User Guide

Table of contents
1 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Components .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Locating hardware ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Locating software .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Right ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Left ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Keyboard area ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................................. 8
Lights ................................................................................................................................................... 9
Button, speakers, and ngerprint reader ......................................................................................... 10
Special keys ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Action keys ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3 Network connections ................................................................................................................................... 18
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 18
Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 18
Wireless button ............................................................................................................... 18
Operating system controls ............................................................................................. 18
Connecting to a WLAN ....................................................................................................................... 19
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) .......................................................................... 19
Using GPS (select products only) ...................................................................................................... 20
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) ................................................................. 20
Connecting Bluetooth devices ........................................................................................ 20
Using NFC to share information (select products only) .................................................................... 20
Sharing ............................................................................................................................ 21
Connecting to a wired network ............................................................................................................................ 21
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) (select products only) .................................................... 21
Using HP LAN-Wireless Protection (select products only) ................................................................ 22
Turning on and customizing HP LAN-Wireless Protection ............................................. 22
Using HP MAC Address Pass Through to identify your computer on a network (select products only) ............. 23
Customizing MAC Address Pass Through .......................................................................................... 23
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