Using The Omnibook Display; To Adjust The Display Brightness And Contrast; To Extend The Life Of The Display - HP OmniBook 2100 Reference Manual

Using the OmniBook Display

This section describes how to
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Adjust the display brightness and contrast.
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Extend the life of the display.

To adjust the display brightness and contrast

Brightness affects battery time To maximize your battery operating time, set the
brightness to the lowest comfortable setting.
Brightness
• Press Fn+F1 to decrease the brightness.
• Press Fn+F2 to increase the brightness.
Contrast (for DSTN displays only)
• Press Fn+F3 to decrease the contrast.
• Press Fn+F4 to increase the contrast.

To extend the life of the display

Observe the following guidelines to maximize the life of the backlight in the
OmniBook display.
• Set the brightness to the lowest comfortable setting (Fn+F1).
• When working at your desk, connect an external monitor and turn off the
internal display (Fn+F5).
• Avoid using a screen saver or other software that prevents the OmniBook from
changing to Suspend or Standby mode after a time-out period.
• Do not disable Suspend or Standby time-outs.
• If you are using ac power and have no external monitor attached, change to
suspend or standby when not in use.
Operating the OmniBook
Using the OmniBook Display
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