Keyboard
Hardware and Software Guide
3–11
Playing the Previous Track or Chapter of an
Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11)
The
fn+f11
hotkey plays the previous track of an audio CD or the
previous chapter of a DVD that is playing.
Playing the Next Track or Chapter of an
Audio CD or a DVD (fn+f12)
The
fn+f12
hotkey plays the next track of an audio CD or the next
chapter of a DVD that is playing.
Displaying System Information (fn+esc)
The
fn+esc
hotkey displays system information such as product
name, total memory, processor name, keyboard revision, and
system BIOS.
In the
fn+esc
display, the version of the system BIOS (basic
input-output system) is displayed as the BIOS date. On some
notebook models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal format.
The BIOS date is sometimes called the
system ROM version
number.
For information about updating the system ROM, refer
to
“Downloading System ROM”
in
Chapter 14, “Software
Updates and Recovery.”
To clear the
fn+esc
display:
»
Press
esc.
Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards
To use a hotkey command on an external keyboard, press
the
scroll lock
key twice, then the second key of the hotkey
combination.
For example, to use the
fn+f5
command on an external keyboard,
press
scroll lock+scroll lock+f5.
