Using Your VAIO Computer
Using the Keyboard
Your keyboard is very similar to a desktop computer keyboard, but has additional keys that perform
Combinations and Functions with the Fn Key
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Some functions are not available before Windows is launched.
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Fn + 8 (F5/F6): brightness control | Adjusts the LCD brightness of your computer screen. | |
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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): display output | Toggles among your computer screen, an external display, and simultaneous output to both. |
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Fn + | (F10): zoom | Changes the screen resolution to magnify/restore your computer's 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 to the computer screen with a higher resolution.
This key combination is disabled during video playback. Make sure to quit such software before pressing the key combination.
This key combination may not work with graphic images as it magnifies the screen view by changing the resolution.
The location and size of software windows may change when the screen view is magnified or the standard view is restored because pressing this key combination changes the resolution.
When your computer's screen view is magnified, switching the view to the external display disables the function and restores the standard view.