Targus m125 User Manual
Targus ThumbPad
Portable Keyboard for Palm™ m125
™
USER’S GUIDE
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
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ThumbPad Portable
TM
Keyboard
Congratulations on your purchase of the Targus
ThumbPad™ Portable Keyboard. The ThumbPad
is a convenient and ultra-portable keyboard for
your mobile computer.
With the ThumbPad keyboard you can:
• Enter text directly into your mobile computer.
• Use the function (Fn) keys to quickly execute
commands and options.
• Use the cursor and space keys to play games
on your mobile computer.
• Take a keyboard with you whenever you travel
with your mobile computer.
In addition to this user’s guide, this package
contains the Targus ThumbPad Portable
Keyboard and the keyboard driver software CD.
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Installing the Keyboard Driver
Before installing the driver software for the
ThumbPad keyboard, make sure that:
• You synchronize your mobile computer to back
up your files.
• You disable any previously installed keyboard
software.
• Your mobile computer has at least 24K bytes of
free memory.
Windows® Operating Systems
To install the driver for the ThumbPad keyboard
on a computer with the Windows® 95/98/Me/
2000 or Windows NT® 4.0 operating system, do
the following:
1 Insert the keyboard driver software CD into
your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
2 Click Start, Run, then enter D:\ThumbPad.prc
(where D: is the path of your CD-ROM drive)
and then click OK.
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The Install Tool program then installs the driver
software. When installation is complete, the
Install Tool window appears.
Sample Install Tool window
3 Click Done.
4 To exit the Install Tool program, click OK.
5 Connect your mobile computer to your
desktop or notebook computer and
synchronize to copy the keyboard driver to
your mobile computer.
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After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard
icon appears in the Applications screen on your
mobile computer.
To complete installation, reset your mobile
computer.
Macintosh® Operating System
To install the driver software for the ThumbPad
keyboard on a computer with the Macintosh
8.5.1 or greater operating system, do the
following:
1 Exit all active programs, including those in
the Startup folder, and disable any virusscanning software.
2 Insert the keyboard driver software CD into
your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
The ThumbPad keyboard application folder is
added to your desktop.
NOTE: You may find it more convenient to drag the
ThumbPad.prc file into the folder where you store your
mobile computer applications, such as the Add-on folder.
3 Double-click the ThumbPad.prc file to launch
the Install Tool program.
Installation automatically begins. When it is
complete, you regain control of the Install Tool
window.
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4 Click Done.
5 To exit the Install Tool program, click
6 Connect your mobile computer to your
desktop or notebook computer and
synchronize to copy the keyboard driver to
your mobile computer.
After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard
icon appears in the Applications screen on your
mobile computer.
To complete installation, reset your mobile
computer.
OK.
Connecting the Keyboard to Your Mobile Computer
After installing the keyboard driver, you can
connect the ThumbPad keyboard to your mobile
computer. To do this:
1 Turn off your mobile computer (if it’s turned
on).
2 Hold your mobile computer in one hand and
the ThumbPad keyboard in your other hand.
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Holding your mobile computer and the ThumbPad keyboard
3 Align your mobile computer with the
keyboard connector, located at the top of the
ThumbPad keyboard.
Keyboard
connector
Aligning your mobile computer with the keyboard connector
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