Chapter 1 27
Aspire 2020
Your computer provides the following hot keys:
NOTE: When activating hotkeys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the other key in the hotkey
combination.
Hot Key Function Description
Fn+F1 Hot key help This key will cause a help message to appear on the
display device that describes the definition and
functionality of the unit hot keys. It is preferred to have the
key activate a graphical display.
Fn+F2 Access System Properties This key will launch My Computer > System Properties
Fn+F3 Power management scheme
toggle
Switches the power management scheme used by the
computer (function available if supported by operating
system).
Fn+F4 Sleep In ACPI mode, the OS provides two buttons for sleep
function. One is the Power On button and the other is the
Sleep Button. °Fn+F4” is assigned as the Sleep
button in ACPI mode. User can set the action of the Sleep
Button on the Power Management property.
Fn+F5 Display toggle The Hotkey, Display Toggle, is to change the display type
at run-time. Possible display types are LCD, CRT and
Both. It can not detect the CRT, even when the CRT is not
connected. Press Hotkey can force to switch to CRT. This
Hotkey cannot switch the display to TV at DOS.
Fn+F6 Screen blank This key will cause the LCD back light to be turned off.
This provides both a quick security feature and some
power savings. The LCD back light can also be turned off
via an APM timer. The LCD back light will be turned on
again when any of the following events occur:
T Any key pressed
T Pointing device movement
USB Device does not need to support.
Fn+F7 Touchpad toggle This key will cause the internal touchpad pointing device
to be disabled. This is to prevent accidental system wake-
ups from standby. Pressing this key a second time will re-
enable the touch pad pointing device. BIOS check Internal
AuxDev ifnot exist then BIOS empty return.
Fn+F8 Speaker toggle This key will cause the audio output to the speakers to
muted or disabled. Pressing this key a second time will re-
enable the audio output to the speakers.
Fn+w Volume up Increases the speaker volume.
Fn+y Volume down Decreases the speaker volume.
Fn+x Brightness up Increases the screen brightness.
Fn+z Brightness down Decreases the screen brightness.