User Guide

Table of contents
1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 1
Visit the HP Apps Store .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Best practices ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
More HP resources ................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Getting to know your computer ...................................................................................................................... 4
Locating hardware ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Locating software .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Right side ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
Left side ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Display ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Top ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Button, speakers, and vent ............................................................................................................... 12
Keys ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Using the action keys ........................................................................................................................ 14
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 17
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 17
Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 17
Airplane mode key .......................................................................................................... 17
Operating system controls ............................................................................................. 17
Connecting to a WLAN ....................................................................................................................... 18
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) ......................................................................... 18
Using GPS (select products only) ...................................................................................................... 19
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) ................................................................ 19
Connecting Bluetooth devices ........................................................................................ 19
Connecting to a wired network—LAN (select products only) ............................................................................ 20
Sharing data and drives and accessing software ............................................................................................... 20
4 Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 21
Using the camera (select products only) ............................................................................................................ 21
Using audio .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
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