Read Me First; Health And Safety Warning; Preserving Your Warranty Rights; Quick Start Guide - Kinesis Advantage360 KB360-PRO-GBR User Manual

1.0 Read Me First

1.1 Health and Safety Warning

Continuous use of any keyboard may cause aches, pains, or more serious cumulative trauma disorders such
as tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, or other repetitive strain disorders.
Exercise good judgement in placing reasonable limits on your keyboarding time every day.
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Follow established guidelines for computer and workstation setup (see Appendix 13.3).
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Maintain a relaxed keying posture and use a light touch to press the keys.
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Keyboard is not a medical treatment
This keyboard is not a substitute for appropriate medical treatment! If any information in this guide appears to
contradict your health care professional's advice, please follow your health care professional's advice.
Establish realistic expectations
Ensure that you take reasonable rest breaks from keyboarding during the course of the day.
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At the first sign of stress-related injury from keyboard use (aching, numbness, or tingling of the arms,
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wrists, or hands), consult your health care professional.
No warranty of injury prevention or cure
Kinesis Corporation bases its product designs on research, proven features, and user evaluations. However,
because of the complex set of factors believed to contribute to computer-related injuries, the company can
make no warranty that its products will prevent or cure any ailment. Your risk of injury may be affected by
workstation design, posture, time without breaks, type of work, non-work activities and individual physiology.
If you currently have an injury to your hands or arms, or have had such an injury in the past, it is important
that you have realistic expectations of your keyboard. You should not expect an immediate improvement in
your physical condition simply because you are using a new keyboard. Your physical trauma has built up over
months or years, and it may take weeks before you notice a difference. It is normal to feel some new fatigue
or discomfort as you adapt to your Kinesis keyboard.

1.2 Preserving Your Warranty Rights

Kinesis does not require any product registration to obtain warranty benefits, but you will need your purchase
receipt in the event you need a warranty repair.

1.3 Quick Start Guide

If you are eager to get started, please consult the included Quick Start Guide. The Quick Start Guide can also
be downloaded from the Advantage360 Pro Resources Page. Consult this full manual for advanced features.

1.4 Read This User's Manual

Even if you don't normally read manuals or you are a long-time user of Kinesis Contoured keyboards, Kinesis
strongly encourages you to review this entire manual. The Advantage360 Professional uses an open-source
programming engine called ZMK and features a totally different way of customizing the keyboard from prioer
contoured keyboards from Kinesis.
If you unknowingly execute a programming shortcut or key combination, you could inadvertently alter the
performance of your keyboard, which could have unintended consequences for your work and might
necessitate a hard reset of the keyboard.

1.5 Power Users Only

Like it says in the name, this Advantage360 Professional keyboard was designed specifically for professional
users. The programming engine is not nearly as user-friendly as Kinesis SmartSet Engine found on the
"base" model Advantage360. If you want to customize your layout but are used to using Kinesis onboard
programming THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT KEYBOARD FOR YOU.

1.6 Sleep Mode

To maximize battery life and speed up charging, the keyboard is equipped with a 30 second sleep timer.
Each key module will go to sleep after 30 seconds with no activity. The next keypress will wake the key
module nearly instantaneously so as not to disrupt your work.
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