# Quick Start Guide

# Packing List

  • 1x CM4 Nano with Raspberry Pi CM4 included
  • 1x Wi-Fi External Antenna

# Setting up your CM4 Nano

# What do you need

  • 1x Ethernet cable
  • [optional] 1x micro SDCard
  • 1x HDMI monitor
  • 1x standard HDMI to HDMI cable
  • 1x Keyboard
  • 1x Mouse
  • [optional] 1x Raspberry Pi 5M / 8M Camera

NOTE: The microSDCard is optional. There is eMMC on the CM4 module. The microSDCard is for data storage only.

# Hardware Installation

  1. Install the Wi-Fi External Antenna
  2. [optional] Insert the micro SDcard
  3. [optional] Attach the Raspberry Pi Camera
  4. Connect to a network switcher with the Ethernet cable to connect to internet
  5. Attach the keyboard and mouse the USB ports on CMf4 Nano
  6. Connect to the HDMI monitor with the HDMI cable

# Start up your CM4 Nano

It doesn’t have a power switch. As soon as you connect it to a power outlet, it will turn on.

  • Plug the power supply into a socket and connect it to the power port.
  • You should see a red LED light up, which indicates that it is connected to power. As it starts up (this is also called booting), you will see raspberries appear in the top left-hand corner of your screen.
  • After a few seconds the Raspberry Pi OS desktop will appear.

# Finishing the setup

When you start for the first time, the Welcome to Raspberry Pi application will pop up and guide you through the initial setup.

pi wizard

  • Click on Next to start the setup.
  • Set your Country, Language, and Timezone, then click on Next again.

pi wizard country

  • Enter a new password for your Raspberry Pi and click on Next.

pi wizard password

  • Connect to your wireless network by selecting its name, entering the password, and clicking on Next.

pi wizard wifi

Note: If your model of Raspberry Pi doesn’t have wireless connectivity, you won’t see this screen.

Note: Wait until the wireless connection icon appears and the correct time is shown before trying to update the software.

  • Click on Next, and let the wizard check for updates to Raspberry Pi OS and install them (this might take a little while).

pi wizard updating

  • Click on Restart to finish the setup.

Note: You will only need to reboot if that’s necessary to complete an update.

pi wizard complete