Magic Trackpad: cannot pair; instructions wrong; no "Setup Bluetooth Trackp

Brand new MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Core i7 running 10.6.3 as received from Apple.
Magic Trackpad instruction book pg 4 is wrong; there is no "Setup Bluetooth Trackpad" button in the Trackpad preferences pane.
Tried using the Keyboard pane; it just keeps spinning looking for a device -- but the power light on the Magic Trackpad does blink during this.
Need the MTrackpad on the left since the computer is on the right & I've ruined my right thumb joint with 20+ years of trackpad use.

I believe MT needed an update to work. Here is the update but note that you must be on 10.6.4 to apply it. If you just do a Software Update and move to 10.6.5, the support is built in.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1066
Regards,
Captfred

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