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1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 1

Best practices ......................................................................................................................................................... 1

More HP resources ................................................................................................................................................. 2

2 Getting to know your computer ...................................................................................................................... 3

Locating hardware ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Locating software .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Right side ............................................................................................................................................................... 4

Left side ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Keyboard area ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

TouchPad ............................................................................................................................................. 8

Lights ................................................................................................................................................... 9

Button and speakers ......................................................................................................................... 10

Special keys ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Action keys ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 14

3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 15

Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 15

Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 15

Airplane mode key .......................................................................................................... 15

Operating system controls ............................................................................................. 15

Connecting to a WLAN ....................................................................................................................... 16

Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) .......................................................................... 16

Using GPS (select products only) ...................................................................................................... 17

Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) ................................................................. 17

Connecting Bluetooth devices ........................................................................................ 17

Connecting to a wired network—LAN (select products only) ............................................................................. 17

Connecting to your mobile device (select products only) ................................................................................... 18

4 Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 20

Using the camera ................................................................................................................................................. 20

Using audio .......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Connecting speakers ......................................................................................................................... 20

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