Keyboards - Bluetooth

[parawizard]

I and my friend both have logitech bluetooth wireless keyboards; MX5000 and Dinovo Edge. Frequently the keyboard(s) will stop responding and will get stuck on a key for up to 20 seconds! Is it a defective bluetooth unit? I'm getting tired of erasing 50 "w"s (or whatever letter it gets stuck on) in text input areas. Gonna have to reach for my $14 dollar Microsoft keyboard soon. Just cant stand it. My friend has been battling it for a long time on his MX5000 set! He uses a wired Logitech mouse with his mx5000 keyboard while I use a Logitech G7 wireless mouse.

[parawizard]

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[Equilibria]

I have the same problem with the dinovo edge. 5 times a day the connection is lost ranging from 20 seconds to 2 minutes. I hope to find a solution to this very very annoying problem.

I read that removing setpoint might help.

In the beginning when I bought the device I did not have the problem, but after a year it is happening more and more.

I threw away a trust keyboard for the same reason.

[angelleye]

Same problem here with my MX5000 keyboard. Keys get stuck (turning off the keyboard makes it stop quicker) and it disconnects itself multiple times a day. VERY frustrating.

[parawizard]

When theres a wireless device in the room the keyboard is not very usable at all but even when I power off the wireless it will still get the above problem once in awhile. Its awfully annoying.

[funkmasterta]

I bought a Dinovo Edge for my sister and her husband for xmas for their htpc.  It also frequently loses it connection for no apparent reason.  It's also really random.  Quite frustrating, they've gone back to their wired keyboard and mouse.

I have a Dinovo Media Desktop and it also loses it connection every once in a while.  It's really annoying because I have to find a wired keyboard and mouse to reconnect the devices.  It happens a few times a month.  I haven't tried Microsoft bluetooth devices yet.  Is bluetooth still not proven or is this just a Logitech problem?

[parawizard]

Hey do not cross paths with wireless G devices both units use 2.4ghz frequency. If you play the keyboard signal or either the transmitter or reciever near a wireless radio or in the path of the wireless router -> wireless device you will get these problems for sure.

[funkmasterta]

What do you mean by "cross paths"?  Aren't RF signals omni-directional, meaning they eminate circularly from a source point?

[parawizard]

Yeah I have no idea I was up all night. keep away from RF. I find that if its placed between a wireless radio and the wireless router its crap

[funkmasterta]

haha, cool