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Introduction 3
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Important preliminary notes
Read the following notes carefully before switching your keyboard on:
DO NOT PLACE FLOPPY DISKS ON TOP OF THE LOUDSPEAKERS
- avoid placing floppy disk on top of loudspeakers, telephones, electric home devices or other sources of electromagnetic
fields: the disk content could be erased or damaged.
HOW TO UPDATE YOUR INSTRUMENT
To implement new functions in your keyboard, follow the steps below:
1. Before turning the WK1 on, insert the floppy disk containing the latest release of Generalmusic Operating System.
2. Turn on the WK1 . The message “Load Operating System?” appears on the display.
3. Press ENTER to confirm (pressing ESCAPE cancels the operation).
4. After pressing ENTER, the message “O.S. Disk loading...” appears on the display.
5. When the operation is complete, WK1 is ready to play.
N.B. To check the date of the Operating System, scroll to the last page of the MIDI/GENERAL functions.
GENERAL RESET
In order to restore WK1 to its default conditions set by the factory, proceed as follows:
Press and hold the UPPER 1 (located on the right of the display), and the number keys 1, 2 and 3 at the same time. The
message SYSTEM RESET ! appears on the display for a few seconds.
WARNING !
This operation definitevely erases all the user-programmed data contained in the internal RAM of the instrument.
REACHARGEABLE, BACK-UP BATTERY
WK1 is equipped with a Ni-Cad reachargeable battery, to retain data when the instrument is off. When the instrument is
turned off, the data is retained in the memory for approximately 30 days.
If you have not used WK1 for a long period of time, you are advised to leave the instrument on for at least 8/10 hours in
order to fully recharge the battery.