Casio Privia PX-A100 User Manual

Casio Privia PX-A100 User Manual Manual pdf 28 page image

E-26Connecting to a ComputerWhat is MIDI?The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument DigitalInterface, which is the name of a worldwide standardfor digital signals and connectors that makes it possibleto exchange musical data between musical instrumentsand computers (machines) produced by differentmanufacturers.NOTE• For detailed information about MIDIImplementation, visit the CASIO website at:http://world.casio.com/.See “Send channel” and “Local control” on page E-24.Use the procedures in this section to transfer Recordermemory data to a computer for storage, and to loadsongs to user song memory (Music Library 61 to 70).IMPORTANT!• Turning off the Digital Piano while it is exchangingdata with a computer can cause data in Digital Pianomemory to become corrupted. If this happens, amemory format operation will start the next time youturn on the Digital Piano. Note that it takes about 20seconds for the format operation to finish, and youwill not be able to perform any operation during thattime.1. Perform steps 1 through 3 of the procedureunder “Connecting the Digital Piano to YourComputer” on page E-25.2. Change the digital piano’s USB device modeto storage.• While holding down the FUNCTION button, pressthe keyboard key that corresponds to the USB devicemode (page E-21).• After this setting is changed, the GRAND PIANO(CONCERT, ROCK, and JAZZ) button lamps flash,and all other lamps are unlit.• See “USB device mode” on page E-24 for moreinformation.3. On your computer, perform the requiredoperation to display your computer’s storagedevices.• The memory of this digital piano will appear as“PIANO” under “Devices with Removable Storage”.Using MIDITransferring Song Data with aComputerIf your computer isrunning this operatingsystem:Do this:Windows XP Double-click “My Computer”.Windows Vista,Windows 7Double-click “Computer”.Windows 8 Open any folder. On thenavigation window, click“Computer”.Mac OS Skip step 3 and double-click“PIANO” on your Macdesktop.