On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:36:32PM -0400, Larry Battraw wrote: > On 10/12/06, Willie McKemie <mckemie+maemo at spamcop.net> wrote: > >I bought a "Microsoft Bluetooth" keyboard to attempt to use on the 770. > >This thing apparently is normally used with a USB bluetooth receiver > >attached to the host. Has anyone used one of these, either > >successfully or unsuccessfully, on a 770? Thanks for the response! > > First off, you'll need to pair it with the 770. My MS keyboard has > a small, recessed button that initiates pairing. It won't be visible Is that the key in the upper right, labeled "Sleep"? That one gives me no satisfaction. > for pairing without pressing the button and then scanning for the > keyboard fairly quickly afterwards. Once you can scan it you should > be able to pair and so forth. You may run into issues with the > keyboard going to sleep and not automatically re-connecting, so good > luck! On the 770, I select the BT icon, then "Settings", then "Select keyboard from list", then it "searching for devices" forever. How does one tell when the keyboard batteries are exhausted? I have found no "power on" switch or indicator. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime 207 days 21 hours 22 minutes
