3. Attach your vehicle to the ground station device via USB, through a telemetry radio, or over WiFi. _QGroundControl_ should detect your vehicle and connect to it automatically.
While the UI is fairly intuitive, this documentation can also be referenced to find out more.
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Make sure QGC has an internet connection when you connect a new vehicle. This will allow it to get the latest parameter and other metadata for the vehicle, along with [translations](../settings_view/general.md#miscellaneous).