User's Manual

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 ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Display ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Changing your notebook to an entertainment stand ......................................................................... 9
Changing your notebook to a tablet ................................................................................................. 10
Top ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Keys ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Using the action keys ........................................................................................................................ 13
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 17
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 17
Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 17
Wireless button ............................................................................................................... 17
Operating system controls ............................................................................................. 18
Connecting to a WLAN ....................................................................................................................... 18
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................................ 19
Using HP DataPass (select models only) .......................................................................................... 19
Inserting and removing a SIM card (select models only) ................................................................. 19
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) ................................................................... 20
Connecting to a wired network—LAN (select models only) ............................................................................... 20
Sharing data and drives and accessing software ............................................................................................... 21
4 Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 22
Using a webcam ................................................................................................................................................... 22
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