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NOOK User Guide Wireless Connectivity 63
UMTS W-CDMA (3G), and HSDPA B&N Fast & Free Wireless networks. Your NOOK automatically
connects to the fastest network present that has sucient signal strength.
When not in the Reader, if your NOOK is connected to B&N Fast & Free Wireless, the status bar
contains an icon that gives the B&N Fast & Free Wireless signal strength (from low to high):
In Areas Without B&N Fast & Free Wireless
In areas without B&N Fast & Free Wireless, your NOOK can connect to supported Wi-Fi hotspots.
For information about Wi-Fi hotspots, see “Configuring and Using Wi-Fi Hotspots” on page 61.
If you use your NOOK in an area without B&N Fast & Free Wireless coverage:
1 If you have never been in an area with B&N Fast & Free Wireless coverage, connect to a Wi-Fi
hotspot. This sets the minutes value of the time.
2 Set the time zone in which you use your NOOK. Tap settings > Display > Clock > Time zone
and choose your time zone and settings > Display > Clock > Daylight Saving Time to turn
Daylight Saving Time on or o.
If you choose a time zone from the menus, and then travel somewhere with B&N Fast & Free
Wireless coverage, your NOOK will switch to the time zone indicated by the wireless network
connection, and Daylight Saving Time will be taken into account.
If you travel back to an area without coverage, choose the time zone again and set Daylight Saving
Time if necessary.
Dropped Connections and Lost Wi-Fi Connectivity
If your NOOK is performing an action over the air and the B&N Fast & Free Wireless connection is
dropped (for example, if the signal strength is poor), or if the Wi-Fi network goes down, it will do
its best to resume what it is doing. If it can resume, it will not inform you about the lost connection.
If it cannot resume, it will inform you that you should repeat the operation in an area with better
signal strength or when the Wi-Fi network is up again.
In Areas with No Wireless Connectivity
In areas with no wireless connectivity (no B&N Fast & Free Wireless, no Barnes & Noble Bookstore
hotspot, and no manually configured Wi-Fi hotspot), you can still use your NOOK as an eReader.
You can read anything that is in the local library on your NOOK. You can also obtain new B&N
content through an Internet connection on your personal computer (buy digital content from the
Barnes & Noble online store), and then transfer the files from your computer to the My Documents
part of your library on your NOOK using the USB cable.