Turning off backlight while docked???

Hi all: Is there a setting to turn off the backlight while docked or other connected? Seems silly to have the screen light on all the time? When I put my imac to sleep then the backlight is shut down, but while the imac is UP the light ALWAYS stays on.
Thanks, Chris.
PS, my Dell Axim PDA has a setting to turn off the backlight while docked.

Problem solved. Seems that if you have iTunes set to "Enable Disk Use" the light will stay on. Disabling this will make the iPod go dark once any sync activity is complete. However, you will not be able to directly copy to the iPod disk and it will not appear on the desktop.
Chris

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