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Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3200 Laser | 
| Brand: Logitech
List Price: $114.81
Buy New: $48.49
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Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 378
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Keyboard: Command your Windows Vista? PC with laser precision. Access all your multimedia and internet communications instantly, and join the Windows Vista? party with DocFlip and dynamic search that finds anything, anywhere, anytime.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 20.3 x 9.5 x 3
nv:Device Type: Mouse and Keyboard Combo
Connection Type: Cordless
Tracking Method: Laser
Buttons: 7
Scrolling Capability: Yes
Vertical Scroll: Yes
Horizontal Scroll: Yes
Keyboard Type: Multimedia
Connection Type: Wireless
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: 967688-0403
Model: 967688-0403
UPC: 100000008300
EAN: 0097855039606
ASIN: B000HCRVSK
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Connectivity - Wireless | | • | Keyboard Key Count - N/A | | • | Mouse Button Count - N/A | | • | Keyboard Hot Key Count - N/A |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Leading-edge performance, comfort, and style. Take advantage of all your PC's great media and communication capabilities in first-class comfort and style. Working with Windows Vista, the Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser makes it easy to access advanced features such as Dynamic Search and DocFlip. Enjoy ultra-precise navigation with the high-resolution laser mouse, and easy Internet call management with convenient one-touch controls. - Enjoy premium comfort. Integrated soft-touch palm rest provides extra support and can help reduce fatigue.
- Benefit from a superior typing experience. The straight keyboard layout, featuring Zero-Degree Tilt, offers an extremely comfortable and natural typing experience. Full-travel keys maximize comfort, respond instantly, and are extremely quiet.
- Get down to the pixel. Logitech high performance laser mice track better on more surfaces. The sculpted design of the mouse fits comfortably in your hand.
Features  | |  | |  | Dynamic search and zoom
Find files faster. Use the touch-sensitive slider to explore Windows Vista folders and images quickly and precisely. | | Programmable hot-keys
Convenient hot-keys instantly open applications, games, folders, or web pages. To customize, simply hold down the desired hot-key with a long press. | | High-performance laser mouse
State-of-the-art laser technology delivers exceptional precision and control. Gently contoured sides and soft rubber grips offer enhanced support and comfort. | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | Ready for Windows Vista
The "Start" key lets you get the most out of Windows Vista. | | One-touch Internet calling controls
Access your favorite Internet calling application and start or end a call with a single touch. | | Integrated soft-touch palm rest
Provides premium comfort for extra support and can help reduce fatigue. | - AgION antimicrobial technology
Both the keyboard and mouse incorporate the AgION antimicrobial compound, providing protection to prevent the growth of a broad range of bacteria, mold and mildew. - Reliable, hassle-free wireless technology
With Logitech SecureConnect? technology, your keyboard and mouse have been pre-connected to the receiver to ensure hassle-free set-up and secure keyboard encryption right out of the box. The Plug-n-Play USB mini receiver provides added convenience for notebook computers. - Extended battery life
Sophisticated power management technologies mean that batteries can last up to 15 months for the keyboard and up to 6 months for the mouse. The convenient LED battery indicators flash when batteries need changing. The mouse features an On/Off switch to extend battery life even further. - Mouse with Tilt Wheel plus DocFlip
Scroll horizontally or vertically. Click the wheel to move effortlessly between documents in 3D with Windows Vista. It has never been easier to cut and past between applications, compare documents, or check email. - Informative built-in LCD
Time, date, battery status and other great information is at your fingertips. - One-touch search
For quick and easy searching. System Requirements - PC with Windows XP, or Windows Vista
- 1 available USB port
- CD-ROM drive
Package Contents - Logitech MX 3200 Cordless Keyboard
- Logitech MX 600 Laser Cordless Mouse
- SecureConnect USB mini-receiver
- 6 AA alkaline batteries
- CD with software, comfort guidelines, and help center
- Installation guide
- Full product support
- 5-year limited harware warranty
Product Description
Take advantage of all your PC's great media and communication capabilities in first-class comfort and style. Working with Windows Vista, the Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser makes it easy to access advanced features such as Dynamic Search and DocFlip. Enjoy ultra-precise navigation with the high-resolution laser mouse, and easy Internet call management with convenient one-touch controls.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 117 more reviews...
 For God's Sake Logitech! Stop cutting corners! March 4, 2007
JNG (California)
29 out of 59 found this review helpful
The installation guide of this MX3200 is a joke, and there is really no user guide. The help file that comes with the software is not written specific for this product. It probably covers every keyboard and mouse that Logitech has ever made. You have to spend ridiculous amount of time to sift through pages and pages of nonsense to figure which of the contents apply to your gear. I ended up wasting time on trial and errors to figure out how to operate this keyboard and mouse. It is absurd. Logitech shows absolutely no respect for its customer's time. Whatever it takes to save a few bucks I guess.
I am returning this MX3200. Until Logitech wakes up and realize documentation is as an important part of a product, I won't be buying anything from them.
Great keyboard. December 12, 2006
D. He (Cambridge, MA USA)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
------------------- Review edited: May 30, 2006 ----------------------
EDIT: Downrating from 4 to 2 stars.
Reason: Durability and longevity.
Rough timeline:
P = Purchased product
P + 1 month = One key stuck, went away
P + 3 months = A few keys starting to stick
P + 5 months = One button is completely stuck
P + 6 months = Keyboard died completely. No amount of battery changes, receptor/keyboard refreshes, driver reinstallation, etc would bring it back to life. I'm starting to become disenchanted by wireless products. I've already replaced the wireless mouse with a wired one, and I'm debating doing so with the keyboard. I might give Microsoft keyboards a chance.
--------------------- Original review below -------------------------
My girlfriend gave this keyboard to me as a gift set with the HP f2105 monitor (which I have also reviewed). I ended up attaching my laptop to a dock and closing it, and generally use this logitech keyboard and mouse with the monitor.
The mouse is excellent - it is nearly the same as the MX600 laser mouse I used previously, except that it does not have the e-mail and instant messaging buttons that were on the MX600. It has also has a darker tone. The keyboard is great, though it doesn't have as nice of a "spring-back" as some other keyboards. Even so, I think it works excellently. The extra features are, once again, nice to have, though the dynamic search and zoom on the left side is very easy to activate. It is somewhat annoying to have my text zoom to 400% when I merely brush my sleeve across my keyboard. To solve this, I ended up uninstalling SetPoint. Less drivers, less headache. Nyways, who needs all those buttons? They are nice to have and use, but I believe that most people will end up forgetting about them after the first few days of excitement. The glossy black trim along the top, bottom, and left side are very attractive, and while they are fingerprint magnets, I never touch those areas much, so they stay pretty. (My sleeve also helps polish the glossly black finish on the dynamic search and zoom, so I never need to worry about that side).
All in all, a great keyboard, even though I just noticed that the volume down image is slightly off-printed on my keyboard. No biggie. Thanks Amazon Reviews, for helping me find all the previously unnoticed imperfections in my products.
Highly recommended.
Very pleased despite a few issues February 9, 2007
Isaac Mann (Thousand Oaks, CA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is by far the most advanced keyboard I have ever had. I am usually against things like this with all the fancy buttons and extras but I like the way this is set up and find them to be useful here. It is rather complicated to get it all set up but, as I said, I'm not used to keyboards with all the bells and whistles that this one has. The keyboard itself is very nice. I find it very comfortable and very quiet. It is unlike any keyboard I've had with how quiet it is and if you are used to a keyboard that came with your computer then you'll find it amazing.
I do have a couple of issues that I don't like though. First, the LED display is almost worthless. It is almost impossible to see at the angle you will be viewing it at. Unless you are viewing it straight on, which you will never be doing as you type, then it is awful. You would think that everyone would know how to produce a good LED by now.
The second issue, and most significant one for me, is I still haven't found an f-lock key and must press the FN button in unison with the F key to get the advanced features I programmed into it. I haven't owned this for more than a day and I may be looking in the wrong place but it isn't easy to find if there is an f-lock. I almost never use the F keys on a keyboard so this is bothersome.
Quality Cordless Desktop from Logitech! March 13, 2007
M. R. Simmons (Old South)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have been searching for some time for my perfect wireless keyboard and mouse combo. I have tried a couple, and still, I did not find what I was looking for in a good long term set. The Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser is an excellent choice in terms of features, usability, and quality. It does have some quibbles, but overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase.
The size of the keyboard is great. It has some nice features, and it is not too big because of them. It lays pretty flat, which is nice. I am used to always having to use the legs on the keyboard to get a good typing angle, but this is the first keyboard that I do not have to prop it up in order to type accurately. The keys are wonderfully muted. They give good tactile feedback without being too noisy. My old Logitech S510 was great in terms of features, but it was VERY noisy. The lettering on the keys are not as bold as usual, and the labels for the shortcuts are hard to see.
The LCD screen on the keyboard would have been a nice feature, but it is near impossible to see from most angles. It would have been a nice feature if it was backlit, but alas, it is pretty useless. It does have some value if you need to use it as an alarm, or if you want to count how many characters that you have typed (which most people don't care about). But if not, they they could have really done without it.
Employing the features that you use with the enhanced F keys are tricky. It took me forever to figure out how to set the clock because the "FN" key is not a "F Lock" key. In other words, you have to use it like a "shift" key to use the special features. This is counter-intuitive to many users who are used to having an F Lock feature. Worse, there is NO help documentation that gives you any clue as to how to use the advanced features. You have to figure this out all on your own. That is pretty poor for a company like Logitech. It would have cost them nothing to produce a users manual for this.
There are drains in the bottom of the keyboard, so that if you spill anything on it, it will drain away quickly. Some of my favorite buttons that I had to program into my old Logitech S510 are available built into this keyboard, like calculator, My Documents, and even a calendar. The enlargement of the delete key can be off-putting to some users, but the insert key has NOT been removed, but shifted to the spot above the end key. There is now a close button key, so you can close your favorite programs without even using the mouse. There are 3 search buttons: one for web searches, one for a PC search, and one for a picture search. If you highlight text in your browser and then hit the web search, it will search for that text online. The zoom slider is really cool. I like the touch sensitivity of it. It probably won't be a feature that appeals to everyone, but it is fine for me. This keyboard really was made for Windows Vista, and many of the features on it work best there. That seems not too wise to me, because the majority of users are going to be on Windows XP. The "Doc Flip" button is for Vista, to employ Flip 3D. In XP, it just mimics the "Alt + Tab" function in windows to switch between programs. No benefits to XP users.
It includes some nice features of VoIP. It has a button that pulls up your favorite VoIP program, and a button to dial and end calls. I LOVE the fact that this keyboard has been treated with an anti-microbial to prevent the spread of germs. That alone makes it excellent to me. It comes already connected and encrypted, so that other nearby wireless computers can't detect your keystrokes.
The laser mouse that comes with this keyboard is okay, but it is not fabulous. It is really light, almost to the point of feeling cheap. The battery door is somewhat loose and shaky. For the money that you pay for the set, they could have given a better mouse. It has several programmable buttons on it. It has "forward" and "back" buttons, and they are nice except for the fact that they don't work in every program. It also has "zoom" and "search" buttons on it. The sides of the mouse are rubberized, and it has a contour to fit you hand more comfortably, even though it may not be best for some users. It is a nice mouse, but I am not sure it is hardy mouse for gaming or intense usage.
The Set Point software installed without a problem, although it took awhile to finish. And for some strange reason, even though the batteries are brand new, the status indicator keeps telling me that they are in good condition, but not completely full. I think this has something to do with the last Logitech set that I was using carrying over the settings. There is one good thing about the batteries for this set; the combo uses the same size for both the mouse and the keyboard. Also, the mouse can run on one battery. They keyboard keeps your LCD settings as long as you change them one at a time. I really like this set. I highly recommend it, if you can afford to spend the amount of money on it. It has some issues to be aware of, but overall, it is great!!!
 Full of Functionality, Feels Good on Your Fingers March 14, 2007
Simeon Hein (www.OpeningMinds.info, Boulder, CO, USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I purchased the MX3200 keyboard/mouse combo as a replacement for my older Logitech Keyboard Duo, about 8 years old, and the MX3200 seems light years ahead of that model. The keys are much smoother and softer on your fingers. There a many specialized keys on this keyboard and I find that if you take the time to learn them, they can save a lot of extra mouse work on your part. I especially like the little "X" key on the left hand side of the keyboard, next to the search and "document flip" keys, which acts to close the top window that is open on your desktop. The document flip key, as it is called, let's you instantly switch which of your software applications are on top and it's useful.
No doubt, it takes a little time to get used to the enlarged delete key above the cursor keys. But the overall keyboard layout is sensible and natural. The programmable function keys are about half the size of previous keyboards but they are functional. The little volume and play/stop keys at the top are really small but I've gotten used to them. Now about the built-in clock: I've read a lot of complaints that it isn't backlit. I think a backlit clock would use more battery life. Personally, I like it the way it is: it is visible from a standard typing position but not too apparent. It blends in with the black color of the keyboard. Who wants to look at a clock all the time anyway? Sure it could have some more functionality, but then you would staring at the keyboard all the time which isn't where your eyes are pointed when you type.
The dynamic search and zoom slider on the left is a new feature and potentially useful but takes some getting used to. The VoIP button on the lower right is a nice feature that I use often. You can answer or hang-up your internet phone right from the keyboard. The wrist-rest has a soft, rubberized feel and is apparently made with anti-bacterial silver crystals as is the rest of the keyboard and the mouse surface.
There are no caps/num lock lights on the keyboard itself, but this information shows up on-screen using the included Logitech Setpoint software, which is easy to install and set up.
The mouse is considerably better in terms of tracking/motion, than previous mice I've used. It's smooth and feels good in my hand. It has an on/off switch to save battery life and a battery life indicator on the top of the mouse that stays lit for only a few seconds when you turn it on. (Again, a battery-saving feature.) I like the forward/back buttons on the side of the mouse, but the zoom buttons on the top are a bit small and too close to the web search button next to them for my taste. The glowing red tracking light is gone replaced by an invisible beam. I liked the red glow of older mice but this invisible beam probably saves battery life too. The scroll wheel has side-scrolling capability which is handy when looking at wide web pages.
Another neat new feature, is that the mouse and keyboard automatically connect to the USB base unit, which looks like an oversized flash-memory stick and has no lights on it. You don't have to connect and reconnect the keyboard/mouse every time you disconnect the base unit from your computer. This is a big improvement. The keyboard/mice have no problem connecting to the base unit four feet away from my computer.
Overall, this keyboard/mouse combo will take some time for you to learn to use all of its features and functionality, but both units work very well, feel good to the touch, and basically make computing more fun and efficient.
(Dr. Simeon Hein is the author of PLANETARY INTELLIGENCE and OPENING MINDS.)
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