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User Guide

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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

Switch To The Right System

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Please make sure the system toggle on the top center has been switched to the same system as your computer’s operating system.
The VIA Key Rernapping 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.
V/A
The Layers

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

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

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

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Multimedia Key and Function Key.

Keychron Q8 Mechanical Keyboard - Fig 8In order to get Multimedia Key, you need to press only and Keychron Q8 Mechanical Keyboard - fIG 1.In order to get Function Key, you need to press fn2 and Keychron Q8 Mechanical Keyboard - fIG Key. Key.

The Backlight 

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Adjust The Backlight Brightness

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Adjust The Backlight Speed 

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Warranty

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

Factory Reset

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

  1. Try factory reset by pressing fnl +J +Z (for 4 seconds).
  2. Download the right firmware for your keyboard from our website. Remove the power cable from the keyboard.
  3. Remove the space bar keycap to find the reset button on the PCB.
  4. Hold the reset key while plugging in the power cable and then release the reset key. The keyboard now will 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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Documents / Resources

Keychron Q8 Mechanical Keyboard [pdf] User Guide
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References

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