Ipad2 and bluetooth keyboard wrong characters typed

After the pairing and testing, when I typeded some stuff, but it is not the right keystrokes, EX: shift + 8 should be "*" but shift + 8 is "(". So some of the shift with a keystroke is changed now and dont know how to change it back.

I thought I was tripping but was definitely sure. If I did Shift + = you should get a '+' but nope it was nothing.
As for the keyboard (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC184). Also my setting is all correct for the USA standard qwerty setup.

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