Instruction Manual
Table of contents
1 Notebook tour ................................................................................................................................................. 1
Identifying the hardware ....................................................................................................................... 1
Top components .................................................................................................................. 1
TouchPad ............................................................................................................ 1
Lights ................................................................................................................... 2
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only) ............................................ 3
Keys .................................................................................................................... 4
Front components ................................................................................................................ 4
Right-side components ........................................................................................................ 5
Left-side components .......................................................................................................... 6
Display components ............................................................................................................ 7
Bottom components ............................................................................................................. 8
Wireless antennas ............................................................................................................... 8
Additional hardware components ........................................................................................ 9
Identifying the labels ........................................................................................................................... 10
2 Wireless and local area network ................................................................................................................. 12
Using wireless devices ....................................................................................................................... 13
Identifying wireless and network status icons .................................................................... 13
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 14
Using the wireless action key ............................................................................................ 14
Using HP Wireless Assistant software ............................................................................... 14
Using operating system controls ........................................................................................ 15
Using a WLAN .................................................................................................................................... 16
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 16
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 17
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 18
Using HP Mobile Broadband .............................................................................................................. 19
Inserting a SIM ................................................................................................................... 19
Removing a SIM ................................................................................................................ 20
Using Bluetooth wireless devices ....................................................................................................... 22
Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................................. 22
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems ................................................................................. 23
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