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| Brand: Accuratus
Category: CE
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £59.03
You Save: £0.96 (2%)
New (5) from £52.99
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 15117
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery Type: Alkaline
Battery: 4 x AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 15.2 x 7.2 x 1.9
MPN: KYB-TOUGHBALL
Model: KYB-TOUGHBALL
EAN: 5060055462562
ASIN: B000IZU51G
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 11
 Best keyboard yet November 23, 2007
P. Stanton (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fifty pound plus is a lot for a keyboard, but what a keyboard. Describing the Toughball as a keyboard doesn't do it justice though. It's the closest device to a true media centre controller there is on the market. Build quality is superb. Yes the trackball could be a little less jumpy, but once you get used to it, navigating through Windows is no problem at all. The keyboard responsiveness is easily on par with the best that Microsoft can offer and far better than anything Logitech offers. The shape of the keyboard itself fits neatly in to your hands making the use of the Tackball and the mouse buttons a pleasure.
Probably the best peripheral I have bought for a Media Center PC, and worth every penny and more. For the first time it's possible to fully utilise a Media Center OS from a distance.
Nil Accuratus erratum July 8, 2007
Al West (Richmond, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I agree with most of the comments here... the Accuratus is a neat keyboard with a nice feel. The absence of capslock & numlock LEDs is the main gripe. A rechargeable version would be an improvement.
The NUMLOCK problem referred to by some reviewers is not a defect of the keyboard. This is determined by a BIOS setting - "power on numlock state" - by defualt this is usually set to ON. Not a problem for most keyboards with a separate numeric keypad but with compact keyboard like the Accuratus where the num keys are overlaid on the J,K,L (etc) keys this is annoying to say the very least and infuriating if, like me, you spend a long time trying to puzzle out why your login password is being rejected!!
To resolve, set NUMLOCK state to OFF in your BIOS. Press DEL (or the appropriate key) during startup to bring up the BIOS manager.
Sweet piece of kit March 23, 2007
Metro Man (UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lovin this keyboard
But the first thing you need to know- like the other guy said the NUM lock is set on when you boot up every time, this basically means that because some of the keys are shared with numbers you end up typing numbers when u want letters, so all you need to remember is to hit that NUM lock at startup otherwise you will have trouble entering your password !
With that aside I think this is a great keyboard for surfing the web from a distance through a large TV. The trackball is actually much much better than i thought it would be, bearing in mind to turn the mouse sensitivity down to get it just right. Once you have got used to it, it becomes second nature.
It has a very nice feel to it overall, does not feel tacky. Had no troubles with connection or range.
If you wanted to use this as an everyday keyboard for work this may not be suitable for you as its quite compact and may be difficult to use over long periods of time.
I am using this with windows XP and all the buttons work exactly as they should:
On the left you have the Internet hotkeys: forward and back, open Explorer, open email, and my computer.
On the right you have the media keys: track forward and back, stop, play/pause, mute, and master volume up/down.
Another guy said in his review that the click wheel is easily pressed- not true in my case quite the opposite so it may have been a fault he was experiencing, although he was right about the clunkiness of the keys, they are sturdy but dont let this put you off.
As i said prob not ideal as an everyday work keyboard- think home entertainment and emails.
The ONLY cons i have found would be that the CAPS or NUM lock have no lights to indicate when they are on, so sometimes if a password is coming back incorrect you need to use your brain to work it out but you get used to this!
The only reason for this I can think is to save battery life which I cant comment on as I havn't used it long enough yet.
I would recommend this product if use you pc for multi-media from your bed or the sofa !
Buy one !
Does exactly what I needed. February 20, 2007
Mr. Paul Brain (Dublin, Ireland)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Solid, Sturdy, well constructed, well designed wireless keyboard with excellent distance. I havn't tried it past 10m yet , but its perfect. I did purchase a Logitec ex110 and managed to get approx 12 inches away from the base station .. Useless.. The Ceratech uses 2.4GHz instead of the logitec 19MHz and the difference is stunning.
The keyboard is smaller than your usual keyboard , no numeric keypad etc , but the design implemented into this product is perfect for the ' surfing the Internet on your 40" LCDTV whilst sat on your backside on the sofa'
Should also point out that I'm using this with Ubuntu Linux ( edgy ) running on a Shuttle small form factor dual core x64 AMD RIg, whilst the PC was switched on, unplugged the PS2 keyboard mouse , plugged in the USB Dongle, pressed the setup buttton and 1 second later my new portable keyboard / trackball was up and running.
It's a dapper bit of kit, very professional looking and solves the technical issue of running a PC wirelessly from the sofa !!
Buy one..
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