Don't suppose you've got it right next to a DECT phone? Or a wifi access point? That buggers them
Heh, normal. Try looking at the Macs and asking questions...
Only wireless mouse I have that has worked 100 reliably is my MS Arc Mouse that I use with my laptop. Fantastic for a portable mouse (although I wish it was bluetooth)
He means the default setting in the BIOS is to halt on keyboard errors. I've not seen one less than a decade old that didn't boot after you changed it to ignore keyboard errors.
It would be odd if there wasn't someway of pairing the dongle and the keyboard. If you can't then you can only use one within wireless range or they have done it as part of manufacture which adds expense. If there isn't a button it may well be a key combination, I don't suppose the manual is around?
I use Uniprint which allows the RPC to access the PC printer via my LAN. Means you can use any printer - rather than one which is RISC OS compatible. But I dunno if Uniprint would work with an A5000.
In news: snipped-for-privacy@f30g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, harry typed on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:49:51 -0800 (PST):
You have other RF stuff like WiFi, cordless phones, even call phones, etc. can interfere with each other.
Yup, if there was any doubts before, that should lay them to rest. As the connect button changes to another channel. Your mileage might vary, but I have found them WiFi channel 8 works the best for me. As it seems like this channel doesn't interfere with other wireless equipment.
Also years ago they used to have IR wireless keyboards and mice. I haven't seen them around anymore (but they might still make them). And since they use inferred (IR) light instead of radio waves, all of these problems disappear. They work like your TV remote. And work up to 30 feet or more. Although they have to see one another to work. Not always directly, as it can work bouncing off of a wall, mirror, or something too. These IR keyboards and mouse were very popular with those computers that used your TV as a computer screen. Although since TVs generally make terrible computer monitors, they never caught on much.
In news:ifi2gr$ph2$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org, Ben Myers typed on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:47:07 -0500:
I dunno Ben? As some wireless are really exceptional really. This Micro Innovations KB985W has really been great. Although there was one design flaw in the beginning that was just terrible. And that was the keyboard used two AA batteries and if the voltage dropped below 3.0 volts, some keys stopped to work. And it doesn't take long for fresh alkaline batteries to drop below 1.5 volts. Plus I use rechargeable NiMH anyway and they never reach 1.5v anyway when fully charged.
So I disassembled the keyboard to get to the battery connections. I opened it up the wrong way and springs and silicon caps all over the floor. That was lots of fun, not! But I was very impressed how it was made. As all of the key contacts was sealed in a layer of plastic. As I am sure you could spill liquid on this keyboard and it wouldn't hurt a thing. And Micro Innovations never mentioned this is a spill proof keyboard.
Anyway I installed a new battery holder to hold three batteries instead of two. Now the keyboard works till each battery drops down to 1.0v per cell. For rechargeable, this takes 6 to 8 months and for alkaline it works for over a year. The mouse also uses two batteries, but luckily that works fine with just two.
I found others on the Internet having the same problems with their Micro Innovations keyboards and I posted this fix. And surprisingly after my posting, later versions of this keyboard actually uses three batteries and not two. So if anybody is looking for this keyboard / mouse combo, get the three battery keyboard model and not the two (unless you want to modify it).
And besides the mouse will go to sleep in 10 minutes or so if you don't use it (wakes up with a mouse click), it works exactly like a wired mouse and keyboard in all other respects. Even getting into the BIOS setup and everything. And it works with every OS as well. And it uses standard wired keyboard and mouse drivers.
And I don't believe Micro Innovations is the only one that makes wireless keyboards and mice that actually work. But there are some out there that does work like they are supposed to. From this thread alone, it sounds like Microsoft also makes one that actually works.
It all depends on whether one is a belt-and-suspenders person. Some day, a wireless keyboard will either die, the batteries will run out (and no replacements available) or malfunction (as happened to the OP with a laptop) with a desktop. Then what? You have a wireless keyboard that apparently always has worked. Some day, it may not.
Same principle applies to other wifi technology. My laptop with wifi goes everywhere with a short Cat 5 cable in the bag... Ben
When you take all the caps off a keyboard (so you can stick 'em in a pillowcase and then in the washing machine) take a photo first and leave it on the desktop so you can get at it with just the mouse.
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