Setup & Usage
The first thing you are going to want to do is get the K800 charged up. The K800 charges via a small USB cable. It is not your typical USB cable as the end the connects to the keyboard is proprietary. It best resembles the end of a Blackberry connector. Because it is proprietary make sure you don’t lose it. I also noticed that it is not that long at all, so don’t expect to be able to charge the keyboard having it sitting on your desk if your tower is on the ground. When you start the charge the keyboard the power level LED’s will light up. The K800 does not take that long to charge at all.
Once you have the K800 all charged up you just need to plug in the Unifying receiver and you are good to go. The unifying receiver is extremely small and is meant to stay inside your laptop or desktop computer. I really like this design and makes it very hard to lose the receiver. The unifying receiver also works with many of Logitech’s different products, check out a full list here. So you only need one receiver if you have say and keyboard and a mouse. This saves you a USB port, which can be very important when it comes to laptops and netbooks.
To give you an idea of how the K800 and to go over some features check out the video below.
When I first started using the K800 I did not like it at all. I don’t think anyone likes a new keyboard when they first start using it, there is an adjustment period. It took me about 2 days to really get used to the K800. After the adjustment period I was surprised how comfortable and easy to use the K800 was. My fingers slide easily from key to key and the actual key clicks are not that loud at all. After the adjustment period I was able to type just as fast as with the diNovo Edge. The addition of the full number pad was nice, it made it very easy to enter values into Excel. Besides the keyboard being very comfortable I really like the backlighting. It allows me to work late at night with the lights off, and if you work late at night like me you know how important it is to get into that “zone” and the illuminated keys really help with that.
Like most keyboards and mice from Logitech you can use the SetPoint software to change your hotkeys, F Keys, check your battery level, and change some other options. Also in the SetPoint software you are able to change how soon the illumination of the keyboard turns off and if you like you can disable it completely.
either you do an f-ton of typing or your batteries are crap! i get about 3 weeks – a month out of mine. Fortunately you can unscrew the battery cover and replace the stockers with something with much better life, as they are AA – i wonder how long a set of eneloop or something would last?
i have never bothered with the setpoint so far either – the FN key with F5/F6 will set the illuminate level, F8 for sleep mode, and F7 when i need to check the battery, altho the battery level usually comes on as i start typing and then goes away. there are others too of course; but ive never bothered with them.
the unifying reciever is awsesome, i have another logi mouse which has never had its receiver taken out and used as i simply bound the mouse to the keyboard receiver. spares are always handy 🙂
and lastly it is not a proprietary plug; it is simply a USB micro (not mini!) plug, i actually have a mini-micro adapter i plug into my camera cable ( or at least the cable i HAD for the camera, the thing is long gone :P) and that works ferfectly pine for charging the K800.
put it this way – of all people, my mum was impressed enough with mine she got one for herself too. i dont see myself giving mine up till the thing dies on me…. and then i’ll either have to get another one – or filch mums 😛
Been using mine for more than 3 years and its still running flawless. Batteries that came with it also are still working fine without much loss in capacity. I think it is not going to be easy for me to move to other keyboard once this has breathes its last breath. Keeping fingers crosses. I actually prefer K800 to a mech keyboard that I also have.
Could someone let me know if this keyboard has a light indicator for Caps key??
yes, it has a small led on top left corner of the Caps Lock button
https://youtu.be/zfnhRsL3Wa0?t=181 pay attention at the caps lock.