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Will Apple Wireless Keyboard work with Belkin USB Bluetooth Adapter?
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May 24, 2005, 07:57 AM
 
Hi,

I'm toying around with the idea of getting an Apple Wireless Keyboard.

I have a Belkin USB BlueTooth Adapter plugged in tot he back of my Cinema Display – will this be sufficient to work with the Wireless Keyboard? On the Apple Store page it only mentions internal or D-Link Bluetooth, but perhaps other adapters work.

Is anyone running an Apple Wireless Keyboard using the Belkin Bluetooth Adapter?

ALSO...

On ebay I can get a new dutch / swiss / italian Wireless Keyboard for £20. Now, if I were to buy say the Dutch or Swiss version and then swapped the keys over from my UK wired keyboard to the foreign keyboard, would the new keyboard work the same as an offical wireless UK keyboard?

Thank you in advance,

Matthew
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May 24, 2005, 09:06 AM
 
Works with any Bluetooth adapter. No problems whatsoever with my D-Link adapter.
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Jul 15, 2006, 05:32 PM
 
Originally Posted by Matthew Attoe
Hi,

I'm toying around with the idea of getting an Apple Wireless Keyboard.

I have a Belkin USB BlueTooth Adapter plugged in tot he back of my Cinema Display – will this be sufficient to work with the Wireless Keyboard? On the Apple Store page it only mentions internal or D-Link Bluetooth, but perhaps other adapters work.

Is anyone running an Apple Wireless Keyboard using the Belkin Bluetooth Adapter?

ALSO...

On ebay I can get a new dutch / swiss / italian Wireless Keyboard for £20. Now, if I were to buy say the Dutch or Swiss version and then swapped the keys over from my UK wired keyboard to the foreign keyboard, would the new keyboard work the same as an offical wireless UK keyboard?

Thank you in advance,

Matthew
I've just bought the Belkin F8T012 and find that it does NOT work with the Apple Bluetooth keyboard. Although the keyboard appears, when it asks you to enter the pass key, nothing happens. I also have a D-link DBT-120, and when I plug that in I'm able to easily pair with the Bluetooth keyboard. The reason I bought the Belkin adaptor was to upgrade to Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, but unfortunately it isn't working properly. I have downloaded the Feb 2006 driver from the Belkin site but it didn't help.
     
   
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