steelseries APEX 5 Hybrid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard User Guide

APEX 5 PRODUCT
INFORMATION GUIDE

STEELSERIES ENGINE

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

1. OLED Smart Display
2. Multimedia Volume Roller
3. OLED Menu Button
4. SteelSeries Function Key
5. USB Keyboard Plug
6. Profile Switching Key
7. On-the-fly Macro Recording Key
8. Illumination Brightness Down Key
9. 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

FUNCTIONS

MULTIMEDIA CONTROLS
MULTIMEDIA VOLUME ROLLER 02

OLED MENU BUTTON 03

OLED MENU BUTTON 03

PROFILE SWITCHING

Press the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Profile Switching Key 06 repeatedly to cycle through the profiles
ON-THE-FLY MACRO RECORDING

1. Press and hold the SteelSeries Function Key 04 + Macro Recording Key 07 for 3 seconds to start recording
2. Type your desired key combinations
3. 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

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

REGULTORY

Europe – 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 equipment does 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.
The RoHS test method is based on the standards JIS C 0950 and CNS 15663

Polybrominated
biphenyls (PBB)| Polybrominated
diphenyl ethers
(PBDE)
Plastic| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
PCBA| –| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Cables| –| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0
Metal| –| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0

Note 1 ：“Exceeding 0.1 wt %” and “exceeding 0.01 wt %” indicate that the percentage content of the restricted substance exceeds the reference percentage value of presence condition.
Note 2 ：“ ○” indicates that the percentage content of the restricted substance does not exceed the percentage of reference value of presence.
Note 3 ：The “−” indicates that the restricted substance corresponds to the exemption

500 75

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Custom Union Compliance. (Russia / Belarus / Kazakhstan)
ACMA Compliance (Australia/ New-Zealand)
** Direct Current
Product Name: Keyboard
Model No.: KB-00013
Rated: 5V **, 500mA

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References

• Official Site - For Glory | SteelSeries
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