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Cynosa v2 backlighting

  • 15 September 2022
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Hi,

I got me a Razer Cynosa v2 keyboard. The backlighting behind the keys is blinding me. I was hoping I could turn the backlighting between the keys off, so that only the keys (letters, symbols, etc.) would light up, like on my Logitech keyboards, but I can't find such a setting neither in Synaspe nor Chroma Studio. Is it even possible to change that ? I'd like the keys to be lighted but not to have any lighting bleeding between the keys.

I've tried reducing the light intensity overall, but the light seeping between the keys is always stronger that the lighting on the keys themselves, so I am even more blinded at lower intensity. :)

https://i.postimg.cc/sgbk6M71/20220915-073812.png


From top to bottom, Razer Cynosa, Logitech G815, Logitech G213.

I'd like the Cynosa to look closer to the G213 at the bottom but with per key coloring (the G213 only has 5 color zones). But with all the color bleeding from below the keys, I can barely see individual key colors. For instance here I've tried having yellow keys but with red ZQSD keys, but with all the yellow backlighting I am getting some orange-ish splatches around ZQSD. WIth a barely visible purple on the "?" key on the bottom row.
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FiszPL
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You can only lower brightness ... or modify your keyboard a bit - but you have to put some black mat under the keys, so it'll not reflect the light.
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FiszPL
You can only lower brightness ... or modify your keyboard a bit - but you have to put some black mat under the keys, so it'll not reflect the light.

Thanks. I suppose such a black mat isn't sold anywhere?
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Actually a mat wouldn't help. The bleeding between the keys is not happening so much because of the plate below the keys, but because of the vertical white/transparent "wells" where the key caps are plugged in. The light comes from the LED at the bottom then spreads on all sides, mixing up with the lights spreading from the neighboring keys. It may look nice if what you're after moving color effects, but if like me one wants to just colorize the keycaps on an individual basis, this type of keys is useless.

The whole white bottom plate has to either be replaced by a black matte one, or one should very carefully paint it all with paint, taking care not to paint over the LEDs themselves. Too much work for me, back to Amazon you go.
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