System Requirements

Installation

Uninstallation

LED Indication

Using Three Power Management Buttons

Using Multimedia Buttons

Commands in the Menu


KeyMaestro Input Device Driver

Congratulations on your purchasing this USB multimedia keyboard. With three power management buttons, this keyboard is energy-efficient to control the system's power. The better is, this keyboard puts you in the driver's seat with the special keys for multimedia and the Internet. Access the WWW Home, Search, or My Favorite at the touch of a key, control speaker volume and CD functions. Plus, save valuable mouseclicks with the dedicated Shortcut key to your most commonly used application. You'll discover your performance will be enhanced to a high level with this keyboard for multimedia and the Web.

To use these multimedia buttons, you have to install KeyMaestro multimedia keyboard driver first.

System Requirements

Installation

In order for the USB multimedia keyboard to function properly, first install the build-in Windows USB device drivers, and then install the KeyMaestro Input Device Driver.

The USB device driver is included in Windows system.

When the first time you plug in the USB keyboard, the system will automatically detect a new hardware connected and then bring up the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialogue box. Please follow the Wizard's USB driver installation steps. Once this installation step is completed the basic functions of the keyboard will work under the operating system. You may toggle the NumLock or CapsLock key to see if the LED is lit correspondently, and thus to know the keyboard works well.

You may refer to the following steps to install the "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver".  After installing the USB device driver and make sure that the keyboard is recognized by the operating system.

  1. Insert the disk labeled 'KeyMaestro Input Device Driver' into your disk drive.
  2. Open File Explorer to find 'SetupKey.exe' from the disk.
  3. Double-click the 'SetupKey.exe'.
  4. Then follow the screen instruction to install the driver. The default install path is set to c:\Program files\KMaestro. You have the option to change the install path during setup.
  5. Setup will indicate when it has successfully completed. The driver is loaded when you see the KeyMaestro driver icon in the system tray (lower right corner of the screen). The operating system does not need to restart.

Uninstallation

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

  1. Right click the KeyMaestro driver icon icon.GIF (262 bytes) and select 'Exit' command to exit the driver program.
  2. Click 'Start' (on the left-bottom taskbar).
  3. Move cursor to 'Programs' in 'Start' menu.
  4. Move cursor again to 'KeyMaestro'.
  5. Select 'Uninstallation' icon2.gif (1079 bytes).
  6. Click 'Yes' to confirm you want to uninstall.

LED Indication

Num Lock:  The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as numlock.gif (892 bytes) when you press the num lock button.   
Caps Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as capslock.gif (893 bytes) when you press the caps lock button.
Scroll Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as scrolock.gif (892 bytes) when you press the scroll lock button.

Using Three Power Management Buttons

Your keyboard has the power management keys which are Power off, Sleep, and Wake up three keys. They are also can be called ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) keys.

Power off closes the operating system and powers down the system.
Sleep  puts your system to sleep (power-saving) mode. Any key will wake up your system and return to the previous working status.
Wake up wakes up your system and returns to the previous working status.

Using Multimedia Buttons

There are a row of multimedia keys on the top of keyboard. The functions are described as below.

Note: These keys are re-programmable (except Volume up, Volume down and Mute). They can be configured as a string, a combination key, a web site, an existing file, or a function the driver pre-defines for you. To reconfigure these keys, click the KeyMaestro icon on the taskbar to select Configure.

Help displays this help file on the screen.

P.S. If your keyboard is with this button.

My Favorite opens My Favorite folder for you to select your favorite web site.
WWW Home launches to your Internet Browser application which should be pre-installed. If you have installed two browsers in your system, the system default one will be opened. Mostly the system default is the later installed one.
WWW Search launches to your Internet Browser application and go to the Search Engine web site.
Shortcut provides you to create an easy access to the documents and programs you use most often. The default setting for Shortcut button is to launch Windows accessory program 'Notepad'.

Volume Control controls the volume to up or down of your audio output to the speakers.
Mute mutes the sound output. Repress this button to resume.
Previous / Fast Backward skips backward to the previous file/track when pressing once quickly.

plays backward fast when pressing on the button. 

Note: The Fast Backward function only supports Microsoft CD Player Windows 98 and  Microsoft CD Player Version 5.0 (under Windows 2000).

Stop stops the playing.
Next / Fast Forward skips forward to the next file/track when pressing once quickly. 

plays forward fast when pressing on the button.

Note: The Fast Forward function only supports Microsoft CD Player Windows 98 and  Microsoft CD Player Version 5.0 (under Windows 2000). 

Eject ejects/loads the CD tray.
Play/Pause presses this button to play Audio CD or Video CD, or to pause it.  When it is paused, you may press the button again to resume it from the current position.

Commands in the Menu

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

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

1.  Select a HotKey

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

*  Label

In the "Button Label" box, type the name of 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 it for the button.

*  Launch Application or Website

Type in the path to an often-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 dialogue box.

* Combination Key

In many Windows application, there are many hot keys to execute some often used commands. Some of the hot keys are combined with two keys pressed simultaneously, and some are three. It is not easy to press and to remember those hot keys. Now you can define those complicated hot keys you always forgot. Any kind of combination is available. For example,
[Alt] + [F4] = close window,
[Ctrl] + [A] = select all.

* String

You may define the button as a string of texts which needs to be input often. The maximum characters are 500. Taking good advantages 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 the OSD (On Screen Display). When the OSD is enabled, each time you press any one of the multimedia buttons, its function name (button label) will show on the right-bottom corner on the screen. The default of this function is enabled.

3. Enable Taskbar Icon

This command is to show or hide the taskbar driver icon. When the function is enabled, you can see a driver icon its function name (button label) will show on the right-bottom corner of the screen. If you want to reload it again, you can select Start => Program => 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, the Microsoft Media Player will show on the screen after you press the “Play” key of the multimedia keys. For Winamp user, you can use the multimedia keys to control the Winamp function after you call out the Winamp and disable the Auto play function. The default of this function is enabled.

Select this command to exit from 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 on 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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