Getting Started with Your HP Notebook 
  Setting Up Your Notebook 
    Reference Guide  23 
 
Step 3: Connect a phone line 
If your notebook does not include a built-in modem, you can skip this step. Also, if you 
prefer, you can instead connect to a PC Card modem or an external modem. 
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 the 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 the jack, you may need to use an adapter. 
For details about using the modem, see “Using the Modem” on page 54.