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Offi cial User Guide

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Thanks for Choosing Velocity!

Thank you for purchasing a Velocity Micro CRUZ Tablet! We appreciate your business
and know you’ll love your brand new multimedia device. This guide is intended to help
you with initial setup of your device and to familiarize you with the Android operating
system.

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Registration

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Table of Contents

I. Getting Started

II. Hand Gestures

III. Your Home Screen

IV. Adding Widgets To Your Home Screen

V. Connecting to Wi-Fi

VI. Email Setup

VII. Saving Battery Life

VIII. SD Cards

IX. Device Storage and ASTRO

X. Transferring Files

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XI. File Formats

XII. Preloaded Apps

XIII. Buying eBooks

XIV. Reading 3rd Party eBooks

XV. Playing Media

XVI. Flash and Youtube

XVII. Installing Apps

XVIII. System Requirements

XIX. Open Source License

XX. Cruz Support and Registration

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XXI. Contact Info

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I. Getting Started

Device Exterior:

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I. Getting Started (cont’d)

A. Status Bar

A white strip along the top of the screen displaying alerts, Wi-Fi strength, battery life, and the
current time.

B. Widget Area

Your Home-screen has a designated area for widgets, which are basically “applications” that
have functionality and accessibility directly from your home-screen. There are several pre­installed widgets on your CRUZ Tablet, such as a calendar and an analog clock, but you can
download several others. To add a widget to your home-screen, press and hold on an empty
space on the home-screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to add a widget. You can tap,
hold, and drag to position the widget on your screen in the desired location.

C. Apps

Your Home-screen is very much like the “desktop” on a computer. You have a total of 5
customizable home-screens on your device. To shift screens, either slide your finger left/
right, or tap the small grey bullets in the bottom left and right of the home-screen.

D. Nav Bar

The Nav Bar is a semi-transparent 3-button bar at the bottom of the home screen. From
left to right, the buttons are: “Gallery,” “App Panel,” and “Web Browser.” The Gallery button
opens the primary image and video viewer application. The App Panel button displays all
installed Applications. The Web Browser button brings up a new internet browser window.

E. Quicklaunch Buttons

These buttons are located outside the touch screen and control some of the most common
functions in the Android platform. Home takes you to your homescreen. Menu brings up
options within applications. Back takes you to the previous screen.

F. Speakers

Your CRUZ Tablet has two built-in speakers each located on one end of the device.

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I. Getting Started (cont’d)

G. Power Button

The power button is located on end opposite the Quicklaunch Buttons. Tapping this button
while the device is running will send the CRUZ to sleep mode.

H. DC-In

This is the port through which your CRUZ AC Adapter charges the device

I. Mini USB Port

Tethering the device through USB port to a computer charges the device and allows you to
transfer files to and from the SD card/internal storage

J. Headphone Jack

Connect earbuds through this port for a personal media experience.

K. SD Card Slot

This slot supports full-sized SD cards. Expand the storage capacity of your Cruz up to 32 GB

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I. Getting Started (cont’d)

Starting the Device

To start your Cruz, press the on/off button located at the left side of the device. When you first
turn on the Cruz, you will be greeted with a CRUZ logo, then an ANDROID logo, and then
your Home screen.

The display has a screen timeout by default set to 10 min. If the unit is left inactive for that
period of time, the screen will go dark as if turned off. However, it is simply in standby mode.
Tap the power button and a screen will appear with a green padlock button on the lower
lefthand corner. This is your LOCK SCREEN. Drag the padlock to the right to unlock.

The Battery should have a nominal charge on it out of the box and should charge fairly
rapidly. Connect the charger to the DC-IN jack on your Cruz for 3 hours for a full charge
lasting approx. 10 hours. The unit also charges when tethered to PC via USB. Battery life will
vary due to many conditions, especially when using Wi-Fi and maximum screen brightness.

Sleep Mode

To save battery, you should put your Cruz in sleep mode by
turning off the LCD display. To do this, tap (not hold) the power
button. Tap again to bring up the lock screen. In standby mode,
the battery still discharges as the device continues to run. If left
in standby indefinitely, the battery will die and the unit will need
to be recharged before normal use.

Power Down

To turn off your Cruz completely, press and hold the power button until the “Device options”
dialog appears and tap “Power off.” You should then see a dialog box that reads: “Your
device will shut down.” Tap “OK” and your device will proceed to shut down. When powered
down, the device will not discharge the battery.

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II. Hand Gestures

Tapping

Touch your finger to the screen and remove
immediately to select an item on the screen. This is
the equivalent of a mouse “click” on a computer.

Long-Pressing

Press and hold your finger on the screen for 2-3
seconds. Oftentimes this will open menu options
or perform an app-specific function.

Dragging

Press and hold your finger on the
screen, then slide in the desired
direction.

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II. Hand Gestures (cont’d)

Scrolling

Sliding your finger up and down in a vertical, flicking
moton scrolls through menus, websites, and lists.
The faster you slide, the faster the scrolling motion
will be.

Swiping

Sliding your finger left and right scrolls
horizontally. Some eReader apps are designed
to turn the page in the direction you “swipe.”

Pinching

Positioning your thumb and index finger
roughly 1-inch apart while “pinching” or
“spreading” them typically zooms in or
out, respectively.

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III. Your Home Screen

Think of your home screen as your desktop. What goes on the home screen is up to you. You
can fill the space with any combination of shortcuts, widgets, and folders you like. Some pre­installed shortcut icons will appear at the bottom, and a Google Search Widget appears at the
top. You have five customizable home screens in total.

When you power up your Cruz for the first time, you’ll see the main home-screen panel. This
panel is typically centered; you can access additional panels on either side of the main one
by sliding your finger left or right. Tapping the dots in the bottom left and right screen will also
shift home screens. On the status bar, you’ll see four “control buttons” on the left:

Home

The Home icon brings you back to the main Home Screen no matter
what app you are running. Keep in mind hitting the “Home” button does
not stop an app from running. The application will continue to run in the
“background” unless terminated.

Back

The Back icon takes you to the previous screen you viewed. This
operates very much like the “back” button on an internet browser, only
it functions within all sorts of applications rather than just on the web. If
you tap this icon enough times, it will return you to the home screen.

Menu

The Menu icon does several different things and can function very
different from app to app. Generally this button is utilized for settings,
options, or preferences.

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III. Your Home Screen (cont’d)

The time, Wi-Fi signal, and battery icons are on the right hand side of the Status Bar.
The battery icon will change as the energy is used up. It will turn orange to warn you
that you should consider charging the unit. When the icon is red, it is nearly dead
and requires immediate charge. While charging, the icon will change to an animating
green bar with a thunderbolt on it. The Wi-Fi icon will only appear when there is a
Wi-Fi signal connected.

In the center of the Status Bar is the Notification Area. Various icons will appear for
different reasons, notifying you of change of status or the completion of tasks being
performed. For instance, once a download is started, a download icon will appear. For
more information about these notifications, swipe the Status Bar downward to open the
Notification Panel [or tap “Menu,” then “Notifications”]. When tasks are completed, you
can open these files or clear these notifications. You can close the Notification Panel
by swiping up again from the panel’s control handle.

At the very bottom of the Home Screen, you have 3 buttons that make up the main
shortcuts. On the left you have a shortcut button to your media library, aka photo,
video, and music gallery. In the middle is a shortcut to the application panel, which
shows you all the apps you currently have installed on the device. The button on the
far right is a shortcut to your web browser. Tapping this will bring up a new browser
window. On either side of these nav buttons are tiny white dots. Tapping these will
cycle through your various home screens. Each homescreen can have unique widgets
and application shortcuts. You have 5 “home screens” in total.

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IV. Adding Widgets to the Home Screen

Widgets allow you to place a function of an app onto your Home Screen. For instance, you
may add an Analog clock, calendar, picture frame, and other useful widgets. To add a widget,
long-press, or tap/hold your finger on any open space on your home screen, and select
Widgets from the context menu that opens. From there, select any of the available widgets.

You may long-tap and drag any widget to move it to the desired location on your Home
Screen. To remove a widget, you must long-tap the widget, a trash can will appear at the
bottom of the Home Screen. Drag the widget into the trash can. When it turns red, release
the widget into the trash.

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Tapping/holding on an open spot on
the homescreen opens this window,
from which you choose “Widgets.”

After tapping “Widgets,” this window expands
and gives you all the widget options that your
Cruz has installed or isn’t currently using.

NOTE: Widgets that require web access are known to drain battery life. If you

choose to install a widget that does need web access, you may want to consider
switching it off when not in use for the best user experience