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Technics KN7000 · PlayingSwitch on, set the volumes and play

From the manual Not yet tested on a KN7000.Also called: turn on, power on, getting started, first steps, master volume, volume sliders, accompaniment volume, no sound.

Power and volume

The POWER button switches the keyboard on and off. It’s on the left of the keyboard, near the PITCH BEND and MODULATION wheels. Source: Manual, pp. 10, 12

Four sliders at the left end of the panel set the volumes. The panel is the area above the keys with the buttons, sliders, dial and screen. Source: Manual, p. 10

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Where the volume sliders are. Drawn from a KN7000.
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The volume sliders, with MAIN VOLUME in yellow. Drawn from a KN7000.

Switching on and playing

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The POWER switch, on the strip below the panel at the left. The yellow number matches the steps. Drawn from a KN7000.
  1. Plug the power lead into the mains.
  2. Fit the music stand.
  3. Open the control panel unit, keeping fingers clear.
  4. Press POWER.
  5. Press RIGHT1 in the CONDUCTOR row, under PART SELECT, so that it lights.
    • Right 1 is one of the three parts played on the keys. On its own it sounds across the whole keyboard. Source: Manual, p. 39
  6. Press a SOUND GROUP button, such as PIANO. A list of sounds appears on the screen.
  7. Press the button beside a sound’s name. The PAGE buttons show the rest of the list.
  8. Play, and set MAIN VOLUME to a comfortable level.

Source: Manual, pp. 12–13

The keys respond to touch: a key played harder sounds louder. Source: Manual, p. 13

The screen tilts. Push its top or bottom edge to set the angle. Source: Manual, p. 13

Headphones go in the PHONES socket. Plugging them in switches the speakers off. Source: Manual, p. 12

The backing band’s volume

The backing band is the drums, bass and accompaniment of the chosen style, the keyboard’s ready-made accompaniment. APC/SEQUENCER VOLUME turns all of it up or down at once, against the parts played by hand. Source: Manual, pp. 49, 56

  • At the top, each band part plays at its own set level. At the bottom, the band is silent. The manual advises leaving it at the top. Source: Manual, p. 56
  • It doesn’t change the volume of the performance pads. Source: Manual, p. 56
  • During sequencer playback or a disk’s Direct Play, it sets the volume of all the playback parts. Source: Manual, p. 56
  • Its light is on when the slider’s position matches the band’s real volume. A panel memory or sequencer playback can change the volume without moving the slider; the light is then off. Source: Manual, p. 56

Each part’s volume

The home page is the screen shown during normal playing. Its lower half has a fader for each part, with a level from 0 to 127: the drums, the accompaniment parts and bass, the band as a whole (APC, for Auto Play Chord), the pads, and the LEFT, RIGHT2 and RIGHT1 parts. Source: Manual, p. 29

  1. Find the part’s fader on the home page.
  2. Press the button below the screen under that fader: the upper one raises the level, the lower one lowers it. Holding a button changes the level faster.
  3. To mute a part, press its upper and lower buttons together. The fader shows MUTE. Press either button to bring the part back.

Source: Manual, p. 29

No sound

  • MAIN VOLUME is at the bottom. Source: Manual, p. 201
  • The part’s fader on the home page is at 0, or shows MUTE. Source: Manual, p. 201
  • Headphones are plugged in, which switches the speakers off. Source: Manual, p. 12
  • The screen shows MONITOR OFF at the top: the speakers have been switched off. Press PROGRAM MENUS, choose SOUND, then MONITOR SETTING, and press ON. The speakers also come back on each time the keyboard is switched on. With the speakers off, the headphones are off too. Source: Manual, pp. 30, 160
  • Only drum sounds play: DRUM KITS is on. Choose another sound group. Source: Manual, p. 201
  • LOCAL CONTROL for the part is set to off in the MIDI settings. To set it to on, press PROGRAM MENUS, choose MIDI, then PART SETTING. Choose the part with ▲ and ▼, and set LOCAL with ∧ and ∨. Source: Manual, pp. 190, 201
  • If buttons or keys stop responding, switch off and on again. Source: Manual, p. 201

Switching off

  • The keyboard keeps its settings and memories for a time after it’s switched off. The current panel (every setting as it stands), panel memories, edited sounds and edited effects last about a week. Sequencer recordings, composer styles and your own pads last about 80 minutes. Source: Manual, p. 198
  • This backup only works once the keyboard has been on for about 10 minutes. Source: Manual, p. 198
  • The manual warns that, under some conditions, the keyboard may return its functions and memories to their starting state when switched on. It doesn’t say which conditions. Source: Manual, p. 12
  • Holding certain buttons while switching on returns every setting and memory to factory. Switch on without holding any buttons. Source: Manual, p. 201
  • To carry the keyboard, close the control panel unit and lift it by both ends from underneath, never by the control panel. Source: Manual, p. 12

Manual pages

KN7000 owner's manual, pp. 12–13, 29, 56.

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Guide P1 · last checked 13 Nov 2026