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tremblane
5
Oct 12, 2018
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The "manual" (if you want to call it that) is a single sheet of paper, with 4 pages printed on it in booklet form. It's shrunk down so far and photocopied so much, it's lost clarity so the keyboard shortcuts diagrams are unreadable. Everything about it says cheap and unprofessional. And there are typos. I'm trying to imagine somebody holding the printout, examining it thoughtfully, and saying "Yes, yes this is quality work. This is what I want to include with the finely crafted keyboard".
Already the Esc and keypad enter keys have gotten stuck in the down position, and the Esc switch will pop off the PCB every 10 presses or so. I've come very close to losing the spring several times.
Mine also has some of the scuffing on the corners like others have posted pictures of. Not nearly as bad, but still visible.
And the best part, I can't even use it, as the USB connector wasn't even soldered on. The pressure of the back plate was holding it down enough to make contacts. When I took off the back plate to see what was going on with the switch that was popping out, the USB connector just fell off. It looks like an attempt was made to apply solder, but clearly not enough to do anything.
So:
- Poor quality control - Unusable due to switches popping off - Unusable due to the USB connector not being properly soldered - Cheap and unreadable "documentation"
XMIT
881
XMIT
Oct 19, 2018
tremblaneI tried to write a good manual for the XMIT branded versions of these boards that I sold. It's a little out of date but it's here: http://www.xmitkeyboards.com/hall-effect-keyboard/manual/ . Sorry to hear that the OEM is sending out a crummy copy of that.
tremblane
5
Oct 19, 2018
XMITAwesome, thanks!
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