Using NEW alluminum keyboard on an iMac G5 w/iSight

I just bought the new IMac (aluminum) keyboard to use with my iMac G5 (iSight). I feels nice. Except I didn't know the F keys are set differently. So as of now I can NOT control the sound, brightness, eject cd, mute... via my keyboard. Well, unless i go back top the old original noisy keyboard.
Has anyone tried this? I want to keep the new keyboard and use it with my older iMac G5.... are there any settings I should set ?

Take a look at the discussions on the MacFixIt forums, they deral with your problem in detail:
http://www.macfixit.com/index.php
Let us know what worked for you please,

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