User's Guide

Using the Display
Adjusting Brightness
Switching the Video Image
Setting Display Resolution
Adjusting Brightness
When the Dell™ computer is running on battery power, you can conserve power by setting the brightness to
the lowest comfortable setting using the appropriate keyboard shortcuts for the
display.
The Dell QuickSet Brightness Meter shows the current brightness setting for the display. Right-click the
icon in the taskbar to enable or disable the Brightness Meter on the screen.
You can enable or disable the Brightness Meter from the QuickSet taskbar menu. When the meter is
enabled, press the following keys to adjust brightness:
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Press <Fn> up-arrow key to increase brightness on the integrated display only (not on an external
monitor).
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Press <Fn> down-arrow key to decrease brightness on the integrated display only (not on an external
monitor).
For more information about QuickSet, right-click the icon in the taskbar and click Help.
Switching the Video Image
1 Brightness Meter
NOTE: By default, the Brightness Meter appears in the lower-right corner of the display. You can click
and drag the meter to a new location, and the meter subsequently always appears at the new location.
NOTE: Brightness keyboard shortcuts only affect the display on your portable computer, not monitors
that you attach to your portable computer or docking device. If your computer is in CRT only mode and
you try to change the brightness level, the Brightness Meter appears, but the brightness level on the
monitor does not change.
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