Lenovo Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard, 73P2620 User Manual

LenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboard
UserGuide

http://www.lenovo.com/safety

Note:Beforeinstallingtheproduct,besuretoreadthewarrantyinformationinAppendixB“LenovoLimited
Warranty”onpage19

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SecondEdition(September2013)

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Contents

Chapter1.Aboutthekeyboard.....1

Productdescription..............1

Frontview.................1

Rearview..................4

Bottomview................5

Systemrequirements.............5

Chapter2.Installingthekeyboard...7

Installingthedevicedriver...........7

Uninstallingthedevicedriver..........7

Installingthekeyboard............9

Chapter3.Usingthekeyboard....11

Enablingordisablingthehotkeys.......11

Enablingordisablingtheon-screendisplay...11

Customizingtherapidaccesskeys.......11

Chapter4.Troubleshooting......13

AppendixA.ServiceandSupport...17

Onlinetechnicalsupport...........17

Telephonetechnicalsupport.........17

AppendixB.LenovoLimited

Warranty................19

Part1-GeneralTerms...........19

Part2-Country-specicTerms........21

Part3-WarrantyServiceInformation......24

SuplementodeGarantíaparaMéxico......25

AppendixC.Electronicemission

notices................27

FederalCommunicationsCommissionDeclaration

ofConformity...............27

AppendixD.Notices..........31

Recyclinginformation............31

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........31

ExportClassicationNotice.........32

Trademarks................32

AppendixE.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS).....33

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........33

ChinaRoHS................33

TurkishRoHS...............33

UkraineRoHS...............33

IndiaRoHS................33

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Chapter1.Aboutthekeyboard

ThischapterprovidesproductinformationandsystemrequirementsfortheLenovo

®

EnhancedPerformance

USBKeyboard(hereaftercalledthekeyboard).

Productdescription

Thekeyboardhelpskeepyouproductiveandcomfortablewiththedesignedhotkeyfunctionality.The
hotkeyfunctionalityenablesone-touchcontroltolockyourcomputerdesktop,launchtheCalculator
program,playmediales,andsoon.

Youroptionpackageincludesthefollowing:

•LenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboard

•Warrantyposter

•Rapidaccesskeylabels

•SoftwareandUserGuideDisc

Frontview

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofthekeyboard.

Figure1.Frontviewofthekeyboard

1Mediacontrolcenter

4Statusindicators

2ThinkVantage

®

button

5Shortcutkeys

3Rapidaccesskeys6Internetnavigationkeys

1Mediacontrolcenter

Themediacontrolcenterenablesyoutolaunchmediaapplications,controltrackselection,adjustthe
volume,andmuteyourcomputerspeaker.

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Themediacontrolcenterconsistsofeightkeys.Thefollowingtableintroduceseachkeyofthemedia
controlcenter.

IconKeynameFunctiondescription

Medialaunchkey

Launchthedefaultmediaplayeronyourcomputer.

StopkeyStoptheplayingmediale.

Play/pausekey

Playorpauseamediale.

Volume-downkey

Decreasethevolumeofyourcomputerspeaker.

Volume-upkey

Increasethevolumeofyourcomputerspeaker.

Trackbackwardkey

Gobacktotheprevioustrack.

Trackforwardkey

Gotothenexttrack.

MutekeyMutethecomputerspeaker.

Notes:

•Whenyoupressoneofthemediacontrolcenterkeys,anon-screendisplayappearsforafewsecondsto
verifyyourselection.Formoreinformationabouttheon-screendisplay,see“Enablingordisablingthe
on-screendisplay”onpage11

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•Ifyoumutethecomputerspeakerandthenturnoffyourcomputer,thespeakerwillremainmuted
whenyouturnonyourcomputeragain.T oturnonthespeaker,pressthemutekeyagainorpressthe
volume-upkeyorvolume-downkey.

2ThinkVantagebutton

Dependingonyouroperatingsystem,youcandothefollowingbypressingtheThinkVantagebutton:

•FortheMicrosoft

®

Windows

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XPorMicrosoftWindowsVista

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operatingsystems,wheneveryouhave
aquestionaboutyourcomputerorwanttoviewLenovoWebsites,presstheThinkVantagebuttonto
opentheThinkVantageProductivityCenterortheLenovoCare℠programforcomprehensivehelpand
informationforyourcomputer.

•FortheMicrosoftWindows7operatingsystems,presstheThinkVantagebuttontoopentheLenovo
SimpleTap,LenovoSolutionCenter,orLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram.TheLenovoSimpleTap
programprovidesaquickwaytocustomizethebasicsettingsandpersonalizedfeaturesofthecomputer.
TheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramisyourone-stopdiagnosticsolutionforquicklyidentifying
andresolvingsystemperformanceandsecurityproblems.

•FortheMicrosoftWindows8orMicrosoftWindows8.1operatingsystems,presstheThinkVantagebutton
toopentheLenovoDeviceExperienceprogram.

Note:TheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogram,LenovoCareprogram,orLenovoThinkVantage
Toolboxprogramcomeswithyourcomputer.Ifyoudonothaveanyoftheprogramsinstalledonyour
computer,pressingtheThinkVantagebuttonwillopentheWindowsSystemInformationwindow.

3Rapidaccesskeys

Therapidaccesskeysarepreprogrammedtolaunchcommonlyusedapplications,suchastheMicrosoft
WordDocumentorMicrosoftExcelWorksheetprogram.Y oucancustomizeeachofthesevenmulti-colored
keystouseasashortcuttoacomputerprogram,ale,oraWebsite.Formoreinformation,see
“Customizingtherapidaccesskeys”onpage11

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4Statusindicators

Thekeyboardhasthefollowingthreestatusindicators:

NumericLockindicator:whentheNumericLockindicatorison,thenumerickeypadonthekeyboard
isenabled.WhentheNumericLockindicatorisoff,thecursorcontrolonthenumerickeypadis
enabled.PresstheNumLockkeytoswitchbackandforthbetweenthesetwomodes.

CapsLockindicator:whentheCapsLockindicatorison,theCapsLockmodeisenabled.Inthis
mode,youcantypeallalphabeticcharacters(A-Z)inuppercasewithoutpressingShift.WhentheCaps
Lockindicatorisoff,theCapsLockmodeisdisabled.PresstheCapsLockkeytoenableordisable
theCapsLockmode.

ScrollLockindicator:whentheScrollLockindicatorison,theScrollLockmodeisenabled.Thearrow
keyscanbeusedasscreen-scrollfunctionkeysandthecursorcannotbemovedwiththearrowkeys.
Notallapplicationprogramssupportthisfunction.WhentheScrollLockindicatorisoff,thearrow
keyscanbeusedforcursorcontrol,notasscreen-scrollfunctionkeys.PresstheScrollLockkeyto
switchbackandforthbetweenthesetwomodes.

5Shortcutkeys

ThekeyboardcomeswithMicrosoftshortcutkeys.OnU.S.Englishkeyboards,theshortcutsarelabeled
onthefrontfaceofthekeysingreen.Onkeyboardsforotherlanguages,theshortcutsarelabeledonthe
frontfaceofthekeysinwhite.

Tousetheshortcutkeys,holdtheCtrlkeyandthenpressashortcutkey.Forexample,onaU.S.English
keyboard,pressCtrl+Pforprintfunction.

Notes:

•Theshortcutsareonlyavailableforcertainlanguagelayouts.

•Somesoftwareapplicationsdonotrespondtotheshortcutkeys.

6Internetnavigationkeys

TheInternetnavigationkeys,locatedneartheT abkeyontheleftsideofthekeyboard,areusedwithyour
Internetbrowser.Theyfunctionliketheforwardandbackarrowsinthebrowserthatmoveyouforwardand
backwardtopagesyouhaveviewedintheorderthatyouopenedthem.

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Rearview

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewofthekeyboard.

Figure2.Rearviewofthekeyboard

1USBconnectors

ThetwoUniversalSerialBus(USB)connectorsareusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchas
amouseorprinter.TheUSBconnectorsareintendedtobeusedwithUSB2.0low-power,full-speed
devices.High-speeddevices,suchasUSBcameras,mayexhibitslowerperformancewhenconnectedto
theseUSBconnectors.

2Rapidaccesskeylabelslot

Youcancreateanewrapidaccesskeylabelwhenyoucustomizeyourrapidaccesskeys.Todothis,you
needtoremovetheexistinglabelfromtherapidaccesskeylabelslot.Afteryoucreateandprintthenew
rapidaccesskeylabel,insertthenewlabelintotheslot.

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Bottomview

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthebottomviewofthekeyboard.

Figure3.Bottomviewofthekeyboard

1Tiltfeet

Thekeyboardhasthreetiltfeetpositionswithwhichyoucanadjusttheangleofthekeyboardtoprovide
maximumcomfort.Thethreekeyboardanglesareasfollows:

•3.5degrees:whennoneofthefeetareraised,thekeyboardisata3.5-degreeangle.

•6degrees:whenthesmalltiltfeetareraised,thekeyboardisata6-degreeangle.

•9degrees:whenthelargetiltfeetareraised,thekeyboardisata9-degreeangle.

2Cableslot

Thecableslotprovidesaconvenientwaytochangethelocationwherethecableleavesthekeyboard.You
canpressthekeyboardcableintotheleftorrightslottoreducethecableclutterandoptimizedeskspace.

3Palmrestconnectors

Thetwopalmrestconnectorsenableyoutoconnectthepalmresttothekeyboard.Forinstructionsonhow
toconnectthepalmresttothekeyboard,see“Installingthekeyboard”onpage9.

4Non-skidfeet

Thenon-skidfeetareusedtopreventthekeyboardfromunexpectedmovement.

Systemrequirements

Beforeusingthekeyboard,makesurethatyourcomputermeetsthefollowingsystemrequirements:

•Oneofthefollowingoperatingsystemsinstalled

–MicrosoftWindowsXP(32-bit)
–MicrosoftWindowsVista(32-bitor64-bit)
–MicrosoftWindows7(32-bitor64-bit)

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–MicrosoftWindows8
–MicrosoftWindows8.1

•AnavailableUSBconnector

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Chapter2.Installingthekeyboard

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthedevicedriver,uninstallthedevicedriver,andinstall
thekeyboard.

Note:Besuretoinstallthedevicedriverbeforeinstallingthekeyboard.Otherwise,somefunctionsofthe
keyboardcannotwork.

Installingthedevicedriver

Note:Ifakeyboarddriverisinstalledonyourcomputer,uninstallthekeyboarddriverbeforeinstalling

anewone.

ToinstallthedevicedriverontheWindowsXP,WindowsVista,Windows7,Windows8,orWindows8.1
operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheSoftwareandUserGuideDiscintotheopticaldrive.Thediscstartsautomatically.Ifthedisc
doesnotstartautomatically,dooneofthefollowing:

•Iftheautoplaywindowopens,clickRunViewHtml.exe.

•Iftheautoplaywindowdoesnotopen,dooneofthefollowing:

–FortheWindowsXP ,WindowsVista,orWindows7operatingsystem,gointoMyComputeror

Computer,thendouble-clicktheCD/DVDdriveicon.

–FortheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem,openFileExplorerandclickComputeror

ThisPC,thendouble-clicktheCD/DVDdriveicon.

3.Selectyourlanguage.

4.ClickSoftwareintheleftpaneofthewindow.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoinstallthedevicedriver.

Uninstallingthedevicedriver

TouninstallthedevicedriverforthekeyboardfromtheWindowsXP ,WindowsVista,Windows7,Windows
8,orWindows8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

FortheWindowsXPoperatingsystem:

1.ClickStart➙ControlPanelorStart➙Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,clickordouble-clickAddorRemovePrograms.

3.SelecttheLenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboardsoftwareandthenclickRemove.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentouninstallthedevicedriver.

FortheWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystem:

1.ClickStart➙ControlPanelorStart➙Settings➙ControlPanel.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,dooneofthefollowing:

•ClicktheUninstallaprogramoptionundertheProgramsmenu.

•ClickProgramsandFeatures.

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3.SelecttheLenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboardsoftwareandthenright-clickyourmouse.
TheUninstalloptionisdisplayed.

4.ClickUninstall.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentouninstallthedevicedriver.

FortheWindows8operatingsystem:

1.GotoControlPanelbydoingoneofthefollowing:

•Fromthedesktop,movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplay

thecharms,andthenclickSettings➙ControlPanel.

•FromtheStartscreen,dothefollowing:

a.Movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.
b.ClickSearch.
c.OntheAppsscreen,scrolltotherightside,andclickControlPanelintheWindowsSystem

section.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,dooneofthefollowing:

•ClicktheUninstallaprogramoptionundertheProgramsmenu.

•ClickProgramsandFeatures.

3.SelecttheLenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboardsoftwareandthenright-clickyourmouse.
TheUninstalloptionisdisplayed.

4.ClickUninstall.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentouninstallthedevicedriver.

FortheWindows8.1operatingsystem:

1.GotoControlPanelbydoingoneofthefollowing:

•Fromthedesktop,movethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplay

thecharms,andthenclickSettings➙ControlPanel.

•FromtheStartscreen,dothefollowing:

a.Clickthearrowiconinthebottom-leftcornerofthescreentogototheAppsscreen.
b.Scrolltotherightside,andclickControlPanelintheWindowsSystemsection.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,dooneofthefollowing:

•ClicktheUninstallaprogramoptionundertheProgramsmenu.

•ClickProgramsandFeatures.

3.SelecttheLenovoEnhancedPerformanceUSBKeyboardsoftwareandthenright-clickyourmouse.
TheUninstalloptionisdisplayed.

4.ClickUninstall.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentouninstallthedevicedriver.

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