Can Startup Manager be Chosen with Bluetooth Keyboard on Cold Boot?

The subject line pretty well sums it up. Can the user hold down the option key while booting a shutdown Mac and get the Startup Manager screen to come up when using Apple's wireless keyboard on a current model iMac? Does the wireless keyboard make "contact" with the iMac soon enough in the boot process to allow this choice to be made?
Thanks,
Steve M.

Hey Steve,
I am using the "old" white wireless keyboard with my macbook pro and os x sl and I can access the boot options (alt, c, t...) right after a cold start (for bootcamp, i.e.). Your imac should have build-in bluetooth, so I guess it should work. I only heard of problems when using third party products or the old bluetooth adapter from apple.
The only thing that bugs me is after start up when the login sceen comes up, the connection seems to be lost... so I have to wait like 30 seconds for my keyborad to react (again?). I haven't found a solution for this so far.
Good luck,
Fabian

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