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ANDROID TABLET

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

device and keep it for future reference.

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Intellectual Property

All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Galaxy Tab System”), is proprietary to Samsung and protected under federal laws, state laws, and international treaty provisions. Intellectual Property includes, but is not limited to, inventions (patentable or unpatentable), patents, trade secrets, copyrights, software, computer programs, and related documentation and other works of authorship. You may not infringe or otherwise violate the rights secured by the Intellectual Property. Moreover, you agree that you will not (and will not attempt to) modify, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to create source code from the software. No title to or ownership in the Intellectual Property is transferred to you. All applicable rights of the Intellectual Property shall remain with SAMSUNG and its suppliers.

Open Source Software

Some software components of this product, including but not limited to 'PowerTOP' and 'e2fsprogs', incorporate source code covered under GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), OpenSSL License, BSD License and other open source licenses. To obtain the source code covered under the open source licenses, please visit:

http://opensource.samsung.com

Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of Liability

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; THE DESIGN, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT; THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT; THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW, RULE, SPECIFICATION OR CONTRACT PERTAINING

GT-N8013_UM_English_MA3_WB_020513_F4

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THERETO. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CREATE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS.

SAMSUNG IS NOT LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR INCOMPATIBILITIES CAUSED BY YOUR EDITING OF REGISTRY SETTINGS, OR YOUR MODIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

USING CUSTOM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE YOUR DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. SAFE™: "SAFE™" (Samsung for Enterprise) is a mark for a Samsung device which has been tested against Samsung's own

internal criteria for interoperability with certain third party security-related solutions for MDM and VPN. The testing includes field testing with local network connection and menu tree testing which tests functionality of the solutions in conjunction with the Samsung device. During the testing, the device is tested with the security solutions to see if the solutions work with the device as described by the third party security solution providers. The testing, for example, includes field testing with local network connection and menu tree testing which tests functionality of the solutions in conjunction with the Samsung device. For more information about Samsung's SAFE™ program, please refer to

Disclaimer of Warranties: EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THEIR STANDARD END USER LICENSE AND WARRANTY, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, AND THEIR AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO HEREIN AS THE "SAMSUNG ENTITIES") EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, INTEROPERABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROTECTION, SAFE™ DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS TESTED WITH SAFE™ DEVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SAMSUNG ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROTECTION, SAFE™ DEVICES OR APPLICATIONS TESTED WITH SAFE™ DEVICES. In

www.samsung.com/us/safe

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addition, information technology security protection will be affected by features or functionality associated with, among other things the e-mail platform, master data management, and virtual private network solutions selected by the software provider, solution provider or user. Choice of an e-mail, master data management, and virtual private network solution is at the sole discretion of the software provider, solution provider or user and any associated effect on information technology security protection is solely the responsibility of the software provider, solution provider or user. For complete statement of limited warranty, please refer to

www.samsung.com/us/safe

, available on the web and where Samsung smartphone and Galaxy Tab™

devices are sold. [101212]

Samsung Electronics America (SEA), Inc

Address:

85 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park,

New Jersey 07660

Toll Free

1-800-SAMSUNG

Tel ep ho ne:

Internet

http://www.samsung.com

Address:

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Do you have questions about your Samsung Mobile Device? For 24 hour information and assistance, we offer a new FAQ/ARS System (Automated Response System) at:

www.samsung.com/us/support

Nuance®, VSuite™, T9® Text Input, XT9® Smart Input, and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc., or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.

The Bluetooth

word mark, figure mark (stylized “B Design”), and combination mark (Bluetooth word mark and “B Design”) are

registered trademarks and are wholly owned by the Bluetooth SIG.

microSD

, microSDHCTM, and the microSD logo are Trademarks of the SD Card Association.

Google, the Google logo, Android, the Android logo, Google Play, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Latitude, Google Local, Google Maps, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, Google Play Movies & TV, Google Play Music, Google Talk, Picasa, and YouTube and other marks are trademarks of Google Inc.

Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wireless Fidelity Alliance, Inc.

is a trademark of SRS Labs, Inc. WOW HD technology is incorporated under license from SRS Labs, Inc. Peel and the Peel logo are marks owned by Peel Technologies, Inc. and may be registered. Polaris Office and the Polaris Office logo are marks owned by Infraware and may be trademarks or registered trademarks. Other company names, product names, and marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and may be

trademarks or registered trademarks.

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, DivX®, DivX Certified® and associated logos are trademarks of Rovi Corporation or its subsidiaries and are used under

license.

DivX Certified ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX

Certified

to play DivX® video up to HD 1080p, including premium content.

device that plays DivX video. Visit

is a digital video format created by DivX, LLC, a subsidiary of Rovi Corporation. This is an official DivX

www.divx.com

for more information and software tools to convert your files into DivX

videos.

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: This DivX Certified

device must be registered in order to play purchased DivX Video-on-

Demand (VOD) movies. To obtain your registration code, locate the DivX VOD section in your device setup menu (

About device

Legal information

License settings

DivX® VOD

). Go to

vod.divx.com

for more information on how to

complete your registration.

Apps

Settings

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .......................... 6

Understanding This User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning Your Device On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting Up Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Retrieving Your Google Account Password . . . 12

Using Google Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Galaxy Tab Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Securing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Section 2: Understanding Your Device .... 18

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Back and Bottom Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Navigating Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

S Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Status Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quick Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Other App Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

App Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Wallpapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Multi Window Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Apps Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Handwriting Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using Google Voice Typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Section 3: Contacts and Accounts ...........47

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Section 4: Messaging ................................55

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Section 5: Internet and Social Networking 73

Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Play Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Section 6: Music ........................................81

Listening to Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Play Music App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Section 7: Photos and Video .....................91

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

PS Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Section 8: Connections ...........................110

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Wi-Fi Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Managing Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Kies Via Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Synchronizing with Windows Media Player . .117

Connecting as a Mass Storage Device . . . . . .118

Section 9: Applications and Widgets .....119

Updating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

GPS Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

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AllShare Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Crayon Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Dropbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Dual Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Game Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Group Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Kno Textbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Netflix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Paper Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Play Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Play Movies & TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Polaris Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

PS Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

S Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

S Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

S Suggest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

S Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Samsung Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Screensaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Smart Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Video Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Yahoo! Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Yahoo! News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Section 10: Settings ................................143

Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Wireless and Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

About Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Section 11: Health and Safety

Information ...........................................181

Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . .181 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . . .188

Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . .191

UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Restricting Children's Access to Your

Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . .198

Section 12: Warranty Information ..........200

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

End User License Agreement for Software . . .205

Index .........................................................213

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Section 1: Getting Started

This section helps you to quickly start using your device.

Understanding This User Manual

The sections of this manual generally follow the features of your device. A robust index for features begins on page 213.

Also included is important safety information, beginning on page 181, that you should know before using your device.

This manual gives navigation instructions according to the default display settings. If you select other settings, navigation steps may be different.

Unless otherwise specified, all instructions in this manual assume that you are starting from a Home screen. To get to a Home screen, you may need to unlock the device. For more information, refer to “Securing Your Device” on page 15.

Note:

Instructions in this manual are based on default settings and may vary from your device depending on the software version on your device and any changes to the device’s settings.

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this user manual start with the device unlocked, at the Home screen.

All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual displays may vary depending on the software version of your device and any changes to the device’s settings.

Special Text

In this manual, some text is set apart from the rest. This special text is intended to point out important information, share quick methods for activating features, define terms, and more. The definitions for these methods are as follows:

•

Notes

: Presents alternative options for the current feature, menu,

or sub-menu.

•

Tips

: Provides quick or innovative methods or useful shortcuts.

•

Important

: Points out important information about the current

feature that could affect performance.

•

Warning

: Brings important information to your attention that can help to prevent loss of data or functionality or damage to your device.

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Text Conventions

This manual provides condensed information about how to use your device. To make this possible, the following text conventions are used to represent often-used steps:

Arrows are used to represent the sequence of selecting

➔

successive options in longer, or repetitive, procedures. For example:

Apps

➔

From a Home screen, touch

Display

➔

Screen timeout

Settings

Battery

Your device is powered by a rechargeable, standard Li-Ion battery. A Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) are included with the device for charging the battery.

Note:

The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your device for the first time.

After the first charge, you can use the device while charging.

Warning!

Use only approved charging devices. Approved accessories are designed to maximize battery life. Using other accessories may invalidate your warranty and may cause damage.

Battery Indicator

The Battery icon in the Status Bar shows the battery power level. When battery power is 15% or less, your device prompts you to charge the battery. If you continue to operate the device without charging, the device powers off. For battery use information, see “About Device” on page 179.

Tip:

Touch the Time field to display battery charge status.

Charging the Battery

Your device comes with a Wall/USB Charger (Outlet Connector, Charging Head, and USB cable) to charge your device from any standard AC power outlet.

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Note:

Incorrect

Correct

Charging

Head

The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your device for the first time.

After the first charge, you can use the device while charging.

1. Insert the USB cable into the Charging Head (1).

2. Insert the USB cable into the device’s Charger/

Accessory Port (2).

3. Plug the Charging Head into a standard AC power

outlet.

Warning!

While the device is charging, if the touch screen does not function due to an unstable power supply, unplug the USB power adapter from the power outlet or unplug the USB cable from the device.

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4. When charging is complete, unplug the Charging Head

from the power outlet and remove the USB cable from the device.

Turning Your Device On and Off

Turning Your Device On



Press and hold the

For more information, refer to “Unlocking the Device” on page 16.

Note

: Your device’s internal antenna is located along the top back of the device. Do not block the antenna; doing so may affect signal quality and may cause the device to operate at a higher power level than is necessary. For more information, refer to “GPS Applications” on page 119.

Power/Lock Key

Turning Your Device Off

1. Press and hold the

2. At the prompt, touch

Power/Lock Key

Power off

➔ OK.

Setting Up Your Device

When you first turn on your device, you are asked to set up a few things. To do that, the following screens display. Some

Skip

screens can be skipped (touch

Back

). Some screens display depending on the options you

choose.

Select Language

1. Touch the language field, scroll through the list, and

touch the language you want your device to use, such as, English (United States).

2. To uch

Wi-Fi

Make sure the Wi-Fi choose one of the following options:



Start

Tou ch

Add Wi-Fi network

not listed. Tou ch

Scan

to make sure you have an accurate list of

Wi-Fi networks.

OFF / ON

) or re-displayed (touch

icon is set to ON and

to enter a Network SSID that is

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

Touch one of the Wi-Fi networks in the list, enter the password, and touch another Wi-Fi network or touch



To uch

Skip

to perform this task later. For more

information, refer to “Wi-Fi” on page 143.

Set Date and Time

1. Touch the time zone field (

time zone.

Date

2. Under

necessary.

3. Under

if necessary.

4. Touch

Samsung Account

1. Touch

2. Touch

account. – or –

Touch Touch

, set the date (month, day, year), if

Time

, set the time (hour, minute, and AM or PM),

variety of services Create new account

Connect

. Touch and connect to

to continue.

GMT)

and select the correct

to learn more.

to create a Samsung

if you already have a Samsung account.

and

Auto backup

, if desired. Touch

– or –

Skip

Tou ch information, refer to “Signing In to your Samsung Account” on page 171.

Got Google?

Your new device uses your Google account to fully use its Android features, including Gmail, Maps, Navigation, Google Talk, and Google Play.

The Got Google? screen allows you to sign in, if you already have a Google account.

Note:

If you skipped Wi-Fi setup, the Wi-Fi setup screen

displays and you must connect through a Wi-Fi network.



Tou ch password of your existing account.

Touch to continue. – or –



Tou ch

to perform this task later. For more

Yes

and then enter the email address and

to proceed to the next screen.

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Make it Google

This screen displays if you did not sign into your Google account.

The Make it Google screen allows you to create a new Google account.

Note:

If you skipped Wi-Fi setup, the Wi-Fi setup screen displays and you must connect through a Wi-Fi network.



Tou ch

Get an account

password of your existing account. – or –



Tou ch

Not now

information, refer to “Setting Up Your Gmail Account” on page 55.

Entertainment

This screen displays if you signed in to your Google account.



Tou ch

Set up a credit card

for your Google Play account, and touch – or –

Not now

Touch

or enter the email address and

to perform this task later. For more

, enter credit card information

Save

Backup and Restore

This screen also displays if you signed in to your Google account.

1. Read the backup and restore information.

2. Enable either or both options.

3. Touch to continue.

The Restoring screen displays while your information is being restored.

Google & Location

1. Read the information on the screen and enable either

or both of the Google location services.

2. Touch to continue.

This Tablet Belongs To ...

This screen displays if you did not sign into your Google account.

To personalize the tablet with your name:

1. Touch the First and Last fields and use the on-screen

keyboard to enter you first and last name.

2. Touch to continue.

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Free Dropbox Account

To get a free 50 GB Dropbox account for two years:

1. Touch

2. Touch

Setup Complete

Congratulations! Your device is set up and ready to use.



Disclaimer

offer. Touch

Create a new Dropbox account

fields, and touch – or –

Touch

I already have an account

– or – Touch

No thanks

To uch

Finish

The main Home screen displays.

to read a short disclaimer about this

to skip this offer.

, enter the required

to sign in to Dropbox.

Retrieving Your Google Account Password

A Google account password is required for Google applications. If you misplace or forget your Google Account password, follow these instructions to retrieve it:

1. From your computer, use an Internet browser to

navigate to

2. Once the URL loads, click on the account?

http://google.com/accounts

link and follow the on-screen instructions.

Can’t access your

Using Google Maps

In order to use some applications related to Google Maps, you must first connect Wi-Fi. For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi” on page 143.

You must also enable location services to use Google Maps. Some features require Standalone or Google location services. For more information, refer to “Location Services” on page 157.

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Task Manager

Your device can run applications simultaneously and some applications run in the background.

Use Task Manager to see which applications are running on your device and to end running applications to extend battery life. You can also uninstall applications from your device and see how much memory is used by applications.

Task Manager Application

The Task Manager application provides information about applications, including

manager

Storage

To a ccess th e Task Mana ger:

1. Add the Application monitor widget to a Home screen

and then touch monitor widget. For more information, refer to “Widgets” on page 34. – or –

Touch

2. Touch

Active applications

on your device. Touch

End all

to end all running applications.

Active applications, Downloaded, RAM

, and

Help

Application monitor

Navigation

and then touch

End

on the Application

Task manager

to view applications running

to end an application or

Memory Card

Note:

3. To uch

4. To uch

5. To uch

6. To uch

For more information, refer to “Multiscreen Viewing” on page 39.

Your device supports removable microSD or microSDHC memory cards with maximum capacities of 64 GB (depending on the memory card manufacturer and type). Memory cards are used to store music, photos, videos, and other files.

Downloaded

Google Play. Touch from your device.

RAM manager

Access Memory (RAM) currently in use. Touch

memory

to clear inactive and background processes.

Storage

external (SD card) storage memory statistics.

Help

You can only store music files that you own (from a CD or purchased with the device) on a memory card.

to view applications installed from

Uninstall

to remove an application

to display the amount of Random

Clear

to view internal (Device memory) and

to view useful tips for extending battery life.

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Installing a Memory Card

1. Open the Memory Card Slot cover and turn to expose

the slot.

2. With the gold contacts facing down, carefully slide the

memory card into the slot (1), pushing gently until it clicks into place (2).

3. Replace the Memory Card Slot cover.

Correct

Incorrect

Removing a Memory Card

Important!

For more information, refer to “Memory Card” on page 117.

To prevent damage to information stored on the memory card, unmount the card before removing it from the device.

Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Storage

SD card

2. Under

touch

, touch Unmount SD card

Settings

and then

3. Open the Memory Card Slot cover and turn to expose the slot.

4. Gently press down on the memory card (1), so that it pops out from the slot, and carefully pull the card out (2).

5. Replace the Memory Card Slot cover.

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Galaxy Tab Accessories

To find accessories for your Galaxy Tab:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-tab-

1. Go to

accessories

Galaxy Tab accessories display.

2. Use your model number to find compatible

accessories.

Securing Your Device

By default, the device locks automatically when the screen times out or you can lock it manually. You can unlock the device using one of the default Unlock screens or, for increased security, use a personal screen unlock pattern.

For more information about creating and enabling a Screen unlock pattern, see “Screen Lock” on page 158.

For other settings related to securing your device, see “Location Services” on page 157.

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User Manual start with the device unlocked, at the Home screen.

Locking the device manually



Press the

Power/Lock Key

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Unlocking the Device

1. Press the

Power/Lock Key

The Lock screen displays.

2. Swipe across the screen as shown.

The last screen you accessed displays.

Tip:

Touch one of the app shortcut icons and then swipe to

launch that application.

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Note:

You can customize the Lock screen and set the type of Screen Unlock you want to use (Face unlock, Pattern, PIN, or Password). For more information, refer to “Screen Lock” on page 158.

Troubleshooting

If your device has fatal errors, hangs up, or freezes, you may need to reset the device to regain functionality.

•

If your device is frozen and unresponsive, press and hold the

Power/Lock Key

for 8 to 10 seconds.

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Section 2: Understanding Your Device

This section outlines key features of your device and describes the screen and the icons that appear when the device is in use. It also shows how to navigate through the device.

Features

•

10.1-inch WXGA (1280x800) TFT (PLS) LCD touch screen

•

Android Version 4.1.2

•

Wi-Fi, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor

•

Full HTML Web Browser

•

Bluetooth

4.0

Wireless technology. For more information, refer to

“Bluetooth”

•

Built-in Wi-Fi technology (802.11 a/b/g/n)

•

5 Megapixel camera and camcorder with flash, plus 1.9 Megapixel forward-facing camera for video chat

•

Full integration of Google applications (Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and Voice Search)

•

Photo Gallery that supports GIF, AGIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, WBMP, and WEBP formats

on page 145.

•

Messaging Features:

–

Gmail

–

Email (corporate and personal)

–

Google Talk (Instant Messaging and Video Chat)

•

HD Video Player (1080p)

–

Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, VC-1, DivX, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark

–

Format: 3GP (MP4), WMV (ASF), AVI (DivX), MKV, FLV, WEBM

•

DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up premium content

•

Supports HDMI/MHL connections to connect electronic devices to high-definition televisions (HDTVs) and displays.

•

Music player that supports MP3, AAC/AAC+/EAAC+, WMA, OGG (vorbis), FLAC, AC-3

•

2 GB RAM memory and 16GB or 32GB on-board memory, which is used for data storage and access

•

Support for microSD and microSDHC Memory Cards

•

S Pen for writing and playing games

to HD 1080p

, including

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•

1 1

Preloaded applications such as AllShare Play, Google Play Books, Google Play Media Hub. For more information, refer to

Information”

Warning!

Store, Music Hub, Polaris Office, and Samsung

“More Application

on page 41.

This device does not support some USB storage media devices. For more information, refer to “Galaxy Tab Accessories” on page 15.

Front View

The following items can be found on the front of your device as illustrated.

External Speakers

notification tones, and for other sounds.

Light Sensor

automatically and when taking photos with the front-facing Camera.

Front-facing Camera Lens

recording videos.

: Used in music or video playback,

: Used to control screen brightness

: Used when taking photos or

Display Screen

rotates with the tablet as you turn it. You can turn this feature on and off. For more information, refer to “System” on page 175.

S Pen

various functions. For more information, refer to “S Pen” on page 26.

: The orientation of the display screen

: A built-in stylus that allows you to perform

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Top View

1 2 3 4 5

3 4

The following items can be found on the top of your device as illustrated.

3.5mm Headset Jack Infrared Blaster

controlling external devices. For more information, refer to “Smart Remote” on page 139.

Memory Card Slot

files.

Volume Key

Master Volume. During music playback, press volume.

Power/Lock Key

off. Press to lock the device or to wake the screen for unlocking.

: Plug in for headphones.

: Used to emit infrared signals used for

: Install a memory card for storage of

: From a Home screen, press to adjust

: Press and hold to turn the device on or

to adjust

Back and Bottom Views

The following items can be found on the back and bottom of your device as illustrated.

Camera Lens

videos.

Camera Flash

2. Microphone

3. Charger/Accessory Port

charging or to sync music and files.

: Used when taking photos or recording

: Used when taking photos.

: Used for voice recording or video chat.

: Plug in a USB cable for

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Home Screen

9 12

64 5

The Home screen is the starting point for using your device.

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this user manual start with the device unlocked, at the Home screen.

Google Search

: Search the web by typing or speaking. For more information, refer to “Google Search” on page 73.

Home screen

Place shortcuts, widgets, and other items to customize your device to your needs.

Widgets

: The starting point for using your device.

: Applications that run on the Home screen. Some widgets are found on the Home screen by default. For more information, refer to “Widgets” on page 34.

Current screen

: Indicates which Home screen is being displayed. For more information, refer to “Extended Home Screen” on page 22.

App Shortcuts

: Shortcuts to common applications. For

more information, refer to “App Shortcuts” on page 35.

Apps

: Display the Apps screen.

6. Back

: Return to the previous screen or option.

7. Home

: Display the central Home screen. Touch and

hold to display the Task Manager pop-up.

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Navigation

you have worked with recently. Touch an App to open it. Touch and hold to display the Apps screen. Touch and then touch Manager.

10.

Quick Launch

different applications. The default setting is Screen capture. For more information, refer to “Quick Launch” on page 153.

11.

Primary Shortcuts

These shortcuts are found on the Home screen by default. For more information, refer to “Primary Shortcuts” on page 34.

12.

Multi Window Tray

anytime, such as a calculator, email, and a music player. For more information, refer to “Multi Window Tra y” on page 38.

13.

System Bar

screen where you can find navigation buttons and icons that show notifications, battery power, and connection details.

: Open a list of thumbnail images of apps

Task manager

: This softkey can be set to launch several

: Shortcuts to common features.

: Shortcuts to apps that you can use

: The area along the bottom of the Home

to display the Task

14.

Notification Icons

from the system or from an application. Touch a Notification Icon to display more detail. For a list of icons, see “Status Bar” on page 33.

15.

Time

: The current time. For more information, refer to

“Date and Time” on page 174.

16.

Status Icons

the Time / Status Icons area to display the Status Details panel. For more information, refer to “Status Bar” on page 33.

: Presents icons to show notifications

: Indicate the status of your tablet. Touch

Extended Home Screen

The Home screen consists of the Home panel, plus four panels that extend beyond the display width to provide more space for adding shortcuts and widgets.

Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to the left or right side panels. As you scroll, the indicator at the top of the display shows your current position.

Note:

The center panel displays when you touch

Home

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Customizing the Home Screens

To customize the Home screens to suit your preferences:

1. Navigate to one of the Home screen panels.

2. Touch and hold on the screen until the

pop-up displays. – or –

Use the S Pen to touch and hold on the screen until the

Home screen

3. Touch

wallpaper. For more information, refer to “Wallpapers” on page 37.

4. Under

• Apps and widgets

Home screen.

•Folder

information, refer to

•Page

pop-up displays.

Set wallpaper

Add to Home screen

to add a folder on a Home screen. For more

to add a Home screen.

to change the Home screen

touch:

to add app or widget shortcuts on the

“Folders”

on page 36.

Home screen

Display Settings

You can customize display screen settings to your preferences. For more information, refer to “Display” on page 151.

Adding and Removing Home Screen Panels

Your device comes with seven Home screen panels. You can customize the Home screen by removing or adding panels.

Note:

The panel in the center position displays when you touch

Home

1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen from the left and right side to the center to display the editing screen.

Tip:

Touch and hold on the screen until the pop-up displays. Under to add a Home screen.

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Add to Home screen

Home screen

, touch

Page

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2. Use these controls to configure panels:

Remove

: Touch and drag a panel to the Trash Can to remove the panel from the Home screen.

Add

: Touch to add a new panel, up to a total of seven. This option is available when less than seven panels have been added.

Default Home Page

the upper right corner of a panel to set it as the default home screen.

3. To rearrange the order of panels, touch and drag a

panel to a new location.

4. Touch

Back

: Touch the Home icon at

to return to the Home screen

Navigating Your Device

Use command buttons and the touch screen to navigate.

Command Buttons

Back

Touch Back step.

to return to the previous screen, option, or

Note:

When the on-screen keyboard is active,

Keyboard

displays.

Home

Touch Home

Navigation

Touch apps you have worked with recently. Touch an App to open it.

Remove all

Touch

Task manager

Touch

Screen Capture



Touch image of the current screen.

Note:

A copy of the screenshot is automatically saved to the

clipboard.

To view the screen shots:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

2. Tou ch

to display the first center Home screen.

Navigation

to open a list of thumbnail images of

to clear all thumbnail images.

to display the Task Manager.

Screen Capture

My Files

sdcard0 ➔ Pictures ➔Screenshots

to capture and save an

Apps

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3. Touch a screen capture file to display it.

Note:

This softkey can be modified to launch other applications. For more information, refer to “Quick Launch” on page 153.

Multi Window Tray

Touch that you might need while working in other apps. For more information, refer to “Multi Window Tray” on page 38.

Multi Window Tray

to display shortcuts to apps

Other Buttons

Google Search

Touch

Context-Sensitive Menus

Context-sensitive menus offer options for features or screens. To access context-sensitive menus:

•

Google

to search the web.

Tou ch Touch an option in the list.

to display a list of options.

Application Bar

The Application Bar is the area along the top of various application screens. It usually contains the Search and Menu icons, as well as other icons that are used to display options and settings.

Screen Navigation

Touch

Touch items to select or launch them. For example:

•

Touch the on-screen keyboard to enter characters or text.

•

Touch a menu item to select it.

•

Touch an application’s icon to launch the application.

Touch and Hold

Activate on-screen items. For example:

•

Touch and hold a widget on the home screen to move it.

•

Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options.

Swipe, Flick, or Slide

Swipe, flick, or slide your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. For example:

•

Unlocking the screen.

•

Scrolling the Home screens or a menu.

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Pinch

Use two fingers, such as your index finger and thumb, to make an inward pinch motion on the screen, as if you are picking something up, or an outward motion by sweeping your fingers out.

For example:

•

Pinch a photo in Gallery to zoom in.

•

Pinch a webpage to zoom in or out.

S Pen

The S Pen is a stylus that assists you in performing different functions. By using the Pen button, you can minimize having to switch between touch and pen input.

Pen button

: by pressing the Pen button, you can add functionality to the S Pen. For more information, refer to “Using the S Pen” on page 27.

Stylus tip

: the tip of the S Pen is used for tapping the

screen.

S Pen Settings

There are several settings available that control the behavior of the S Pen. For example, you can choose a sound that will play when you remove the S Pen from or return it to the slot in your device.

Instead of the default menu of shortcuts that displays when you remove the S Pen from your device, you can change the setting so that the S Note, S Planner, Crayon physics, PS Touch, or Polaris Office app launches.

Also, there is a setting to display a hovering pen icon on the screen when the pen tip is near the screen.

Plus, there is a setting that helps to conserve battery power by causing your tablet not to try to detect the S Pen when it is in its slot in your tablet.

For more information, refer to “S Pen” on page 172.

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Removing the S Pen From Your Device

The S Pen is conveniently stored in your device to make it easy to find.

To remove the S Pen, follow these steps:

Locate the S Pen at the

lower right corner of the device (1).

2. Use your fingernail or

a sharp object to pull the end of the S Pen out of the device (2).

Pull the S Pen out of the device (3).

Using the S Pen

There are several different functions you can perform by using the S Pen.

S Pen Screen Operations

The S Pen can be used for various screen operations.

•

Touch a command button, such as

Apps

or Email, with the S Pen instead of your finger.

The result is the same.

•

To sweep to the next screen, touch and drag the screen to the left or right.

Launch Popup Note Mini App

To take quick notes or jot down ideas, you can launch the Popup Note Mini App from the default menu of shortcuts that displays when you remove the S Pen from your device. You can also launch the Popup Note Mini App from any screen with the S Pen.

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Back

, or icons, such as

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To open the Popup Note Mini App:

Press S Pen button



Hold the S Pen button and double-tap the screen.

Tip:

Touch to launch the S Note app. For information on using your S Pen with the S Note app, see “S Note” on page 134.

S Pen Screen Capture

To capture a screen image, hold the S Pen button and press and hold the S Pen anywhere on the screen. Files are saved in the

Screenshots

folder. For more information, refer to

“Screen Capture” on page 24.

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Notifications

When you receive a notification, the Notification icon displays in the System Bar, to the left of the Time. Notifications indicate the arrival of Gmail, Email, alarms, and more.

Touch a Notification icon for more detail. For example, touch a Gmail Notification icon to see who sent the message.

Touch the Time field to display the Status Details panel and the Notifications list to view all of your current notifications. Touch a Notification in the list to display the item. For example, touch a Gmail entry to open the Gmail application and view the message.

Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and Google Talk, have individual settings that can be configured. See the settings for individual applications in the applicable section of this user manual.

Status Details

To display the current date and time, battery status, and Wi-Fi connectivity status, open Status Details.

1. Touch the Time in the Status Bar.

The Status Details display. If you have any current notifications, their summaries are listed below the Notifications title.

2. Touch a notification summary to respond to it.

3. Touch outside the Status Details screen to close the

window.

Quick Settings

To view and control the most common settings for your tablet, as well as accessing the complete Settings application, open the Quick Settings panel.

1. Touch the Time in the System Bar.

The Quick Settings pop-up displays.

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Note:

This pop-up displays both Status Details and Quick

Settings and is referred to by both names in this manual.

2. Touch the time at the top of the pop-up to display a

Date and time pop-up. Touch enable the 24-hour format. Touch display the Date & time settings screen. For more information, refer to “Date and Time” on page 174.

3. The Quick Settings are:

•Wi-Fi

: Touch to enable or disable Wi-Fi. For more information,

“Wi-Fi”

refer to

•Bluetooth

information, refer to

•GPS

more information, refer to page 157.

• Sound / Vibrate / Mute

mode.

on page 110.

: Touch to enable or disable Bluetooth. For more

“Bluetooth”

: Touch to enable or disable Standalone GPS services. For

Use 24-hour format

Set date and time

on page 112.

“Use GPS Satellites”

: Touch to enable or disable sound

• Screen rotation

from landscape to portrait and vice versa. When Off the screen is fixed in the current mode, either portrait or landscape. For more information, refer to

Sweep the pop-up to the left to see additional settings.

• Power saving

analyzes the screen and adjusts the brightness to conserve battery power. For more information, refer to page 175.

• Driving mode

•Sync

Synchronizes contacts, email, time, and a variety of accounts.

4. Touch the

brightness or touch brightness automatically based on available light and battery charge status. For more information, refer to “Brightness” on page 152.

5. Tou ch

more information, refer to “Settings” on page 143.

: When On the screen rotates automatically

“System”

on page 175.

: When enabled, your device automatically

“System”

: New notifications are read aloud when enabled.

: Synchronizes your device with the network.

Brightness

Settings

slider and drag it to set the

Auto

to allow the device to set

to open the Settings application. For

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Notifications

notification entry to display the details. Touch remove Notification Icons from the System Bar.

For more information, refer to “Notifications” on page 29.

7. Close the Quick Settings by touching

right corner of the Quick Settings pop-up or by touching outside the Quick Settings screen.

Notifications display in the System Bar and, in some cases, under the Notifications heading in the Quick Settings to alert you to activity on the tablet such as new messages, application downloads, software updates, and more. The following table lists those icons.

displays system notifications. Touch a

Clear

in the upper,

System Alert

in the Quick Settings for alerts.

Download

downloaded or has been downloaded to the device.

: Check under the Notifications heading

: An application or file is being

Download Successful

or update completed successfully.

New Email Message

Reply to view and answer the email.

New Gmail Message

icon for additional information.

Google Talk Invitation

chat using Google Talk.

Music player

or touch the Status Details to see the song title and music player controls. For more information, refer to “Music Player” on page 84.

Music App

: A song is playing in the Music app. Touch the Music icon or touch the Status Details to see the song title and music player controls. For more information, refer to “Play Music App” on page 81.

: A recent application download

: You have new email. Touch

: You have new Gmail. Touch the

: Someone has invited you to

: Music is playing. Touch the Music icon

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Wi-Fi networks available

in range.

GPS Active

Software update

available for this device. For more information, refer to “Software Update” on page 180.

Updates Available

have downloaded are available.

Set up input methods

displayed, touch this icon to display a menu of quick keyboard settings.

Wi-Fi Direct

and your tablet is connected to another device. For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi Direct” on page 111.

Screenshot Captured

captured. For more information, refer to “Screen Capture” on page 24.

: Displays when GPS is active.

: Displays when Wi-Fi Direct is active

: An open Wi-Fi network is

: There may be a software update

: Updates to the applications you

: When the keyboard is being

: A screenshot has been

Nearby Devices

enabled. For more information, refer to “Nearby Devices” on page 148.

Blocking Mode

are disabled. For more information, refer to “Blocking Mode” on page 149.

Event

For more information, refer to “Creating an Event or Tas k” on page 136.

Navigation Active

more information, refer to “Navigation” on page 79.

USB Connected

using a USB cable.

: The Nearby devices setting is

: Notifications for selected features

: This is a notification for one or more events.

: The Navigation App is active. For

: Device is connected to a computer

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Status Bar

The Status Bar is part of the System Bar and displays icons to show network status, battery power, and other details.

Battery Level

Charging Indicator

Device Power Critical

power remaining. At about 15 percent power remaining, a pop-up is displayed to remind you to charge immediately.

USB Connection Indicator

to a computer using a USB cable, but it is not charging. The battery is only charged while connected to a computer, if the device is turned off. When the device is off, press the Power/Lock key to see the battery charging indicator.

Battery Fully Charged

charged, this indicator is displayed.

: Shown fully charged.

: Battery is charging.

: Battery has only three percent

: The device is connected

: When the battery is fully

Airplane Mode

active, which allows you to use many of your device’s features, but it cannot access online information or applications.

Bluetooth Active

information, refer to “Bluetooth” on page 112.

Bluetooth Connected

Bluetooth device.

Wi-Fi Active

communicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP).

Alarm Set

a specified time. For more information, refer to “Alarm” on page 120.

Smart stay

look at it. For more information, refer to “Smart Stay” on page 152.

: Indicates that the Airplane Mode is

: Bluetooth is turned on. For more

: Your device is connected to a

: Wi-Fi is connected, active, and

: Displays when you set an alarm to ring at

: Set the screen to stay on as long as you

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Primary Shortcuts

Primary Shortcuts display at the bottom of the main Home screen.

Tip:

The main Home screen is usually the center Home screen.

The default Primary Shortcuts are: S Note, S Planner, PS Touch, Smart Remote, Maps, Internet, Samsung Apps, and Play Store.

Other App Shortcuts

There are also other application shortcuts on the second Home screen, which are: Email, Camera, Polaris Office, Dropbox, ChatON, Gallery, Netflix, and Settings.

For more information, refer to “More Application Information” on page 41.

Application shortcuts can be added to any Home screen. For more information, refer to “App Shortcuts” on page 35.

Widgets

When you first turn on your tablet, there are various widgets on the center Home screen. They can also appear on the Home screens to the left and right of the center Home screen.

Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place on the Home screens to access your favorite features.

For more information, refer to “Applications and Widgets” on page 119.

Adding Widgets to a Home screen

1. Navigate to the Home screen on which you want to Apps

place the Widget and touch

Widgets

2. Touch the

Note:

Swipe across the screen horizontally to view all Widgets.

3. Touch and hold the widget’s icon until the Home screen

displays, then slide your finger where you want to place the icon and release it.

tab.

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Note:

There must be room on the screen where you want to place the widget, otherwise the widget will not add to the Home screen.

Removing Widgets



Touch and hold the Widget until the displays, then drag the widget to the

Note:

This action does not actually delete the Widget, it just removes it from the current Home screen.

Remove

App Shortcuts

Use App Shortcuts for quick access to applications or features, such as Email or other applications.

1. Navigate to the Home screen on which you want to

place the App Shortcut.

icon.

icon

2. Touc h

– or – Touch and hold on the screen until the

options pop-up displays and then touch

widgets

3. Touc h th e

4. Touch and hold the application icon until the Home

screen displays, then slide your finger where you want to place the icon and release it.

For more information, refer to “Apps Screen” on page 40.

5. Touch and hold the App Shortcut and then drag the

application icon to reposition it on the Home screen.

Apps

Home screen

Apps and

Apps

tab.

Removing App Shortcuts



Touch and hold the App Shortcut until displays, then drag the App Shortcut to the icon.

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Remove

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Folder s

Place Folders on a Home screen to organize items together.

Adding Folders

To create a folder on a Home page:

1. Navigate to the desired Home screen.

2. Touch and hold on the screen until the

pop-up displays and then touch The Create folder pop-up displays.

3. Touch the

enter a name for the folder, and touch A new folder displays on the Home screen.

Unnamed folder

field, use the keyboard to

Managing Folders

To rename a folder:



Touch the folder, touch the current name, and use the keyboard to enter a new name for the folder.

Folder

Home screen

To add an App shortcut to a folder:

1. Add the App shortcut to the Home screen that the

2. Touch and hold the App shortcut, drag it to the folder,

To remove an App shortcut from a folder:

1. Touch the folder to view the contents.

2. Touch the App shortcut, drag it out of the folder, and

Removing a Folder



Note:

folder is on.

and drop it.

drop it on the Home screen.

Touch and hold the folder until the displays, then drag the folder to the

Any App shortcuts in the folder are also removed.

Remove

icon.

icon

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Wallpapers

You can choose a picture to display on the Home Screen, Lock screen, or on both the Home and Lock screens. Choose from preloaded wallpaper images or select a photo you have downloaded or taken with the Camera.

1. From a Home screen, touch and hold on the screen. Home screen

The

2. Touch

3. Touch

Set wallpaper

The Set wallpaper pop-up displays.

Home screen, Lock screen

screens

options pop-up displays.

, or

Home and lock

The

Select wallpaper from

following options:

•Gallery

: Access the Gallery to select a photo. Touch a photo to select it. Crop and resize the picture, if desired. Touch save the picture as wallpaper. Touch

• Live wallpapers

wallpapers. Touch a wallpaper to see an example. If available,

Settings

touch

wallpaper

the Live wallpapers menu.

• Wallpapers

an image to view it. Touch wallpaper. Touch

Note:

Live wallpapers is not available for the Lock screen.

to view options for the selection. Touch

to save your choice. Touch Back

: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images. Touch

pop-up displays the

Cancel

: Choose from pre-loaded interactive animated

Set wallpaper

Back

to return to the Home screen.

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to cancel.

to return to

to save it as

Done

Set

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Multi Window Tray

There are shortcuts available that link to apps that you might need while working in other apps, such as Alarm, Calculator, Music Player, and so on. In some cases, these shortcuts are actually links to the part of the app you need most and they contain a link to the actual app where you can use other functions.

1. From any screen, touch

bottom, center of the screen. The Multi Window Tray icons display.

Note:

Swipe across the screen horizontally to view all Multi

Window Apps.

Multi Window Tray

at the

2. Touch to customize the Multi Window Tray. For

more information, refer to “Customizing the Multi Window Tray” on page 39.

3. At the left end of the tray:

•

Touch

Help

to display Multi Window help information.

•

Touch

Dual view

to display two Mini Apps on the screen.

•

Touch

Cascade view

4. Touch one of the icons to display a mini app pop-up.

The pop-up varies depending on the application. Various controls display at the top of the pop-up and a miniature version of the app displays in the body of the pop-up.

5. Touch items in the body of the pop-up, such as an

email entry or keys on the Calculator.

For more information, refer to “Multiscreen Viewing” on page 39.

to display Mini Apps as a pop-up.

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Customizing the Multi Window Tray

You can choose applications to display on the Multi Window Tray and arrange them in any order.

1. From any screen, touch

bottom, center of the screen.

2. Touch .

3. Touch and drag apps in and out of the tray or to

another position in the tray.

Done

4. Touch

to save your changes.

Multi Window Tray

at the

Multiscreen Viewing

All the applications that are available in the Multi Window Tray can be viewed in full screen mode or in a pop-up mode. Also, multiple Mini App pop-ups can be displayed either in a Dual view or a Cascade view. Use the Multi Window Tray to view multiple Mini App pop-ups or launch the applications and then display a pop-up for the application.

To display more than one app:

1. Launch an app and touch , which is located in the

upper, right corner of the app screen. The app is displayed in a pop-up mode.

2. Launch another app (Email, Gallery, Internet, and so

on) and touch on that app screen.

3. Touch the top of an app pop-up (near the ) and

drag the pop-up to the desired position on the screen.

4. Touch an app pop-up to bring it to the forefront and

work in the app as you normally would.

5. Touch to return the app to full screen mode.

6. To remove an app pop-up, touch .

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Apps Screen

The

Apps

screen displays all applications installed on your wireless device. Applications that you download and install from Google Play or from the web are also added to a Home screen.

The Apps icons are arranged in a customizable grid. To arrange the Apps icons in alphabetical order:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Touch

To manually change the order of the icons on the Apps screen:

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch

3. Touch and hold an icon and drag it to a new position.

4. Touch

You can place shortcuts to applications on the Home screen for quick access to the application. For more information, refer to “App Shortcuts” on page 35.

Alphabetical grid

Save

➔ View type

➔ Edit

to save the changes.

Apps

To view your downloaded applications:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu

2. Tou ch

downloaded apps.

3. Touch an icon on the

to launch the application. – or –

Add an App Shortcut to a Home screen by dragging the App icon onto the Home Screen. For more information, refer to “App Shortcuts” on page 35.

➔ Downloaded applications

Downloaded applications

to view

screen

Application Information

To view information about an App, such as the amount of storage it uses, force the App to stop, uninstall updates, and clear data:

1. From a Home screen, touch

Application manager

➔

All

2. Touch the

touch the app to open a screen with details about the App.

tab, scroll through the apps list, and

Apps

➔

Settings

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More Application Information

For more information, refer to “Applications and Widgets” on page 119.

In that section, each application that is available on the Applications screen is listed and described. If the application is also described in another section of this user manual, then a cross reference to that particular section is provided. Various widgets are also described.

Entering Text

Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry called the Samsung keyboard. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field.

You can also use voice input to speak your inputs. The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the

screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.

Text Input Methods

Your device offers two text input methods.

•

Google voice typing and

•

Samsung keyboard.

You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more information, refer to “Keyboards and Input Methods” on page 164.

To choose a text input method while entering text:

1. Touc h

The Set up input methods pop-up displays.

2. Touch an input method to activate it.

3. Touch to display that input method’s settings.

For more information, refer to “Keyboards and Input Methods” on page 164.

Set up input methods

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in the Status bar.

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Using the Samsung Keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters by touching the on-screen keys with your finger or use speech recognition.

You can enable predictive text, to have the Samsung keyboard match your key touches to common words and displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text.

Keyboard Types

In addition to the default QWERTY keyboard, there are two other types of the Samsung keyboard: a Floating keyboard and a Split keyboard.

To change the keyboard type:

1. Use two fingers, such as your index

finger and thumb, to make an inward pinch motion on the screen, where the keyboard is displayed. A pop-up displays the three keyboard types.

2. Touch one of the keyboard types to display it.

The Split keyboard can be moved up and down and the Floating keyboard can be moved anywhere.



Tap and hold with two fingers to move the Floating or Split keyboard.

Configuring the Samsung Keyboard

You can configure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences. While entering text:



Touch then touch next to up input methods pop-up. – or –

Touch and hold on the keyboard and then select

The Samsung keyboard settings screen displays.

Set up input methods

from the pop-up menu

in the Status bar and

Samsung keyboard

in the Set

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For more information, refer to “Configuring the Samsung

123

Keyboard” on page 165.

Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters

The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower case alphabet letters by touching the Shift key to toggle the case, before touching the letter key(s).

•

Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode.

•

Touch twice to switch to ABC mode. When ABC mode is enabled,

the Shift key background turns blue.

Entering Symbols and Numbers

The number keys are displayed at the top of the keyboard and are always available.

To enter common symbols, touch to switch to symbol mode, then touch the corresponding key.

There are two pages of symbols. Touch to switch to the next page.

Touch and hold a vowel key (A, E, I, O, U, or Y) or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can chose an accented vowel or other alternate letter. Slide to the letter until it is highlighted, and release.

Touch and hold the Period key ( . ) to open a small window with a set of common symbols.

Using Predictive Text

By using Predictive text, you can have next-letter prediction and regional error correction, which compensates for pressing the wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard.

Note:

Enable Predictive text in Samsung keyboard settings. For more information, refer to “Configuring the Samsung Keyboard” on page 165.

While entering characters, potential word matches display in the Predictive text area above the keyboard.



Touch a word to insert it into your text.

Tip:

Touch to display more words.

Using Google Voice Typing from the Samsung Keyboard

When you enable the Google voice typing setting, you can use your voice to enter text instead of the keyboard.

For more information about enabling Voice input, see “Using Google Voice Typing” on page 46

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Editing Text

You can edit the text you enter in text fields by cutting, copying, or pasting text. These operations can be performed within and across apps. However, some apps do not support editing some or all of the text displayed while others may offer their own way to select text.

Editing Existing Text

To edit text that you have entered:

1. Touch the text at the point you want to edit. Cursor

The

2. Touch and drag the

necessary.

3. Enter additional text or delete text by repeatedly

touching the

Copying, Deleting, or Replacing Text

To select and copy, delete, or replace text:

1. Touch and hold the text or word you want to select.

The selected text is highlighted with a tab at each end of the selection.

displays at the point you touched.

Cursor

to a better position, if

Delete

key.

2. Touch and drag either tab to select more or less text.

Tip:

Tou ch

Select all

in the Application bar to select all text in

the field. Touch on another area of the screen or touch

Done

to deselect the text.

3. Depending on the action you want to take for the

selected text, in the Application bar touch:

•Select all

to highlight all text in the field.

•Cut

to remove the selected text.

•Copy

to save the selected text to the clipboard.

– or – Enter text by typing or speaking to replace the

selection with what you type. – or –

Delete

Tou ch the

key to delete the selected text.

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Pasting Text

To paste previously copied text:

1. Touch the text at the point you want to paste the copied

text. The

Cursor

displays at the point you touched.

2. Touch the Cursor.

A pop-up displays.

3. Touch

To paste text directly from the clipboard:

1. Touch the

2. Touch a text block to paste that text where the

Paste

in the pop-up.

to the clipboard.

positioned.

Clipboard

key to display the text saved

Cursor

Closing the Keyboard

To close the keyboard:



Tou ch

Close Keyboard

Using the Handwriting Feature

You can enter text simply by using your finger or the S Pen to handwrite letters on your screen.

1. From a screen where you can enter text, activate the

keyboard by touching a text input field on the screen.

2. If necessary, touch

Status bar and then touch The Samsung keyboard displays.

3. Touch and hold on the keyboard and then select

from the pop-up menu

The handwriting pad displays.

4. Use your finger tip or the S Pen to write out each

character.

Note:

To properly recognize the written characters and to prevent scratching of the LCD, do not use script.

As you write, suggestions are offered in the word options area in case the correct letters were not recognized.

Set up input methods

Samsung keyboard

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Handwriting Tips

•

For uppercase letters, write the letter larger than the lowercase letters.

•

Write a dash (horizontal line) to add a space.

•

Delete words by sweeping backward across them.

•

To display numbers and symbols, touch and then touch a number or symbol key. Touch the button marked 1/2 or 2/2 to see more symbols and emoticons. Touch to exit the numbers and symbols keyboard.

•

To return to the Samsung keyboard, touch and hold then select from the pop-up menu.

Handwriting Settings

To change the Handwriting settings:

1. Touch and then touch

The Language and input settings screen displays.

2. Touch next to Samsung keyboard to display

Samsung keyboard settings.

3. Touch

Handwriting

For more information, refer to “Configuring the Samsung Keyboard” on page 165.

Set up input methods

and

4. Press

repeatedly to return to your message.

Using Google Voice Typing

You can use your voice to enter text using the Google voice typing feature.

While entering text:

1. Touch

then touch methods pop-up. – or –

Touch on the keyboard. For more information, refer to “Keyboards and Input

Methods” on page 164.

2. At the

into the microphone. The software converts your voice to text, which is

displayed in the message.

3. Keep speaking to add more test.

4. Tou ch

Set up input methods

Google voice typing

Speak now

Done

prompt, speak clearly and distinctly

to display the Samsung keyboard.

in the Status Bar and

in the Set up input

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Section 3: Contacts and Accounts

This section explains how to manage contacts and accounts.

Accounts

Your device can synchronize with a variety of accounts. With synchronization, information on your device is updated with any information that changes in your accounts.

•

Samsung account

information, refer to on page 171.

•

ChatON

“ChatON”

•

Dropbox

“Dropbox”

•

: Add an Email account to sync Contacts. For more

information, refer to

•

Facebook

•

Google

and Gmail. For more information, refer to

: Add your Samsung account. For more

“Signing In to your Samsung Account”

: Add your ChatON account. For more information, refer to

on page 72.

: Add your Dropbox account. For more information, refer

on page 124.

“Email”

on page 60.

: Add your Facebook account to sync Contacts.

: Add your Google account to sync your Contacts, Calendar,

“Gmail”

on page 55.

•

LDAP

: Add an LDAP account to find entries in an LDAP directory

server.

•

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

sync Contacts, Calendar, and Email.

•

Server

: Add a server to sync and access your data.

Setting Up Your Accounts

Set up and manage your synchronized accounts with the

Accounts

setting.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔ Add account

2. Touch the account type.

3. Follow the prompts to enter your account credentials to

complete the set-up process. Your tablet communicates with the appropriate account servers to set up your account. When complete, your

account displays in the screen.

: Add your Exchange account to

Accounts

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Apps

➔

Settings

area of the Settings

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Contacts

Store contact information for your friends, family, and colleagues to quickly access information or to send a message.

To access Contacts:



From a Home screen, touch

Contacts

➔

Creating Contacts

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

➔

The Save contact to pop-up displays.

2. Touch

3. Touch the

Device

– or – Touch

Add new account

more information, refer to “Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 47.

the contact.

➔

or an account.

Contact photo to set up a photo to identify

Apps

to add a different account. For

4. Touch contact fields to display the keyboard and enter

information:

•

Some fields have preset values. Touch the field and touch the desired value. For example, touch the Label tab and touch a label for the field.

•

Other fields have to be input. Touch the field and use the on-screen keyboard to input information.

•

Touching the check box next to some fields may make additional fields available.

•

Touch to add additional fields.Touch to remove an unused field. Also, touch

•

Touch the screen and swipe up or down to display additional fields or touch

5. Touch

6. When you finish entering information, touch

– or – Tou ch

changes.

Back

Cancel

Add another field

on the keyboard to move to the next field.

to remove the keyboard.

➔ OK to cancel and discard

to add other fields.

Save

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Tip:

Display a contact’s record and touch the send an email, the a map, or the

Address

field to display the address on

Website

field to link to the website.

Updating Contacts

To update an existing contact:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

Edit

➔

2. Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its

information.

3. Touch

4. Continue entering contact information. For more

information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 48.

Deleting Contacts

To delete a contact:

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

➔

2. Touch a contact in the

information, and then touch touch

Contacts

Apps

list to view its

Delete

. At the prompt,

field to

Managing Photo IDs

To remove or update a contact’s Photo ID:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

Edit

, or

S Note

2. Touc h

3. Touch the Contact photo, then touch Take picture

Remove, Image

Contacts Display Options

There are various ways to display your Contacts and general Contacts settings.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

2. To uch

Groups, Favorites

Contacts List, to view contacts various ways:

•Groups

: Displays the possible Groups, such as Not assigned, Co-workers, Family, Friends, and so on. The number of contacts in the group is displayed next to the group name. Touch a group name to show only contacts in that group. For more information, refer to page 52.

, or

Contacts

“Creating a New Group”

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, above the

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•Favorites

•Contacts

3. From the

4. From the

display and manage Contacts settings.

: Show only your favorite, or starred, contacts. For

more information, refer to

: Show all your contacts. Touch the

enter a keyword to list contacts that contain that keyword.

Groups, Favorites

to display the options for each grouping.

Contacts

“Favorites”

list, touch

on page 54.

, or

Contacts

list, touch

Menu ➔ Settings

field and

Linked Contacts

Your device can synchronize with multiple accounts, including Google, Corporate Exchange, and other email providers. When you synchronize contacts from these accounts with your device, you may have multiple contacts for one person.

Linking, or joining, imported contact records allows you to see all the contact’s numbers and addresses together in one contact entry. Linking also helps you keep your contacts updated, because any changes that your contacts make to their information in the respective accounts is automatically updated the next time you synchronize with the account.

Joining Contacts

Separating Contacts

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

Contacts

➔

Join contact.

Contacts

➔

Separate contact.

to separate a joined contact.

➔

2. Touch a contact in the

information.

3. Tou ch

4. Touch the contact you want to Join.

The joined contact’s information is displayed with the original contact’s information.

5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to join other contacts.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

2. Touch a contact in the

information.

3. Tou ch

A list of Joined contacts displays.

4. Touch ➔

The contact is removed from the list.

Apps

list to view its

Apps

list to view its

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Sharing Contact Information

You can send a contact’s information by way of Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices or in an Email or Gmail as an attachment.

Note:

Not all Bluetooth devices accept contacts and not all devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check the target device’s documentation.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

. ➔

Share namecard via

➔

2. Touch

Tip:

Set up a contact record for yourself to share your information with others.

3. At the prompt, choose a sending method such as

Bluetooth.

4. Follow the prompts to send the contact information.

Importing and Exporting Contacts

To back up and restore your contacts information, you can export your contacts list to a storage device, such as a PC, or import your contacts list (previously exported) from a storage device.

1. Use the USB cable to connect your device to the

storage device.

Apps

2. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

➔

3. To uch

4. Touch an option and then follow the prompts to

The Import/Export contacts pop-up displays.

complete the operation.

➔

Import/Export

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Groups

Assign contacts to Groups to make searching for contacts faster or to quickly send messages to group members.

Creating a New Group

Create a new group when you add or edit a contact.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

Groups

2. Touch

3. Touch .

4. Touch the

enter a new Group name.

5. Touch to save the new group name.

Tip:

Contacts can belong to more than one group. Just touch

the contact’s

Once you create a new group, the Contacts List can be set to display only the contacts in that group. For more information, refer to “Contacts Display Options” on page 49.

above the Contacts List.

Group name

Groups

field and use the keyboard to

field and touch each group.

Renaming a Group

To rename a group that you created:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

Groups

2. Tou ch

rename.

3. Tou ch

4. Touch the

enter a new Group name.

5. Touch to save the new group name.

and then touch the group you want to

➔

Group name

Edit

field and use the keyboard to

Deleting Groups

To delete a group that you created:

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

➔

2. Tou ch

delete.

3. Tou ch

The groups that can be deleted display.

Groups

and then touch any group you want to

➔

Delete groups

Apps

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4. Touch

5. Touch Delete to delete the groups. Choose from

Select all

or the name of each group to delete.

Group only or Group and group members.

Adding Group Members

To add a contact to a group, just Edit a contact’s Group field. For more information, refer to “Updating Contacts” on page 49.

To add multiple contacts to a group:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts

➔

2. Touch

3. Tou ch

4. Touch

5. Touch Done to add the contacts to the group.

Groups

want to add members.

The contacts that can be added display.

Select all

and then touch the group to which you

➔

Add member

or the name of each contact to add.

Removing Group Members

To remove contacts from a group:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

Groups

2. To uch

want to remove members.

3. To uch

4. To uch

5. Touc h Done to remove the contacts.

Contacts are removed from the group and the group name is removed from each contact’s

and then touch the group from which you

➔

Remove member

Select all

or the name of each contact to remove.

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Apps

Group

field.

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Favorites

Mark contact records with a gold star to identify them as favorites.

Adding Favorites

To add a contact to the Favorites list:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

2. Touch a contact to display it. Star

3. Touch the

turns gold .

Tip:

You do not have to edit the contact to change the Starred

status.

next to the contact name so that it

Accessing Favorites

To view your favorites list:

1. From a Home screen, touch

Contacts

➔

2. Touch

Favorites

Only your starred contacts display.

above the Contacts List.

Removing Favorites

To remove one or more contacts from your favorites list:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Contacts

Favorites

2. Tou ch

3. Tou ch

4. Tou ch

5. Touch Done to remove the contacts.

To remove one contact from your favorites list:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

2. Touch a contact to display it.

3. Tou ch t he

turns gray

above the Contacts List.

➔

Remove from favorites

Select all

or the name of each contact to remove.

Contacts

Star

next to the contact’s name so that it

to remove it from the Favorites list.

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Section 4: Messaging

This section describes how to send and receive messages and other features associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your device supports these types of messages:

•

Gmail

: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account.

•

: Send and receive email from your email accounts,

including Corporate Exchange mail.

•

Google Talk

•

Google Messenger: Use Google Messenger to bring groups of

friends together into a simple group conversation.

•

ChatON

any device that has a mobile phone number.

Note:

: Chat with other Google Talk users.

: Use ChatON to send and receive instant messages from

Your Wi-Fi-only device does NOT support voice calling and messaging services. Please disregard any “dial” and “message” related menus because some Gmail options are identically set in all Android devices.

Gmail

Send and receive email with Gmail, Google’s web-based email.

Tip:

To set up your Google account on your device, use

Accounts

settings. For more information, refer to

“Accounts” on page 169.



From a Home screen, touch

Setting Up Your Gmail Account

If you did not set up a Google account during the initial configuration, the first time you launch Gmail, your device prompts you to set up your Google account.

Note:

You can use more than one Google account on your device. To add another account, touch

➔

Settings

➔

ADD ACCOUNT

Apps

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➔

Gmail

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Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

The Add a Google Account screen displays.

2. Touch

3. Read the backup and restore information, touch the

4. The device communicates with the Google server to set

Existing

to sign in to an existing account.

•

At the

screen, use the on-screen keyboard to enter

name and

Password

your Google

– or –

New

Touch

•

The Backup and restore screen displays.

option to enable or disable it, and then touch

up your account and synchronize your email. When complete, your Gmail displays in the Inbox.

to create a new account.

At the

Your name

touch

At the

Create email address

new account.

screen, enter your first and last name, and

, then touch

follow the prompts to create a

Gmail

Refreshing Your Gmail Account

Refresh your account to update your device from the Gmail servers.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

Refresh

in the Application Bar.

Managing Your Gmail Account

Use menu options to manage your Gmail account.

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

• Manage labels

•Settings

“Gmail Account Settings”

•Help

: Learn about using Gmail.

• Send Feedback

for these options:

: Determine settings for each label.

: Configure settings. For more information, refer to

on page 58.

: Fill out a Google feedback form.

Apps

➔

Apps

➔

Gmail

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Managing Your Gmail Conversations

In addition to managing your Gmail account, there are options for changing the status of one or more Gmail conversations in an account.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch the gray box to the left of one or more

conversations and then choose one of the following options:

•Archive

: Archive the conversations. Archived

conversations are assigned to the All Mail folder.

•Delete

: Delete the conversations. Deleted conversations

are moved to the Trash folder.

• Change labels Personal, Receipts, Tra v el

• Mark as Read

conversations as read or unread. Once a conversation is marked as read, it has a gray background. Touch to remove the check marks.

Tip:

To move a conversation to another folder, touch and drag it to the folder tab.

: Relocate the conversations to the

Mark as Unread

Apps

, or

Work

folder and then touch OK.

: Mark the

➔

Gmail

Inbox

DONE

3. Touc h

•Add star

a yellow star. Starred conversations are listed in the Starred folder. Touch

• Mark important

importance indicator . Yellow indicates important.

•Mute

: New messages added to muted conversations bypass your inbox so that the conversation stays archived in the All Mail folder.

•Report spam

emails that violate the Gmail Program Policies and/or Terms of Use.

•Settings

“Gmail Account Settings”

•Help

: Learn about using Gmail.

• Send feedback

for these options:

Remove star

: Configure settings. For more information, refer to

: Mark (or unmark) conversations with

DONE

to remove check marks.

Mark not important

: Report the conversations as spam, which are

: Fill out a Google feedback form.

: Change the

on page 58.

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Composing and Sending Gmail

1. From a Home screen, touch Compose

2. Tou ch

3. Touch the

names or email addresses, matching contacts display. Touch a contact to add it to the field.

4. Touch the

5. Touch

6. While composing a message, the following options are

displayed:

• + CC/BCC

• Attach

7. Touch

• Settings

•Help

• Send feedback

Subject

Compose email

message. After creating the fields, touch to enter recipients.

message.

: Configure settings. For more information, refer to

“Gmail Account Settings”

: Learn about using Gmail.

field to enter recipients. As you enter

field to enter a subject.

to enter the text of your email.

: Create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields in the

: Launch Gallery to select a photo to add to the

for the following options:

: Fill out a Google feedback form.

Apps

on page 58.

➔

Gmail

8. Tou ch

– or – Tou ch

Gmail Account Settings

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch General settings

• Confirm before deleting

confirm Delete actions.

• Confirm before archiving

confirm archiving actions.

• Confirm before sending

confirm Send actions.

• Auto-advance

archive a conversation.

• Message text size

• Clear search history

performed.

SEND

to send this message.

SAVE DRAFT

to save a draft of this message.

Apps

➔ Settings

: Choose a screen to show after you delete or

: Set the size of text in message displays.

for settings:

: Have your device prompt you to

: Remove previous searches you

➔

Gmail

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• Ask to show pictures

show pictures automatically) for all the people who send you email, including those whose Show pictures setting you may have changed when reading messages from them.

(Gmail account settings)

Each account has independent settings:

• Priority Inbox

configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox. If available, you can set Priority Inbox as the conversation list to open when you have new mail, rather than Inbox.

• Email notifications

appear in the Status Bar.

•Ringtone & vibrate

field to set the following options:

–

Sync messages

–

Email notifications

appear in the Status Bar.

–

Ringtone

the default ringtone and then touch

–

Notify once

Bar for new email, not for every new message.

: Restores the default setting (do not

: This setting is only available if you have

: When enabled, notifications for new email

: If Email notifications is enabled, touch this

: Sync options are: None, Last 30 days, or All.

: When enabled, notifications for new email

: Choose a ringtone for new email notifications or use

: When enabled, a notification appears in the Status

•Signature

• Gmail sync is ON/OFF

• Days of mail to sync

• Manage labels

• Download attachments

About Gmail

•

Experiments

• Enable full text search

• Enable drag and drop contact chip

: Create a text signature to add to outgoing

messages.

: Indicates whether you have Gmail

synchronization turned on for this account in the

settings. Touch to open those settings.

sync

: Set the number days to sync email for

this Gmail account.

: Choose which labels are synchronized.

: Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi.

Displays information about the Gmail (Version, copyright information, Send feedback, Report a problem, Open source licenses).

: Enable indexing message content to

allow a local search.

drop a contact chip between To, CC, and BCC.

Account and

: Enables you to drag and

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Email

Use Email to view and manage all your email accounts in one application.

Configuring Email Accounts

1. From a Home screen, touch

– or – From a Home screen, touch

2. At the Set up email screen, enter an Password

, then touch

3. Your account’s incoming server settings are different depending on the kind of email service for the account. If you are asked of account:

Exchange ActiveSync

The Server settings screen displays. Enter the required settings and touch “Incoming Server Settings” on page 66.

4. Review the Account options screen. Available options vary, depending on the provider:

What type of account?

POP3 account, IMAP account

Apps

➔

Email address

, touch the type

, or

Microsoft

. For more information, refer to

and

• Peak schedule

this account during peak times. Options are: Push (Automatic), Manual, every 5 or 15 minutes, or every 1, 4, or 12 hours.

• Off-peak schedule

to this account during off-peak times. Options are: Push (Automatic), Manual, every 5 or 15 minutes, or every 1, 4, or

12 hours.

• Period to sync Email

whether to store All, 1 or 3 days, 1 or 2 weeks, or 1 month of email on the tablet.

• Emails retrieval size

Options are: Headers only, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, or100 KB, or All.

• Period to sync Calendar

this account to sync with your tablet. Options are: 2 weeks, 1, 3, or 6 months, or All calendar.

• Send email from this account by default

email from your device is automatically sent from this account.

• Notify me when email arrives

notifications when you receive new email sent to this account.

: Set how often to check for new email sent to

: Set how often to check for new email sent

: For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, set

: Set the maximum email retrieval size.

: Set how much of the calendar for

: When enabled,

: When enabled, you receive

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• Sync email

•Sync Contacts

•Sync Calendar

• Sync task

• Automatically download attachments when connected to

5. Touch

go to the Apps screen.

Note:

For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, the Activate device administrator? screen may appear. Read the information and touch

6. Enter an account name for the email account just

added, which is displayed on the email screen, and enter Your name, if required.

: When enabled, email from your account is

synchronized with your device’s email.

: When enabled, contacts from your account

are synchronized with your device’s Contacts.

: When enabled, events from your account are

synchronized with your device’s Calendar.

: When enabled, tasks from your account are

synchronized with your device’s Calendar.

: Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to

Wi-Fi

recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi.

to go to the next screen or touch

Activate

to continue.

7. To uch

Note:

Done

. The device communicates with the appropriate server to set up your account and synchronize your email.

When complete, your email appears in the Inbox for the account.

To configure email account settings at any time, use

Menu ➔Settings

Account settings.

Multiscreen



Tou ch to view the Email screen as a pop-up and share the screen with other apps. For more information, refer to “Multiscreen Viewing” on page 39.

Adding Additional Email Accounts

To add additional email accounts:

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touc h

3. Enter the

Menu ➔Settings ➔ Add account

Email address, Password

. Touch the account to display

, and so on.

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Managing Your Email Accounts

You can view email you receive for all accounts in the

Combined view

individually.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch the

screen or you can view email accounts

drop-down menu at the top left of the

screen to select:

• Combined view

•<Account Name

: View all email in a combined inbox.

>: View email for the account.

Managing Your Email Conversations

In addition to managing your Email account, there are options for changing the status of one or more Email conversations in an account.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch the box to the left of one or more conversations

and then choose one of the following options:

•Star

: Mark the conversations with a gold star and list

them in the Starred folder. Touch to make the changes. – or –

Flag

: Touch

Complete

touch

Clear

to mark all conversations with a blue check mark, or

Set

to set all flags. Set flags are gold.

to clear all flags and check marks, touch

• Mark as Read

conversations as read or unread. Once a conversation is marked as read, it has a gray background.

•Move to :

the current email account or in a folder within another email account.

•Delete

3. Touch

•Sort by

•View mode

Choices are: Standard view and Conversations view.

• Create folder

folder to create a sub-folder.

Note

• Delete all

• New meeting invitation

content.

•Documents

add.

•Font size

device font sizes, Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, or Huge.

Mark as Unread

Relocate the conversations to another folder in

: Delete the conversations.

for these options:

: Choose a method for listing your email conversations.

: Choose how to view your email conversations.

: Create a new main folder or touch an existing

: This option is not available for all email accounts.

: Delete all items for this email account.

: Create a meeting from the email

: Search email or the internet for documents to

: Select the font size for your email. Choose from, Use

: Mark the

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•Settings

: Display the settings for this email account. For more

information, refer to

• New meeting invitation

a task. For more information, refer to

on page 136.

Tas k”

“Account Settings”

: Use S Planner to add an event or add

on page 64.

“Creating an Event or

Composing and Sending Email

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch an account, if you have more than one account

set up, then touch

3. Enter the recipient’s email address in the

•

If you are sending the email message to several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma. You can add as many message recipients as you want.

•

Touch to add a contact to the field.

•

Touch

+Cc/Bcc

–

Use the Cc field to carbon copy additional recipients.

–

Use the

Bcc

•

Touch

+Me

to add yourself as a recipient.

4. Touch the

5. Touch the body of the email to enter the text of your

email.

Subject

Compose

to add additional carbon copy recipients.

field to blind copy additional recipients.

field to enter a subject.

field.

6. While composing a message, the following options

may be displayed:

Scheduling options

box and then set the Time and date for which the email will be sent.

Priority

: Set the email priority. Options are: High,

Normal, or Low.

Tracking options receipt

and then touch OK to set the tracking

options for this email.

Security options

Options are: Encrypt and Sign.

Attach

: Choose an attachment to add to the message from the listed apps, such as My Files, Images, Take picture, Video, Record video, Audio, S Note, S Planner, Contacts, and Location.

Undo

: Erase the previous input.

Redo

: Restore the previously erased input.

: Tap the Schedule sending

: Touch

Read receipt

: Set the email security options.

Delivery

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Insert

from the listed apps, such as Images, S Note, S Planner, Contacts, and Location.

Insert quick response

frequently use in emails. For more information, refer to “Account Settings” on page 64.

Font size

17, 21, 24, 28, or 36 points.

Bold

: Bold the following text. Touch again to turn

off bold.

Italics

entered text.

Font color

changes to the selected color.

Background color

background of the email.

7. Touch

email.

Save

Send

to send the email, or

: Choose an item to insert into the message

: Insert text that you

: Choose a text font size of 9, 10,12, 14,

: This action italicizes the subsequent

: Set the color of the text font. The bar

: Set the color of the

to save the email to the Drafts folder,

Delete

to delete the

Account Settings

Account settings lets you configure handling of email on your device.

Note:

Available settings may depend on the email account and include setting how much email to synchronize, creating signatures for email you send, and other handling options.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

Preferences

• Auto-advance

message. Choices are: Next message, Previous message, or Message list.

• Message preview line

amount. Options are: None or 1, 2, or 3 lines.

• Email title

shown as the title.

• Confirm deletions

option. A check mark indicates that deletions must be confirmed.

➔

Settings

, then touch

. The following options display:

: Set the screen to show after deleting a

: Choose a message preview line

: Set whether the Subject or Sender of the email is

: Touch the box to enable or disable this

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•Quick responses

Touch an email account to display the following settings:

Common settings

To access the following options, select your email account.

• Account name

•Signature

• Default account

automatically sent from this account.

• Always Cc/Bcc myself

address is included in the Cc or Bcc lines.

• Forward with files

attachments when you forward an email.

• Recent messages

are displayed on your device. Options are: 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, or Total.

•Show images Data usage

: Edit text that you frequently use in emails.

: Enter a name to identify this account.

: Enter a signature to add to email from this account.

: When enabled, email from your device is

: Lets you manage whether your email

: Touch the check box to include any file

: Limit the number of recent messages that

: Display images in an email.

• Sync email

• Auto download attachments

• Size to retrieve emails

• Auto resend times:

Exchange ActiveSync settings

• Period to sync Email

• Empty server trash

• Sync schedule

: Touch the box to enable or disable this option. A

check mark indicates email sync is enabled.

: Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi.

: Set the maximum email retrieval size. Options are: Headers only, 2, 50, or 100 KB, All, or All including attachments.

Set the limit of times you wish to have the email resend. Choose from: No limit, 1 time, 3 times, 5 times, or 10 times.

: Set to sync Automatic, All, 1 or 3 days, 1

or 2 weeks, or 1 month of email on the tablet.

: If available, indicates whether to delete the contents in the server trash.

: Set up your peak and off-peak schedule controls, which determines when your tablet checks the email service for new email.

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• Out of office settings

defined period of time, while you are unable to check your email.

• Size to retrieve emails

Options are: Headers only, 0.5, 1, 2, 5,10, 20, 50, or 100 KB, or All.

• Period to sync Calendar

months, 6 months or All calendar.

• Security options

• In case of Sync Conflict

your tablet if there is a conflict of information between them.

• Auto resend times

Options are: No limit or 1, 3, 5, or 10 times.

Notification settings

• Email notifications

appears in the Status Bar when a new email arrives.

• Select ringtone

this account.

•Vibrate

: When enabled, email notifications for this accounts

are accompanied by vibration.

Server settings

: Lets you set how email is handled for a

: Set the maximum email retrieval size.

: Set to sync 2 weeks, or 1 month, 3

: Set various security options for the account.

: Set whether to update the server or

: Set the number of auto send times.

: When enabled, the New Email icon

: Choose a ringtone for email notifications for

• Exchange server settings

settings. – or –

Incoming settings

information, refer to page 66.

• Outgoing settings

more information, refer to page 67.

• Sync email

•Sync Contacts

•Sync Calendar

• Sync task

Incoming Server Settings

Your account’s exchange or incoming server settings are different, depending on the kind of email service for the account: POP3, IMAP, or Exchange ActiveSync.

: When enabled, email from your account is

synchronized with your device’s email.

are synchronized with your device’s Contacts.

synchronized with your device’s Calendar.

: When enabled, tasks from your account are

synchronized with your device’s tasks.

: Configure incoming server

: Configure incoming server settings. For more

“Incoming Server Settings”

: Configure outgoing server settings. For

“Outgoing Server Settings”

: When enabled, contacts from your account

: When enabled, events from your account are

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•

Domain\ user name

that you specify a domain, enter it before the backslash. Otherwise, just enter your username (the part before @emailprovider.com in your email address) after the backslash. The backslash is optional when only entering your username. The Email app enters the correct syntax for domains and usernames when communicating with the server.

•

Password

filled in.

•

Exchange server / IMAP server

of your email service provider’s server, for example, mail.emailprovider.com.

•

Use secure connection (SSL) / Security type

your server requires you to connect to the server securely, or if you prefer to connect securely.

•

Use client certificate

security.

•

Port

: Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it.

•

IMAP path prefix

: If your Exchange ActiveSync server requires

: The password for your email account, which should be

: The fully resolved domain name

: Check this option if

: Use a client certificate for messaging

: Enter an IMAP path prefix, if required.

Outgoing Server Settings

If you use an IMAP or POP3 account for receiving email, you typically use an SMTP server to send email from that account. Exchange ActiveSync accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings.

•

SMTP server

service provider’s SMTP server, for example, smtp.emprovider.com.

•

Security type

service provider. Select the for your security type to accept a server certificate from your SMTP server that is self-signed, out of date, or in some other way not accepted by the Email application.

•

Port

number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it.

•

Require sign-in

password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email.

•

User name

the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail). Visible only if Require sign-in is checked.

: The fully resolved domain name of your email

: Select the security type required by your email

SLL (Accept all certificates)

: Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port

: Check this option to enter a username and

: Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be

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•

Password

: Your password on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail). Visible only if Require sign-in is checked.

Google Talk

Talk is Google’s instant messaging and audio and video chat service. You can use it to communicate, in real time, with other people who also use Google Talk on another Android tablet or phone or on a computer.

Tip:

Talk requires that you have a Google account. To set up your Google account on your device use settings. For more information, refer to “Accounts” on page 169.

Open Talk and Sign In

1. From a Home screen, touch

If you are not signed in to a Google account, the Add a Google Account screen displays.

Existing

2. Touch

New

For more information, refer to “Setting Up Your Gmail Account” on page 55.

, if you already have a Google account,

to create a Google account.

Apps

Accounts

➔

Tal k

Note:

If you have already set up your Google account, you are

automatically logged in. Just touch the account.

Once sign in is complete, the Talk main screen displays.

Invite a Friend to Chat

You can invite anyone with a Google Account to become your friend in Google Talk, so you can chat with each other and view each other’s online status.

Add friend

1. While viewing your Friends list, touch

2. Enter your friend’s address and touch

Your friend’s address in Talk is a Gmail or other email address that is configured to connect to Google Talk.

If your friend accepts your invitation, they are added to your Friends list in Talk and you can share each others status in Talk and other applications.

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View and Accept an Invitation to Become a Friend

When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk, you receive a notification in the System Bar and the invitation displays in your Friends list.

1. Touch the invitation. Accept

2. Touch

chat, your Google Talk status with the sender right now, or

Block

invitations from that person. If you touch list in Talk and you can share your status in Talk and

other applications.

, if you want to accept the invitation and

Decline

, if you do not want to chat with and share

, if you do not want to receive any more

, the friend is added to your Friends

Options While Chatting

There are several options that are available while you are chatting.

1. Touch to search your chats for a word,

invite another friend to chat, to invite this friend to video chat, or to invite this friend to voice chat.

2. Touc h

which are available while chatting. For more information, refer to “Additional Talk Options” on page 70.

•End chat

• Go off the record/Stop chatting off the record

•Friend info

to display the following options,

: End this chat session.

: Set whether

you want to stop saving your chat to the chat history.

: Display information about the friend with which

you are chatting. The following options are also displayed:

–

BLOCK

: Keeps this person from sending you messages and

removes the person from your Friends list.

–

REMOVE

: Remove the friend as if you never accepted their

invitation. However, the friend is not blocked.

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•Add to chat

conversation.

• Clear chat history

device.

Note:

If you touch the

Send chat invitation to,

➔

again.

: Choose another friend to invite to this

: Remove the history of this chat from your

REMOVE

option, touch

to make the Friend visible

Add friend

Additional Talk Options

1. While viewing your Friends list, touch to search

your Talk messages. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter a search term. Touch on the keyboard to search your Talk messages.

2. Touch

•Display options

• End all chats

•Sign out

to display the following options:

: To set the way your friends list is sorted,

Availability, Name

touch

: Sign out of Google Talk and display the Talk main

screen.

, or

Recency

: End all chats in which you are engaged.

•Settings

•Help

• Send feedback

3. Touch a Friend’s entry to display the Chat entries for

that Friend.

Google Talk Settings

Use Google Talk Settings to configure your Talk account. If you have more than one account, each maintains its own Talk settings.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

options:

GENERAL

•Mobile indicator

: Offers various settings for Google talk. For more

information, refer to

: Displays additional help information.

android next to your name in their Friends list when you are signed into Google Talk on a tablet or phone.

“Google Talk Settings”

: Fill out a Google feedback form.

➔

Settings

, then touch an account for

: Check and your friends see an outline of an

Apps

on page 70.

➔

Tal k

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• Away when screen off

Away when your screen turns off. When unchecked, your status is not changed.

• Invitation notifications

invitation arrives.

CHAT NOTIFICATIONS

• IM notifications

notification in the System Bar, or neither, when you receive a text chat.

• Notification ringtone

you receive a text chat.

•Vibrate

: Set how vibrate functions. Choices are: Always, Only

when silent, or Never.

VOICE & VIDEO CHAT

• Video chat notifications

display a notification in the System Bar when you are invited to a video chat.

: Check to change your Talk status to

: Show notification when a friend

: Set whether to open a dialog, display a

: Set a ringtone to sound, or silent, when

: Set whether to open a dialog or

• Video chat ringtone

you receive an invitation to a video chat.

•Vibrate

: Set a the device to vibrate Always, Only when silent,

or Never.

• Default video effect ACCOUNT

• Blocked friends

Touch a blocked friend and then touch OK to unblock the friend.

• Clear search history

searches are shown until you search for new words.

• Manage account

more information, refer to

ABOUT

•Terms & privacy

privacy policies.

: Set a ringtone to sound, or silent, when

: Set the video image stabilization.

: Displays a list of friends you have blocked.

: Erases your search history. No previous

: Opens the Accounts and sync settings. For

“Accounts”

: Displays the Google Talk terms of use and

on page 169.

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Messenger

With Google Messenger, you can bring groups of friends together into a simple group conversation, putting everyone on the same page. When you get a new conversation in Messenger, Google+ sends an update to your device.

To get started, touch the Messenger icon on the home screen of the Google+ app or use the Messenger icon on your Applications screen.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Messenger

The Messenger screen displays.

2. Touch

Learn more

touch a topic to learn more about using Google Messenger.

in the center of the screen and then

Apps

ChatON

A smart-messaging app that gives you a host of innovative ways to stay connected with all your friends and family, regardless of their device or platform. Use ChatON to send and receive instant messages from any device that has a mobile phone number.

Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

If you are launching this application for the first time, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the account setup.

2. Enter and send your message.

ChatON

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Section 5: Internet and Social Networking

This section describes the various Internet and social networking applications available on your device such as Google and Voice Search, Google+, Internet, Local, Maps, Navigation, Google Play Books, Play Magazines, and You Tub e.

Google Search

Search the internet using the Google search engine.

Tip:

The Google Search widget displays by default on all Home screens. For information about displaying widgets on the Home screen, see “Adding Widgets to a Home screen” on page 34.

Google

Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

– or – From a Home screen, touch

Google

2. Use the keyboard to enter search criteria to display

matching searches. – or –

Touch and speak the search criteria slowly and clearly. Google searches for the information and displays results.

Suggestions display below the text entry area.

3. Touch a suggestion to search for that term.

– or – Touch on the keyboard to start the search.

A browser window displays the search results.

To use Voice Search directly:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

2. Touch and speak the search criteria slowly and

clearly. Google searches for the information and displays results or displays retry speaking the search word(s).

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Voice Search

Retry

. Touch the to

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Google+

Share updates and see what is going on around you with Google+ for mobile.

•

Share your thoughts and location.

•

Instantly upload your photos and videos as you take them.

•

Get updates from your circles in the stream.

•

Check in to a place.

•

Make plans on-the-go with group messaging.

•

View posts from people around you.

To get started:

1. From a Home screen, touch Google+

➔

Help

➔

The Google+ home screen displays.

2. Touch

learn more about using Google+.

Apps

and then touch a topic to

Internet

Your device is equipped with a full HTML Browser that allows you to access the Internet.



From a Home screen, touch

➔

Internet

Navigating the Internet

The following options are available for Internet navigation.

Command Keys



Touch



Touch and hold



Touch



Touch

Touching and Dragging

•

Touch and drag your finger on the screen to navigate pages and to reposition pages within the screen.

Entering Text in a Field

•

While browsing, touch a text field to display the virtual QWERTY keyboard to enter text.

Back

or to return to the previous page.

Back

Forward

to go forward to a recent page.

Refresh

to reload the current page.

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display browser History.

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Zoom

•

Tap the screen twice to zoom in or out.

• Use two fingers, such as your index finger

and thumb, to zoom out by making an inward pinch motion on the screen. To zoom in, make an outward motion by sweeping your fingers out.

Tip:

For convenient browsing, you can rotate the device to landscape mode.

Selecting Items On a Page

While browsing, use gestures and menus to navigate:

•

Touch an item to select it.

•

Touch a hyperlink to follow the link.

•

Touch and hold on a hyperlink or an image for options.

Using Browser Windows

You can have multiple windows open at one time and easily switch between windows.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Internet

2. To open a new window, touch at the top of the

screen.

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3. To switch to another open window, touch its tab at the

top of the screen.

4. To delete an open window, touch the tab at the top of

the screen, and then touch .

Entering a URL

Access a website quickly by entering the URL.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Internet

URL

2. Touc h the

the URL using the virtual QWERTY keyboard. As you enter characters, potential matches display.

Note:

Use the necessary.

3. Touch a match to complete the URL.

– or – Continue entering characters and touch the

load the page.

field at the top of the screen, then enter

Delete

key to clear the URL field, if

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Creating Bookmarks

While browsing, bookmark a site to quickly access it later.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Internet

2. Browse to a website, touch

the required information, and touch A gold star displays on the Bookmarked page.

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Add bookmark

, enter

Multiscreen

Touch to view the Internet screen as a pop-up and share the screen with other apps. For more information, refer to “Multiscreen Viewing” on page 39.

Internet Menu

While viewing a webpage:



To uch

To configure web settings:



To uch Follow the on-screen instructions.

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

Internet Quick Controls

Use Quick Controls to maximize your viewing area while browsing the internet.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Internet

2. While viewing a webpage, touch

➔

Labs

, and then touch

function. The Application and URL bars are hidden.

3. Swipe inward from the left or right edge of the screen

to access quick controls.

4. Without lifting your finger, move to an option and then

lift your finger to initiate the option.

5. To cancel, display the Quick controls and touch Settings

➔

Labs

and touch

uncheck it.

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Quick controls

Menu ➔ Settings

to enable the

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Local

Google Local (originally Google Places) is an application that uses Google Maps and your location to help you find destinations, such as restaurants, bars, hotels, attractions, ATMs, and gas stations. You can also add your own locations.

Note:

You must enable location services to use Local. Some features require Standalone or Google location services. For more information, refer to “Location Services” on page 157.

Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch to choose or enter your location.

3. Touch one of the business categories to search for a

particular business.

4. Touch a business in the list to see more details about it.

5. Touch your location at the bottom of the Local pop-up

to write or view reviews, check in here, and so on.

6. For more information touch

Menu ➔ Help

Local

Maps

Use Google Maps to find your current location, get directions, and other location-based information.

Note:

You must enable location services to use Maps. Some features require Standalone or Google location services. For more information, refer to “Location Services” on page 157.



From a Home screen, touch

Navigating the Map

Zooming

•

Double-tap on the screen to zoom in.

• Use two fingers, such as your index finger

and thumb, to zoom out by making an inward pinch motion on the screen. To zoom in, make an outward motion by sweeping your fingers out.

Tip:

For convenient browsing, you can rotate the device to landscape mode.

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➔

Maps

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Scrolling

•

Touch and drag on the screen to reposition the map in the display.

Touch

•

Touch an icon on the map to display information about the location. For example, your location is indicated by a flashing icon.

Maps Menu

While viewing a map:



To uch

To launch Google Latitude:



To uch For more information, refer to “Latitude” on page 78.

To configure Maps settings:



To uch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Latitude

Menu ➔ Settings

Menu ➔ Help

Latitude

With Google Latitude, you can see the location of all of your friends on a map or on a list. You can also share or hide your location.

You must first set up your tablet to use wireless networks to help pinpoint your location. Also, Latitude works best when Wi-Fi is enabled. For more information, refer to “Turning Wi- Fi On or Off” on page 110.

Latitude also requires that you log on to your Google account. For more information, refer to “Accounts” on page 169.

To access the Latitude app:

Apps

➔

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch

Your location is displayed on the map.

For more information touch

Menu ➔ Latitude

Menu ➔ Help

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Navigation

Use Google Navigation to find a destination and to get walking or driving directions.

Navigation works best when Wi-Fi is enabled. For more information, refer to “Turning Wi-Fi On or Off” on page 110.

Note:

You must enable location services to use Navigation. Some features require Standalone or Google location services. For more information, refer to “Location Services” on page 157.



From a Home screen, touch

➔

Navigation

Navigation Menu

While viewing a map:



Tou ch

To configure Navigation settings:



Tou ch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

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Menu ➔ Help

Play Books

Use the Play Books app to read eBooks from the Internetbased Google Play Books service. Google eBooks is a new way to discover, buy, and enjoy your favorite books online and offline.



From a Home screen, touch

➔

Play Books

The Google Play Books main screen displays.

Note:

You may be asked to create or sign on to your Google account. For more information, refer to “Setting Up Your Gmail Account” on page 55.

Play Books Menu

From the Play Books main screen:



Tou ch

To configure Play Books settings:



Tou ch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

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➔

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Play Magazines

Google Play Magazines helps you subscribe to your favorite magazines so you can have them available to read on your tablet at your leisure.

Play Magazines requires that you log on to your Google account. For more information, refer to “Accounts” on page 169.



From a Home screen, touch

Play Magazines

➔

The Play Magazines Welcome screen displays.

Play Magazines Menu

From the Play Magazines main screen:



To uch

To configure Play Magazines settings:



To uch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

Apps

Menu ➔ Help

YouTube

View and upload YouTube videos right from your device.



From a Home screen, touch

➔

YouTube

To find a YouTube video.



Touch enter a keyword or phrase. Touch on the keyboard to initiate the search.

Search YouTube

YouTube Menu

From the YouTube main screen:



Tou ch

To configure YouTube settings:



Tou ch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

Apps

and use the keyboard to

Menu ➔ Help

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Section 6: Music

This section explains how to use the music features of your device including the Music app, the Music Player, and the Music Hub.

Listening to Music

You can listen to music by using your device’s built-in speakers, through a wired headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset.

For more information, refer to “Bluetooth” on page 112.

Volume Key

Press the device to activate on-screen volume control, then touch and drag on the scale to set volume. You can also press the Volume Key to adjust playback volume.

on the side of the

Play Music App

The Play Music app contains a music player that plays and other audio files that you copy from your computer or store online.

Note:

Some options described in this manual may not be available until you sign in to your Google account.

music

Google Play Music

Google Play Music is a new service from Google that gives you instant access to your personal music collection on the Internet and your compatible Android devices without the hassle of wires or syncing. For more information, visit

music.google.com

Accessing the Music App

1. From a Home screen, touch Play Music

➔

The Play Music app searches your online library and your device’s internal storage for music and playlists. This can take from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the amount of new music added since you last opened the application.

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Changing Library View

You can change the way you view the contents of your library.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Play Music

➔

2. Touch the name of the current view, such as

near the top-left of the Application bar.

3. Touch an option to set how you view your library.

The choices are:

Playlists, Genres, All music or On device only

Recent, Albums, Artists, Songs

Play Music Menu

While viewing a Play Music main screen:



To uch

To configure Play Music settings:



To uch Follow the on-screen instructions.

For more information touch

for options.

Menu ➔ Settings

Menu ➔ Help

Recent

Play Music Options

Options are available for playing songs, albums, or playlists:

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch an album or song.

3. Touch the label area under an item to display

To play a song:

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Touch a song in your library to listen to it.

Apps

➔

Play Music

options. Options display depending on the item view.

Play Music

➔

– or – While viewing a list of songs, touch next to a song

and touch – or –

While viewing a list of albums, artists, playlists, or genres, touch the label area under an item and touch

Play

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Shopping for Music at the Play Store

To visit the Google Play

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

2. Touch

The Google Play Store music section displays.

3. Touch

finding and buying music.

Store where you can find and buy music

Play Music

Play Store

in the Application Bar.

➔

Help

to view information about

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Making Online Music Available Offline

In addition to playing the music that you add to your online library, you can play music stored on your device’s internal storage. Then you can listen to music when you have no Internet connection. To do this, make some of your online music available offline.

Tip:

You can also copy music directly from your computer to your device. For more information, refer to “Synchronizing with Windows Media Player” on page 117.

To make your online music available offline on your device:

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Play Music

2. Change your library view to Albums, Artists, or

Playlists. For more information, refer to “Changing Library View” on page 82.

3. Touc h

the album or playlist you want to make available offline.

4. Touc h

listening to music offline.

➔

Choose on-device music

➔

Help

to view information about

Apps

and touch

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Music Player

Music Player plays songs stored on your tablet or an installed memory card.

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Player

➔

The Music Player application searches your device’s internal storage or on an installed memory card for music and playlists. This can take from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the amount of new music added since you last opened the application. It then displays your music in several ways.

2. Touch a tab, such as

on, to change the way you view the contents of your library.

3. Touch the Music application icon at the top-left of

the Application bar to return to the previous Music screen.

Songs, Playlists, Albums

Apps

, and so

Searching for Music

To find music in your library:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Music Player

2. Touch

name of an artist, album, or song.

and use the keyboard to type the

Music Player Options and Settings

To use Music Player options and configure settings:

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Player

➔

2. Touch

•Delete

: Delete a song, an album, or every song or album.

•Share via

share, touch follow the on-screen instructions.

• Set as alarm tone

song as an alarm tone.

• Scan for nearby devices

nearby devices.

to display the following options:

: Share your music. Select the songs you want to

, touch an option, such as Bluetooth, and

: Choose a song and touch

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: Discover and connect directly to

Set

to use the

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•Settings

: The following settings display:

Advanced

–

Sound settings

settings.

–

Lyri cs

–

Music auto off

automatically by touching one of the time values.

Music menu

–

Music menu

appear on the main music screen. A check mark an option means that it is enabled.

: Choose

SoundAlive

: Display the lyrics of the song, if available.

: Set the option Off or set your music to turn off

: Enable or disable the music display options that

Managing Playlists

To create, manage, or delete a playlist:



From a Home screen, touch

Music Player

➔

Creating a Playlist



Tou ch keyboard to enter a name for the playlist.

Add to playlist

➔ New playlist

and

Apps

Play speed

and use the

next to

Renaming a Playlist

1. Touc h th e

2. Touch a playlist, touch

Adding Songs to Playlists

1. To uch

2. To uch

3. To uch

Removing Songs from Playlists

1. To uch

2. To uch

3. To uch

Playlists

tab.

and use the keyboard to enter a new name for the playlist.

Add to playlist

– or –

Playlists

To uch

mode. All songs are displayed.

Add all

, touch a playlist, and then touch

Add music

next to each song you want to add or next

to add all songs to the playlist.

Done

to save the playlist.

Add to playlist

to remove a song from the playlist.

Done

to save the playlist.

and touch a playlist.

➔ Add music

and touch a playlist.

➔ Rename playlist

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Changing the Order of a Playlist

1. Touch the

2. Touch

in portrait mode.

3. Touch the grid for an entry and drag the entry to a

new position in the list.

4. Touch

Playing a Playlist

1. Touch the

2. Touch

touch a playlist title that you created.

3. Touch a song to start playing the playlist at that song.

Playlists

tab and touch a playlist.

Change order

Done

to change the order and save the playlist.

Playlists

Favorites, Most played

tab.

, or

➔ Change order

Recently added

, or

Deleting a Playlist

1. Touch the

2. Touch

3. Touch the box next to a playlist title, touch

then touch

Playlists

tab and touch a playlist.

Delete

in the Application bar.

Playing Music

To play a song:

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Player

➔

2. Touch a song or touch an album or genre and then

touch a song in the list of songs on the album. The song you touch starts to play. The tracks in the current list play in order until you reach the end of the

list (unless you choose a repeat option). Otherwise, playback stops only if you stop it, even when you switch applications.

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Delete

, and

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Accessing the Music Player

Info

List

Song Title

Artist /

Favorite Volume

Shuffle Playback Controls RepeatProgress

Bar

Time Indicators

SoundAlive

Mode

Album

If you navigate away from the Music Player application and music is playing, the Music notification icon is displayed in the System Bar.

You can change songs or easily return to the Music Player:

1. Touch the Music notification icon in the System

Bar. The Status Details pop-up displays.

2. Touch the song title to display the Music Player. You

can also pause and resume playback and skip to the next or previous song in the panel. For more information, refer to “Notifications” on page 29.

Music Player Controls

When a song is playing, the Music Player screen displays various controls are available.

1. From a Home screen, touch

➔

Music Player

2. Touch a song or playlist to begin playback.

The music player displays below (portrait mode) or to the right (landscape mode) of the music listing.

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3. Touch the music player to enlarge it and touch the

screen to display the sound and playlist controls.

and

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4. During playback, use the sound and playlist controls:

•Favorite

: Touch the star to mark the current song as a

favorite.

•Volume

: Touch to toggle Silent and Sound mode, then touch and drag on the scale to set volume. You can also press the Volume Key on the side of the device to adjust playback volume.

•SoundAlive

•Info

•List Mode

•Shuffle

•Progress Bar

• Playback Controls

: Touch to view and set SoundAlive options.

: Touch to view information about the current song.

: Touch to switch to the list of songs.

: When enabled, songs play in random order. When

disabled, songs play in the order they appear in List view.

: Touch and drag the end of the progress bar to

scan forward or backward through the current song.

: These buttons control the playback of

songs:

–

Touch to advance to the next song. Touch and hold to scan forward through the current song.

–

Touch to go back to the previous song. Touch and hold

to scan backward through the current song.

–

Touch to pause playback. Touch to resume playback.

• Repeat

: Touch to repeat the current song, repeat all songs, or

disable repeat mode.

Options While Playing a Song

There are various options and controls available while a song is playing:

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Player

➔

then a song.

2. Touch the music player to enlarge it.

3. Touch

• Add to playlist

playlist.

• Via Bluetooth

device.

•Share via

Bluetooth, select the songs you want to share, and touch

• Set as alarm tone

• Scan for nearby devices

nearby devices.

, touch a song or an album, and

to display the following options:

: Add the song to a new playlist or an existing

: Play the current song by using a Bluetooth

: Share your music. Touch an option, such as

: Use the current song as an alarm tone.

: Discover and connect directly to

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•Settings

: Displays Music Player settings. For more information,

refer to

“Music Player Options and Settings”

page 84.

Music Hub

Samsung Music Hub makes your device a personal music manager and lets you access, buy, and download millions of music tracks. Access top albums, top tracks, featured albums, and new releases. Music Hub allows you to search for tracks, albums, and artists. Enjoy music samples before you download them directly to your Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab.

Note:

You must sign up for an account before accessing some of the Music Hub options.

Apps

Confirm

to continue or

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Hub

➔

2. Read the Disclaimer and touch

Back

The Music Hub Home screen displays.

3. Touch one of the following options:

to exit.

•Featured

: This is the Music Hub home screen. Displays top albums, featured albums, top tracks, new releases, and more. Touch an item to display more information and prices.

•Genres

: Displays bestsellers and new releases by genre, such

as pop, rock, jazz, comedy, and blues.

• Playlists

: Displays downloaded playlists and your library of

songs and albums. Touch

• My page

: Displays the following options:

–

Basket

: Displays songs that you have selected to buy. Touch

Buy

to start the purchase process. Touch

➔

Delete all

delete songs from your basket.

–

Purchase List

–

Payment information

method. Touch

–

Help

: Display help information for Music Hub.

–

Legal information

New

to create a new playlist.

to clear your basket or touch

: Displays a list of your purchases.

: Allows you to set up your payment

Add card

to enter your payment information.

: Displays the Music Hub legal information.

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Note:

You have to be signed in to use some options. To sign in, touch

and use the keyboard to enter your

and Music Hub

address Create account

4. Touch

word or phrase to search for tracks, albums, or artists. Touch on the keyboard to search Music Hub. Touch an item to play a sample, add an item to your basket, or add an item to your album.

Password

. Touch

to set up a new account.

and use the keyboard to enter a key

. Touch

Making a Purchase

You can use Music Hub to buy albums or individual tracks. You can also build your own album from various tracks.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch Music Hub

➔

2. Touch an album or a track.

3. Touch next to an album to add the album to your

basket or next to each track that you want to add to your basket.

4. Touch next to an album to add the album to your

album or next to each track that you want to add to your album. Touch

New

to create a new album.

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Section 7: Photos and Video

Settings

Image

Mode

Camera

Viewer

Settings Shortcuts

GPS Active

Storage Indicator

This section explains how to use your device’s built-in camera and camcorder, the Video Player app to view and manage videos, and the Gallery app to view, capture, and manage photos and videos. It also contains an overview of the PS Touch app, Media Hub, and Video editor apps.

Camera

Use your device’s built-in camera and camcorder to take photos and record videos.

Apps

1. From a Home screen, touch

If a memory card is inserted, the Storage location pop-up displays.

2. Touch

to change the storage location to memory card. – or –

Cancel

Touch

to use the device storage for storing

pictures and videos.

➔

Camera

Note:

If memory card storage is used, photos are stored in the /Storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera folder as jpg files. For more information, refer to “My Files” on page 130.

The Camera screen displays.

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Taking Photos

To take a photo:

Apps

Camera

➔

button.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your photo

by aiming the lens at the subject. To configure settings, see “Camera Settings” on

page 92.

3. To take the photo, touch the Back

4. Touch

previous screen.

Important!

Do not take photos of people without their permission. Do not take photos in places where cameras are not allowed. Do not take photos in places where you may interfere with another person’s privacy.

to leave the Camera and display the

Camera

Camera Settings

Before you start taking photos, use the camera settings to configure the camera for best results. Camera settings are

represented by icons on the left side of the screen.

Editing Camera Settings Shortcuts

The first five icons are actually shortcuts to camera settings. These five shortcuts can be customized to fit your preference.

Self-portrait Effects

shortcuts. To customize these shortcuts:

1. Tou ch

– or – Touch and hold any of the shortcut icons to edit them.

2. Touch and hold a setting, then drag and drop it on one

of the five settings shortcuts to the left. The replaced setting shortcut displays in the edit list.

, and

Flash

Exposure value

Settings

➔

Edit shortcuts

Shooting mode

are default settings

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Configuring Camera Settings

To configure Camera settings:



While in Camera mode, touch a settings shortcut or

Settings

touch settings:

• Edit shortcuts

information, refer to

Shortcuts”

•Self-portrait

and take a photo of yourself.

•Flash

: Choose a flash mode from Off, On, or Auto flash. Off is

the default.

Warning!

If the battery is low, the flash is not available. For more information, refer to “Charging the Battery” on page 7.

• Shooting mode

–

Single shot

–

Panorama

the on-screen guideline to move the viewfinder and take the next 7 shots automatically.

to configure the following camera

: Customize your settings shortcuts. For more

“Editing Camera Settings

on page 92.

: Touch to switch to the front-facing camera lens

: Choose an automatic shooting mode, from:

: Take a single photo.

: Touch the Camera button to take a photo, then use

–

Share shot

: Share photos with other users via Wi-Fi Direct. A

Wi-Fi Direct connection is required.

–

Buddy photo share

face detection.

–

Smile shot

the subject’s face and take the photo.

–

Cartoon

• Effects

: Apply an effect to photos.

•Scene mode

you want to take.

•Exposure value

-2.0 to +2.0.

• Focus mode

•Timer

: Set a delay time to wait between touching the Camera

button and taking a photo.

•Resolution

• White balance

: Take and share photos with friends via

: Touch the Camera button to automatically focus on

: Take a photo with cartoon effects.

: Choose a mode to match the kind of pictures

: Use the slider to set the exposure value from

: Set the focus mode to Auto focus or Macro.

: Choose a size for the photo.

: Set the light source.

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•ISO

: This value determines how sensitive the light meter is on your digital camera. Use a lower ISO number to make your camera less sensitive to light, a higher ISO number to take photos with less light, or Auto to let the camera automatically adjust the ISO for each of your shots.

• Metering

: Select a method for measuring light.

• Outdoor visibility

settings, enabling Outdoor visibility Illuminates your screen to make it easier to see what you are shooting.

Note:

What you see on screen will not correspond to the

luminance of the actual photograph taken.

• Guidelines

composition.

• GPS tag

GPS icon displays on the screen when this option is active.

Caution!

Be aware that your location may be present on a photo when posting your photos on the internet.

: When taking outdoor shots in bright

: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in photo

: Add GPS location information to photo details. The

• Image quality

•Storage

your memory card, if one is installed.

• Reset

: Choose a quality setting for photos.

: Set whether to store you photos on your device or on

: Set all Camera settings to the defaults.

Viewing Photos with the Image Viewer

After taking a photo, use the Image Viewer to view, share, delete, or edit photos.

1. Tou ch

2. Touch the screen to show or hide Image Viewer

3. Touch the screen with two fingers or double-tap on the

4. Sweep across the screen to display the next or

5. To set the photo as a favorite, touch

Image Viewer

options.

screen to zoom all the way in or out. For more information, refer to “Pinch” on page 26.

previous photo. The current photo is outlined in the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen. Touch a thumbnail to view the photo it represents.

to view the photo.

Favorites

• Save as flipped On

to take and save a mirror-image photo.

: Set self-portrait mode and set this option to

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6. Touch

Record

Settings Shortcuts

Settings

Image Viewer

Mode

Storage Indicator

File Size

Available Storage

Current or

Elapsed Time

to share the photo. Touch an option, such as Bluetooth, and follow the on-screen instructions. After using this option, the most recent Share option is displayed in the Application Bar.

7. To delete the photo being displayed, touch

and then touch

Delete

to delete the photo or

exit.

8. Touch

and then Slideshow

slide show of the available pictures and videos.

to select

9. Touch

Set as

a Contact photo or a Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and lock screens wallpaper.

For more information, refer to “Viewing Photos and Videos” on page 102.

Delete

Cancel

to display a

to assign the photo as

Camcorder

Use your device’s built-in Camcorder to record highdefinition video in 1080p resolution.

1. From a Home screen, touch

2. Slide the

setting. The Camcorder screen displays.

Mode

button to the

Apps

➔

Camcorder

Camera

Note:

Photos are stored in the /Storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera folder as jpg files. For more information, refer to “My Files” on page 130.

10. Press

photos.

Back

to return to the Camera to take more

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