Can backlighting be disabled to conserve battery life? I do understand there is a sleep mode on the backlight, but I mean disable it.
514390
Do you mean the keyboard light! If you mean that you can turn it on/off with the a certain key.
514391
It appears the backlighting is disabled (no light even pressing the 'sun' symbol) until the keyboard is paired with the ipad although the keyboard has been turned on & before pairing the devices? Please confirm if this's defective? Thank you.
514392
When I went through the various colors for backlighting, it started at the off position. I would imagine that if you set it at the off position, it will save battery power. I hope this helps.
514393
Yes, the keyboard back light can be disabled (fn + sun). It also has a sleep mode which saves battery life.
2112247
Yes - The backlight can be set to be on all the time. I own two of these and I like them. I recommend you get the alert strobe light as well.
1879211
Yes the illumination can be turned off. If you don't want to be tempted to use it don't put the battery in
1601986
The keyboard is backlit, but you will need to adjust the power settings if you want the backlighting on while on battery.
94389
Is there an option to completely turn off or reduce the timing for the glowing buttons? Does that make a difference in battery life?
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No. The keyboard is not backlight. I'm guessing that if the keyboard were to be, the battery would be consumed a lot faster. Since I received my keyboard, I have yet to recharge it. So that's a plus to not having the keyboard lit up.
2281289
When using battery power the backlight stays on for 2 minutes. When using AC power the light stays on continuously. (Unless you turn it off).
1752647
No you cannot disable the light. The batteries are only for power backup. everything works with the power supply or the batteries.
25796
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.
862001
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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I also bought a refurb and love it. I went into the settings and turned brightness way down but its still seems plenty bright. You can check in settings and see which programs are the biggest drain. Turning off Bluetooth will also help. I think companies always overestimate how much battery life they can achieve (they probably measure the life by how long you can listen to mp3's continuously). I don't think you should be concerned.
393369
There's a setting that changes the brightness according to ambient light levels. I suggest leaving it off all the time
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I know this is a little old, but I just want to clarify that four of the previous answers are definitely incorrect (maybe the light was updated?... doubt it though). There are 2 modes. The default mode (what it goes back to after not being used for about 1 second from my testing) is full brightness mode. It does have a dim brightness mode that you can activate by double tapping the button before clicking it to lock it down.
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If you go into advanced power settings you can turn off adaptive brightness. That fixed this issue for me. Go to Control Panel &gt; Hardware and Sound &gt; Power Options, then click on "Change plan settings" next to your active power plan. Click on "Change advanced power settings." Scroll down to Display, then under Enable adaptive brightness, switch it off for both the battery and plugged in modes.
428999
The screen is backlit. There is an option in the settings you can toggle on and off. The backlit screen runs down the batteries much more quickly
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Greetings Brian,- Battery Times:3.00 HOURS battery time with default backlight setting 10 out of 1-20 (full screen).3.50 HOURS battery time with backlight setting 5 out of 1-20 (full screen).3.80 HOURS battery time with backlight setting 1 out of 1-20 (full screen).Best Regards,Neil
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Yes it puts it into sleep mode. Make sure you buy cover they supports this function. Haven't noticed any significant battery life reduction in this mode.