I bought this keyboard, but I do not know how to turn on the backlit light for the keys. What key should you use to turn them on?
587222
The red star button on the upper left will turn it on (it doesn't stay on long)
1491058
The F5 key turns the backlight on and off. I think in order to use the F keys for their usual functions you have to press another key too, like the fn key but I have not tried that yet. Pressing the keys on their own does the things pictured on them instead, like keyboard light, volume and mute, and stuff like that.
338269
I purchased this keyboard for my husband. His does not have backlighting except for the small three indicator spots in the very top right corner. They have a blue back lighting. There may be a setting to allow for backlighting but if so, he has it in the off setting. It looks like a plain black keyboard.
1309750
The keys DO NOT light up on the keyboard included in this bundle. The area around the keys illuminates. If you would like illuminated keys on the same keyboard design, buy the model that changes colors. Its title is, "LED Illuminated Ergonomic USB Multimedia Backlight Backlit Gaming Keyboard (3 Colors)." I bought both.
2125208
Mine is not backlit and the F5 key didn't "turn on" the backlit keyboard option (as another poster mentioned). My F5 key turned the mouse off and on.
1900316
This model does not have back-lit keys. The only LEDs on the keyboard are caps, scroll, and num lock keys.
634494
Mine works perfectly, but I have to say the instructions for pairing were wrong. Don't recall what the problem was, but I resolved it fairly quick. The blue light on the keyboard comes on at the beginning when you turn the keyboard on, then quickly goes out. Make sure you've turned on Bluetooth in Settings (it then backlights on the drop down menu on the Home page. You can turn it on also on the drop down menu where the backlit icons are.).
707829
I have had my keyboard for a several months and it is terrific! When the light are on and the back-lighting is one it is all blue like the back-lighting. In the upper right hand corner of the case is a little hole that is the back-lighting button. When you turn it on the entire keyboard is a lovely blue with dark letters that appear to be floating. By clicking the little button you can lower the background light by two steps. the fourth click turns it of and all is white. Sounds like you aren't turning the back-lighting on. Hope this helps. Skykisser46
174164
Sorry, didn't keep this keyboard to say for sure. Found this on Youtube explaining the illumination features. But, maybe there's a company telephone number that you can call? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPMh9yzAxoo
2126645
It's not a great option for a backlit keyboard. The keys are black with white lettering. Your best bet would be to get the clear skin so that way your keys with back lighting should work.
1626313
You turn on the keyboard backlight with the f5 key (I did not know what the whiskered caterpillar symbol was either at first).
601263
This model does not come with a backlit keyboard. However, you could probably find a 3rd party replacement for it, and install it yourself with a Youtube video, or take it to a local computer shop for about $100. I know they made a 15.6" model with a backlit keyboard on their website, you might be able to find the keyboard for that model and replace it in this model as they are they same size and same exact layout, only one is backlit.
844266
This is not a mechanical keyboard. The LED backlight is also not very bright. The brightest light on the keyboard is the Caps Lock, Scroll Lock and Num Lock indicator lights. The key backlighting is actually very dull, and in the dark, your display will likely wash out the light anyway rendering it essentially useless.
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This keyboard is NOT back lit. It's a solid keyboard though. I've been using a Logitech G110 keyboard for over a year (it's back lit with hotkeys) and that is also solid keyboard. I've spilled orange juice and soda on the keys and they eventually got unstuck. Granted it was $100 at the time and it still is, you can find a $60 version of a Logitech backlit keyboard. By the way, the lights on it are blue and red so anything that is within that color spectrum you can adjust the back light on the Logitech keyboard. Hope I could help!
2153318
The only back light there is on this keyboard is the Razor logo. It's only Blue, but you can turn it off, make it pulsate on and off or just have it in a solid state.
1710437
the keyboard has to be turned on and connected to your tablet with Bluetooth. This is an indication that your hooked up. It must be ready to go, when you start typing the backlight comes on the top of the keys when you stop typing the light goes off in about 2 sec. If your not connected with Bluetooth,the keyboard doesn't light up at all.
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with the backlight off, press the fn button and enter button at the same time. The keyboard will light up for typing. The little button on the side is just to be used as a flashlight and does not work for typing.