I can see it doesn't have dedicated media keys, but does this keyboard have shortcuts for them? also how even is the LED backlight?
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Dear Angelpunk18, yes it has the shortcut Fn+F6 and you can Press Fn+Esc to adjust the brightness. Thank you.
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Yes and no. The unit has a backlight mode. The problem is enabling it requires a two key push button sequence. From that point forward pushing any key briefly illuminates the screen. The unit then defaults back to the unlit mode after some inactive period. I have trouble remembering the key sequence and so can not reliably activate the backlight. Altogether I'd say the key controls throughout this unit are very non intuitive.
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Mine is. Pushing F5 toggles the backlight on or off. I bought the refurbished model here on Amazon. I believe the standard model does not have backlit keyboard.
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No it does not have a back lit key board. Just purchased a week ago. But its a fast laptop. And i wasnt planning on working in the dark.
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mm, have owned this laptop for a couple of weeks now, and no, i haven't noticed a backlit keyboard. Unless it's an option which needs to be activated, because i haven't really sat down to study all details to the smallest. But all nites that i worked on it, it wasn't backlit. hope that helps.
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This model does not have back-lit keys. The only LEDs on the keyboard are caps, scroll, and num lock keys.
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It does have a backlit keyboard. Hold the FN key (next to the space bar) and the space bar and it will come on. You can turn it off the same way.
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no, it is not backlit....I actually use it with a monitor and wireless keyboard. Performance has been good....knock on wood!
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YesIt has a backlight keyboard that can be put on or off by pressing the F5 key
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Good evening Mick;I was not concerned about a media key on the keyboard and pretty much knew that when I bought it. My keyboars did not have any paper work with it or instructions. The keyboard serves my needs just fine with my big fingers and the touch is very good. I also noted that none of the keys are assignable in other words there are no spares to assign a medial function to. I am sorry but that is what I have found out about it but still like it
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There is no windows key. This keyboard is not for gaming, is for regular office work. If you are looking for a backlight keyboard for gaming go to Logitech.
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No, there are no backlit keys here. There isn't even a caps lock or num lock light.
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No the keyboard is not backlit. I only know of Dells being backlight. This one is not a touch screen and does not have keys that you can see in the dark. I heard that it is made in Thailand, but I do not know if that is true. I have had it for 6 months, and have already had a few problems with it... the text on one side sometimes disappears, but his only happened while in facebook, and the mouse is hypersensitive all the time, and sometimes you can be typing an email or filling in an online application, and the screen just drops right in the middle of your typing for no apparent reason several times so you have to go looking for it to see where it went before you can finish and send the email. The email screen usually pops up when the screen drops, and I can't close it out. That frequent cloudlike disappearance can be very frustrating at time.
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true story- the keyboard works great practically/mechanically.. but the feature set (that adds value and subsequently justifies the price) is not functional. LEDs don't matter, you're right- but when they go out after a month of normal use, i begin to question the value-added price i paid for the features - that's all.
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The keyboard has 3 brightness levels, as well as off. You can also change the lighting zone to go from the entire keyboard, to just the WASD keys, arrows keys, and 1-6.
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Mostly. The keyboard works flawlessly. You won't run into any problems with use of the board. But in my experience, if you want the LED to light up for caps lock, you'll have to flip the board into BIOS mode with the switch on the back of the board. This activates a slightly annoying blinking light to let you know it's in BIOS mode. It's not too bright, so you could easily get used to it, but it's worth noting.
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Hey, David. It's mainly the green LED back-lit keys. I recommend the expert edition though. As all it's keys are programmable, it does have the green LED back-lit keys, and it's just a lot more fun to look at. :)