Keychron Q65 Custom Mechanical Keyboard User Guide

June 12, 2024
Keychron

If you are a Windows user, please find the appropriate keycaps in the box, then follow the instructions below to find and replace the following keycaps.

Quick Start Guide

Keychron Q65 Custom Mechanical A0

1 Switch To The Right System

Please make sure the system toggle on the top left corner has been switched to the same system as your computer’s operating system.

Keychron Q65 Custom Mechanical A1

2 The VIA Key Remapping Software

Please visit caniusevia.com to download the latest VIA software to remap the keys. If the VIA software cannot recognize your keyboard, please reach out to our support to get the instruction.

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3 The Layers

There are five layers of key settings on the keyboard.
The layer 0 is for the Mac system.
The layer 1 is for the Windows system.
The layer 2 is for the Mac Multimedia keys.
The layer 3 is for the Windows Multimedia keys.
The layer 4 is for the Function keys.

  1. Mac
  2. Win
  3. Windows Multimedia
  4. Function
  5. Mac Multimedia

If your system toggle is switched to Mac, then the layer 0 will be activated.

If your system toggle is switched to Windows, then the layer 1 will be activated.

4 Multimedia Key and Function Key

Multimedia keys

Function keys

In order to get Multimedia Key, you need to press fnl and key.
In order to get Function Key, you need to press fn2 and key.

5 The Backlight

Press fnl + Q to change the lighting effect

Press fnl + tab to turn the backlight on/off

6 Adjust The Backlight Brightness

Press fnl + W to increase the backlight brightness

Press fnl + S to decrease the backlight brightness

7 Adjust The Backlight Speed

Press fnl + T to increase the light effect speed

Press fnl + G to decrease the light effect speed

8 Warranty

The keyboard is highly customizable and easy to be rebuilt. If anything goes wrong with any of the keyboard components of keyboard during the warranty period, we will only replace the defective parts of the keyboard, not the whole keyboard.

9 Watch The Building Tutorial On Our Website

If you are building the keyboard for the first time, we highly recommend you watch the building tutorial video on our website first, then start building the keyboard yourself.

10 Factory Reset

Troubleshooting? Don’t know what’s going on with the keyboard?

  1. Plug in the power cable and factory reset the keyboard by pressing fnl + J + Z (for 4 seconds).
  2. Download the right firmware and QM K Toolbox from our website.
  3. Unplug the power cable and remove the space bar keycap to find the reset button on the PCB.
  4. Hold the reset key first, then plug in the power cable. Release the reset key, and the keyboard will now enter DFU mode.
  5. Flash the firmware with the QMK Toolbox.
  6. Factory reset the keyboard again by pressing fnl + J + Z (for 4 seconds).
  • Step by step guide can be found on our website.

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