Barnes & Noble nook User Manual page 59

Automatic detection of hotspots requires three things:
• Airplane mode is off
• Wi-Fi is on
• Your has a sufficient battery charge to continue running the Wi-Fi circuitry. When the
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battery level is very low, your
Your always automatically connects to Wi-Fi hotspots in Barnes & Noble Bookstores and
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AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots. If your
to a different hotspot, navigate to the other hotspot in the
hotspot, and tap Connect.
For hotspots other than Barnes & Noble Bookstore and AT&T hotspots, your
connects to any detected Wi-Fi hotspot that you have either configured or previously connected to
and not asked your
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To connect to a hotspot for the first time:
1 Tap wi-fi > Wi-Fi hotspot.
2 After your scans for and displays detected hotspots, tap the hotspot in the menu. If no
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password is needed to connect, your
3 If a password is needed to connect, your
Submit. You only need to enter the password for a secure hotspot one time.
4 If terms and conditions or similar information is needed to connect, your
message to that effect. Tap
that information in the web browser. Enter the required information and submit it. Your
connects to the hotspot.
Turning Wi-Fi On and Off
This section applies to the
Wi-Fi, turn Airplane mode on and off. For that procedure, see "Turning Airplane
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mode On and Off" on page 38.
If you don't have a Wi-Fi hotspot to connect to and are not visiting a Barnes & Noble Bookstore,
you can turn Wi-Fi off. Doing so will give you longer battery life. Remember to turn Wi-Fi back on
when visiting a Barnes & Noble Bookstore. You also might need Wi-Fi for some software updates
(or you can obtain them from the
Your is smart about when it automatically turns Wi-Fi off. For example, it does so
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when you are reading.
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turns off wireless circuitry.
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connects to one of these hotspots and you want to connect
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to forget. It does not automatically connect to other detected hotspots.
connects to the hotspot.
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Launch Browser. Your
(Wi-Fi + 3G model). To turn Wi-Fi on and off on a
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www.nook.com/support
Wi-Fi hotspot menu, choose the
prompts for it. Type the password and then tap
opens the page on which you supply
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website).
Wireless Connectivity
automatically
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displays a
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