SAWTOOTH ST-WDCP-88 User manual

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
ST-WDCP-88
DIGITAL PIANO

Caution
Be sure to follow the below warnings to avoid hurting yourself or others and to avoid damage to
the equipment.
Warning
• Do not disassemble or modify this instrument. Otherwise, Electric shock, burns, or other
harm may be incurred. For all internal inspections and repair, be sure to take this unit to a
qualified professional.
• If any wear or damage occurs to the power cord or plug, or you experience any power
failures, or you smell an unusual odor, you should immediately turn off the power, remove
the plug, and contact your local technician.
• Before cleaning your electric keyboard, be sure to power off and unplug the power cord.
Do not operate with wet hands and do not wipe and clean the piano with a corrosive
solvent.
• Do not mount the electrical piano on a mobile stand, slanted, or otherwise unstable
surface. Otherwise, the piano may fall causing damage to the piano or harm to the user.
Be sure to secure the electric piano to the stand with the provided screws.
• Keep the electric piano from rain, wet places, or areas of high humidity. Do not place the
following items on the electric piano:
o Containers full of water or other liquids.
o Small Metal Objects that can fall into the piano, such as hairpins, sewing needles,
coins.
o Open flames.
Caution
• Avoid placing the piano in the following places to prevent the surface and internal
components of the piano from damage:
o Places of high humidity and dust
o The kitchen or any other place with fumes.
o In places of direct sunlight or anywhere else that may cause the instrument to
become too hot.
o Near other electronic appliances, such as the TV, radio, speakers, etc. To avoid
electrical noise disturbances.
• Do not place heavy items on the piano and do not press any buttons or keys too hard.
• When not using the piano for long periods, please remove the plug. When removing the
plug, be sure to pull it out by the plug and not the wires.
• Be sure to follow all instructions when installing the rack. Make sure to fasten all screws
and fasteners.
• When moving the electric piano, lift with at least two people. If you try to move the piano
on your own, you may strain yourself or cause damage to the piano.

• Be sure to regularly check that screws remain fastened.
• Do not place power cord near high sources of heat. Avoid over wrapping the power cord.
Do not place anything heavy on power cord, and do not place the power cord where
people walk.
• Do not play music too loudly for extended periods of time. Be careful with headphones, as
loud music will hurt your ears.

Thank you for selecting our electric grand piano integrating advanced function and elegant
voice. It will help you in learning traditional instrument while bring the joy of technology.
Before using this instrument, please carefully read this manual to bring the piano into full
play.Please keep all customer documents properly to future reference.
Table of Contents
I. Panel Control----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
1. Panel--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
2. LCD display-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
II. Preparation before use------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
1. Connection of power supply---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
2. Keyboard lid---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
3. Music stand----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
4. Turn on power switch-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
5. Volume Adjustment----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
III. Auxiliary Jack--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
1. Use of Headphone-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
2. Use of audio input/output------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
3. Use of MIDI----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
IV. Quick Guide----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
1. Voice------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
① Select Voice------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
② Dual voice--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
2. Effect Control-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
① Keyboard split--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
② Tune----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
③ Touch response------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
④ Chorus------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
⑤ Reverb------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6

3. Style--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
① Select style-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
② Playing style----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
4. Variation-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
① Open auto-accompaniment--------------------------------------------------------------------------7
② Auto-accompaniment---------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
③ Table of chord-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
④ Intro/ending--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
⑤ Sync start------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
⑥ Adjusting accompaniment volume---------------------------------------------------------------10
⑦ Adjusting accompaniment tempo----------------------------------------------------------------10
⑧ Metronome--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
5. Record-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
6. Saving panel configuration (registry memory)---------------------------------------------------13
7. Intellectual guide----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
8. Use of pedal----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
9. Installation of piano body-----------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Set-up guide----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
V. Table of Voice----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
VI. Table of Style----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------18
VII. Demo Song Table----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19
VIII. Trouble Shooting---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19
IX. Technical Specifications--------------------------------------------------------------------------------20

1 Panel Control
LCD displays all operating status information for you.
1.Main volume button
2.Beat/Metronome/Style
3.Demo song/Keyboard split /A.B.C auto chord
4.Tempo +/-
5.Accompaniment volume +/-
6.Start/stop/sync/Fill-In A/ Fill-In B/
intro/ending
7.REC/Clear/Play/Stop
8.Audio track1/ Audio track 2/ Audio track 3
9.LCD display
10.Data wheel
11.Song/Melody off/ Voice
12.No.0-9/+、-Button
13.Touch/Chorus/Reverb/Dual/Tune
14.Store/M1/M2/M3/M4/Bank
1.Digit
2.Letter
3.Volume
4.Voice Select
5.Style Select
6.Demo song
7.Tempo
8.Reverb
9.Chorus
10.Dual
11.Split
12.Chord
13.Metronome
14.Fill- in A/Fill- in B
15.REC/Play
16.Touch
17.Memory
18.Staff

2 Preparation before use
Connection of power supply
1. First make sure the power switch of electric grand piano is at OFF position. If not,
put the switch to OFF position.
2. Connect power cord; insert one end of power cord in AC jack of the electric grand
piano and the other end in power socket.
Warning
Be sure power voltage is AC Local voltage ±10%.Too high or low voltage will cause the
damage of the electric grand piano.
Do not pull out power cord from power socket before turning off power switch.
Fuse replacement shall only be made by qualified personnel.
Keyboard lid
■Open keyboard lid
Gently lift keyboard lid and push it to slide and open the lid.
Warning
When you open or close keyboard lid, please hold it until it is opened or closed completely.
Avoid your finger being clamped between keyboard and lid.
■Close keyboard lid
Slide keyboard lid towards your body and gentle put down the lid over keyboard.
Caution
Do not place metals or paper on keyboard lid, otherwise the small matter on keyboard lid
will probably fall into the electric grand piano and be difficult to take it out, so as to cause
electric shock, short circuit, fire or other severe damage to piano.
Music stand
■Lift music stand
Pull out music stand upwards to full reach.
Now spring will bounce out. Lower the music stand.
■Lower music stand
1.Pull out music stand upwards to full reach.
2.Fold spring inwards.
3.Gently put music stand down.

Caution
Do not use the piano when music stand is lifted to half height. When you lower the music
stand, do not release your hand until the music stand is completely put down.
3 Preparation before use
Turn On power switch
Press [POWER ] button to turn on the piano.
Caution
·Before turn on power switch, please rotate volume knob to the minimum limit.
·Before you turn off power switch, please rotate volume knob to the minimum limit.
Volume Adjustment
Rotate volume knob to set volume, keyboard volume and accompaniment volume
simultaneously.
Auxiliary Jack
Use of Headphone
When you are practicing and do not want to disturb anybody else, you can use the
headphone jack in the lower part of electric grand piano. After you plug the headphone in
PHONES jack, the speaker system inside the electric grand piano will be automatically
switched off.
Use of audio input/output
This electrical piano has built-in speaker system. It can be connected to any other external amplifier or
speaker system. First turn off the power of electrical piano and external equipment, then insert one end
of stereo audio cable into LINE IN or Aux IN jack of other hi-fi equipment and insert the other end into
LINE OUT jack in rear panel of electronic piano.
Caution
To avoid damaging speakers, external appliance should be turned off before connecting.
Adjust setting volume to the minimum limit and gradually increase volume until
satisfactory level.

4 Auxiliary Jack
Use of MIDI
1.MIDI input: connect MIDI input to MIDI output jack of another compatible MIDI
appliance with MIDI connecting line. Via MIDI input, the electric grand piano can receive
the data of external compatible MIDI appliance.
2.MIDI output: Via MIDI connecting line, connect MIDI output to the MIDI input jack of
another compatible MIDI appliance. MIDI output can be used to transfer MIDI data of the
electric grand piano. When a note is played, the corresponding MIDI signal will be sent out,
and can further control other MIDI appliance by transferring program change information.
(Note: MIDI output can only transfer keyboard data.)
Quick Guide
Voice
The electric grand piano can provide 150 voices consisting of 128GM voices, 20 voices of
Chinese folk music and 2 keyboard drums. Please consult the list of voices in the appendix.
■Select Voice
1. Press [VOICE] button to enter SELECT VOICE status.
2. You can select the voices you want by pressing +/- buttons or rotating data wheel.
Instructions
·After starting the electric grand piano, LCD will display 001 GrandPno in default setting.
·while selecting voice, LCD will display the name of selected voice.
5 Quick Guide

3. Example of selecting No.59 voice
<1> By pressing [5] and then [9] of digit buttons, voice [59] is selected.
<2> Voice [59] can be selected by pressing +/- buttons or data dial. LCD will display“59”,
indicating voice [59] has been selected.
■Dual voice
1.By pressing [DUAL VOICE] button, LCD will display the symbol . In this function,
after selecting the first voice, you can select the second voice and play together with the
first selected voice.
2.In one sonolayer, two different voices can be emitted simultaneously. You can select dual
voices by pressing +/- buttons or data dial.
Instructions
·The default dual voices are No.50 and STRING.
Effect Control
■Keyboard split
In the keyboard split mode, you can play different voices at left side and right side of “split
point”. The setting of split point can be changed as required.
1.By pressing [KEYBOARD SPLIT] button, LCD displays the symbol and the whole
keyboard is divided into left and right individual areas of performance.
2.Selecting split point. By holding [KEYBOARD SPLIT] button for several seconds, enter the
function of keyboard split point. Select required keyboard split point by pressing +/-
buttons or data dial or directly press a key to select split point. Releasing [KEYBOARD SPLIT]
button will exit the function of keyboard split and this point is new keyboard split point.
Instructions
Enter the function of keyboard split point and LCD temporarily displays current value of
keyboard split point. The default value is 025. The key at keyboard split point belongs to
left hand chord area.
6 Quick Guide

■Tune
1. Press [Tune] button to enter the function of cent adjustment, and LCD displays
“TUNE VAL”.
2. Press +/- buttons to heighten or lower a cent or quickly adjust via data dial.
3. Holding [Tune] button for two seconds will reset the pitch of whole keyboard to
default value“00”.
Instructions
Adjustable scope±50 cent.
■Touch response
By the function of touch response, you can control the touch of fingers to allow dynamic
variation of volume.
Press [TOUCH] button to switch touch level, altogether three touch levels for choice.
1.Press [TOUCH] button to open touch response and LCD displays the symbol
2.Press [TOUCH] button to Cycle through the 4 levels of touch sensitivity:
001/002/003/OFF.
Instructions
When you start the electric grand piano, touch keyboard will be set automatically and the
default touch level is 2.
■Chorus
Press [CHORUS] button to open preset chorus effect and LCD displays the symbol .
Press [CHORUS] button once again, the chorus symbol will fade from LCD and close chorus
function.
■Reverb
Press [REVERB] button to open preset reverb effect and LCD displays the symbol .
REVERB Press [REVERB] button once again, the reverb symbol will fade from LCD and
close reverb function.
Instructions
After starting the electric grand piano, reverb status is automatically opened.
7 Quick Guide

Style
This electric grand piano provides various dynamic style and accompaniment styles,
altogether 100 style. (Please consult the table of style in the appendix).
Instructions
While selecting a style, LCD will display the name of style.
■Select style
1.Press [STYLE] button to enter the status of select style.
2.Select the style you require by pressing +/- and digit buttons or data wheel.
■Playing style
After selecting style, press [START/STOP] button to play style and press the button once
again to close the style.
Variation
Each accompaniment has its own variation to enhance performance effect. During style
playing, press (Insert A) button to display flashing NOR in LCD or press (Insert B) button to
display flashing VAR in LCD. Then insert a groove in playing style and return to original
main Passage style to continue playing.
■Open auto-accompaniment
Press [A.B.C AUTO-ACCOMPANIMENT] button to open auto-accompaniment. Now the left
hand is auto chord area.
Instructions
When accompaniment is stopped, the chord played in auto-accompaniment area of key
board can be still recognized and played.
Actually, the keyboard is “split”. You may play bass chord with left hand and normally
selected voice with right hand.
8 Quick Guide
■
Auto-accompaniment

1. Single accompaniment:
In this mode, you can decide accompanying chord with one or two fingers, including
large/small chord and seven large/small chord, to produce the accompaniment effect of a
whole band. The fingering is as follows (taking C chord for instance):
C large chord, play root note.
Cm small chord, play root note and a black note on its left side simultaneously.
C7 Large 7 chord, play root note and a white key on its left side simultaneously.
Cm small 7 chord, play root note and a black and white note on its left side
simultaneously.
2. Fingered accompaniment:
In this mode, the notes you play at left hand area of keyboard (split point is No.25 key in
auto accompaniment) decide the chord of accompaniment style, and the following kinds
of chord can be identified (taking C for instance, the note inside parentheses may be
omitted). If a performer feels the left hand area is not large enough, he or she can
re-arrange the left hand area using [KEYBOARD SPLIT] function. For detailed information,
please see [KEYBOARD SPLIT] function.
■
table of chord
Original name
ab.
Normal pronunciation
MAJOR
M
1-3-5
MAJOR SIXTH
M6
1-3-5-6
MAJOR SEVENTH
M7
1-3-(5)-7
MAJOR SEVENTH SHARP ELEVENTH
M7#11
1-(2)3 4-(5)#-7
MAJOR ADD NINTH
Madd9
1-2-3-5
MAJOR NINTH
M9
1-2-3-(5)-7
MAJOR SIXTH ADD NINTH
69
1-2-3-(5)-6
AUGMENTED
aug
1-3-#5
MINOR
m
1b3-5
MINOR SIXTH
m6
1b3-5-6
MINOR SEVENTH
m7
1-b3-(5)-7
MINOR SEVENTH FLATTED FIFTH
m7b5
1-3-5-7
MINOR ADD NINTH
madd9
1-2-3-5

MINOR ADD NINTH
m9
1-2-3-5
MINOR MAJOR ELEVENTH
m11
1-3-(5)-7
MINOR MAJOR SEVENTH
mM7
1-b3-(5)-7
MINOR MAJOR NINTH
mM9
1-2-3-(5)-7
DIMINISHED
dim
1-3-5
DIMINISHED SEVENTH
dim7
1-3-5-6
SEVENTH
7
1-3(5)-7
SEVVENTH SUSLEND FOURTH
7sus4
1-4-5-7
SEVENTH NINTH
79
1-2-3-(5)-7
SEVENTH SHARP ELEVENTH
7#11
1-(2)3-#4-(5)-b7
SEVENTH THIRTEENTH
713
1-3-(5)-7&2-3-5-6-7
SEVENTH FLATTED NINTH
7b9
1-2-3-(5)-7
SEVENTH FLATTED THIRTEENTH
7b13
1-3-5-6-7
SEVENTH SHARP NINTH
7#9
(1)-#2-3-(5)-7
MAJOR SEVENTH AUGMENTED
M7aug
1-3#-5-7
SEVENTH AUGMENTED
7aug
(1)-3-#5-7
SUSPENED FOURTH
sus4
1-4-5
ONE PLUS TWO PLUS FIVE
1+2+5
1-2-5
9 Quick Guide
Note:
• All above notes in the parentheses may be omitted.
• A Perfect (1+5) produces accompaniment based only on the root and fifth which
can be used with many major and minor chords.
• If two notes are octachord apart from each other, accompaniment can only
produce root.
• If you play any three neighboring keys (black and white keys) simultaneously.
Chord accompaniment will be eliminated immediately and only rhythm
accompaniment remained.
• The chord finger in the figure can only be confirmed mainly at root and will be
recognized as m7 (Minor seventh) at other places.
• (Major sixth add ninth) can only be confirmed mainly at root.
• (Minor sixth) can only be confirmed mainly at root and will be recognized as m7b5
at other places.
• (1+2+5) can only be confirmed mainly at root and will be recognized as sus4 at
other places.
• When you play Augmented Diminished Seventh the lowest note will be confirmed
as root.
• In7#11the lowest note played will be regarded as root or b7.

10 Quick Guide
■Intro/ending
Press [INTRO/ENDING] button and then [START/STOP] button, all kinds of rhythm may lead
rhythm to normal status with appropriate intro. Used together with auto accompaniment,
many intro passages can offer special chord variation and ornament to enrich your
performance. Press [INTRO/ENDING] button once again, all kinds of accompaniment may
lead rhythm to the end with an ending.
■Sync start
The function of Sync start can initiate rhythm and accompaniment simultaneously with
playing keyboard. Press [SYNC] button, the symbol of Sync will flash, indicating the status
of Sync standby. Then play any note of keyboard to initiate the function.
Use of Sync start with an intro. If you want to add an intro before Sync start, press.
[INTRO/ENDING] button before pressing [SYNC] button.
Instructions
·When auto accompaniment is opened, play notes at auto-accompaniment area of
keyboard.
■Adjusting accompaniment volume
Use [ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME] +/- button to adjust accompaniment volume in a range
of 0-31.
Instructions
·Press ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME button twice to turn ON/OFF accompaniment volume.
■Adjusting accompaniment tempo
Use [TEMPO] +/- button to adjust accompaniment tempo in arrange of 30-280 bpm.
Instructions
·Press TEMPO button twice to restore to the default value of accompaniment tempo.

11 Quick Guide
■Metronome
1. Press [METRONOME] button to initiate the beat of metronome.
2. Press [METRONOME] button and then change the number of beat each bar using
+/- or digit buttons.
3. specify the number of beat each bar in the range of 0-9.
4. To close metronome, Press [METRONOME] or [START/STOP] button.
Instructions
·Use the metronome to help you stay on top of the beat.
·Tempo may be changed by pressing [TEMPO+] and [TEMPO-] buttons.
Record
You can record your play in the electric grand piano. The audio track 1 of this electric grand
piano is accompaniment track while audio tracks 2/3 are melody tracks. By multi-track
recording, you can only use the electric grand piano to realize the effect of a band
performance.
Instructions
1. If you record data on a track with previous data, the previous data will be over
written and lost. To cancel recording of selected track, press corresponding track
button once again.
1. Recording of accompaniment track
When you press [RECORD] button, LCD displays the symbol and enters the status
of record standby. When you press [TRACK 1] button, LCD displays No.1 symbol, indicating
this track is under record standby. Tempo beat is displayed as per current tempo with
indicating LED flashes. Press any key of keyboard to begin recording.
data to record:
●Notes of keyboard ●Accompaniment
●Vibrato ●Sustain
●Style ●Keyboard drum
●Auto chord ●Accomp Volume
●Soft ●Tempo
●Voice

12 Quick Guide
2. Record of melody track
When you press [RECORD] button, LCD displays the symbol of and enters the status of
recording standby. When you select [TRACK 2]-[TRACK 3], LCD displays corresponding
symbol, indicating this track is under recording standby. Tempo beat is displayed as per
current tempo with indicating LED flashes. Press any key of keyboard to begin recording.
3. Recording melody and accompaniment tracks simultaneously
While you press [RECORD] button, press melody track buttons [1]-[3] you want to record to
enter the status of recording standby. Then press any key of keyboard to begin recording.
Instructions
·If the recording memory becomes full, recording will automatically end.
4. Stop recording
You can stop recording by pressing [START/STOP] or [RECORD] buttons. If you press
[INTRO/ENDING] button during recording accompaniment track, a corresponding coda will
be played and then recording will be stopped.
5. On completing recording
When you press [PLAY/STOP] button, the recorded data begins playing. You can
simultaneously play the recordings in three tracks and press [PLAY/STOP] button once
again to stop playing. Press [CLEAR] button to directly clear the recorded tracks.

13 Quick Guide
■Saving panel configuration (registry memory)
This instrument is provided with registry memory function that can save your favorite
configuration and can be called out easily if needed.
1. set panel control (voice, accompaniment etc.) As required.
2. Press [BANK] button and select required music sound bank with +/- buttons.
3. Hold the [STORE] button, then press any of the M1-M4 keys to save
4. current panel parameters in the memory of M1-M4.
Instructions
·If you save the panel configuration in a memory including previous data, the new
configuration will overwrite the previous data.
Call the saved panel configurations
1. Press [STORE] button and select music sound bank to call with +/- buttons.
2. Press the configuration button (M1-M4) to call registry memory and panel
configuration will be changed accordingly.
Instructions
When registry memory is called out, all current panel configuration will be over-written. If
you want to save this configuration, you need save it in spare registry memory position
before calling saved configuration.
Intellectual guide
This electric grand piano is provided with one demo song and 50 songs to demonstrate its
elegant sound quality and style.
■
play of all demo songs
Press [SONG] button and all demo songs will be played in sequence.
The contents saved in registry memory include the following items:
·Accompaniment setting
Style, A.B.C auto chord, fill-in/ variation, metronome, accompaniment
volume,tempo
·Voice setting
Main voice, double voices, keyboard split
·Effect setting
Chorus, reverb, touch, tune, style volume

14 Quick Guide
■play of single demo song
After pressing [SONG] button, you can select the number of demo song using [+][-] buttons
or data wheel.
Instructions
·When you play a demo song, you should gradually increase volume from the lowest
volume through main volume knob.
■Melody off
Press [MELODY OFF] button to turn off the demo song melody,
allowing you to play or sing it yourself.
Use of pedal
The electric grand piano is provided with three pedals with the same functions as a
traditional piano to enrich music expression.
■
Soft (left) pedal
When you step on soft pedal, the volume played will decrease progressively and sound
quality will be changed slightly. If you step on soft pedal after having played a note, the
volume and quality will not be changed.
■
Sostenuto (middle) Pedal
While you are playing a note or chord, step on the pedal. The played note or chord will
sustain until you release the pedal. However, notes played after you step on the pedal will
not be sustained.
■
Sustain (right) pedal
Controllable Sustain Pedal acts the same as the sustain pedal of a traditional piano.
Stepping down on the sustain pedal will produce a prolonging effect and releasing the
pedal will immediately stop the prolonging sound.

15 Quick Guide
Installation of piano body
1. Using 4pcs four in one screw (3) attach the support legs to the backboard.
2. Using 4pcs M6x50 (1), attach the pedal board to the left and right support legs.
3. Using 4pcs M6X20 (2), attach the piano to the base. Do not attempt this step alone,
as this is the heaviest part and can cause severe damage if dropped. Be certain
every screw is secured
4. Connect the cable from the pedal board to the “Pedal” plug in the back of the
piano.
5. Use 4pcs plug (4) to cover the screws installed in step 2.
6. Connect power and turn on your newly assembled keyboard.
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16 Set- up guide