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 Precaution

 

Safety Precautions

Important Safety Instructions

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
          DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION

      

The lightning icon inside a triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence 

of exposed dangerous voltages within the product s enclosure,  that could cause 
electric shock.

      

The lightning icon inside a triangle

 is intended to alert the user to read important 

operating and maintenance(servicing) instructions within the literature accompanying 
this  product.

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, install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 
8) Do not 

 near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including 

    amplifiers) that produce heat.
9) Do not 

 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 are 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 

, 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 

 (Figure 1).

13) Unplug this 

 during lightning storms or when unused for a long periods fo time.

14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the 

 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 

, the 

 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 

 to rain or moisture.

CAUTION: 

E

 must not be exposed to 

 or splashing and also no objects filled with 

liquids, such as vases, 
Always make sure all batteries are 

.

Always replace 

 at the same time. 

Remove the batteries from the instrument if it is not to be used for a long time.

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liquid dripping

or beverages may be placed.

all of the batteries

inserted the correct way around to match the +/- polarity markings

Do not combine old and new batteries, also do not mix battery

types, as this can cause overheating, or fire, or battery fluid leakage.

 (Figure 1)

     Thank you for purchasing this digital TB688. For perfect operation and security, 
please read the manual carefully and keep it for future reference. 

Summary of Contents for TB688

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Page 2: ...t where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the 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 Figure 1 13 Unplug this during lightning storms or when unused for a long periods fo time 14 ...

Page 3: ...a high quality DSP Digital Signal Processor It has 203 accompaniment styles which can be used to provide fully orchestrated auto accompaniment The multi functional LCD Multi Display provides easy to understand information regarding your keyboard s various settings We recommend that you read through the manual carefully so you can get the best performance and maximum enjoyment from your new electro...

Page 4: ...USB To Host Jack Adjust the Main V olume Demo Songs Play the Electronic Keyboard Select a Voice Overall Control Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Style Turn Chord On Off Full keyboard Accompaniment Control Metronome Overall Control Registration Memory Record and Play Chord Dictionary Teaching Function Appendix Percussion Voice List Voice List Style List Troubleshooting Hints Specifications ...

Page 5: ... PEDAL Button 12 TOUCH Button 13 O T S Button 14 GRAND PIANO Button 15 REGESTRATION MEMORY STORE BANK Button M1 M4 Button 16 METRONOME Button 17 MULTI LCD DISPLAY 18 Buttons 0 9 Number Buttons 19 VOICE STYLE Button 20 DUAL Button 21 DEMO LEARN Button 22 RECORD Button 23 PLAY Button Rear Panel Controls 24 Pitch Bend 25 DC 12V In Jack 26 Phones Line Out Jack 27 Line In Jack 28 Pedal Jack 29 Mic Jack...

Page 6: ...Lead 89 96 Synth Pad 97 104 Synth Effects 105 112 Ethnic 113 120 Percussive 121 128 Sound Effects RECORD PLAY VOICE STYLE DUAL TRANS TUNE TEMPO TAP STORE BANK M1 M2 M3 M4 DEMO LEARN GRAND PIANO METRONOME CHROUS ARPEG VOICE VOICE STYLE STYLE REVERB MIXER MIN MAX MAIN VOLUME GM Voice XM Voice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 4 3 24 25 26 27 28 29 PITCH BEND 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 4 3 START STOP INTRO ENDING FILL...

Page 7: ...fety purpose PHONES LINE OUT Plug a set of stereo headphone into the PHONES LINE OUT jack and the internal speaker system is automatically shut off when the headphone is plugged The PHONES LINE OUT jack can be used to deliver the output of the piano to a keyboard amplifier stereo sound system mixing console or tape recorder Phones Line Out jack Line In jack The audio output from other sound system...

Page 8: ...s are released Pedal Jack MIC A Micphone can be plugged into the rear pannel MIC jack Mic Jack USB To Host Jack Connect PC or other USB to host devices that support USB audio with a standard USB cable For devices with USB cable after the driver is installed and initialization is finished you can choose USB audio device in the device menu of the software to transfer midi data USB TO HOST Basic Oper...

Page 9: ... Demo Songs MAIN VOLUME MIN MAX Adjust the Main Volume Use MAIN VOLUME control to adjust the volume to your desired level 2 Use the button or number button to select a demo song Press the TEMPO TAP button and then press button to change the tempo 3 Press DEMO LEARN button again to stop playing CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY KBD MODE STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T ...

Page 10: ...he main voice number will appear on the LCD 1 9 voice press 01 09 10 99 voice press 10 99 100 479 voice hold the 1 button till the LCD displays 1_ _ then enter the tens digit and single digits Your keyboard can be split into two sections which means different voices can be played with the left and right hands at the same time Press KBD MODE button so that the cursor points to SPLIT to turn Split m...

Page 11: ...Y STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH O T S 1 Multi function pedal This function allows you to set the function of the pedal plugged into the pedal jack on the back board Your instrument has 7 different pedal functions Press the PEDAL button Then use and buttons to select your desired pedal function among PE1 PE7 7 CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOI...

Page 12: ...button on the front panel Switches the rhythm on off whenever you press the Left Foot switch PE6 This function is the same as the FILL1 button on the front panel Let you add dynamic variations and breaks in the rhythm of the accompaniment PE7 Anytime you store to a REGISTRATION MEMORYbutton all settings previously stored in that button will be erased and replaced by the new settings PEDAL CHORD SP...

Page 13: ...range pitch sensitivity You can use the and or the number 0 9 buttons or the digital dial to set the pitch sensitivity 1 12 semitones When the power is turned ON the preset sensitivity is 2 semitones PITCH BEND CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH O T S TRANS TUNE REVERB PEDAL ON OFF 9 KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD...

Page 14: ...tones total one octave his function makes it possible to tune the pitch of your instrument to match other instruments Tune can be accomplished over 50 cents range that s 100 cents total or one semitone in 128 64 63 steps approximately 0 8 cents per step Press the Trans Tune button until the LCD display t KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH RE...

Page 15: ...show P1 indicating the Arpeggio function is enabled When P1 is selected hold one key or several keys and you will hear the note played from the lowest to the highest When P2 is selected hold one key or several keys and you will hear the note played from the highest to the lowest epeatedly press the ARPEGGIO button to turn off the Arpeggio function Mixer This function can set Accompaniment Volume M...

Page 16: ... Split Volume Range 00 127 Default 127 buttons or number buttons S Volume Press the MIXER button repeatedly to select then use to set the Main Volume Range 00 127 Default 127 buttons or number buttons M Volume KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH O T S KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE D...

Page 17: ...ic could be created then Press buttons or number button to select your desired voice Press DUAL button again to turn off the dual voice When the cursor is stop flashing you can select the main voices KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH O T S KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN ...

Page 18: ... e all keys to the left of the Auto Accompaniment split point The right hand section of the keyboard is available for normal playing The default AutoAccompaniment split point is the key The AutoAccompaniment section of the keyboard consists of all keys to its left this instrument creates fully orchestrated rhythm based on chord s that you play with the left hand in the F 2 Turn Chord On Off Press ...

Page 19: ...utton to enter the Full Keyboard mode FULL KEYBOARD signal appears in the display Press SYNCHRO button to enter the sync start waiting mode play the keyboard to start the accompaniment Press KBD MODE repeatedly to turn off the full keyboard function and the cusior will disappear Auto Accompaniment KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY ...

Page 20: ... start from the introduction as soon as a chord is detected in the AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT section of the keyboard Metronome Press the FILL IN button at any time while the accompaniment is playing to add a one measure fill in If you hold the FILL IN button the fill in pattern will repeat until the button is released then the MAIN section will play from the beginning of the next measure Press the SYNCHR...

Page 21: ...O T S If you want to set the tempo before starting rhythm you have to tap the button 4 times This function allows you to set the rhythm tempo by tapping in tempo on TEMPO TAP button Tap on the button 2 times while rhythm is playing The rhythm tempo are set as your desired speed Auto Accompaniment KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O...

Page 22: ...ny one of the 4 registration memory buttons by pressing the button M1 M2 M3 or M4 while holding the STORE BANK button The S 1 S 4 will appear on the LCD display Press the STORE BANK button repeatedly to change the banks 1 8 The defalut bank is 1 Recalling the settings The settings stored to a REGISTRATION MEMORY button can be recalled simply by pressing the M1 M4 button The E 1 E 4 will appear on ...

Page 23: ...what you have played on the keyboard include part panel operation Record Press the RECORD button to start recording and the arrow point to RECORD Press this RECORD button again to stop recording KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH O T S KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL...

Page 24: ...ook up This needs to be in the Chord Root section of the keyboard For example Select the Chord Type After pressing the Chord Root select the Chord Type you want to look up in the Chord Type section of the keyboard The Chord Type includes Major Triad Minor Triad and Seventh Chord Then the LCD will display the Chord Type and key position you currently want to look up If you press the correct key as ...

Page 25: ...N button repeatedly After playing the learning song two seconds it will stop learning state you can press until the screen does not display the L to exit this function DEMO LEARN button repeatedly Hold down the DEMO LEARN button to enter the Learn mode and press DEMO LEARN button repeat to select You can use button or number button to select lean songs and then press PLAY button to start learning ...

Page 26: ...de and press DEMO LEARN button repeat to select You can use button or number button to select lean songs and then press PLAY button to start learning function You can play the song with the instrumentation playing L3 Now you can play this song by yourself Learn 3 Teaching Function KBD MODE CHORD SPLIT FULL KEYBOARD CHORD DICTIONARY STYLE VOICE DEMO LEARN PEDAL DUAL TOUCH REC PLAY O T S PEDAL TOUCH...

Page 27: ... 1H Analog Side Stick SD Analog 1H SD Analog 1L Analog Tom 1 Analog HH Closed1 Analog Tom 2 Analog HH Closed2 Analog Tom 3 Analog HH 1Open Analog Tom 4 Analog Tom 5 Analog Cymbal Analog Tom 6 Analog Cowbell Analog Conga H Analog Conga M Analog Conga L Analog Maracas Analog Claves Scratch Push Scratch Pull Electronic 24 Rever se Cymbal Hi Q Snare L BD Rock BD Rock 2 SD Elec M SD Elec H E Tom 1 E To...

Page 28: ...Electric piano 2 ElecPiano3 ElecPiano4 ElecPiano5 ElecPiano6 DetunedEP1 DetunedEP2 Harpsichord Harpsichord2 Harpsichord3 Harpsichord4 CoupledHarpsichord Clavi1 Clavinet2 Clavinet3 Clavinet4 VOICE NAME BANK PROGRAMCHANGE NO Appendix VOICE NAME BANK PROGRAMCHANGE NO VOICE NAME BANK PROGRAMCHANGE NO 24 Voice List ...

Page 29: ...SynthBass 3 SynthBass 4 SynthBass 5 SynthBass 6 SynthBass 7 SynthBass 8 Violin1 Violin2 Violin3 SlowViolin Viola Cello 1 Cello 2 Cello 3 Contrabass 1 ContraBass_MT Tremolo Strings DoctorSolo Pizzicato Strings1 Pizzicato 2 Orchestral Harp 1 Harp 1 Harp 2 Timpani 1 Timpani 2 Strings Ensemble 1 Strings Ensemble 2 OrchestralPad StringSection1 StringSection2 StringSection3 Synth Strings 1 Synth Strings...

Page 30: ...th Lead 13 Bass Lead Pad 1 New Age Pad 3 Warm Pad 4 Polysynth Pad 5 Choir Pad 6 Bowed Pad7 Metallic Pad 9 Halo Pad 10 Sweep Fx 1 Rain IceRain_MT Fx 2 Soundrack Fx 3 Crystal Fx 4 Atmosphere Fx6 Brightness Fx 7 Goblins Fx 8 Echoes EchoPan Fantasy1 Fantasy2 Sitar Sitar_MT Banjo Shamisen Koto1 Koto2 Koto_MT Kalimba Bagpipe Fiddle Shanai BreathPipe Tinkle Bell EchoBell WindBell WaterBell JungleTune Bel...

Page 31: ...DtrtPop Rhtmblus 68soul Twist RockRollP BgieWgie 68Blues 34Gospel GsplShuf Germwalz Gospel Gypsi Rocknrol Rockrol2 TwistPop R B Ctry8Bt CtryPop CtrySwng Ctry2Bt2 CtryBld Bluegras CtryWlzP Cntryrok Cntrywlz Country1 Country2 Country3 Merengue Bosanova PopBossa MamboPop SalsaPop Beguine1 Beguine2 Reggae SwngRega Baroque Bigband Boogie1 Boogie2 Latin Macarena Mambo Sacrific Salsa DancBand EglshWlz Fo...

Page 32: ... Oriental Pasodobl Schlager Sirtaki1 SwngWltz JazzWltz Waltz FrnchWlz MordnWlz Slwaltz Trawltz1 Trawltz2 Vienwltz Pno8bt1 Pno8bt2 Pnobald Pnowalz1 Pnowalz2 Yaozu Zangzu Xiaoqu Xinjiang Errenzan Jiangsu1 Jiangsu2 Minzu Shanbei JingJu1 JingJu2 Waltz Piano Sino Appendix 28 Style Name NO Style Name NO Style Name NO ...

Page 33: ...ss the range of the keyboard The actual sound of the voice may be slightly different from note to note The volume is too soft The sound quality is poor The rhythm stops unexpectedly or will not play The recorded data of the song etc does not play correctly The LCD display suddenly goes dark and all panel settings are reset The batteries are low or dead Replace all six batteries with completely new...

Page 34: ...MO Recording Dimensions W x D x H Weight Interface 61 standard size touch sensitivity keys C1 through C6 Multi Function LCD 0 9 479 32 Sustain Transpose Pitch Bend Touch Mixer 203 Styles Synchro Start Stop Intro Ending Fill In Tempo Tap Accompaniment Volume Metronome Fullkeyboard Split Chord Power ON OFF Master Volume MIN MAX Store M1 M4 Demo Songs 5 Learning Songs 100 Record Play 950mm x 350mm x ...

Page 35: ...harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or telev...

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