Can the backlight be easily disabled? What is the current draw with the backlight disabled?
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With the backlight on my volt meter measured 9 mili amps with a Fluke 87 meter so it draws almost nothing even with the backlight on.
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I gave the unit as a gift, but I believe was backlit, I did try it out before I gave it away. The person I gave it too loves it by the way.
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I realize this answer is very late, but in case anyone else has this problem - there's a button to turn the backlight on and off, it is off by default. If it doesn't have that button I would suggest returning it directly to Amazon and ordering a new one.
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YES, it is! You wouldn't know it from reading the product specs sheet, but it definitely is. In fact, the keyboard backlight is on by default (when you get the computer). If you want to turn it off to save battery power simply hit the Function key (Fn) plus the F9 key.
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As the other guy said, yes - you can *modify* the brightness range. Whether you can actually lower it from the default range may depend.
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Back light is toggled on/off with a button on the keyboard. As far as I know, there is no way to time it. You can customize the colors and switch them with the profile and macro keys.
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Yes! It has a backlight button that allows you to change the lighting or turn it completely off.
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Yes, the keyboard back light can be disabled (fn + sun). It also has a sleep mode which saves battery life.
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There is a back lighting option that you can enable or disable with a keyboard shortcut. When it's enabled, the lighting is quite bright and effective -- I found it to work really well for using the laptop in the dark.
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Yes, you can turn it off. There are three different settings, keep pushing the button to make it brighter and to turn it off.
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According to the User Manual, the only adjustment is to turn off backlighting.
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Dear Customer, you can press FN+PAUSEBREAK to switch backlight color but we are afraid it could not be all purple as our listing showed. sorry.
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You can turn off the LED in the logo near the bottom, but the ones near the scroll wheel are always on, it's a listing of the current DPS setting.
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No, the display is not backlit. It seemed to me that I read someplace that there was the possibility of back lighting, but it must have been wishful thinking.
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First off, I've only had the unit for a few days... The only setting I've tweaked is the back-light in 'Standard Picture' mode. I reduced it from the default of 60 down to 50, and it seemed to remove any distracting blooming or flash-lighting effects, of which it is only very slight in the first place, and really only noticeable if your room is dark, and the screen is black.
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Go to Setting menu, scroll down to the Miscellaneous Setting, scroll down to Display Backlit. Default setting is pretty bright. I
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There isn't a way to turn it off. It's only on when it's dark and it's not overly bright. Just enough to be able to see where it is to touch.