Aspire Digital 2010, 2020 manual Hot Key Function Description

Your computer provides the following hot keys:

Hot Key	Function	Description
Fn+F1	Hot key help	This key will cause a help message to appear on the
		display device that describes the definition and
		functionality of the unit hot keys. It is preferred to have the
		key activate a graphical display.
Fn+F2	Access System Properties	This key will launch My Computer > System Properties
Fn+F3	Power management scheme	Switches the power management scheme used by the
	toggle	computer (function available if supported by operating
		system).
Fn+F4	Sleep	In ACPI mode, the OS provides two buttons for sleep
		function. One is the Power On button and the other is the
		Sleep Button. °Fn+F4” is assigned as the Sleep
		button in ACPI mode. User can set the action of the Sleep
		Button on the Power Management property.
Fn+F5	Display toggle	The Hotkey, Display Toggle, is to change the display type
		at run-time. Possible display types are LCD, CRT and
		Both. It can not detect the CRT, even when the CRT is not
		connected. Press Hotkey can force to switch to CRT. This
		Hotkey cannot switch the display to TV at DOS.
Fn+F6	Screen blank	This key will cause the LCD back light to be turned off.
		This provides both a quick security feature and some
		power savings. The LCD back light can also be turned off
		via an APM timer. The LCD back light will be turned on
		again when any of the following events occur:
		Any key pressed
		Pointing device movement
		USB Device does not need to support.
Fn+F7	Touchpad toggle	This key will cause the internal touchpad pointing device
		to be disabled. This is to prevent accidental system wake-
		ups from standby. Pressing this key a second time will re-
		enable the touch pad pointing device. BIOS check Internal
		AuxDev ifnot exist then BIOS empty return.
Fn+F8	Speaker toggle	This key will cause the audio output to the speakers to
		muted or disabled. Pressing this key a second time will re-
		enable the audio output to the speakers.
Fn+w	Volume up	Increases the speaker volume.
Fn+y	Volume down	Decreases the speaker volume.
Fn+x	Brightness up	Increases the screen brightness.
Fn+z	Brightness down	Decreases the screen brightness.

NOTE: When activating hotkeys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.

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