Table of contents
1 Starting right ................................................................................................................................................ 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 .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Keyboard area ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
TouchPad ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Lights ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Speakers ............................................................................................................................................ 12
Special keys ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Action keys ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
3 Connecting to a network .............................................................................................................................. 19
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................................... 19
Using the wireless controls ............................................................................................................... 19
Airplane mode key .......................................................................................................... 19
Operating system controls ............................................................................................. 19
Connecting to a WLAN ....................................................................................................................... 20
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select products only) .......................................................................... 21
Using GPS (select products only) ...................................................................................................... 21
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select products only) ................................................................. 21
Connecting Bluetooth devices ........................................................................................ 22
Connecting to a wired network—LAN (select products only) ............................................................................. 22
4 Enjoying entertainment features .................................................................................................................. 23
Using the camera ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Using audio .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Connecting speakers ......................................................................................................................... 23
Connecting headphones .................................................................................................................... 23
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