Detect a keyboard press in flash.. help!

This is my code..
An error appears :Incorrect Number of arguments Expected 1       Source: detectKey();
can anyone help me whats missing in my code tnx:
stop();
loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,updateloader);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, detectKey);
function detectKey(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
   if(event.keyCode==13){
    gotoAndStop("contact");
function updateloader(e:ProgressEvent){
var percentloaded:Number=Math.floor((e.bytesLoaded*100)/e.bytesTotal);
txtloader.text=percentloaded+"%";
if(percentloaded==100){
detectKey(); // here's the error

Try making the argument an optional element...
function detectKey(event:KeyboardEvent=null):void {

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