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- Display Panel
Using Keyboard to Adjust Brightness
Adjusting the brightness using the keyboard changes the system setting (i.e., the settings you make via the
function keys automatically changes the brightness settings in the system’s Tablet and Pen Settings).
•
Fn
+
(9
: Pressing repeatedly will lower the brightness of your display.
•
Fn
+
)0
: Pressing repeatedly will increase the brightness of the display.
Using Power Management to Adjust Brightness
To adjust brightness with the power management utility in Windows 7:
Click Start -> Control Panel. In View by:, select one of the icon views. Select Display, then click Adjust
brightness in the left pane. Drag the Screen brightness: bar to the left or right, depending upon your
preference.
Using the Fujitsu Menu to Adjust Brightness
To adjust brightness using the Fujitsu menu, click on the Fujitsu Menu icon in the system tray in the lower
right corner of the screen. (You can also open the Fujitsu menu by clicking the [Fn] button twice in
succession.) Double-click Windows Mobility Center, then double-click the icon adjacent to
Display
brightness
. Set the screen brightness sliders for
On battery
and
Plugged in
scenarios.
I
F
USING
AC
POWER
,
YOUR
BRIGHTNESS
SETTING
IS
SET
TO
ITS
HIGHEST
LEVEL
BY
DEFAULT
. I
F
USING
BATTERY
POWER
,
YOUR
BRIGHTNESS
SETTINGS
IS
SET
TO
APPROXIMATELY
MID
-
LEVEL
BY
DEFAULT
.
T
HE
HIGHER
THE
BRIGHTNESS
LEVEL
,
THE
MORE
POWER
THE
NOTEBOOK
WILL
CONSUME
AND
THE
FASTER
YOUR
BATTERIES
WILL
DISCHARGE
. F
OR
MAXIMUM
BATTERY
LIFE
,
MAKE
SURE
THAT
THE
BRIGHTNESS
IS
SET
AS
LOW
AS
POSSIBLE
.
