Samsung SM-T217AZKAATT User Manual

ANDROID TABLET

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

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OR YOUR MODIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

USING CUSTOM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE YOUR DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. YOUR
CARRIER MAY NOT PERMIT USERS TO DOWNLOAD CERTAIN SOFTWARE, SUCH AS CUSTOM OS.

IF YOUR CARRIER PROHIBITS THIS, IF YOU ATTEMPT TO DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE ONTO THE DEVICE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION,
YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED ON THE SCREEN THAT UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DETECTED. YOU SHOULD THEN POWER
DOWN THE DEVICE AND CONTACT YOUR CARRIER TO RESTORE THE DEVICE TO THE CARRIER AUTHORIZED SETTINGS.

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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

www.samsung.com/us/safe

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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

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .......................... 5

Understanding This User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

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

Creating a New Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Creating a Samsung Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Securing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Locking and Unlocking the Touch Screen . . . . 12

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Section 2: Understanding Your Device .... 13

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back View and Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Navigating Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Multi Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

App Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Wallpapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Apps Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Multiple Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Screen Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Section 3: Contacts and Accounts ...........41

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Section 4: Messaging ................................49

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Hangouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Section 5: Multimedia ...............................57

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Google Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Section 6: Connections .............................78

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Wi-Fi Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

PC Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Section 7: Applications .............................88

Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

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Updating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Accessing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Amazon Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

AT&T AllAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

AT&T Locker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

AT&T Ready2Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Beats Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Device Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Flipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

For Kids! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Game Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Google Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Group Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Hangouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

myAT&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Play Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Play Movies & TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Play Newsstand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Polaris Office 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

S Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

S Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Samsung Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Story Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

TripAdvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

WatchON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

YP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Section 8: Settings ..................................111

Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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

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

Data Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

More Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Blocking Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Hands-free Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Power Saving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Application Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Default Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Browser Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Lock Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Language and Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Backup and Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Voice Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

About Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Section 9: Samsung Product

Registration .........................................147

Index .........................................................148

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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 148.

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 12.

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:

• Note: Presents alternative options for the current feature,

menu, or sub-menu.

• Tip: Provides quick or innovative methods or useful

shortcuts.

• Important!: Points out important information about the

current feature that could affect performance.

Getting Started 5

• Warning!: Brings important information to your attention

OFFOFF

ONON

ONON

OFFOFF

that can help to prevent loss of data or functionality or
damage to your device.

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:

From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔

Settings ➔ Display ➔ Screen timeout.

Certain features and options use an ON/OFF
button.

For example:

Tou ch ON/OFFto turn Bluetooth on
or off .

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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.

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 145.

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.

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.

1. Insert the USB cable into the Charging Head.

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

Accessory Port.

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.

3. Plug the Charging Head into a standard AC power

outlet.

Note: You cannot charge the battery using the USB cable and

your PC.

Getting Started 7

4. When charging is complete, unplug the Charging Head

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

 Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket (1)

until the card locks into place (2). The illustration
shows the screen facing up.

Note: If the battery is completely discharged, you cannot turn

on the device, even with the USB power adapter
connected. Allow a depleted battery to charge for a few
minutes before you try to turn on the device.

Installing the SIM Card

When you subscribe to a cellular network, you are provided
with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your subscription details,
such as your PIN, available optional services, and many
others features.

Important! The plug-in SIM card information and its contacts

can be easily damaged by scratching or bending,
so be careful when handling, inserting, or
removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of
reach of small children.

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Caution! Make sure that the SIM card’s gold contacts face

downward and that the notched corner of the card
goes in first.

Note: If the card is not inserted correctly, the device will not

detect the SIM card. Re-orient the card back into the
slot if the SIM is not detected.

Turning Your Device On and Off

Turning Your Device On

 Press and hold the Power/Lock Key.

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.

Turning Your Device Off

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key.

2. At the Device options prompt, touch Power off.

3. At the Power off prompt, touch 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
screens can be skipped (touch Skip) or re-displayed (touch
Back). Some screens display depending on the options you
choose.

1. When you first turn on your tablet, the Let’s set up
your device! screen displays.

2. The default language for your tablet is English. If you

would like to select Spanish, touch Español on the
bottom right-hand side of the screen.

3. To uc h Terms & Conditions, read the End User License
Agreement for Ready2Go, then touch Back.

4. To uc h get started.
– or –
To uch Remind Later to set up your device later and

then touch exit.
To access this screen later, touch Apps ➔

AT&T Ready2Go.

5. Read and follow the instructions on each screen to set

up your tablet.

Getting Started 9

Creating a New Google Account

In order to utilize your device to the fullest extent, you will
need to create a Google Account when you first use your
device. With a Google Account, Google applications will
always be in sync between your tablet and computer.

If you need to create a Google account, follow these steps:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.
The Add a Google Account screen displays.

2. Touch New to create a new Google account.

– or –
If you already have a Google account, touch Existing to

sign in and add the account to your tablet.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to add a Google
Account.

Note: Once you have created a Google account, you only need

to sign in.

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Creating a Samsung Account

An active Samsung account is required to begin accessing
applications such as ChatON and Samsung Hub. If you did
not create a Samsung account when you first set up your
tablet, follow these steps:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Add account

2. Tou ch Samsung account.

3. Tou ch Create new account.

4. Select your Country or region.

5. Tou ch Terms and conditions to read them and touch

Back.

6. Tou ch Privacy policy to read it and touch

7. Tou ch the I accept all the terms above check box.

8. Tou ch Agree.

9. Enter the required information and touch Sign up.

You Samsung account is created.

.

Back.

Memory Card

Your device supports removable microSD or microSDHC
memory cards with maximum capacities of 32 GB
(depending on the memory card manufacturer and type).
Memory cards are used to store music, photos, videos, and
other files.

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.

Removing a Memory Card

Important! To prevent damage to information stored on the

memory card, unmount the card before removing
it from the device.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Storage.

2. Under SD card, touch Unmount SD card and then
touch OK.

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

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

5. Replace the Memory Card Slot cover.

For more information, refer to “Memory Card” on page 33.

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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 128.

For other settings related to securing your device, see
“Location” on page 127.

Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User

Manual start with the device unlocked, at the Home
screen.

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Locking and Unlocking the Touch Screen

1. Press the Power/Lock Key to lock the touch

screen.

2. Press the Power/Lock Key again to display

the lock screen then swipe your finger across the
screen to unlock.

Note: Swipe is the default screen locking method. To change

your screen lock, see “Screen Lock” on page 128.

Tip: From the Lock screen, touch and swipe one of the app

shortcut icons to launch that application. For more
information, refer to “Swipe Options” on page 129.

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.

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

• 7.0-inch WSVGA (1024x600) TFT (PLS) LCD touch screen

• Android Version 4.4.2

• Wi-Fi, 1.6 GHz dual-core processor

• Full HTML Web Browser

• Bluetooth 4.0 Wireless technology. For more information,

refer to “Bluetooth” on page 82.

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

• 3.2 megapixel camera and camcorder, plus 1.3 megapixel

forward-facing camera for video chat

• Full integration of Google applications (Google Play Store,

Gmail, Google Maps, Google+, Hangouts, Voice Search,
and YouTube)

• Photo gallery that supports GIF, AGIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP,

WBMP, and WEBP formats

• By creating User profiles, this device can be shared by

multiple people who can have their own space, which they
can customize with their own apps, wallpaper, and more.

• Messaging Features:
– Gmail

– Email (corporate and personal)
– Google+
– Google Hangouts

• HD Video Player (1080p)
– Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, VC-1, DivX, VP8, WMV7/8,

Sorenson Spark, MP43

– Format: AVI, MP4, 3GP, MKV, WMV, ASF, FLV

• DivX Certified

including premium content

®

to play DivX® video up to HD 720p,

• Music player that supports MP3, AAC/AAC+/EAAC+, WMA,

Vorbis, FLAC, AC-3, AMR-NB/WB, WAV

• Support for microSD and microSDHC

memory cards

• Preloaded applications such as Music Hub, Google Play

Books, Google Play Store, Google Play Movies & TV,
Polaris Office 5, and much more.

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Front View

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3

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

1. Light Sensor: Used to control screen brightness

automatically when taking photos with the
front-facing camera.

2. Front-Facing Camera Lens: Used when taking photos

or recording videos.

3. Display Screen: The orientation of the display screen

rotates with the tablet as you turn it. For more
information, refer to “Display” on page 119.

4. Menu Key: Display a list of options for the current app

or screen.

5. Home Key: Display the central Home screen. Touch

and hold to display recent apps that have been
accessed.

6. Back Key: Return to the previous screen or option.

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Side Views

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2

3

4

5

6

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

1. Microphone: Used for video chat.

2. Power/Lock Key: Press and hold to turn the device on

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

3. SIM Card Port: Insert your SIM card here.

4. Volume Key: From a Home screen, press to adjust

Master Volume. During music playback, press to adjust
volume.

5. Infrared Blaster: Used to emit infrared signals used

for controlling external devices.

6. Memory Card Slot: Install a memory card for storage

of files.

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Back View and Bottom

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2

3

4

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

1. 3.5mm Headset Jack: Used for headphones.

2. Camera Lens: Used when taking photos or recording

3. Charger/Accessory Port: Plug in a USB cable for

4. External Speakers: Used in music or video playback,

videos.

charging or to sync music and files.

notification tones, and for other sounds.

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Navigating Your Device

Use command buttons and the touch screen to navigate.

Command Keys

Back

• Touch Back to return to the previous screen, option, or

step.

Home

• Press Home to display the main Home screen page.

• Press and hold Home:
– A list of recently used apps is displayed. Touch an app to

return to it, or touch and slide the app left or right to
close it.

– Touch to display the Task Manager.
– To launch Google Now, touch .
– Touch to close all recently used apps.

Context-Sensitive Menus

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

• Touch Menu to display a list of options.

• Touch an option in the list.

Screen Navigation

Tou c h

Touch items to select or launch them. For example:

• Touch the onscreen keyboard to enter characters or text.

• Touch a menu item to select it.

• Touch an application’s shortcut to launch the application.

Touch and Hold

Activate onscreen 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 and Spread

“Pinch” the screen using your thumb and
forefinger to zoom out or “spread” the
screen to zoom in when viewing a picture
or a Web page. For example:

• Pinch a photo in Gallery to zoom in.

• Pinch a webpage to zoom in or out.

Multi Window

This feature can be used to run multiple applications on the
current screen at the same time.

Note: Only applications found within the Multi window panel

can be active atop another current application on the
screen.

When launching applications that contain multimedia
files (music or video), audio from both files will be
played simultaneously.

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Activating and Deactivating
Multi Window

To activate Multi window:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Display ➔ Multi window.

2. Tou ch ON/OFF to enable the feature.

3. Press

4. Press and hold Back to open the application panel

showing all the available Multi window apps.

Tip: Multi window can also be activated or deactivated by

touching the top of the screen, dragging downward to
display the Notification Panel, and then touching

Multi window.

To deactivate Multi window:

 Press and hold

window tab from view.

Home to return to the Home screen.

Back. This action hides the Multi

Note: Once you have set the Multi window option On, you only

App 1

Edit Control Panel

Multi Window
Controls

App 2

need to press and hold
Multi window feature.

Back to re-activate the

Using Multi Window

You can use Multi Window to run multiple apps on the same
screen.

Any of the apps found within the Multi window panel can be
run at the same time as a current onscreen app.

Once multiple apps are running on the same screen, you can
then choose to either swap their positions or maximize a
desired app.

In the following example, we will be launching both the
Internet and Maps applications, but any two apps listed in
the Multi window apps panel will work the same way.

1. From a Home screen, touch Internet.

2. Activate the Multi window feature.

3. Touch the tab to display the apps panel.

4. Touch and hold the Maps icon until it detaches

from the panel.

5. In a single motion, drag it over the current Internet

screen and drop it over either the top or bottom area of
the screen.

Note: Once the two applications are running, the device

displays a split screen view containing both the initial
Multi window app and the second Multi window app.
Each application is still independent of the other.

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Window Controls

Select an application window and touch in the middle of
the windows. Window controls display:

Switch locations between Multi Window
applications.

Share items between the application windows. Drag
an item to share from one window to another. Some
applications may not support this feature.

Maximize the application.

Close the application.

Customizing Multi Window Control Panel

To remove a Multi window app:

1. Enable the Multi window feature and open the

Multi window control panel.

2. Touch Edit, located at the bottom of the control panel,

to reveal the staging area containing any additional
apps.

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3. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it
detaches from the control panel, then carefully drag it
to the staging area.

4. When you are finished, touch Done.

To add a Multi window app:

1. Enable the Multi window feature and open the
Multi window control panel.

2. Tou ch Edit (located at the bottom of the list) to reveal
the staging area containing any previously removed
apps.

3. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it
detaches from the staging area, then carefully drag it
to a new location in the current list of apps.

4. When you are finished, touch Done.

Home Screen

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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.

1. Status Bar: The area along the top of the Home screen

which displays notifications (on the left side), battery
power, and connection details (on the right side). For
more information, refer to “Status Bar” on page 26.

2. Time: Displays the current time. For more information,

refer to “Date and Time” on page 142.

3. Widgets: Applications that run on the Home screen.

Some widgets are found on the Home screen by
default. AT&T AllAccess allows you to view and
manage your AT&T data plan. For more information,
refer to “Widgets” on page 29.

4. Home screen: The starting point for using your device.

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

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5. App Shortcuts: Shortcuts to apps. For more

information, refer to “App Shortcuts” on page 28.

6. Current Page: Indicates which Home screen page is

being displayed. For more information, see “Extended
Home Screen” below.

7. Primary Shortcuts: Shortcuts to common features

which are displayed on all Home screens. For more
information, refer to “Primary Shortcuts” on page 28.

8. Apps: Display the Apps screen.

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Extended Home Screen

The Home screen consists of the main Home screen page,
indicated by , plus additional pages that extend beyond
the display width to provide additional space for adding app
shortcuts and widgets. For more information, refer to
“Adding and Removing Home Screen Pages” on page 23.

Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to
the left or right pages. As you scroll, the indicator at the
bottom of the display shows the current page.

Note: The main Home screen page, indicated by , always

displays when you press

Home.

Customizing the Home Screen Pages

You can customize the Home screen pages to suit your needs
and preferences.

1. Navigate to one of the Home pages.

2. Touch and hold on an empty part of the screen until the
Home screen pop-up displays.

3. Touch Set wallpaper to change the Home screen

wallpaper. For more information, refer to “Wallpapers”
on page 31.

4. Under Add to home screen, touch:

• Apps and widgets to add app shortcuts or widgets to

the Home screen.

•Folder to add a folder to a Home screen. For more

information, refer to “Folders” on page 30.

•Page to add a new Home screen.

Adding and Removing Home Screen
Pages

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

Note: The main Home screen page, indicated by , always

displays when you press

Home.

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1. From a Home screen, pinch the screen from the

left and right side to the center to display the
editing screen.

2. Use these controls to configure pages:
Remove: Touch and drag a page to the Trash

Can to remove the page from the Home
screen.

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

Default Home Page: Touch the Home icon at
the top of a page to set it as the default Home
screen.

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

to a new location.

4. Touch Back to return to the Home screen.

Display Settings

You can customize display screen settings to your
preferences. For more information, refer to “Display” on
page 119.

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Notifications

Notification icons appear on the Status Bar at the top of the
screen to report new messages, calendar events, device
status, and more. For details about these notifications, open
the Notification Panel.

Notification Panel

To view the Notification Panel:

1. Swipe downward from the top of the screen.

2. Scroll down the list to see additional notification

details.

3. Touch an item to open it.

4. To clear a single notification, drag the notification left

or right.

To close the Notification Panel:

 Swipe upward from the bottom of the screen or press

Back.

Accessing Additional Panel Functions

In addition to notifications, the Notification Panel also
provides quick and ready access to separate device
functions. These can be quickly activated or deactivated by
toggling them on or off. You can choose the functions that
display.

From the Notification Panel:

1. To go to Settings, touch Settings. For more

information, refer to “Settings” on page 111.

2. Touch to display additional options.

The following functions can either be activated (green)
or deactivated (gray): Wi-Fi, Location, Sound/Vibrate/
Mute, Screen rotation, Bluetooth, Multi window,
Sync, Smart stay, Power saving, Blocking mode,
Airplane mode, and Hands-free mode.

3. Touch and locate the Notification Panel area at the

bottom of the Notification Panel screen.

• In a single motion, touch and hold a desired function,

such as Airplane mode, then drag it to the top two
rows.

• Touch Brightness adjustment to create a check mark

if you want to be able to adjust the screen brightness
from the Notification Panel.

• Touch Reset to restore the edited menu to the default

setting.

• Press Back to exit the Notification Panel.

4. Touch to display only your primary functions.

5. To set the display brightness, touch the Brightness

slider and drag it to set the brightness or touch Auto to
allow the device to set brightness automatically based
on available light and battery charge status. For more
information, refer to “Display” on page 119.

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Notifications

Notifications displays system notifications.

 Touch a notification entry to display the details. Drag a

notification left or right to remove it and remove
Notification Icons from the Status Bar.

Close the Notification Panel

 Press Back or swipe up.

Status Bar

The Status Bar at the top of the Home screen provides device
information (such as network status, signal strength, battery
charge, and time) on the right side and notification alerts on
the left.

Status Bar Icons

Some common status and notification icons are shown
below.

Signal Strength: The greater the number of bars,
the stronger the signal.

Data Connection: Displays when your connection
to a UTMS, HSDPA, HSPA, or HSPA+ network is
active.

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Data Connection: Displays when your connection
to a 4G LTE network is active.

System Alert: Check under the Notifications
heading in the Quick Settings for alerts.

Download: An application or file is being
downloaded or has been downloaded to the device.

Download Successful: A recent application
download or update completed successfully.

New Email Message: You have new email. Touch
Reply to view and answer the email.

New Gmail Message: You have new Gmail. Touch

the icon for additional information.
Music player: Music is playing. Touch the Music

icon or touch the Status Details to see the song title
and music player controls. For more information,
refer to “Music” on page 72.

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 “Google Play Music” on
page 77.

Wi-Fi Active: Wi-Fi is connected, active, and
communicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP).

Wi-Fi networks available: An open Wi-Fi network
is in range.

Wi-Fi Direct: Displays when Wi-Fi Direct is active
and your tablet is connected to another device. For
more information, refer to “Wi-Fi Direct” on
page 81.

Location Active: Displays when GPS is actively
determining your location.

Updates Available: Updates to the applicati ons you
have downloaded are available.

Set up input methods: When the keyboard is being
displayed, touch this icon to display a menu of quick
keyboard settings.

Screenshot Captured: A screenshot has been
captured. For more information, refer to “Screen
Capture” on page 33.

Nearby Devices: The Nearby devices setting is
enabled. For more information, refer to “Nearby
Devices” on page 116.

Blocking Mode: Notifications for selected features
are disabled. For more information, refer to
“Blocking Mode” on page 117.

Event: This is a notification for one or more events.
For more information, refer to “Calendar” on
page 97.

USB Connected: Device is connected to a
computer using a USB cable.

Battery Level: Displays your battery charge level.
Icon shown is fully charged.

Charging Indicator: Displays when your ba ttery is
charging. Also displays battery charge level.

Device Power Critical: Shows your current battery
only has less than 5 percent power remaining and
will immediately shutdown.

USB Connection Indicator: The device is
connected 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.

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Airplane Mode: Indicates that the Ai rplane Mode is
active, which allows you to use many of your
device’s features, but it cannot access online
information or applications.

Bluetooth Active: Bluetooth is turned on. For more
information, refer to “Bluetooth” on page 82.

Bluetooth Connected: Your device is connected to
a Bluetooth device.

Alarm Set: Displays when you set an alarm to ring at
a specified time. For more information, refer to
“Alarm” on page 90.

Driving Mode: New notifications will be read by
your device.

Primary Shortcuts

Primary Shortcuts display at the bottom of all Home screens.
The default Primary Shortcuts are: Email, Calendar, Browser,

Camera, Settings, and Apps.

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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.

2. Tou ch Apps.

– or –
Touch and hold on an empty area of the screen until

the Home screen options pop-up displays and then
touch Apps and widgets.

3. Tou ch the Apps tab.

4. Touch and hold the App Shortcut until the Home screen

displays, then drag the App Shortcut to where you
want to place it and release.

Removing App Shortcuts

 Touch and hold the App Shortcut until Remove

displays, then drag the App Shortcut to the Remove
icon.

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” on page 88.

Adding Widgets to a Home screen

1. Navigate to the Home screen on which you want to
place the Widget and touch Apps.

2. Touch the Widgets tab.

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.

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 Remove displays,

then drag the widget to the Remove icon.

Note: This action does not actually delete the Widget, it just

removes it from the current Home screen.

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Folders

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 an empty area of the screen until
the Home screen pop-up displays and then touch
Folder.

The Create folder pop-up displays.

3. Touch the Unnamed folder field, use the keyboard to
enter a name for the folder, and touch OK.

A new folder displays on the Home screen.

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.

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To add an App Shortcut to a folder:

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

folder is on.

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

and drop it.

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

drop it on the Home screen.

Removing a Folder

 Touch and hold the folder until Remove displays,

then drag the folder to the Remove icon.

Note: Any App Shortcuts in the folder are also removed.

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 an empty area
of the screen until the Home screen options pop-up
displays and touch Set wallpaper.

2. Touch Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and lock
screens.

The Select wallpaper from pop-up displays the
following options:

• Gallery: Access the Gallery to select a photo. Touch a

photo to select it. Crop and resize the picture, if
desired. Touch Done to save the picture as wallpaper.

• Live wallpapers: Choose from pre-loaded interactive

animated wallpapers (Home screen only). Touch a
wallpaper to see an example. If available, touch

Settings to view options for the selection. Touch Set
wallpaper to save your choice.

•Photos: Access Google Photos to select a photo (Home

screen only).

• Travel wallpaper: Displays recommended travel

destinations on your lock screen (Lock screen only).

•Wallpapers: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper
images. Touch an image to view it. Touch Set
wallpaper to save it as wallpaper.

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 can be arranged in various ways. To change
the arrangement of the Apps icons:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. To uc h Menu ➔ View type.

3. To uc h Customizable grid or Alphabetical grid.

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

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. Touch Menu ➔ Edit.

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

4. Touch Save to save the changes.

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 28.

To view your downloaded applications:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. Touch Downloaded applications to view

downloaded apps.

3. Touch an icon on the Downloaded applications

screen 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 28.

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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 Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Application manager.

2. Tou ch the All tab, scroll through the apps list, and
touch the app to open a screen with details about the
App.

Multiple Users

This device can be shared with multiple people by creating
User profiles. Users have their own space, which they can
customize with their own apps, wallpaper, and so on. Users
can also adjust device settings like Wi-Fi that affect
everyone.

To set up an Owner profile and profiles for other users:

 From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings

➔ Users.

For more information, refer to “Users” on page 125.

Screen Capture

 Press and hold the Power/Lock Key and

to capture and save an image of the current screen.

Home

Important! To prevent damage to information stored on the

memory card, always unmount the card before
removing it from the device.

Note: A copy of the screenshot is automatically saved to the

clipboard.

To view the screen shots:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps

➔ My Files.

2. Touch Device storage ➔ emulated ➔ 0 ➔ Pictures
➔ Screenshots.

3. Touch a screen capture file to display it.

Memory Card

Your device supports removable microSD or microSDHC
memory cards for storing music, photos, videos, and files.

Installing and Removing a Memory Card

For more information about installing and removing a
memory card, see “Memory Card” on page 11.

Formatting a Memory Card

Formatting erases all content from the memory card and
prepares it for use with your device.

Formatting a Memory Card Using Your Device

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Storage.

2. After mounting the SD card, touch Format SD card.

3. Follow the prompts to confirm the formatting of the

card.

Formatting a Memory Card Using Your
Computer

Consult your computer and/or memory card reader
documentation for information about formatting memory
cards.

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Entering Text

This section describes how to select the desired text input
method when entering characters into your tablet. This
section also describes the predictive text entry system that
reduces the amount of key strokes associated with
entering text.

Your tablet comes equipped with an orientation detector that
can tell if the tablet is being held in an upright (Portrait) or
sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when
entering text.

Text Input Methods

There are three text input methods available:

• Samsung keyboard (default): Samsung’s onscreen

QWERTY keyboard.

• Swype: Instead of touching each key to enter text, use

your finger to trace over each letter of a word.

• Google voice typing: Enter text by speaking.

To change the input method, see “Keyboards and Input
Methods” on page 134

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To choose a text input method while entering text:

1. Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward.

The Notification Panel displays.

2. Tou ch Select input method.

The Select input method pop-up displays.

3. Touch an input method to activate it.

For more information, refer to “Keyboards and Input
Methods” on page 134.

Using the Samsung Keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY
keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters
by touching the onscreen 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
display them. The Personalization option learns from Gmail,
Facebook, and Twitter. Log into these applications to enable
the Samsung keyboard to learn from your text input.

Keyboard Types

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In addition to the default QWERTY keyboard, there is another
type of the Samsung keyboard: a Floating keyboard.

To change the keyboard type:

1. Access the QWERTY keyboard.

2. Touch and hold Options on the keyboard, touch
, and then select Floating

3. Touch the tab at the top of the Floating keyboard to

move it.

Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard

From a screen where you can enter text, rotate your tablet
counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation. The onscreen
QWERTY keyboard displays.

from the pop-up menu

.

1. Display more words

2. Delete key

3. New paragraph

4. Shift keys

5. Text input mode

6. Voice typing and more options

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Changing the Text Input Mode

ABC

There are two main keyboard layout keys that will change
the onscreen keys within the QWERTY keyboard.

The available Text Input modes are: Sym and Abc.

Symbol/Numeric Mode: Activates the number,
symbol, and emoticon keys.

ABC Mode: Activates the default alphabet keys. Can
also be set to Abc or abc by using the shift

Note: When in Abc mode, the Sym button appears. When in

Sym mode, the Abc/ABC/abc button appears.

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key.

Using ABC Mode

1. If desired, rotate your tablet counterclockwise to a

Landscape orientation.

2. When you touch the Enter message field, the following

screen displays:

3. Touch the desired alphabetic characters.

4. The screen initially opens in ABC mode. After typing the

first letter, the shift key will change to
following letters will be lowercase.

5. Touch to input another upper-case letter or double-

tap

to switch to ABC mode. The shift key will

change to in ABC mode. All following letters will be
uppercase until you touch the shift key again.

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Using Symbol/Numeric Mode

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ABC

Use Symbol/Numeric Mode to add numbers, symbols, or
emoticons.

1. Rotate your tablet counterclockwise to a Landscape

orientation.

2. Touch

at the bottom of the screen.

3. Touch the desired number, symbol, or emoticon

characters.

4. Touch the

button to access additional symbols.

5. Touch to return to Abc mode.

Configuring the Samsung Keyboard

Configure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences.

 While entering text, touch and hold Options, then

select Settings in the pop-up menu.
information, refer to “Samsung Keyboard”

For more

on page 134.

Predictive Text

The Predictive Text option provides next-letter prediction and
regional error correction, which compensates for touching
the wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard. Predictive text is
turned on by default.

1. Touch and hold

Settings. The Samsung keyboard settings

touch

Options on the keyboard, then

screen displays.

2. To uc h ON/OFF to turn Predictive text on.

3. While entering characters, potential word matches

display in the Predictive text area above the keyboard.
Touch a word to insert it into your text.

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Entering Text Using Handwriting

You can enter text simply by using your finger to handwrite
letters on your screen.

1. From the keyboard, touch and hold

2. Touch Handwriting.

The handwriting pad displays.

3. Use your finger tip to write out each character. You can

print or use cursive.

4. You can write out your entire message using the
Handwriting feature or touch Keyboard to switch
back to Samsung keyboard mode.

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Options.

Using the Google Voice Typing Feature

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

1. From the keyboard, touch the top of the screen and

drag downward to display the Notification Panel.

2. Tou ch Choose input method.

3. Tou ch Google voice typing.

4. At the Speak now prompt, speak clearly and distinctly

into the microphone.

5. If the red microphone turns gray, then the feature has

timed out and you should touch the microphone icon to
start again.

The text displays in the message as you are speaking.

6. After you have quit speaking for several seconds, touch

to return to the keyboard.

Note: The feature works best when you break your message

down into smaller segments.

Entering Text Using Swype

Swype is a text input method that makes it possible to enter
a word by sliding your finger or stylus from letter to letter,
lifting your finger between words. Swype uses error
correcting algorithms and a language model to predict the
next word. Swype also includes a predictive text system.

Enabling and Configuring Swype

To enable the Swype keyboard while entering text:

1. Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward, to

display the Notification Panel.

The Notification Panel displays.

2. Touch Choose input method.

The Choose input method pop-up displays.

3. Touch Swype.

The Swype keyboard displays.

Swype Tips

The following example shows how to enter the word “This”.
Put your finger down on the “T”, and without lifting, glide it
to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”.

Here are a few tips to get you started:

• Create a squiggle (like an S shape) to create a double letter

(such as pp in apple).

• Touch and hold a key to view the punctuation menu then

make a selection.

• Move your finger or stylus over the apostrophe to enter

contractions.

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• Double-tap on the word you want to change to correct a

misspelled word, then touch the delete key to erase one
character. Touch and hold the delete key to erase an entire
word.

Swype Settings

To configure Swype to your preferences.

 While entering text, touch and hold the Swype Key

to display the Settings screen.
For more information, refer to “Swype” on page 136.

Swype Help

While entering text, you can get information about Swype.

1. Touch and hold the Swype Key to access the
Swype options menu.

2. Touch Help ➔ How to Swype.

The Swype tutorial displays.

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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: Add your Samsung account. For more

information, refer to “Voice Control” on page 141.

• Email: Add an Email account to sync Contacts. For more

information, refer to “Email” on page 51.

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

Calendar, and Gmail. For more information, refer to
“Gmail” on page 49.

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

directory server.

• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: Add your Exchange

account to sync Contacts, Calendar, and Email.

• Facebook: Add your Facebook account to sync Contacts.

• Tr ipA dv is or : Add a TripAdvisor account.

• Tw itt er : Add a Twitter Account.

Setting Up Accounts

Set up and manage your synchronized accounts with the

Accounts setting.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Add account.

2. Touch the account type.

3. Follow the prompts to enter your account credentials to

complete the setup process.

Your tablet communicates with the appropriate account
servers to set up your account. When complete, your
account displays in the Accounts area of the Settings
screen.

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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 the Home screen, touch Contacts.

– or –
From a Home screen, touch Apps

➔ Contacts.

Creating Contacts

1. Tou ch Contacts ➔ Create.
The Save contact to pop-up displays.

2. To choose where the contact is stored, touch Device,
SIM, or an account.

– or –
Touch Add new account to add a different account.

For more information, refer to “Setting Up Accounts”
on page 41.

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3. Tou ch the Contact photo to set up a photo to identify

the contact.

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 Add another field to add
other fields.

• Touch the screen and swipe up or down to display
additional fields or touch Next on the keyboard to move
to the next field.

5. Tou ch Done to remove the keyboard.

6. When you finish entering information, touch Save.

– or –
Tou ch Cancel to cancel and discard changes.

Tip: Display a contact’s record and touch the Email field to

send an email, the Address field to display the address
on a map, or the Website field to link to the website.

Updating Contacts

To update an existing contact:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

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

information.

3. Touch Edit.

4. Continue entering contact information. For more

information, refer to “Creating Contacts” on page 42.

Deleting Contacts

To delete a contact:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its
information, and then touch Delete.

3. At the prompt, touch OK.

Managing Photo IDs

To remove or update a contact’s Photo ID:

1. To uc h Contacts.

2. Touc h Edit.

3. Touch the Contact photo, then touch Remove, Image,
Pictures by people, or Take picture.

Contacts Display Options

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

1. To uc h Contacts.

2. To uc h Groups, Favorites, or Contacts, above the

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
“Creating a New Group” on page 46.

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•Favorites: Show only your favorite, or starred,

contacts. For more information, refer to “Favorites” on
page 48.

•Contacts: Show all your contacts. Touch the Search

field and enter a keyword to list contacts that contain
that keyword.

3. From the Groups, Favorites, or Contacts list, touch
Menu to display the options for each grouping.

4. From the Contacts list, touch

to display and manage Contacts settings.

Menu ➔ Settings

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 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.

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Linking Contacts

1. Tou ch Contacts.

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

information.

3. Tou ch Menu ➔ Link contact.

4. Touch the contact you want to Link.

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

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

Separating Contacts

1. Tou ch Contacts.

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

information.

3. Tou ch Menu ➔ Separate contact.

A list of Linked contacts displays.

4. Tou ch ➔ OK to separate a linked contact.

The contact is removed from the list.

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.

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch Menu ➔ Share namecard via.

3. Touch Selected contact or Multiple contacts.

Tip: Set up a contact record for yourself to share your

information with others.

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

Bluetooth.

5. 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 tablet to the storage

device.

1. To uc h Contacts.

2. To uc h Menu ➔ Import/Export.

The Import/Export contacts pop-up displays.

3. Touch an option and then follow the prompts to

complete the operation.

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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.

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch Groups above the Contacts List.

3. Touch Menu ➔ Create.

4. Touch the Group name field and use the keyboard to

enter a new Group name.

5. Touch the Add member and place a Done next to

the contacts to be assigned to this group.

6. Touch Save to save the new group name.

Tip: Contacts can belong to more than one group. Just touch

the contact’s Groups field and touch each group.

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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 43.

Renaming a Group

To rename a group that you created:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Tou ch Groups and then touch the group you want to

rename.

3. Tou ch Menu ➔ Edit group.

4. Tou ch the Group name field and use the keyboard to

enter a new Group name.

5. Tou ch Save to save the new group name.

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 43.

To add multiple contacts to a group:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch Groups and then touch the group to which you

want to add members.

3. Tou ch Add member.

The contacts that can be added display.

4. Touch Select all or the name of each contact to add.

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

Removing Group Members

To remove contacts from a group:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch Groups and then touch the group from which

you want to remove members.

3. Touch Menu ➔ Remove from group.

4. To uc h Select all or the name of each contact to

remove.

5. Touc h Done to remove the contacts.

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

Deleting Groups

To delete a group that you created:

1. To uc h Contacts.

2. To uc h Groups and then touch any group you want to

delete.

3. To uc h Delete.

The groups that can be deleted display.

4. To uc h Select all or the name of each group to delete.

5. Touc h Delete to delete the groups. Choose from
Group only or Group and group members.

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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:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch a contact to display it.

3. Touch the Star next to the contact name so that it

turns gold .

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

status.

Accessing Favorites

To view your favorites list:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch Favorites above the Contacts List.

Only your starred contacts display.

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Removing Favorites

To remove one or more contacts from your favorites list:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Tou ch Favorites above the Contacts List.

3. Tou ch Menu ➔ Remove from Favorites.

4. Tou ch Select all or the name of each contact to

remove.

5. Tou ch Done to remove the contacts.

To remove one contact from your favorites list:

1. Tou ch Contacts.

2. Touch a contact to display it.

3. Tou ch t he Star next to the contact’s name so that it

turns gray

to remove it from the Favorites list.

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 and Email Messages

• Google+

• Hangouts

Gmail

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

To access Gmail:

 From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.

Setting Up Your Gmail Account

Note: You must sign in to your Gmail account in order to

access Gmail.

1. Sign in to your Google account, if you are not already
signed on. For more information, refer to “Creating a
New Google Account” on page 10.

2. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

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Refreshing Your Gmail Account

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

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.

2. Touch Menu ➔ Refresh.

Gmail Settings

Use the Gmail Settings to configure your Gmail preferences.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.

2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings for settings.

Tip: Touch Menu ➔ Help for more information.

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Composing and Sending Gmail

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail.

2. Tou ch Compose, then touch fields to compose the

message.
While composing a message, touch Menu for

options.

3. Tou ch SEND to send this message

– or –
Tou ch Menu ➔ Save draft to save a draft of this

message.

Email

Email enables you to review and create email using various
email services. You can also receive text message alerts
when you receive an important email.

To access the Email app:

 From the main Home screen, touch Email.

– or –
From a Home screen, touch Apps

➔ Email.

Adding an Email Account

To add your first email account:

1. Touc h Email.

The Set up account screen displays.

2. Enter your email address in the Email address field.

3. Enter your password in the Password field.

4. If you want to see your password as it is being typed,
touch Show password to create a check mark.

5. Touc h Next or touch Done on the keyboard.

The Account options screen displays.

6. Review and configure the settings.

7. Touc h Next.

8. Enter a name for this email account (optional).

9. To uc h Done.

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Adding a Corporate Email Account

Use the following procedure to configure your tablet to
synchronize with a corporate email account.

1. Touch Email.

The Set up email screen displays.

2. Enter your email address and password.

3. Touch Manual setup.

4. Touch the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync field.

5. Enter all the Exchange server information, Domain,
User name, and Password, then touch Next.

6. At the Activation prompt, touch OK.

7. Enter the desired information in the different fields,
then touch Next.

8. Enter an Account name for this account (Optional) and

touch Done.

Wait for the Inbox to synchronize before use.

9. Touch Menu ➔ Settings to change the account
settings.

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Adding Additional Email Accounts

To add additional email accounts after setting up your first
account, follow these steps:

1. Tou ch Email. Your Email screen displays showing

your emails from the active account.

2. Tou ch Menu ➔ Settings.

3. Tou ch Add account.

4. Enter the information required to set up another

account.

5. Tou ch Send email from this account by default, if

you want to enable the option.

Switching Between Email Accounts

1. Touch Email.

Your Email screen displays showing your emails from
the active account.

2. Touch at the top of the screen.

3. Touch the Email account Inbox you would like to make

active.

– or –
Touch Combined inbox to display email messages

from all accounts.

The new Email account inbox or Combined inbox
displays.

Syncing Email Accounts

Syncing refreshes your tablet with the account’s servers.
When you set up an email account, you can choose whether
the account syncs in the background or manually.

 Tou ch Email ➔ Refresh.

Deleting Email Accounts from
Your D e v i ce

1. Touc h Email.

2. Touc h Menu ➔ Settings.

3. Under Account settings, touch the account you want

to delete.

4. To uc h Delete account.

5. To uc h Delete.

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Email Settings

Use the Email Settings to configure your Email preferences.

1. Touch Email.

2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings for general settings:

•Display: Set how email is shown in the email list and

when you open them.

• Composing and sending: Set what functions are

available while composing and sending email.

•Auto advance: Set the screen to show after deleting a

message. Choices are: Next email, Previous email, or
Email list.

• Confirm deletions: Ask for confirmation before

deleting email.

• Priority senders: Enter email addresses that you want

treated as a priority.

•Spam addresses: Manage your spam address list.

• Rules for filtering: Create rules for filtering email

based on names, address, or subject.

3. Touch an account to configure specific settings.

Note: Available settings depend on the email provider.

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Composing and Sending Email

1. Tou ch Email.

2. If you have multiple accounts set up, choose an

account from the menu at the top of the screen.

3. Tou ch Compose, then touch fields to enter

recipients and the email text.

4. While composing a message:

• Tou ch Menu to display options: Schedule sending,

Priority, Tracking options, and Security options.

• Touch Attach to add a file to the message.

Available options depend on the type of email account.

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

email. Touch the text option buttons to edit and format
your message text.

6. Tou ch Send to send the message.

– or –
Tou ch Save to save the email to the Drafts folder.

– or –
Tou ch Cancel to discard the email.

Replying to an Email

1. Touch Email.

2. Open an email that you have received.

3. Touch Reply to reply to the sender of the email.

Forwarding an Email

1. Touch Email.

2. Open an email that you have received.

Touch Forward to forward the email to another
contact.

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. Sign in to your Google account. For more information,

refer to “Setting Up Your Gmail Account” on page 49.

2. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Google+.

The Google+ home screen displays.

3. Touc h Menu ➔ Help and then touch a topic to

learn more about using Google+.

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Hangouts

Hangouts is a free, web-based application for instant
messaging offered by Google. You can connect with your
friends across computers and various Android devices. You
can have conversations or video calls with up to 10 friends.

1. SIgn in to your Google account, if you have not already
done so. For more information, refer to “Setting Up
Your Gmail Account” on page 49.

2. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔

Hangouts.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to use Hangouts.

4. Touch Menu ➔ Help for more information on

using Hangouts.

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Section 5: Multimedia

This section describes the various multimedia applications
available on your tablet such as Camera and Camcorder,
Gallery, Video Player, Music Player, Google Play Music, and
Music Hub.

Camera

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

1. From a Home screen, touch Camera.

– or –
From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Camera.

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

2. Touch OK to change the storage location to memory

card.
– or –
Touch Cancel to use the device storage for storing

pictures and videos.

Note: If memory card storage is used, photos are stored in the

/storage/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera folder as jpg files.
For more information, refer to “My Files” on page 104.

The Camera screen displays.

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.

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Camera Screen

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The following items can be found on the Camera screen:

1. Settings Shortcuts

2. Location Active

3. Storage Indicator

4. Mode

5. Camera Button

6. Image Viewer

7. Settings

Taking Photos

To take a photo:

1. Tou ch Camera.

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 59.

3. To take the photo, touch the Camera button.

4. Tou ch Back to leave the Camera and display the

previous screen.

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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, Shooting mode, Timer,

Effects, and Brightness are default settings

shortcuts.
To customize these shortcuts:

1. Touch Settings ➔ Edit shortcuts.

– 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.

Configuring Camera Settings

To configure Camera settings:

 While in Camera mode, touch a settings shortcut or

touch Settings to configure the following camera
settings:

• Edit shortcuts: Customize your settings shortcuts. For

more information, refer to “Editing Camera Settings
Shortcuts” on page 59.

•Location tag: Touch to switch the Location tag on or

off.

• Self-portrait: Touch to switch to the front-facing

camera lens and take a photo of yourself.

• Shooting mode: Choose an automatic shooting mode.

Options are: Single shot, Panorama, Share shot, Buddy
photo share, and Smile shot.

• Effects: Apply an effect to photos.

• Scene mode: Choose a mode to match the kind of

pictures you want to take.

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• Brightness: Use the slider to set the brightness value.

•Timer: Set a delay time to wait between touching the

Camera button and taking a photo.

•Resolution: Choose a size for the photo.

• White balance: Set the light source.

• Metering: Select a method for measuring light.

• Guidelines: Enable or disable an onscreen grid to aid

in photo composition.

•Shutter sound: Emit a sound when the camera takes

a photo.

• Contextual filename: When enabled, filenames

include Location information. Location tag must be
enabled to use contextual filenames.

• Voice control: Access voice control settings for using

voice commands to take pictures and record video. For
more information, refer to “Voice Control” on page 141.

•Storage: Set whether to store your photos on your

device or on your memory card, if one is installed.

• Reset: Set all Camera settings to the defaults.

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Camcorder

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

1. Tou ch Camera.

2. Slide the Mode button to the Camcorder

setting.

The Camcorder screen displays.

Important! Do not take videos of people without their

permission.
Do not take videos in places where cameras are
not allowed.
Do not take videos in places where you may
interfere with another person’s privacy.

Camcorder Screen

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The following items can be found on the Camcorder screen:

1. Settings Shortcuts

2. Storage Indicator

3. Mode

4. Record Button

5. Image Viewer

6. Settings

7. File Size

8. Available Storage

9. Recording Indicator

10. Elapsed Time

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Recording Videos

1. Tou ch Camera.

2. Slide the Mode button to the Camcorder

setting.

3. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot
by aiming the lens at the subject.

To configure settings, see “Camcorder Settings” on
page 62.

4. To start recording, touch Record.
During recording, the Recording Indicator

flashes.

5. To pause recording, touch Pause.

6. To stop recording, touch Stop.

7. Touch Back to leave the Camcorder and display

the previous screen.

Camcorder Settings

Before you start taking videos, use the camcorder settings to
configure the camcorder for best results. Camcorder settings
are represented by icons on the left side of the screen.

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Editing Camcorder Settings Shor tcuts

As with the camera, the first five icons are actually shortcuts
to camcorder settings. These five shortcuts can be
customized to fit your preference.

Self-recording, Recording mode, Timer,

Effects, and Brightness are default settings

shortcuts.
To customize these shortcuts, see “Editing Camera Settings

Shortcuts” on page 59.

Configuring Camcorder Settings

To configure Camcorder settings:

 While in Camcorder mode, touch a settings shortcut or

touch Settings to configure the following
Camcorder settings:

• Edit shortcuts: Customize your settings shortcuts. For

more information, refer to “Editing Camera Settings
Shortcuts” on page 59.

•Self-recording: Touch to switch to the front-facing

camera lens and record a video of yourself.

• Recording mode: Set a recording mode. Options are:

Normal and Limit for email, which limits the size of the
video to 50 megabytes.

• Effects: Apply an effect to videos.

•Brightness: Use the slider to set the brightness value.

•Timer: Set a delay to wait between touching Record

and starting recording.

•Resolution: Set a size for the video.

• White balance: Set the light source.

• Guidelines: Enable or disable an onscreen grid to aid

in video composition.

• Contextual filename: When enabled, filenames

include Location information. Location tag must be
enabled to use contextual filenames.

•Storage: Set whether to store your videos on your

device or on your memory card.

•Reset: Set all Camera settings to the defaults.

Using the Image Viewer

After taking a photo or recording a video, use the Image
Viewer to view or play, share, or delete your photos and
videos.

1. To uc h Image Viewer to view photos and videos.

2. Touch the screen to show or hide Image Viewer

options.

3. For photos, pinch and spread the screen with two

fingers or double-tap on the screen to zoom all the way
in or out. For more information, refer to “Pinch and
Spread” on page 18.

4. Sweep across the screen to display the next or

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

5. Touc h Change player to select a DLNA-enabled

device (photos only).

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6. To share photos or videos, touch Share via. Touch
an option, such as Email, and follow the onscreen
instructions. After using this option, the most recent
Share option is displayed in the Application Bar.

7. To edit the photo being displayed, touch Edit and
then touch an app to launch and use to edit the photo.

– or –
To trim the video being displayed, touch Tri m and

then use the sliders at the bottom of the screen to trim
the video.

8. To delete the photo or video being displayed, touch

Delete and then touch OK to delete or Cancel to

exit.

9. For photos, touch Menu to select Set as to assign
the photo 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 67.

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Note: Photos and videos are stored on the device in the

/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera folder as jpg and
mp4 files. For more information, refer to “My Files” on
page 104.

10. To play a video:

• Touch Play.

• Touch Photos or Video Player.

• Touch Pause to pause the video and touch
Resume to resume playing the video.

11. Touch Volume and then touch SoundAlive to

set the sound quality.

12. Touch and drag the dot on the end of the

progress bar to fast forward or rewind the video. Touch
the left end of the progress bar to restart the video.
Touch the right end of the progress bar to end the video
playback.

– or –

Rewind

Tou ch

Fast Forward

to restart the video or

to end the video.

13. While the video is playing, touch the Display Mode

button on the right end of the control bar to change the
Display Mode:

Full-screen in ratio view. The video is enlarged
as much as possible without becoming
distorted.

Full-screen view. The entire screen is used,
which may cause some minor distortion.

Original size view. The video will be played in
its original size.

Stretch to fit. The video is enlarged to fit the
screen without becoming distorted.

14. Touch Pop up play to play a video as a small

pop-up while viewing another screen. Touch and drag
the pop-up video to the desired location on the screen.
Double-tap the pop-up to return to full screen mode.

15. Touch

Back to return to the Camcorder.

Gallery

Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage photos and videos.

Note: Photos and videos are stored in Device storage in the

/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera folder, photos as jpg
files and videos as mp4 files. For more information,
refer to “My Files” on page 104.

 From the main Home screen, touch Gallery.

– or –
From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gallery.

Selecting Photos and Videos to View

1. Touc h Gallery.

All albums display.

2. Touch and choose how you want to display your
photos and videos: Albums, All, Time, Locations,

People, Favorites, or Spiral.

3. To uc h Albums and then touch New album to

create a new album.

4. Touc h Camera to launch the Camera app.

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5. Touch Menu to display the following options,

depending on the view selected:

• Select album / Select item: Touch one or more

albums or items that you want to share, share, or
delete.

• Slideshow: View a slideshow of the available pictures

and videos.

• Content to display: Indicate the sources of content to

display.

• Scan for nearby devices: Scans for devices with

which to communicate via Bluetooth.

• Show / hide nearby devices: Displays or hides

devices nearby.

• Sort by oldest / Sort by latest: Sort photos and

videos based on when they were created.

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•Settings: Touch to access various Gallery settings.

– SNS data management: Manage your social

network services. Touch Sync only via Wi-Fi to only
sync your photos and videos when connected to a
Wi-Fi network. Touch Add account to add your
Google or Facebook account. Touch an account to
display and manage its sync settings.

– Tag s: Touch ON/OFFto turn Tag buddy on, allowing

assign a name to a person in a photo. Touch

you to

Face tag to set whether to look for a face in pictures.

Viewing Groups of Photos and Videos

1. Touch Gallery.

2. Touch a category and then a group to view it.

Thumbnails for each photo and video in the group
display.

3. Touch Menu ➔ Select item and then touch one or
more items that you want to Share via,

Delete, or use for a slideshow.

4. Touch Menu ➔ Slideshow to view a slideshow of

the available pictures and videos.

Viewing Photos and Videos

1. Touch Gallery.

2. Touch a category and then a group to view it, and then

touch a photo or video thumbnail.

3. Touch the screen to show or hide Gallery options.

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

screen to zoom all the way in or out. For more
information, refer to “Pinch and Spread” on page 18.

5. Sweep across the screen to display the next or

previous photo or video. Videos are indicated by the

Play button. The current photo or video is outlined

in the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen. Touch a
thumbnail to view the photo or video it represents.

6. Touc h Change player to select a DLNA-enabled

device.

7. Touc h Share via to share the photo or video. Touch

an option, such as Bluetooth, and follow the onscreen
instructions.

8. To trim the video being displayed, touch Tr im and

then use the sliders at the bottom of the screen to trim
the video.

9. To delete the photo or video being displayed, touch
Delete.

10. While viewing a photo, touch Camera to launch the

Camera app.

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11. Touch Menu to display the following options for

photos:

•Edit: Use Photo Editor or Paper Artist to edit your photo.

•Favorite/Unfavorite: Assign or unassign this photo or

video as a Favorite. A gold star displays on photos
and videos marked as a Favorite.

• Slideshow: Set up and start a slideshow of the

available photos and videos.

•Photo frame
Save

• Add note on back of image

• Copy to clipboard

clipboard.

•Print: Print the current photo to a Samsung printer.

•Rename

• Buddy photo share: Detect the face in this picture

and email that person.

•Rotate left: Allows you to rotate the photo
counterclockwise 90 degrees.

•Rotate right: Allows you to rotate the photo clockwise
90 degrees.

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: Add a frame to the selected photo. Press

when completed or

: Enter an new file name.

Cancel

.

: Add a note to a photo.

: Copy the current photo to the

•Crop: Allows you to crop the image. Touch and drag

the crop box or the sides or corners of the crop box to
create the crop area, then touch Done. Touch X to stop
without cropping the photo.

•Set as: Assign the photo as a Contact photo or a Home

screen, Lock screen, or Home and lock screens
wallpaper.

• Details: Provides details about the video such as Title,

Time, Duration, and so on.

•Settings: Touch to access various Gallery settings.For

more information, refer to “Selecting Photos and Videos
to View” on page 65.

For menu options while a video is playing and other
video options, see “Video” on page 70.

12. Tou ch

Back to return to the category screen.

Setting a Picture As

You can use the photos you take as a contact’s photo or as
wallpaper for the Home or Lock screen:

1. Touch Gallery.

2. Touch a category and then a group to view it, and then

touch a photo to select it.

3. Touch Menu ➔ Set as.

4. Touch Contact photo and then touch a contact entry.

– or –
Touch Home screen, Lock screen, Home and lock

screens, or Wallpaper.

A crop photo screen displays.

5. Touch and drag the crop box or the sides or corners of
the crop box to create the crop area, then touch Done
to save the cropped photo as the contact’s icon or
wallpaper. Touch Cancel to stop without cropping the
photo.

Tip: To change wallpaper, see “Wallpapers” on page 31.

Playing Videos

1. Touc h Gallery.

2. Touch a category and then a group to view it.

3. Touch a video thumbnail to play the video.

Note: Videos are marked with a Play button.

4. To uc h Photos or Video Player.

5. Touc h Pause to pause the video and touch
Resume to resume playing the video.

6. To fast forward or rewind the video, touch and drag the

dot on the end of the progress bar. To restart
the video, touch the left end of the progress bar. To end
the video playback, touch the right end of the progress
bar.

– or –
To uch

Rewind

Fast Forward

to restart the video or

to end the video.

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Sharing Photos and Videos

Share photos and videos with your friends.

1. Touch Gallery.

2. Touch a category and then a group to display

thumbnails.

3. Touch Menu ➔ Select item.

4. Touch one or more photos and videos to highlight them

for sharing.

5. Touch Share via.

6. Touch an option, such as Bluetooth, and follow the

onscreen instructions.

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Video

Use the Video app to view and manage videos stored on your
tablet.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Video.

2. Tou ch Thumbnails, List, or Folders.

3. Tou ch Search and use the keyboard to enter a

search term. The current folder is searched and results
are displayed. Touch to remove the search field.

4. While viewing the list, touch Menu for options:

•Share via: Share the video. Touch an option, such as

Bluetooth, and follow the onscreen instructions.

•Delete: Touch videos to select them for deletion or
touch Select all to delete all videos.

• Auto play next: Touch to enable or disable automatic
playing of videos in the order they appear.

5. Touch a video to play it. While playing a video, touch

the screen to display or hide onscreen playback
controls.

6. Tou ch Change player to select a DLNA-enabled

device.

7. Touch Pop up play to play a video as a small

pop-up while viewing another screen. Touch and drag
the pop-up video to the desired location on the screen.
Double-tap the pop-up to return to full screen mode.

8. Touch Volume and then touch SoundAlive to

set the sound quality.

9. While the video is playing, touch the Display Mode

button on the right end of the control bar to change the
Display Mode:

Full-screen in ratio view. The video is enlarged
as much as possible without becoming
distorted.

Full-screen view. The entire screen is used,
which may cause some minor distortion.

Original size view. The video will be played in
its original size.

Stretch to fit. The video is enlarged to fit the
screen without becoming distorted.

10. During playback, touch Menu for options:

•Trim: Trim the video being displayed. Use the sliders at

the bottom of the screen to trim the video.

•Share via: Share the video. Touch an option, such as

Bluetooth, and follow the onscreen instructions.

•Delete: Delete the video being displayed.

• Chapter preview: If chapter information is recorded in

the video file, display the chapters. Touch a chapter to
begin playing the video at that point.

• Listen via Bluetooth: Turn Bluetooth on to use

Bluetooth services.

• Subtitles (CC): Select subtitles for the video when

available.

• Settings: Touch this option to view the following:

– Brightness: Use the slider to set the brightness or

touch Automatic brightness.

– Capture: Turn On or Off the Capture mode.
– Play speed: Check the box to display Play speed on

the screen, which defaults to 1.0x. Touch the Play
speed and then touch and drag the slider to decrease
or increase play speed.

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– Tag buddy: Assign a name to a person in a photo.

Tou ch ON/OFFto turn it on.

– Subtitles (CC): View subtitles for the video, if

available. Touch ON/OFF to turn it on.

• Details: Provides details about the video, such as

Name, Size, Resolution, and so on.

For more information, refer to “Playing Videos” on page 69.

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Music

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

To access Music:

1. From the main Home screen, touch Music.

– or –
From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Music.

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 Songs, Playlists, Albums, and so

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

3. While playing a song, touch the Music application

button at the top-left of the Application bar to
return to the previous Music screen.

Searching for Music

To find music in your library:

1. Tou ch Music.

2. Touch Search and use the keyboard to type the

name of an artist, album, or song.

Music Player Options and Settings

To use Music options and configure settings:

1. Tou ch Music.

2. Touch Menu to display the following options:

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

album.

• Alarm tone: Choose a song to use as an alarm tone.

•Settings: The following settings display:
Advanced

– SoundAlive: Set a type of equalization such as

Normal, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Dance, Classic, and so on.

– Play speed: Set the play speed anywhere between

0.5X and 2.0X using the slider.

– Smart volume: Automatically adjusts each track’s

volume to an equal level.

– Lyrics: Display the lyrics of the song, if available.
– Music auto off: Set the option Off or set your music

to turn off automatically by touching one of the time
values.

Music menu

– Music menu: Enable or disable the music display

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

•End: End the Music app.

Managing Playlists

To create, manage, or delete a playlist:

 Tou ch Music.

Creating a Playlist

 Tou ch Create playlist ➔ Create playlist and use

the keyboard to enter a name for the playlist.

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Renaming a Playlist

1. Touch the Playlists tab.

2. Touch a playlist, touch Menu ➔ Edit title and use

the keyboard to enter a new name for the playlist.

Adding Songs to or Removing Songs from
Playlists

1. Touch Playlists, touch a playlist, and then touch
Add music.

All songs are displayed.

2. Tou ch next to each song you want to add or next to
Add all to add all songs to the playlist.

– or –
Tou ch to remove a song from the playlist.

3. Touch Done to save the playlist.

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Changing the Order of a Playlist

1. Tou ch the Playlists tab and touch a playlist.

2. Tou ch Change order.

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

new position in the list.

4. Tou ch Done to change the order and save the playlist.

Playing a Playlist

1. Tou ch the Playlists tab.

2. Tou ch Favorite, Most played, Recently played, or
Recently added, or touch a playlist title that you

created.

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

Deleting a Playlist

1. Tou ch the Playlists tab and touch a playlist.

2. Tou ch Delete in the Application bar.

3. Touch the box next to a playlist title, touch Remove,
and then touch OK.

Playing Music

1. Tou ch Music.

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.

Accessing the Music Player

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 Music:

1. From any screen, touch the top of the screen and

swipe downward, to display the Notification Panel.

2. Touch the song thumbnail to display the Music screen.

You can also pause and resume playback and skip to
the next or previous song in the panel.

Music Player Controls

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

1. To uc h Music.

2. Touch a song or playlist to begin playback.

The music player displays below the music listing.

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

screen to display the sound and playlist controls.

The following Music controls are available:

Streams the current music file to another device
via Samsung Link.

Volume control and SoundAlive.

Volume control showing volume muted.

Shuffles the current list of songs randomly.

Songs play in order and are not shuffled.

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and

Assign the current song as a Favorite.

Plays the entire song list once.

Replays the current list when the list ends.

Repeats the currently playing song.

Displays the current song in the player window.

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

Pause the song.

Start the song after pausing.

Touch and hold to fast-forward the song. Touch
to go to next song.

Lists the current playlist songs.

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Options While Playing a Song

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

1. Tou ch Music.

2. Touch a song or an album, and then a song.

3. Touch the music player to enlarge it.

4. Tou ch Menu to display the following options:

• Add to playlist: Add the song to a new playlist or an

existing playlist.

• Via Bluetooth: Play the current song by using a

Bluetooth device.

• Play via Group Play: Use Group Play to share your

music. For more information, refer to “Group Play” on
page 102.

• Set an alarm tone: Use the current song as an alarm

tone.

•Settings: Displays Music Player settings. For more

information, refer to “Music Player Options and
Settings” on page 73.

•End: This option returns you to the home screen.

Google Play Music

Google Play Music is a Google service 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

Note: This app requires a Google account for certain features.

 From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔

Play Music.

.

Music Hub

The Music Hub app lets you upload your music collection to
the cloud, stream and purchase songs from an extensive
catalog, and listen to personal radio.

For more information, visit: musichub.com

Note: This app requires a Samsung Account.

 From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔

Music Hub.

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Section 6: Connections

This section describes the various connections your tablet
can make including accessing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and
Connecting your PC.

Wi-Fi

About Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi (short for “wireless fidelity” and sometimes referred to
as wifi) is a term used for certain types of Wireless Local
Area Networks (WLAN). These device types use an 802.11
wireless specification to transmit and receive wireless data.
Wi-Fi communication requires access to an existing and
accessible Wireless Access Point (WAP). These WAPs can
either be Open (unsecured) as within most Hot Spots, or
Secured (requiring knowledge of the Router name and
password).

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Turning Wi-Fi On

By default, your device’s Wi-Fi feature is turned off. Turning
Wi-Fi on makes your device able to discover and connect to
compatible in-range WAPs.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Tou ch ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi on.

Turning Wi-Fi Off

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Tou ch ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi off.

Note: Use of wireless data connections such as Wi-Fi and

Bluetooth can cause an added drain to your battery and
reduce your use times.

Connect to a Wi-Fi Network

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Touch ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi on.

The network names and security settings (Open
network or Secured with WEP) of detected Wi-Fi
networks are displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.

3. Touch the network you want to connect to.

Note: When you select an open network, you will be

automatically connected to the network.

4. Enter a wireless password, if necessary.

Manually Scan for a Wi-Fi Network

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Touch ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi on.

3. Tou ch Scan. All available Wi-Fi networks are

displayed.

4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect.

Manually Add a New Network
Connection

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. To uc h ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi on.

3. To uc h Add Wi-Fi network.

• Enter the Network SSID. This is the name of your

Wireless Access Point.

• Touch the Security field and select a security option.

• If secured, enter your WAP’s password.

• Touch Show advanced options, if you need to add

advanced options such as Proxy settings or IP settings.

4. To uc h Connect to store the new information and
connect to your new WAP.

Note: The next time your device connects to a previously

accessed or secured wireless network, you are not
prompted to enter the WAP key again, unless you reset
your device back to its factory default settings.

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Wi-Fi Status Indicators

The following icons show your Wi-Fi connection status at
aglance:

Displays when Wi-Fi is connected, active, and
communicating with a Wireless Access Point
(WAP).

Displays when there is a Wi-Fi access point
available, but you are not connected to it. May also
display if there is a communication issue with the
target Wireless Access Point (WAP).

Displays when connected to another device using
Wi-Fi Direct. For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi
Direct” on page 81.

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Advanced Wi-Fi Settings

The advanced Wi-Fi settings allow you to set up and manage
wireless access points.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. Tou ch Smart network switch to automatically switch
between Wi-Fi and mobile networks to maintain a
stable Internet connection.

3. Tou ch Menu for options:

•Advanced:

– Network notification: Alerts you when a new WAP

is available.

– Sort by: Sort Wi-Fi networks by alphabet or RSSI

(received signal strength indicator).

– Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep

disconnect from Wi-Fi.

: Specify when to

– Always allow scanning: Allow Google location

service and other apps to scan for networks, even
when Wi-Fi is turned off.

– Install certificates: Install authentication

certificates.

– MAC address: View your device’s MAC address,

required when connecting to some secured networks
(not configurable).

– IP address: View your device’s IP address (not

configurable).

• WPS push button: Set up a connection to a WPS

(Wi-Fi Protected Setup) router or other equipment.

• WPS PIN entry: View the PIN used by your tablet to set

up a PIN-secured connection to a Wi-Fi router or other
equipment (not configurable).

Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Direct allows device-to-device connections so you can
transfer large amounts of data over a Wi-Fi connection.

Note: See your service plan for applicable charges for

Wi-Fi Direct.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Wi-Fi.

2. To uc h ON/OFF button to turn Wi-Fi on.

3. At the top of the Wi-Fi screen, touch Wi-Fi Direct.

4. Repeat Steps 1–3 on the other device with which you

want to connect.

The steps on the other device may vary depending on
the device. Refer to the documentation for that device.

5. On your tablet, touch Scan. The device scans for other
Wi-Fi Direct devices.

6. Once the device you want to connect to displays,
touch it.

7. The other device has 1 minute to touch Connect for
the connection to be made.

8. Once connected, the other device will show as
Connected in your list of Wi-Fi Direct devices and the

icon will display at the top of your screen.

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Sharing Information with Connected Device

To share Videos, Photos, or other information with the
connected device, follow these steps:

1. View the information that you want to share. For

example, if you want to share a photo, find the photo in
your camera viewer or My Files folder, then touch the

Share, Share via, or Send via option.

2. Touch the Wi-Fi Direct option.

3. Touch the connected device name.

4. Touch Done.

The file is transferred and the other device will receive
a screen notification that a Wi-Fi file has been
received. The file can be found in My Files ➔ Device

storage in the ShareViaWifi folder.

Note: Depending on the other device model, the prompts and

shared folder information may differ.

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Bluetooth

About Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a short-range communications technology that
is used to connect wirelessly to a number of Bluetooth
devices, such as headsets and Hands-free car kits, and
Bluetooth-enabled handhelds, computers, printers, and
wireless devices. The Bluetooth communication range is
usually up to approximately 30 feet.

Turning Bluetooth On and Off

To turn Bluetooth on:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Bluetooth.

2. Tou ch ON/OFF button to turn Bluetooth on.

To t urn Bluetooth off:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Bluetooth.

2. Tou ch ON/OFF button to turn Bluetooth off.

Bluetooth Status Indicators

The following icons show your Bluetooth connection status
at a glance:

Displays when Bluetooth is active.

Displays when Bluetooth is communicating with
a device.

Bluetooth Settings

The Bluetooth settings menu is used to set up many of the
characteristics of your device’s Bluetooth service, including:

• Entering or changing the name your device uses for

Bluetooth communication and description

• Setting your device’s visibility (or “discoverability”) for

other Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth Settings Menu

To access the Bluetooth Settings menu:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ Bluetooth.

2. To uc h ON/OFF button to turn Bluetooth on.

3. Touch the check box next to SAMSUNG-SM-T217A, if

you want your tablet to be visible to other Bluetooth
devices.

Change Bluetooth Name

To change your Bluetooth name:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings
➔ About device ➔ Device name.

2. Use the keyboard to modify your device name and
touch OK.

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Make Your Device Visible

To make your device visible:

1. From the Bluetooth settings screen,

➔ Visibility timeout.

• Making your device visible allows it to be detected by

other devices for pairing and communication.

2. Select a time that you would like your device visibility

to time-out.

Show Received Files

To show received files:

 From the Bluetooth settings screen,

➔ Received files.
A list of all files received from Bluetooth displays.

Scan for Bluetooth Devices

To scan for Bluetooth devices:

1. Verify that Bluetooth is active.

2. From the Bluetooth settings screen, touch Scan to

search for visible external Bluetooth-compatible
devices such as headsets, devices, printers, and
computers.

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touch Menu

touch Menu

Pairing Bluetooth Devices

Use the Bluetooth pairing process to establish a trusted
connection between your device and another Bluetooth
device. When you pair devices, they share a passkey,
allowing for fast, secure connections while bypassing the
discovery and authentication process.

To pair your device with another Bluetooth device:

1. Verify that Bluetooth is active.

2. Tou ch Scan. Your device will display a list of

discovered in-range Bluetooth devices.

3. Touch a device from the list to initiate pairing.

4. Enter the passkey or PIN code, if needed, and
touch OK.

5. The external device will then have to also accept the

connection and enter your device’s PIN code.

Once successfully paired to an external device,
appears within the Status area.

Note: Due to different specifications and features of other

Bluetooth-compatible devices, display and operations
may be different, and functions such as transfer or
exchange may not be possible with all Bluetooth
compatible devices.

Rename or Unpair a Paired Device

Unpair a paired device to break the connection between the
device and your tablet, but retain the knowledge of the
pairing. At a later point when you want to reconnect the
device, there is no need to setup the connection
information again.

Note: Pairing between two Bluetooth devices is a one-time

process. Once a pairing has been created, the devices
will continue to recognize their partnership and
exchange information without having to re-enter a
passcode again.

Note: Disconnections often occur automatically if the

paired device goes out of range of your tablet or it
is powered off. Upon reconnection, you may be
required to re-enter all previous pairing information.

1. Verify that Bluetooth is active.

2. From the Bluetooth settings screen, touch next to

the previously paired device. This opens the connected
device’s menu options.

3. To uc h Rename to change the name of the paired

device.

4. To uc h Unpair to unpair from the paired device.

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Sending Contacts with Bluetooth

Depending on your paired devices’ settings and capabilities,
you may be able to send photos, Contact information, or
other items using a Bluetooth connection.

Note: Prior to using this feature, Bluetooth must first be

enabled, and the recipient’s device must be visible.

1. Verify that Bluetooth is active.

2. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Contacts

.

3. Touc h Menu ➔ Share namecard via.

4. Touch each contact that you would like to send via

Bluetooth. A green check mark will appear next to each
entry you select.

5. Touch Done.

6. Touch Bluetooth.

7. Select the paired device to send the contacts to.

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Note: The external Bluetooth device must be visible and

communicating for the pairing to be successful.

A Bluetooth share notification will appear in your
notifications list.

PC Connections

You can connect your device to a PC using your PC data
cable using various USB connection modes.

Storage: Use the onboard storage capacity of the tablet to
store and upload files. This option allows your computer to
detect the tablet as a removable storage drive.

Kies: Use Kies to manage music, movies and photos. You
can also backup precious contacts and calendars, download
apps and podcasts and automatically upgrade device
firmware. Kies conveniently syncs your life across all your
devices.

Note: To sync your device to a PC, it is highly recommended

that you install Samsung Kies, which is available at

samsung.com/us/kies (for Windows or Mac).

Note: If you are a Windows XP user, ensure that you have

Windows XP Service Pack 3 or higher installed on your
computer. Also, ensure that you have Samsung Kies 2.0
or Windows Media Player 10 or higher installed on your
computer.

Connecting as a Storage Device

You can connect your device to a PC as a removable disk and
access the file directory. If you insert a memory card in the
device, you can also access the files directory from the
memory card by using the device as a memory card reader.

Note: The file directory of the memory card displays as a

removable disk, separate from the internal memory.

1. Connect the USB cable to the device and connect the

cable to the computer. After a few seconds, a pop-up
window displays on the PC when connected.

2. On the PC pop-up, click Open device to view files.

3. Copy files from the PC to the memory card.

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Section 7: Applications

This section contains a description of each application that is
available on the Apps screen, its function, and how to
navigate through that particular application. If the application
is described in another section of this user manual, then a
cross reference to that description is provided.

Managing Applications

The Apps screen displays all applications installed on your
tablet, including apps you download and install.

From Apps, you can change the way apps appear on the
screen, uninstall apps you have downloaded, and share apps
with friends. When you install new apps, new screens are
added to hold them.

Tip: To open applications quickly, add the icons of frequently-

used applications to one of the Home screens, if it is not
there by default. For details, see “App Shortcuts” on
page 28.

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Updating Applications

Once you have registered your device (see “Software
Update” on page 146) and signed into your Google account

(see “Setting Up Your Gmail Account” on page 49), you may
see the Updates Available notification in the Notification
Bar if there is a new version of one or more apps available or,
when you open an application that is preloaded on your
device, an Update Available message may be displayed.

To update the applications:

1. Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward.

The Notification Panel displays.

2. Tou ch Updates available.

Uninstalling or Disabling Apps

You can uninstall or disable apps you download and install.
Pre-loaded apps cannot be uninstalled.

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. Tou ch Menu ➔ Uninstall/disable apps.

3. Apps that can be uninstalled or disabled show on

their icon. Touch , and then follow the prompts to
uninstall or disable the app. Pre-loaded apps cannot be
uninstalled.

Customizing the Apps Screens

Choosing a View

The Apps icons can be arranged in various ways. To change
the arrangement of the Apps icons:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. Tou ch Menu ➔ View type.

3. Touch an option:

• Customizable grid: The default view, which allows

you to touch and hold on apps to move them from
screen to screen.

• Alphabetical grid: Icons are arranged in a grid, in A-Z

order.

Apps Screen Options

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. To uc h Menu for these options:

•Edit: Touch and hold an app icon then drag it to the

Create folder icon to create a new folder. Or drag it to
App info to view information about this app.

•Create folder: Create a new folder to hold the

app icon.

• Uninstall/disable apps: Uninstall or disable an app

that you downloaded to your phone. Preloaded apps
cannot be uninstalled. Touch to uninstall or disable
the selected app.

•View type: Configure the apps screen.

• Show disabled apps: Display disabled apps. Touch

an app to make it visible again.

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Accessing Applications

To access applications:

1. From a Home screen, touch Apps.

2. Locate the application’s icon and touch it to launch the

application.

3. To return to the main Home screen, touch

.

Home

Note: This manual only addresses applications that have been

loaded on your device as of the date of purchase.
Information concerning third party applications that you
may choose to download from the Google Play Store or
otherwise should be obtained from the application
provider directly and not from Samsung.

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Alarm

Set alarms for reminders or for wake-up times.

Adding and Configuring Alarms

1. Tou ch Alarm.

2. To display the Create alarm screen, touch Create.

– or –
Touch an existing alarm to display the Edit alarm

screen.

3. Touch fields on the screen to configure the alarm.

• Some fields have preset values. Touch the field and

touch the desired value.

• Other fields have to be input. Touch the field and use

the onscreen keyboard to input information.

• Touching the check box next to some fields may make

additional fields available.

4. Tou ch Save to save the alarm.

The main Alarm screen displays showing the new or
updated alarm.

Activating Alarms

1. Touch Alarm.

2. Touch Turn alarm on to activate the alarm. A gray

alarm means the alarm is deactivated.

3. Touch an alarm to change any of its settings and then
touch Save to save the updates.

Editing and Deleting Alarms

1. Touch Alarm.

2. Touch and hold an alarm and then touch one of the

following options:

•Edit: Edit the alarm.

•Delete: Delete the alarm.

– or –
Touch

to delete or touch Select all, and then touch Delete.

Delete, touch the existing alarms you want

Turning Off an Alarm

When the alarm sounds, to turn off the alarm:

 Touch and drag to the right.

Setting the Snooze Feature

To activate the Snooze feature after an alarm sounds:

Z

Z

Z

 Touch and slide to the left. Snooze must first be set

in the alarm settings.

Z

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Amazon Kindle

Use the Amazon Kindle application to download books for
reading, right on your device.

Note: This app requires an Amazon account.

 Touc h Amazon Kindle.

AT&T AllAccess

AT&T AllAccess is the easy-to-use, all-in-one tool that helps
you view and manage your data plan.

 Touc h AT&T AllAccess

Your Data plan and Data Usage is displayed. You can
manage your account, view your bill, and contact
customer support.

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AT&T Locker

Use AT&T Locker to store, share, and sync all of your photos,
videos, and documents in one safe, convenient place – the
AT&T cloud.

1. Sign in to your Google account, if you are not already

signed in. For more information, refer to “Creating a
New Google Account” on page 10.

2. Tou ch AT&T Locker.

3. At the AT&T Locker home screen, touch Sign Up to

create an account.

– or –
Tou ch Log In if you already have an account.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions to use AT&T Locker.

AT&T Ready2Go

AT&T Ready2Go allows you to quickly and easily setup your
tablet by using the web browser on your PC. You can set-up
email accounts, import contacts, set wallpaper, configure
Wi-Fi and many more features.

 Tou ch AT&T Ready2Go.

For more information, refer to “Setting Up Your Device” on
page 9.

Beats Music

1. Touch Beats Music.

2. Sign in to your Google account, if you are not already

signed in. For more information, refer to “Creating a
New Google Account” on page 10.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to use Beats Music.

Browser

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

To a ccess I nternet :

 Tou ch Browser.

Navigating the Internet

The following options are available for Internet navigation.

Command Keys

• Touch Back or to return to the previous page.

• Touch Forward to go forward to a recent page.

• Touch Refresh to reload the current page.

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.

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.

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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. Touch Browser.

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

screen.

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 .

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Entering a URL

Access a website quickly by entering the URL.

1. Tou ch Browser.

2. Tou ch the URL field at the top of the screen, then enter

the URL using the virtual QWERTY keyboard.

As you enter characters, potential matches display.

Note: Use the Delete key to clear the URL field, if

necessary.

3. Touch a match to complete the URL.

– or –
Continue entering characters and touch the Go key to

load the page.