User guide

Table of contents
1 Welcome ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................... 2
2 Getting to know your computer ......................................................................................................................... 4
Right ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Left ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
Display ................................................................................................................................................ 10
Top ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
TouchPad .......................................................................................................................... 13
Lights ................................................................................................................................. 14
Buttons, speakers, and fingerprint reader (select models only) ......................................... 17
Keys ................................................................................................................................... 20
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................ 22
Front ................................................................................................................................................... 25
3 Connecting to a network ................................................................................................................................. 26
Connecting to a wireless network ....................................................................................................... 26
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 26
Turning wireless devices on or off ..................................................................... 26
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................ 27
Using the wireless button .................................................................................. 27
Using operating system controls ....................................................................... 27
Using a WLAN ................................................................................................................... 27
Using an Internet service provider .................................................................... 28
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................ 28
Configuring a wireless router ............................................................................ 28
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................... 29
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................... 29
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................ 29
Inserting and removing a SIM (select models only) .......................................... 30
Using GPS (select models only) ........................................................................................ 31
Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) ..................................................... 31
Connecting to a wired network ........................................................................................................... 32
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................... 32
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