Table 7. Fn key combinations (continued)

Special key

Description

Display brightness up

The computer display becomes brighter.

(F8)

The purpose of this method is to change the brightness level temporarily. To change the

 

 

 

 

 

 

default brightness level, change the settings of the Power Option in the Control Panel or

 

 

 

use the Power Manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless radio control

Enable or disable the built-in wireless networking features. If you press this key, a list of

(F9)

wireless features is displayed. You can quickly change the power state of each feature

 

 

 

in the list.

 

 

 

Notes: To use this function, following device drivers must be installed on the computer

 

 

 

beforehand:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Management driver

 

 

 

OnScreen Display Utility

 

 

 

Wireless device drivers

 

 

Previous track/scene

For Multimedia control.

(F10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play/pause (F11)

Next track/scene (F12)

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Lenovo EDGE 13, E31, E30 manual Special key Description

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