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.
When you close the application, an icon will remain in the system tray. You can re- launch the application by double clicking on the Turtle Beach icon in the system tray Double'Click'to'Launch'Program' 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).
Apply%Changes% and%Close% Profiles Grip 500 can be programmed with up to 5 Profile. A Profile holds all the configuration settings of you mouse including button assignments, macro assignments, illumination settings, and performance settings. It may be convenient to create a custom for your favorite games or applications. We also suggest that you select a different scroll wheel illumination color for each profile so that you can quickly see which profile you have selected.
Button Assignments All 9 buttons on the Grip 500 can be reprogrammed to do almost anything you want. This includes the scroll up and down operation. You can program any of the following to buttons using the Button Assignment pull-down menus.
Performance Settings To customize the performance settings of your mouse, press the Performance Settings button. This will open the Performance Settings Window. AcGve%Level% DPI%Levels%(up%to%4)% Set%#%of%DPI%Levels% Set%DPI% Set%Report%Rate% Set%Li@AOff%Height% Set%Double%Click% Speed% Cancel%Changes% Apply%Changes% Apply%Changes% and%Close% This window allows you to customize the following for your mouse: Mouse movement speed (DPI) can be adjusted in up to 4 levels from DPI of 100 to 8200 in increments of 50 DPI.
You can change how high you have to lift the mouse off the surface for it to stop tracking. The default level is medium which is approximately 1.5 mm on the Turtle Beach Drift Mousepad. Using the slider you can adjust the lift distance from about 0 to 2.5 mm.
Apply%Changes% and%Close% In this window, you can set the illumination of the 3 zones (scroll wheel, Turtle Beach logo, and front grill). Setting the Illumination Effect Notice that when you hover your cursor over the logo, scroll wheel, or front of the mouse that that area glows brightly.
You can reuse them later by clicking on the one you want. Macro Editor With the Grip 500 and its configuration software, you can create and assign complex combinations of keystrokes so that you can do almost anything you want. You can also insert commands and customize the timing / delays between those keystrokes.
Recording Macros with no Delays If you want to record macros with no delay between the keystrokes then before you click Record, first select the box next to the Ignore Delay Time Box then click the apply Arrow. Then press Record and press all the keystrokes you want in your macro.
To load a macro that you saved, press the Load button and navigate to the location on your computer where the file is stored. The macro will now be available for use on that new computer. (Note: The other computer needs to have the Grip 500 Configuration software installed. Help To access this manual at any time, press the ? (Help) button on the top right of the window.
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