Kurzweil PC3K8 - How to Use this Manual; Do I Have Everything; Boot Loader; Battery

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Introduction
How to Use This Manual
VA‐1programsarescatteredthroughoutthePC3K.LookforthemintheSynthCategoryandthe
ClassicKeysBank.You’llsee“KVAOscillator”appearintheKeymapscreenonthelefthand
sideofthedisplay.
How to Use This Manual
ThismanualdescribeshowtoconnectandpowerupyourPC3K,gettingaroundthefrontpanel,
andabriefdescriptionoftheoperatingmodes.Forinformationoneditingandadvanced
programmingfeatures,refertoadditionalmaterialprovidedontheKurzweilwebsite:
http://www.kurzweil.com
ThebestwaytoreadthismanualiswithyourPC3Kinfrontofyou.Bytryingtheexampleswe
givetoillustrate variousfunctions,youcangetaquickunderstandingofthebasics,thenmove
ontothemoreadvancedfeatures.
Do I Have Everything?
YourPC3Kshippingcartonshouldincludethefollowinginadditiontoyourinstrument:
•Powercable
•Sustainpedal
•USBcable
• GettingStartedmanual(thisbook)
• Warrantycard
Ifyoudon’thaveallofthesecomponents,pleasecallyourKurzweil/Young Changdealer.
YoumayalsowanttopurchaseaUSBthumbdriveforportablebackupsand
storage.
Boot Loader
WhenyouneedtoupdatethePC3K’ssoftwareorrundiagnostictests,you’llusetheBoot
Loader.Tobring uptheBootLoader,holddowntheExitbutton(belowthecursorbuttons,to
therightofthedisplay)whilepoweringonyourPC3K.RefertoAppendix Bfordetailsonthe
Boot
Loader.
Battery
ThePC3KusesaCR2032batterytopoweritsclock.Thebatteryshouldlastfiveyears,anda
messagewilltellyouwhenthebatteryneedsreplacing.Theaccesspanelonthebottomofthe
PC3K(whichyoucaneasilyremovewithascrewdriver)allowsyoutogetatthebattery
for
removalandreplacement.
CAUTION:Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.Replaceonlywiththesameor
equivalenttype(CR2032).