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Using Your VAIO Computer
Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key
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Fn + % (F2): speaker switch* | Turns on and off the | ||
Fn + 2 (F3/F4): speaker volume* | Adjusts the | ||
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| To increase volume, press Fn+F4 and then M or ,, or keep pressing Fn+F4. | |
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| To decrease volume, press Fn+F3 and then m or <, or keep pressing Fn+F3. | |
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Fn + 8 (F5/F6): brightness control | Adjusts the brightness of the LCD. | ||
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| To increase lightness intensity, press Fn+F6 and then M or ,, or keep pressing Fn+F6. | |
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| To decrease lightness intensity, press Fn+F5 and then m or <, or keep pressing Fn+F5. | |
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Fn + | /T (F7): switch to the external display | Toggles between the LCD, external device (e.g. monitor) and both LCD and external device. | |
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Fn + | (F10): zoom* | Changes the screen resolution to magnify/restore the screen view. | |
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| The magnified view is not as clear as the standard view, as it is implemented by applying a lower resolution | |
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| to the LCD screen with a higher resolution. | |
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| This key combination is disabled during video playback. Make sure to quit such software before pressing the | |
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| This key combination may not work with graphic images as it magnifies the screen view by changing the | |
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| resolution. | |
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| The location and size of software windows may change when the screen view is magnified or the standard | |
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| view is restored because pressing this key combination changes the resolution. | |
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| When the LCD screen view is magnified, switching the view to the external display disables the function and | |
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| restores the standard view. | |
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Fn + | (F12): Hibernate | Provides for the lowest level of power consumption. When you execute this command, the states | |
of the system and the peripheral devices are written to the hard disk and the system power is | |||
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| turned off. To return the system to its original state, use the power switch to turn on the power. | |
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| For details on power management, see the section Using the Power Saving Modes (page 133). | |
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*On selected models only.
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Some functions are not available until Windows is launched.