PiPO M9 User Manual

User

User Manual

Manual

10.1

10.1 ”

”

Tablet

”

Tablet

” Tablet

Tablet Android

Android

Android 4.

4.

4. 1

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Contents

Welcome

Important Notices

Keys and Functions

I. Getting Started

1.1 Turn on/off

1.1.1 Turn on

1.1.2 Turn off

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1.2 Lock/unlock the screen (sleep mode)

1.3 Connect to computer

II. Your Home Screen

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2.1 Change wallpaper:

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2.2 A dd/delete applications on home screen:

2.3 Add widgets to home screen:

III. Network Connection

3.1 Wi-Fi

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3.1.1 Turn on Wi-Fi

3.1.2 Turn off Wi-Fi

3.1.3 Add a Wi-Fi network

3.2 Bluetooth

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3.2.1 Make device discoverable

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3.2.2 Scan for devices

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3.2.3 Pair with the Bluetooth device

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3.3 3G Network

3.3.1 External 3G Network

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3.3.2 Internal 3G support (optional)

IV. Internet Browsing

4.1 Internet Browsing

V. Install and Manage Apps

5.1 Install Apps

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5.2 Manage Apps

VI. Multi-media Functions

6.1 Music

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6.2 Video

6.2.1 HDMI output

6.3 Gallery

6.4 Camera

6.5 E-book reader

6.6 Sign function

VII. Settings

VIII. Battery

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IX .Firmware Upgrading Procedures

Troubleshooting

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing this tablet.

It brings you much convenience for your business (supports Word,

Excel, send & receive e-mails...) and entertainment (supports 3D

game, chatting, movie playback, eBooks.....).

Android

Running on Android

Android

Android 4.

4.

1

4.

1

4. 1

1 , with a 1. 6 GHz processor and highly

responsive capacitive touch screen, it brings you wonderful user

experience.

Before beginning, please refer to this user manual carefully.

Important

Important Notices

Notices

⊙ While using the earphone, if the volume is excessively high it may

cause hearing damage. So please adjust the volume of the player

to a moderate level and balance the time of using.

⊙ 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.

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⊙ The tablet dose not support USB charge. If you want to charge the

tablet, please use the AC adaptor supplied. Please use the original

accessories .

⊙ Read this User Manual carefully, Make sure you know how to

upgrade the tablet, other wise do not upgrade it by yourself.

Keys

Keys and

and

Functions

and

Functions

and Functions

Functions

1. ESC Key Tap to return to the previous screen/ page.

2. Power and

lock key

Hold and press to turn on or turn off this unit.

Briefly press to turn on or turn off the screen.

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3. Power jack

Connect to a 9V output adaptor as included in

(DC input)

the accessories

4. HDMI Connect to TV output via a HDMI cable

5. MIC Microphone for recording voice

Connect to a computer to transfer data

6. USB port (e.g., music, videos, photos, files).

USB OTG, supports mouse, keyboard, USB flash

7. HOST port disk, etc, with a converting cable

8. Earphone jack To connect your earphone

9. TF card slot To insert your TF card

10. SIM card slot To insert your SIM card (Data only)

11. Front Camera 2M pixels camera

12. Light Sensor I mprove your photo quality

13. Rear Camera 5M pixels auto focus

14. Speaker AAC speaker

15. Speaker AAC speaker

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I.

Getting

I.

Getting

I.

I. Getting

Getting Started

1.1

Turn

1.1

Turn

1.1

1.1 Turn

Turn on/off

on/off

Started

1.1.1

1.1.1 Turn

Turn

Turn on

on

To start your tablet, press and hold the power key at the right side of

your tablet for a while. Tap and drag the lock out of the circle to

unlock.

→

Tap and drag the lock out of the circle to unlock.

Drag the lock to right: you will go to the home screen.

Drag the lock to left: you will go to camera directly.

1.1.2

1.1.2 Turn

Turn

Turn off

off

To power off your tablet, press and hold the power button until the

“ Would you like to shut down? ” dialog appears and tap “ OK ” to power

it off.

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1.2

Lock/unlock

1.2

Lock/unlock

1.2

1.2 Lock/unlock

Lock/unlock the

To save battery, you should put your tablet in sleep mode by turning

off the LCD display. To do this, shortly press the power key. Press it

again to wake up the screen.

1.3

Connect

1.3

Connect

1.3

1.3 Connect

Connect to

You can connect your tablet to your computer with the supplied USB

cable so you can transfer media files.

If your computer is XP system, please install a Windows Media Player

the

screen

the

screen

the screen

screen (sleep

to

computer

to

computer

to computer

computer

(sleep

(sleep mode)

mode)

11 for your computer before transfer media files as android 4. 1

system needs Windows Media Player 11 support.

II.

Your

II.

Your

II.

II. Your

Your Home

a

a b

Home

Home Screen

b

Screen

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c

d

e

f

c

c d

d

d e

e

e f

g

f

g

f g

g h

a. Google search Tap to enter Google search page

b. Voice search Tap to open voice search

c. ESC key Tap to return to the previous screen/ page.

d. Home Tap to return to your home page

e. Recent

Tap to show your recent operations

operations

f. Volume - Tap to lower the volume

g. Volume + Tap to upper the volume

h

h i

i

h. WIFI Signal T here will be WIFI signal when WIFI connected

i. Battery

Show battery status

status

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Tap (All Apps launcher) on the upper right corner to enter into

all apps panel:

2.1

Change

2.1

Change

2.1

2.1 Change

Change wallpaper:

wallpaper:

Ta p the “ Settings ” icon on the all apps panel , you will see a pop-up

options; Enter into “ Display ” interface, y ou can choose wallpaper

from Gallery, live Wallpapers or Wallpapers.

2.2

A

2.2

2.2 A

dd/delete

A

dd/delete

A dd/delete

dd/delete applications

applications

applications on

on

home

on

home

on home

home screen:

screen:

There are several apps in the home screen, you can also add more

frequently-used app icons in this home page and delete some less

frequently-used ones.

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Ta p the app launcher in the top right corner to go to all apps panel,

tap and move the app you want to the home screen.

To delete an app from home screen, tap and hold it, and them movie

it to the remove icon

2.3

Add

2.3

Add

2.3

2.3 Add

Add widgets

widgets

widgets to

to

home

to

home

to home

home screen:

screen:

Ta p all Apps launcher → Ta p WIDGETS. There are Analog clock,

bookmarks, calendar, Email, and lots of other widgets. Drag the

widget you want to the home screen.

Tips: Besides your home screen, you can access to other four panels by

sliding left or right in your home screen. You can also customize these

panels.

III.

Network

III.

Network

III.

III. Network

Network Connection

3.1

Wi-Fi

3.1

Wi-Fi

3.1

3.1 Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

Connection

Wi-Fi can only be used when it connects with home Wi-Fi Access Point

(AP) or a free unsecured Wi-Fi hotpot. Under “ Wireless & networks ” ,

tap “ Wi-Fi ” to turn it on. After a moment, your Wi-Fi networks list

should populate. If you need to rescan for available networks, tap

"scan"

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3.1.1

3.1.1 Turn

Turn

Turn on

on

Wi-Fi

on

Wi-Fi

on Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

Within the App Panel, tap “ Settings ”” → “ Wi-Fi ” to turn on wifi.

Your tablet lists the networks it finds within range. Tap a network to

connect. If necessary, enter Network SSID, Security, and Wireless

password, and tap “ Connect ” . When your tablet is connected to the

network, the wireless indicator appears in the status bar. Waves

indicate connection strength.

3.1.2

3.1.2 Turn

Turn

Turn off

off

Wi-Fi

off

Wi-Fi

off Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi

Please turn off Wi-Fi if you ’ re not using it to save the battery. To turn

off Wi-Fi, Ta p it again.

3.1.3

3.1.3 Add

Add

Add a

a

Wi-Fi

a

Wi-Fi

a Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi network

network

Users may also add a Wi-Fi network under “ settings ” . In “ settings ” ,

t ap “ ” on the upper right corner . Enter the SSID (name) of the

network. If necessary, enter security or other network configuration

details. Touch Save.

Note:

Note: Network status icons turn yellow if you have a Google

Account added to your tablet and the tablet is connected to Google

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services, for syncing your Gmail, Calendar events, contacts, for

backing up your settings, and so on.

3.2

Bluetooth

3.2

Bluetooth

3.2

3.2 Bluetooth

Bluetooth

3.2.1

3.2.1 Make

Make

Make device

device

device discoverable

discoverable

Y ou must pair your tablet with a device before you can connect to it.

O nce you pair your tablet with a device, they stay paired unless you

unpair them.

Under “ Settings ” , choose “ Bluetooth ” . Tap Bluetooth to turn on it and

tap “ Search for devices ” . The Bluetooth indicator then appears in

the status bar.

3.2.2

3.2.2 Scan

Scan

Scan for

for

devices

for

devices

for devices

devices

After scanning, there will be a list of the IDs of all available Bluetooth

devices in range. If the device you want to pair with isn ’ t in the list,

E nsure that the other device is turned on and set to be discoverable.

3.2.3

3.2.3 Pair

Pair

with

Pair

with

Pair with

with the

the

Bluetooth

the

Bluetooth

the Bluetooth

Bluetooth device

device

Tap the name of an available Bluetooth device to pair with. In the

popup “ Bluetooth pairing request ” dialog, type a PIN.

If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device.

Example: to transmit a photo

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Go

Go to

to

to view

to

to “

view

view a

“

Gallery

“

Gallery

“ Gallery

Gallery ”

a

submenu.

a

submenu.

a submenu.

submenu. Tap

”

,

choose

”

,

choose

” ,

, choose

choose a

a

photo

a

photo

a photo

photo to

Tap

Tap i

to

share.

to

share.

to share.

share. Tap

i

con

i

con

i con

con → ,

Tap

Tap any

any

spot

any

spot

any spot

spot on

,

and

,

and

, and

and then

on

the

on

the

on the

the photo

then

then choose

choose

choose the

photo

the

device

device name

name

name in

in

the

in

the

in the

the Paired

Paired

Paired devices

devices

devices list.

list.

The

list.

The

list. The

The photo

photo

photo will

will

will then

then

then be

be

sent.

be

sent.

be sent.

sent.

You can touch the right icon to unpair the device.

Note: After pairing, it shows under the Bluetooth device “ Paired but

not connected ” , but file transmission is still possible.

You can see the received files by touching the right corner icon. At

present, the Bluetooth function only supports files transmission.To

extend battery life, turn B luetooth power off when not in use.

3.

3

3G

3.

3

3.

3. 3

3 3G

3.

3.1

3.

3.1

3.

3. 3.1

3.1 External

Network

3G

Network

3G Network

Network

External

External 3G

3G

Network

3G

Network

3G Network

Network

A 3G network is a mobile network that allows high-speed data access

and advanced network capacity.

This tablet supports external 3G network by a 3G dongle. You can

connect the 3G dongle to USB HOST port via the USB convertor cable.

You can find the convertor cable in the accessories. However, this

tablet supports some 3G dongles, but not all dongles. If you need a

special dongles to support, please check with the shop before you buy

it.

3.3.2

3.3.2 Internal

Internal

Internal 3G

3G

support

3G

support

3G support

support (optional)

(optional)

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Internal 3G is an optional function. If you purchase this tablet with a

SIM card slot, you can access to the Internet via your 3G SIM card

while W i -F i network is not available. Please insert your 3G card into

the SIM card slot of the tablet, and the tablet will obtain 3G signal

automatically.

Frequency: T h is tablet support WCDMA SIM card

HSPA/WCDMA: 2100/900MHz

GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad band ： 850/900/1800/1900

3G download speed maximum 7.2M bit/s, upload maximum : 5.76M

bit/s

IV.

Internet

IV.

Internet

IV.

IV. Internet

Internet Browsing

4.1

Internet

4.1

Internet

4.1

4.1 Internet

Internet Browsing

Browsing

Before using your browser, make sure Wi-Fi or internet is connected.

In your app panel, Tap the browser icon to open your browser.

Tap the address bar, the Android keyboard will appear for your entry

of keywords or URL.

New tap bookmark this page Open bookmarks

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Tap the icon in the top corner of the brower page to open the

submenu.

Submenu

V.

Install

V.

Install

V.

V. Install

Install and

5.1

Install

5.1

Install

5.1

5.1 Install

Install Apps

Go to the “ Apk Installer ” to install and manage your apps. To

install an application, follow below steps:

1 . Tap to open the ‘ APKInstaller ’ → ‘ Install ’ → then tap “ Internal

Memory ” or “ TF Card ” . Available APK files will appear at the right

side. Touch the required one to install it.

Note:

Note: Make sure the APK file is workable on android 4.1 and the suffix

is .apk. e.g. “ angrybirds.apk ” .

and

Manage

and

Manage

and Manage

Manage Apps

Apps

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In some cases, there may be no icon on the App s Panel after an .apk

file is installed. Possible reasons may be that this app is not compatible

with your OS or the downloaded .apk file is a broken one so you may

need to download a full version.

5.2

Manage

5.2

Manage

5.2

5.2 Manage

Manage Apps

Apps

Tap to open the ‘ APKInstaller ’ → ‘ Manage ’ . Tap the app and then you

can launch, export, and uninstall it.

You can also go to “ AppS ” under “ Settings ” to manage apps.

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VI.

Multi-media

VI.

Multi-media

VI.

VI. Multi-media

Multi-media Functions

6.1

Music

6.1

Music

6.1

6.1 Music

Music

Functions

After loading your music into your tablet, tap the music icon to

open the music player . You can select songs by Artist, Albums, songs

or Play lists. Tap to select. The media player allows you to shuffle, skip,

or pause your current selection and even displays the album artwork

when available.

Tap in the bottom line to open a submenu in music playing page.

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6.2

Video

6.2

Video

6.2

6.2 Video

Video

You can play videos saved in your tablet or TF card. To play, tap Video

icon to launch the video player:

Tap the video you would like to play. Tap the screen to show the video

tool bar. You can play back, fast forward, pause your video here. You

can also add bookmark for your video, adjust brightness, or set screen

ratio here. Here is the toolbar:

With the Wi-Fi on, you are also able to view an on-line video.

6.2.1

6.2.1 HDMI

HDMI

HDMI output

output

a.

a. Tap 'Video player' or other video players and play a required movie.

b.

b. Adjust your TV set and select “ HDMI ” output

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c.

c. Connect the tablet to your TV via HDMI cable, and wait for a few seconds

for your TV set to receive signal.

You can also operate on your tablet while HDMI connected. .

6.3

Gallery

6.3

Gallery

6.3

6.3 Gallery

Gallery

You can view, show off, and even edit your digital pictures on the

tablet ’ s full color, high-resolution display. After loading your media,

tap Gallery to display your pictures:

Tap the picture you want to display it, and slide right or left to show

other pictures.

Tap the menu icon, you can edit, rotate, crop, or set it as wallpaper.

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6.4

Camera

6.4

Camera

6.4

6.4 Camera

Camera

Tap the icon to open camera. Your ta b let is built in 2M front

camera and 5 M rear camera. You can take a photo, or a video both

by front camera and rear camera.

Note

Note : After you power on your tablet, you can go to camera directly

by drag the lock to left.

To view photos

To select Front/

Tap to take a photo

Set white balance,

Pan-shot

Note

Note : Auto Focus function, tap anywhere on the camera screen, the

Change to video-taking

camera will focus on the spot you are tapping to. A s the picture shows.

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Tap the screen

while taking

pictures, you will

6.5

E-book

6.5

E-book

6.5

6.5 E-book

E-book reader

reader

The tablet supports many eBook formats like PDF, Text, E-Pub, FB2....

Tap the “ e-book ” icon to open e-book shelves. Tap an e-book to

open the book and read.

You can page up or page down by sliding your finger right or left.

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Ta p or the menu button to check the sub-menus. You can set the

font size, Go to Page jump; check your bookmarks, set the auto flip

time, etc.

6.

6

Sign

6.

6

Sign

6.

6. 6

6 Sign

Sign function

function

Tap the “ sign ” icon to open this .

You can make notes and sign your signature on PDF, Picture file.

Just tap to choose the PDF file from your tablets,

make sure you have those files in your tablets.

I f you want to make note or want to sign on pictures, Please tap

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VII.

Settings

VII.

Settings

VII.

VII. Settings

Settings

Tap the “ Settings ” icon to go to settings. You can check and set

wireless&networks, sound, display, storage, Battery, Accounts &sync,

security, language, date&time, about tablet, etc.

Wi-Fi:

Wi-Fi: tap “ Settings ” → “ Wireless & networks ” to turn on wifi and

scan. It will show a list of Wi-Fi networks scanned in range. Choose

a strong Wi-Fi network to connect. (You may need to input the

password).

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth: Turn on Bluetooth, enable the file transmission

Ethernet:

Ethernet: Turn on Ethernet, connect to HOST port via the OTG cable

which is included in accessories, and then connect this OTG cable to

the Ethernet cable.

Data

Data Usage:

Usage:

Usage: When you insert SIM card for internet surfing, please turn

on “ Data Usage ”→ “ Mobile Networks ” → “ Modem Power ”

Display:

Display: To set Brightness, Wallpaper, Sleep time-out, Font size here.

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Screenshot:

Screenshot: Tap “ Screenshot ” , ticket the option “ show screenshot

button on the status bar ” . T here will be a screenshot button on the bar.

Storage:

Storage: Check internal storage here. If you insert a Micro SD card, or

USB disk, you can check the total and available space for your Micro

SD card or USB disk. Please unmount it to safely remove it.

Battery:

Battery: Check the Battery status here.

Language

Language &

Backup

Backup &

data reset". If you choose factory data reset, all data from your

tablet's internal storage will be erased. Choose this option carefully.

About

About Tablet:

number, android version, etc.

VI

I

I.

Battery

VI

I

I.

Battery

VI

VI I

I I.

I. Battery

Battery

&

input:

&

input:

& input:

input: to set language and keyboard input.

&

reset:

&

reset:

& reset:

reset: to go to submenu "back up my data" and "Factory

Tablet:

Tablet: To check information about your tablet, such as Model

Very

Very Low

‘ ’ indicates that the power of Battery is full. When the battery level

becomes too low, a prompt comes up to note you to charge your tablet.

While charging, you can check the charging status in the lock screen:

Low

Battery

Low

Battery

Low Battery

Battery Full

Full

Battery

Full

Battery

Full Battery

Battery Charging

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Charging

Charging Battery

Battery

It takes around 5 hours to charge your tablet to full battery. Please

only use a 5 V /2.5A adaptor included in the gift box to charge it.

IX

.Firmware

IX

.Firmware

IX

IX .Firmware

.Firmware Upgrading

9.1

warnings

9.1

warnings

9.1

9.1 warnings

warnings before

1. Please read the below carefully when you try to upgrade your tablet.

2. Please make sure that the firmware matches your tablet.

3. Please backup your data before upgrading, the storage will be

Upgrading

Upgrading Procedures

before

before upgrading

Procedures

upgrading

formatted when upgrading, data will be lost and unrecoverable.

4. Please do not touch any buttons on the tablets while it is upgrading .

5. Make sure that your tablet is with enough power, you ’ d better

charge the tablet before upgrading, in case of upgrading failure due to

low battery.

6. Please proceed in accordant with the instructions strictly.

9.2

P

9.2

9.2 P

repar

P

repar

P repar

repar ations

ations

ations work

work

work before

before

before upgrading

upgrading

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P lease download the “ upgrade tool ” from this PIPO website,

http://www.pipo.cn/En/index.php?m=About&a=gujian_show&id=7

0

Please download the corresponding firmware from PIPO website,

http://www.pipo.cn/En/index.php?m=About&a=gujian

9.3

H

o

w

to

9.3

9.3 H

H

o

w

H o

o w

w to

upgrade

to

upgrade

to upgrade

upgrade

1. Decompress the upgrade tool, double click the “ RK b atch Tool ” icon,

as the bellowing

2. Click , choose the firmware downloaded. Then charge your

tablet with power adapt er , and USB cable connects tablet and PC.

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press the ESC key for a few seconds, at the same time press “ reset ” ,

release ESC until the tool finds your tablet, make you tablet set into

upgrading mode.

3. After the PC finding out the tablet, and the device icon

turns green, click “ upgrade ” for upgrading.

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Note

Note : If the device detected under the status of Pink , please

click “ Switch ” , the upgrading status will switch to Green (standby

status)

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The tablet is upgrading the firmware

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The tablet will turn on automatically, now you could disconnect the

tablet to the PC.

9.4

Instructions

9.4

Instructions

9.4

9.4 Instructions

Instructions of

of

Installing

of

Installing

of Installing

Installing Rock

Rock

Rock chip

chip

chip USB

USB

USB driver

driver

If you do the upgrading for the first time, please install the Rock chip

USB driver in accordant with the bellowing instructions.

If you are upgrading via your PC for the first time, it requires your PC

to install Rock chip USB driver, after your tablet enter ing into

upgrading mode, it will pop out a guide advising you that the PC finds

new hardware. Select manually install and then click “ next ”

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Select the USB driver in accordant with your PC system, the driver is

included in the “ R K batch tool ” . Then the PC will install the USB driver

automatically. A fter finishing USB installing, go back to upgrading

mode .

Note

If your PC is with Win7 or Vista system, it will not pop out the guide

leading you to install the driver , you get to install the driver in “ My

Computer ” .

1 . Right click “ My Computer ” , select “ Device Manager ”

2. There will be an “ Unknown Device ” with an exclamation mark

appears

3. Right click the “ Unknown Device ” , select “ renew driver software ”

4. Load the USB driver included in the “ RK batch tool ” to install the

USB driver.

Note:

Note: Do not turn on “ USB Debugging ” in the setting when upgrading

firmware.

5. When you finish the driver installation, you can come back to

upgrading procedures.

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Troubleshooting

1. Can not turn on the tablet

Check the tablet ’ s power level; please charge it before starting it. In

case your tablet still cannot be turned on, you may try to reset it

2. No sound from earphone

Check if volume is set to ‘ 0 ’ . Or earphone may be broken, please change

for another one.

3. Big noise

Check if there is dust in the earphone or speaker. Check if the file is

broken.

4. Screen drift or unresponsive screen

To pin the reset button to reset your tablet and power it on again.

5 . Application not workable

Possible reasons may be that this app is not compatible with your OS

or the downloaded .apk file is broken so you may need to download a

full version.

6 . How delete a Google account?

If an account is added, the account is shown in “ Accounts & sync ” of

“ Settings ” , where you may also add another account. To delete an

undesired account, go to “ Settings ” → “ Privacy settings ” → “ Factory

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data reset ” . Your tablet ’ s internal storage, downloaded apps, etc. will

also be deleted, except the info in your flash memory. Be careful before

you carry out this operation.

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PiPO M9 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Welcome

Important Notices

3.1 Wi-Fi

3.2 Bluetooth

6.1 Music

6.2 Video

6.3 Gallery

6.4 Camera

VII. Settings

Troubleshooting