Quick Start Guide
Thank you for buying TCL Xess BigPad (h erei na ft er
referre d to a s Xe ss ). We hope you will enjoy your
high-quality BigPad e xp er ie nc e.
For more information about how to u se y ou r Bi gPad,
please visit www.tcl-xe ss .c om t o do wn load the
complete user manual. From th e we bs it e, y ou c an
consult the FAQ, perform software upgrades, etc.
English Version
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Model number :P17AA
1.Cognize your Xess
Light
Sensor
Camera
Front
Power
key
Vol+-
Touch
pen
Back
Left Right
Speaker
SD por t
Power adapter por t
Mic
Handle
IO por t
Sta nd
Power key
Pre ss : Lock th e sc ree n/ Light u p th e scree n.
Pre ss a nd hold : Pow er o n /Show t he pop-up m enu to se le ct
fro m Pow er off/ Reb oo t/Air pl ane mod e.
Pre ss t he Po wer key f or more t han 10s t o resta rt .
Pre ss t he Po wer key a nd Vol um e up ke y to e nte r recover y mode.
Volume key
Pre ss Vo lume ke y for adj usts vo lu me.
Pre ss t he Po wer key a nd Vol um e down ke y for 1s to c aptur e a
scree nshot .
1. 1Handle &Sta nd
Sta nd can pu ll o ut alon g th e arrow d ire ct ion,sup po rt 3 0 de gre e
to 75 d eg rees.
Handl e ca n pull up a lo ng with t hec For car ryin g th e BigPad, an d
suppo rt H an ging on to t he wall .
Rem inder:
If you us e Bigpa d at 3 0 degre es, Do no t us e your bo dy to ben d
down, o r your Bi gPad wi ll b e damag ed .
Do not fl ip o ut hand le , other wise your Big Pad w il l be dama ge d.
1. 2 IO port
Pre ss i nward a long wi th t he arro w direc ti on, you c an see IO p or t ,
inclu di ng USB* 2, earph on e*1; I O port w ill hid e if y ou pres s again .
USB
USB
Earphone
2.Getting started
2. 1Charging the batter y
C on nect ad ap tor to po wer lin e.
C on nect ad ap tor Mag Touc h port to Big Pad c ha rging p or t.
C on nect th e Ma gTou ch port to yo ur BigP ad and wa ll s ocket
res pe ctive ly ; the LED i nd icato r will li gh t while c ha rgi ng .
Rem inder:
To redu ce p ower co ns umpti on a nd ener gy wast e, w hen the b atter y
is full y ch arg ed , disco nn ect you r ch arg er ; sw itch of f Wi-Fi ,
Bluet ooth or b ackgr ound- ru nning a pp licat io ns when n ot i n use;
red uc e the bac kligh t ti me, etc .
2. 2 Power on your BigPad
Hold do wn t he Po wer k ey unti l th e BigPad pow er s on. It wi ll t ake
a few sec on ds befo re the sc reen li gh ts up.
Set up yo ur BigPad for th e fi rst tim e:
The fir st t ime you p ower on the B igPad , you s ho uld set t he
follo wi ng opti on s: Inpu t me thod, G oo gle acc ount, Loc ation , et c.
Power of f your Bi gPa d:
Hold do wn t he Po wer k ey from t he Home s cr een unt il t he BigPad
optio ns a ppear , se lect Power off.
2. 3 Installing or removing the microSD
card
1) To install microSD card, s ta rt by takeout niddle pin
from user manual box.
2) Use niddle pin to open card tr ay .
3) Place the microSD card i nt o th e sl ot .
Rem in de r:
To avoid data loss and SD card damage, before removing
the SD card, please ensure th at t he S D ca rd is
unmounted (Settings\Storage\Unmount SD card).
3.Personalize your Xess
3.1 Home screen
The Hom e sc ree n is p rov id e in an ext en ded for ma t to al lo w more
spa ce f or addi ng a ll of i tems(ap plicati ons, sh or tc uts and w id gets)
you use m ost fre qu ently i n fo r quick a cc ess. Sl id e the Hom e sc ree n
horiz on tally l ef t an d right t o get a com pl ete vie w.
3.2 Use the touchscreen
Touch【icon】
To access an appl ic at ion, touc h it w it h your finger .
Touch and hold【ic on】
Touch and hold th e it em to enter t he a vailabl e op ti ons.
Drag【icon】
Place you r fi ng er on the scree n to drag an obje ct t o
another l oc at ion.
Swipe /S li de【icon】
Swipe t he s creen at de sk top to view m or e objects in yo ur
Xess.
Silde the s cr een up and down t o sc roll thro ugh the
applica ti on s, images, we b pages, etc.
Pinch/S pr ead【icon】
Place you r fi ng er s of one ha nd o n th e screen su rfac e an d
zoom in/o ut t he p ictures o r pages.
3.3 Status bar and Quick setting panel
From th e st at us bar, y ou c an v iew both Xess s ta tu s (on the
right sid e of the home scr ee n) and do quick s et ti ngs by Quick
setting b ar (on the middl e- top of th e ho me s creen).
Sta tu s ic on s
Quick setting panel
Slide f rom the m id dle-t op of hom e scree n to open q ui ck sett in g
pan el .
Left pa rt of the pan el i s quick s et ting ar ea, by to uching th e icons
you can e nable or di sable acc ordin g fu nctio ns o r adjus t
volum e/bac kl ight.
Middl e part of the p anel is a n cl ock (or o th er dedi ca ted ) wi dgets .
Right p ar t of the pa nel is sy stem no ti ficat io n bar.
3. 4 Lock/Unlock your screen
To prot ec t your Xe ss a nd priv acy, yo u can loc k an d power o ff the
scree n by shor t press the p ower ke y at back s ide of Xe ss, a var iety
of un lo ck meth od s such as S wipe/ Pat te n/PIN /Pa ss word al so can
be find i n path se tt ing-> se curit y- >scre en lock .
3. 5 Volume adjustment
You ca n set the media, ri ng tone, notif ic at ion volumes b y
press t he v olume up/down key at bac k si de of Xess.
4.Making the most of your Xess
4. 1 Text input
Touch Set ti ngs\L an guage & i np ut, tou ch t he ke yboar d you wan t
to se tu p and a ser ie s of se tt ings wi ll b ecome a vaila bl e for you r
selec ti on.
Onscreen Ke yb oa rd settings
Turn t he phon e si deway s or u prigh t to adju st t he Onsc reen
Key board o ri entat io n. You c an also a dj ust it by c hanging t he
setti ng s (Touch Se tt ings\ Di splay \A uto-r otate s creen ).
4. 2 E-mail
Besid es your Gma il accoun t, you ca n al so set- up e xtern al POP3
or IMAP e ma il acco un ts in you r phone .
To access t hi s featu re, tou ch t he Appl ic ation t ab f rom t he H ome
scree n, then s el ect Ema il .
An emai l se tup wiz ard wil l gu ide you t hroug h th e steps t o set-u p
an emai l ac count .
En te r the ema il a ddres s and pas sword of the acc ount yo u
want to s et-up .
Touch[ ic on] ,If t he a ccoun t you ent ered is n ot p rov id ed by
your se rvic e provi de r in the ph on e, you wi ll b e pro mp ted to go
to th e em ail acc ou nt sett in gs scre en to ent er s ettin gs m anual ly .
Alter nativ el y, you ca n touch M AN UAL S ET UP to dir ectly e nter
the inc om ing and o utgoi ng s ettin gs f or the em ai l accou nt y ou
are s et ting up .
En te r the acc ou nt name a nd d ispla y na me in out going e ma ils.
To add ano th er emai l ac count , you can t ou ch the ic on a nd
Setti ng s. Touch Ad d ac count t o creat e.
To crea te a nd send e ma ils
Touch th e ic on from t he Inbo x scree n.
En te r rec ip ient( s) e mail ad dress (es ) in the To field .
If nece ss ar y, touch th e icon be si de To fi eld to ad d Cc/Bc c to
add a cop y or a b lind ca rb on copy t o the mes sa ge.
E nt er the su bj ect and t he c onten t of th e me ssage .
Touch t o add an at ta chmen t.
F in ally, tou ch to sen d.
I f yo u do not wa nt t o send th e mail righ t away, you c an touc h
the ico n an d Save dr af t key s or t ouch th e Ba ck ke y to save a c op y.
4. 3 Getting connected
4. 3. 1 Wi-Fi
Touch Set ti ngs\W i- Fi.
Touch the s wi tch t o tu rn on/o ff Wi-F i.
The det ai led inf or matio n of dete cted Wi -F i netwo rks is disp layed
in the Wi -F i netwo rk s secti on.
Touch a Wi- Fi n etwor k to conn ec t. If the n et work yo u se lecte d is
secur ed, you a re re qu ired to e nter a pa sswor d or othe r crede nt ials
(you ca n contact t he netw or k opera to r for det ai ls). Wh en
finis he d, to uc h CONNE CT .
4. 3. 2 Browser
Using t he B row se r, you ca n en joy sur fi ng t he We b.
To access t hi s featu re, tou ch t he Appl ic ation t ab f rom t he H ome
scree n, then s el ect Bro wser .
To go to a we b page:
On the Br owser s creen , to uch the U RL b ox at t he top, e nt er the
addre ss of t he w eb pa ge , and the n co nfirm .
5.Applications
With th is B igPad, som e bu ilt-i n ap plica ti ons and o th er thir d par ty
appli ca tions a re avai lable f or y our con venie nc e.
You ca n downl oad mor e appli ca tions f ro m Xess Sto re a nd more .
For mor e infor ma tion ab ou t these a pp licat io ns, ple as e check t he
onlin e us er manu al a t: www. tcl-x ess.com .
6.Factor y data reset
To activate fac to ry data reset:
Touch Setting s\ Ba ckup and re se t\ Fac tory dat a reset.
Res et ting the BigPad will era se a ll of your pe rs on al d ata fro m
inter na l Bi gPa d st orage, incl ud in g informati on a bo ut all
your Acco un t, your syste m an d ap plication s et ti ngs, and any
downloa de d applicati on s. I f you res et t he B igPad i n th is way,
you're p rompted t o re-ente r th e sa me kind of in fo rmation as
when you fi rs t st ar te d your BigPad.
When you ar e unable to pow er o n your BigPad, you can
perform a facto ry data re se t by pressi ng t he Po we r key and
the Volu me u p key at the sa me t im e un til the scree n li ghts up.
7.Making the most of your
BigPad
7. 1 Upgrade
7. 1. 1BigPad U pg ra de
Download BigPad Upgrade from the Xess website
(www.tcl-xe ss .c om ) an d in st al l it o n yo ur P C. L au nc h th e
tool and update you r Bi gPad by following the step by
step instructions (re fe r to t he U se r Gu id e provided
together with the tool). Your BigPa d's sof tware wi ll n ow
have the latest sof tware. A ll p er so na l in fo rm at io n wi ll b e
permanently lost following the update pro ce ss . We
recommend you bac ku p yo ur p er so na l da ta u si ng S ma rt
Suite before upgrading.
7. 1. 2 FOTA Upgrade
Using the F OTA Up grade too l yo u ca n update yo ur B ig Pad 's
sof twar e.
To access Sys tem updates , touch Setti ng s\ Syste m up dates.
Touch Check for u pd ates, and the B ig Pad wil l se arch for th e
lates t soft ware. If yo u wa nt to update th e sy stem, ple as e
touch D ow nl oad, and af te r it i s do ne please tou ch I ns tall to
complet e th e upgrade. Now yo ur B igPad 's s oftware w il l be
the lates t ve rsion.
You sh ould turn on da ta c on nection befor e searchi ng f or
updates . Se ttings for auto -c heck inte r vals ar e also avai la bl e
once you re star t th e Bi gPa d.
If you have c ho sen auto- ch ec k, dialo g wi ll p op up when the
syste m di sc overs the new ver si on , you can choos e do wn load
or ignore .
Ge ne ra l In fo rm at io n
The adapt er s hall be install ed n ea r the equipme nt a nd s hall
be easily a cc es sible. The char ger type is NBT-050B -B 050UA,
output vo lt age/curre nt i s 5Vdc/1A. The p lu g co nsidere d as
disconn ec t de vice of ada pter.
Do not use th e de vi ce in the environ ment at too hig h or too
low tem pe ra ture,
never exp os e the device unde r st rong sunshi ne o r too wet
environ me nt.
The suita bl e temperature f or the prod uc t an d accessori es i s
0℃-40℃.
When char ging, please pl ac e th e device in an envi ronment
that has a no rm al room
tempe ra tu re and good v en tilation. It is r ecommended to
charg e th e device in an envi ro nment
with a te mp er ature tha t ra ng es from 0℃~40℃. P le as e ensure
to use on ly t he c harger of fered
by the manu fa ct urer. Us ing unautho ri ze d charger m ay c au se
danger an d vi ol ate the autho ri zation
of th e ph on e and the guara nt ee art ic le .
Was te Electe ic al a nd E lectronic E qu ip ment- WEEE
NOTE:This pr od uct is cove re d electro ni c eq uiqment under
the Europ ea n Union’s Waste fro m El ectrical an d El ec tronic
Equipme nt (” WEEE”)Direc tive(2012 /1 9/ EU).The WEE E
Direc ti ve requir es t hat cover ed e quipment be c ol le cted and
managed s ep arately f ro m typical hou se ho ld waste in all E U
member st at es.Please fol lo w th e guidance of y our local
environ me ntal author it y or a sk the shop whe re y ou
purch as ed t he prod uc t fo r collection or r ecycling op ti on s.
Produ ct s ta ndard t o de monstrate c om pl iance of ra di o
frequ en cy f ields fro m ha nd held and body - mo un ted wirel es s
communi ca ti on devices used b y th e ge neral publi c
(30 MHz — 6 GHz )
Exces si ve s ound pres su re from e ar ph ones and head ph on es
can cause h ea ri ng loss.
The users has t o tu rn off th e 5G Hz W iFi in outd oo r
environ me nt.
This char ge r is for indoor u se o nl y.
Hereb y, TCL C om mu ni cation Lt d declare s th at t his device is
in compli an ce w ith the essenti al requirem en ts and other
relev ant pro vi si on s of Dire ctive 2014/ 53 /E U.
FCC Statement
This de vi ce compli es w ith Par t 15 of the FCC Rules.
Opera ti on is subje ct t o the fol lo wing two co nd itions:
(1)th is d evice may n ot c ause harm fu l inter fe re nce,a nd
(2)th is d evice mus t ac cept any in terf erenc e receive d, includ in g
inter fe rence tha t ma y cause und es ired op er ation.
Chang es o r modific at ions made t o this equi pm ent not exp ressly
appro ved by (TCL Co mm un icati on L td) m ay v oid the FCC
autho ri zation to o pe rate th is e quipmen t.
NOTE: This e qu ipment ha s be en test ed a nd foun d to c omply wit h
the lim it s for a Class B d ig ital devi ce , pursuan t to Pa rt 15 of t he
FCC R ul es. The se l imits are d esigned t o provi de r eason ab le
pro te ction aga in st harm fu l interfere nce in a re si dential
insta ll ation. Th is e quipmen t ge nerates , uses and ca n ra diate
radio f requenc y en ergy an d, i f not insta ll ed and used i n
accor dance wit h th e instruc ti ons, may ca us e harmf ul
inter fe rence to ra di o commu ni cations . Ho wever, t here is n o
guara nt ee that i nt er feren ce w ill not occ ur i n a particula r
insta ll ation. If t hi s equipme nt d oes cause h ar mful in te rf erenc e
to radi o or televi si on rece pt ion, whic h ca n be dete rm ined by
turni ng t he equipm en t off and o n, t he user i s en courage d to t ry
to corr ect the i nt er feren ce b y one or more of the fol lo wing
measu re s:
Re orient or r elocate t he rece iv ing anten na.
Incr ease the se paratio n be tween t he e quipmen t an d recei ve r.
Conn ec t the equip me nt into a n ou tlet on a cir cuit diff erent
fro m th at to whi ch t he rece iv er is conne cted.
Cons ul t the deale r or a n exper ie nc ed radi o/ TV t echnici an f or
help.
FCC C au tion:
Any cha ng es or modif ic ations no t ex press ly a pprov ed by the
par ty respon si bl e for com pl iance cou ld v oid the u se r's a ut hority
to oper ate this eq ui pment.
This tr an smitter m us t not be co -l ocate d or o pe ratin g in
conju nc tion with a ny o ther ante nn a or tran sm itter.
The pro duct comp ly w ith the FCC por table RF ex po sure li mi t set
forth for an un co ntrol le d environ ment and ar e safe for in tended
opera ti on as descr ib ed in this ma nu al. The fur ther R F ex posure
red uc tion can be a ch ieved if th e produ ct c an be kep t as f ar as
possi bl e from th e us er body or se t th e device to l ower outp ut
power i f su ch functi on i s ava il able.
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