ThinkPad Edge E440 - Page 55

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
AccessConnectionsgauge:
•Nosignal
•
Weaksignal
•Mediumsignal
•Strongsignal
AccessConnectionsstatusicon:
•
Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.
•
Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.
•Currentlocationprofileisconnected.
AccessConnectionswirelessstatusicon:
•
PowertotheWANradioisoff
•Noassociation
•Nosignal
•Weaksignal
•Mediumsignal
•Strongsignal
UsingBluetooth
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywitha
Bluetoothoption,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeature
canbedegraded.
•ForWindows7:
1.PressF8andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoenabletheBluetoothfeature.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:
1.Gotothedesktop,andthenright-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
2.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.
3.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
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