New macmini - keyboard fails to pair

I just unpacked a new macmini.
My old mouse will pair with it (I use a trackpad on the i7 now)
but the new wireless keyboard will not pair with the macmini.
I tried powering off the i7 and removing batteries from the othey keyboard and trackpad
but that didn't help.
Now what do I do?

Have you tried resetting the PRAM? If not, take a look at this tech note:http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Another thing to try if the above doesn't work is a SMC reset.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US

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Happy to start with the new mac i really got dissapointed by the fact that it`s impossible to pair the wireless keyboard unless you first connect a USB keyboard to the mac mini and start the configuration.
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