AZIO Cascade 98 Slim Keyboard Review

Setup

Getting the Cascade 98 Slim setup is pretty easy. If you plan to use it as a wired keyboard all you have to do is plug it into your PC using the included USB cable. You do not have to turn the keyboard “on” using the switch on the top-edge of the keyboard.

For the wireless modes you are going to want to make sure the keyboard is charged. For RF mode go ahead and hold the FN key + RF Key. You’ll see the indication LED on the side of the keyboard blink yellow. Now go ahead and plug the RF dongle into your PC, it will automatically be recognized. From there the indication LED will be solid yellow if you have a good connection.

For Bluetooth hold FN key + BT1 to select the first Bluetooth connection. The indication LED on the side of the keyboard will start flashing blue. Once you see this go into your Bluetooth settings on your device and you should see “Cascade98 5 1.0” listed under available devices. Select it and your device will now be paired with the keyboard. To connect the keyboard to other devices you can use the BT2 and BT3 buttons.

You can also check the battery level of the keyboard by pressing FN key + ESC. It will flash the level on the F1 – F10 keys with each key indicating 10% of charge. So if only F1- F7 light up the battery is 70% charged or full.

Lighting

The keyboard does feature RGB backlighting. Overall it looks pretty good, but since the keys are one low-profile, and two pretty close together the lighting isn’t going to be anything amazing.

Since there is no software for this keyboard you can use FN + Page Up to cycle through the different RGB effects, FN + Page Down or to cycle through the colors, FN + Arrow up or Arrow down to adjust brightness, and FN + Arrow Left or Arrow Right to cycle through the desired effects speed. There are a total of 17 different RGB effects, 8 different colors, and 4 different brightness levels, so there is definitely one in there you’ll enjoy.

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