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Packing your notebook, Traveling by air, Dial-up modem

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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook Packing your notebook ■ Remove all peripheral devices and cables. Remember to pack those you will need while traveling. ■ Pack your notebook securely into a briefcase or hand-carried luggage, and keep it separate from toiletries, liquids, and food. Do not pack it in checked luggage. ■ Keep your notebook stable during travel. Secure it to prevent it from sliding around in overhead bins and car trunks. Traveling by air ■ Do not check your notebook as luggage. ■ Charge the battery(ies) in case airport security asks you to start your notebook. ■ Have your notebook hand-inspected or sent through the X-ray scanner, but never carry it through the metal detector. ■ Turn off you notebook for takeoff and landing. ■ Turn off all wireless devices while in the aircraft. Dial-up modem ■ Take a telephone cord to connect the modem to telephone jacks. If you are traveling internationally, take telephone jack adapters or an acoustic handset coupler. ■ Take a telephone line protector. 64

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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook
64
Packing your notebook
■
Remove all peripheral devices and cables.
Remember to pack those you will need
while traveling.
■
Pack your notebook securely into a
briefcase or hand-carried luggage, and
keep it separate from toiletries, liquids, and
food. Do not pack it in checked luggage.
■
Keep your notebook stable during travel.
Secure it to prevent it from sliding around
in overhead bins and car trunks.
Traveling by air
■
Do not check your notebook as luggage.
■
Charge the battery(ies) in case airport
security asks you to start your notebook.
■
Have your notebook hand-inspected or
sent through the X-ray scanner, but never
carry it through the metal detector.
■
Turn off you notebook for takeoff and
landing.
■
Turn off all wireless devices while in the
aircraft.
Dial-up modem
■
Take a telephone cord to connect the
modem to telephone jacks. If you are
traveling internationally, take telephone
jack adapters or an acoustic handset
coupler.
■
Take a telephone line protector.