P-255 Owner’s Manual
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Panel Controls & Functions
q [ ] Standby/On switch...................................Page 10
Use this switch to turn the instrument on or set it to
Standby mode.
w [MASTER VOLUME] slider ...............................Page 11
Use this slider to adjust the instrument’s overall volume.
e [DEMO] button ..................................................Page 13
Use this button to play demo tracks for individual Voices.
r [TRANSPOSE] button.......................................Page 16
Use this button to shift the pitch of the entire keyboard up
or down. This allows you to match your playing to the key
of another instrument or a singer without having to
change what you actually play on the keyboard.
t [SELECT] button ..............................................Page 21
Use this button to select the category of song you wish to
play back.
y [REC] button .....................................................Page 25
Use this button to record what you play on the keyboard.
u [PLAY/STOP] button ........................................Page 22
Use this button to start and stop playback of Piano
Songs (50 included), recordings of your own perfor-
mances, or songs stored on a USB flash drive.
i [LEFT] and [RIGHT] buttons ............................Page 23
Use these buttons to turn playback of the left-hand and
right-hand parts on or off. This allows you to practice
playing the parts that have been turned off.
o [TEMPO] button ................................. Pages 19, 20, 22
Use this button to adjust the instrument’s tempo.
!0 [METRONOME] button .................................... Page 19
Use this button to turn the metronome on and off.
!1 [RHYTHM] button ............................................ Page 20
Use this button to turn rhythm tracks on and off.
!2 Display ............................................................. Page 10
The display shows the current tempo when the digital
piano is turned on. Following this, it shows useful infor-
mation relevant to the operation you are performing at
the time.
!3 [FUNCTION] button ........................................ Page 40
Use this button to access other highly convenient func-
tions.
!4 [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons
Use these buttons when setting values and selecting
songs or other display items. Certain settings, such as
Transpose and Tempo, can be reset to their default val-
ues by pressing both buttons simultaneously.
!5 Voice buttons.................................................... Page 13
Use these buttons to select various Voices.
• Dashes (“-”) will scroll across the display while the
instrument is accessing data. Do not turn off the instru-
ment at this time. Failure to observe this precaution may
cause the data to be corrupted.
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