Gyration GyroRemote and Mobile RF Keyboard manual

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    GyroRemote and Mobil e RF Keyboard User M a n ual[...]

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    Produ ct Sp ecific atio ns Spec GyroRemote Keyb oard RF Re ceiver Syste m Requ ire- ment s T Full functio nality on IBM co mpatible PCs running Windows 2000, ME, XP or higher T Limited fu nctionality on MA C OS 8 .0 and h igher and Windows 98* T Ava i l a b l e U S B p or t T CD ROM drive (for GyroT ools installation) T Microsof t or Mac com pa tib[...]

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    1 GyroRemote To Set Up and Sy nchronize the GyroRemote and the Receiver: 1. P ower on yo ur comput er and conne ct the R ecei ver USB cabl e into an availabl e USB port on your computer . 2. F ollow standar d USB devi ce in stall ation scree ns. 3. Inser t 4 AA A batt erie s into Gyro Remote handset. 4. Press and h old the LEAR N button on t he Rec[...]

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    2 6. OPTI ONA L: T o exit “Lear n Mode, ” pres s th e LEARN bu t ton on the R eceive r fo r 2 se conds. Othe rwise, after fiv e min utes, Learn Mo de will autom a t ic ally time out. If more th an one Gy ratio n re mo te an d/o r key bo a rd is be ing insta lle d on th e system, pla ce the Receiver into Lear n Mode (ste p 4 a bove ) only onc e,[...]

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    3 To Determ ine Whi c h Cha nne l GyroRe mote is Using Gyro Remote ha s eig ht indiv idua l chan nels avail able to it. T o determ ine w hich chan nel a dev ice is curre ntly u sing: 1. Pres s and quickl y rele ase the CHANN EL but ton on the Gy roRemote handset. Count the number of time s the gre en LED lig ht on th e top of the handset f lashes. [...]

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    4 Usin g Gyro Remote Gyro Remot e pr ovi de s gr e a t fle xib il ity in how you control your com p ute r . Gyro Remot e has no line-of -sight r equirem ents. T his me ans it ’s not nece ssary to po in t the de vi ce at the com pu t er , rec e ive r , or T V sc r een. Fin d a comf orta ble, r elax ed posi tio n and mov e th e curs or w ith e asy [...]

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    5 Powering Off Gyr oRemo te After 3 minutes of non-use, Gyr oRemote enters a Sleep Mode that conser ves batter y li fe. In S leep Mo de the un it on ly uses b atte ry power when a b utton i s pushe d. It is not n eces sary t o power d own the unit wh en it is id le unles s the unit w ill be traveling and m ay en coun ter in adverten t bu tton press[...]

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    6 4. Repla ce ba t tery cover . Four alkaline AAA batt erie s will gene rally provide up to six mo nths of u se in a typica l presen tatio n envir onmen t. Fine-tuning Curso r Control GyroR emote uses your st andard Wi ndows mous e drive r . Any se tt ings t hat are av ailable to a standard desk top mouse are also avai lable to Gy roRemote. Multipl[...]

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    7 Gyration Mobile Keyboard To Set Up and Sy nchronize the Keyboard w ith the Receiver 1. P ower on yo ur comput er and conne ct the R ecei ver USB cabl e into an availabl e USB port on your computer . 2. F ollow standar d USB devi ce in stall ation scree ns. 3. Inser t 4 AAA batt er ie s into the Keyboard. 4. Press and h old the LEAR N button on t [...]

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    8 6. OPTI ONA L: Press th e LEARN bu t ton on the R eceiver for 2 seco nds to exit “ Learn Mo de. ” Otherwise, aft er fiv e m inut es, Lear n Mod e w ill autom atically time out. If more tha n one de vic e is being in s talle d on the sam e sy st em , pl ace the R eceiver i nto Learn Mode (step 4 above) only once, then “T each” each device [...]

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    9 To Chan g e the Cha nne l t h e Keyb o ard is Us ing When two de vice s are bei ng use d in the sam e pro x imity , each device shoul d be set to operate on a unique channel. T o change the channel: 1. Cl ic k and hold th e CHAN N EL butt on on the RF Keyboard for 2 secon ds. Whe n you relea se the bu tton, the key board will chang e to the next [...]

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    10 Special K eyboard Me dia Keys Key OS Supp ort Prog ra m Supp ort Functi on Win 2000 , ME, XP Windows CD Player , De fault Media Playe r CD or Media player scans for previo usly pla ye d track Win 2000 , ME, XP Windows CD Player , De fault Media Playe r T oggl e s pl ay er betw een Pla y and Pause modes Win 2000 , ME, XP Windows CD Player , De fa[...]

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    11 Win 2000 , ME, XP Microsoft Internet Ex plorer Stops the loa di ng pr o cess in the br owser wind ow Win 2000 , ME, XP Microsoft Internet Ex plorer Re -loa ds t he cu rrent ly dis pl ay ed pag e in t he browse r w indow Win 2000 , ME, XP Microsoft Internet Ex plorer Launches Bro wer (if clo sed) and loads y our Home page i n the br owser wind ow[...]

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    12 Gyration RF Receiver Learn Button Pressing the LEARN butto n for 2 se conds p uts the receiver into “L earn Mo de” all owing you to synch roni ze one o r mo re de vice s with the rece ive r . Af ter devices have b een sync hronized, press ing the LEA RN butto n again for 2 seconds takes the rec eiver out of Le arn mode . If the receiver is n[...]

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    13 T The S tatus LED flicke rs rapi dly w hen t he re ceiver is operating in “Norm al Mo de” and a sy nchro nized de vice is transm itting . If ther e is radio inter fe re nc e , th e fl ic keri ng lig ht wi ll be inco n s is te nt. T T h e S t a t u s L E D b l i n k s sl o w l y ( 1 bl i nk p e r s e c o n d ) w h e n t h e r e c e i ve r is [...]

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    14 simu ltaneo usly wit h any of th e devi ces o n th e othe r chan nel. T wo devices that share a channel may not be used simultaneously . Whe n inst alling the d evic es try to d eterm ine which device s w ill be used simu ltaneo u sly and set them o n opposi t e channels . The fol lowing example descr ibe s a single- r eceiv er sys t em with t w[...]

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    15 Gyr oRem ot e Tr ou ble sho oti ng Ti ps Symptom Reason Solut ion GyroRe mote LED comes on wh e n activate button is pressed, but rec eiver is unrespo n si ve Rem o te an d Re c ei ve r not Synchroniz ed Perform a T each/Learn sequence. (See “Gyr oR emo t e” on p age 1.) Cursor is visible but shows no move ment Gyro not activ ated Squeeze th[...]

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    16 Keyb oa rd Tro ubl esh oot in g Ti ps Symptom Reason Solut ion Computer do es not recognize data input Ke y b o a r d a n d Rec e i ve r no t Synchron ized Perfo rm a T each/Learn sequence (see page 7). Radio interference 1. C hange the device’s chan nel setting (See “T o Change the Channel the Keyboard is Using” on page 9). 2. Move receiv[...]

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    17 REGULATORY INFORMA TION A TTENTION! THIS DEVI CE EMIT S RAD IO FREQUE NCIES AND HAS NO T BEEN CER TIFIE D BY T HE F AA FOR U S E ON BOAR D AIR CRAFT . DO NO T U S E THIS DEVIC E A T ANY TIM E ONBO ARD C IVIL AIRC RAFT . T O MINIMI ZE THE POSSIBILITY OF I NTERFERENCE, POWER OFF GYR OREMOTE TO ENSURE THA T GYROREMOTE REMAINS OFF DURI NG FLIGHT . F[...]

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    18 1. thes e devi ces may not ca use harmf ul inte rfe re nce, and 2. these d evic es must acc ept any i nterfer ence r eceiv ed, i ncludi ng interf erence t hat may cause u nd esi red oper ation. The Gyro Rem ote and K eyboard oper ate in t he frequ ency ban d of 49.82 to 49.9 MHz with RF ou tpu t pow er of le ss than 30 Mic ro Watts EIRP (Effec t[...]

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    19 Contacting Gyration If y ou h av e a ny q uest ions on your new Gyr at ion p rod uct, pl ease u se a ny of the pho ne/F AX numbers or addresse s bel ow: Main Office Gyration, Inc. 12930 S aratoga Avenue, Bldg. C Saratoga , CA 9507 0 USA Phone: 4 08-255 -3016 F ax: 408-2 55-90 75 Sales Phone: 8 00-316 -5432 (T oll-f ree in US and Ca nada) F ax: 4[...]

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    20 permi ssion f rom G yration. Thi s warranty d oes no t apply if the prod uct has been d am aged by acci dent, ab use, m isuse , or m isapp licati on, n or as a re sult of servi ce to the pro duct by anyone other than by Gyratio n . Gyration is not responsible for any lost profi ts, lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arisin[...]

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    Inter nation al Radi o Compa tibil ity United Stat es , Brazil , Canada, Israel CHANNELS FR EQUENCY RA NGE 8 49mhz 100 ft. (30.5 m ) Australia, European Unio n, Czech Republic , Hong Kong, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Switze rland, Thailand CHANNELS FR EQUENCY RA NGE 4 40mhz 30.5 m (100 f t.) Japan, S[...]

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    Gyr oR emote & R F K eyboard User Manual PA00169-0 01 Rev. C Gyration, Inc. 12930 S aratoga Avenue, Bldg. C Saratoga , CA 9507 0 1.800.31 6.5432 www.gyration.c om[...]