Many thanks for the reply BradMZ. Had not realised that the pedal that came with the Casio was a foot swtich.
My working backwards problem came from me holding the footswitch down before pressing the registration button which brought in the upper 1 piano and upper 2 strings. If i press the registration button first all works the right way round i.e footswitch down string on with piano, footswitch up piano only.
Have also set the modulation wheel to upper 2 volume but have noticed that when I switch to the registration that has both voices active it does not read the modulation setting until I move the wheel. Have experimented with the Max and Min settings to make sure that the volume on switch over is reasonable , and then can adjust with the mod wheel if necessary.