Ematic EGQ327M User Manual

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User’s Manual
Ematic 7” Quad Core Tablet
EGQ327M
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Since the tablet software updates regularly, the user manual may not cover all aspects of new features.
being fully charged and discharged 2-3 times.
• While using earphones, if the volume is excessively
high it may cause hearing damage. Please adjust the volume of the player to a safe level and moderate during use.
• Do not disconnect the tablet suddenly when for­matting or uploading and downloading, which can lead to program errors.
• Do not dismantle the tablet by yourself, and do not
use alcohol, thinner or benzene to clean its surface.
• Do not use the tablet while driving or walking.
• The tablet is not moisture and water resistant.
Please do not use it in a damp environment.
• Do not drop or hit the tablet against a hard surface, or the screen may be damaged or cracked.
• Do not upgrade the rmware by yourself. The tab­let should be upgraded with the right rmware and
right methods offered by us. If upgrade is needed, please contact us.
Important Notices
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Section 1: Tablet Overview
Tablet Overview
Screen Basics
Touch Screen Basics
Section 2: Initial Setup
Charging
Turn on
Getting Started Setting up your Google™ Account
Section 3: Your Home Screen
Icons Adding Icons Moving Icons Removing Icons
Take a Screenshot
Sleep Mode
Customizing Your Lock Screen Notications Change the Wallpaper
Managing User Accounts
Section 4: Network Connection
Turn On/Off Wi-Fi Adding a Wi-Fi Network
Section 5: Connecting to a Computer
PC Mac
Section 6: Using the Keyboard
Entering Text Gesture Typing
Basic Editing Keyboard settings
Section 7: Exploring Apps
Clock
Camera Included Apps Uninstalling Apps
Section 8: Google Accounts
Why use a Google Account?
Add a Google Account Remove a Google Account
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Google Play™ Google Play recommendations Google Play Store app
Section 9: Google Now
Google Now Cards Location Access Google Now Settings
Section 10: Voice Actions
Voice Commands
Section 11: Tablet Settings Section 12: Tips & Tricks
Extending Battery Life Reset/Restore Troubleshooting
Customer Support Limitations of Liability State­ment
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1.
Tablet Overview
Hold for 2 seconds
to turn on/off.
Press to sleep/wake up.
3.5mm audio jack
MicroUSB
Charging port
HDMI
Camera
MicroSD card slot
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Back Volume
Recent apps Screenshot
Home
Search
Battery
Dock
Tap the screen once to activate or open something.
Touch and hold to move an item by dragging.
*In many apps touch and hold can offer more options.
TIP: You can ick the screen with your nger to quick­ly scroll through a long list, such as a library of music.
Tap a specic location on the screen where you would like to enter text. The on-screen keyboard will pop up.
Zooming: Double tap quickly to zoom into a webpage,
picture, or map. Some apps allow you to zoom in
and out by touching the screen with two ngers, and
pinching them together.
Screen Basics
Touch Screen Basics
Slide down to reveal
your settings
Slide down to reveal
your notications
Swipe left or right to switch
between home screens.
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Initial Setup
Charging
Turn on
Fully charge your tablet for 6 hours before the rst use.
Attention: Charging by connecting to a computer will
be extremely slow. We recommend only using the
included wall charger.
To start your tablet, press and hold the power key for 2 seconds. The Ematic logo indicates that the
tablet is loading.
Once the screen loads, you will see a Welcome Screen. Tap OK and continue to personalize your
Home Screen.
Use the included USB wall charger.
The battery indicator will
show that your device is charging.
OK
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Getting Started
Setting up your Google Account
Once your tablet loads, you will see a Welcome Screen. Tap OK to begin using your tablet. Tap to custom-
ize your Home Screen with apps and widgets.
Tap the Settings app and scroll down to Accounts. Tap Add Account. Sign in using the email address
and password from your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, create one.
An email address that you use for any of the follow­ing counts as a Google Account:
• Gmail™
• YouTube™
• Google Apps™
• AdWords™
• Any other Google product
When you sign in with a Google Account, all your
email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data as­sociated with that account are automatically synced with your tablet. You can also add multiple Google Accounts later.
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Your Home Screen
Icons
You can ll the home screen with any combinations of shortcuts, widgets, and folders you like.
When you power up your tablet for the rst time, you’ll see the main home screen panel. This panel is
typically centered; you can access additional panels
on either side of the main one by swiping your nger
left or right.
Battery Level: The blue battery level indicator
will decrease and change to red as the battery is drained.
Wi-Fi Signal: As the Wi-Fi signal strength de­creases, the blue bands will change to grey.
Menu: Tap to reveal settings and options.
All Apps: Tap to view all apps.
Back: Go back to the previous screen. Hold and
slide up to open Google Now.
Home: Go back to the home screen. Hold and
slide up to open Google Now.
Recent Apps: Open a list of recent apps. Tap an app to open or swipe left/right to remove the
thumbnail.
Screenshot: Take a snapshot of the current
screen.
Increase Volume
Decrease Volume
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Adding Icons
Moving Icons
Take a Screenshot
Removing Icons
Within the All Apps
menu, choose an app or swipe right to choose
a widget. Tap and hold
desired app or widget for about 2 seconds until the Home screen ap­pears. Slide it wherever you want and let go.
Touch & hold the icon. Slide you nger to the new position. (To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen. To bump another icon out of the
way, slide slowly towards it.)
Lift your nger to drop the icon into its new position.
Make sure the image you want is displayed on the
screen and press the screenshot button.
The screenshot is automatically saved to your Gallery.
Touch and hold the app
or widget and drag to the X icon at the top of the screen.
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To save battery, you should put your tablet in sleep mode by turning off the LCD display. To do this, press the power key and immediately release it. Do it again to bring up the lock screen.
You can customize your lock screen by adding wid­gets. Swipe to the right on the current clock widget
and tap the +. Choose a widget from your library of widgets. You can add up to 4 additional widgets.
Sleep Mode
Customizing Your Lock Screen
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Swipe down from the top right of your Home Screen
to view your Quick Settings.
Swipe down from the top left of your Home Screen
to view your Notications.
Tap and hold your nger on any open space on your
home screen. A list of options appears.
Gallery: Choose a wallpaper from your personal gallery Live Wallpapers: Choose from a scrolling list of ani­mated wallpapers
Wallpapers: Choose from thumbnails of default images
Notications
Change the Wallpaper
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Within the All
Apps menu, tap Settings.
Under Wireless & Networks, tap the Wi-Fi switch to turn it on and scan for networks.
Your tablet will list the networks it nds within range. Tap a network to connect.
When connected, the wireless indicator appears in the status bar. The blue lines indicate connection
strength.
Tap the Wi-Fi ON switch under Wireless & Networks. Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it to extend the
life of your battery between charges.
Wi-Fi can only be used when it connects with a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) or a free unsecured Wi-Fi
hotspot.
Turn on Wi-Fi
Turn off Wi-Fi
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Network Connection
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Users may also add a Wi-Fi network under Wi-Fi
settings.
In the Wi-Fi settings screen, tap the name of the net­work. Tap “Forget” in the dialog that opens.
Adding a Wi-Fi Network
Forget a Wi-Fi Network
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Connecting to a Computer
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Connect to your computer by USB.
The device driver
will install.
Choose open folder to view
les or select the removable disk.
You will now be able to drag and
drop the les from
your computer onto your tablet just as you would
with a USB ash
drive.
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EGQ327M (E:)
EGQ327M (E:)
EGQ327M (E:)
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Go to http://www.android.com/letransfer/ and install the Android File Transfer application for Mac. The application will launch whenever
you connect the tablet to your Mac.
You will now be able to drag and drop les from
your computer onto your tablet using the applica-
tion’s le transfer window.
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Enter text using the onscreen keyboard. In most
apps it will open automatically. In others, open the
keyboard by touching where you want to type.
*Depending on what you are doing, some of the keys on the keyboard may look different. Keyboards A&B appears when you are searching or browsing
the net. Keyboard C appears when you are writing emails, documents, or messaging.
Keyboard A:
Keyboard B:
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Using the Keyboard
Entering text
Insert numbers or symbols
Insert numbers or symbols
Tap to speak instead
of type
Insert Smileys
Touch & hold
to type this character
Search
Search
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Swipe your nger over letters you want to type, and lift after each word. The keyboard will anticipate and predict the next word in your sentence.
Keyboard C:
To make the keyboard go away, touch the modied Back button at the bottom of the screen.
Gesture Typing
Enter
Tap to speak instead of type
Insert smileys
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Keyboard Settings
Input languages: Select different languages to be included when typing.
Android Keyboard Settings: Edit keyboard
settings such as Auto-capitalization, Sound,
Auto correction, and Input methods & styles.
Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor will blink in the new position and a blue tab will appear below it. Drag the tab to move
the cursor.
Select text: Touch & hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word will be highlighted and blue tabs with appear. Drag tabs to edit selection.
Delete text: Touch to delete characters or selected text.
Insert Capital Letters: Tap the key once to insert one capital letter. Or hold key while you type.
Turn on caps lock: Double-tap key. It will turn into . Tap again to return to lowercase.
Cut, Copy, Paste: Select the text you want to ma­nipulate. When highlighted, touch Cut, Copy,
or Paste.
Basic Editing
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Exploring Apps
Open up some Apps to better familiarize yourself
with your new tablet.
Tap the Clock app to access your alarm clock, timer, or stopwatch.
Tap the camera app to take pictures and vid-
eos to share with your friends and family.
Timer
Alarm Clock Tap to change Time Zone Night Mode/
Settings
Clock Stopwatch
Taking Photos:
• Make sure the small camera icon is selected
• Tap the blue lens icon to take a photo
• To zoom pinch two ngers together on the screen.
• Tap the gear icon for Camera Settings.
Recording Video:
• Make sure the small camcorder icon is selected
• Tap the red dot to start recording
• To zoom pinch two ngers together on the screen.
• Tap the red circle again to stop recording
• While recording you can tap anywhere on the screen to take take a picture.
• Tap the gear icon to access Video Settings.
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Included Apps
Clock: Set the time and alarms
Downloads: Manage your downloads
Email: Sync your email accounts
Evernote: Keep notes and to-do lists
Flash Player: Provides ash compatibility.
Gallery: View and edit your photos and view
your videos
Gmail: Fast, searchable email from Google
Google Maps™: Find directions and locations
Google: Stay up to date with Google Now cards
Calculator: Basic calculator functions
Camera: Take photos and record videos
Chrome™: Browse the web with Google Chrome.
Calendar: Keep track of your schedule and
set reminders
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Messenger: Keep in touch with your friends and family on Google+
Google Settings: Edit your Google Account settings
Google+™: Stay connected and share life as it happens with Google+
Hangouts™: One-on-one and group conversa- tions with photos, emoji, and video calls for free.
Kingsoft Ofce: Type documents, make spread- sheets and presentations
Local: Search maps, restaurants, or trafc of your
current location
Navigation: Get turn-by-turn GPS navigation to your destination
Owl Player: View your pictures and videos
Play Books: Read your favorite e-books
Play Games: Discover new games. Track
achievments and scores.
Play Magazines: Read magazines
Play Movies & TV: Stream movies & TV shows
instantly
Play Music: Discover, play, store and share the
music you love
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Uninstalling Apps
To Uninstall an unwanted App:
Tap Settings
Under Device, tap Apps. Then tap
the App that you want to uninstall
Tap Uninstall
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YouTube: Stream your favorite videos on the web
Sound Recorder: Record notes, lectures, or
great ideas you might forget.
Google Voice Search™: Search the internet by
speaking your search query
Settings: Adjust settings on your tablet
Pogoplug: Connect yo the internet to access and
share your les. Includes 5GB of cloud storage
Play Store: Shop for music, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, games and apps
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Google Accounts
Why use a Google Account?
Google Accounts let you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device.
Sync & Back-up: Whether you draft an email, add a contact, or add an event to your calendar, your work continuously gets backed up and synchronizes with
any computer with the same Google Account.
Accessibility: Check your latest emails, events, or text messages wherever you are on any computer or
mobile device.
Security: Google works round the clock to ensure
your private information stays secure.
Shopping: Connect your Google Account with your
Google Wallet™ to easily purchase music, books, apps,
and more on Google Play and other online stores.
Services: Your Google Account also lets you take full
advantage of other Google apps and services such as YouTube, Google Play, Hangouts, Google Maps, Mes­saging, and more.
Add a Google Account
Tap Settings
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Under Accounts, tap Add account
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Google Play
Google Play brings together all of your favorite content in one place. Access mov-
ies, TV shows, music, books, magazines,
apps, and more when you sign in with your Google Account. You can also shop for
more games, books, magazines, and more
in the Google Play Store app.
Remove a Google Account
Tap Settings
Under Accounts, tap Google
Tap Menu icon and
then Remove account
Tap the account that
you want to remove.
Tap what kind of account
you want to add and sign in.
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Google Play
Google Play
My Library: Displays your most recently used books, music, and so on. Tap any of the images to view your
content.
Recommended Apps: Recommends apps that you can add to your home screen.
All Google Play recommendations work the same way:
Tap to avoid future suggestions like this
Hold and drag blue dots to resize
Tap to see a different suggestion
Purchase music, games, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, and apps on the Google Play
Store app
With Google Play, shop the world’s largest eBookstore now with over 5 million books- avail-
able on web, tablet, and phone.
Your favorite magazines come to life on Google Play. Shop hundreds of titles and enjoy any­where you go on any Android phone or tablet.
Choose from thousands of movies and TV shows
on Google Play and stream them instantly on your Android phone, tablet or the web.
Buy now, listen now, sync never, with music on Google Play.
Play Store
Play Books
Play Magazines
Play Music
Play Movies & TV
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Google Now uses contextual data from your tablet
and from other Google products to supply you with just the right information at just the right time.
You can download the Google Search app on Google Play.
After you have downloaded and installed the Google Search app, tap the icon on the Home screen or swipe up from the icon to open Google Now.
Google Now displays cards when they’re most likely
to be useful and relevant based on the current time
and your current location. Find out what the weath­er is like, how much trafc to expect before you leave for work, or how your favorite sports team is
doing.
To dismiss a card from the Google Now screen, swipe it away. The card will return the next time it’s
relevant, which may be hours or days from now.
You can turn Google Now cards on or off at any
time. To do so from the main Google Now screen
go to Menu < Settings < Google Now and choose a
specic card. You can then check or uncheck when you would like that card to appear.
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Google Now ™
Google Now Cards
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Find out what the weather is like or how the com­mute to work will be by conrming your home and work locations.
Location Access
In order to get to your Google Now settings from the Google Now Main Screen, touch the Menu icon at
the bottom right of the screen. Then touch Settings.
4 types of settings will be available.
Google Now: These settings allow you to turn Google Now On or Off. It will also take you through
a brief introduction to Google Now and you will be
given the chance to opt in. From the settings screen
you can also change the priority of cards and also
sound settings for notications.
Voice settings: Voice settings control different as­pects of speech input and output.
• Language: Select a language to use for Voice Searches. The Voice Search language can be differ-
ent from the language displayed by your tablet.
• Speech Output: Select Hands-free only to turn on
speech output only when using a headset.
• Block offensive words: Check to ensure that search results with offensive language are blocked.
• Hotword detection: When this is checked, you can say “Google” when viewing the Google Now screen
Google Now Settings
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to initiate a voice search or action.
Tablet Search: Select which apps in your tablet are
included in Google searches.
Privacy & Accounts: Control search-related privacy
options for your Google Account.
• Manage location history: Opens Google Maps set­tings, where you can turn location settings and loca­tion reporting on or off.
• Location services: Allows you to turn location ac­cess by all Google apps on or off.
• Show recent searches: Check if you want search
suggestions based on your recent searches.
• Manage Web History: View your Web History after
signing in
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Voice Actions
After installing the Google Search app you can use Voice Actions to get directions, send messages, and
perform a number of other common tasks.
To initiate a Voice Action you can:
• Tap the Microphone in the Google Search Bar on
your Home Screen
• Touch the “g” icon in the Google Search Bar
Next, speak the Voice Action you want to use. Here are some typical examples:
“Set alarm for 8:30 a.m” “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming to­night? Message: Hope to see you later.” “Navigate to Mike’s Bikes in Palo Alto”
As you speak, Voice Search analyzes your speech and
initiates the action.
If Voice Search doesn’t understand you, it lists a set of possible meanings. Just tap the one you want.
Some Voice Actions, such as “send email” and “note to self,” open a panel that prompts you to complete the action by speaking or typing more information.
When prompted, you can:
• Touch any text already in the panel to add, or edit the text by typing. (You can tap the Microphone icon again to continue speaking instead of typing)
• Touch underlined words or phrases, drag across
multiple words to view a list of alternate transcrip-
tions, or edit by speaking or typing.
• Touch a button at the bottom of the window to add any optional elds (you can also speak the name and content of any of these elds)
• When you are done, touch the button appropriate
to complete the action, such as Send.
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Some handy voice commands are:
Say
[Words you want
to search for]
“Map of”
“Go to”
“Note to self”
“Dene”
“Weather”
“Movie”
“Pictures of”
“Translate to”
[A math phrase]
Followed By
Address, name, busi­ness name, or other destination
Search string or URL
Message text
Word to dene
Location
Movie location and Movie name
Topic
Language & Phrase
Examples
“bike shoes”
“Navigate to Union Square” or “1299 Colusa Ave, Berkeley, CA”
“Go to Google.com”
“Note to self: remember to buy milk”
“Dene campanile”
“Weather Detroit”
“Movie, Los Angeles, London After Midnight”
“Pictures of cats”
“Translate to French, Where is the restroom?”
“75 divided by 6”
To initiate a Voice Action touch the Microphone icon
*Voice Actions will only be available after download­ing the Google Search app.
Voice Commands
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Tablet Settings
Wi-Fi: Turn Wi-Fi on to see available networks and con­nect.
Sound: Adjust the volume, notications, and alarm sounds.
Display: Adjust brightness, change your wallpaper, turn on/
off screen rotation, sleep settings, and font size.
Storage: Provides storage use data.
Battery: Provides battery usage data.
Apps: Tap an app to force stop, uninstall, clear data, move to SD card, or clear data.
Users: Add additional users to the tablet.
Location services: Allow google to use data to determine your location for improved search results.
Security: Adjust settings to make your tablet more secure. Allow installation of non-Market apps.
Language & input: Set language, spelling correction, key-
board and voice settings.
Backup & reset: Backup data and factory reset your tablet.
Accounts: Tap to add or remove Email accounts.
Date & time: Set the date, time, and time zone.
Accessibility: Adjust settings for users with poor vision.
About tablet: Model number and general tablet informa­tion.
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12.
Tips & Tricks
Extending Battery Life
Reducing the Brightness of your screen can help
extend your battery life.
Use a Quick Screen Timeout.
Switch off Wi-Fi if you’re
not close to a strong signal.
Disable Location Services.
In Settings tap Display.
In Settings tap Display.
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Tap Brightness.
Tap Sleep.
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Use the slider to adjust the
brightness. Then tap OK.
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Reset/Restore
Troubleshooting
Reset Device
Press and hold the power button for 6 seconds to reset the device.
Factory Restore
Select Backup &
reset in the settings app to restore fac-
tory settings. This
will erase all data on the tablet.
Cannot turn on the tablet.
Check the tablet’s power level. Please charge it before
starting it. If your tablet still cannot be turned on, you may reset it before you turn it on.
No sound from earphones.
Check if volume is set to ‘0’. Or earphone may be broken,
please try another one.
Loud static noise.
Check if there is dust in the earphone or speaker. Check if the le is broken.
Frozen to any operation.
Press and hold the power button for 6 seconds to reset the device.
Application is not working.
Possible reasons may be that this app is not compatible
with your OS or the downloaded .apk le is broken. You
may need to download a full version.
How do I delete a Google account?
If an account is added, the account is shown in Accounts
of Settings, where you may also add another account. To
delete an undesired account, tap the account, then tap the menu icon in the upper right hand corner and choose Remove account.
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Customer Support
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Visit ematic.us/support for customer support re­garding your device.
To submit a request, ll out the required information online. You will be provided a ticket number regard-
ing your issue which you can refer to when contact­ing us further.
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Android).
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follow­ing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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