Turtle Beach Grip 500 User Manual
Turtle Beach
Grip 500 Laser Gaming
Mouse
User Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents!...............................................................................................................!4!
Introduction!.........................................................................................................................!5!
Installation!..........................................................................................................................!5!
Opening and Closing Grip 500 Configuration Software!.......................................!6!
Configuring Your Grip 500 Mouse!.................................................................................!7!
Main Window
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Profiles!.....................................................................................................................................................!7!
Button!Assignments!.................................................................................................................................!8!
Performance Settings
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Setting DPI levels!................................................................................................................................!9!
Setting DPI in each level!....................................................................................................................!9!
Setting Report (Polling) Rate!..........................................................................................................!10!
Setting Lift-Off Height!.....................................................................................................................!10!
Setting Double Click Speed!...............................................................................................................!10!
Illumination Settings
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Setting the Illumination Effect!.......................................................................................................!11!
Setting the Scroll Wheel Color!.........................................................................................................!11!
Macro Editor
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Creating New Macros!..........................................................................................................................!12!
Recording Macros with no Delays!....................................................................................................!13!
Recording Macros with a Set Delay!.................................................................................................!13!
Editing Macros!.....................................................................................................................................!14!
Saving, Loading, Deleting Macros!....................................................................................................!14!
Help
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Introduction
Welcome to the Turtle Beach Grip 500 Gaming Mouse User’s Guide.
This user’s guide is
intended to introduce you to the features and operation of your Grip 500 Gaming Mouse
and the configuration software that can be used to enable and configure all its powerful
features.
For more help, visit www.turtlebeach.com/grip500.
Installation
Visit www.turtlebeach.com/grip500 to download the Grip 500 Configuration Software.
Once the download completes, open the installer and follow the installation instructions.
After installation, the Grip 500 Configuration Software and run in the background. You can
launch the program by double clicking it in the system tray per the picture below.
Plug your Grip 500 Mouse into an available USB port. Occasionally, Turtle Beach will upgrade
the firmware in the mouse. If the program says that it wants to upgrade the firmware in your
mouse, please click OK and the mouse firmware will be updated.
By default, the Grip 500 Configuration Software will be located in your Program Files folder
on Windows.
Installation Requirements
Grip 500 Configuration Software requires approximately 50 MB of free hard drive space and
one of the currently supported platforms:
Windows XP (32 and 64 bit)
Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit)
Double'Click'to'Launch'Program'
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Opening and Closing Grip 500
Configuration Software
After installation the Grip 500 Configuration Software background processes will start
and the interface will open automatically.
When you close the application, an icon will remain in the system tray. You can relaunch the application by double clicking on the Turtle Beach icon in the system tray
You can also start the application by launching it from the Windows Start menu (in
Windows 7) or from the Apps launcher (in Windows 8).
You can minimize the application by pressing the _ icon. In this case the application
will run in the background and can be quickly reopened from the Task Bar. You can
close the application by pressing the X icon. This closes the application but it remains
available in the System Tray.
Double'Click'to'Launch'Program'
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