Ctk-720 Manual
Cara Canellas
Okay! I got the keyboard from Goodwill so it came with the manual. Now, every time I turn it off when I am done, I will have to go back into settings and turn it off again because I guess that is the default. Is there a way i could keep it disabled always?
The CTK-720 is/was, essentially, an entry level arranger keyboard that is fast approaching 20 years of age, and was designed and manufactured prior to the user saveable power-up default settings, that you seek, were included in any keyboard in this design genre; let alone one in this price range. It does not even include set-up "Registrations" common in most newer models. Arranger Keyboards (One-man-banders) of that era, which included these features, were top of the line Yamaha, Roland, and Ketron models, which sold for $1500-$2000 (USD). Current CTK models, that include user saveable power-up default settings, run in the $300 to $700 (USD) range. LOCAL OFF assumes that you want to use the keyboard as a MIDI CONTROLLER, which it will do, as a non-saveable option, but its primary intended use was as a stand alone ARRANGER KEYBOARD. So, on power up, it defaults to the primary intended setting - the setting for which most users purchased the unit to begin with. This is neither an oversight, nor a short coming, on the part of Casio, but rather a simple reflection of the times in which it was designed and marketed. I normally recommend, to those wanting a MIDI CONTROLLER, exactly that, as trying to use any other type of keyboard as a MIDI CONTROLLER is a major compromise, at best, and most often turns out to be a monumental disappointment, since most "standard" keyboards lack the features that make the average CONTROLLER so convenient, except, here again, the top of the line models, which are specifically designed with both uses in mind.
The USB port on the CTK-710 is not an audio connection, it is a MIDI connection.
To make an audio connection to the computer you need to connect the headphone output from the keyboard to a Line input on the computer. (see page E14 of the Casio CTK-710 user manual).