Owner manual

Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................. 23
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems ................................................................. 24
Cannot create a WLAN connection ................................................................... 24
Cannot connect to a preferred network ............................................................. 25
Network status icon is not displayed ................................................................. 25
Current network security codes are unavailable ............................................... 25
WLAN connection is very weak ......................................................................... 26
Cannot connect to the wireless router ............................................................... 26
Wired connections .............................................................................................................................. 27
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................... 27
Using the modem (select models only) .............................................................................. 27
Connecting a modem cable (select models only) ............................................. 28
Connecting a country- or region-specific modem cable adapter (select
models only) ...................................................................................................... 28
Selecting a location setting ............................................................................... 29
Viewing the current location selection .............................................. 29
Adding new locations when traveling ............................................... 29
Solving travel connection problems .................................................................. 31
3 Pointing devices and keyboard
Using pointing devices ....................................................................................................................... 32
Setting pointing device preferences ................................................................................... 32
Using the TouchPad .......................................................................................................... 32
Using the pointing stick ...................................................................................................... 32
Connecting an external mouse .......................................................................................... 32
Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 33
Using the keyboard light .................................................................................................... 33
Using hotkeys .................................................................................................................... 33
Using HP QuickLook 3 ....................................................................................................................... 35
Using keypads .................................................................................................................................... 35
Using the embedded numeric keypad ............................................................................... 36
Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad .................................... 36
Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad ............................. 36
Using an optional external numeric keypad ....................................................................... 36
Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ............................................................................................... 37
4 Multimedia
Multimedia features ............................................................................................................................ 38
Identifying your multimedia components ........................................................................... 38
Multimedia software ........................................................................................................................... 40
Accessing your preinstalled multimedia software .............................................................. 40
Installing multimedia software from a disc ......................................................................... 40
Audio .................................................................................................................................................. 41
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