Suzuki Mini-Grande XP-35 Quick start guide

Brand: Suzuki

Model: Mini-Grande XP-35

Category: Musical Instruments

Type: Quick start guide

There are many features and functions contained on your new Suzuki Mini–Grande Digial Piano. In this

Quick Start Guide we will show you some of the more commonly used features, but for complete details

on these and all the features and functions of your piano please refer to your Owners Manual.

If you have any questions regarding this piano,

please call toll free to Suzuki Support at 800-854-1594.

8:00AM to 5:00PM PST - Monday - Friday.

Or visit our web support pages at www.suzukipianos.com

Quick Start Guide

Mini–Grande Digital Piano

QUICK START GUIDE

Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation

P.O. Box 710459

Santee, California 92072-0459

800-854-1594

www.suzukimusic.com

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Playing The Demo Songs

TheSuzuki Mini–Grande Digial Piano features various dierent demonstration songs that showcase

the rich, authentic sampled voices and the acoustic realism of the piano’s sound delivery system. The

LCD display will show the song name. All the songs will play back repeatedly until the demonstration is

stopped.

There are also over 50 songs in the musical Lesson section that can also be played back as

Demonstration Songs. Please see the Lesson section of the Owners Manual for more information.

To Play All The Demo Songs

1. Press the DEMO button, it’s LED indicator will turn on. The rst demo song will

playback instantly and the LCD Display will show screen listed below:

DEMO

Bossa Nueva

The Demonstration Songs will continue to play sequentially until the STOP / START

Button is pressed or Demo Button is pressed again.

To Select A Specic Demo Song To Play

2. If the Demo Button is not engaged press the DEMO button twice to access the

Demo Song Select menu.

Demo Song Select

Bossa Nueva

Vibra Jazz

Mozart Piano

String Riot

3. Use the SCREEN RIGHT or SCREEN LEFT buttons to access dierent pages within the

Demo Song Select menu. Then use the CURSOR buttons to move the highlighted

area to the song you wish to hear.

Demo Song Select

Samba Time

Spanish Vibe

Bach F minor

Symphonic

4. Press the Enter button to conrm your selected song and it will begin to play right

away.

Press the Start / Stop Button to end the playing of the Demo Song.

To Exit the Demo Mode press the Demo Button so that its LED indicator turns o.

DEMO

CURSER

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

ENTER

QUICK START GUIDE

Play Songs From The Included SD Card

We have enclosed a demonstration SD Card to play on your Suzuki Piano for your enjoyment.

The SD Card Reader is located on the right portion of the control panel.

METRONOME

MEMORY CARD

SONG

MIDI

CARD

Play All Songs On The SD Card

1. Insert the supplied Demonstration SD Card into the SD Card Reader. You will feel

a click when the card is properly inserted. Press the Card button located on the far

right of the control panel to activate the Card Menu screen. It’s LED indicator will

turn on.

2. The Card Menu will appear on the LCD screen as shown below. Use the Cursor

Buttons to Highlight the “Play Card” Function and then press the Enter Button that

is located under the LCD Screen.

CARD MENU

Load Song

Save Song

Utility

Play Card

The Piano will begin to play the rst song on the card after loading it into memory.

Each song on the disk will play sequentially.

If you selected one of the Karaoke Song Files to play you will need to press the Screen

Right Button, of the Screen Left / Screen Right Button Group that are located directly to

the right of the LCD Screen, to see the Karaoke lyrics on the display screen.

CARD

CURSER

ENTER

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Play A Selected Song From The Included SD Card

To select a specic song to play from the enclosed demonstration SD Card follow the instructions listed

below.

1. Insert the SD Card into the SD Card Reader. You will feel a click when the disk is

properly inserted.

2. Press the Card button located on the far right of the control panel to activate the

Card Menu screen. It’s LED indicator will turn on.

CARD MENU

Load Song

Save Song

Utility

Play Card

3. With the “Load Song” function of the Card Menu Screen Highlighted on the LCD

Display press the “Enter” Button (located to the right of the LCD Display).

4. The LCD Display will now show the rst four songs on the SD Card. Use the Cursor

Buttons to select one of these four selections. To see more song titles from your

SD Card, press the Screen Right Button (located directly to the right of the LCD

Display) to select the next four songs on the SD Memory Card.

Every time you press the Screen Right or Screen Left Button, four more selections

(if available) will be shown on the LCD display.

5. After you have highlighted your song selection using the Cursor Buttons, press the

“Enter” Button to engage that song.

6. Press the Start / Stop Button to Listen to your selected song.

Buy Or Download Songs To Playback On Your Piano

You can purchase prerecorded SMF (Standard MIDI File) MIDI File disks of your

favorite music and performing artists. One of the many places you can order

these disks is from the Suzuki Corporation by visiting us on the web at www.

suzukipianos.com/.

However there are also many web sites that oer SMF Music les that can be

downloaded from the Internet. Using your computer you can download various

types of songs (called MIDI Files) from the Internet for free and save them to your

SD Memory Card. The MIDI les you download should be in Standard MIDI File

format for proper playback. You can search the web by visiting Google.com and

entering SMF MIDI FILES into their search engine.

If you have any further questions call Suzuki Support toll free 800-854-1594.

CARD

ENTER

CURSER

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

ENTER

START/STOP

QUICK START GUIDE

Display Screen

CONTRAST

VALUE

– +

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

DATA WHEEL

ESCAPE

ENTER

CURSER

w e r t

The Main Performance Menu Screen is shown and explained below.

How to select and engage a Menu Item on the LCD Display Screen:

1. Use the CURSOR keys to select Function or Feature that you wish to engage. When

this item is selected it will be highlighted.

2. Use the Escape Button to go back to the previous Display Screen. Continue

pressing the Escape button to return to the initial Menu Screen.

3. The Left and Right SCREEN buttons will move the Screen Display to additional

Menu Screens within the selected Menu. The Left and Right Screen Button LED

indicators will be lit if there is additional Screen Menu information available.

4. Use the (+ and –) VALUE buttons to adjust the parameter of the selected Screen

Menu item.

5. Use the ENTER button to engage a highlighted selection. You must press the Enter

Button to engage your selected Feature or Function.

6. The VALUE or DATA wheel can be used as an alternative to the VALUE buttons.

Main Performance Screen

The sound

channel mode.

Auto Accompaniment: When

auto accompaniment is

engaged, this area shows the

chord that is playing.

(NC = no chord)

Registration: The current

bank (A) and registration

number (1).

The current

selected tempo.

The currently selected Instrument

Voice Number and Name, since this

area is highlighted it is selected and

available for changes.

The currently

selected Style

number and

name.

UPPER

1 : Big Band

A1 = 100

1 : Grand Piano

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Quick Sele ction

SOUND GROUP

SYNTH FXSYNTHSYNTH LEADFLUTE

ORGAN

SAXOPHONE

GUITAR BASS

PIANO VIBES

SOUND FXSTL.DRUMBANJO

VIOLIN STRINGS TRUMPET

Quick Select Sound Group Buttons Shown Above. To select an Instrument Voice for your Piano follow the

easy steps shown below:

Quick Select –

For all 88 Key voice selections (Upper Mode)

There are 16 voices that can be selected quickly by pressing one of the 16 quick

select SOUND GROUP buttons.

1. Select one of the 16 Quick Select Instrument Voice Buttons. The Instrument Voice

Button indicator LED will light and the LCD Display Screen will show the selected

Instrument Voice number and it’s name will be highlighted.

For the Layer and Lower Sound Mode Sections of the Piano

1. Select the Sound Mode Button LAYER or LOWER, for the Instrument Voice that you

want to change. The Button’s LED will turn on and the LCD Display will show the

selected Sound Mode and its currently selected instrument voice.

In our example we have selected the Layer Sound Channel Mode

LAYER

1 : Big Band

A1 = 100

1: Grand Piano

2. Select one of the 16 Quick Select Instrument Voice Buttons. The Instrument Voice

Button indicator LED will light and the LCD Display Screen will show the selected

Instrument Voice number and it’s name will be highlighted.

In our example above we have selected the Saxophone Voice.

LAYER

1 : Big Band

A1 = 100

65: Soprano Sax

UPPER

LAYER

LOWER

SAXOPHONE

QUICK START GUIDE

Playing Two Voices Simultaneously

LAYER (DUAL) VOICE - Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is tone mixed with the already

selected Upper (main) instrument voice. The selected layer voice will be heard with the Upper (Main)

voice when the layer feature is engaged.

Combining Two Instrument Voices

1. Press the LAYER Button, it’s LED indicator will turn on. The LCD Display will appear

as shown below. Now when the piano keys are played you should hear both strings

and the previously selected instrument voice.

LAYER

1 : Big Band

A1 = 100

49 : Strings

2. You may select a dierent Layer instrument voice in the same manner as listed on

the previous page. The procedure is shown again below. Press the Sound Group

Button twice.

Use the SCREEN RIGHT, SCREEN LEFT buttons to page through the voice groups

(or you may simply use the Value Buttons + and - to cycle through the available

instrument voices).

3. Use the CURSOR buttons to move the highlighted area to the voice you would like

to select.

4. Press the ENTER button to engage your selected voice. The display screen will show

your newly selected voice.

To Disengage The Layer Mode

To disengage the LAYER mode simply press the LAYER Button, it’s LED indicator will

turn o.

You may return to default or power up settings by simply pressing the GRAND

PIANO Button (red). The piano’s settings will reset to the initial full 88 note piano

with the Grand Piano Voice Selected.

The Grand Piano Button is located to the right of the LCD display screen.

LAYER

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

CURSER

ENTER

LAYER

GRAND PIANO

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Playing Dierent Voices With The Left And Right Hands

LOWER VOICE - Lower or split mode, divides the piano keyboard into two sections, Upper and Lower.

In the right hand section (Upper Section), the “main” or Upper and Layer voice (if engaged) will be heard.

In the Left Hand section a dierent instrument voice can be selected to sound when the keys are played.

Splitting The Keyboard Into Two Separate Voices

1. Press the LOWER Button, it’s LED indicator will turn on. The LCD Display will appear

as shown below.

Now when you play the piano keys with both hands you should hear Acoustic Bass

in your Left Hand and the previously selected instrument voice, in your right hand.

LOWER

1 : Big Band

A1 = 100

33 : Acoustic Bass

2. You may select a dierent Lower instrument voice in the same manner as listed on

the previous page. The procedure is shown again below. Press the Sound Group

Button twice.

Use the SCREEN RIGHT, SCREEN LEFT buttons to page through the voice groups

(or you may simply use the Value Buttons + and - to cycle through the available

instrument voices).

3. Use the CURSOR buttons to move the highlighted area to the voice you would like

to select.

4. Press the ENTER button to engage your selected voice. The display screen will show

your newly selected voice.

To Disengage The Lower Mode

To disengage the LOWER mode simply press the LOWER Button, it’s LED indicator

will turn o.

You may return to default or power up settings by simply pressing the GRAND

PIANO Button (red). The piano’s settings will reset to the initial full 88 note piano

with the Grand Piano Voice Selected.

The Grand Piano Button is located to the right of the LCD display screen.

LOWER

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

CURSER

ENTER

LOWER

GRAND PIANO

QUICK START GUIDE

Selecting One Of The 100 Rhythm Styles From

The Rhythm Style Button Groups.

1. Press one of the quick select RHYTHM STYLE buttons twice, to display the Rhythm

Style selection menu on the display screen. Each button will contain four to eight

related Rhythm Styles.

For our example we pressed the Swing Button.

Swing Group A

Swing Trio

Swingin Organ

Solo Piano Swinng

Dixie

2. Use the SCREEN RIGHT, SCREEN LEFT buttons to page through the Rhythm Style

groups.

For out example we pressed the Screen Right Button once.

Swing Group B

Lounge

Swing

Jazz

3. Use the CURSOR buttons to move the highlighted area to the rhythm style you

would like to select.

For our example we pressed the Middle Cursor Button once.

Swing Group B

Lounge

Swing

Jazz

4. Press the ENTER button to conrm your selection. The display will revert to the

performance screen showing your newly selected Rhythm Style.

Note: The Rhythm Style Group will be shown on the LCD Display Screen for 6 seconds

then it will revert back to the original Performance Display Screen.

To setup the Display Screen to hold longer than 6 seconds please see the Set Up Section

of this manual under the Screen Hold Heading.

SWING

LEFT RIGHT

SCREEN

CURSER

ENTER

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Auto Accompaniment

ACCOMP– TEMPO + ONE TOUCH

RHYTHM CONTROL

SYNC INTRO/ENDING START/STOP FILL-IN FILL TO VAR FADE

Selecting Your Auto Chord Type

1. Press the ACCOMP button. Its indicator LED will turn on.

The LCD Display Screen will show the accompaniment “Chord” menu.

ACCOMP : Fingered

One Finger

Piano Mode

Fingered

2. Use the cursor to move the highlighted area to the chord ngering mode that you

want, One Finger, Fingered or Piano. The Fingered mode is the default mode.

ACCOMP : Fingered

One Finger

Piano Mode

Fingered

3. Press the ENTER button to conrm your selection. If you do not press the Enter

Button your selection will not be engaged.

Note: when the Auto Accompaniment Mode is engaged the LCD Display Screen will

show the specied Chord on the bottom left portion of the Performance Menu screen.

ACCOMP

CURSER

ENTER

QUICK START GUIDE

Playing And Singing with The Karaoke Card

Your Suzuki Digital Piano includes Karaoke features which will give you and your family hours of musical

fun. The SD Card contains several demonstration karaoke songs. The Karaoke lyrics can be viewed on the

LCD screen.

Selecting a Karaoke Song From The Card

1. Insert the supplied Demonstration SD Card into the SD Card Reader. Press the

Card button located on the far right of the control panel to activate the Card Menu

screen. It’s LED indicator will turn on.

2. The Card Menu will appear on the LCD screen. Use the Cursor Buttons to Highlight

the “Play Card” Function and then press the Enter Button that is located under the

LCD Screen. The Piano will begin to play the rst song on the card after loading it

into memory. Each song on the SD Card will play sequentially.

Note: Not all songs on the demonstration card have lyrics.

If you selected one of the Karaoke Song Files to play you will need to press the

Screen Right Button, of the Screen Left / Screen Right Button Group that are

located directly beneath the LCD Screen, to see the Karaoke lyrics on the display

screen.

If you would like to view the Karaoke Lyrics on your TV, plug in the enclosed RCA to

RCA cable. Plug one end of the cable into the Connection Jack panel marked video

out, and the other end into your TV’s Video In Jack. If your TV does not have a Video

In Jack then you may not be able to display the Karaoke Lyrics on it’s screen.

Plug In The Enclosed Microphone

Plug in the microphone in to the Mic Input Jack located on the connector panel on

the bottom left hand side of the piano

Buy Or Download Songs To Playback On Your Piano

You can purchase prerecorded SMF (Standard MIDI File) MIDI File disks of your

favorite music and performing artists. One of the many places you can order

these disks is from the Suzuki Corporation by visiting us on the web at www.

suzukipianos.com/. However there are also many web sites that oer SMF Music

les that can be downloaded from the Internet.

Using your computer you may can download various types of songs (called MIDI

Files) from the Internet for free and save them to your SD Memory Card. The MIDI

les you download should be in Standard MIDI File format for proper playback.

You can search the web by visiting Google.com and entering SMF MIDI FILES into

their search engine.

If you have any further questions call Suzuki Support toll free 800-854-1594.

CARD

CURSER

MINI–GRANDE DIGITAL PIANO

Memory Card

METRONOME

MEMORY CARD

SONG

MIDI

CARD

Card Features

The card features allows you to Load Songs, Save Songs, Delete Song Files and

Rename your song les.

Insert The Card

Insert the SD Memory Card in to Memory Card Slot with the label side up and the

metal teeth leading into the slot. Slide the SD Memory Card into the slot and push

it with your index nger until it clicks into place. The SD Memory Card should be

approximately ush with the Memory Card Plastic Molding when you have heard

or felt the click, meaning that it is engaged.

Remove The Card

To remove the SD Memory Card press the SD Memory Card and it will pop back out

of the Memory Card Slot and allow you to grab it to remove it from the piano.

Note: Do not remove the Memory Card or turn o the power when to Memory card is

engaged in anyway to avoid memory loss or damage to the SD Memory Card or the

Memory Card Reader

Suzuki Mini-Grande XP-35 Quick start guide

Brand: Suzuki

Model: Mini-Grande XP-35

Category: Musical Instruments

Type: Quick start guide

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