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Battery Compartment-->
9.v. D.C.-->		<--VOL / Power
ACC. JACK-->		<--R AUX. Jack
Instructions-->		<--L AUX. Jack
TUNE-->		<--Phones Jack

9.v. D.C. - 1/8" TS phone jack. To save on batteries plug in 9 volt DC power supply here. Tip=Positive, Sleeve=Negative

ACC. JACK - 5 pin DIN, NOT MIDI? Any ideas?

The most probable explanation come from Paul who says it is for a two button foot switch. One is the same as the Accent button the other triggers the Bass Drum and sets the tempo according to the tempo you tap. His machine has a CASS. INPUT jack (5mm stereo phone jack) that mine does not have. Apparently there are variations on the Synsonics Drums.

ACCENT - Hold while pressing CYMBAL/MEMORY Buttons or hitting CYMBAL Drum Pad to change Cymbal sound to High Hat sound.

AUX. Jacks - Left and Right RCA outputs. Yes, it is stereo.

BASS LED - Lights each time the BASS sound is triggered

BASS ON/OFF

Battery Compartment - Cover on back. Insert 6 Alkaline D cells or use external supply.

CYMBAL/MEMORY Buttons

CYMBAL Drum Pad - Cymbal/High Hat sample

CYMBAL LED - Lights each time the CYMBAL or high hat sound is triggered

Drum Patterns

Instructions - These instructions are printed on a sticker on the back.

HOOK-UP: Plug headphones into drum headphone jack. Or plug stereo phono cable into aux. output jacks on drums and aux. input jacks on stereo amp. TO TURN DRUMS ON, rotate Off/On-Volume Control dial. Adjust volume on drums or amp. TO PLAY, strike CENTER of drum pads. The harder you strike, the louder the drums sound. TO PLAY DRUM ROLLS, press fast, medium or slow drum control keys. (Combine keys to create different drum patterns.) Press Accent key when playing cymbals for "high hat" sound. TO SET TEMPO, press Bass Off/On key, then Faster or Slower key. Computr automatically plays bass drum at tempo you set. To turn bass drum off, press Bass Off/On key again. With bass ON. press Faster and Slower keys together, to syncronize drums with external tempo. With bass OFF, press Faster and Slower keys together, to manually play bass drum. TO RECORD, hold down Record key while pressing 1 of 3 memory keys. Record starts 1/2 sec. after Record key is released. Duration of each memory loop is 16 beats of overall tempo. All LEDs flash at start of each loop. Memory loops can be layered indefinitely with drum pad or key play. TO STOP RECORD, press Stop key. All memories are erased when drums are turned off. TO PLAYBACK, hold down playback tempo by pressing 1 of 3 memory keys. Change playback tempo by pressing Faster or Slower key. TO STOP PLAYBACK, press Stop key. IF DRUMS MALFUNCTION, TRY FRESH BATTERIES. ALKALINE BATTERIES RECOMMENDED. HONG KONG MATTEL ELECTRONICS U.S. Patent Pending. 5281-0330 G1

Phones Jack - 1/4" stereo headphone jack. Plug your headphones in here. Yes, it is stereo.

PLAYBACK

RECORD

SNARE Buttons

SNARE Drum Pad - Snare Sample

SNARE LED - Lights each time the SNARE sound is triggered

Stereo - here is how the drums are arranged in the Stereo Panarama:

STOP - Press to stop Record or Playback.

TEMPO SLOWER/FASTER - Bass Sample

TOM TOM 1 Buttons

TOM TOM 1 Drum Pad - Tuned Tom Tom1 Sample

TOM TOM 1 LED - Lights each time the TOM TOM 1 sound is triggered

TOM TOM 2 Buttons

TOM TOM 2 Drum Pad - Tom Tom2 Sample

TOM TOM 2 LED - Lights each time the TOM TOM 2 sound is triggered

TUNE - adjusts/sweeps the pitch of Tom Tom 1

VOL / Power

Virtual Synsonics

Modding the Synsonics