AXUS DIGITAL AXP2 (01) PDF DOCUMENT

Please read the following precautions carefully before you use the instrument:

Use the specified power adapter, and immediately replace damaged adapter if any.

Do not disassemble the instrument, nor modify internal parts. If it malfunctions, discontinue the use immediately and have it repaired by professional serviceman.

Before connecting the instrument to other devices, turn off all the power supplies.

Do not play the instrument at the maximum volume or to an uncomfortable extent for a long time.

Keep the parts of the instrument off heat source, for overheat may cause damage.

Prevent liquid, dust, particles and other foreign matters from entering the instrument to cause corrosion of the instrument or short-circuit of its components.

Pull the plug before cleaning the instrument. Do not insert or pull the plug with wet hands.

Use dry and soft cloth to clean the instrument. Do not use paint, alcohol or other chemical solvents to wipe the instrument so as to avoid damage to the instrument surface.

Turn off the power supply and pull the plug after playing or in no-service condition for a long time.

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.

Maximum Operating Temperature: 40°C.

Direct plug-in adaptor is used as disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.

Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit, and remain a well ventilation conditions. The ventilation should not be impeded by covering the ventilation openings with items such as newspaper, table-cloths, curtains etc.

Warning: Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss.

The label location is on the bottom of the apparatus.

This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household wastes throughout the EU. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. To return your used device, please use the return and collection systems or contact the retailer where the product was purchased. They can take this product for environmental safe recycling.

The front panel controls are as follows:

1. Speaker
2. LCD display
3. Power Switch
4. Master Volume
5. Chord volume
6. Rhythm volume
7. Transpose
8. Tempo
9. MP3 volume control
10. Previous
11. Next
12. Play/Pause
13. Stop
14. Enter order/Random/Single playing modes
15. Sound Effect
16. Keyboard Percussion
17. Demo Song
18. Rhythm
19. Timbre
20. Numbers
21. Sync
22. Start/Stop
23. Fill In
24. Single
25. Fingered
26. Chord Off
27. Status memory
28. Program
29. Null Play
30. Record
31. Metronome
32. Sustain
33. Dual/Split/Off
34. Touch
35. One Key
36. Follow
37. Ensemble
38. Pitch Bend
39. Vibrato
40. Chord Keyboard

UDISK music player controls are also located on the front panel.

The rear panel features the following ports:

1. UDISK PORT FOR PLAYING MUSIC (Flash drive not included)
2. AUDIO INPUT
3. MIC INPUT
4. PHONES/OUTPUT
5. DC 12V IN JACK

Using AC/DC Power supply Adaptor

The AC/DC power supply adaptor must be the one designated for the instrument. Connect one side to the power supply socket on the back-panel and the other to the city-power network. (Please notice the input voltage should be the same as that of the power network.)

Audio output/headphone connection

Audio output: First turn off the power supply of the electronic keyboard and external sound equipment, then insert one end of the audio cable into the PHONES/OUTPUT interface for audio output on the back of the electronic keyboard, and insert the other end into the audio input interface of the sound equipment.

Headphone connection: Insert the headphone plug into the PHONES/OUTPUT interface on the back of the electronic keyboard, then the speaker of the electronic keyboard will be disconnected automatically, and the influence on others can be avoided during playing.

※ Attention! Do not keep the highest volume in a long time when the headphone is used, so as to avoid hearing losses.

Audio input

The electronic keyboard has the stereo audio input function, and audio signals of mobile phones, MP3 players, computers and the like can be input into the electronic keyboard system to be played. At first, turn off the power supply of the electronic keyboard, insert one end of the audio cable into the output port of an audio device, insert the other end into the AUDIO INPUT interface on the back of the electronic keyboard, and then turn on the power supply of the electronic keyboard.

Microphone input (not included)

Insert the plug of the microphone into the microphone jack of the keyboard and you can enjoy playing and singing.

Press the [Power] button with the back light on. The LCD display will show information of the present timbre, tempo, etc.

To adjust the master volume, press the key “Master Volume ▲” to increase or “Master Volume ▼” to decrease it. When the “Master Volume ▲” and “Master Volume ▼” are pressed at the same time, the master volume is recovered to the default preset value. The rhythm volume and chord volume can be controlled simultaneously by the master volume.

Selection of Timbre

The electronic keyboard contains 200 timbres, from “00” to “199”. When the power supply is turned on, the timbre selection function is enabled automatically, and the screen displays “TONE”. Otherwise, the timbre selection function can be enabled by pressing the key “TIMBRE”. The startup default “00” refers to the piano timbre. Other timbres can be selected by pressing the corresponding timbre numbers via number keys or pressing “+” or “-”.

Keyboard Percussions

Press the key “Keyboard Percussion” to enable the keyboard percussion function. Then the corresponding percussion sound can be uttered when the keyboard is played. Press the “Keyboard Percussion” again to disable the keyboard percussion function.

Demonstration Songs

The electronic keyboard contains 10 demonstration songs for teaching, from “00” to “09”. When the key “Demonstration Song” is pressed, all demonstration songs will be played sequentially. During playback, another demonstration song can be selected by pressing the corresponding number via number keys or pressing “+” or “-” and then the selected demonstration song will be played cyclically.

Auto-Rhythm Selection

The electronic keyboard contains 128 rhythms, from “00” to “128”. The startup default is “00”. Press the key “Rhythm” to enable the rhythm selection function, and then the screen displays “RHYTHM”. Another rhythm can be selected by pressing the corresponding rhythm number in number keys or pressing “+” or “-”.

1. Start Rhythm

Press the [Start/Stop] button to start the accompaniment rhythm. When the rhythm is not started, press the key “Syn”, and then the metronome on the screen flashes. When any key in the chord keyboard zone (Key 1-19 from the left) is played, the rhythm accompaniment will be started synchronously.

2. Fill In

In the state of the rhythm, press the [Fill in] button, a piece of intermezzo can be filled in automatically.

3. Stop the Accompaniment

Press the [Start/Stop] button, the accompaniment rhythm quits at once.

Metronome

The metronome contains four tempos, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, respectively. When the key “Metronome” is pressed continuously, four tempos can be selected in sequence. Playing of any tempo can be stopped when the key “Metronome” is pressed again.

Tempo Adjustment

Press the [Tempo▲] / [Tempo▼] button, the tempo of the rhythm can be quickened or slowed. Apply the both at the same time, the tempo turns back to the present one.

Adjustment of rhythm volume

Press the key “Rhythm Volume ▲” or “Rhythm Volume ▼” to increase or decrease the rhythm volume. When the two keys are pressed simultaneously, the rhythm volume can be recovered to the default preset value.

Single Finger Chord

Press the key “Single Finger Chord” to enable the chord function, and the screen displays “Single”. When the rhythm is started, automatic chord accompaniment can be performed in the chord keyboard zone (Key 1-19 from the left) according to the fingering method of single finger chord. When the rhythm is not started, chord accompaniment can be performed manually. Press the key “Single Finger Chord” or “Chord OFF” to disable the chord function, and the “Single” on the screen disappears. The following table describes the single-finger chord scales:

Fingered Chord

Press the key “Fingered Chord” to enable the chord function, and the screen displays “Finger”. When the rhythm is started, automatic chord accompaniment can be performed in the chord keyboard zone (Key 1-19 from the left) according to the fingering method of fingered chord. When the rhythm is not started, chord accompaniment can be performed manually. Press the key “Fingered Chord” or “Chord OFF” to disable the chord function, and the “Finger” on the screen disappears.

Adjustment of chord volume

Press the key “Chord Volume ▲” or “Chord Volume ▼” to increase or decrease the chord volume. When the two keys are pressed simultaneously, the chord volume can be recovered to the default preset value.

Transposing Function

The transposing function helps you play music of other tunes in the C-tune fingering method. When the key “Transpose ▼” is pressed, the sound of the whole keyboard will decrease by half-tone (minor second). When the key “Transpose ▲” is pressed, the sound will increase by half-tone. The level can be adjusted from “-6” to “+6”. When the key “Transpose ▲” and “Transpose ▼” are pressed at the same time, the sound is recovered to Tune C “00”.

Sustain

Press the [Sustain] button with “SUS” appearing on the display; the sound of the keystrokes takes on a sustain effect. Press the button again with “SUS” disappearing to quit the function.

Pitch bend

The pitch bend wheel can add smooth pitch changes to notes played by the keyboard. The pitch can be increased by rolling up the pitch bend and decreased by rolling down the pitch bend. After being released, the pitch bend will automatically return to the center, and the pitch of the keyboard will recover the standard status.

Vibrato

When the “Vibrato” wheel is in the downward lowest position, the vibrato function is disabled. When “Vibrato” is rolled up, the vibrato function will be enabled, and the screen will display “VIB”. Using the vibrato function, vibrato effects can be added to the playing tone. The vibrato can be increased or decreased to be disabled by rolling the “Vibrato” up or down.

Press the “Dual/Split/Off” key to turn on or turn off the Double Tones and keyboard splitting functions in turn.

Double Tones

When the “Double” is on, the screen displays “double”, and the overlapping effects of two tones can be produced during playing. After the double-tone function is enabled, Tone 1 and Tone 2 can be switched by pressing the key “Tone” so as to select the required tone, and the screen will correspondingly display “TONE1” or “TONE2”.

Keyboard splitting function

When the “Keyboard Split” function is on, the upper part of the screen displays “Split”. Then the 24 keys on the left of the electronic keyboard are separated from the original keyboard. The pitch of the left keyboard zone is increased or decreased by octave to be identical to the pitch of the right keyboard zone. The tone of the right keyboard zone can be selected as needed, and different tones can be played by the left keyboard zone and right keyboard zone. When the key “Keyboard Split” is pressed again, the screen displays “Off” and the keyboard splitting function is disabled.

Touch

Press the [Touch] button to turn on or off the touch function. The default at the time of startup is ON. The screen will display “Touch”. This function can help to enrich musical expression and correctly reflect the force you apply on each note. The larger the force is during performance, the louder the sound is. When this function is turned off, the same sound can be uttered regardless of your force in the performance.

Recording

When the key “Record” is pressed, the recording function is enabled, the screen displays “Record”, and then the played notes will be saved. The recorded notes will be cleared automatically when recording is performed again or the electronic keyboard is turned off.

Stop of recording

When the memory is full of notes, and the screen displays “FULL”, recording will stop automatically. During the recording process, the key “Play” can be pressed to stop recording and play the recorded notes. When the key “Recording” is pressed again, the recording function will be disabled, and the recorded notes will be cleared automatically.

Playback of recorded notes

The recorded notes can be played by directly pressing the key “Play” during the recording process. Playback of the recorded notes can be stopped by pressing the key “Play” again during the playing process.

Rhythm programming

When the key “Program” is pressed, the rhythm programming function is enabled, the screen displays “Program” and a set of rhythm melody can be programmed by playing the corresponding percussion of the keyboard. The programmed rhythm will be automatically cleared when programming is performed again or the electronic keyboard is turned off.

Stop of programming

When 32 percussions are recorded and the screen displays “FULL”, programming will stop automatically. During the programming process, the key “Play” can be pressed to stop programming and play the programmed rhythm. When the key “Program” is pressed again, the programming function will be disabled, and the programmed data will be cleared automatically.

Playback of programmed rhythm

During rhythm programming, the programmed rhythm can be played by directly pressing the key “Play”. Playback of the programmed rhythm can be stopped by pressing the key “Play” again during the playing process.

The status memory function allows you to save the tone, rhythm, tempo and other parameters to be set during playing. The keyboard has four status memories.

Storage of status memory

Set the tone, rhythm and tempo according to playing needs, and then press the key “Status Memory” and one of “M1” to “M4” to save the current working status.

Calling of status memory

When one of “M1” to “M4” is pressed during playing, data in the memory key can be called to replace the current status.

※ No power failure protection is provided for the saved contents. When the electronic keyboard is turned on again after power failure, the saved contents will disappear.

The intelligent teaching function is divided into three steps:

Teaching 1: One Key

When the key “One Key” is pressed, the one-key teaching function is enabled, and the screen displays “Step 1”. You can select the song to be learned by pressing the number key or pressing “+” or “-“. One-key teaching is applied for the song duration exercise, with no requirements for the pitch and correctness. Improper playing of keys is allowed. The electronic keyboard plays correct notes in case of errors, but the cursor in the keyboard zone of the screen shows the key corresponding to the correct note. The one-key teaching function can be disabled by pressing the key “One Key” again.

Teaching 2: Follow

When the key “Follow” is pressed, the Follow teaching function is enabled, and the screen displays “Step 2”. You can select the song to be learned by pressing the number key or pressing “+” or “-”. In this mode, you can play the demonstration song, and the cursor in the keyboard zone of the screen will guide you to play correctly. When an error is made during playing, the melody of the song will be stopped until you correct the error. The Follow teaching function can be disabled by pressing the key “Follow” again.

Teaching 3: Ensemble

When the key “Ensemble” is pressed, the Ensemble teaching function is enabled, and the screen displays “Step 3”. You can select the song to be learned by pressing the number key or pressing “+” or “-”. The Ensemble teaching is applied for correct and comprehensive learning of the song duration and notes. The keynote will be shielded by the electronic keyboard for ensemble. You should play the correct notes within the song duration. If you fail to play within 3 seconds, the electronic keyboard will automatically play the keynote, and the keyboard zone of the screen will display the correct note and tempo. The Ensemble teaching function can be disabled by pressing the key “Ensemble” again.

Insert the Udisk, and the electronic keyboard supports the maximum 32G memory and common MP3-format files.

Press the key “MP3 [ – … + ]” to adjust the volume.

Press [◄◄] to play the previous, [►►] to play the next, [►||] to play/suspend, [■] to stop, and [↻/X/1] to enter order, random and single playing modes.

Press [Sound Effect] button to adjust the sound effect modes.