Korg SP-170S User manual

Brand: Korg

Model: SP-170S

Category: Digital pianos

Type: User manual

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SP170S

DIGITAL PIANO

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in

the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this product via the internet,

through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale, you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country

in which you reside.

WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be dangerous and could

invalidate the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty. Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise

your product may be disqualified from the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty.

REMARQUE IMPORTANTE POUR LES CLIENTS

Ce produit a été fabriqué suivant des spécifications sévères et des besoins en tension applicables dans le pays où ce

produit doit être utilisé. Si vous avez acheté ce produit via l’internet, par vente par correspondance ou/et vente par

téléphone, vous devez vérifier que ce produit est bien utilisable dans le pays où vous résidez.

ATTENTION: L’utilisation de ce produit dans un pays autre que celui pour lequel il a été conçu peut être dangereuse

et annulera la garantie du fabricant ou du distributeur. Conservez bien votre récépissé qui est la preuve de votre achat,

faute de quoi votre produit ne risque de ne plus être couvert par la garantie du fabricant ou du distributeur.

WICHTIGER HINWEIS FÜR KUNDEN

Dieses Produkt wurde unter strenger Beachtung von Spezifikationen und Spannungsanforderungen hergestellt, die im

Bestimmungsland gelten. Wenn Sie dieses Produkt über das Internet, per Postversand und/oder mit telefonischer

Bestellung gekauft haben, müssen Sie bestätigen, dass dieses Produkt für Ihr Wohngebiet ausgelegt ist.

WARNUNG: Verwendung dieses Produkts in einem anderen Land als dem, für das es bestimmt ist, verwendet wird,

kann gefährlich sein und die Garantie des Herstellers oder Importeurs hinfällig lassen werden. Bitte bewahren Sie

diese Quittung als Kaufbeleg auf, da andernfalls das Produkt von der Garantie des Herstellers oder Importeurs ausge-

schlossen werden kann.

Owner’s manual

Manuel d’utilisation

Bedienungsanleitung

Thank you for purchasing the Korg SP-170S digtal piano.

Merci d’avoir choisi la piano numérique SP-170S de Korg.

Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich für einen SP-170S digtal-Klavier von Korg entschieden haben.

Precautions

Location

Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction.

• Indirectsunlight

• Locationsofextremetemperatureorhumidity

• Excessivelydustyordirtylocations

• Locationsofexcessivevibration

• Closetomagneticelds

Power supply

PleaseconnectthedesignatedACadaptertoanACoutletofthecorrectvoltage.

DonotconnectittoanACoutletofvoltageotherthanthatforwhichyourunitis

intended.

Interference with other electrical devices

Radiosandtelevisionsplacednearbymayexperiencereceptioninterference.Op-

eratethisunitatasuitabledistancefromradiosandtelevisions.

Handling

Toavoidbreakage,donotapplyexcessiveforcetotheswitchesorcontrols.

Care

Iftheexteriorbecomesdirty,wipeitwithaclean,drycloth.Donotuseliquid

cleanerssuchasbenzeneorthinner,orcleaningcompoundsorammablepol-

ishes.

Keep this manual

Aerreadingthismanual,pleasekeepitforlaterreference.

Keeping foreign matter out of your equipment

Neversetanycontainerwithliquidinitnearthisequipment.Ifliquidgetsinto

theequipment,itcouldcauseabreakdown,re,orelectricalshock.

Becarefulnottoletmetalobjectsgetintotheequipment.Ifsomethingdoesslip

intotheequipment,unplugtheACadapterfromthewalloutlet.Thencontact

yournearestKorgdealerorthestorewheretheequipmentwaspurchased.

* Allproductnamesandcompanynamesarethetrademarksorregistered

trademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.

THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for USA)

ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClass

Bdigitaldevice,pursuanttoPart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesigned

toprovidereasonableprotectionagainst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guar-

anteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.Ifthisequip-

mentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,which

canbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoandon,theuserisencouraged

totrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

• Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

• Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

• Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthatto

whichthereceiverisconnected.

• Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

Unauthorizedchangesormodicationtothissystemcanvoidtheuser’sauthor-

itytooperatethisequipment.

Notice regarding disposal (EU only)

Ifthissymbolisshownontheproduct,manual,battery,orpackage,

youmustdisposeofitinthecorrectmannertoavoidharmtohuman

healthordamagetotheenvironment.Contactyourlocaladministrative

bodyfordetailsonthecorrectdisposalmethod.Ifthebaerycontains

heavymetalsinexcessoftheregulatedamount,achemicalsymbolis

displayedbelowthesymbolonthebaeryorbaerypackage.

Note concernant les dispositions (Seulement EU)

Sicesymboleapparaitsurleproduit,lemanuel,lespilesoulespacksde

piles,celasigniequevousdevezlerecyclerd’unemanièrecorrectean

deprévenirlesdommagespourlasantéhumaineetlesdommagespo-

tentielspourl’environnement.Contactezvotreadministrationlocale

pourdeplusamplesrenseignementsconcernantlabonneméthodede

recyclage.Silapilecontientdesmétauxlourdsau-delàduseuilrégle-

menté,unsymbolechimiqueestaffichéendessousdusymboledela

poubellebarréed’unecroixsurlapileoulepackdepiles.

Hinweis zur Entsorgung (Nur EU)

WennSiedasSymbolmitder„durgekreuztenMülltonne“aufIhrem

Produkt,derdazugehörigenBedienungsanleitung,derBatterieoder

derVerpaungsehen,müssenSiedasProduktindervorgesriebenen

ArtundWeiseentsorgenumSädenandermenslienGesundheit

undderUmweltzuvermeiden.BaerienoderAkkus,dieSadstoe

enthalten,sindaumitdemSymboleinerdurgekreuztenMülltonne

gekennzeinet.InderNähezumMülltonnensymbolbendetsidie

emiseBezeinungdesSadstoes.CdoderNiCdstehtfürCadmium,Pb

fürBleiundHgfürQuesilber.

Précautions

Emplacement

L’utilisationdecetinstrumentdanslesendroitssuivantspeutenentraînerle

mauvaisfonctionnement.

• Enpleinsoleil

• Endroitstrèschaudsoutrèshumides

• Endroitssalesoufortpoussiéreux

• Endroitssoumisàdefortesvibrations

• Aproximitédechampsmagnétiques

Alimentation

Branchezl’adaptateursecteurmentionnéàuneprisesecteurdetensionappro-

priée.Evitezdebrancherl’adaptateuràuneprisedecourantdontlatensionne

correspondpasàcellepourlaquellel’appareilestconçu.

Interférences avec d’autres appareils électriques

Lespostesderadioetdetélévisionsituésàproximitépeuventparconséquent

sourird’interférencesàlaréception.Veuillezdèslorsfairefonctionnercet

appareilàunedistanceraisonnabledepostesderadioetdetélévision.

Maniement

Pouréviterdelesendommager,manipulezlescommandesetlesboutonsde

cetinstrumentavecsoin.

Entretien

Lorsquel’instrumentsesalit,neoyez-leavecunchionpropreetsec.Nevous

servezpasd’agentsdeneoyageliquidestelsquedubenzèneoududiluant,

voiredesproduitsinammables.

Conservez ce manuel

Aprèsavoirlucemanuel,veuillezleconserversoigneusementpourtouteréfé-

renceultérieure.

Evitez toute intrusion d’objets ou de liquide

Neplacezjamaisderécipientcontenantduliquideprèsdel’instrument.Sile

liquideserenverseoucoule,ilrisquedeprovoquerdesdommages,uncourt-

circuitouuneélectrocution.

Veillezànepaslaissertomberdesobjetsmétalliquesdansleboîtier(trombones,

parex.).Sicelaseproduit,débranchezl’alimentationdelaprisedecourant

etcontactezvotrerevendeurkorgleplusprocheoulasurfaceoùvousavez

achetél’instrument.

* Touslesnomsdeproduitsetdesociétéssontdesmarquescommerciales

oudéposéesdeleurdétenteurrespectif.

Vorsichtsmaßnahmen

Aufstellungsort

VermeidenSiedasAufstellendesGerätsanOrten,andenen

• esdirekterSonneneinstrahlungausgesetztist;

• hoheFeutigkeitoderExtremtemperaturenauretenkönnen;

• StauboderSmutzingroßenMengenvorhandensind;

• dasGerätErsüerungenausgesetztseinkann.

• inderNäheeinesMagnetfeldes.

Stromversorgung

SließenSiedasoptionaleNetzteilnuraneinegeeigneteStedosean.Ver-

bindenSieesniemalsmiteinerStedoseeineranderenSpannung.

Störeinüsse auf andere Elektrogeräte

DieserkannbeiinderNäheaufgestelltenRund-funkempfängernoderFern-

sehgerätenEmpfangsstörungenhervorrufen.BetreibenSiesoleGerätenur

ineinemgeeignetenAbstandvondiesemErzeugnis.

Bedienung

VermeidenSiebeiderBedienungvonSalternundReglernunangemessenen

Kraaufwand.

Reinigung

BeiauretenderVersmutzungkönnenSiedasGehäusemiteinemtroenen,

sauberenTuchabwischen.VerwendenSiekeinerleiFlüssigreinigerwiebei-

spielsweiseReinigungsbenzin,Verdünnungs-oderSpülmiel.VerwendenSie

niemalsbrennbareReiniger.

Bedienungsanleitung

BewahrenSiedieseBedienungsanleitunggutauf,fallsSiesiespäternoein-

malbenötigen.

Flüssigkeiten und Fremdkörper

StellenSieniemalsBehältnissemitFlüssigkeiteninderNähedesGerätsauf.

WennFlüssigkeitindasGerätgelangt,könnenBesädigungdesGeräts,Feuer

odereinelek-triserSlagdieFolgesein.

BeachtenSie,daßkeinerleiFremdkörperindasGerätgelangen.Sollteein

FremdkörperindasGerätgelangtsein,sotrennenSieessofortvomNetz.

WendenSiesidannanIhrenKORG-Fahändler.

* AlleProdukt-undFirmennamensindWarenzeienodereingetragene

WarenzeienderbetreendenEigentümer.

Internal Setup and Connections

1. Connecting the Power (Figure 1)

• ConnectthesuppliedACadaptertothepowercord.InserttheDCplugendintotheDC12V

jackontherearpaneloftheunit.Next,plugthepowercordintoanACoutlet.

 PasstheACadaptercordthroughthecordhooksothattheplugwon’tberemovedfrom

thejackaccidentally.Whenyouunhookthecord,don’tpullthecordwithforce.

 BesuretousetheACadapterthatcamewithyourunit.UsingotherACadaptersmaycause

theunittomalfunction.



BesuretoplugtheunitintoanACoutletoftheappropriatevoltage.

2. Turning the SP-170S ON

•

Pressthepowerswitchthat’slocatedonthelesideofthetoppaneltoturntheuniton.(Figure2)

ThepowerLEDtotheleofthemusicstandwilllightup.(Figure2)

• Pressthepowerswitchagaintoturntheunito.

ThepowerLEDwillgodark.

3. Adjust the volume

• Rotate theVOLUMEknobthat’slocated nexttothe powerswitch righttoward“MAX”to

raisethevolumelevel.Rotateitletoward“MIN”tolowerthelevel.(Figure2)

TheVOLUME knobcontrolstheoutputlevel of thebuilt-inspeakersandthe headphones

jacks.

Using headphones

Whenyoupluginheadphones,thebuilt-inspeakerswillbemuted.Thisisusefulwhenyou

wanttoplaythekeyboardintheeveningwithoutbotheringyourfamilyoryourneighbors.

TheSP-170Sfeaturestwoheadphonejackssothattwopeoplecanenjoyplayingandlistening.

• InsertthestereoheadphoneplugintooneofthePHONESjacksontherearpanel.(Figure3)

Ifyourheadphonesfeatureastandard-to-miniadapterplug,besuretoholdtheadapterplug

whenyouconnectordisconnecttheheadphones.

 Toprotectyourhearing,donotlistentoloud,high-volumesoundsforalongperiodof

timethroughheadphones.

Using a Damper Pedal

YoucanusethesuppliedpedalasadamperpedalbyconnectingittotheDAMPERSWjack

ontherearpaneloftheunit.(Figure3)

Whileyoupressthepedal,thesoundwillsustain,creatingarich,lingeringsound.

Alternatively,youcanuseanoptionalDS-1Hdamperpedal.Ahalf-pedaldampereectcan

beappliedtoPiano1or2.

Connecting audio components

YoucanusethePHONESjacksasline-outjackstoconnectpoweredspeakersoraudiocom-

ponents tothekeyboard.Forsuchconnections,usecommercially-availablecables thatare

appropriateforthecomponentsthatyou’reusing.

 Beforeconnectingaudiocomponents,makesurethatyouturnothepowertotheunit

andtheaudiocomponents.Otherwise,damagetotheunitorothercomponentsmayoc-

cur.

Using the music stand

• Insertthelegsofthesuppliedmusicstandintothededicatedgroovethat’slocatedinthe

middleofthetoppanel.(Figure4)

To AC

outlet

Figure 1

AC adapter

DC plug

Power cord for

the AC adapter

Cord hook

Be careful not to

bend this part too

much when you

insert the power

cord.

Figure 2

Power LED

VOLUME

knob

Power switch

DAMPER SW jack

Figure 3

PHONES jacks

Figure 4

Playing Different Sounds

TheSP-170Sfeatures10presetsounds.

PressingtheSOUNDbuonrepeatedlywillchangethesoundinthefollowingsequence.

Piano1

→

Piano2

→

E.Piano1

→

E.Piano2

→

Harpsi

→

Clav

→

Vibraphone

→

P.Organ

→



E.Organ

→

Strings

AerStrings,thesoundwillreturntoPiano1.PressingthePIANOPLAYbuonwillswitchany

soundtoPiano1.

Wheneveryouturnontheunit,thedefaultpresetsound(Piano1)willberecalled.

PIANO 1: Elegant and warm grand piano

PIANO 2: Clear and bright grand piano

E. Piano 1: Smooth, authentic electric piano

E. Piano 2: Modern, percussive electric piano

Harpsichord: Classical harpsichord

Clavichord: Expressive electric clavichord

Vibraphone: Smooth vibraphone

P. Organ: Pipe organ

E. Organ: Drawbar electronic organ

Strings: Ensemble string section

YoucanalsochangethesoundbypressingoneofthekeysrangingfromC7toA7whilesimulta-

neouslypressingandholdingdownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons.(Pleasereferto“Key

Functions”onpages2and3.)

Using Other Functions

TheSP-170Sallowsyoutoplaybackthesongsoradjustvariousfunctionsbypressingaspecickey

whilealsopressingandholdingdownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons.Pleaserefertothe

“MIDI”sectiononthenextpageformoreinformationonMIDIchannelsandprogramchangemes-

sages.PleasevisittheKorgwebsite(hp://www.korg.com/)toviewtheMIDIImplementationChart.

 WhilepressingandholdingdownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,donotplaythekey-

board.Otherwise,youmightgetanunexpectedresult.

Forinformationonthefunctionsthatareassignedtothekeys,pleasereferto“KeyFunctions”on

pages2and3.

About the conrmation sound

Whenyoupressakeytoadjustseingsforafunction,youwillheartheconrmationsound.Toturn

this soundo,simultaneouslypress and holddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons and

presstheA

0key.Toturnontheconrmationsound,repeatthepreviousprocedurebutpressB0

insteadofA

0.TheconrmationsoundissettoOnbydefault(whenyouturntheuniton).

PIANO PLAY

button

SOUND

button

C1[24]*C2[36]*C3[48]*

C4[60]*

C7[96]*

C8[108]*

C5[72]*E5F5B3A3 E5 G5 C6[84]*

D2B0 E2 F2

8631

Down

Reverb On/Off

Chorus On/Off

Enabling/Disabling

Program Change

transmission

Enabling/Disabling

Control Change

transmission

Preset Sounds (C7–A7)

Demo Songs (

C6–A6)

Key Touch

Std.

Transpose (F

�

2–F3)

Light

Heavy

MIDI

Pitch

DIS

ENA

Off

Piano 1

E. Piano 1

Clav

Vibraphone

P. Organ

E. Organ

Strings

Piano 2

E. Piano 2

Harpsi

�

GABCDEF

Off

�

0 G

�

3 G

�

Press and hold simultaneously

Confirmation sound On/Off

Loud

Loudness

Quiet

Loud

Playing

strength

Light

Standard

Heavy

Key Functions

[]*indicatesMIDINotenumber.

Playing Back Songs

TheSP-170Sfeatures10songsthatuse10presetsounds.

Whilepressingandholding downthePIANOPLAYand

SOUNDbuons, pressoneofthe keysrangingfromC6to

A6(ontherightsideofthekeyboard).Thesongassignedto

thekeythatyoupressed(asshownbelow)willstartplaying.

Playbackstartsfromthe selectedsong,thencontinuesand

repeatsallsongsinascendingorderuntilyoustopplayback.

Tostopplayback,pressthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-

tonssimultaneously.

 Duringplaybackofasong,youcanswitchthesoundus-

ingthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuonswhileplay-

ingthekeyboard.Theeectseingofthesongwillalso

beappliedtothesound.

 Evenifyouchangethesoundduringplaybackofasong,

thecorrespondingMIDIdata(suchasMIDIProgram

Changemessages)willnotbeoutput.

Song name

1 (Piano 1): Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 /F.Chopin

2 (Piano 2): Amazing Grace/unknown (arr. : N.Nishi)

3 (E. Piano 1): Ramble/M.Sakaguchi

4 (E. Piano 2): KORG Orignal

5 (Harpsichord): Invention No.8/J.S.Bach

6 (Clavichord): KORG Orignal

7 (Vibraphone): KORG Orignal

8 (P. Organ): Toccata in D moll/J.S.Bach

9 (E. Organ): KORG Orignal

10 (Strings): First Snow/M.Sakaguchi

Effects (Reverb and Chorus)

Youcanuseareverbeecttoadddepthtothesound,anda

choruseecttoaddwidthandspace.

•

SimultaneouslypressandholddownthePIANOPLAYand

SOUNDbuons,andthenpresstheA5keytoturnonthe

reverbeect.Toturnothereverbeect,repeattheprevi-

ousprocedurebutpresstheG

5keyinsteadofA5.

•

 SimultaneouslypressandholddownthePIANOPLAYand

SOUNDbuons,andthenpresstheB5keytoturnonthe

choruseect.Toturnothechoruseect,repeattheprevi-

ousprocedurebutpresstheA

5keyinsteadofB5

Youcanapplyeectstoeachpresetsound.

Whenyouturnonthepowertotheunit,theeectswilluse

theoptimumseingsforeachpresetsound.

Key Touch Control function

TheKeyTouchControlfunctionenablesyoutochangethe

wayyourplayingstrengthwillaectthe outputlevel.You

cansetthisfunctionbyusingthewhitekeysinarangefrom

D2toF2.(Seethegureonthele.)

•Toplayfortissimowithsostrokes(Lighttouch),pressand

hold downthePIANO PLAYandSOUNDbuttons,and

thenpresstheD2key.

•Toplayfortissimowithverystrongstrokes(Heavytouch),

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-

tons,andthenpresstheF2key.

•Tosimulateanormalpianotouch(Standardtouch),press

andholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,and

thenpresstheE2key.

Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)isStandard

touch.

Transpose function (Shifting the key)

In somecases,asongmaybewrienin a dicultkey(e.g.,

usingmanyblackkeys),oryoumaywishtoshithekeyto

matchanotherinstrumentorvocalist.Insuchcases,youcan

transpose(shithekey)touseaneasierngering,ortouse

thesamefamiliarngeringtoplayinadierentkey.Thisis

calledtheTransposefunction.Youcanshithekeyinarange

ofelevensemitones.

Forexampleifyoutransposeupwardbyonesemitone,play-

ingthenotesshowninthescoreonthelebelowwillpro-

ducethepitchthat’sshowninthescoreontheright.

• Totransposethekey,pressandholddownthePIANO

PLAYandSOUND buttons,andthenpressakeyfrom

2toB3orfromC

3toF3.Thenameofthekeythatyou

pressedwillbecomethetransposedkey.

Forexample,ifyouwishtousetheC3keytoplaynoteA2

(lowerbythreesemitones),pressandholddownthePIANO

PLAYandSOUNDbuons,andpresstheA2key.Ifyouwish

tousetheC3keytoplaynoteD

3(higherbythreesemitones),

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,

andpresstheD

3key.

ToresettheTransposefunctionto“NoTransposition(+/-0),”

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,

andthenpresstheC3key.

Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)is“NoTrans-

position.”

C1[24]*C2[36]*C3[48]*

C4[60]*

C7[96]*

C8[108]*

C5[72]*C6[84]*

8631

Down

Reverb On/Off

Chorus On/Off

Preset Sounds (C7–A7)

Songs (

C6–A6)

Key Touch

Std.

Transpose

Light

Heavy

MIDI Channel (C4–D

�

Pitch

DIS

ENA

Off

Piano 1

E. Piano 1

Clavichord

Vibraphone

P. Organ

E. Organ

Strings

Piano 2

E. Piano 2

Harpsichord

�

GABCDEF

F5E5

A5 B5

�

Press and hold simultaneously

Pitch Control function (Tuning)

When you’re playing togetherwithother instruments, you

canusethisthePitchControlfunctiontoxanyslightdif-

ferencesinpitchbetweeninstruments.Youcanadjustthe

tuning oftheSP-170Sinhalf-step(0.5)Hzintervalsovera

rangeof427.5–452.5Hz(Hertz)byusingtheE5andF5keys.

•PressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbut-

tons(ontherightendofthekeyboard),thenpresstheE5

keytolowerthepitchin0.5Hzstepseachtimeyourpress

it,orpresstheF5keyrepeatedlytoraisethepitchin0.5Hz

stepseachtimeyoupressit.

•Toresetthepitchto440Hz,pressandholddownthePIA-

NOPLAYandSOUNDbuons,andpresstheE5 andF5

keyssimultaneously.

Thedefaultseing(whenyouturnontheunit)isA4=440Hz.

MIDI

Using the MIDI OUT jack

TheMIDIOUTjacktransmitsMIDI messages.Whenyou

playthekeyboard,theMIDImessageswillbeoutputtocon-

trol(e.g,playthesoundof)anexternalMIDIdevice.Usean

optionalMIDIcabletoconnecttheMIDIOUTjackoftheSP-

170StotheMIDIINjackofanexternalMIDIdevice.

Changing the MIDI channel

Ifyou’reusingtheSP-170Sasacontrollertoplay sounds

fromaconnectedMIDIdevice,theMIDIchanneloftheSP-

170SmustmatchtheMIDIchanneltheexternalMIDIdevice.

TochangetheMIDIchannel(1–16)thatMIDIdataisbeing

transmiedfromviatheMIDIOUTjackontherearpanel,

pressandholddownthePIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons

simultaneously,andpressoneofthekeysrangingfromC4

toD

5.

ThedefaultMIDIchannel(whenyouturnontheunit)is“1.”

Transmitting Program Change and Control

Change messages

YoucanchangetheprogramnumberoftheconnectedMIDI

devicefromtheSP-170S.

Whenyouselect a presetsoundontheSP-170S(see“Play-

ingDierentSounds”onpage2),ittransmitsaMIDIPro-

gramChangenumber(PC#)asshowninthe table below.

Todisablethistransmission(DIS),pressandholddownthe

PIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuonssimultaneously,andthen

presstheG

3key.Toenablethistransmission(ENA),repeat

thepreviousprocedurebutpresstheA3keyinstead.

TheSP-170SalsotransmitsControlChangemessagestocon-

trolDamper(CC64),BankSelect(CC00),etc.fortheconnected

MIDIdevice.Todisablethistransmission (DIS),pressand

holddownthe

PIANOPLAYandSOUNDbuons

simultane-

ously,andthenpresstheA

3key.Toenablethistransmission

(ENA),repeatthepreviousprocedurebut press the B3key

instead.

Thedefault setting(whenyouturnontheunit)isENA

(transmitted)forbothProgramandControlChange mes-

sages.

Program Change Table

BANK#

PC# Sound

BANK#

PC# Sound

0 0 Piano 1 0 7 Clavichord

0 1 Piano 2 0 11 Vibraphone

0 4 E. Piano 1 0 19 P. Organ

0 5 E. Piano 2 0 16 E. Organ

0 6 Harpsichord 0 48 Strings

CC00:BankSelect(MSB)foreachsoundisassignedto121

Troubleshooting

Ifyouperceiveanymalfunction,checkthefollowingsugges-

tions.Ifthe problempersists,contactyournearestKorgdis-

tributor.

Power does not turn on

•MakesurethattheACadapterisproperlyconnectedtothe

SP-170SandtheACoutlet.

•MakesurethatthepowerLEDisilluminated.

No sound from the speakers

•RotatetheVOLUMEknobontherearpaneltotherightto-

wardMAX.

•Thespeakerswillbemutediftheheadphonesareconnected.

Sound is interrupted

•ThepresetsoundsoftheSP-170Shavebeencreatedbysam-

pling(recording)sounds of actualmusicalinstruments.

Whenyoupressakey,somesoundsplayasinglepieceof

sampleddata,whileothersoundsplaytwopiecesofsampled

data.TheSP-170Susestwopiecesofdataformostofitspre-

setsounds.Whenoneofthesetwo-samplesoundsisselected

(regardlessofwhetherthedamperpedalisbeingpressed),

themaximumpolyphonyis60notes.However,withtwo

Pianosounds,themaximumpolyphonyis120notes.Ifthe

maximumpolyphonyisexceeded,someofthenoteswillbe

lost.

The pitch or tone of the piano sounds wrong in some key regions

•TheSP-170S’spianosoundsreplicatethesoundofanactual

pianoasfaithfullyaspossible.Thismeansthatinsomere-

gionsofthekeyboard,youmayfeelthattheovertonesseem

stronger,orthatthetoneorpitchseemswrong.Thisisnota

malfunction.

Pedal is not effective

•Makesurethatthepedalcableisproperlyconnected.

Connected MIDI device does not respond to MIDI messages

•MakesurethatallMIDIcablesareproperlyconnected.

•MakesurethattheSP-170SistransmittingMIDIdataonthe

sameMIDIchannelastheconnectedMIDIdevice.

Specications

Keyboard

 NHKeyboard:88note(A0–C8)

Maximum polyphony

 120notes/60notes(Stereo)

Sounds

 Tensounds 

Jacks

 Headphonesx2(alsofunctionasoutputs),

MIDIOUT,DamperSW(Pedal)

Amp output

 9W×2  

Speakers

 Oval(10cmx5cm)x2

Power supply

 DC12V  

Power Consumption

 9W

Weight

 12kg/26.46lbs(excludingmusicstand)

Dimensions (W x D x H)



1312×325×144mm/51.65"×12.8"×5.67"

(includingprojections,butexcludingmusic

stand)

Included items

 ACadapter(

),Musicstand,Pedal

* Specicationsandappearancearesubjecttochangewithout

noticeforimprovement.

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