Keyspan Presentation Remote Pro

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $57.89

Features:

• RF Connectivity: The powerful 2.4 Ghz RF signal has a range of 100 feet and works through walls and furniture!
• Mouse Control: Provides cursor control, scrolling and two-button mouse capabilities.
• Laser Pointer: Highlight key points in your presentation with ease. Volume Control: Adjust sound volume with the push of a button.
• Hide Slide: Darkens the screen anytime that you want to have the audience focus on you. Receiver: RF receiver stores in the remote when not in use. Pop in and out with a simple push of your fi nger.
• On/Off Switch: Ensures that batteries are not accidentally run down when carrying the Presenter in a laptop bag.

Customer Reviews:

works as advertised [Posted on 2008-05-08]
It worked the first time in Vista, and the range was terrific. I like the integration of the controls and laser pointer. I like that I can fade the screen to black to bring the audience's focus on me and then brighted the screen again to bring the audience's focus on the presentation slides.

Nice Remote [Posted on 2008-05-28]
This was a great remote with my ibook, it worked straight out of the box and was simple to use.

Everything you need for presentation [Posted on 2008-06-28]
I present for a living and have used many different presentation remotes from the new gyro mouse to much more simple remotes. This is BY FAR the most reliable, has the best distance, and smartest design (the USB receiver storing inside the remote). Many like the rechargeable battery designs, but I prefer the replaceable battery. It allows you to always carry a spare battery with you. If you forget to charge a rechargeable remote or it somehow discharges, you're SOL. The fact that it has a mouse feature is also nice if you do presentations outside of PowerPoint. It really allows you to present using all your computer's programs, as long as you don't need to use the keyboard. The mouse is very sensitive at first, but with practice it is easily mastered. The black screen feature, presentation start/stop, and every feature you might want works as advertised. It's rare to find a product that does everything it says it will do, precisely and reliably. This is one that does. I highly recommend this remote for anyone doing presentation on a regular basis.

pastor [Posted on 2008-06-30]
Our room seats 100. So, we needed equipment that would cover more more than the 50' or less of most remote presenters. Because of where the equipment is located, we needed RF rather than IR. This presenter has been outstanding. I would recommend it highly.

Great Remote! Tip for Mac/Keynote Users [Posted on 2008-07-03]
This remote has been outstanding. Great range...super simple to use...great size.

Here is a tip for Keynote users on the Mac. The remote is set up with non-programmable buttons, so the F5 button (designed for PowerPoint) doesn't work for starting your Keynote presentations...but it can. The trick is to change the keyboard shortcut in Keynote for Play Slideshow from cmd-option-P to F5. On Mac OS X v10.4+ you can go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse and then the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Click on the + icon to add a new shortcut. Choose Keynote as the application*, 'Play Slideshow' as the Menu Title, and then when you get to the Keyboard Shortcut box, hit the F5 button on the remote and it should insert F5 in the box (making sure, of course, that the USB receiver is plugged in to your Mac). Click on Add and you're all set. The next time you launch Keynote the new mapping will be in effect and you can now use the F5 button on the remote to start your slideshow. Hold down the F5 button for about 7 seconds to send ESCAPE, thus exiting the running slidehow.

Fantastic!

*Keynote may not show up in the pop-up list of applications because it is inside the iWork 06 or iWork 08 folder inside the Applications folder. To find it, just scroll to the bottom of the pop-up list and choose Other... You can then navigate to /Applications/iWork 08/Keynote to select it.

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