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VAIO Notebook Computer User Guide

Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key

Combinations/

Feature

Fn+ (ESC)

System Suspend

Fn+ (F2) Display power source status

Fn+ (F3)

Mute On/Off

Fn+ (F4)

Speaker volume

Fn+ (F5) Brightness control

Fn+ (F6)

Contrast control

Fn+ LCD / (F7) Switch to the external monitor/LCD

Function

Puts the system into System Suspend mode, a power management state. To return the system to the active state, press any key or press the power switch on your computer.

Displays the power source status, as in the example below:

Using AC

Charging a

power

battery pack

Toggles the built-in speaker off and on.

Adjusts the built-in speaker volume.

To increase volume, press Fn+F4, then or .

To decrease volume, press Fn+F4, then

or .

Adjusts the brightness of the LCD.

To increase light intensity, press Fn+F5 and thenor .

To decrease light intensity, press Fn+F5 and then or

.

Contrast control display.*

Adjusts the contrast. To increase the contrast, press

Fn+F6, then or .

or .

To decrease contrast, press Fn+F6, then

Toggles through the LCD, external display (connected to the Monitor connector) and both LCD and external display.

Only LCD

 

LCD and external display

 

Only external display

Fn+F8

 

Not available on this model.

Fn+

(F12)

Provides for the lowest level of power consumption.

 

System Hibernation

When you execute this command, the state of the

system and state of the peripheral devices are written

 

 

to the hard disk and the system power is turned off. To

 

return the system to the originals state, use the power

 

switch to turn on power.

 

 

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