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    Do you use AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by awaisuk, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. awaisuk

    awaisuk Notebook Deity

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    Do you use AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR?

    I use it, but i think its annoying...

    Do you use it? if so, why?
     
    awaisuk, Mar 19, 2009
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    jkemnitz23 Notebook Consultant

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    I actually have never heard of an ambient light sensor before. After looking it up, I think it would be fricken sweet to hook up to my laptop, especially if I could calibrate it with my backlit keyboard.

    EDIT: I'm with Persnickety, didn't even realize this was ASUS forum. My bad.
     
    jkemnitz23, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope, I find ambient light sensors annoying. I prefer to not have the screen and the keyboard adjusting constantly.

    Edit:
    Oh, sorry – I didn't realise this was in the Asus-forum – I don't own an Asus.
     
    Persnickety, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. E.B.E.

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    ASUS ambient light sensors are pretty badly implemented from what I've seen. So must people turn them off (I think the shortcut to do that is Fn+A).
     
    E.B.E., Mar 19, 2009
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  5. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    Liek e.b.e. said. Good idea horrible driver/software. Their whole atk drivers and software needs an upgrade. I hate it
     
    Geared2play.com, Mar 19, 2009
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  6. avanish11

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    I used to have it disabled, but I've had it enabled for the past 1-2 weeks now. I don't think it does anything. All it does is it dims the screen slightly, and it's constantly at that same brightness.
     
    avanish11, Mar 19, 2009
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  7. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I've always disabled it. The software isn't that great like others have mentioned and there's no way for users to adjust sensitivity.
     
    David, Mar 19, 2009
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  8. quiksilv3r

    quiksilv3r Notebook Enthusiast

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    just curious...(questions aimed at anyone)
    are there ANY asus laptops that have backlit keyboards?
     
    quiksilv3r, Mar 20, 2009
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  9. David

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    No. But they will in the very near future, particularly the gaming notebooks will be equipped with backlit keyboards (at least that's the plan for now)
     
    David, Mar 20, 2009
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