is the keyboard supposed to work immediately after being connected?

[bilal]

i recently bought a surface pro 3 but refused to buy the keyboard from the retail store because i found much cheaper ones on ebay. my keyboard arrived today but it doesnt seem to work unless im doing something wrong. i connect it and hear the surface pro recognizing it, but none of the buttons work. however the backlight lights up fine. am i suppose to change some settings to make it work?

thanks

 

[ctitanic]

Welcome aboard!
You are not supposed to change anything.

 

[wynand32]

Nope, it should just work. What shows up in Device Manager, under Keyboards? Should have "Surface Type Cover Filter Device" listed, I believe.

 

[TunaSurface]

I click mine in, and in about two seconds it starts working.

 

[kristalsoldier]

I click mine in, and in about two seconds it starts working.

Yup...I click in mine and by the time I rest the SP3 back on the desk/ table etc., its ready to go. The attachment is meant to work seamlessly.

 

[GreyFox7]

When I got my first surface I had a few problems with the keyboard but I think there was an issue with the connector being slightly warped, after leaving it connected overnight I didn't have any more problems.

I just put my new SP3 Type Cover on my old Surface 2 and it took a few seconds after the first connect but after that... connect/disconnect/reconnect it works right away.

Sounds defective, return it.

 

[Liam2349]

It should work after about 2 seconds.

 

[bilal]

thank you all for your quick responses. It started working after doing the updates. Thanks again.