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Kinesis

Advantage MPC

™

USB Contoured

™

Ergonomic Keyboards

(Mac/PC switchable)

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for Advantage MPC

Page 1: ...Kinesis Advantage MPC USB Contoured Ergonomic Keyboards Mac PC switchable USER S MANUAL...

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Page 3: ...per Please recycle Kinesis Contoured Advantage MPC MPC QD and HumanKind are trademarks of Kinesis Corporation Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Manufactured under one or more of the foll...

Page 4: ...n be determined 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 Increa...

Page 5: ...r Five Customizing Your Keyboard 25 Chapter Six Trouble shooting Technical Support Repairs Accessories and Upgrades 31 Chapter Seven Caring for Your Keyboard 35 Warranty 36 APPENDIX A Ergonomic Guidel...

Page 6: ...boarding time every day Ensure that you take reasonable rest breaks from keyboarding during the course of the day At the first sign of stress related injury from keyboard use aching numbness or tingli...

Page 7: ...board has significant differences in the location of some thumb activated keys and in the commands used to customize the keyboard compared to earlier models Please see CHAPTER ONE QUICK TOUR and CHAPT...

Page 8: ...e Appendix for appropriate work surface heights and other ergonomic recommendations to improve your workspace Using palm rests pads The palm rests are designed to provide comfortable support for your...

Page 9: ...s This Advantage USB MPC Contoured keyboard represents a refined second generation design which provides the ultimate in high performance computing to both PC and Mac users USB Compatibility The Kines...

Page 10: ...s and fingers As the world becomes smaller it is nice to know that your new keyboard also has international capabilities an international key is located near the Left arrow key This action of this key...

Page 11: ...e home row keys i e the keycaps are more cupped to fit your fingertips and the different heights and angles of all keys within the keypads provide excellent tactile feedback for positioning your hands...

Page 12: ...he powerful Kinesis productivity feature known as onboard programmability No drivers or software are required For example the keyboard can be instantly changed between QWERTY and Dvorak Virtually any...

Page 13: ...SB MPC keyboard has three pre configured layouts each optimized for a different platform Windows PC non windows and Macintosh The keyboard is shipped with the configuration set for Windows Configurati...

Page 14: ...acintosh the F12 key serves as the eject button if held for several seconds It opens the CDROM tray or ejects a loaded CDROM Scroll lock or Mac Power On a Macintosh if the Macintosh configuration sett...

Page 15: ...r by an optional foot switch and includes a complete numeric keypad on the right side Compare the Kinesis embedded numeric keypad with the 10 key section on a traditional keyboard below The Kinesis ke...

Page 16: ...uters boot up with Num Lock on and it is normal to leave it on at all times To manually turn Num Lock on or off first activate the keypad by tapping the Keypad key Then press the 7 key in the number r...

Page 17: ...on Windows systems Two extra keycaps and a keycap removal tool are provided in case you decide to change the configuration to Macintosh or Non windows PC Driver installation The first time you connect...

Page 18: ...device before connecting the keyboard and notify Kinesis technical support techsupport kinesis com of the details Waking from sleep mode Normally you can awaken your Mac from sleep mode either by hit...

Page 19: ...ad Shift action as the source Using an older Dual Action Kinesis foot switch An older Dual Action Kinesis foot switch connected to the keyboard with a phone coupler will only perform a single action K...

Page 20: ...tucked in Starting to type To start typing place your fingers on the Kinesis home row keys the blue key caps Relax your right thumb over the Space key and your left thumb over Backspace Raise your pa...

Page 21: ...at is feasible Typical adaptation period You will need a little time to adjust to the new shape of the Kinesis keyboard Laboratory studies and many years of experience show that most new users of Kine...

Page 22: ...cessary frustration perhaps even physical tension and discomfort if you try to reduce your normal workload during the first few days of use Switching back to the traditional keyboard Switching back an...

Page 23: ...important that you have realistic expectations of your keyboard You should not expect an immediate improvement in your physical condition simply because you are using a new keyboard Your physical trau...

Page 24: ...mbs to reach the furthest keys in the thumb key arrays Instead move your hands and arms slightly being careful to stay relaxed and keep your wrists straight If your thumbs are sensitive consider using...

Page 25: ...re shown graphically on p 13 Determining current Instant Configuration settings s To determine the current Instant Configuration setting open a text editor e g Word Simple Text and hold the key then t...

Page 26: ...witch see drawing later in this chapter is to the right unlocked Instant Configuration settings are not affected by resetting the keyboards On board Programmability features Two different memory reset...

Page 27: ...programmed the keyboard s microprocessor must check 24 36 or 48 memory positions between each keystroke to determine if a macro is assigned to the key Because of this for very fast typists the 36 macr...

Page 28: ...ing rapidly To copy a key first tap the source key whose action you want to copy somewhere else The lights will begin flashing slowly Now tap the key where you want the new action to appear The lights...

Page 29: ...ghts should stop flashing on the first tap If not you have added F11 to the end of your macro and you should reprogram your macro Macro modifier keys and macro trigger keys Macros may be triggered by...

Page 30: ...can use it to shift the embedded keypad to the active state If you have a Kinesis Triple Action foot switch the other default actions are Shift and Keypad Enter You can also customize any foot switch...

Page 31: ...Keypad beep or clicks occur the keyboard is not getting power The most likely cause is a defective main cable If you want to try your own repair contact Kinesis Technical Support and ask if they will...

Page 32: ...useful if you can provide the two firmware versions of your keyboard To determine this information open a simple text editor like Simpletext Mac or Wordpad Windows The firmware supporting Instant Con...

Page 33: ...nt or refund you must contact Kinesis to provide essential information and to receive a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number plus additional instructions Be sure to write your RMA number on t...

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Page 35: ...has dried completely If you spill water on your Kinesis keyboard tilt the keyboard so that the liquid can drain Avoid getting the function keys wet in the process Shake the keyboard vigorously to remo...

Page 36: ...or replaced under warranty to you by ground at no charge Repair parts and replacement Product will be either reconditioned or new Disclaimer of Other Warranties The warranty and remedies set forth abo...

Page 37: ...ng your chair Adjusting the Seat Height of your Chair Seat height means the distance from the floor to the top of your chair s seat when you are sitting in your chair First sit in your chair in a comf...

Page 38: ...ck clearance at knee height measured from underneath the front edge of the work surface back toward the wall supporting the work surface Taller people will need more clearance Now adjust your Kinesis...

Page 39: ...ted for your keyboard in your computer s control panel Alt Gr note When a non US keyboard driver is selected the right Alt key on a traditional keyboard becomes a new kind of modifier Alt Gr Alt Gr cr...

Page 40: ...the key in the number row above the Tab key on your Advantage keyboard then tap the appropriate second key Macintosh m v3 1 No individual feature settings are listed because this is the default confi...

Page 41: ...ems do not support these codes You may be able to activate some of these functions if you turn on a test mode see below Multimedia Group features n Key Action F3 Previous track F4 Play Pause F5 Next t...

Page 42: ...oard to stay active when the computer enters sleep mode By default it is off in Mac mode scroll lock reported by status command as SL This key combination changes whether Scroll lock performs the defa...

Page 43: ...uidelines 6 21 37 Fingernails long 21 Firmware version 25 33 Foot switch installing 19 Customizing 30 Function keys 14 31 Embedded function key actions 14 For programming 14 26 Mouse click functions 3...

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