Well for it to glow like it shows on my front page in the Neon Red picture, yes.

Then again I don't know if it glows at all with the buttons off and I can't really tell with mine since my display is a little dimmer than what I see in pictures posted. And no I can't turn it up, mine's a Mark I (I don't have the money for a Mark II). And even if it wasn't dimmer I couldn't take a picture right now anyway since mine is heading over to our boys at SB to be repaired.

Maybe you could talk Tony into putting the Light Blue one on and then taking the exact same picture as he did with the Neon Red minus the button lights being on.