Getting Started with Your HP Notebook
Setting Up Your Notebook
20 Startup Guide
Step 3: Connect a phone line
Your notebook includes a built-in modem. If you prefer, you can instead use a PC card
modem or an external modem to connect a phone line.
1. Make sure the telephone line is an analog line. You must not use a digital line. (Many
office and some home lines are digital.)
2. Plug the telephone cord into the notebook’s modem jack, or into a PC card or external
modem. Make sure the cord clicks into place.
3. Plug the other end of the cord into a telephone jack. If the plug on the phone cord
doesn’t fit your telephone jack, you may need to use an adapter.
For details about using the modem, see the section “Using the Modem” in the online
Reference Guide.