Archos AC79BNE Users Manual

AC79BNE

User Manual

1. Appearance ............................................................................................................................... 1

2. Beginning Use ............................................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Charge the battery ............................................................................................................... 2

2.2 Use the storage card ............................................................................................................ 2

2.3 Hot plug of storage card ...................................................................................................... 2

2.4 Memory space ..................................................................................................................... 3

2.5 Power on/off ........................................................................................................................ 3

2.6 Connect to wireless networks .............................................................................................. 3

3. Home Screen ................................................................................................................................. 5

3.1 Status and notifications ....................................................................................................... 6

3.2 Shortcuts to Add widgets .................................................................................................... 7

3.3 Finger gestures .................................................................................................................... 8

3.4 Coping files to and from the storage card ........................................................................... 8

3.5 Searching the device and the web ....................................................................................... 9

4. Personalizing ............................................................................................................................... 11

4.1 Change the Notification ringtone ...................................................................................... 11

4.2 Change your wallpaper ..................................................................................................... 11

4.3 Personalize your Home screen with widgets ..................................................................... 12

4.4 Rearrange or remove widgets and icons on your Home screen ........................................ 13

5. Web browsing .............................................................................................................................. 14

6 Manage Applications .................................................................................................................... 15

7. T ypic al applications introduction ................................................................................................ 16

7.1 Music Player ..................................................................................................................... 16

7.2 V ideo Player ...................................................................................................................... 18

7.3 Gallery ............................................................................................................................... 20

7.4 Apk installer ...................................................................................................................... 22

7.5 Explorer ............................................................................................................................. 23

7.6 Instant Messaging tools ..................................................................................................... 24

7.7 Emails ....................................................................................................................

........... 25

8. Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 26

8.1 Wireless & networks ......................................................................................................... 26

8.2 Sound ................................................................................................................................ 26

8.3 Display .............................................................................................................................. 27

8.4HDMI ................................................................................................................................. 28

8.5 Screen shot setting ............................................................................................................ 29

8.6 Storage .............................................................................................................................. 29

8.7 Apps .................................................................................................................................. 30

8.8 Location service ................................................................................................................ 31

8.9 Security settings ................................................................................................................ 31

8.10 Language & Keyboard setting ........................................................................................ 31

8.11 Backup &reset ................................................................................................................. 31

8.12 Accounts .......................................................................................................................... 32

8.13Date & Time setting ......................................................................................................... 33

8.14Accessibility ..................................................................................................................... 34

8.15Developer options ............................................................................................................ 34

8.16About Device ................................................................................................................... 35

9. Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 36

9.1 Force shutdown ................................................................................................................. 36

9.2 Restore default settings ..................................................................................................... 36

9.3 System updating ................................................................................................................ 36

9.4 Reset .................................................................................................................................. 36

9.5 FCC statement ................................................................................................................... 36

1. Appearance

AC79BNE series include several products with different physical dimensions. In this manual, AC79BNE is taken as the example to illustrate its appearance. The pictures in the manual are subject to the material object.

1 T-Flash card slot 2 HDMI port 3 Microphone 4 3.5mm earphone jack 5 Camera 6 Power button: power on\off, wake up from sleep mode 7 Volume up 8 Volume down 9 Micro USB port: support charging the device, communicating with PC, and

also support connecting external U disk, mobile hard drive and 3G dongle via switch wiring

10 Speaker

2. Beginning Use

Statement: The software updates sporadically since we continuously devote to

product quality improvements. When operation for the product(s) your purchased differs from that described in this manual, please follow your product(s).

2.1 Charge the battery

AC79BNE comes with a built-in polymer rechargeable battery and is designed to use only manufacture-specified original batteries and accessories. When the battery is low, please charge it timely.

Charge by Charger

Plug one terminal of the charger into the power adapter socket, and the other to the power jack of the device to charge it.

2.2 Use the storage card

Insert the storage card

The storage card slot is on the right panel, just insert the TF Flash card with its gold contacts facing down and push it in until it licks into place.

Browse files in the storage card

To browser the files in the storage card, do one of the following:

● run “File Manager to view files in the storage card

● you can also install and run any other third party file browser applications

Remove the storage card

Simply push the storage card in to eject it from its slot.

To avoid data loss or damage, please stop using files/ programs in the storage card before remove the T-Flash card, and then tap Settings> Storage> Unmount

storage to remove it safely. [Note]:

1. Make sure the location and direction of the storage card is correct when

inserting, otherwise it is easy to cause damage/destroy to the storage card.

2. To avoid incompatibility or unrecognized of the storage card, major

brands of storage card are recommended.

2.3 Hot plug of storage card

Please do not hot plug the storage card when using or browsing its files.

For example, when you are running the Music/Video Player/ Gallery, the storage card may damage if you push out the storage card directly and the running program will stop automatically to protect the device. As for details of inserting/removing storage card, see 2.2 Use the storage card.

2.4 Memory space

The device contains 2 memory spaces: local storage & extended storage card. Local storage appears as “Local” and extended storage card as “EXTSD” in the device. The capacity of built-in flash varies from 8GB and 16GB because of different model of the MP81 series. The built-in flash capacity of your device depends on the model your purchased. MP81 series support extended storage card of capacity maximum 32GB.

2.5 Power on/off

Power on: press down the Power Button to turn on the device when the battery is full

enough Power off: press down the Power Button for about 3 seconds and then a menu with options will popup, select Power Off to turn off the device Screen Lock: press down the Power Button to shutdown the screen to save battery life. Press down the Power Button again to activate the locked Home Screen. After unlocking, the device will resume the screen before locking the screen.

2.6 Connect to wireless networks

To connect to a wireless network, you should follow:

1. tap Settings on the Home screen;

2. tap Wi-Fi;

3. select ON;

4. the network names and security settings of detected Wi-Fi networks are

displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section;

5. tap a Wi-Fi network to connect. If you selected an open network, you will be

automatically connected to the network. If you selected a network that is secured with WEP, enter the key and then tap Connect. Depending on the network type and its security settings, you may also need to enter more information or choose a security certificate.

6. after successful connection, the Wi-Fi connected icon will appears on the

status bar.

3. Home Screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on you device. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customer the Home screen with different wallpaper& widgets and display items you want. See the Personalizing chapter.

When you sign in, the Home screen opens.

Sleep mode

Sleep mode suspends your device to a low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the device is in Sleep mode.

[Note]: If the device in sleep mode more than 30 minutes, the device will automatically turn off to save electricity.

Switch to sleep mode

Simply press down the Power Button; and the device will automatically

shutdown the display screen when there is no operation on the screen for a period of time.

Wake up from sleep mode

To wake up your device manually, press the Power Button. You will then see that the device has locked the screen.

Unlocking the screen

Press the bar on the lock screen and then slide your finger upwards to unlock the screen.

Browse Home Screen

You can go to the extended Home screen by sliding your finger horizontally across the screen to go to the left or right side of the Home screen. Tap the icon

to view all applications on your device.

3.1 Status and notifications

Status and Notification Icons may appear

The status bar presents media volume, networks condition, battery condition, time and so on. When an application is running, corresponding notification icon will appear in the notification area. Icons you may often see are listed as follows:

Status icons and its meanings Notification icons its meanings

New Gmail/Google Mail

Tap to go to the Home screen

message

Back

Recently windows viewed

Menu icon

Screenshot captured

Connected to a Wi-Fi network and display the signal strength

Battery is charging

New Email message

Music player is ongoing

SD card is mounted

USB Connected

Airplane mode

Settings

Open notification panel

When new notification icon displays in the status bar, tap the status bar to open the Notifications panel as follows:

If you have several notifications, you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications.

[Tip]: You can also open the Notifications panel on the Home screen by pressing Menu icon on the panel and then tapping Notifications. In the popping notification panel, there are shortcut buttons for turning on/off Wi-Fi, airplane mode, auto-rotate screen and for adjusting screen brightness.

Close the Notifications panel

Simply press the Back button on the device panel.

3.2 Shortcuts to Add widgets

To add widgets to Home screen, you can

1. tap on the home screen to enter into all apps interface as follows

2. tap

3. select one item.

Slide your finger horizontally on the home screen to check widgets that can be added to the home screen. Widgets selectable are as follows:

3.3 Finger gestures

Tap: When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as

application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger. Press and hold: To open the available option for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page), simply press and hold the item. Swipe or slide: To swipe or slide means to drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. Drag: Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position. Rotate: For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the device sideways. When entering text, you can turn the device sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. Refer to Settings chapter for more details.

3.4 Coping files to and from the storage card

You can copy music, photos/pictures and others to your device to personalize your device.

1. Use the USB cable that came with your device to connect it to a USB port on your

computer.

2. when the icon appears in the notification area, open the notification panel

and tap USB Connected to popup the following screen:

3. tap , when the notification icon turns yellow, the

computer will recognize your device as a removable disk;

4. find the removable disk and open it. Do one of the followings:

z Copy the files from the computer to the storage card’s root folder. z Copy the files from the storage card to a folder in your computer or computer

desktop.

5. after copying the files, unmount the removable disk (that is, your device) as

required by your computer’s operating system to safely remove your device.

6. disconnect your device from the computer. If your want your device remain connecting to the computer and enable reading its storage card, you can open the Notifications panel and tap

[Note]: you can also realize communication between the device and the computer by tapping Settings> Developer options>USB Debugging.

3.5 Searching the device and the web

You can search for information on your device and on the Web by using the Quick Search Box.

1. press on the home screen to enter into all apps interface;

2. tap Search and then enter the search item in the Quick Search Box As you type, matching items on your device and suggestions from Google web search are shown as a list. The suggested items that appear will depend on the options that

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