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HP Mini 5102 User Manual

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Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................. 21

Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ....... 21
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is
available ........................................................................................... 21
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is
available ........................................................................................... 21
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 21

Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................... 21

Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................ 21
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep ............................................................. 22
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 22
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 24
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 24

Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 24
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 25
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 25
Replacing the battery ........................................................................................................ 25

Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 25

3 Wireless and local area network

Using wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................................... 27

Identifying wireless and network icons .............................................................................. 27
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 28
Using the wireless switch ................................................................................................... 28
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only) .................................................... 29
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 29

Using operating system controls ........................................................................................................ 30
Using a WLAN .................................................................................................................................... 31

Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 31
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 31
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 32
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 33

Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................................. 34

Inserting a SIM ................................................................................................................... 34
Removing a SIM ................................................................................................................ 35

Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................... 37

Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................................. 37

Troubleshooting wireless connection problems ................................................................................. 38

Cannot create a WLAN connection ................................................................................... 38
Cannot connect to a preferred network ............................................................................. 39
Network icon is not displayed ............................................................................................ 39
Current network security codes are unavailable ................................................................ 39
WLAN connection is very weak ......................................................................................... 40
Cannot connect to the wireless router ............................................................................... 40

Connecting to a local area network (LAN) .......................................................................................... 41

4 Multimedia

Multimedia features ............................................................................................................................ 42

Identifying your multimedia components ........................................................................... 42

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