Automatic detection of hotspots requires three things:

•Airplane mode is off

•Wi-Fi is on

•Your NOOK has a sufficient battery charge to continue running the Wi-Fi circuitry. When the battery level is very low, your NOOK turns off wireless circuitry.

Your NOOK always automatically connects to Wi-Fi hotspots in Barnes & Noble Bookstores and AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots. If your NOOK connects to one of these hotspots and you want to connect to a different hotspot, navigate to the other hotspot in the Wi-Fi hotspot menu, choose the hotspot, and tap Connect.

For hotspots other than Barnes & Noble Bookstore and AT&T hotspots, your NOOK automatically connects to any detected Wi-Fi hotspot that you have either configured or previously connected to and not asked your NOOK to forget. It does not automatically connect to other detected hotspots.

To connect to a hotspot for the first time:

1Tap wi-fi > Wi-Fi hotspot.

2After your NOOK scans for and displays detected hotspots, tap the hotspot in the menu. If no password is needed to connect, your NOOK connects to the hotspot.

3If a password is needed to connect, your NOOK prompts for it. Type the password and then tap Submit. You only need to enter the password for a secure hotspot one time.

4If terms and conditions or similar information is needed to connect, your NOOK displays a message to that effect. Tap Launch Browser. Your NOOK opens the page on which you supply that information in the web browser. Enter the required information and submit it. Your NOOK connects to the hotspot.

Turning Wi-Fi On and Off

This section applies to the NOOK (Wi-Fi + 3G model). To turn Wi-Fi on and off on a NOOK Wi-Fi, turn Airplane mode on and off. For that procedure, see “Turning Airplane 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 www.nook.com/support website).

Your NOOK is smart about when it automatically turns Wi-Fi off. For example, it does so when you are reading.

NOOK User Guide

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