User's Manual

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2.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
Toconnecttodifferentwirelessnetworksindifferentlocations,opentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclick
LocationAwarenesstomanagemultiplenetworkprolessothatthecomputerautomaticallyconnectsto
anavailablenetworkwhenthelocationchanges.Formoreinformation,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage12
.
TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
Openyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.
Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
UsingtheBluetoothconnection
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
1.EnsurethattheBluetoothfeatureisenabled.IfyouareusingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem,the
integratedBluetoothfeatureisenabledbydefault.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendT oBluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywitha
Bluetoothoption,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeature
canbedegraded.
Formoreinformation,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemandtheBluetoothhelpinformation
system.
UsingtheNFCconnection
NFCisahigh-frequencyandshort-rangewirelesscommunicationtechnology.Dependingonthemodel,
yourcomputermightcomeswithanNFCcard.ByusingtheNFCfeature,youcanestablishradio
communicationsbetweenyourcomputerandanotherNFC-enableddeviceoveradistancenomorethana
fewcentimeters.BeforeyouusetheNFCfeature,ensurethattheNFCdeviceoptionissettoEnabled
intheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“Securitymenu”onpage67
.
Bydefault,theNFCfeatureisenabledontheWindows8.1operatingsystem.IfyouhavedisabledtheNFC
featureontheoperatingsystem,dothefollowingtoenabletheNFCfeature:
1.Gotothedesktopandmovethepointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentobringup
thecharms.ThenclickSettingsChangePCsettingsNetworkRadiodevices.
2.SlidetheNFCswitchtotherighttoenabletheNFCfeature.
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