User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your computer
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Navigating using touch gestures, pointing devices and the keyboard
- Managing power
- Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
- Using the power meter and power settings
- Selecting a power plan
- Running on battery power
- Running on external AC power
- HP CoolSense (select models only)
- Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only)
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Managing and sharing information
- Maintaining your computer
- Securing your computer and information
- Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
4 Enjoying entertainment features ................................................................................................................. 20
Using the webcam .............................................................................................................................. 21
Using audio ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Connecting speakers ......................................................................................................... 22
Connecting headphones .................................................................................................... 22
Connecting a microphone .................................................................................................. 22
Using Beats Audio ............................................................................................................. 22
Accessing Beats Audio Control Panel ............................................................... 22
Enabling and disabling Beats Audio .................................................................. 23
Checking the sound ........................................................................................................... 23
Using video ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Connecting an HDMI device .............................................................................................. 23
Configuring HDMI audio settings ...................................................................... 24
Using Intel Wireless Display and Wireless Music (select models only) ............................. 25
Managing your audio and video files .................................................................................................. 25
5 Navigating using touch gestures, pointing devices and the keyboard ................................................... 26
Using the TouchPad ........................................................................................................................... 26
Using TouchPad gestures .................................................................................................................. 26
Tapping .............................................................................................................................. 27
Scrolling ............................................................................................................................. 28
Pinching/zooming .............................................................................................................. 28
Rotating (select models only) ............................................................................................ 29
2-finger click (select models only) ...................................................................................... 29
Flicking (select models only) .............................................................................................. 30
Edge swipes ...................................................................................................................... 30
Right-edge swipe .............................................................................................. 30
Top-edge swipe ................................................................................................. 31
Left-edge swipe ................................................................................................. 31
Using touch screen gestures .............................................................................................................. 32
One-finger slide ................................................................................................................. 32
Tapping .............................................................................................................................. 32
Scrolling ............................................................................................................................. 33
Pinching/stretching ............................................................................................................ 33
Rotating (select models only) ............................................................................................ 34
Edge swipes ...................................................................................................................... 34
Right-edge swipe .............................................................................................. 34
Left-edge swipe ................................................................................................. 35
Top-edge swipe and bottom-edge swipe .......................................................... 35
Using the keyboard and mouse .......................................................................................................... 36
Using the keys ................................................................................................................... 36
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