ALIENWARE AW568 Advanced Gaming Keyboard User Guide

ALIENWARE AW568 Advanced Gaming Keyboard

Notes, cautions, and warnings

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What’s in the box

1. keyboard
2. documents

NOTE : The documents that shipped with the gaming keyboard may vary based on your region.

Features

This keyboard’s iconic Alienware design brings an added layer of imposing style to your setup. Enhance your gaming experience with AlienFX –an RGB lighting system designed to bring you closer to the worlds you play in with dynamic lighting effects tied directly to the in-game action.

Some additonal features of this keyboard include:

• Iconic Alienware design with AlienFX 16.8M RGB ambient lighting
• Brown-mechanical keys
• Tested for durability to a 50 million cycle life
• 45g actuation force
• 60g tactile force
• 2mm actuation distance
• 4mm total travel distance
• Less than 5ms bounce time (during actuation speed of 0.4 m/s)
• 1000 Hz (1ms) polling rate
• Anti-Ghosting and N-key rollover on all keys
• All programmable keys
• Optional palm rest (sold separately)

Increased control and accuracy
Smooth, responsive game play Anti-ghosting and N-key rollover on all keys, and 5 programmable macro key functions let you learn your keyboard like an instrument, conquering every match with pro-level reaction time.

Bring a competitive edge to every game:
Mechanical-brown switches are designed with all gamers in mind—from novice to expert. They deliver solid tactile feedback with low actuation force and low click noise.

Built for responsiveness, designed for comfort
Game for hours in comfort with durable mechanical switches that boast 50 million keystroke life cycles. Plus, your keyboard comes with adjustable audio controls, three adjustable feet angles and an optional palm rest that attaches magnetically.

Setting up your gaming keyboard

1. Connect your keyboard to the USB port on your computer.
2. Download and install the Alienware Command Center.

NOTE : You can use your gaming keyboard as a desktop keyboard without installing the Alienware Command Center.

Alienware Command Center

Alienware Command Center provides a single interface to customize and enhance the gaming experience.

Note : For more information, see Alienware Command Center Online Help.

Installing AWCC through Windows Update

1. Connect your Alienware peripheral to your computer through the USB port. The AWCC application is downloaded and installed automatically. AWCC installation may take up to 10 minutes to complete.
2. Navigate to the program folder to ensure that the AWCC installation is complete.
3. Launch AWCC and perform the following steps to download the additional software components:
4. In the Settings window, click Windows Update, and then click Check for updates to check the Alienware driver update progress.
5. If the driver update is not responding in your computer, install AWCC from the Dell Support website.

Installing AWCC from the Dell Support website

1. Download the latest version of the following applications at www.dell.com/support/drivers.
2. Alienware Command Center
3. Alienware Gaming Peripheral driver
4. Navigate to the folder where you saved the setup files.
5. Double-click the setup file and follow the on-screen instructions to install the application

Using your gaming keyboard

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Statutory Information

Warranty

Limited warranty and return polices
Dell-branded products carry a 1-year limited hardware warranty. If purchased together with a Dell system, it will follow the system warranty

For U.S. customers:
This purchase and your use of this product are subject to Dell’s end user agreement, which you can find at Dell.com/terms. This document contains a binding arbitration clause.

For European, Middle Eastern, and African customers:
Dell-branded products that are sold and used are subject to applicable national consumer legal rights, the terms of any retailer sale agreement that you have entered into (which will apply between you and the retailer) and Dell’s end user contract terms.Dell may also provide an additional hardware warranty—full details of the Dell end user contract and warranty terms can be found by going to Dell.com, selecting your country from the list at the bottom of the “home” page and then clicking the “terms and conditions” link for the end user terms or the “support” link for the warranty terms.

For non-U.S. customers:
Dell-branded products that are sold and used are subject to applicable national consumer legal rights, the terms of any retailer sale agreement that you have entered into (which will apply between you and the retailer) and Dell’s warranty terms. Dell may also provide an additional hardware warranty full details of Dell’s warranty terms can be found by going to Dell.com, selecting your country from the list at the bottom of the “home” page and then clicking the “terms and conditions” link or the “support” link for the warranty terms.

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