Wireless keyboard for my macbook pro function keys dont work?

I bought a wireless keyboard for my macbook pro and the function keys such as play/pause will not work and yes i have turned the all keys thing off and went through the other keyboard things to try and resolve this problem
Any help appreciated here

I bought it for me my screen cracked on the pro and have it hooked up to another screen

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