Casio CT-X800 User Manual

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EN/ES CTX800-ES-1A USER’S GUIDE Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital Keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”. Please keep all information for future reference. GUÍA DEL USUARIO Precauciones de seguridad Ant...

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English Important! Please note the following important information before using this product. • Before using the optional AC Adaptor to power the unit, be sure to check the AC Adaptor for any damage first. Carefully check the power cord for breaka...

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EN-2 General Guide EN-4 Using the (ct) Number Keys and the (dk) [–] and [+] Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-6 [5] (EXIT) Key Long-press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-7 Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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EN-3 Contents Connecting External Devices EN-52 Connecting a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-52 MIDI Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EN-53 Storing and Loading Digital Keyboard Memory Data . . ...

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EN-4 General Guide 1 bk bl cqbm bn bp bq brbo dl dm dn do dp dldq dtds 2 3 bs bt ck cl cm cn co cp cr cs 4 5 6 7 98 ct dk dr The following explains the meaning of the $ symbol that appears on the product console and with the key names below. $ : Ind...

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EN-5 General Guide ■ Back 1 P(Power) button ☞EN-9 2 VOLUME knob ☞EN-9 3 INTRO, REPEAT button ☞EN-20, 31 4 NORMAL FILL-IN, A-B button ☞EN-30 5 VAR. FILL-IN, sREW button ☞EN-19, 30 6 ENDING/SYNCHRO START, dFF button ☞EN-19, 31 7 SYNCHRO ...

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General Guide EN-6 ■ Display Use the number keys to enter numbers and values. 1. Use the number keys to enter the same number of digits as the displayed value. Example: To enter tone number 001, input 0 3 0 3 1. • While entering a value, you can...

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EN-7 General Guide Pressing [–] reduces the currently displayed number or value by one, while [+] increases it by one. Holding down either key will sequentially increase or decrease the displayed number or value until you release the key. Pressi...

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EN-8 Either an AC adaptor or batteries can be used to power this Digital Keyboard. Normally, use of AC adaptor power is recommended. • The AC adaptor does not come with this Digital Keyboard. Purchase it separately from your retailer. See page E...

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EN-9 1. Press 1P (power). This turns on power. • To turn off power, hold down 1P (power) again. 2. Try playing something on the keyboard. Use 2 VOLUME to adjust volume. • If you press 1P (power) only lightly, the display will light up momentari...

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Playing the Digital Keyboard EN-10 Touch Response alters tone volume in accordance with keyboard pressure (speed). This provides you some of the same expressivity you get on an acoustic piano. 1. Hold down bk PIANO/ORGAN to change touch response t...

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EN-11 Playing the Digital Keyboard You can configure the metronome to use a bell sound for the first beat of each measure of the song you are playing. • You can specify a value from 0 to 9 as the number of beat per measure. 1. Hold down cq METRON...

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EN-12 Your Digital Keyboard lets you select tones for a wide variety of musical instrument sounds, including violin, flute, orchestra, and more. Even the same song sound takes on a different feel by changing the instrument type. 1. Press bl TONE. ...

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EN-13 Controlling the Keyboard Sounds • Two tones, one for the left range and one for the right range of the keyboard (page EN-14) This configuration uses the UPPER 1 part and LOWER part (Layer: Off, Split: On). • Three tones, two layered tones...

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Controlling the Keyboard Sounds EN-14 1. Select the tone for the right side range (page EN-12). Press bl TONE and then use the ct number keys, and the dk [–] and [+] keys to select the tone you want. Example: 255 FLUTE 2. Press co SPLIT. 3. Use t...

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EN-15 Controlling the Keyboard Sounds 1. Press cs FUNCTION and then use the ct [2] (o) and [3] (p) keys to display “Reverb” (page EN-6). 2. Use the dk [–] and [+] keys to select the reverb setting you want. Chorus is a function that adds dep...

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Controlling the Keyboard Sounds EN-16 You can use the equalizer to adjust the sound quality. See Function No.21 under “FUNCTION Button (cs) Functions” (page EN-43). A pedal can be used to change notes in various ways while playing. • A pedal...

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EN-17 Controlling the Keyboard Sounds The transpose feature lets you change the pitch, in semitone steps. A simple operation lets you instantly change the pitch to match that of a singer. • The transpose setting range is –12 to +12 semitones. 1...

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EN-18 You can use the pitch bend wheel to slide the pitch of notes smoothly upwards and downwards. This technique makes it possible to produce effects that are similar to sounds produced when bending notes on a saxophone or electric guitar. 1. Wh...

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EN-19 Playing Built-in Songs Use the procedure below to play back one of the built-in songs. You can play along on the keyboard with song playback. 1. Press bn SONG BANK. 2. Use the ct number keys, and the dk [–] and [+] keys to select the numbe...

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Playing Built-in Songs EN-20 You can use the procedure in this section to repeat particular measures for practice playing along until you master it. You can specify the start measure and the end measure of the section you want to play and practice...

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EN-21 Playing Built-in Songs You can use the following procedure to change the speed (tempo) in order to slow down playback to practice difficult passages, etc. See “Changing the Tempo Setting” (page EN-11). Use the following procedure to adjus...

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EN-22 The methods you can use for practice with this Digital Keyboard are described below. ● Easy Mode (page EN-22) ● Step Lesson (page EN-23) ● No Guidance Play (page EN-24) First, select the song and part you want to practice. You can select...

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EN-23 Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play This mode provides you with a three-step practice routine to help you master a particular song. • Lesson 1: Listen to the song. • Lesson 2: Play with display guide. • Lesson 3: Use everything ...

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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play EN-24 Though song playback stands by waiting for you to press the correct keys as in Lesson 2, the Digital Keyboard does not provide any guidance about what note you need to play next. Remember everythi...

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EN-25 Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play 3. Start Step Lesson (page EN-23) or No Guidance play (page EN-24). • This starts a lesson with the phrase you selected. 4. To turn off the lesson phrase function, press cm PHRASE again. • This...

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Using Built-in Songs to Master Keyboard Play EN-26 Use the following procedure to turn off performance evaluation, which evaluates your performance and displays a score for Lesson 2, Lesson 3, and No Guidance Play. 1. Press cs FUNCTION and then use...

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EN-27 With Auto Accompaniment, simply select an accompaniment pattern. Each time you play a chord with your left hand the appropriate accompaniment will play automatically. It’s like having a personal backup group along with you wherever you go...

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Using Auto Accompaniment EN-28 3. Use the accompaniment keyboard to play chords. This will cause bass and harmony Auto Accompaniment parts to be added to the rhythm part. Example: Pressing D-F # -A-C on the accompaniment keyboard 4 Accompaniment f...

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EN-29 Using Auto Accompaniment • When playing a minor, seventh, or minor seventh chord, it makes no different whether the additional keys you press are black or white. ■ FINGERED With these input modes, you play chords on the accompaniment key...

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Using Auto Accompaniment EN-30 ● FINGERED ASSIST Produces an effect that is different from FINGERED 1 when two or three keys are pressed. Pressing a root key and any white key to the left of the root key plays a seventh chord, while a black key ...

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EN-31 Using Auto Accompaniment ■ Auto Accompaniment Intro Use the following procedure to play an intro of a few measures. 1. Press 3 INTRO. This starts the intro pattern. Normal pattern play will start when the intro pattern is finished. • If y...

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Using Auto Accompaniment EN-32 ■ Using Synchro Start Use the following procedure to configure the Digital Keyboard to start Auto Accompaniment play as soon as you press a keyboard key. 1. Press 6 ENDING/SYNCHRO START. This enters accompaniment st...

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EN-33 Selecting a Music Preset instantly changes the Digital Keyboard to a preset setup (tone, rhythm, chord progression, etc.) for play of songs of various genres/categories. The press of a button sets up the Digital Keyboard so those songs sound...

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EN-34 5. Press br A.HAR./ARPEG. to turn on Auto Harmonize. If you play chords with your left hand and the melody with your right hand, harmony notes will be added to the melody. • Press br A.HAR./ARPEG. again to turn off Auto Harmonize. The Arp...

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EN-35 5. Press br A.HAR./ARPEG. to turn on Arpeggiator. Playing a chord on the keyboard will start arpeggio play. • Press br A.HAR./ARPEG. again to turn off Arpeggiator. • The tempo setting of the Arpeggiator is the same as that set for the me...

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Looking Up the Notes of Chords (Chord Book) EN-36 4. Use the dk [–] and [+] keys to select the type of chord you want. Selecting a chord type causes the chord to sound, and shows the chord name and its notes on the display. • To sound the chord...

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EN-37 Registration memory lets you store Digital Keyboard setups (tone, rhythm, etc.) for instant recall whenever you need them. When recalling registration data, you can specify items that you do not want to include in the recall (Freeze). Regist...

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Saving Keyboard Setups to Registration Memory EN-38 1. Press bs BANK to select the bank that contains the setup you want to recall. 2. Use buttons bt 1 to cm 4 to select the area whose setup you want to recall. This will recall the registration mem...

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EN-39 You can use the procedure in this section to record your keyboard play for later playback. You can record your own keyboard play, or the part of either hand during a lesson using a song. You can also record play using Auto Accompaniment, or...

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Recording Your Keyboard Play EN-40 1. Press bn SONG BANK. 2. Use the ct number keys, and the dk [–] and [+] keys to select the song you want to overdub. 3. Press bp RECORD/STOP. This causes “Rec Trk” to appear on the display. • To exit recor...

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EN-41 Recording Your Keyboard Play • When you want to easily record to a new solo track (For example, to record drums first, etc.) • When you want to correct for selection of the wrong track for recording 1. Hold down bp RECORD/STOP. This cause...

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Recording Your Keyboard Play EN-42 4. Press bp RECORD/STOP. This will enter record standby. • To exit record standby, press bp RECORD/STOP as many times as necessary until the RECORD indicator is no longer displayed. 5. Press 8 PLAY/STOP to start...

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EN-43 You can use the cs FUNCTION button to change the volume and key, and to configure a variety of other settings. 1. Press cs FUNCTION to display the function menu. This causes the FUNCTION indicator to appear on the display. 2. Use the ct [2] (o)...

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EN-44 FUNCTION Button (cs) Functions 22 Preset Scale Scale EN-46 23 Preset Scale Type Type 1 - 17 1 EN-46 24 Preset Scale Root Root 1 - 12 1 EN-46 25 Auto Accompaniment Scale AcompScl On/Off Off EN-46 26 Tuning Tune 415.5 - 465.9 440.0 EN-17 27 Regis...

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EN-45 FUNCTION Button (cs) Functions • The tone and other parameters revert to their initial defaults whenever you turn on power (page EN-9). • The following settings are retained even when power is turned off. Equalizer, Tuning, Registration Mem...

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FUNCTION Button (cs) Functions EN-46 You can use the following procedure to select from among 17 preset scales, including the standard Equal Temperament. 1. Press cs FUNCTION and then use the ct [2] (o) and [3] (p) keys to display “Scale”. 2. P...

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EN-47 FUNCTION Button (cs) Functions You can use the procedure below to delete all data, and reset settings and other system contents to return them to their initial factory defaults. • This procedure also deletes user songs, user rhythms, regis...

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EN-48 Your Digital Keyboard supports the following USB flash drive operations. • USB flash drive formatting • USB flash drive data loading to Digital Keyboard memory • Data storage to a USB flash drive • Delete data from a USB flash drive •...

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EN-49 USB Flash Drive • Never plug any other device besides a USB flash drive into the USB flash drive port. • When you perform a USB flash drive operation or turn on the Digital Keyboard while a USB flash drive is plugged in, the Digital Keyb...

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USB Flash Drive EN-50 You can use the procedure below to load data from a USB flash drive into Digital Keyboard memory. • Place the data (file) you want to load into the MUSICDAT folder on the USB flash drive. 1. Insert the USB flash drive into t...

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EN-51 USB Flash Drive 12. Press the dk [+] (YES) key. • The message “Wait” remains on the display while the operation is being performed. Do not perform any operation while this message is on the display. “Complete” appears on the displa...

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EN-52 12. Press the dk [+] (YES) key. • The message “Wait” remains on the display while the operation is being performed. Do not perform any operation while this message is on the display. “Complete” appears on the display after data sav...

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EN-53 Connecting External Devices • Make sure you follow the steps of the procedure below exactly. Connecting incorrectly can make data send and receive impossible. 1. Turn off the Digital Keyboard and then start up your computer. • Do not sta...

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Connecting External Devices EN-54 This parameter can be used when using an external sound source to play Digital Keyboard notes to specify that the notes should not be sounded by the Digital Keyboard. For details about how to configure this setting...

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EN-55 Connecting External Devices This Digital Keyboard can be connected to commercially available stereo, amplifier, or recording equipment, to a portable audio player or other equipment. Connection requires commercially available connecting cords...

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EN-56 Reference Troubleshooting Symptom Action Included Accessories I can’t find something that should be here. Carefully check inside all of the packing materials. Power Requirements Power will not turned on. • Check the AC adaptor or make sure ...

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EN-57 Reference Notes keep sounding, without stopping. • Turn power off and then back on to initialize all Digital Keyboard settings (page EN-9). • Replace the batteries with new ones or switch over to AC adaptor power (page EN-8). Some notes a...

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EN-58 Reference Error Indicators Display Cause Action Err Limit You are attempting to record more than 999 measures. Make your recordings up to 999 measures long. Err Mem Full You are attempting a recording that exceeds the allowable per song limit...

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EN-59 Reference Specifications Model CT-X800 Keyboard 61 standard size keys Touch Response 3 types, Off Maximum Polyphony 48 notes (24 for certain tones) Tones Built-in Tones 600 Functions Layer, Split, Piano/Organ button Reverb 1 to 20, Off Chorus 1...

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EN-60 Reference • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. Inputs/Outputs USB flash drive port TYPE A USB port TYPE B PEDAL jack Standard jack (6.3mm): sustain, sostenuto, soft, rhythm Phones/Output jack Stereo standard jack ...

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EN-61 Reference Be sure to read and observe the following operating precautions. ■ Location Avoid the following locations for this product. • Areas exposed to direct sunlight and high humidity • Areas subjected to temperature extremes • Near ...

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A-1 Appendix/Apéndice Song List/Lista de canciones SONG BANK/BANCO DE CANCIONES No./Nº Title/Título WORLD (CATEGORY : 01) 001 TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR 002 LIGHTLY ROW 003 LONG LONG AGO 004 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 005 SAKURA SAKURA 006 WHEN THE SAI...

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A-2 Appendix/Apéndice •“” indicates a key is assigned the same tones as it is for STANDARD SET 1. •“” indica que se ha asignado a la tecla el mismo tono que STANDARD SET 1. Drum Assignment List/Lista de asignación de baterías STA...

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A-3 Appendix/Apéndice •“” indicates a key is assigned the same tones as it is for STANDARD SET 1. •“” indica que se ha asignado a la tecla el mismo tono que STANDARD SET 1. DANCE SET 4 DANCE SET 5 DANCE SET 6 TRANCE SET HIP-HOP SET...

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A-4 Appendix/Apéndice •“” indicates a key is assigned the same tones as it is for STANDARD SET 1. •“” indica que se ha asignado a la tecla el mismo tono que STANDARD SET 1. ELECTRONIC SET DRUM MACHINE SET 1 DRUM MACHINE SET 2 DRUM ...

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A-5 Appendix/Apéndice •“” indicates a key is assigned the same tones as it is for STANDARD SET 1. •“” indica que se ha asignado a la tecla el mismo tono que STANDARD SET 1. LATIN SET 2 INDONESIAN SET INDIAN SET ARABIC SET CHINESE S...

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A-6 Appendix/Apéndice •“” indicates a key is assigned the same tones as it is for STANDARD SET 1. •“” indica que se ha asignado a la tecla el mismo tono que STANDARD SET 1. SNARE SET 2 KICK SET CYMBAL SET TOM SET C-1 D-1 E-1 F-1 G-...

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Appendix/Apéndice A-7 In addition to the chords that can be fingered with FINGERED 1 and FINGERED 2, the following chords also are recognized. Además de los acordes que se pueden digital con FINGERED 1 y FINGERED 2, también se pueden reconocer ...

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A-8 Appendix/Apéndice Chord Example List/Lista de ejemplos de acordes M m dim aug sus4 sus2 7 m7 M7 m7 b 5 7 b 5 7sus4 add9 madd9 mM7 dim7 69 6 m6 ( A # ) /B b BF # / ( G b ) G ( G # ) /A b AFCC # / ( D b ) D ( D # ) /E b E *2 *1 • You can use ...

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CT-X800 1 1 bk bk blbl cqcq ctctbmbm bnbn bpbp bqbq brbrbobo 22445566778899 bsbs btbt ckck clcl cmcm cncn coco cpcp crcr cscs dkdk33 • Cut this page along the dashed line so you can have it on hand as you read the contents of the manual. • Re...

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Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default Changed Note Number 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 12 - 120 True voice After Touch Control Change X X O X O Pitch Bender O Key’s Ch’s Velocity O 9nH v = 1 - 127 O 8n...

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Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel 1 1 - 16 1 - 16 1 - 16 Default Changed Note Number 0 - 127 0 - 127 * 1 12 - 120 True voice Program Change O 0 - 127 O 0 - 127 :True # After Touch Control Change X X O X O Pitch Bender O Sy...

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EN/ES CTX800-ES-1A USER’S GUIDE Safety Precautions Before trying to use the Digital Keyboard, be sure to read the separate “Safety Precautions”. Please keep all information for future reference. GUÍA DEL USUARIO Precauciones de seguridad Ant...