Bluetooth Keyboard malfunction

Some of the keys in the bluetooth keyboard are not function normally. The "delete" is used to be function as a backspace key. Now this key can only delete the character in front of the cursor and not function as backspace key anymore. Also the arrow key that move the cursor left and right, up and down is not working. The function go back to normal if I restart the computer or I reconnect it . However, it become malfunction again after a few minutes. I have change the battery but it is still the same.
Please help

Problem solved!
I had problems losing the use of my Apple Bluetooth keyboard in combination with the D-Link DBT-120 dongle.
I fixed it by going to System Preferences > Bluetooth > Advanced > and changed the default Bluetooth-PDA-Sync popup menu from "Modem" to the "RS-232" port.
This fixed the loss of my Apple Bluetooth keyboard during reboots and it also fixed all of the Bluetooth error messages I was getting in the Console > System Log... as well as all of the Bluetooth error messages I was getting during SUM (i.e. Single User Mode... Command-S during startup).
HTH
Ron

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