Solved Microsoft Wedge Bluetooth Keyboard won't connect

[stanc2877]

I have a Gigabyte S1080 running Win 8 and when I tried to connect the Microsoft Wedge Bluetooth Keyboard it will Discover the device but when I attempt to connect it just fails.

I had purchased a Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard a couple months back and that one did the same thing

Can anyone suggest something that might help?

 

[Ray8]

I have an S1080, but I use a USB keyboard that's part of the case (not that that's of any use to your question). That said, I ran a number of Bluetooth devices without any issue, but not a keyboard. Have you gone into the devices menu and done a device discovery and installation procedure? Or type in Bluetooth and select the add device procedure.

 

[stanc2877]

My system will Discover the Wedge keyboard but when I select Connect it always fails. Nothing comes up asking for a code to enter that you see when Bluetooth looks to do a secure Bluetooth connect.

 

[Ray8]

I've removed Windows 8 from my tablet, so I can't look at what I did. I'll try and see if I can work out what I did.

 

[Ray8]

OK, I just went through the process of adding a Nokia LD-3W Bluetooth GPS receiver to my desktop. There is no longer a 'My Bluetooth' icon in the Control Panel, so you can't add a device that way. Also, when you type 'Bluetooth' in the apps page, all you get is the Bluetooth transfer wizard, hardly useful if you haven't yet installed a device.

The solution I found was to go into the desktop, where you can see the Bluetooth icon on the right in the taskbar. If you can't see the icon, go to Control Panel/Notification Area Icons and enable Bluetooth. Once this is done, right click the Bluetooth icon and select 'add a Bluetooth Device'. This will take you to the Windows 8 PC settings, where it'll automatically scan for devices and then you can select the device and the screen will ask for the pin code.

Hope this works for you.

 

[stanc2877]

That was the trick as they say >>>> !!

I had been going to My Bluetooth but as soon as I used the Icon I was able to add the device because as you say it went to the Windows 8 PC settings and then when I went to the keyboard I was finally able to see a passkey and I was good to go.

Thank you very much !!