flash in time with the metronome beat. 2.
Playing with Different Tones 4. Press the METRONOME button or START/ STOP a button to turn off the metronome. NOTE • To return the tempo setting to the default tempo of the currently selected Music Library tune, press the + and – keys at the same time in step 3. Pressing + and – while recording will return the tempo value to 120. To adjust the metronome volume You can perform the following procedure at any time, regardless of whether or not the metronome is sounding. 1.
Playing with Different Tones Changing the Octaves of the duet keyboards 1. English You can change the ranges of the left and right keyboards in octave units from their initial default settings. This comes in handy, for example, if the initial default range is not enough when one person is playing the left hand part and another person is playing the right hand part.
Playing Back Built-in Songs FUNCTION RECORDER START/STOP 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 MUSIC LIBRARY 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 EN-26 for more information.
Recording and Play Back FUNCTION RECORDER START/STOP 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. . .
Recording and Play Back 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. 4. Start playing something on the keyboard. • Recording will start automatically. 5. To stop recording, press the START/STOP 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 START/STOP a button.
Recording and Play Back To record to one track of a song while listening to the playback of the other track 1. 2. 3. 1. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. Press the RECORDER button so its lamp is lit. NOTE 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. 2. 3. Press the RECORDER button twice so its lamp is flashing.
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 EN-22 EN-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 cn correspond to the same numbers in the “Parameter List” on pages EN-22 - EN-24.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard Parameter List ■ Tones Parameter Settings Operation Type (page EN-20) Description 7 Tone selection See page EN-8. Default: GRAND PIANO (CONCERT) A Assigns a tone to the keyboard. (page EN-8) 8 Reverb Off (OFF), 1 to 4 Default: 2 D Specifies the reverb of notes. (page EN-11) 9 Chorus Off (OFF), 1 to 4 Default: 2 D Controls the breadth of notes. (page EN-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 EN-20) Settings 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 440.0Hz B Raises or lowers the overall pitch of the Digital Piano in 0.
Configuring Settings with the Keyboard ■ MIDI and Other Settings Parameter bp USB device Settings Operation Type (page EN-20) Description Remarks MIDI, Storage Default: MIDI – The Digital Piano enters MIDI • While Storage is selected for this setting, the mode automatically when it is GRAND PIANO (CONCERT, MODERN) connected to a computer by a USB and ELEC.PIANO 1 button lamps flash, cable. Select storage when saving and all other lamps are unlit.
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 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/.
Connecting to a Computer 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 EN-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.
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 Model PX-160BK/PX-160GD Keyboard 88-key piano keyboard, with Touch Response Maximum Polyphony 128 notes Tones 18 • Layer (excluding bass tone) • Split (Low-range bass tone only) Effects Brilliance (–3 to 0 to 3), Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types), DSP, Damper Resonance (Damper noise enable/disable) Metronome • Beats: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 • Tempo Range: 20 to 255 Duet Adjustable tone range (–2 to +1 octaves) Music Library • Number of Songs: 60, User Songs: 10 son
Operating Precautions Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. • With a model that has a recording function or other data storage function, be sure to back up any data you want to maintain to another medium before submitting this product for servicing or repair. Stored data may be accessed or even deleted as part of servicing or repair procedures. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product.
Reference AC Adaptor Handling Precautions 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 1 4 0 ELEC.PIANO 2 4 1 FM E.PIANO 5 0 60’S E.PIANO 4 2 HARPSICHORD 6 0 VIBRAPHONE 11 0 STRINGS 1 49 0 STRINGS 2 48 0 PIPE ORGAN 19 0 JAZZ ORGAN 17 0 ELEC.
PX160-ES-1A.indd 70 2015/01/06 10:39:24 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 X X O 9nH v = 1 - 127 X 8nH v = 64 0 - 127 Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered Mode Note Number 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default Changed Transmitted 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 =** 0 - 127 0 - 127*1 Mode 3 X 1 - 16 1 - 16 Recognized Remarks Version : 1.
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS O : Yes X : No O O X O X O X X : Clock : Commands : All sound off : Reset all controller : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF : Active Sense : Reset System Real Time Aux Messages Mode :True # • Before using the AD-A12150LW Adaptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor for any damage first.
EN/ES English PX-160 Español USER’S GUIDE GUÍA DEL USUARIO Please keep all information for future reference. Guarde toda información para tener como referencia futura. This recycle mark indicates that the packaging conforms to the environmental protection legislation in Germany. Esta marca de reciclaje indica que el empaquetado se ajusta a la legislación de protección ambiental en Alemania. Safety Precautions Before trying to use the piano, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”.
