14-02-2020, 11:19 AM
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Re: new computer keyboard
I was having problems with the Logiteck keyboard. No wonder, some idiot at that company installed the batteries the wrong way around. They need to teach their staff which is positive and which is negative. There is no markings in the battery compartment which I think is bad
14-02-2020, 11:40 AM
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Re: new computer keyboard
Originally Posted by realspeed
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I was having problems with the Logiteck keyboard. No wonder, some idiot at that company installed the batteries the wrong way around. They need to teach their staff which is positive and which is negative. There is no markings in the battery compartment which I think is bad
17-02-2020, 11:35 AM
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Re: new computer keyboard
I've had my new keyboard for a good few weeks now (bought to go with the Intel NUC). It's taken me this long to discover that it doesn't have a backslash key. Obviously not made entirely for the UK market. If you read around the Internet, others have bought such keyboards and it's something I'd look out for if I ever need to buy another keyboard.Not having that key is not an insurmountable problem. A backslash can be found in the Windows Character Map (copy and paste it). A key could always be re-mapped using a re-mapping program too.
However, perhaps the easiest way I read about that overcomes the problem is to press and hold the 'Alt' key to the right of the space bar and then press the hash (#) key. It does the job for this keyboard. \\\\\
18-02-2020, 07:24 PM
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Apart from the above probems, communication between keyboad mouse and copmputer was intermittant to say the least, drove me mad having to keep switching both off and back onThink I may have found the issue. I have a desktop tower computer with USB3 connection on the back and top. Putting the dongle in either position is not in direct line of sight with keyboard or mouse. Found a USB3 cable and plugged into the computer back and left pinned to the side. problem appears solved.
I used a double sided cable clamp and placed it on the computer side panel.
Why don't they say it has to be used line of sight?
18-02-2020, 09:30 PM
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It might depend on the make of keyboard and mouse but I don't think the dongle necessarily needs to be in direct sight of the keyboard/mouse.It's an RF device and it's more what obstacles are in the way of communication. If the dongle is plugged around the back of the computer, it's somewhat shielded by the metal casing of the computer.
The keyboard and mouse I bought gives 2 ranges for communication. One of 8 metres if the dongle is plugged in at the back of the computer and 7 metres if it is plugged in at the front.
As it turns out with mine, it communicates through a desk top. The computer sits underneath and off to the right a bit. It's less than a metre away. No problem with communication with the dongle plugged in at the rear.
On the other computer though, I've done more or less what you have and stapled a USB lead to the top of the desk and plugged the dongle into that.
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