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Connecting the Receiver
The Logitech Cordless Desktop uses digital radio technology. Communication
between the Logitech Cordless Desktop – keyboard and mouse – and your computer
is achieved with great reliability using radio waves. The Cordless Keyboard and
Cordless Wheel Mouse do not have bulky cables that can get in the way, nor do they
use infrared technology, which requires line-of-sight placement and usage. Instead,
both the keyboard and mouse with radio frequencies as a means of communicating,
which are picked up by the receiver and passed on to your computer.
The receiver is connected to your computer via two color-coded cables. The cable
with the orange end is for the keyboard, and it plugs into your computer’s keyboard
port. (A 5-pin DIN adapter is provided should you need to plug this cable into an IBM
AT keyboard port.) And the cable with the green end is for the mouse, and it plugs
into your computer’s mouse port. A 9-pin serial port adapter is provided should you
need to connect this cable to your computer’s serial port.
CAUTION:
Before installing the receiver’s cables, turn off your computer.
Plugging or unplugging cables to your computer’s mouse port
while the computer is on can damage the mouse port or your
computer.
1. Make sure that your computer is turned
off.
2. Note the difference between the mouse
and keyboard cable ends.
The mouse
cable end is green and has a mouse icon.
The keyboard cable end is orange and has a
keyboard icon. You will plug each cable end
into different ports on your computer. (Also
note the serial port adapter for the mouse
cable and the AT adapter for the keyboard
cable.)
3. Connect the receiver’s
green mouse cable to the
computer’s 6-pin mouse
port or its 9-pin serial port
using the 9-pin adapter.
Make sure to match up the
mouse icon on the cable end with the mouse icon next to the mouse port on your
computer. (Some computers may not have this mouse icon.)
If you are connecting the mouse cable to the mouse port, remove the serial port
adapter. When using the 9-pin serial port adapter, connect the adapter to the
computer port, tighten the thumb screws, and connect the mouse cable to the
adapter. Be sure to line up the arrows on both the cable and the adapter.
