Need Help? NEED HELP? If you experience any problems using your new OnBoard Travel Keyboard, do not return it to the dealer. First read this user’s manual, including the Compatibility & System Requirements, Features, Set Up, Installation, and Troubleshooting sections. If you still cannot resolve the problem after reading the user’s manual, please check our website www.atek.com for possible additional information and updates.
Health & Safety Information HEALTH & SAFETY INFORMATION Repetitive motions may cause physical injury to nerves, muscles, and tendons. If you feel any pain, discomfort, numbness, tingling, aching, cramping, stiffness, weakness, or swelling in your fingers, hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, neck, or back, you should stop using your keyboard and seek the advice of a qualified health professional.
Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Need Help? ............................................................................... 1 Health & Safety Information .................................................... 2 Introduction .............................................................................. 4 Compatibility & System Requirements .................................... 5 Features .................................................................................... 6 Setup.............................
Introduction INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Atek OnBoard Travel Keyboard. This small and lightweight keyboard fits inside most shoulder bags and laptop computer carrying cases and is convenient to take with you wherever you go.
Compatibility & System Requirements COMPATIBILITY & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Your OnBoard Travel Keyboard must be plugged into the USB port (USB 1.1 or 2.0) on your computer or into a USB hub or USB extension cable. The computer must be running Windows Vista®, Windows XP®, Windows 2000®, Windows Me®, or Windows 98®SE (Second Edition).
Features FEATURES The Atek OnBoard Travel Keyboard features membrane-type switch mechanisms inside the keys, full height desktop keyboard type keycaps, normal spacing between keys, and a separate numeric keypad area. Put the OnBoard Travel Keyboard below a desktop keyboard and you’ll see the alphanumeric sections are almost identical in width. Number of Keys A typical laptop computer keyboard may have only about 90 keys.
Features Size and position of non-crucial keys The Esc, Function, Page (Up, Down), Arrow (Up, Down, Left, Right), Insert, Delete, Home, and End keys on the OnBoard Travel Keyboard are smaller than on a standard desktop keyboard. Some of them are in non-standard positions, but they are easy to find.
Features Why the OnBoard Travel Keyboard is easier to use than a laptop keyboard Most people find that their typing productivity (speed and accuracy) is lower on a laptop keyboard than on a desktop keyboard. They have to type more slowly on a laptop keyboard in order to maintain the same accuracy, otherwise they have to spend a lot of time correcting mistakes.
Features Standard desktop keyboard keycaps look something like this: Standard laptop keyboard keycaps look something like this: Note three things about these keycaps: 1) Desktop keyboard keycaps are more concave on the top than most laptop keyboard keycaps. 2) A desktop keyboard keycap is taller than a laptop keyboard keycap.
Features Most laptop keyboard keycaps are less concave on the top than desktop keyboard keycaps, therefore it is a little harder for your fingers to find and stay in the center of these flatter laptop keyboard keycaps. So let’s see what happens if you hit a key off center. When you push a key on a desktop keyboard, your fingertip remains above the widest part (the base) of the adjacent keycap when the key is pushed all the way down.
Features So, on a laptop keyboard, when you hit a keycap off center, your finger is more likely to also hit the adjacent keycap than it would on a desktop keyboard.
Features Other features of the OnBoard Travel Keyboard Small Footprint The minimal size frame of the OnBoard Travel Keyboard occupies very little space on your work surface, so you should find it very convenient to place it right in front of your laptop computer.
Setup SETUP Opening the keyboard Your OnBoard Travel Keyboard is simple to use. Slide the cover off the keyboard by holding the keyboard in your left hand and using your right hand to slide the cover off to the right. You will find the keyboard is a little tighter in the first part of the pulling action because there are catches on the side rails that help keep the cover snuggly in place.
Setup Next, put the keyboard flat on your work surface and pull the connector out of its nesting area. Pull the connector, not the cord, as pulling the cord may put too much stress on the area where the cord and connector come together and may damage the cord.
Setup Next, unwind the cord from the two posts on the right side of the keyboard and then from the post on the bottom left side.
Setup You can use the OnBoard Travel Keyboard flat or in a tilt position. To tilt the keyboard, you will use the top cover as a stand. After removing the top cover from the keyboard, put the cover upside down on your work surface with what was the front edge of the cover now at the back. Next, place the front edge of the keyboard inside the upside down top cover and then let the back of the keyboard lean against the back edge of the upside down top cover.
Setup Closing the keyboard When you are done using the keyboard, wrap the cord around the post on the bottom left corner of the keyboard first, then around the two on the right side, and then push the connector into the nesting area where you will find it fits snuggly.
Setup A Finally, push the small length of cord on the left side of the keyboard (between the place where it exits from the keyboard and wraps around the first post) into the groove so that it does not snag on anything when carried in your travel bag. If you prefer, you can push the cord into the groove before you wind the cord around the posts.
Setup not use any force to push down, the cover should be in the correct vertical position and easily mate with the keyboard. As mentioned previously, there are catches on the left side of the keyboard that keep the cover snuggly mated to the keyboard after you slide it all the way closed, so you will have to use a little extra force to complete the final part of the sliding action.
Installation INSTALLATION Plug the keyboard’s USB connector into a rectangular USB port on your computer or into a USB hub or USB extension cable. If the connector does not mate to the computer port, the orientation might be wrong and you should try turning the connector 180 degrees. After you plug the keyboard connector into the computer the first time, give the computer time to recognize the keyboard and to call up the drivers it needs from the operating system on your computer.
Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM: KEYBOARD DOES NOT WORK Possible Cause: USB connector not properly plugged all the way into USB port. Solution: Make sure the keyboard’s USB connector is pushed all the way into the USB port on the computer, USB hub, or USB extension cord that you are using. Make sure your computer’s USB port is not physically damaged and that the connection with the keyboard connector is snug. Possible Cause: Other problems with USB ports.
Troubleshooting Possible Cause: Problem with USB hub or docking station. Solution: Sometimes USB hubs and docking stations are unreliable or quirky. Try plugging the keyboard directly into the computer, into a USB extension cable, or into a different hub. Possible Cause: Incompatible operating system. Solution: Make sure that your computer's operating system is compatible with the OnBoard Travel Keyboard (see Compatibility & System Requirements section in this user’s manual).
Troubleshooting (under Start | Settings) or by clicking on “Hardware Wizard” on the hardware tab in the “System Properties” window (which is the name of the window that appears when you navigate to “System” as described in the navigation path above). If you still do not see the drivers, then there is a driver installation problem.
Troubleshooting PROBLEM: KEYBOARD WORKS INTERMITTENTLY ONLY OR DOES NOT WAKE UP THE COMPUTER FROM HIBERNATE OR STANDBY STATE Possible Cause: Bad connection Solution: Make sure the USB connector is plugged all the way into the USB port. Make sure the cable is not damaged. Possible Cause: Your computer’s general and/or keyboard-specific power management settings may be affecting the way the keyboard works.
Troubleshooting PROBLEM: ONBOARD TRAVEL KEYBOARD CAUSES LAPTOP COMPUTER KEYBOARD’S SETTINGS TO CHANGE Possible Cause: Default settings in the laptop computer’s Windows registry might cause the laptop computer to respond in certain ways to the plugging in of an external keyboard. For example, the external keyboard might cause the laptop computer to activate Num Lock, F lock, or Fn mode when you plug it in.
Maintenance, Service, & Support MAINTENANCE, SERVICE, & SUPPORT Clean with dry soft cloth only. Do not use abrasive pad, scouring powder, water, or solvents. Do not submerge in water or get wet (it is the OnBoard keyboard, not the OverBoard keyboard!). If you experience any problems using your OnBoard Travel Keyboard, do not return it to the dealer. First read this user’s manual, including the Compatibility & System Requirements, Features, Setup, Installation, and Troubleshooting sections.
One Year Limited Warranty ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY The following limited warranty applies only to the United States and Canada: Warranty: Atek, Inc. warrants this Atek product to the original purchaser to be free from relevant defects in material and workmanship at the time of original purchase and for a period of one year thereafter. This warranty gives you, as the original purchaser, specific legal rights, and you also may have other rights which vary from state to state. ATEK, INC.
One Year Limited Warranty These remedies are not available for damage caused by normal wear and tear or by misuse, abuse, unauthorized modification or service, failure to follow our installation or operation instructions, or other circumstances beyond Atek, Inc.’s control. Limitation of Liability/Remedy: As with any electrical or electronic device, it is your responsibility to be careful not to place this device in water or do anything else that creates a risk of electrical shock.
Regulatory Information REGULATORY INFORMATION NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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