System Requirements

 

Hardware Installation

 

Software Installation

 

Uninstallation

 

Battery Low & LED Indication

 

Keyboard Hot Key Functions

 

Commands in Menu


 

Wireless Kit

 

Congratulations on your purchase of this wireless keyboard. 

 

For 40Mhz keyboard, the keyboard can operate freely up to a radius of about 3m or 9.8 feet from the receiver. For 49Mhz keyboard, the keyboard can operate freely up to a radius of about 5m or 16 feet from the receiver. This wireless keyboard kit will not only free you of the constraints of your desktop, but also provide you mouse function. Pass around the keyboard during  meetings without having to bother about a cable blocking your way or write e-mail and surf Internet on the comfort of the living room couch.

 

In addition to unprecedented freedom, the wireless keyboard also has a row of hotkeys, including Internet and Multimedia (Please note: Internet keys work only under Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 or later version). This package also includes a special driver, which provides unique shortcut functions.  

 

In order to enjoy the full functionality of the keyboard, we recommended you read this manual carefully prior to installation.

 

 

 

 

System Requirements

 

 

 

 

Hardware Installation

  1. Plug  the receiver connector into your available USB port on PC.

Front View of USB Connector          Back View of USB Connector

  1. Make sure the batteries are installed correctly. (Follow the polarity signs in the battery compartment.)

Note:

  1. The keyboard uses 2pcs standard UM-3 (AA) 1.5V alkaline batteries.

  2. Keyboard battery life is up to 5 months. It depends on the intensity of usage.

 

 

 

 

Software Installation  

We recommend Windows XP SP2 users to visit www.microsoft.com to apply the security update, KB926255, before driver installation to protect the PC against potential exposure to vulnerabilities.

The USB device driver is included in Windows operating system.

 

During initial installation of the USB device, the system will automatically detect a new hardware being added, and then bring up "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Please follow the Wizard's USB driver installation steps. Once this installation step is completed the basic functions of the USB device will work under the operating system. The additional functions are provided only after the KeyMaestro application is installed.

  1. Insert the CD labeled "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver" into your CD-ROM drive.

  2. The CD will run automatically and bring up the Setup dialog box.

  3. Follow the on-screen instruction to install the driver.

  4. The driver icon  will show at the bottom right of the Windows system tray when the driver is loaded.

 

 

 

Uninstallation

 

Please note that you have to uninstall the driver first if you want to re-install the driver. This uninstallation can only remove "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver" from your system, but not remove the USB device driver and other hardware drivers. 

  1. Right-click the driver icon and select "Exit" command to exit the driver program.

  2. Click "Start" menu (on the taskbar).

  3. Move cursor to "Programs" in "Start" menu.

  4. Move cursor again to "KeyMaestro."

  5. Select "Uninstallation."

  6. Click "" to confirm you want to uninstall.

 

 

 

Battery Low & LED Indication

We have 4 different levels for battery power indication. Battery low icon  will show on Windows system tray when keyboard batteries are low (at Level 3 & Level 4).  

Power status will show up on Windows system tray when moving the cursor onto KeyMaestro driver icon .

 

Level 1: Battery power is about 90% and the power status is full.  

Level 2: Battery power is about 60% and the power status is good.  

Level 3: Battery power is about 30% and the power status is low.

A battery low icon  will appear beside KeyMaestro driver icon . We suggest you change new batteries under this state.  

Level 4: Battery runs out off power.

Battery low icon  will appear beside KeyMaestro driver icon and keep flashing to give warning message. Please do change batteries when this flashing icon appears, or the batteries may cause damage to this keyboard.  

 

Note: After changing batteries, battery low icon will disappear.

After driver installation, the driver icon appears on Windows system tray. You may toggle NumLock key or CapsLock key to see if LED is lit correspondently.

Num Lock: KeyMaestro driver icon will show as numlock.gif (892 bytes) when pressing NumLock button.

Caps Lock: KeyMaestro driver icon will show as capslock.gif (893 bytes) when pressing CapsLock button.

Scroll Lock: KeyMaestro driver icon will show as scrolock.gif (892 bytes) when pressing Scroll Lock button.

 

 

 

Keyboard Hot Key Functions  

 

To reconfigure these keys, click KeyMaestro icon on Windows system tray to select "Commands in the Menu."

In order to use these keys under Windows® 98SE, it is necessary to have "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver" installed. Please refer to Software Installation for more information.

Note:

1. In order to use Back, Forward, Stop and Favorites keys, you need to open the web page first.

Back Return to the last page you viewed.  
Forward View the next page you viewed before.  
Stop If a page you are trying to view is taking too long to open, click this button to stop.  
Web/Home

To start your Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (or above) and bring up the homepage you set.

Note: You can select “Tools Internet Options Programs” to change the default settings of Internet Browser.  

Search
1. Pops up the "Search the Web page" dialog box when pressing "Search" hotkey with the web page open.
2. Pop up the "Search for Files and Folders" dialog box when pressing "Search" hotkey without the web page open.
Favorites   Select a web page from your favorite lists.
Mail  

Open the default program you use for mail.

Note: You can select “Tools Internet Options Programs Email” to change the default settings of E-mail system.  

 

 

After installing KeyMaestro Input Device Driver, you can not only enjoy the hot keys functions of the wireless keyboard, but also enjoy the marvelous dual mode with mouse & joystick functions.

Note:Mouse function” is the default function of dual mode. If this function can’t be worked properly, please press Fn + F11 to check and enable the function.

Mouse Left Button

Mouse Right Button

Joystick Mouse

1.Cursor

2.Press joystick: Mouse Left Button

 

“Joystick Function” can only be used when playing computer games. Press Fn + F12 to switch to “Joystick Function.” When switching to Joystick Mode, a  icon will appear beside the KeyMaestro driver icon in the Windows system tray.

 

Button 1

 

Button 2

Joystick Mouse

1.      Cursor movement

2.      Press joystick: Button 3

 

 

 

3. When using “Joystick function” under each computer game, all the keys default function is defined by game software, not by KeyMaestro Input Device Driver. Which means depending on each different game, you may need to modify the games configuration to enjoy the full functionality of the joystick.

4. For more detailed functionality descriptions, please refer to the game manual or the game provider.

 

 

 

Commands in the Menu

 

If you right-click on KeyMaestro icon on taskbar, a menu will pop up with the following commands.

Click on this command, a customization dialog box will pop up with following functions.   

1.      Select a Hotkey

This function contains the default function of a key. You can click on "Display Label" to re-define the key functions. When you click it, a Configure Button box will appear.  


* Label

In "Button Label" box, type the name of the application that the button will launch, or any name that will help you remember the function of the button. This label will appear on screen each time you press the button.

 

* Functions

You can see a list of pre-defined functions and set one of them for the button.

 

* Launch Application or Website

Type in the path to a frequently used application or click the Browse button to select any file in your computer. If you want to attach a web page to the button, just simply type in the website address in the dialog box.

 

* Combination Key

In many Windows applications, there are many hot keys to execute some frequently used commands. Some hot keys are combined with two or three keys pressed simultaneously and some are combined with Windows key. It is not easy to press and remember those hot keys. Now you can define those complicated hot keys you always forgot. The ways to define combination keys are as follows:

 

- Combination key: Any kind of combination is available. Please follow the steps: Click “Combination Key” press combination commands in the blank, such as [Alt] + [F4] (= close window) or [Ctrl] + [A] (= select all) click “OK.”

 

- Windows key (if your keyboard is with this button): You can also define the button as a frequently used Windows key function. The default status of Windows key is disabled. For example: If you want to open the start page of Microsoft Media Center PC, please follow the steps below: Click "Combination Key"check "Windows Key" press "[Alt]+ [Enter]" in the blank click "OK."

 

There are also other standard Windows key combination commands you can define, such as [Windows] + [D] (= show Desktop).

 

 

* String

You may define the button as a string of texts which needs to be input often. The maximum characters are 500. Taking full advantage of this function can save much your text input time and makes your works more efficient.

2.     Enable Display Label

This command is to show or hide OSD (On Screen Display). When OSD is enabled, each time you press any one of the multimedia buttons, its function name (button label) will show at the bottom right of the screen. The default of this function is enabled.

3.      Enable Taskbar Icon

This command is to show or hide taskbar driver icon. When the function is enabled, you can see a driver icon .Its function name (button label) will show at the bottom right of the screen. If you want to reload it again, you can select Start Programs → KeyMaestro→ Configure to launch it. The default of this function is enabled.

4.      Enable Auto Play

This command is to show or hide the auto play function. When the function is enabled, Microsoft Media Player will show on the screen after you press the “Play” key of the multimedia keys. For Winamp users, you can use the multimedia keys to control Winamp function after you call out Winamp and disable Auto play function. The default of this function is disabled.  

Select this command to exit this driver program, but not to remove (uninstall). After you restart your system, the driver will be loaded again.

In case you have some troubles installing other programs, we recommend you to exit this Input Device Driver firstly in order to have a cleaner system environment.  


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