User's Manual

Using the Backlit Keyboard

The Latitude rugged series comes equipped with a backlit keyboard that can be customized. The

backlight can be set to any of the following colors:

1. White

2. Red

3. Green

4. Blue

Turning the Keyboard Backlight On/Off or Adjusting

Brightness

To turn backlight On/Off or adjust the backlight brightness settings, perform the steps:

1. Press <Fn> + <F10> (Fn key not needed if function key <Fn> lock is activated) to initialize the

keyboard backlight switch.

2. The first use of the above key combination will turn on the backlight to its lowest setting.

3. Additional pressing of the key combinations will cycle the brightness settings through 25%, 50%,75%

and 100% .

4. Cycle through the key combination to either adjust the brightness or completely turn off the

keyboard backlight.

Changing the Keyboard Backlight Color

To change the keyboard backlight color:

1. Press <FN> + < C> keys to cycle through the available backlight colors.

2. White, Red, Green and Blue are active by default; up to two custom colors can be added to the cycle

in the System Setup (BIOS).