Brightness keys on new MacBook Pro not working.

I just received my first Mac in the mail two days ago.  Its the 13 inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display.  I've found that the brightness keys do nothing.  The icon pops up on the screen, but the brightness does not change.  I can chnage the brightness with the slider in system settings, but the keys won't function.  This thing is essentially just out of the box, so I'm wondering if this is a known issue or if I got a lemon?  Any work arounds would be appreciated.  Thanks

Schlombo,
I’d misinterpreted what you were after — to change the screen brightness rather than to change the keyboard brightness — so there are plenty of knuckles to go around for both of our heads. I hope that that will be the steepest part of the learning curve for you!

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