Asus A601CG, A600CG User Manual

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A600CG/A601CG

User Guide

E10014

December 2014

First Edition

Care and safety

Guidelines

Road safety comes first. We strongly recommend not to use your device when driving or operating any type of vehicle.

This device should only be used in environments with ambient temperatures between 5°C (41°F) and 35°C (95°F).

Turn off your device in restricted areas where the use of mobile devices is prohibited. Always obey rules and regulations when in restricted areas, such as, in aircraft, movie theater, in hospitals or near medical equipment, near gas or fuel, construction sites, blasting sites and other areas.

Use only AC adapters and cables approved by ASUS for use with this device. Refer to the rating label on the bottom of your device and ensure that your power adapter complies with this rating.

Do not use damaged power cables, accessories, and other peripherals with your device.

Keep your device dry. Do not use or expose your device near liquids, rain, or moisture.

You can put your device through x-ray machines (such as those used in conveyor belts for airport security), but do not expose the device to magnetic detectors and wands.

The device screen is made of glass. If the glass gets broken, stop using the device and do not touch the broken glass parts. Immediately send device for repair to ASUS-qualified service personnel.

Do not listen at high volume levels for long periods to prevent possible hearing damage.

Disconnect the AC power before cleaning your device. Use only a clean cellulose sponge or chamois cloth when cleaning your device screen.

Send device for repair to ASUS-qualified service personnel only.

Proper disposal

Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.

DO NOT throw the battery in municipal waste. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste.

DO NOT throw this product in municipal waste. This product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical, electronic equipment and mercurycontaining button cell battery) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.

DO NOT throw this product in fire. DO NOT short circuit the contacts. DO NOT disassemble this product.

Contents
1	Basics	8
	Welcome!....................................................................................................................	8
	Starting for the first time.....................................................................................................................	9
	Using the touchscreen.......................................................................................................................	11
2	There’s no place like Home	14
	Zen Home features......................................................................................................	14
	Home screen............................................................................................................	14
	Quick settings........................................................................................................................................	16
	System notifications............................................................................................................................	17
	Personalizing your Home screen................................................................................	18
	App shortcuts..........................................................................................................	18
	Widgets....................................................................................................................................................	19
	Wallpapers...............................................................................................................	20
	Extended Home screen......................................................................................................................	21
	Easy Mode...............................................................................................................................................	21
	Setting up the date and time...........................................................................................................	23
	Setting up your ringtone and alert sounds................................................................................	23
	Lock Screen..................................................................................................................	24
	Customizing your lock screen.........................................................................................................	24
	Customizing the quick access buttons.........................................................................................	25
3	Work hard, play harder	26
	Browser........................................................................................................................	26
	Launching the Browser app.............................................................................................................	26
	Sharing pages........................................................................................................................................	27
	Reading the pages later.....................................................................................................................	27
	Adding a new tab.................................................................................................................................	27
	Bookmarking pages............................................................................................................................	27
	Smartly read online.............................................................................................................................	28
	Clearing the browser cache..............................................................................................................	29
	Email.............................................................................................................................	29
	Setting up email accounts................................................................................................................	29
	Adding email accounts......................................................................................................................	30
	Setting up a Gmail account..............................................................................................................	30
	Emailing invites to events.................................................................................................................	31
	Emailing later.........................................................................................................................................	31
	Calendar.......................................................................................................................	32
	Creating events.....................................................................................................................................	32
	Adding accounts to Calendar..........................................................................................................	32
	Creating an event from your account...........................................................................................	33
	Enabling alert reminders for events..............................................................................................	33
	What’s Next..................................................................................................................	34
	Getting event reminders...................................................................................................................	34
	Accepting or declining invites to events.....................................................................................	35

	Getting event-related alerts.............................................................................................................	36
	Getting the weather updates..........................................................................................................	38
	Displaying the 7-day weather forecast........................................................................................	39
	Do It Later.....................................................................................................................	40
	Adding to-do tasks..................................................................................................	40
	Prioritizing to-do tasks...........................................................................................	40
	Calling back now..................................................................................................................................	41
	Emailing now.........................................................................................................................................	41
	Catching up on my online reading now.................................................................	41
	Replying now...........................................................................................................	42
	Deleting to-do tasks................................................................................................	42
	SuperNote....................................................................................................................	43
	Creating a notebook...........................................................................................................................	44
	Sharing a notebook on the Cloud..................................................................................................	44
	Sharing a note to the Cloud.............................................................................................................	44
	File Manager................................................................................................................	45
	Accessing the internal storage........................................................................................................	45
	Accessing the external storage device.........................................................................................	45
	Accessing Cloud Storage...................................................................................................................	45
	The Cloud.....................................................................................................................	46
	ASUS WebStorage....................................................................................................	46
	Data Transfer................................................................................................................	47
4	Keeping in touch	48
	Call in style...................................................................................................................	48
	Dual SIM feature......................................................................................................	48
	Making calls...........................................................................................................................................	50
	Receiving calls.........................................................................................................	54
	Managing your call logs..........................................................................................	54
	Other call options................................................................................................................................	56
	Managing multiple calls....................................................................................................................	57
	Recording calls......................................................................................................................................	60
	Managing contacts......................................................................................................	61
	Launching the Contacts app............................................................................................................	61
	Contacts Settings.................................................................................................................................	61
	Setting up your profile.......................................................................................................................	61
	Adding contacts...................................................................................................................................	62
	Setting up your VIPs............................................................................................................................	63
	Marking your favorite contacts.......................................................................................................	65
	Importing contacts..................................................................................................	65
	Exporting contacts..................................................................................................	66
	Social networking with your contacts..........................................................................................	67
	Linking your contacts’ info................................................................................................................	68
	Backup/restore call logs..........................................................................................	68
	Send messages and more...........................................................................................	70
	Messaging...............................................................................................................................................	70
	Omlet Chat...............................................................................................................	72

5	Fun and entertainment	85
	Using a headset...........................................................................................................		85
	Connecting the audio jack................................................................................................................		85
	Play Games...................................................................................................................		86
	Using Play Games.................................................................................................................................		86
	Music............................................................................................................................		87
	Launching Music..................................................................................................................................		87
	Playing songs.........................................................................................................................................		87
	Streaming Cloud music......................................................................................................................		88
	Creating a playlist................................................................................................................................		89
	PlayTo other devices...........................................................................................................................		89
	FM Radio......................................................................................................................		90
6	Your precious moments	92
	Capture moments........................................................................................................		92
	Launching the Camera app..............................................................................................................		92
	Using Camera for the first time.......................................................................................................		93
	Advanced camera features...............................................................................................................		97
	Using the Gallery.......................................................................................................		103
	Viewing files from your social network or cloud storage...................................................		103
	Viewing the photo location...........................................................................................................		104
	Sharing files from the Gallery.......................................................................................................		105
	Deleting files from the Gallery.....................................................................................................		105
	Editing images...................................................................................................................................		105
	Using MicroFilm.................................................................................................................................		107
	Using PlayTo (on selected models only)...................................................................................		108
7	Staying connected	109
	Mobile network.........................................................................................................		109
	Enabling the mobile network...............................................................................		109
	Wi-Fi............................................................................................................................		109
	Enabling Wi-Fi........................................................................................................		109
	Connecting to a Wi-Fi network.............................................................................		110
	Disabling Wi-Fi.......................................................................................................		110
	Bluetooth®........................................................................................................................................................................................................		110
	Enabling Bluetooth®.............................................................................................		110
	Pairing your Zen device to a Bluetooth® device....................................................................		111
	Unpairing your Zen device from the Bluetooth® device....................................................		111
	Tethering....................................................................................................................		112
	Wi-Fi Hotspot......................................................................................................................................		112
	Bluetooth Tethering.........................................................................................................................		113
	Miracast™...................................................................................................................		114
	Launching Miracast..........................................................................................................................		114
8	Travel and Maps	115
	Weather......................................................................................................................		115
	Launching the Weather app..........................................................................................................		115
	Weather home screen.....................................................................................................................		116

	Clock...........................................................................................................................	117
	World Clock.........................................................................................................................................	117
	Alarm clock..........................................................................................................................................	118
	Stopwatch............................................................................................................................................	118
	Timer......................................................................................................................................................	119
9	ZenLink	120
	Knowing ZenLink.......................................................................................................	120
	Party Link.............................................................................................................................................	120
	Share Link.............................................................................................................................................	122
	PC Link...................................................................................................................................................	123
	Remote Link........................................................................................................................................	125
10	Zen Everywhere	128
	Special Zen Tools.......................................................................................................	128
	Flashlight..............................................................................................................................................	128
	Calculator.............................................................................................................................................	130
	Quick memo........................................................................................................................................	131
	Sound Recorder.................................................................................................................................	132
	Audio Wizard.......................................................................................................................................	134
	Splendid...............................................................................................................................................	135
	Power Saver.........................................................................................................................................	137
	There’s more to your Zen..........................................................................................	138
	ASUS Cover..........................................................................................................................................	138
11	Maintain your Zen	140
	Keeping your device up-to-date..............................................................................	140
	Updating your system.....................................................................................................................	140
	Storage...................................................................................................................	140
	Backup and reset...................................................................................................	140
	Securing your Zen device..............................................................................................................	141
Appendix		146
	Notices........................................................................................................................	146
Index		151
	Index......................................................................................................................................................	151

Basics	1

Welcome!

Explore the intuitive simplicity of ASUS Zen UI!

ASUS Zen UI is a charming and intuitive interface exclusively for ASUS Zen devices. It provides you with special apps, which are integrated in or with other apps, to fit your unique individual needs and make your life easier while letting you have fun with your Zen device.

Camera

With PixelMaster technology, capture those precious moments in vivid and high-quality photos and videos.

Do It Later

Get hold and act on your important emails, SMS messages, interesting websites, or other important tasks when it is more convenient for you to do so.

What’s Next

View meeting details, emails, and other event alerts or notifications at a glance right from your Home screen, Lock Screen, or What’s Next app.

ZenLink

Get maximum productivity from ZenLink, which comprises of Remote Link, Share Link, PC Link, and Party Link apps. Use any of these apps to connect with other devices for sharing and receiving files.

NOTE: Availability of the ZenLink apps vary with Zen device models.

NOTE: Availability of ASUS Zen UI apps vary per region and Zen device model. Tap from your Home screen to check the apps available on your Zen device.

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Starting for the first time

When you turn your Zen device on for the first time, Setup Wizard will guide you through the setup process. Follow the onscreen instructions to select your language, select input methods, set up your mobile network and Wi-Fi, sync accounts, and configure your location services.

Use your Google or ASUS account to set up your device, if you do not have a Google or ASUS account yet, go ahead and create one.

Google Account

Using a Google Account allows you to fully utilize these Android OS features:

•Organize and see all your information from anywhere.

•Automatically backup all your data.

•Leverage Google services conveniently from anywhere.

ASUS Account

Having an ASUS Account gets you to enjoy the following perks:

•Personalized ASUS support service and warranty extension for registered products.

•Free 5 GB of Cloud storage space.

•Receive the latest device and firmware updates.

NOTE: You can also use the Setup Wizard to reconfigure your device, any time at your convenience. From the Home screen tap > Setup Wizard.

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Battery power conservation tips

The battery charge is the lifeline of your Zen device. Here are some battery power conservation tips that helps preserve the power of your Zen device battery.

–When not in use, press the power button to put the device in sleep mode.

–Activate Smart Saving in Power Saver app.

–Set audio to Smart Mode.

–Decrease brightness of display.

–Keep the speaker volume to a low level.

–Disable Wi-Fi feature.

–Disable Bluetooth feature.

–Disable Miracast feature.

–Disable GPS.

–Disable the screen auto-rotate feature.

–Disable all auto-sync features in your device.

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Using the touchscreen

Use these gestures on the touchscreen to launch apps, access some settings, and navigate your Zen device.

Launching apps or selecting items

Do any of the following:

•To launch an app, simply tap on it.

•To select an item such as in File Manager app, simply tap on it.

Moving or deleting items

Do any of the following:

•To move an app or widget, tap and hold then drag it to the location where you want it to be.

•To delete an app or widget from the Home screen, tap and hold then drag it up to X Remove.

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Moving through pages or screens

Do any of the following:

•Swipe your finger to the left or to the right to switch between screens or to flip through a Gallery of images.

•Scroll your finger up or down to go through web pages or list of items.

Zooming in

Spread apart your two fingers on the touch panel to zoom in an image in Gallery or Maps.

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Zooming out

Bring together your two fingers on the touch panel to zoom out an image in Gallery or Maps.

Using the Glove mode

You can still navigate the touchscreen of your Zen device even when you’re wearing your gloves. Do any of the following to enable Glove mode:

•• Swipe down from the upper right corner to launch the Quick Settings panel, then tap Glove mode.

•• Tap > Settings > ASUS customized settings, then tick Glove mode.

There’s no place like Home	2

Zen Home features

Home screen

Get reminders of important events, app and system updates, weather forecasts, and text messages from people who really matter to you, right from your Home screen.

Swipe down this area to display System notifications

Swipe down this area to display Quick settings

Tap to update Weather settings

Tap to display Time settings

Tap to open Google Search page

Tap to open Voice Search

Tap to open All Apps screen

Tap to open an app

Swipe the Home screen to the left or right to display the extended Home screen.

NOTE: To add more pages to your Home screen, see Extended Home screen.

Understanding notification icons

These icons are shown on the status bar and will guide you of the current status of your Zen device.

Mobile network

Shows the signal strength of your mobile network.

1Micro SIM card 1

Shows that a micro SIM card is inserted in micro SIM card slot 1.

2Micro SIM card 2

Shows that a micro SIM card is inserted in micro SIM card slot 2.

NOTE: If the SIM card icon is displayed in green, it indicates that it is set as the preferred network.

Messages

Shows that you have an unread message.

Wi-Fi

Shows the signal strength of your Wi-Fi connection.

Battery life

Shows the battery status of your Zen device.

MicroSD card

Shows that a microSD card is inserted in your Zen device.

Screenshots

Shows that you took screenshots of your Zen device.

Airplane mode

Shows that your Zen device is on Airplane mode.

Wi-Fi Hotspot

Shows that Wi-Fi hotspot of your Zen device is enabled.

Smart Saving mode

Shows that Smart Saving mode is enabled.

NOTE: For more details, see Power Saver.

Mute mode

Shows that Mute mode is enabled.

Vibrate mode

Shows that Vibrate mode is enabled.

Download status

Shows the download status of an app or file.

Reading Mode

Shows that Reading mode is enabled.

NOTE: For more details, see Reading Mode.

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Quick settings

The Quick settings panel provides a one-tap access to some of the wireless features and settings of your Zen device. Each of these features are represented by a button.

To launch the Quick settings panel, swipe down from the upper right corner of your Zen device.

NOTE: A blue button indicates that the feature is currently enabled while a gray button indicates a disabled feature. The green buttons refer to individual utilities that you can quickly access via the Quick Settings Notification Panel.

Tap to launch the Display settings screen

Slide left or right to adjust the screen’s brightness

Tap to open Settings

Tap to select/deselect items to display in Quick settings

Tap to switch to System notifications panel

Tap these buttons to enable or disable their functions.

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Adding or removing buttons

To add or remove existing buttons from the ASUS Quick Settings notification panel:

1.Launch Quick settings then tap .

2.Tap the box beside the feature to add or remove it from the ASUS Quick Setting Notification Panel.

NOTE: A checked box indicates that the feature's button is accessible via the ASUS Quick Settings Notification Panel while an unchecked box means the opposite.

3. Tap to go back and view the current ASUS Quick Settings notification panel.

System notifications

From System notifications, you can see the latest updates done and system changes made on your Zen device. Most of these changes are data and system-related.

To launch the System notifications panel, swipe down from the upper left corner of your Zen device.

Tap to open Settings

Tap to switch to Quick settings panel

Tap this to delete all of the listed notifications

Swipe the notification to the left or right to remove it from the list

Tap on the notification to view its details

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Personalizing your Home screen

Stamp your own personality on your Home screen. Select an attractive design as your wallpaper, add shortcuts for quick access to your favorite apps, and add widgets for a quick review of important info. You can also add more pages so you can add and quickly access or view more apps or widgets on your Home screen.

App shortcuts

App shortcuts make it easier to quickly-access your often-used or favorite apps from your Home screen. You can add, remove, or group your apps into one folder.

Adding app shortcuts

Add shortcuts to quickly access your often-used apps right from your Home screen.

1.Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Apps.

2.From the All Apps list, tap and hold an app, then drag it to an empty area on your Home screen.

Removing app shortcuts

From your Home screen, tap and hold an app, then drag it to X Remove on top of your screen. The app that you’ve removed from your Home screen will remain in the All Apps screen.

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Grouping your app shortcuts in a folder

Create folders to organize your app shortcuts on your Home screen.

1.On your Home screen, tap and drag an app onto another app and a folder will appear.

2.Tap the new folder and tap Unnamed Folder to assign a name to this folder.

Widgets

You can put widgets, which are small dynamic apps, on your Home screen. Widgets provide you with quick-views of the weather forecast, calendar events information, battery status, and more.

Adding widgets

To add a widget:

1.Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Widgets.

2.From the Widgets screen, tap and hold a widget, then drag it to an empty area on your Home screen.

Removing widgets

From your Home screen, tap and hold a widget, then drag it to X Remove on top of your screen.

NOTE: You can also tap on your Home screen to view All Apps and Widgets.

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Wallpapers

Let your apps, icons, and other Zen elements sit on an attractively designed wallpaper. You may add a translucent background tint to your wallpaper for readability and clarity. You can also select an animated wallpaper to make your screen come alive.

Tap to apply a background tint

Tap to select the background tint

Move the slider to adjust the transparency of the wallpaper

Tap to select wallpaper

Tap to select an image from your saved photos or images

Applying wallpaper and background tint

To apply wallpaper and background tint:

1.Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Wallpapers.

2.Select where you want your wallpaper: on your Home screen, Lock screen, or Home screen and Lock screen. If you do not want to add a background tint to your wallpaper, skip to step 5.

3.Tick Background tint, then adjust the transparency level.

4.Tap then select a color.

5.Select a wallpaper, then tap Apply.

NOTE: Apply a background tint to your Home screen, or Home screen and Lock screen.

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Applying an animated wallpaper

To apply an animated wallpaper:

1.Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Wallpapers.

2.Select where you want your wallpaper: on your Home screen, or Home Screen and Lock screen.

3.Select an animated wallpaper, then tap Apply.

NOTE: You can also set up your wallpaper settings from > Settings > Display.

Extended Home screen

Extending your Home screen

You can add more pages to extend your Home screen and put more app shortcuts and widgets on it.

1.Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Edit page.

2.Tap to a add a new page. If you wish to delete an extended Home screen, select then drag and drop it into .

Easy Mode

Navigate your Zen device better with Easy Mode, an intuitive interface with large icons, buttons, and font size for better readability and easier user experience . You can also quickly do your core tasks such as making calls, sending messages, and more in Easy Mode.

Enabling Easy Mode

To enable Easy Mode:

1. Launch the Settings screen by doing any of the following:

•• Launch Quick settings then tap .

•• Tap > Settings.

2.Scroll down the Settings screen and select Easy Mode.

3.Slide Easy Mode to ON.

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Adding shortcuts

In Easy Mode, you can add up to twelve (12) app shortcuts on the Home screen.

1.Swipe to the right of the Home screen, then tap .

2.From the All apps screen, select the app that you want to add to the list.

Removing shortcuts

Do the following:

1.Swipe to the right of the Home screen, then tap .

2.Tap Edit shortcuts.

3.Select the app or apps that you want to remove from the list, then tap Delete.

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Setting up the date and time

By default, the date and time displayed on your Home screen automatically syncs with your mobile provider’s settings.

To change the date and time settings:

1. Launch the Settings screen by doing any of the following:

•• Launch Quick settings then tap .

•• Tap > Settings.

2.Scroll down the Settings screen and select Date & time.

3.Deselect Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone.

4.Select the time zone and manually set the date and time.

5.You can opt to use the 24-hour format, if you prefer.

6.Select the date format that you want to display.

NOTE: See also Clock.

Setting up your ringtone and alert sounds

Set up the sound for your phone ringtone, notifications such as text messages, emails, and event alerts. You can also choose to enable or disable the dial pad touch tones, touch sounds, screen lock sound, or you can choose to have your Zen device vibrate when you tap on it.

To set up the sound settings:

1. Launch the Settings screen by doing any of the following:

•• Launch Quick settings then tap .

•• Tap > Settings.

2.Scroll down the Settings screen and select Sound.

3.Set up your preferred sound settings.

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Lock Screen

By default, the lock screen appears after turning on your device and while waking it up from sleep mode. From the lock screen, you can proceed to your device’s Android® system by swiping on your touch screen panel.

Your device’s lock screen can also be customized to regulate access to your mobile data and apps.

Customizing your lock screen

If you want to change your lock screen settings from the default Swipe option, refer to the following steps:

1.Launch Quick settings then tap .

2.Scroll down the Settings screen and select Lock screen.

3. In the next screen, tap Screen lock.

4. Tap the screen lock option you would like to use.

NOTE: For more details, see Securing your Zen device.

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Customizing the quick access buttons

By default, your lock screen includes quick access buttons for these apps: Phone, Messaging, and Camera. Change this default settings and customize these buttons to launch other apps on the lock screen using the following steps:

1.Launch Quick settings then tap .

2.Scroll down the Settings screen and select Lock screen.

3.Under Display, slide the bar from OFF to ON beside Quick Access to enable this feature.

4.Tap Quick Access.

5.Under the Quick Access screen, select which button you would like to customize.

6. Tap the app you would like to preset on the quick access button you chose to configure.

NOTE: Scroll up or down to view the current list of apps you can preset.

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Work hard, play harder	3

Browser

Your browser’s state-of-the-art Chromium-based engine lets you surf the Internet at a fast loading speed. Its clean and intuitive Zen interface powered by text-reflow technology optimizes web contents to better fit the screen of your Zen device. With its magazine view mode via its Smart Reader feature, you can pleasurably read your favorite web contents online or offline without any distracting items such as banner ads. You can also mark an interesting page as a read later task, which you can retrieve from the Do It Later app and read at your convenient pace.

IMPORTANT! Before doing any Internet surfing or Internet-related activities, ensure that your Zen device is connected to a Wi-Fi or mobile network. For more details, see Staying connected.

Launching the Browser app

From your Home screen, do any of the following to launch the Browser app:

•Tap .

•Tap > Browser.

Sharing pages

Share interesting pages from your Zen device to others via an email account, cloud storage account, Bluetooth, or other Zen device apps.

1.Launch the browser.

2.From a web page, tap > Share page.

2. Tap the account or app that you want to use as medium in sharing the page.

Reading the pages later

When there’s an interesting piece of information online yet you don’t currently have the time to read it, you can mark it as a read later task. You can retrieve and read this page at a convenient time from the Do It Later app.

1.From the page, tap > Read later.

2.To retrieve the page, tap Asus > Do It Later from the Home screen.

NOTE: For details on browsing read-later pages, see Catching up on my online reading now.

Adding a new tab

Hide the current website and open a new window to continue surfing or browsing another website.

1.From the current page, tap > New tab.

2.Enter the URL address in the URL field and continue enjoying browsing the Internet from your Zen device.

3.If you want to do add another tab, follow step 1 again.

NOTES:

•Opening many websites in your browser slows down its loading performance.

•If Internet connection slows down, try clearing the cache. For details, refer to the section Clearing the browser cache.

Bookmarking pages

Bookmark your favorite pages or websites so you can go back and browse them again.

To bookmark a page:

From the page, tap > Save to bookmarks. The next time you open your browser, you can quickly tap on your bookmarked page.

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Smartly read online

Your Zen device automatically enables the Smart Reader Mode on pages that contain a lot of items that you may find unnecessary or distracting such as banner ads, icons, or menu items. You can remove these items and read only the main contents of the page.

NOTE: Smart Reader Mode supports Wikipedia, CNN, ESPN, BCC, and NY Times sites.

To use the Smart Reader Mode:

•Tap the Smart Reader Mode icon to automatically remove any unnecessary or distracting items and show only the main contents of the page.

•From the Smart Reader Mode page, do any of the following:

•• Tap to show your Reader’s List or saved pages.

•• Tap to launch the Marker tool and select your preferred color, then swipe over the text that you want to highlight.

•• Bring two fingers together or spread them apart to zoom in/out of a page.

Tap to open the Reader’s List

Tap to launch the Marker Tool

Tap to share the page with others or to save it to the

Reader’s List

Zoom in/out of a page.

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Clearing the browser cache

Clear the browser cache to delete temporary Internet files, websites, and cookies that are temporarily stored in your Zen device. This helps improve the loading performance of your browser.

1.Launch the browser.

2.Tap > Settings > Privacy & security > Clear cache.

3.Click OK on the confirmation message.

Email

Add Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, POP3/IMAP accounts so you can receive, create, and browse emails right from your device. You can also sync your email contacts from these accounts to your Zen device.

IMPORTANT! Your Zen device must be connected to a Wi-Fi or mobile network so you can add an email account or send and receive emails from added accounts. For more details, see Staying connected.

Setting up email accounts

Set up your existing personal or work email account so you can receive, read, and send emails from your Zen device.

1.From the Home screen, tap Email to launch the Email app.

2.Tap the mail provider you want to set up.

3.Key in your email address and password and tap Next.

NOTE: Wait while your device automatically checks your incoming and outgoing mail server settings.

4.Configure the Account settings such as inbox checking frequency, sync days, or notification for incoming emails. When done, tap Next.

5.Key in an account name that you want to be displayed in the outgoing messages, then tap Next to log into your inbox.

NOTE: If you want to set up your work account on your Zen device, ask for the email settings from your network administrator.

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Adding email accounts

If you don’t have an existing email account, you can create one so you can receive, read, and send emails right from your Zen device.

1.From the Home screen, tap Email to launch the Email app.

2.Tap > Settings, then add an email account.

3.Tap the mail provider that you want to add.

4.Follow the succeeding instructions to complete setting up your new email account.

NOTE: You may also refer to steps 3 to 5 in the Setting up email accounts section to complete this setup process.

Setting up a Gmail account

Set up your Gmail account to get into Google-related services and apps as well as receive, send, and browse emails right from your Zen device.

1.Tap Google then tap Gmail.

2.Tap Existing and key in your existing Gmail account and password, then tap .

NOTES:

•Tap New if you do not own a Google account.

•When signing in, you have to wait while your device communicates with Google servers to setup your account.

3.Use your Google account to backup and restore your settings and data. Tap to sign in to your Gmail account.

IMPORTANT! If you have several email accounts aside from Gmail, use Email app to set up and access all your email accounts.

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