Advent Vega Operation Manual

VEGA

T A B L E T P C

Operation Manual

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CONTENTS

SETTING UP YOUR TABLET FOR THE FIRST TIME �� 4

USING THE DEVICE’S BUTTONS & ICONS �� 5

Status icons �� 5

USING THE TOUCHSCREEN �� 6

SETTING UP MY INTERNET CONNECTION �� 7

Surfing the Internet �� 7

Favourites and Recently Accessed Sites �� 7

Open and Close Browser Windows �� 8

EMAIL SETUP ��9

To open Email �� 9

To add an email account �� 9

COMPOSING AND SENDING EMAIL �� 11

To compose and send a message �� 11

CONNECTING TO BLUETOOTH DEVICES �� 12

GETTING TO KNOW THE HOME SCREEN ��13

To wake up the device �� 13

To return to the Home screen �� 13

To view other parts of the Home screen �� 13

LOCKING YOUR SCREEN �� 14

To lock your screen�� 14

CUSTOMISING THE HOME SCREEN �� 15

To add an item to the Home screen �� 15

To move an item on the Home screen �� 15

To remove an item from the Home screen �� 15

To change the Home screen wallpaper �� 16

LOADING AND VIEWING MY MEDIA��17

Installing Advent Transfer Companion software �� 17

Using the Advent Transfer Companion software �� 17

Viewing my media �� 18

MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS �� 19

To open the Notifications panel �� 19

To respond to a notification �� 19

To clear all notifications �� 19

To close the Notifications panel �� 19

BACKUP, RESTORE AND UPDATING YOUR DEVICE ��20

Backup your Device �� 20

Restore your Device �� 20

To perform an software update on your device �� 20

OPTIMISING BATTERY LIFE ��21

To extend the life of your battery �� 21

To check the battery charge level ��21

To monitor and control what uses the battery �� 21

TROUBLESHOOTING ��22

Resetting your Advent Vega ��22

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SETTING UP YOUR TABLET FOR THE FIRST TIME

First check what’s in your box:

• Tablet computer

• Power Adapter

• Micro SD card (already inserted into your tablet computer)

• SD Card Adapter

• USB cable (type A to type A)

• Safety Manual

You will need to charge your battery, this may take up to 8 hours, but you can use your tablet on the mains while you wait for the battery to charge to 100%�

To get up and running all you need to do is connect the power lead to the tablet and then connect to the mains and follow the on screen instruction to complete setup�

You will see a set of shortcut icons at the bottom of your home screen for your convenience, but you can add more applications to your homescreen by press and holding the icon in the Application Launcher�

Press for 1-2 seconds to turn on the tablet PC�

Press for 2-3 seconds for pop up menu to appear�

Press for 4 seconds to power o�

Slide to lock the screen in its current orientation�

Press for 1 second to go back to the previous page�

Press for 2 seconds to show the menu�

Applications

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USING THE DEVICE’S BUTTONS & ICONS

The device’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts� Refer to your setup guide or setting up your tablet for the first time section for details about the location of the buttons on your device�

Button Press/Sl ide Press & Hol d (Physical Button o nly)

Back Opens the previous screen

you were working in. If the onscreen keyboard is open, closes the keyboard.

Opens a menu with items that affect the current screen or application.

Menu Opens a menu with items

that affect the current screen or application.

Home Opens the Home screen. If

you’re viewing the left or right extended Home screen, opens the central Home screen.

Power Turns off the screen. Opens a menu with options for home,

for Silent mode, suspend and for powering of f the device.

Volume Up / Down

Increases or decreases the device volume or media volume in applications, controls the volume of music, and other audio.

Quickly increases the device volume to maximum or minimum.

Screen Rotation Lo ck

Slide to lock the screen in its current orientation.

Status icons

The following icons indicate the status and notification of your device� In addition these icons, applications you install on your device may use their own notification icons�

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Problem with sign-in or sync

Bluetooth is on SD card is full

Connected to a Bluetooth

device

An open Wi-Fi network is

available

Alarm is set Device is connected via USB

cable

Mute Uploading data

Battery is ver y low Downloading data

Battery is low Battery is charging

Battery is partially drained Application launcher

Battery is full

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USING THE TOUCHSCREEN

The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen� You can also change the screen’s orientation�

Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application

and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger�

Touch & hold Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching

it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs� For example, to open a menu for customizing the Home screen, you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu opens�

Drag Touch & hold an item for a moment and then,

without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position� You drag items on the Home screen to reposition them and you can drag to open the Notifications panel�

Swipe or slide To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger

across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you don’t drag an item instead)� For example, you slide the screen up or down to scroll a list and you can swipe quickly across the screen to change the home screens�

Double-tap Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other

screen to zoom� For example, you double-tap a section of a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen� You can also double-tap to control the Camera zoom in other applications� Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some applications, such as Browser, reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen�

Pinch In some applications (such as Browser and

Gallery), you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart (to zoom in)�

Rotate the screen On most screens, the orientation of the screen

rotates with the device as you turn it from upright to its side and back again� You can turn this feature on and off by switch off rotate lock, mentioned on page 4�

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SETTING UP MY INTERNET CONNECTION

Your Advent tablet comes with built in wireless network support� To connect to a wireless network, please follow the steps below:

1� Turn on your Advent Tablet and swipe your finger across the

screen to unlock the device�

2� Tap the HOME icon at the top left of the screen to return to the

home page�

3� Tap the WIRELESS icon on the right of the screen – This will take

you to the wireless settings page�

4� Tap the tick box next to Wi-Fi ensuring the tick turns green� This

will switch on the wireless capabilities of your tablet�

5� It will now detect any wireless networks in range� Once the

network you wish to connect to appears in the list below, tap the name to connect�

6� If the wireless network has security enabled, you will be prompted

to enter your security key� Then tap CONNECT�

7� Congratulations� You should now be connected to your network�

You can make your tablet forget a previously connected network by:

1� Return to the wireless settings page as above�

2� Touch and hold the name of the network you wish to remove�

3� Tap Forget network in the dialogue that appears�

Surfing the Internet

1� You can use the built in Browser application to view

webpages and search for information on the web�

2� To open the Browser, press the HOME icon to

return to your Advent tablet home screen�

3� Then press the BROWSER icon from the launcher

on the right side of the screen�

4� When you open Browser, the last webpage you

were viewing is displayed� If you have not used Browser recently, your home page will open�

5� The web address (URL) of the current page is

displayed at the top of the window� To visit a different site simply tap the address bar and type in the address of the site you wish to visit and tap GO�

Favourites and Recently Accessed Sites

1� Use the Browser to navigate to the page you wish

to bookmark�

2� Touch the BOOKMARK icon at the top of screen

(next to the address bar) or press MENU then select BOOKMARKS�

3� Tap the ADD square then type the name you want

the bookmark to be saved as then tap OK�

Note: You can also visit your most accessed sites as

well as your history by tapping the relevant tabs.

HOME

Browser

Bookmark

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Open and Close Browser Windows

The Browser supplied with your Advent tablet supports multiple windows that you can switch between whilst surfing the Internet�

To open a new window:

1� Tap the MENU icon located in the status bar to display the Browser

menu�

2� Tap NEW WINDOW.

To switch between or close windows:

1� Tap the MENU icon�

2� Tap WINDOWS.

This will display a list of open Internet windows.

3� Tap the window you wish to switch to.

Note: To close an open window, touch the CROSS next to the window

name.

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