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HP Pavilion dm1-1020ed Entertainment Notebook PC User Manual

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Troubleshooting wireless connection problems ................................................................................. 23

Cannot connect to a WLAN ............................................................................................... 23
Cannot connect to a preferred WLAN network .................................................................. 24
Network icon for WLAN is not displayed ............................................................................ 24
Current WLAN network security codes are unavailable .................................................... 24
WLAN connection is very weak ......................................................................................... 25
Cannot connect to the wireless router ............................................................................... 25

Connecting to a local area network (LAN) .......................................................................................... 26

3 Multimedia

Multimedia features ............................................................................................................................ 27

Identifying your multimedia components ........................................................................... 27
Adjusting the volume ......................................................................................................... 29

Multimedia software ........................................................................................................................... 30

Using preinstalled multimedia software ............................................................................. 30
Installing multimedia software from the Internet ................................................................ 30

Audio .................................................................................................................................................. 31

Connecting external audio devices .................................................................................... 31
Checking your audio functions ........................................................................................... 31

Video .................................................................................................................................................. 33

Connecting an external monitor or projector ...................................................................... 33
Connecting an HDMI device .............................................................................................. 33

Configuring audio for HDMI (select models only) .............................................. 34

Webcam ............................................................................................................................................. 35

4 Drives and external devices

Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 36

Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................. 36
Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 36
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 37

Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 37
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 38

Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay .................................................................. 38
Using external drives ......................................................................................................... 40

Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 41

Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 41

External devices ................................................................................................................................. 42

Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 42

Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 42
Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 42

Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 43

Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 43
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 44

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