DP-77 Deluxe Home Digital Piano

Quick Start Guide

Your new Suzuki Digital Piano contains many features and functions. In this Quick Start Guide we will
show you the commonly used functions, but for complete details on these and all the other functions of
your piano please refer to your Owner’s Manual.

If you have any questions regarding this piano,

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Demonstration Songs
Playing The Demonstration Songs
This piano has ten different demonstration songs that are designed to showcase the different sampled
voices that are available. The display will show the song number with a “d” prefix. When playing all the
songs, “ALL” will appear on the display initially, and will change to the demo song number as it plays.
After exiting the demonstration mode the display will revert to its initial default instrument voice LCD
display.

Play Along Songs

The piano also has 50+ “Play Along” songs, for use with the Play Along Song function, that can also be
played as Demonstration songs.
For further information please see the owner’s manual.
DEMO
1. PLAY ALL DEMO SONGS — Press the DEMO button. The first demo song will
playback instantly. This unit has ten demo songs. All songs will then play
repeatedly until you press the DEMO button again to stop the demonstration.

ALL: Demo Song

DEMO
2. PLAY A SINGLE DEMO SONG — Use the YES/+ or the NO/– buttons to change
songs while the demo is playing. The selected Demo songs will play consecutively
YES/+ NO/– until you press the DEMO button or the PLAY/STOP button to stop.

d-1: Jazzed

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Keyboard Voices
G. PIANO E. PIANO HARPSI VIBRAPHONE PIPE-ORGAN

JAZZ ORGAN STRINGS CHOIR GUITAR BASS GUITAR VARIATION

Instrument Voices — Each instrument voice has it’s own sound quality and texture. Therefore there may
be instances where certain voices depending on the various settings could cause the sound delivery
system to make a slight distortion or buzzing sound. This is normal and can be adjusted by changing the
volume, digital effects (Reverb or Chorus) or Touch sensitivity settings.

Voice Selection
There are 30 instrument voices and 10 sound button groups. The complete list of all 30 voices is in the
back of the owner’s manual.
Quick Select Instrument Voices — There are ten voices that can be selected quickly by pressing one of
the ten voice select buttons. Each one of these Instrument Voice Buttons has three instruments related
to that sound group. You can access the other instrument voices by using the VARIATION Button or by
pressing the YES/+ or the NO/– Buttons.

Selecting One Of The 30 Instrument Voices

G. PIANO
1. Press the VOICE Select Button that correspond to the group of instrument voices
that you would like to play. The main instrument voice of the selected Sound
Group Button will be shown on the LCD display.
VARIATION
2. Press the VARIATION Button to access the other two instrument voices that
are available in the Voice Select Button that you have engaged. Every time the
Variation Button is pressed the Name of the Instrument Voice on the LCD Display
will be changed.
Note: When pressing the VARIATION Button one time the Variation Button LED will be
GREEN indicating the first variation of the original instrument voice. When pressing
the button a second time the Variation button LED will be RED indicating the second
variation of the original instrument voice. When the Variation Button LED is OFF the
original Voice Select Button instrument voice can be heard.

Use YES/+ Or –/NO To Select Instrument Voices

YES/+ NO/–
1. Press the YES/+ or NO/– Buttons to cycle through all 30 instrument voices. Holding
either button down will auto repeat the cycle through all 30 voices.

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Add Two Voices Together
Layer Voice
Layer (Dual) Voice — Layer, or dual, refers to an additional voice that is “tone mixed” with the originally
selected keyboard voice. The assigned layer voice will be heard with the original voice when the layer
feature is engaged.

To Use The Layer Function

LAYER
1. Press the LAYER button, the currently assigned Layer voice will be shown on the
display, and the LED indicator will turn on.
YES/+ NO/–
2. Use the YES/+, NO/– buttons or the Quick Select Voice Buttons to select the desired
Layer voice.
Note: The LCD display will show the layer voice number and name, after three seconds
the display will revert to the originally selected main voice.
LAYER
3. Press the LAYER button again and the LCD display will show the current volume
setting for the LAYER Function.
4. Press the LAYER button again to turn the LAYER function off.

To Select A Different Voice For The Layer Function

LAYER
1. Press the LAYER button, the currently assigned Layer voice will be shown on the
display, and the LED indicator will turn on.
YES/+ NO/–
2. Use the YES/+, NO/– buttons or the Quick Select Voice Buttons to select the desired
Layer voice.
Note: You must select the YES/+, NO/– buttons or the Quick Select Voice Buttons within
the three second period that the LAYER voice is displayed on the LCD screen or else the
originally selected LAYER voice will remain engaged.

To Change The Volume Of The Layer Voice

LAYER
1. Press the LAYER Button — Its LED will turn on.
2. Press the LAYER Button a second time and the current Layer Volume level is shown
on the Display LCD.
Note: This Layer Volume setting will be displayed on the LCD screen for three seconds.
YES/+ NO/–
3. While the Layer Volume screen is displayed, use the YES/+ or the NO/– Buttons to
raise or lower the volume of the selected Layer Instrument Voice. The LCD Display
Screen will show Volume Setting.
Note: The Layer Volume setting screen will revert to the originally selected main
instrument voice after 3 seconds.
To Add Reverb To Layer Voice And/Or Chorus To The Layer Voice or for additional Layer Functions
please see your owner’s manual for further details.

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Reverb And Effect
Reverb Level
Reverb Level Setting — Reverb simulates the effect of playing in a big room or hall where the sound
reverberates off the walls and ceiling. The reverb effect is engaged automatically when the power is
turned on. You can switch the reverb feature on and off by simply pressing the REVERB button.
Select the level of reverb from the Function menu. It’s range is from 1–16.

If You Want To Adjust The Amount Of Reverb

FUNCTION
1. Press the FUNCTION button. The Function LED indicator will turn on. The first
menu item is Touch which appears on the LCD display.
PAGE/–
2. Press the PAGE/– button three times to show Reverb Level on the LCD screen.
3. Press the YES/+ to display the current Reverb Level Setting.
YES/+ NO/–
4. Press the YES/+ or the NO/– buttons to change the Reverb Level setting that is
currently engaged.
FUNCTION
5. To exit the Function mode press the FUNCTION button. The Function LED indicator
will turn off.
Further information on these functions is located in the Layer and Lower sections of the
owner’s manual.

Chorus Level
Chorus Level Setting — The Chorus effect enriches your selected instrument voice by adding depth
and texture. Simply press the CHORUS button to engage the chorus effect, the indicator will light up.
Adjust the level of chorus in the Function menu. It’s range is from 1–16.

If You Want To Adjust The Amount Of Chorus

FUNCTION
1. Press the FUNCTION button. The Function LED indicator will turn on. The first
menu item is Touch which appears on the LCD display.
PAGE/–
2. Press the PAGE/– button six times to show Chorus Level on the LCD screen.
3. Press the YES/+ to display the current Chorus Level Setting.
YES/+ NO/–
4. Press the YES/+ or the NO/– buttons to change the Chorus Level setting that is
currently engaged.

FUNCTION
5. To exit the Function mode press the FUNCTION button. The Function LED indicator
will turn off.
Further information on these functions is located in the Layer and Lower sections of the
owner’s manual.

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