Is the red light on the keybard supposed be on all the time? mine just stays on for 5 secs then cuts off (i changed the battery )
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Mine stays on as long as the keyboard is being used. After sitting idle for a few minutes it will turn off like it's in a sleep mode. Once you tap a key, it comes back on.
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I like that it goes off. It is in my bedroom. I have a security keypad that won't go off and the light is annoying.
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Is the on switch on?Test it yourself by saying"BARK" while pointing it away from your face. If that doesn't work maybe battery is no good. Good luck.
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I have switched this off from the start as I am always trying to extend the life of things. It is very unfortunate this battery does not last longer. I don't believe it was situation with the battery life/on/off was listed anywhere when these were first available and it should have been. I bought mine as a lightening deal and hopefully the battery lasts for awhile. I may buy one now so I do have a spare when mine does go. I kept my old keyboard just in case and hopefully won't need it.
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Hi Ron, The first thing I would do is make sure the keyboard is fully charged. If the red light is on then you need to recharge the keyboard. If the light is blue (charged) I would make sure the bluetooth feature is enabled. You would do that by checking your settings. Once those two things are working properly you should be able to use it again if it worked before. Good luck with that!
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Keyboard battery is charging when red light is on. When it goes off it is charged. If it goes off after just a few minutes it probably wasn't discharged very much to begin with.
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Are you leaving the keyboard on/off switch on all the time? This will cause your battery to drain faster than if you turned the switch off when not using the keyboard. You are not really giving me enough information to give you a better answer. I haven't had this problem, but I always turn the on/off switch to the off position when I'm not using the keyboard.
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The red light stays on the entire time it's charging. It turns off when it's done. I had an issue where it wasn't charging and the red light would go on and off, but that ended up being my usb port.
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To my knowledge there is no way to make it come on when you open the door. More frustrating, in order to turn on the light you have to "unlock" the keypad before it'll work. This entails holding down the + and - buttons for three seconds first, then you can turn the light on and off. It's a nice little cooler, but i've essentially written off the light feature given what a pain it is.
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Mine has been charging for over six hours with no change in the solid red light. Is that normal??
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Not sure what is wrong with your unit but I have the same one and all I do is hold the middle button for 4-5 seconds and light turns off completely.
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The keyboard light should go off after about 30 seconds of inactivity. Once you touch the keys the light should come back on.
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Larry, was the unit charged up? There is a port on the keyboard's side near the on/off switch (switch should be in the on position) and the blue light should be on so keyboard can communicate with notepad....good luck..if no blue light, keyboard must be off or not charged...Kev.
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When I installed mine, the light came on as soon as i connected the wires from the keypad to the ones coming out of the wall, i don't think there is any way to manually turn it on. I would check to make sure that your wire connections are good, if they are, you may have gotten a bad keypad Check the instructions for a 1 800 phone number for the keypad company. Maybe they can help
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I've had mine for just a month, and the red charging light turns off after about 2 minutes. But that doesn't seem to matter much because the keyboard has never stopped working. So maybe the red light isn't supposed to stay all the time while it's charging???
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Nobody responded in the last week so I'll provide an update myself (Boomer). I purchased the cheapest lighted keyboard I could find (not the Saitek) to test it with my KVM switch. Bottom line: everything works great. I thought if the light caused the switch not to operate properly, I could just turn the light off when activating the switch. In fact, that wasn't necessary (at least for the keyboard I purchased).
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The light is suppose to turn on automatically when your computer is on and the keyboard is connected . If light doesn't turn on then that means the keyboard is probably defective, hope this helps