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nickynooch:
Ok probably a dumb question, but I'm sick of having to open my coin door every time I want to use my mouse and keyboard (currently mine are wired).  So my question is, if my computer is inside my arcade cabinet, will an RF keyboard with a trackball on it work outside the cabinet?  I really don't know anything about RF keyboards and if they work with a signal inside the arcade machine.

Any suggestions on brands, etc.?  Finally deciding to shell out the fifty bucks for one (or whatever it costs) assuming it will work.

I just don't want to waste fifty bucks to find out it doesn't work, so thanks for the heads up.

Thanks!

BobA:
I use a wireless keyboard and touchpad on one of my machines.   
Here is the REVIEW
I worried about it being inside as well but I think the area around the screen lets the signal out thru the bezel (lucite).
If it had needed a better signal I would have taken the dongle and mounted it outside the cab using a USB extender cable.

severdhed:
i have a pretty old logitech rf wireless keyboard that i use on one of my cabinets and it works fine from about 5 or 6 feet away from the cabinet.  mine sits on a shelf near by and i just walk over there when ineed to use it (which isn't very often now the cabinet is set up).  it was a keyboard/mouse combo using the same receiver, but i don't use the mouse since i have a trackball in the panel.

on my other cabinet, i have just a USB keyboard hooked up inside the cabinet, now that it is set up, i really don't need to use it very much.  i don't yet have a trackball in that cabinet, but i use a bluetooth wireless mouse on it when i need to.  i had a usb bluetooth adapter lying around and ran across the mouse cheap.  it works very well also.  this is a showcase cabinet, the pc and bluetooth dongle are in the section under the monitor, and i run the mouse on the control panel, which is about 3 feet or so away, works great.   

if you are having problems with one not working, you can do what BobA suggested and use an extension cable to relocate the receiver up near the bezel

nickynooch:
Thanks for the responses. Exactly the answers I was looking for. Ill make my purchase today!

drventure:
I use a positively ANCIENT IR wireless keyboard/mouse combo called an airpad.

It's a bit of a pain because, since it's IR, you have to be line of site with the receiver, but, it's relatively small so you can mount it anywhere.

The reason I haven't swapped out for a RF or bluetooth set is that the battery life is +phenomenal+

I put a pair of AA batteries in when I first set up my machine, that was about 2 years ago.

My dad is constantly having to recharge his BT keyboard. He hates it.

That's the only reason I'd be wary of bt keyboards. But, surely there's some out there with good battery life.

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