User Guide

Table 2-8 Special keys and their descriptions (continued)
Component Description
▲ Right-click the Power icon , and then select Power
Options.
(8) OMEN key Opens the OMEN Command Center software.
See HP OMEN Command Center on page 15 for more
information.
(9) num lock key Alternates between the navigational and numeric functions on
the integrated numeric keypad.
(10) Integrated numeric keypad A separate keypad to the right of the alphabet keyboard. When
num lock is pressed, the keypad can be used like an external
numeric keypad.
Action keys
The action keys execute frequently used system functions as dened by the icon symbol on f1 through f12
function keys. The action keys vary by computer.
▲ To use an action key, press fn, and then press one of the keys listed in the following table.
Table
2-9 Action keys and their descriptions
Icon Description
Switches the screen image between display devices connected to the system. For example, if a monitor is
connected to the computer, repeatedly pressing this key alternates the screen image from the computer
display to the monitor display to a simultaneous display on both the computer and the monitor.
Decreases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Increases the screen brightness incrementally as long as you hold down the key.
Turns the keyboard backlight o or on. On select products, you can adjust the brightness of the keyboard
backlight. Press the key repeatedly to adjust the brightness from high (when you rst start up the computer),
to low, to o. After you adjust the keyboard backlight setting, the backlight will revert to your previous
setting each time you turn on the computer. The keyboard backlight will turn o after 30 seconds of
inactivity. To turn the keyboard backlight back on, press any key or tap the touchpad (select products only).
To conserve battery power, turn o this feature.
Mutes or restores speaker sound.
Decreases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Increases speaker volume incrementally while you hold down the key.
Plays the previous track of an audio CD or the previous section of a DVD or a Blu-ray Disc (BD).
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