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Summary of Contents for Turbo Mouse

Page 1: ...Turbo Mouse User Manual ...

Page 2: ...ut obligation to notify any person of or to provide any person with such revision or changes Turbo Mouse and Kensington are registered trademarks of Kensington Microware Limited Apple Macintosh Finder and TeachText are reg istered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Any unauthorized copying duplicating or other reproduction of the contents hereof is prohibited without written consent from Kensington ...

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Page 4: ...g the Chording Feature in Turbo Mouse ADB 5 Maintaining Your Turbo Mouse 5 Turbo Mouse Software 6 Software Requirements 6 Making a Backup Disk 6 Installing the Turbo Mouse Software 7 Accessing the Turbo Mouse cdev 7 Using the Turbo Mouse cdev 8 Acceleration 9 Creating Custom Acceleration 9 Double Click Speed I I Creating Custom Double Click Speed 12 Troubleshooting 13 FCC Regulations 14 Kensington...

Page 5: ...we also hope you ll think Turbo Mouse is the Best Input Device you ve ever used with your computer If you purchased a Turbo Mouse Plus your package should contain Turbo Mouse Plus Turbo Mouse Ball Cable with round mini DIN 8 plug at one end and rectangular DB 9 connector at the other Turbo Mouse Software Mouse Pocket Owner Registration Card If you purchased a Turbo Mouse ADB your package should co...

Page 6: ... purchased Turbo Mouse ADB choose the function you d like for your chording feature This feature is not available in Turbo Mouse Plus The chording feature in Turbo Mouse ADB is so named because it is activated by pressing both buttons simultaneously like playing a chord on the piano Adjust the DIP switch in the back and it will perform one of seven functions New Open Close Save Print Quit or Undo ...

Page 7: ...lick Up Up Down Up Up Down Click Click Lock Settings For Turbo Mouse ADB Click Click Lock SWI For right handed use Left button click right button click lock Up For left handed use IRight button click left button click lock Down Chording Feature Settings for Turbo Mouse ADB Keyboard Equivalent Usual Function SW2 SW3 SW6 Command N New Down Down Up Command 0 Open Down Up Down Command W Close Down Up ...

Page 8: ...or instance if you have a Mac II installed in a system stand beside your desk you can connect Turbo Mouse ADB to the ADB port in the side of your keyboard 3 TURBO MOUSE HARDWARE You will probably find it most comfortable to position Turbo Mouse one or two inches from the keyboard and at a slight angle Experiment to find the position most natu ral to you Please note When connecting your ADB cable t...

Page 9: ...hile rolling the ball To select something from one of the menus simply drag the cursor down to highlight your selection 4 then press the Click Lock button again to release the lock feature 2 To highlight a section of a document sim ply position the cursor at the beginning of the section Click Lock roll the Turbo Mouse ball to move the cursor to the end of the section and click the Click Lock butto...

Page 10: ...by mistake Just click it once more to release Click Lock and try chording again 5 USING TURBO MOUSE Please note Your Turbo Mouse ball may roll a little stiffly at first Most units take a day or two of use for their rollers to break in However by the time you get used to using your Turbo Mouse you ll find that its action will have become very smooth Maintaining Your Turbo Mouse Your new Turbo Mouse...

Page 11: ...t versions you are presently using choose About the Finder from the Apple menu at the far left of the menu bar If you are using earlier versions than those required contact your local Apple dealer for a free software upgrade 6 Making a Backup Disk To prevent accidental erasure or contam ination from viruses you should make a backup copy right away and always use that instead of the original Before...

Page 12: ...acter istics acceleration and double dick speed that you set for your Turbo Mouse If this is problematic for any rea 7 TURBO MOUSE SOFTWARE son simply remove the Turbo Mouse cdev from the System folder of your startup device do not drag it to the Trash in case you want to use it later Cont ol Panel Turbo Mouse PusProoP 11 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 o 1 I 111 00000 50 ftd j i Custom m IWJ Stvtup o va ii V...

Page 13: ...nything If you are new to the Mac or are just interested in how and why the Turbo Mouse cdev works the way it does read on 8 Help The Turbo Mouse cdev is broken into Acceleration and Double Click sections No matter what you are doing with the Turbo Mouse software clicking the large Help but ton at the bottom presents an alert box that briefly explains the options presently 00 00 available The smal...

Page 14: ... ball to move the cursor across a given amount of screen On the other hand ifyour work requires you to move the cursor all over the desktop in broad strokes you will probably find one of the fast Acceleration settings suits you best The faster the Acceleration the less you 9 TURBO MOUSE SOFTWARE must move the Turbo Mouse ball to move the cursor across the screen For this reason faster settings may...

Page 15: ...he easier they are to jump so you can run faster Each threshold must be greater than or equal to the one immediately to its left If you try to change a threshold to a value less than that of a preceding threshold the earli er figures are decreased automatically Likewise if you try to change a threshold to 10 a value greater than that of a threshold to its right the following thresholds are increas...

Page 16: ...e click on any one of the eight text fields so that the current value is highlighted Then II TURBO MOUSE SOFTWARE enter a new value from Oto 64 if you enter a value outside this range it is automatically rounded to the appropriate end of the scale Although your new setting takes effect immediately it is not permanent until you click OK Handles on the bars To visually modify individual thresholds c...

Page 17: ...ing Custom Double Click Speed If you try double clicking and aren t getting the expected results you may be clicking slower or faster than the Turbo Mouse is set to accommodate Try a different setting or create your own by clicking on the Custom button Adialog box appears with a bar graph that represents the current custom Double Click setting Creating a custom Double Click speed is simple You nee...

Page 18: ... seconds then reconnect it This resets your Turbo Mouse 13 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Can Iconvert my Turbo Mouse Plus to use on a Mac SE or vice versa Solution Turbo Mouse Plus and Turbo Mouse ADB have different hardware connectors that cannot be interchanged or converted Turbo Mouse Plus for Mac Mac Plus or Apple Ile with existing mouse card has a rectangular DB 9 con nector Turbo Mouse ADB for Mac...

Page 19: ... does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 14 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that...

Page 20: ... in its original packaging Be sure 15 KENSINGTON WARRANTY that your RA is also marked clearly on the outside of the package We will NOT accept any return with out an RA marked on the outside of the package In order to keep this warranty in effect the purchaser must have handled and used the PRODUCT in accor dance with the instructions accompanying this PROD UCT This Warranty does not cover any dam...

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