# No USB keyboard, can I use a bluetooth keyboard?

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-usb-keyboard-can-i-use-a-bluetooth-keyboard/16283>\
**Category:** Picade\
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-usb-keyboard-can-i-use-a-bluetooth-keyboard/16283 "2021-02-16T13:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmcgrath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5e925/32.png) [@pmcgrath](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pmcgrath)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-usb-keyboard-can-i-use-a-bluetooth-keyboard/16283/1 "2021-02-16T13:04:58Z")

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Hi, have dusted off my PiCade after a couple of years and updated to a clean install of the latest retropie.  
Looking to perform the initial setup again, but I no longer have a USB keyboard so can’t connect to wi-fi, set key mappings etc. Can I use a separate bluetooth keyboard right away in place of the USB equivalent to do this, if I put the BT receiver into one of the spare USB slots on the Pi?

Cheers,  
Paul

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**Author:** ![Caperjack1953](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/caperjack1953/32/7923_2.png) [@Caperjack1953](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Caperjack1953)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-usb-keyboard-can-i-use-a-bluetooth-keyboard/16283/2 "2021-02-16T16:56:06Z")

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not sure if you can ,but i don’t think it would hurt anything to plug it in and try .it may pick it up ,may not, don’t think it will though

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**Author:** ![pmcgrath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5e925/32.png) [@pmcgrath](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pmcgrath)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-usb-keyboard-can-i-use-a-bluetooth-keyboard/16283/3 "2021-02-16T22:17:14Z")

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Thanks, I’ll give it a go and see.