#Surface pro 3 tips how to
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#Surface pro 3 tips Bluetooth

The dropdown 'Value' box on the right will have options for 2.4GHz, 5GHz and Auto when the Property box on the left has 'Band' highlighted.

Assuming all is correct thus far, hit the Advanced tab.

#Surface pro 3 tips driver

Along the top of the dialog box, open the Driver tab.Tap and hold or right click on 'Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller' and open its properties.Find 'Network Adapters' in the list and expand it.Using the universal search on the Start Screen, search for 'Device Manager.'.They offer a series of accessory stylus holders that can also colour match your cover. The best option is to check out Clean Stylus at. Put this on the back (not the hinged part) of the Surface Pro 3 for a convenient pen holder that wonвЂ™t lose your pen. If you bought a Type Cover, then an adhesive backed felt loop will have come with it. It can also scratch the display, so this probably is not your best option. This works, but over time frays the hinge of the cover, and makes it a bit manky. IвЂ™ve also had colleagues who tuck it under their type or touchcover.

If you are using a dock, the left hand side of the dock has a magnetic area which will hold the pen very securely, however it is a little counter intuitive that it is on the opposite side from the magnetic area on the Surface Pro 3 itself. Where do you put your pen? There is a magnetic area that you can attach a pen to under the charging port on your Surface Pro 3, but this is weak and IвЂ™ve dropped my pen multiple times when walking to a meeting. This one frustrates a lot of people, myself included. If you canвЂ™t use those keys on your touch or typepad then try hitting Capslock + FN first. After a long while someone clued me onto the fact that hitting Capslock + FN will engage or disengage the function lock button. This was frustrating as it meant I couldnвЂ™t change brightness, mute the volume, or use Home, End, Page Down or Page Up quickly. When I first received my Surface Pro 3 none of the function buttons on the typecover worked. Good advice as it means no matter where you are, if you have your Surface Pro 3 charger, youвЂ™ll have a phone charger. This is such a handy feature for travellers as it means one less power pack to bother putting in the bag.Дarryl Webster gave me another tip for this which was zip tie your phone cable to the Surface Pro 3 charger cable. Quite a few of my colleagues were unaware of the fact that the Surface Pro 3 charger actually includes a USB port.

#Surface pro 3 tips Bluetooth

To get the pen to re-pair just hold down the eraser button for seven seconds until a light starts flashing on the clip, and then go to Bluetooth and pair the device вЂњSurface Pro PenвЂќ I just de-paired and then paired the pen again in one note. This didnвЂ™t work in my case, but was an easy fix. One of the cool features of the Surface Pro 3 is that the top button on the pen is supposed to open OneNote. Check out this post from Darryl Webster on how best to adjust the kick stand.Дў) Making the Surface Pro 3 PenвЂ™s eraser button work One of the first things someone told me was that the kick stand is fragile and needs to be used correctly or it would be in for repair in short order.

#Surface pro 3 tips how to

Hopefully this saves some time for others going forward.ДЎ) How to fold out the kick stand properly After using the Surface Pro 3 Empired has provided to me for a few weeks, I have rounded up all the tips and tricks IвЂ™ve had to use in order to get the most from it.