steelseries APEX 5 User Guide

: June 9, 2024
: SteelSeries

Table of Contents

steelseries APEX 5
STEELSERIES ENGINE
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
PACKAGE CONTENTS
ENGINE REQUIREMENTS
PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY
SETUP
- CONNECTION
FUNCTIONS
- MULTIMEDIA CONTROLS
- OLED SMART DISPLAY INPUT
REGULTORY
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
References
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STEELSERIES ENGINE

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

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OLED Smart Display
Multimedia Volume Roller
OLED Menu Button
SteelSeries Function Key
USB Keyboard Plug
Profile Switching Key
On-the-fly Macro Recording Key
Illumination Brightness Down Key
Illumination Brightness Up Key

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PACKAGE CONTENTS

Apex 5 Keyboard
Magnetic Wrist Rest

ENGINE REQUIREMENTS

Windows 7 – Windows 10 Mac OSX 10.8 – 10.12
120 MB of free hard drive space for installation

PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY

PC
Mac
Xbox One
PS4

SETUP

CONNECTION

Connect the USB Keyboard Plug 05 to your computer’s USB 3.0 port

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FUNCTIONS

MULTIMEDIA CONTROLS

MULTIMEDIA VOLUME ROLLER 02

Volume Up	Scroll Wheel Up
Volume Down	Scroll Wheel Down
Mute / Unmute Toggle	Press Wheel

OLED MENU BUTTON 03

Play / Pause	Single Press
Forward / Skip Track	Double Press
Back / Previous Track	Triple Press

OLED SMART DISPLAY INPUT

OLED MENU BUTTON 03

Enter OLED Menu
Long Press (2 sec)

PROFILE SWITCHING

Press the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Profile Switching Key 06 repeatedly to cycle through the profiles

ON-THE-FLY MACRO RECORDING

Press and hold the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Macro Recording Key 07 for 3 seconds to start recording
Type your desired key combinations
Press the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Macro Recording Key 07 to end Macro Recording To cancel the recording process, press the OLED Menu Button 03

ILLUMINATION BRIGHTNESS CONTROL

Press the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Illumination Brightness Down Key 08 to reduce Illumination Brightness
Press the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Illumination Brightness Up Key 09 to increase Illumination Brightness

REGULTORY

EU Declaration of Conformity
Hereby, SteelSeries ApS. declares that the equipment which is compliance with directive RoHS 2.0 (2015/863/EU), EMC Directive (2014/30/EU), and LVD (2014/35/EU) which are issued by the Commission of the European Community. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: https://steelseries.com/
Operating Temperature: 0 to + 40 °C SteelSeries ApS. hereby confirms, to date, based on the feedback from our suppliers indicates that our products shipping to the EU territory comply with REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals – (EC) 1907/2006) compliance program. We are fully committed to offering REACH compliance on the products and posting accurate REACH compliance status for the all of products.

WEEE
This product must not be disposed of with your other household waste or treat them in compliance with the local regulations or contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipmentdoes cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Industry Canada Statement:
This device complies with RSS standards of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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