Wireless Keyboard Mapping Question

I have one of the previous generation white (not aluminum) AWKs that I use with my MacBook Pro when I have it hooked up to an external display, and I was wondering if there was a way to map the some of the function keys (i.e. F7, F8, F9) to invoke the Play/Pause and Skip commands that they are mapped to on the Pro's keyboard. Mapping them in the PrefPane seems to make them work, but only application specifically when iTunes is open. Is there a way to do this such that the invoke the command across any app/in Finder like the ones on the laptop keyboard do?

That's "BacK" in Hungarian, correct?
That keyboard shortcut is already written, meaning it is already part of the standard suite of shortcuts.
If you mean how to enter it on the keyboard...
The ⌘ character represents the Command key, the one immediately next to the Spacebar at both ends. Press and hold that key down while entering the [ key once. The [ character on the Hungarian keyboard layout is Option-8 so the full keyboard shortcut for "Back" would be Command-Option-8
The paired shortcut, Forward, using the Hungarian keyboard layout would be Command-Option-9

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Hi ...
I bought MacMini and Wireless Keyboard.
when I type, the character that shows are not same like it`s printed
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~!”#$%&’()0=~
`1234567890-^
QWERTYUIOP`{}
qwertyuiop@[]
ASDFGHJKL+*
Asdfghjkl;:
ZXCVBNM<>?
zxcvbnm,./
If you have a Mac Keyboard, what ever it is, it will show different character as I type above, mostly on the special character.
Can someone help me on this?
Thank you and regads,
Faizal A.-

Hi Tom,
Thanks for identifying the issue.
I am trying to follow that article, here is the result:
/System/Library/CoreServices/KeyboardSetupAssistant.app/Contents/MacOS/KeyboardS etupAssistant ; exit;
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logout
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I've bought a new iMac several weeks ago, and I can't find out how to write the following shortcut:
Thanks in advance!

That's "BacK" in Hungarian, correct?
That keyboard shortcut is already written, meaning it is already part of the standard suite of shortcuts.
If you mean how to enter it on the keyboard...
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The paired shortcut, Forward, using the Hungarian keyboard layout would be Command-Option-9

Mapping problem with Wireless Keyboard and Japanese iPhone

Hi everyone:
This seems to be a slightly obscure question -- at least, I can't find a ready answer for it with the search terms I've tried, possibly because most people don't use this particular accessory with the iPhone.
I have an iPhone 4 that I bought from and use on Softbank, the carrier in Japan, where I live. While visiting the United States recently, I bought an Apple Wireless Keyboard from an Apple retailer. I wanted to carry it with me for use with my iPhone, so I would reliably have a convenient way to access the Internet without being confined to the touchscreen keyboard. (I live in a rural area where WiFi spots are uncommon, but my iPhone's access to Softbank's data network is fairly good and consistent.)
However, to my frustration, I can't use the keyboard due to a mapping problem. The Bluetooth connection is fine -- the iPhone can discover the keyboard. However, the mapping is off: typing "Q" gets me "A," typing "Z" gets me "W", numbers and punctuation are off, etc. The key point: This is NOT a problem with the International Keyboard settings (under the Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards menu). I have the Keyboard setting set to QWERTY, which is the layout of the Apple keyboard; I have tried all the other possibilities, just in case. None of them work. Setting the Keyboard setting to QWERTY does not make the external QWERTY keyboard map correctly.
The rather ironic addendum is this: While on a recent trip to Tokyo, I visited the Apple store in Shibuya and, after concluding the main business of my visit (discussing my MacBook's battery problems with an English-speaking staffer), I took out my iPhone and keyboard and asked him about my mapping problem. He started with the Keyboard menu, tried the same things I had tried, realized they weren't working, and puzzled over the problem for a while. Then he did this: He hit a key combination (I believe) that brought up a menu on the iPhone's screen. "Ah, there's your problem," he said, and selected a new setting. The problem was instantly fixed.
To my chagrin, however, I neglected to write down what "Ken" had done to fix the problem. Argh... I was looking at the iPhone upside-down; I'd already taken up more than half an hour; people were waiting, and I guess, being used to living in the countryside now, that I'm not used to Shibuya crowds any more. Anyway, I didn't take careful notes or ask him to walk me through it, and now I cannot recall or repeat what he did. And I still can't use my keyboard!
Any ideas or advice, anyone? How did "Ken" fix my problem, and how can I repeat it? Much, much appreciated, in advance.

THAT'S IT. Sir, you have solved my problem. Thank you!!
And I feel a little silly; this will doubtless seem to an expert as if it should have been obvious all along. But isn't that always the way in hindsight?
Here's what happened: The key combination I was trying to remember was "Apple/command + space on the hardware keyboard," as you just said above. The "menu" it brings up is, apparently, a list of keyboards. I take it that this list is the same as the list of the "virtual" keyboards on the iPhone? I have never had more than one external keyboard -- the Apple Wireless -- but I do have several keyboards active virtually, as the iPhone in Japan seems to come with both the "Nihongo Ten-key" and the "Nihongo Romaji" keyboards active, and I added several other languages as well.
When I hit "Apple/command + space," this list comes up on the iPhone's touchscreen. Highlighted and checked at the top is "English," just as if it had been selected all along. But nonetheless, when I first turn on and pair my keyboard with the iPhone, I need to perform this key-combination action, as if to "reselect" English, and then the keyboard promptly starts working properly as QWERTY. I can only assume that one of the others had been default-selected before -- presumably one of the Nihongo ones? -- and that this was causing the interference.
Thank you again! You have made me and my wireless keyboard very happy.

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