Turn off Bluetooth on all devices except that which you want to pair with. :-) -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At a time On Feb 14, 2013, at 2:55 PM, Doug Leavens <df.leavens@xxxxxxx> wrote: Battery's okay, and installed correctly! On 2013-02-13, at 7:48 PM, John Heim <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sounds like a battery problem to me. The batteries go in "head first" -- > meaning the top or the end with the bump has to go in first. This is a bit > counter-intuitive to someone who is experienced with battery powered devices > because there is a spring at the bottom of the hole the batteries go into. > Usually the flat end of the battery contacts the spring but not in this case. > > When you turn the keyboard on, a green LED indicator about 1.5 inches (3cm) > from the power button lights up. I know this only from googling for info on > how to turn the keyboard on and off. But if theLED does not come on, you have > some kind of battery problem. You may need sighted assistance to check that. > You should make sure you have good batteries in the keyboard, that they are > in there correctly, and that the keyboard is on. > > On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Doug Leavens wrote: > >> Got no response from the blind phone list, so maybe we'll try it here, as it >> affects both my iphone and macbook pro. >> I have an Apple bluetooth keyboard that I can't seem to connect to either >> above-mentioned devices. >> In trying to set it up, when I get the message to key the password that >> appears on the device, nothing happens, and, of course, I get the cannot >> pair message. >> I don't know the model of the keyboard, but it's the one with the button at >> the end of the battery compartment which runs the length of the top of the >> keyboard. >> The board has the laptop layout. >> Please help. >> Thanks.************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx