Help - Alu Wirelss Keybaord and Macbook F keys not working

Hi all
I have recently purchased a new aluminium wireless keyboard - It's connected and working, trouble is though the new F key functions are not working.
e.g. when I press volume up (F12) on the wireless keyboard the dashboard opens!
Also the dashboard (F4) expose (F3) and brightness (F1 & F2) butons don't work on the wireless keyboard.
On top of that the standard volume and brightness etc F buttons on my Macbooks own keyboard don't work at all now!
Help!!!

Did you ever get any help on this issue?
I have a wireless keyboard that doesn't work on my Macbook. Ironically, the only keys that do work are the top row. Screen, Dashboard buttons etc.
I've connected it and paired it successfully, but the keys just don't seem to work. After a while, my mighty mouse (wireless) start acting funny, or the track pad button on the laptop itself stops working. Shutting of the keyboard at this point doesn't help and I need to reboot the computer.
I've taken it to Fortune Tower in Bangkok where they have a apple support center and he couldn't get it to work on his 17" mac book pro either. He wanted me to leave it, but I took it back to the international departure terminal of the Bangkok international airport, (had to wait for another flight to China to do this) and returned it to the store where I bought it. But they wanted to see the problem and I showed them that it didn't work. they brought out a new one and I wanted to verify that IT worked but same problems. I suggested that they connect it to another computer? Which they did, an Imac and it worked fine. Then they connected it to a Mac Book Pro and it worked fine there as well. Could this be a firmware update issue?
Anyone else having problems like this?
thanks,

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