PiPO Ultra-U8 User Manual

User Manual

U8

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Contents

Welcome .......................................................................................................... ３

Important Notices ............................................................................................ ３

Keys and Functions .......................................................................................... ４

I. Getting Started ............................................................................................. ５

1.1 Turn on/off .................................................................................................. ５

1.1.1 Turn on ...................................................................................................... ５

1.1.2 Turn off ...................................................................................................... ５

1.1.3 Launcher & PIPO launcher ................................................................... ５

1.2 Lock/unlock the screen (sleep mode)................................................... ７

1.3 Connect to computer .............................................................................. ７

II. Your Home Screen ....................................................................................... ７

2.1 Change wallpaper: .................................................................................. ８

2.2 Add/delete applications on home screen: .......................................... ８

2.3 Add widgets to home screen: ................................................................ ９

III. Network Connection .................................................................................. ９

3.1 Wi-Fi .............................................................................................................. ９

3.1.1 Turn on Wi-Fi ............................................................................................. ９

3.1.2 Turn off Wi-Fi ............................................................................................ ９

3.1.3 Add a Wi-Fi network ........................................................................... １０

3.2 Bluetooth ................................................................................................ １０

3.2.1 Make device visible ........................................................................... １０

3.2.2 Scan for devices ................................................................................. １０

3.2.3 Pair with the Bluetooth device ......................................................... １０

3.3 3G Network ............................................................................................ １１

3.3.1 External 3G Network .......................................................................... １１

IV. Internet Browsing .................................................................................... １１

4.1 Internet Browsing ................................................................................... １１

V. Install and Manage Apps ...................................................................... １２

5.1 Install Apps .............................................................................................. １２

5.2 Manage Apps ........................................................................................ １２

VI. Multi-media Functions ........................................................................... １３

6.1 Music ....................................................................................................... １３

6.2 Video ....................................................................................................... １３

6.2.1 HDMI output ........................................................................................ １４

6.3 Gallery ..................................................................................................... １４

6.4 Camera ................................................................................................... １５

6.5 E-book reader ........................................................................................ １６

6.6 Sign function........................................................................................... １７

6.7 Incstage Apps ........................................................................................ １８

VII. Settings .................................................................................................... ２２

VIII. Battery .................................................................................................... ２６

IX .Firmware Upgrading Procedures ......................................................... ２６

Troubleshooting ........................................................................................... ３１

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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.....).

Running on Android 4.2, with a 1.6GHz processor and highly responsive
capacitive touch screen, it brings you wonderful user experience.

Before beginning, please refer to this user manual carefully.

Important 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.

⊙ 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.

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Keys and Functions

1. Speaker

Speaker

2. Front camera

2M pixel Front camera

3. Esc key

Tap to return to home screen

4. Power jack(DC

input)

Connect to a 5V,2A output adapter as included in
the accessories

5. Micro SD card slot

To insert your Micro SD card

6. HDMI

Connect to TV output via a HDMI cable

7. MIC

MIC, microphone for for recording invoice.

8. USB slot

Connect to a computer via a USB cable to transfer
data

9. Earphone Jack

To connect your earphone

10. Flash light

Flash while taking picture under dark condition

11. Rear camera

5M pixel rear camera.

12. Reset

Press to reset the tablet if it freezes or behaves
abnormal

13. Power and lock key

Hold and press to turn on or turn off the unit.
Briefly press to turn on or turn off the screen.

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I. Getting Started

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

1.1 Turn on/off

1.1.1 Turn 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.

1.1.2 Turn 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.

1.1.3 Launcher & PIPO launcher

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There are two kinds of launcher available, click ―Launcher‖

, you will go to the regular PIPO interface.

Click‖PIPO Launcher‖ , you will go to the special interface.

Like this:

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1.2 Lock/unlock the screen (sleep mode)

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

operations

Tap to show your recent operations

f. Volume -

Tap to lower the volume

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c d e f g h i

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 to computer

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 11
for your computer before transfer media files as android 4.2 system
needs Windows Media Player 11 support.

II. Your Home Screen

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g. Volume +

Tap to increase the volume

h. WIFI Signal

There will be WIFI signal when WIFI connected

i. Battery status

Show battery status

Tap (All Apps launcher) on the upper right corner to enter into all
apps panel:

2.1 Change wallpaper:

Tap the ―Settings‖ icon on the all apps panel, you will see a pop-up
options; Enter into ―Display‖ interface, you can choose wallpaper from
Gallery, live Wallpapers or Wallpapers.

2.2 Add/delete applications on home 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.
Tap 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

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2.3 Add widgets to home screen:

Tap all Apps launcher→Tap 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 Connection

3.1 Wi-Fi

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"

3.1.1 Turn on 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 Turn off Wi-Fi

Please turn off Wi-Fi if you‘re not using it to save the battery. To turn off
Wi-Fi, Tap it again.

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3.1.3 Add a Wi-Fi network

Users may also add a Wi-Fi network under ― settings‖. In ―settings‖, tap

― ‖ on the upper right corner. Enter the SSID (name) of the network. If

necessary, enter security or other network configuration details. Touch
Save.

3.2 Bluetooth

3.2.1 Make device visible

You must pair your tablet with a device before you can connect to it.
Once 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 Scan for 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,
Ensure that the other device is turned on and set to be visible.

3.2.3 Pair with the Bluetooth 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

Go to “Gallery”, choose a photo to share. Tap any spot on the photo to

view a submenu. Tap icon → , and then choose the device

name in the Paired devices list. The photo will then be 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 Bluetooth power off when not in use.

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3.3 3G Network

Submenu

3.3.1 External 3G 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 HOST port via the OTG convertor cable (the
shorter one). 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.

IV. Internet Browsing

4.1 Internet 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.

V. Install and Manage Apps

5.1 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: Make sure the APK file is workable on android 4.1 and the suffix
is .apk. e.g. ―angrybirds.apk‖.

In some cases, there may be no icon on the Apps 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 Apps

Tap to open the ‗APKInstaller‘ → ‗Manage‘. Tap the app and then you
can launch, export, and uninstall it.

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You can also go to ―AppS‖ under ―Settings‖ to manage apps.

VI. Multi-media Functions

6.1 Music

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.

6.2 Video

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

icon to launch the video player:

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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 HDMI output

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

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

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:

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To view photos

To select Front/

Tap to take a photo

Set white balance,

Pan-shot
Change to video-taking

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.

6.4 Camera

Tap the icon to open camera. Your tablet is built in 2M front

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

Note: After you power on your tablet, you can go to camera directly by
drag the lock to left.
Note: Auto Focus function, tap anywhere on the camera screen, the
camera will focus on the spot you are tapping to. As the picture shows.

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Tap the screen while
taking pictures, you
will have focus on
any subject if you
want to.

6.5 E-book 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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Tap 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 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.
If you want to make note or want to sign on pictures, Please tap

. You may edit the documents and pictures as you want.

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6.7 Incstage Apps

Incstage Photo, Incstage Presenter, Incstage Reader, Incstage share for
sharing and displaying synchronization.

6.7 .1 Incstage photo

Tap Incstage Photo , enter into the App,

Turn on ―send on/off‖, ―receive on/off‖, , you

pictures on your U8 could be displayed on another U8. Make sure that
all Incstage photo apps in different PIPO U8 are opened at the same
time, and you connect all U8 to the same WIFI.

6.7 .2 Incstage presenter

Incstage Presenter .

Enter into the App, tap‖ import‖ to import PPT into this App. If

you want to share your PPT with another U8, tap ―share‖ on the

top right corner, to invite another PIPO tablet, to achieve displaying
synchronization. Make sure that all Incstage presenter apps in different

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PIPO U8 are opened at the same time, and you connect all U8 to the
same WIFI.

6.7 .3 Incstage Reader

Tap the icon of Incstage Reader , enter into the App, tap the

menu to import e-books.

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Select the book you want to share with another PIPO U8, and tap share

icon to invite other PIPO tablets. Make sure that all Incstage

Reader apps in different PIPO U8 are opened at the same time, and
you connect all U8 to the same WIFI.

Then the images on your PIPO U8 you control will be displayed to other
PIPO tablets invited. Check the bellowing synchronization displaying.

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6.7 .4 Incstage Share Center.

This is the share center , you will achieve remote control

function via a PIPO TV dongle.
Connect PIPO TV dongle to HDMI port of your TV set, (PIPO TV dongle

Then enter into ―Instage Share Ceter‖, videos, images on your U8 will be
sent to TV display synchronously.

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VII. 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: 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: Turn on Bluetooth, enable the file transmission
Data usage:

VPN: First, set a locked screen before adding VPN profile,

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You may choose what ever screen lock you like, pattern, PIN, password.
Bellowing I select Pattern as an example.

Secondly, after setting the screen lock, you could add A new VPN.
Create your VPN name, input the server address, and then click ―save‖
[Input What ever name you want to show on the VPN]

And then input your VPN account and password

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And , finally, VPN settled.

Portable hotspot: turn on Wi-Fi and turn on hotspot by ticking the
square.

And then create hotspot. Set up network ID, select the security type.

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When hotspot is set up , there will be an icon appearing, like this, the
Wi-Fi signal is surrounded by a white square:

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.

Mobile networks: Turn on ―Mobile Networks‖→ ―Data enabled‖
whether you use a 3G dongle or SIM card, it‘s required to turn on
―Data enabled‖ for mobile data transmission .

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Sound: turn off touch sound by tapping ―sound‖—―touch sounds‖

Very Low Battery

Full Battery

Charging Battery

Display: To set Brightness, Wallpaper, Sleep time-out, Font size here.
Screenshot: Tap ―Screenshot‖, ticket the option ―show screenshot
button on the status bar‖. There will be a screenshot button on the bar.
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: Check the Battery status here.
Language & input: to set language and keyboard input.
Backup & reset: to go to submenu "back up my data" and "Factory

data reset". If you choose factory data reset, all data from your
tablet's internal storage will be erased. Choose this option carefully.
About Tablet: To check information about your tablet, such as Model
number, android version, etc.

VIII. Battery

‗ ‘ 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:

It takes around 5 hours to charge your tablet to full battery. Please only
use a 5V /2.5A adaptor included in the gift box to charge it.

IX .Firmware Upgrading Procedures

9.1 warnings before upgrading

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

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

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3. Please backup your data before upgrading, the storage will be
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 accordace with the instructions strictly.

9.2 Preparations work before upgrading

Please download the ―upgrade tool‖ from this PIPO website,

http://www.pipo.cn/En/index.php?m=About&a=gujian_show&id=70

Please download the corresponding firmware from PIPO website,

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

9.3 How to upgrade

1. Decompress the upgrade tool, double click the ―RK batch Tool‖ icon,
as the bellowing

2. Click , choose the firmware downloaded. Then charge your
tablet with power adapter, 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: If the device detected under the status of Pink , please

click ―Switch‖, the upgrading status will switch to Green (standby status)

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 of Installing Rock chip USB driver

If you do the upgrading for the first time, please install the Rock chip USB
driver in accordance 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 entering into upgrading
mode, it will pop out a guide advising you that the PC finds new
hardware. Select manually install and then click ―next‖

Select the USB driver in accordant with your PC system, the driver is
included in the ―RK batch tool‖. Then the PC will install the USB driver
automatically. After 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‖

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4. Load the USB driver included in the ―RK batch tool‖ to install the USB
driver.

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.

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 to 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
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.

7.USB unmounted, SD card unmounted

Some times after inserting SD card or USB, it will show on the tablet that
―unmounted‖, do the factory reset by ―setting‖ – ―backup & factory
reset‖, and then turn off and turn on tablet once again. If fail, you have
to upgrade the firmware.

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