Gear4music DP-50 User manual

User's Manual
DP-50
DIGITAL PIANO
Owner s Manual

Thank you for purchasing this digital instrument.
please read
the manual carefully and keep it for future reference.
For correct use, please
read the manual carefully and keep it for future reference.
Precaution
Safety Precautions
Important Safety Instructions
DO NOT OPEN
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
CAUTION
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”
Within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a
risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user
to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in
the literature accompanying the product.
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1) Read these instructions.
2) Keep these instructions.
3) Heed all warnings.
4) Follow all instructions.
5) Do not use this apparatus near water.
6) Clean only with dry cloth.
7) Do not block any ventilation openings, and install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
(including amplifiers) that produce heat.
9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades
with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide
blade or the third prong is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet,
consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles,
and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the
apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury
from tip-over (Figure 1) .
13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused .
14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged
in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen
into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been
dropped.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.
CAUTION: Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids,
such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.
Always make sure all batteries are inserted in conformity with the +/- polarity markings.
Always replace all batteries at the same time. Do not use new batteries together with old ones. Also,
do not mix battery types, because this can cause overheating, fire, or battery fluid leakage.
Remove the batteries from the instrument if it is not to be used in a long time.
over a long period of time
(Figure 1)

Your piano is a high quality digital piano featuring an 88 note
hammer action, touch sensitive keyboard and the most advanced
PCM tone generation technology that combined will provide you with
a rich performing and playing experience. You can also record your
own performances to play along to. The piano is more than great
technology, your digital piano is also a stylish piece of furniture
that will look great anywhere in your home. To get the most out of
your instrument, please read this manual thoroughly and try out the
various functions as we take you through them. We hope your new
instrument will continue to entertain you for many years to come.
Thank you for choosing the Digital Piano
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Setup
Basic Operation
Standby/On
Master Volume
Main Voice Chorus Level
Spilit Voice Chorus Level
Dual Voice Chorus Level
Pedal 1 Control
Pedal 2 Control
AutoStandby
Deactivate Auto standby Function
Piano Pedals
Piano Reset
Playing Demo Songs
The Connector Box
Headphones
MIDI Out
Line Out
Using USB MIDI/USB Audio
Aux In
Bluetooth
Voice
Select a Voice
Dual mode
Split mode
KB. VOL Button
Twin Mode
Effect
Reverb
Chorus
Transpose
Tune
Octave
Touch
Metronome
Tempo/Tap
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Man Voice Pan
Split Voice Pan
Dual Voice Pan
Arpeggio
Reverb Type
Main Voice Reverb Level
Split Voice Reverb Level
Dual Voice Reverb Level
Chorus Type
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Registration Memory
Load
Saving The Registration Data To USB Disk
Use Regitration Data From USB
Delete Reg File From USB
Song Recording
Quick Recording
Multi Track Recording
Mutetrack
Melody Track Recording
Saving The Recording To USB Disk
Load The MIDI File To Local Track
Delete Song
USB Memory Button
Adjust the Song's Volume of USB Sticker
Play Along Songs
MIDI functions
MIDI IN Track
MIDI Main Track
MIDI Split Track
MIDI Dual Track
MIDI Out
Local ON/OFF
Factory Set
Appendix
Voice List
Assembly Instructions
USB Play Speed
Play Mode
Grading
Bank
Store
Load
Blue Tooth
Auto Power Off
Resetmem
Store
MIDI Implementation Chart
Troubleshooting Hints
Specifications
Selecting a Song
Listening to the Entire Song
Practicing the Right Hand of the Selected Song
Practicing the Left Hand of the Selected Song
Bluetooth
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Rear Panel
Top Panel
USB TO DEVICE
STAND BY/ON
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CHORUS
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MIDI
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REVERB
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TOUCH
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VOLUME
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BASS
BASS
TREBLE
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METRONOME
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DATA CONTROL
BANK
GRAND PIANO
BRIGHT PIANO
E.PIANO 1
E.PIANO 2
VIBES
FM EP
DRAWBAR ORGAN
CHURCH ORGAN
HARPSI.
CLAV
STRINGS
CHOIR
FANTASIA
WARM PAD
UPRIGHT BASS
ELECTRIC BASS
HONKY TONK
ACCORDION
AC.GUITAR
JAZZ GUITAR
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CLARINET
ROCK ORGAN
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BRASS
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STRINGS 2
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HARP
TUBULAR BELLS
KOTO
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PIANO RESET RECORD PLAY
USB MEMORY SAVE TO
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RECORD
TRACK 2/RIGHT
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DELETE
MULTI RECORD
TRACK TRACK
DATA CONTROL
BANK
GRAND PIANO
BRIGHT PIANO
E.PIANO 1
E.PIANO 2
VIBES
FM EP
DRAWBAR ORGAN
CHURCH ORGAN
HARPSI.
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STRINGS
CHOIR
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WARM PAD
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ACCORDION
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JAZZ GUITAR
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CLARINET
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BRASS
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PIANO RESET RECORD PLAY
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MULTI RECORD
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LEARN
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Top Panel
1. STANDBY/ON
2. MASTER VOLUME
SONG VOLUME
BASS VOLUME
TREBLE VOLUME
3. LCD DISPLAY
4. [REVERB] Button
5. [CHORUS] Button
6. [TOUCH ] Button
7. [TEMPO/TAP] Button
8. [METRONOME] Button
9. [SPLIT/TWIN] Button
10. [KB.VOL] Button
11. [TUNE] Button
12. [OCTAVE] Button
13. [MIDI] Button
14. [DUAL] Button
15. [DEMO] Button
16. [TRANSPOSE +/ -] Button
17. [FUNCTION] Button
18. [ENTER] Button
19. [DATA CONTROL] Knob
20. VOICE SELECT Button
[BANK] Button
21. [PIANO RESET] Button
22. [USB MEMORY ] Button
23. [RECORD TRACK ] Button
24. [PLAY TRACK] Button
25. [SAVE TO] Button
26. [RECORD] Button
27. [PLAY] Button
28. [TRACK1/LEFT] Button
29. [TRACK2/RIGHT] Button
30. USB TO DEVICE
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. PEDAL Jack
32. DC Power
33. Headphones 1 / 2
34. MIDI Out
35. USB to Host Connector
36. Bluetooth
Connections Panel
Panel Control
Headphones
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Aux In
Line Out
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SETUP
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You are no doubt eager to play your new piano instrument, but
first please make sure you have completed the following basic
setup steps:
1) Follow the assembly instructions as outlined on page 57 in
the appendix of this manual.
2) Once the piano is securely assembled, connect the plug of
the foot pedal unit to the pedal jack on the rear panel.
3) Plug the other end of the power cable into the power outlet.
NOTE
1.Ensure the piano is turned off when connecting and disconnecting
the power.
2.Turn the volume knob to its minimum level before turning on
the power.

SUSTAIN
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Basic Operation
Master Volume
Use the [MASTER VOLUME] fader to
adjust the volume to your desired level.
Piano Pedals
Just like a regular grand piano, your piano feature 3 foot pedals:
Damper Pedal (Right)
The damper pedal performs the same function as
the damper pedal on an actual acoustic piano,
letting you sustain the sound of the voices even
after releasing your fingers from the keys.
Standby/On
Press the [STANDBY/ON]
LCD display will light.
button to turn on the power and the
STANDBY/ON
Auto Standby
Deactivate Auto Standby Function
Your piano will switch off automatically in 30 minutes after no
any operation on it. In this case, press the [STANDBY/ON] button
again to turn on the power.
Hold the first white key and first black key
on the left side of the keyboard at the same
time and then press the [STANDBY/ON]
button to deactivate the Auto Standby
function.
SONG
VOLUME BASS TREBLE
MASTER
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Sostenuto Pedal (Center)
The sostenuto pedal also allows you to sustain notes, but it
works a little different from the damper pedal. If you play a note
or chord on the keyboard and press the sostenuto pedal while the
notes are held, those notes will be sustained as long as the pedal
is held. All subsequently played notes will not be sustained.
SOFT
Soft Pedal (Left)
The soft pedal on an acoustic piano changes the character of the
sound, making it softer and quieter. The soft pedal on your piano
does exactly the same. Press the soft pedal when you need to play
passages that require extreme pianissimo.
Piano Reset
The Piano Reset Function resets selected aspects of the piano
voices back to their default factory state. These elements are
carefully selected to give you a quick and easy way to restore
back to being a simple Grand Piano once more, with the Data
Control knob assigned for selecting voices.
Press the [PIANO RESET] button and the display will immediately
change to show:
Now the piano is back in Performance Mode, with the Grand Piano
voice selected, and the Data Control knob ready to choose other
voices. For a more detailed explanation of the Piano Reset function
please check the appendix.
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Playing Demo Songs
There are 116 preset piano songs that you can play individually.
Here's how you can select and play the demo songs.
Listening to the Demo Song
Press the [DEMO] button to enter Demo Play Mode and the button
will flash. Press the button to hear Demo Song 1.While the demo
is playing, the [DEMO] button will flash , and the display will show:
If you allow playback to continue past the end of Demo Song 1,
Demo Song 2 will begin to play, and after that, each of the
remaining demos will continue to play in sequence until you press
the [DEMO] button. If the [DEMO] button is not pressed to stop
demo playback, after the end of the 116 demo songs, demo playback
will continue from the beginning of Demo Song 1 until the Song
button is pressed.
Selecting the Demo Song
In Demo Song Palyback mode, you can turn the [Data Control]
knob to select other demo songs.
DEMO
DATA CONTROL
Stopping Playing
Press the button again to stop playing.[DEMO]
DEMO

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The Connector Box
Headphones
The piano is equipped with two sets of standard stereo
headphone jacks to accommodate private practice or late-night
playing. The internal speaker system is automatically shut off when
a pair of headphones is plugged into the 1. Headphone jack.
MIDI OUT
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-standard
communication interface which allows electronic musical
instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and
receiving compatible note, program change and other types of
MIDI data. You should only plug the MIDI out in to another
device featuring a MIDI input.
NOTE
MIDI OUT Transmits MIDI data to another MIDI device.
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
USB
to Host
Line OUT
The piano's stereo RCA line output can be used to deliver the
output of the piano to a keyboard amplifier, stereo sound
system, mixing console or tape recorder. The piano's internal
sound system will remain on unless headphones are plugged
in to the 1 Headphone jack.
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USB
to Host
Bluetooth
Using USB MIDI/USB Audio
This product allows the transfer of MIDI information over USB
to a computer. As complicated this might sound, it's actually
pretty straight forward. Because your piano is USB Class
Compliant, there is no need to install a driver to enable it to work
with compute. Simply just plug it in and the OS will do the rest.
The piano will work with all standard MIDI based computer
software.
this
instrument, and enjoy it on this instrument or use it for
accompany
USB AUDIO interface is a digital audio interface. By USB cable,
you can digitally transfer intact audio signals of PC to
when you play this instrument; likewise, you can
transfer intact audio signals of the instrument to PC to record
and edit music.
USB
to Host
Bluetoo th
Aux In
The Aux In stereo RCA connectors allow you to mix an external
sound source (such as a CD player, MP3 player or computer output)
with the piano's internal sounds, for playback through the
piano's built-in speakers or headphone outputs.
The Aux In signal level can be adjusted using the Input Level knob.
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USB
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USB
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Bluetoo th
Bluetoo th
Bluetooth
The piano can support Bluetooth with the connection of the
bluetooth, reference: Bluetooth.

Voice
Select a Voice
Your piano has 128 GM standard voices.
the [DATA CONTROL] knob
You also can use t to select voice.
First, press a voice button to select a voice, then use t
to select the desired voice.
You can use the voice
button on the panel or use to select
voice.
To selec a vioce, press the appropriate voice select button on
the right side of the front panel.
When the [BANK] button is unlighted, you can press the appropriate
button to select the voice in the first line.
When the [BANK] button is lighted, you can press the appropriate
button to select the voice in the second line.
he [DATA CONTROL] knob
he [DATA
CONTROL] knob
GRAND PIANO
BRIGHT PIANO
E.PIANO 1
E.PIANO 2
VIBES
FM EP
DRAWBAR ORGAN
CHURCH ORGAN
HARPSI.
CLAV
STRINGS
CHOIR
FANTASIA
WARM PAD
UPRIGHT BASS
ELECTRIC BASS
HONKY TONK
ACCORDION
AC.GUITAR
JAZZ GUITAR
FLUTE
CLARINET
ROCK ORGAN
SYN. BASS
BRASS
SYN. BRASS
STRINGS 2
SYN.STRINGS
HARP
TUBULAR BELLS
BANK
KOTO
SITAR
PIANO RESET
Dual Mode
Press the [DUAL] button to select Dual will sound
simultaneously when you play the keyboard.
Mode, and you
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Select Dual Voice
Press the [DUAL] button
If you don' t choose
the second voice within 4 seconds,
and its indicator will flash. Use the [DATA
CONTROL] knob to select the second voice.
the LCD will return to display
the Main voice.
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DUAL
Reference: in KB.VOL .(P.16)."Dual Voice Volume" " " function
DUAL
Set Dual Voice Volume
Exit Dual Mode
Press the [DUAL] button again to exit Dual mode and its indicator
will be unlighted.
Split Mode
Split Mode allows the keyboard to be divided into two sections so
that different voices may be played with the left and right hands.
The volume may be independently adjusted for each voice, the
Split Point (the highest note played with the left hand) may be
adjusted and the Split Voice may be changed as desired.
Select Split Voice
Press [SPLIT/TWIN] button, the Split indicator is flashing, then
press the voice select button use
the voice. If you don' t choose the second voice
within 5 seconds,
the [DATA CONTROL] knob to
select left hand
the LCD will return to display the Main voice.

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Set Split Voice Volume
Reference: in KB.VOL .(P.16)."Split Voice Volume" " " function
Change the Split piont
Hold the [SPLIT/TWIN] button for about 2 seconds, then use the
[DATA CONTROL] knob to select the split point.
Exit Split Mode
Repeatedly press the [SPLIT/TWIN] button until its indicator will
be unlighted.
SPLIT/TWIN
SPLIT/TWIN
KB.VOL Button
You can adjust the Main Voice Volume, Split Voice Volume and
Dual Voice Volume by pressing [KB.VOL] button. RANGE: 00~127.
Main Voice Volume: In Main Voice Mode, press [KB. VOL] button,
the [DATA CONTROL] knob to adjust the Main Voice Volume. use
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Dual Voice Volume: In Dual Voice Mode, the [DUAL] button indicator
is flashing, press [KB. VOL] button, the [DATA CONTROL] knob
to adjust the Dual Voice Volume.
Split Voice Volume: In Split Voice Mode, the [SPLIT/TWIN] button
indicator is flashing, press [KB. VOL] button, the
[DATA CONTROL] knob to adjust the Split Voice Volume.
use
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KB.VOL
KB.VOL
Repeatedly press the [SPLIT/TWIN] button to enter Twin Mode
In this mode, the keyboard will be
separated into two
Right: fromC#3 to C7
Left: from A-1 to C3
and
its indicator will be lighted.
sections with the same voice range.
Twin Mode
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Effect
This function allows you to perform the overall sound in a realistic
style.
Press [REVERB] button can turn off or turn on the reverb effect.
Press [REVERB] button "Hall 2 ",
then the [DATA CONTROL] knob to select reverb type.
repeatedly until the LCD display
use
Reverb
The reverb types in the list below can be selected from the reverb
display.
Hall1 Hall2 Room1 Room2 Room3 Stage1Stage2 Plate Delay Echo
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Shimmering, broadening effect. Press [CHORUS] button can turn
on or turn off the chorus effect.
Press [CHORUS] button, the [DATA CONTROL] knob to select
chorus type.
The chorus types in the list below can be selected from the chorus
display.
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The Transpose function allows you to change the pitch of
the instrument in semitone steps, up to a maximum setting
of 12 semitones (a maximum of one octave up or down).
Press [TRANSPOSE+/-] button to enter the transpose setting
mode, then you can use the [TRANSPOSE+/-] buttons or
change the transpose value.
Press [TRANSPOSE +] and [TRANSPOSE -] button
simultaneously to reset the transpose to default value (00).
the [DATA CONTROL] knob to
Transpose
This function makes it possible to tune the pitch of your
instrument to match other instruments.
Press [TUNE] button to enter the tune mode, LCD display
the tune value, use to adjust
the value.
the [DATA CONTROL] knob
Tune
TUNE
TRANSPOSE +
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Chorus1Chorus2Chorus3 Chorus4FeedbackFlanger1ShrtDelyShrtDlFbFlanger2Flanger3
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Celeste1Celeste2 Celeste3