Vodafone Smart Tab 3G Operating Guide

User manual

Smart Tab 3G

Vodafone

Power to you

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Table of Contents

1 Your device ........................................................................... 4

1.1 Keys and connectors ....................................................................4

1.2 Getting started ................................................................................6

1.3 Home screen ....................................................................................8

2 Text input ............................................................................16

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard .......................................................16

2.2 Android keyboard ........................................................................16

2.3 Text editing ....................................................................................16

3 Phone call, Call log and Contacts .............................18

3.1 Phone ...............................................................................................18

3.2 Call log .............................................................................................22

3.3 People ..............................................................................................23

4 Messaging, Email .............................................................28

4.1 Messaging ......................................................................................28

4.2 Gmail/Email ..................................................................................31

4.3 Hangouts ........................................................................................36

5 Calendar & Time ...............................................................39

5.1 Calendar ..........................................................................................39

5.2 Time ..................................................................................................41

6 Getting connected ...........................................................42

6.1 Connecting to the Internet .....................................................42

6.2 Browser ............................................................................................44

6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices .......................................50

6.4 Connecting to a computer ......................................................51

6.5 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection................52

6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks .............................53

7 Play Store ..........................................................................55

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install ......55

7.2 Download and install .................................................................56

7.3 Manage your downloads ..........................................................57

8 Multimedia applications ...............................................59

8.1 Camera.............................................................................................59

8.2 Gallery ..............................................................................................61

8.3 YouTube ...........................................................................................63

8.4 Video .................................................................................................64

9 Maps .....................................................................................65

9.1 Get My Location ...........................................................................65

9.2 Search for a location ..................................................................66

9.3 Star a location ...............................................................................67

9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking directions 68

9.5 Arrangement of Layers .............................................................69

10 Others ..................................................................................70

10.1 Calculator .......................................................................................70

10.2 File Manager ..................................................................................70

10.3 Voice Search ..................................................................................71

10.4 Other applications .....................................................................71

11 Settings ...............................................................................72

11.1 Wireless & networks ...................................................................72

11.2 Device ...............................................................................................74

11.3 Personal...........................................................................................75

11.4 Accounts .........................................................................................80

11.5 System .............................................................................................81

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1 Your device

Rear Camera

Speaker

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Back key

Home key

micro-USB connector

Micro SD

IR LED

Front camera

Touch screen

Multitask key

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Sim

Multitask key

• Touch to open a list of thumbnail images of applications
you've worked with recently.

Home key

• While on any application or screen, touch to return to
the Home screen.

Back key

• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close a
dialog box, options menu, the notification panel, etc.

These keys are visible when the screen lights up.

Power key

• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen

• Press and hold: Power on or pop up the menu to get

more options, such as Power off, Airplane mode, etc.

• Press and hold Power key and Volume down key to
capture a screenshot.

Power key
Volume up

Volume down

Volume Keys

• In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjust the media
volume.

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Set-up

Inserting the micro SIM card & the microSD card

Before inserting/removing the SIM card and the microSD card,
you should ensure the tablet is off, to protect it from corruption
or damage. In addition, regularly removing or inserting the SD
card may cause the tablet to restart.

Your tablet only supports micro-SIM cards. Do not attempt to insert
other SIM types like mini and nano cards, otherwise you may damage

your tablet.

Charging the battery

To charge your tablet, connect the charger to your tablet and mains
socket.

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• When using your tablet for the first time, charge the battery fully
(approximately 5 hours).

You are advised to fully charge the battery (
indicated by the percentage on screen while the tablet is powered off. The
percentage increases as the tablet is charged.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when battery is

fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when
not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc. This device cannot be
charged through USB computer connection. Please plug in your
charger before first usage.

). Charging status is

1.2.2 Power on your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock your
tablet(Slide, PIN, Password, Pattern, Face unlock) if necessary and
confirm. The Home screen is displayed.

If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your
network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your tablet. Store this
information in a safe place when not in use.

Set up your tablet for the first time

The first time you power on the tablet, you should set the following
options:

• Select the tablet's language, then touch Start.

• Select Mobile data connection you want to use, then touch Next.

• Setup your Google account: If you have a Google Account, touch Set
up now, then enter your user name and password. You can also touch
Skip to get the next step.

• Set Date and Time. You can also choose Automatic time zone, then
touch Finish.

• When the tablet is powered on, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network,
without a SIM card inserted (refer to section "6.1.2 Wi-Fi"), to sign into
your Google account and to use some features.

1.2.3 Power off your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the pop-up menu appears, select Power
off to confirm.

1.3 Home screen

You can bring all your favourite icons (applications, shortcuts, folders and
widgets) to your homescreen for quick access. Touch the Home key to
switch to Home screen.

Status bar

• Status/Notification indicators.

Smart Day View

• Touch to enter Calendar screen to set date.

Smart Day View

• Touch to enter Clock screen to set time.

Smart Day View

• Touch to set a location to show its daily
temperature.

Favorite tray applications

• Touch to enter the application.

• Touch and hold to move or change

Application tab

• Touch to see all applications.

The Home screen extends on either side of the screen to allow more
space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen
horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home screen.
The white short line at the lower part of the screen indicates which
screen you are viewing.

applications.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold

Touch and hold the home screen to choose wallpaper.

Drag

Place your finger on any item to drag it to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web
pages… at your convenience.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them
apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape
by turning the tablet sideways to have a better view.

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1.3.2 Status bar

From status bar, you can view both tablet status on the right side and
notification information on the left side.

Status icons

GPRS connected Roaming

GPRS in use Signal strength

EDGE connected No signal

EDGE in use Ringer is silenced

3G connected

3G in use Battery is very low

HSPA (3G+) connected Battery is low

HSPA (3G+) in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi
network

Bluetooth is on Battery is charging

Connected to a Bluetooth
device

Airplane mode Alarm is set

Phone microphone is
mute

Battery is partially
drained

Battery is full

Headset connected

Notification icons

New text or multimedia
message

Problem with SMS or MMS
delivery

New Hangouts message

New voicemail Uploading data

Upcoming event Downloading data

USB tethering is on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Quick setting panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar on the right to open the Quick
settings panel, where you may enable or disable functions or change
modes by touching the icons. Touch and drag up to close the panel.

Screenshot captured

Select input method

An open Wi-Fi network
is available

Phone is connected via
USB cable

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Notification panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar on
the left to open the Notification panel to read the detailed information.

1.3.3 Search bar

The tablet provides a Search function which can be used to locate
information within applications, the tablet or the web.

 

 Search by text

• Touch Search bar from the Home screen.

• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.

• Touch on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.

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 Search by voice

• Touch

• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search results

from Search bar to display a dialog screen.

will display for you to select from.

1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your tablet and privacy, you can lock the tablet screen by
choosing slide or creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password, etc.

To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section "Screen lock" for
detailed settings)

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings icon

enter Settings, then touch Security\Screen lock\Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern.

to

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm by drawing
pattern again

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Touch Settings\Lock settings\Select screen lock\PIN or
Password.

• Set your PIN or password.

To lock tablet screen

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

To unlock tablet screen

Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern
you have created or enter PIN or password, etc. to unlock the screen.

If you have chosen Slide as the screen lock, slide the screen to the right
to unlock the screen.

1.3.5 Personalize your Home screen

Add

You may touch and hold a folder, an application or a widget to activate
the Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen as you prefer.

Reposition

Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode,
drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move
items both on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on
the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home
screen.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag
the item up to the top of Remove, and release after the item turns red.

Create folders

To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the
Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top
of another.

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using volume key

Press Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the Silent mode,
press the Volume down key until the tablet silent.

Using Settings menu

Drag down the notification panel and touch the settings icon
enter Settings, then touch Sound, you can set the volume of calls
renting, notification, system and etc. to your preference.

to

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2 Text input

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings
Touch the Application tab from the Home screen, select Settings\
Language&input, touch the Settings icon

keyboard, a series of settings are available for your selection.

2.2 Android keyboard

Touch to switch between

"abc/Abc" mode; Touch

& hold to switch between

"abc/ABC" mode.

Touch to switch between

symbol and numeric

keyboard.

2.3 Text editing

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the high-lighted selection.

• Following options will show: Select all, Cut

on the right of Android

Touch & hold, then select to
enter symbols/emoticons.

, Copy , Paste

You can also insert new text

• Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank space, the
cursor will blink and the tab will show. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

• If you have selected any text, touch the tab to show PASTE icon which
allows you to paste any text you have previously copied.

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3 Phone call, Call log and Contacts

3.1 Phone

3.1.1 Placing a call

You can easily launch a call using Phone. Touch on the home screen
to enter ALL APPS, then select
Enter the desired number from the keyboard directly or select a contact
from People by sliding or touching tabs, then touch
The number you entered can be saved to contacts by touching
choosing Add to contacts.

To hang up a call, touch

. Touch to display the keyboard.

to place the call.

and

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3.1.3 Calling your voicemail

Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It
works like an answering machine that you can consult at any time.

To access your voicemail, touch and hold

on Phone tab.

Touch to delete the
digits

Touch and hold to

set Speed dial

Touch to access your

call memory

Touch to get more
options

3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call

When you receive a call, drag the icon rightward to answer the call,
leftward to reject the call, upward to reject the call by sending a preset
message.

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To set your voicemail number, touch

call\Voicemail.

If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon
Open the Notification panel, touch New voicemail.

and touch Settings\Voice

appears on the Status bar.

3.1.4 During a call

To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down ke y.

Touch to hold the current call. Touch this icon again to retrieve
the call.

Touch to display Dialpad.

Touch to end the current call.

Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to
unmute the call.

Touch and select Start recording to record.

3.1.5 Call settings

Touch and select Settings from Dial screen, the following options
are available:

Voice call

• Voicemail

Voicemail Touch to select voicemail service or set the number.

• Call forwarding

Touch to configure how your calls are forwarded when you are busy,
unanswered or unreachable.

• Call barring

You can activate or deactivate the call barring for outgoing and incoming
calls. The various options are:

All outgoing calls All out going calls are barred.

International outgoing calls Outgoing international calls are

International outgoing calls
except to home PLMN

All incoming calls All incoming calls are barred.

Incoming calls while roaming Incoming calls are barred when you

Cancel all Deactivate all call barring.

Change barring password Change the original barring password

barred.

Outgoing international calls except
those to your country of subscription
are barred.

are abroad.

for activating call barring.

Other settings

• Fixed Dialing Numbers

Fixed Dialing Number (FDN) is a service mode of SIM, where outgoing
calls are restricted to a set of phone numbers. These numbers are added
to the FDN list. The most common practical application of FDN is for
parents to restrict the phone numbers which their children can dial.

For security reasons, you’ll be prompted to enable FDN by entering SIM
PIN2 which is usually acquired from your service provider or SIM maker.

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• Service Dialing Numbers

Touch to place a call from SDN list.

• Minute reminder

Mark the check box to enable minute reminder at 50s of every minute
during a call.

• Press power key to end call

Mark the checkbox to enable hangup function of Power key during a call.

• Quick responses

Touch to edit quick responses which will be used when you reject a call
with messages.

• International dialing assist

Mark the checkbox to activate.

3.2 Call log

You can access your call memory by touching from the Dial screen.
Touch on the right side of contact/number to place a call directly.
There are three kinds of calls in Call log:

Missed calls

Outgoing calls

Incoming calls

Touch a contact or number to view information or further operations.

You can view detailed information of a call, launch a new call or send
messages to a contact or number, or add numbers to People (only
available for unsaved phone numbers), etc.

To clear the call memory, touch , select Delete, then choose the one
you want to delete.

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3.3 People

People enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.

You can view and create contacts on your tablet and synchronize these
with your Gmail contacts or other applications.

3.3.1 Consult your contacts

Touch to view your

contact groups and

favourite contacts.

Touch the Menu key to display contacts list option menu.

Following actions are enabled:

• Share Share contacts with others by sending the

• Delete Select and delete unwanted contacts.

• Place on Home

screen

contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth, Email, etc.

Touch to put the contact widget on the Home
screen.

Touch to add a
new contact.

Touch to search
in People.

• Contacts to
display

• Import/Export Import or export contacts between tablet, SIM

• Accounts Manage the synchronization settings for different

• Settings Set contacts' display mode.

Choose contacts to display.

card, microSD card and tablet storage.

accounts.

3.3.2 Adding a contact

Touch the icon in the contact list to create a new contact.

You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact
information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one
field to another easily.

Touch to save.

Touch to select a picture for the contact.

Touch to unfold the other predefined
labels of this category.

If you want to add more information, touch Add another field to add a
new category.

When finished, touch Done to save.

To exit without saving, you can touch Cancel.

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Add to/remove from Favourites

To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view details
then touch
in colour).

To remove a contact from favourites, touch the gold star
details screen.

to add the contact to Favourites (the star will turn gold

on contact

Only phone contacts can be added to Favourites.

3.3.3 Editing your contacts

To edit contact information, touch to choose the contact, then touch

on top of the screen, When finished, touch Done.

Delete a contact

To delete a contact, touch the Menu key
contact details screen.

The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other
applications on the tablet or web the next time you synchronize
your tablet.

and select Delete from

3.3.4 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing

This tablet enables you to import or export contacts between tablet, SIM
card, microSD card and tablet storage.

From Contacts screen, touch
Export, then select to import/export contacts from/to SIM card, Tablet,
Tablet storage, Accounts, etc.

To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, choose an account
and target SIM card(s), select the contact you want to import/export, and
touch the icon

to confirm.

to open options menu, touch Import/

To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, choose an account and
target SIM card(s) mark Select all and touch the icon

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key
select Share from contact details screen, then select the application to
perform this action.

to confirm.

, and

3.3.5 Managing contact groups

The contact group helps you to improve the organization of your
contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen.

Touch the Groups to view local groups. To create a new group, touch the

icon

, enter the group’s name and person’s name, and touch Done to

confirm. If you have added accounts to your tablet, touch the Groups to
view groups in accounts.

3.3.6 Accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet.

To add an account, drag down the notification panel and touch
enter Settings, then touch Add account.

You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like
Google, Email, etc.

As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information,
like username, password, etc.

You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information
from the tablet. Open the Settings screen, touch the account you want

to delete, touch the Menu key
confirm.

and select Remove account, then

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to

Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync

Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the
checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated,
all changes to information on the tablet or online will be automatically
synchronized to each other.

Sync manually

You can also synchronize an account manually on Accounts screen,
touch an account in the list, then touch the Menu key and select Sync
now.

4 Messaging, Email

4.1 Messaging

You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this tablet.
To access this feature, touch

4.1.1 Write message

On message list screen, touch the new message icon to write text/
multimedia messages.

from home screen.

Touch to search in all messages.

• Touch to view the whole
message thread.

• Touch & hold to delete message
or add shortcut.

Touch to create a new message.

An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as
several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered
is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear upon the
Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are
allowed to be entered in one message.

Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which
may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.

Sending a multimedia message

MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides
and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.

An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image,
video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are
added.

To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number
in the To bar, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the

message, touch the Menu key
Add subject to insert a subject, and touch

audio and so on.

When finished, touch

Attach options:

to send the multimedia message.

to open the option menu, select

to attach picture, video,

For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact
panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts,
touch the photo to add the number to your contacts.

Sending a text message

Enter the phone number of the recipient on To bar, touch Type text
message bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch

to send the text message.

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• Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to

• Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for

• Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to

• Capture video Access Camcorder to record a new video for

select a picture as attachment.

attaching.

select a video as attachment.

attaching.

• Audio Access to select an audio file as attachment.

• Record audio Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice message

• Slideshow

for attaching.

Enter Edit slide show screen, touch
choose Add slide to create a new slide, and
touch currently existing slide to edit it. Touch
the Menu key to get more actions, like setting
the slide duration, adding music, etc.

and

4.1.2 Manage messages

When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as
notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel,
touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the
Messaging application and touch the message to open.

Messages are displayed in conversational order.

To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter message­composing screen, enter the text, then touch

Touch and hold an SMS in message details screen. The following
message options are available for selection.

• Copy This option displays when the message is an

• Forward Touch to forward the message to another recipient.

• View message

details

• Delete message Delete the current message.

SMS. Copy the current message content. You
can paste it to the enter bar of the new message
you are going to compose.

Touch to view details of the message.

.

4.1.3 Adjust message settings

You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application
screen, touch the Menu key and select Settings.

4.2 Gmail/Email

The first time you set up your tablet, you can select to use an existing
Gmail or to create a new Email account.

4.2.1 Gmail

As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you
first set up your tablet. Gmail on your tablet can be automatically
synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. Unlike other kinds
of email accounts, each message and its replies in Gmail are grouped
in your inbox as a single conversation; all emails are organized by labels
instead of folders.

To create and send emails

• Touch the icon

• Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary, touch

and select Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the

message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

• Touch the Menu key

• Finally, touch the icon to send.

• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch the

Menu key
view the draft, touch the icon

If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the Menu key

and then select Discard.

from Inbox screen.

and select Attach file to add an attachment.

and select Save draft or touch to save a copy. To

, then select Drafts.

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To add a signature to emails, touch the Menu key

Settings from inbox screen, choose an account, then touch Signature.

To receive and read your emails

When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration,
and an icon

Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel,
touch the new email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox
label and touch the new mail to read it.

You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.

• Touch the icon

• Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and

touch

To reply or forward emails

• Reply

• Reply all

• Forward

•

Managing Gmails by Labels

To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize
them using a Label.

To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages,

will appear on Status bar.

from Inbox screen.

in the soft keyboard.

When viewing an email, touch
of this mail.

and select Reply all to send message to all

Touch
people in a mail loop.

Touch

and select Forward to forward the received

mail to other people.

To assign a star or remove the star from the conversation

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and select

to reply the sender

, select Change labels, and select a label to assign to the

touch
conversation.

To view conversations by labels when viewing your inbox or another
conversation list, touch the icon
conversations with that label.

To manage labels, touch
and select Manage Labels.

Touch and hold a message thread to display the following options:

•

•

/

•

•

Gmail settings

To manage Gmail settings, touch the Menu key
in Inbox screen.

General settings

• Archive & delete
actions

• Swipe to archive Mark the checkbox to archive when you

Touch to archive the email message. To display the
archived messages, you can touch in Inbox screen
then touch All mail.

Touch to delete the email message.

Touch to mark an email message as read or unread.

Touch to open further options..

Touch to show/hide message actions.

swipe the screenshot in conversation list.

, then touch a label to view a list of

, select SETTINGS, then choose your account

and select SETTINGS

• Sender image Mark the checkbox to show beside name in

• Reply all Mark the checkbox to make the default

• Auto-fit messages Mark the checkbox to zoom in/out the

• Auto-advance Touch to select which screen to show after you

• Confirm before

deleting

• Confirm before
archiving

• Confirm before
sending

Touch an account, the following settings will show:

• Inbox type To set this inbox as the default one or priority

• Inbox categories Touch to mark the checkbox to show/hide in the

• Notifications Select to activate notification when a new email

• Inbox sound Touch to set Sound, Vibrate and Notify once.

• Signature To add a signature text to the end of each mail

• Vacation

responder

• Sync Gmail Touch to turn on/off Gmail sync.

conversation list.

responding to messages.

messages to fit the screen.

delete or archive a conversation.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before deleting
emails.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before archiving
emails.

Mark the checkbox to confirm before sending
emails.

one.

INBOX screen.

arrives.

you send.

Touch to set automatic reply.

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• Days of mail to
sync

• Manage labels Touch to open the Label screen, where you can

• Download

attachments

• Images Mark the checkbox to show beside name in

Touch to set the duration of days for mail sync.

manage synchronization and notifications.

Mark the checkbox to auto download
attachments to recent messages via Wi-Fi.

conversation list.

4.2.2 Email

Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3 or IMAP
email accounts in your tablet.

To access this function, touch Email from Home screen.

An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an email
account.

• Enter the email address and password of the account you want to
set up.

• Touch Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your service
provider in the device, you will be prompted to go to the email account
settings screen to enter settings manually. Or you can touch Manual
setup to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the
email account you are setting up.

• Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.

• To add another email account, you can touch Menu key

Settings. Touch Add account on the right of the title to create.

To create and send emails

• Touch the icon

• Enter recipient(s) email address(es) in To field.

from Inbox screen.

and

• If necessary, touch + CC/BCC to add a copy or a blind copy to the

message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

• Touch Menu key

attachment.

• Finally, touch to send.

• If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch Menu key

and Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy.

, touch Attach picture/ Attach video to add an

4.3 Hangouts

Google's instant messaging service, Hangouts, lets you communicate
with your friends whenever they are connected to this service.

To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home
screen, then touch Hangouts. All friends added by using Hangouts from
the web or tablet will be displayed in your friends list.

Touch your account to set your online status.

Touch the text box below your online status to enter your status
message.

To sign out, touch the Menu key from Friends list to display options,
then select Sign out. Or you can also select Sign out from online status.

4.3.1 Chatting with your friends

To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter
your message and finally touch

You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by touching the Menu key
and selecting Add to chat and then selecting the friend you want to add.

4.3.2 To add a new friend

From Friends list, touch the icon to add a new friend. Enter the

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Hangouts ID or Gmail address of the friend you want to add, and then
touch Done.

A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend. By
touching the invitation, the friend can select Block, Decline or Accept
in response.

4.3.3 To close a chat

When you want to end a chat, touch the Menu key from Chatting screen
directly, and then select Leave.

If you want to end all chats, touch the Menu key and select End all

chats from Friends list screen.

4.3.4 To manage your friends

Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are
available for your choice:

• To view all
friends/most
popular friends

• To block/Remove
a friend

By default, only friends that you frequently
communicate with are displayed in Friends list.
To view all friends, touch the Menu key and
select Display options, then touch Name. To
return to displaying most popular friends screen,
touch Availability or Recency from Display
options.

To block a friend from exchanging messages or
remove them from your friends list, touch the
Menu key and select Friend info from Chatting
screen, then touch Block or Remove. All blocked
friends can be viewed by touching the Menu key
and selecting Settings, touch an account then
choose Blocked friends. To unblock a friend,
touch the name of this friend and touch OK when
prompted.

4.3.5 Settings

A series of settings are available for your selection by touching the Menu
key selecting Settings from Friends list screen, and choose an account.

• Mobile indicator Select to display an indicator icon along with

• Invitation

notifications

• IM/Video chat
notifications

• Notification/
Video chat
ringtone

• Vibrate Touch to set the vibrate way for text or Video

• Blocked friends Touch to show/unblock blocked friends.

• Clear search

history

• Manage account Touch to add, remove or sync your accounts.

• Terms & privacy Touch to show more information about Talk.

your name in other people’s Friends list.

Select to activate the notification function on
status bar when a new message arrives.

Touch to set the notification way for text or
Video chat.

Touch to choose a ringtone for notification or
Video chat.

chat.

Touch to clear previous chat search history from
showing up in the Search box.

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5 Calendar & Time

5.1 Calendar

Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.

5.1.1 Multimode view

You can display the Calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view.

• Touch the Week label on the top of the screen to change your

Calendar view, and a drop-down menu will display for you to choose.
Touch the icon

In Agenda, Day or Week view touch
an event to view its details.

5.1.2 To create new events

You can add new events from any calendar view.

• Touch

and select New event to access new event edit screen.

to return to Today's view.

Agenda view

Day view

Week view

Month view

Touch a day in Month view to
open that day's events.

• Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day

event, you can select All day.

• Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guests
you want to invite with commas to separate. The guests will receive an
invitation from Calendar and Email.

• When finished, touch DONE from the top of the screen.

To quickly create an event from Day, Week view screen, touch and hold
an empty spot or an event to open Option menu, then touch New
event to enter the event details screen of the time you have previously
selected. Or you can also touch the empty spot to select the target area
which will turn blue, and tap again to create the new event.

5.1.3 To delete or edit an event

To delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter details screen, touch
the icon

to edit the event, and touch the icon to delete, touch

to share the event.

5.1.4 Event reminder

If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon will appear
on Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives.

Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification panel, touch
event name to view Calendar notification list.

Touch Snooze to turn off all event reminders for 5 minutes.

Touch Back key to keep the reminders pending on the status bar and
the notification panel.

Important options by touching the Menu key
screen:

•Refresh To refresh the calendar

•Search To search in the calendar

•Settings To make a series of Calendar settings

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from Calendar main

5.2 Time

Time application includes four applications – World clock, Alarm,
Timer and Countdown.

Alarm to add or set an alarm.

Touch

5.2.1 To set an alarm

From Time screen, touch to enter Alarm screen, touch to add
a new alarm. Set hour and minute on the clock, and touch Done to
confirm. Following options will show:

•Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work

•Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm

•Label Touch to set a name for the alarm

Touch

to delete the selected alarm.

5.2.2 To adjust alarm settings

Touch from alarm screen and touch Settings. The following options
can now be adjusted:

• Style Touch to select the clock style: Analog or Digital.

• Automatic home

clock

• Home time zone Touch to choose a home time zone.

• Snooze length Touch to set temporary turn off time of an alarm

• Silence after Touch to set the duration of alarms

• Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down key

• Alarm volume Touch to set the alarm volume.

Mark the checkbox to activate Automatic home
clock feature.

behaviors when alarm sounds: None, Snooze
or Dismiss

6 Getting connected

To connect to the internet with this tablet, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G
networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.

6.1 Connecting to the Internet

6.1.1 6.1.1 GPRS/EDGE/3G

To create a new access point

A new GPRS/EDGE/3G network connection can be added to your tablet
with the following steps:

• Drag down quick setting panel and touch to access Settings.

• Touch More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names

• Touch menu key

• Enter the required APN information.

• When finished, touch OK to confirm.

6.1.2 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your tablet is within
range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on your tablet even
without a SIM card inserted.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network

• Touch

• Touch the switch

• Touch Wi-Fi, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi networks is

displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.

• Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is
secured, you are required to enter a password or other credentials (you
may contact your network operator for details). When finished, touch
Connect.

to choose New APN.

on quick setting panel to get to Settings.

beside Wi-Fi to turn on/off Wi-Fi.

To activate notification when a new network is detected

When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi
icon will appear on the status bar whenever the tablet detects an
available wireless network within range. The following steps activate the
notification function when Wi-Fi is on:

• Drag down quick setting panel and touch

• Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch the Menu key and select Advanced from

Wi-Fi screen.

• Mark/Unmark the Network notification checkbox to activate/

deactivate this function.

To add a Wi-Fi network

When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your
preference.

• Drag down quick setting panel and touch

• Touch Wi-Fi, and then touch

• Enter the name of the network and any required network information.

• Touch Save.

When successfully connected, your tablet will be connected
automatically the next time you are within range of this network.

To forget a Wi-Fi network

The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which
you no longer wish to use.

• Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

• In the Wi-Fi screen, touch & hold the name of the saved network.

• Touch Forget in the dialog that opens.

.

to access Settings.

to access Settings.

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6.2 Browser

Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web.

To access this function, touch Browser icon

To go to a web page

On Browser screen, touch the URL box at the top, enter the address of the
web page, then touch Go to confirm.

To set homepage

• Touch the Menu key
touch Settings\General\Set home page.

• Choose a page or most visited website as your homepage.

• If you choose Other, enter the URL of the website you want to set as

your homepage, touch OK to confirm.

from browser screen to display option menu,

6.2.1 Viewing web pages

When opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your
finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want
to view.

To zoom in/out of a web page

Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page.

To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section
you want to view. To return to normal zoom level, double-tap again.

on the home screen. .

Touch to delete all contents

To find text on a web page

• Touch the Menu key
page.

• Enter the text or phrase you want to find.

• The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the

screen, and subsequent matches will be boxed.

• Touch the up or down arrow to switch to the previous or next matching
items.

• When finished, you can touch
bar.

Further operations for the text on a web page

You can copy, share or search the text from a web page:

• Touch and hold the text to highlight the text.

• Move the two tabs to select the text.

• Touch SELECT ALL to select all words in this web screen.

• Touch

• When finished, touch or the Back key to deactivate the mode.

To open new window/switch between windows

Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience.

• Touch at the bottom of the web, then touch to open a new

• Touch

Other options:

• Refresh To refresh the current page.

• Share page To share the current page with your friends via

• Find on page To input contents you want to find on the current

to copy the selected text.

window.

and select Close\Quit to close a window.

from web page screen, then select Find on

or the Back key to close the search

various ways, like Messaging, Email, Bluetooth, etc.

page.

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• Request
desktop site

To enable/disable computer version websites.

6.2.2 Manage links, history and downloads

To manage a link, address displayed on a web page

• Link Touch the link to open the web page.

Touch and hold the link to open options for further
operation, like open in new window, save link, copy
link URL, etc.

• Address Touch to open Google Maps and locate the address.

To view Browser history

• Touch the icon

To download a web application/view your downloads

Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your tablet to
install web applications (Drag down quick setting panel and touch

to access Settings, touch Security, mark the checkbox of Unknown
sources, finally touch OK to confirm).

To download an item, touch the item or the link you want to download.

To view items you have downloaded, touch the application Downloads.

from Browser screen, then touch History.

Manage bookmarks

To bookmark a web page

• Open the web page you want to bookmark.

• Touch the menu key

• Enter the name and the location if needed and touch OK to confirm.

To open a bookmark

• Touch the icon

and choose Save to bookmarks.

to enter the Bookmarks screen.

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• Touch the bookmark you want to open.

• You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then touch

Open or Open in new tab.

To edit a bookmark

• Touch the icon

• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit.

• Touch Edit bookmark, and input your changes.

• When finished, touch OK to confirm.

Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these
additional options:

• Add shortcut to Home To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home

• Share link To share the bookmark.

• Copy link URL To copy the bookmark link.

• Delete bookmark To delete a bookmark.

• Set as homepage To set this page as the homepage.

6.2.3 Settings

A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser
settings, touch

General

• Set home page Touch to set homepage.

• Form auto-fill Mark the checkbox to fill out web forms with a

Privacy & security

• Clear cache Touch to clear locally cached content and

to enter the Bookmarks screen.

screen.

from Browser screen, and select Settings.

single touch.

databases.

• Clear history Touch to clear the browser history.

• Show security

warnings

• Accept cookies Mark to allow sites to save and read cookie data.

• Clear all cookie

data

• Remember form
data

• Clear form data Touch to clear all the saved form data.

• Enable location Mark the checkbox to allow sites to request

• Clear location

access

• Remember
passwords

• Clear passwords Touch to clear all saved passwords.

Accessibility

• Text scaling Slide to change the size of the text display.

• Zoom on double-

tap

• Minimum font
size

Advanced

• Set search engine Touch to select a search engine.

Mark the checkbox to show warning if there is a
problem with a site’s security.

Touch to clear all browser cookies.

Mark the checkbox to remember data in forms
for later use.

access to your location.

Touch to clear location access for all websites.

Mark the checkbox to save usernames and
passwords for websites.

Slide to change the magnification level when
double-tapping the page.

Slide to change the minimum font size.

• Open in
background

• Enable JavaScript Mark the checkbox to enable JavaScript.

• Enable plug-ins Mark the checkbox to enable plug-ins.

• Website settings Touch to view advanced settings for individual

• Open pages in

overview

• Auto-fit pages Mark the checkbox to format web pages to fit

• Block pop-up

windows

• Text encoding Touch to select the character-encoding

• Reset to default Touch to clear all browser data and to reset all

Bandwidth management

• Search result
preloading

• Web page
preloading

• Load images Mark the checkbox to display images on web

Labs

• Quick controls Mark the checkbox to enable quick controls

Mark the checkbox to open new windows behind
the current one.

websites.

Mark the checkbox to open web pages zoomed
out, in an overview.

the screen.

Mark the checkbox to prevent pop-up windows.

standard.

settings to default.

Touch to enable/disable browser to preload
search results in the background.

Touch to enable/disable browser to preload the
linked web pages in the background.

pages.

and hide app and URL bars.

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6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology that
you can use to exchange data, or connect to other Bluetooth devices
for various uses.

To turn on Bluetooth

• Drag down quick setting panel and touch

• Touch

function.

To make your tablet more recognizable, you can change your tablet
name which is visible to others.

• Touch

• Enter a name, and touch Rename to confirm.

To make device visible

• Drag down quick setting panel and touch

• Turn on Bluetooth.

• Touch your device to make it visible or invisible.

• Touch

To pair/connect your tablet with a Bluetooth device

To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on
and pair your tablet with the Bluetooth device with which you want to
exchange data.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Turn on Bluetooth.

• Touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES.

• Touch a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the list.

• A dialog will popup, touch Pair to confirm.

• If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device.

To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device

• Touch the Settings icon

• Touch Unpair to confirm.

under Bluetooth to activate/deactivate Bluetooth

and select Rename tablet.

and select Visibility timeout to select the visible time.

beside the device you want to unpair.

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to access Settings.

to access Settings.

to access Settings.

6.4 Connecting to a computer

With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between
microSD card/internal storage and computer.

Before using MTP or PTP you should firstly mark USB debugging.

• To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch
Build number 7 times. Now you may touch Settings\Developer
option\USB debugging.

To connect/disconnect your tablet to/from the computer:

• Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect the tablet to
a USB port on your computer. You will receive a notification that the
USB is connected.

• If you use mass storage, open the Notification panel and touch USB
connected, then touch Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm that

you want to transfer files.

• If you use MTP or PTP, your tablet will be automatically connected.

To disconnect (from mass storage):

• Unmount the microSD card on your computer.

• Open the Notification panel and touch Turn off.

For the operating system Windows XP or lower, you should
download and install Windows Media Player 11 on your
computer from the following link: http://windows.microsoft.
com/zh-CN/windows/download-windows-media-player.

To locate the data you have transferred or downloaded in the internal
storage, touch File Manager, all data you have downloaded is stored in
File Manager, where you can view media files (videos, photos, music and
others), rename files, install applications into your tablet, etc.

To format a microSD card

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch Storage.

• Touch Erase SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that formatting

the microSD card will erase its contents, touch Erase SD card.

to access Settings.

6.5 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection

You can share your tablet's mobile data connection with a single
computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at
once by turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

The functions below may incur additional network charges from
your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in
roaming areas.

To share your tablet's data connection via USB

Use the USB cable that along with your tablet to connect the tablet to a
USB port on your computer.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Mark\Unmark the checkbox of USB tethering to activate/deactivate

this function.

To share your tablet's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Touch the switch beside Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/deactivate

this function.

To rename or secure your portable hotspot

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of
your tablet's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot\Wi-Fi hotspot.

• Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set your

network security.

• Touch Save.

to access Settings.

to access Settings.

to access Settings.

6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources
inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are
commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so
that their users can access local network resources when not inside that
network, or when connected to a wireless network.

To add a VPN

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\VPN settings and then touch

• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network

administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.

• Touch Save.

The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.

Before adding a VPN, you should set a lock screen pattern, PIN
code or password for your tablet.

To connect/disconnect to a VPN

To connect to a VPN:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

• Touch More...\VPN settings.

• VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect

with.

• In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch
Connect.

To disconnect:

• Open the Notification panel and touch the resulting notification for
the VPN disconnection.

To edit/delete a VPN

To edit a VPN:

• Drag down notification panel and touch

to access Settings.

.

to access Settings.

to access Settings.

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• Touch More...\VPN settings.

• VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want to edit.

• Touch Edit profile.

• After finished, touch Save.

To delete:

• Touch and hold the VPN you want to delete, in the dialog that opens,

touch Delete profile.

7 Play Store

Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and
install applications and games to your Android Powered Tablet.

To open Play Store:

• Touch Play Store from homescreen.

• For the first time you access Play Store, a screen with terms of service

pops up for your attention, touch Accept to continue.

, then select Help to enter Play Store help page for more

Touch
information on this function.

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7.1 Locate the item you want to download and

install

Play Store home page provides several ways to find applications. It show

applications and games in categorized listings.

and select My apps to see all your downloads.

Touch

Touch to search in Play Store.

Slide up and down to see all categories.

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Depending on your country and operator.

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Touch a category on Play Store screen to browse its contents. You can
also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you can
select to view items sorted by Top free, Top new free, Trending, etc

Touch Play Store

on the top left of the screen or touch Back key to

return to the previous screen.

7.2 Download and install

To download & install:

• Navigate to the item you want to download, and select to enter the
details screen from which you can read its description, overall rating or
comments, view developer’s information, etc.

• Touch INSTALL to preview the functions and data the application can
access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch ACCEPT.

• The progress of the download will show on the details screen, touch

Stop to stop downloading the item. You can also access this screen
through Notificaiton panel.

• After download and installation have finished, you will see a notification

on the status bar.

icon

Be especially cautious with applications that have access to
many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once
you accept, you are responsible for results of using this item on
your tablet.

To open the application you have downloaded:

• On Play Store screen, touch

• Touch the installed application in the list, then touch Open.

To buy an application

On Play Store, some applications are labeled as free, while some of
them are to be paid for before downloading and installing.

(1)

Google Paid applications may not be available to users in some countries.

and select My apps.

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• Touch the application you want to buy.

• Touch the price on the up-right of the screen to preview the functions

and data the application can access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch Continue to confirm.

• When making your first purchase, you are required to input your credit

card information and to log in to Google payment and billing service.

• If your account has multiple credit card accounts, select one to
proceed.

• Select the Terms of service link and read the document. When finished,
touch Back key.

• Mark the checkbox if you agree with the terms of service.

• Touch Buy now at the bottom of the screen.

When finished, Android downloads the application.

To request a refund

If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a refund
within 15 minutes of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged
and the application will be removed. If you change your mind, you can
install the application again, but you will not be able to request a refund.

• Touch

and select My apps from Google Play Store screen.

• Touch the application that you want to uninstall and refund.

• Touch Refund to uninstall the application and refund. If the button

becomes Uninstall, your trial period has expired.

• In the survey form, select the answer that best matches your reason,
and touch OK.

7.3 Manage your downloads

After you downloaded and installed an application, the following further
operations are available for your selection.

View

On Google Play Store screen, touch

and select My apps.

Uninstall

On Google Play Store screen, touch
application you want to uninstall to enter the details screen, touch

Uninstall, and finally touch OK to confirm.

Refund

On Google Play Store screen, touch
application you want to uninstall for a refund, touch Refund, and finally
touch OK to confirm.

Update notification

On Google Play Store screen, touch
select Settings\Notifications to enable update notification.

Auto update

To auto update all installed applications, touch
from Google Play Store screen. Touch

update apps to enable this function.

To auto update one specific application, mark the checkbox of Allow

automatic updating from the details screen,

Rate and review

Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars
under RATE & REVIEW to award and input comments, touch OK to
confirm.

Flag

You can report an inappropriate application to Google Play Store by
flagging it. Open the details screen for the application, scroll to the
bottom and touch Flag as inappropriate, enter the reason and finally
touch Submit.

and select My apps. Touch the

and select My apps. Touch the

and select My apps. Touch and

and select My apps

and select Settings\Auto-

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8 Multimedia applications

8.1 Camera

Your tablet is fitted with a Camera for taking photos and shooting videos.

Before using the Camera, please be sure to open the protective lens
cover before use to avoid it affecting your picture quality.

Touch to show settings

Touch to switch between
front/rear camera

Pinch two or more
fingers together or
spread them apart

to zoom in/out.

To take a picture

The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or landscape
in the viewfinder, touch
automatically saved.

To shoot a video

First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, and touch

Touch to take a picture or video.

icon to take the picture which will be

Slide to view pictures or
videos you have taken.

Slide to switch between
camera and camcorder.

icon to start recording. Touch
the video.

Further operations when viewing a picture/video you have taken

• Touch the icons below the screen to share and edit the photo or video
you have taken.

• Touch the photo icon to access Gallery.

to pause recording, touch to save

8.1.1 Settings in framing mode

Before taking a photo/shooting a video, touch the icon to adjust a
number of settings in framing mode.

Back camera shooting mode

Touch the icon
display for your choice:

• Normal Touch to turn on the Normal mode.

• Panorama Touch to turn on panorama function. Press the

• Night Touch to turn on night function.

Front camera shooting mode

Switch to front camera, touch the icon
below options will display for your choice:

• Make up Touch to turn on/off make up function.

to access camera settings and below options will

Shutter button or the Volume key to start taking
panoramic photo and move the tablet towards your
capture direction and overlap the two lines. Once the
nine slots below the screen are filled, the tablet will
automatically save the photo.

to access camera settings and

• Expression
(4-shot)

Touch to turn on expression (4-shot) function and
once four photos taken, the tablet will automatically
synthesize and save in one picture.

8.2 Gallery

Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and playback
videos. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures and videos are
available for your choice.

Touch to select

categories: Albums,

Locations, Times.

To view a picture/play a video

Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in Gallery.

• Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread the screen.

• Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it.

• Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos.

Working with pictures

You can work with pictures by editing them, sharing them with friends,
etc.

Touch the album
to spread it apart.

Slide left or right to
view more albums.

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

Touch to share the picture.



 Touch to edit the picture.

 Touch to set the picture as lock screen, home screen or setting them

as contact photo or wallpaper

Batch operation

Gallery provides a multi-select function, so that you can work with
pictures/videos in batches.

Open the main Gallery window or an album, touch
Select album or Select item to activate batch operation mode (you can
also touch and hold one album/picture), then touch albums/pictures

you want to work on. Touch
to share selected ones.

.

icon and select

icon to delete selected ones. Touch

8.3 YouTube

YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download,
share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you
to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from
the Internet.

As an online video service, your tablet must have a network
connection to access YouTube.

All videos in YouTube are grouped into several categories, like Most
Popular, Most Discussed, Featured Videos, etc.

Touch to search for a video.

Touch to play the video and
to show more information.

By touching the Setting from YouTube screen, you can set General
settings and Search settings for YouTube.For details about these features,
please visit the YouTube website: www.YouTube.com.

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8.3.1 Watch videos

Touch a video to play it. When playing, you can view information and
video comments, and also browse links to related videos.You can also
rate, share, label as favorite, create a new playlist, etc from this screen.

To exit video playing screen, touch Back key to return to the video list.

8.4 Video

Video player is a small built-in video player that lists all your videos.

Touch an item from the list to play. While playing, use Pause, Forward
and Back functional icons as required, touch a point on the timeline to

jump to and play from.

9 Maps

9.1 Get My Location

9.1.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location

Drag down quick setting panel and touch to access Settings, touch
Location access.

Touch the switch
Location data source.

9.1.2 Open Google Maps and view My Location

Touch Maps from the Home screen.

icon on the map to view My Location.

Touch

The map will then center on a blue dot with a blue circle around. Your
actual position is within the blue circle.

to turn on GPS satellites to set GPS as My

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To move the map, drag the map with your finger.

To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or you can also
zoom in by double-tapping a location on screen.

To clear the map history, touch
then touch

.

and Settings, select Maps history,

9.2 Search for a location

While viewing a map, touch the search icon to activate search
function.

In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business.

Touch the search icon to search, and in a while your search results will
appear on the map as red dots. You can touch one to show a label.

Touch to show more information.

9.3 Star a location

Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star any
position on the map for later use.

9.3.1 How to star (or unstar) a location

Touch a location on a map

Touch the address rectangle that opens

Touch the blue star to star the location. (Or touch a gold star to unstar
that location.)

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9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking
directions

9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip

Touch icon from Maps screen.

• Touch enter bar or the triangle to edit your start point by one of the

following methods: entering an address, using My Location, selecting
a start point on a map, selecting a starred item, selecting an address
from your contacts or using search history.

• Do likewise for your end point.

• To reverse directions, touch

• A couple of suggested routes will appear in a list. Touch any routes to

view their respective detailed directions.

To get reverse directions for a route you’ve already made, simply open
that route’s directions window and touch
start point and end point again.

9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a route
more preferable or feasible to you

You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and
other views.

• Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your

route.

.

. No need to enter your

When selecting a more preferable or feasible route, distance and time
will be the two most important factors for your evaluation. Distance
and estimated time will be displayed at the top of the directions screen.

9.4.3 Search for locations along your route

Please refer to "9.2 Search for a location" for detailed information.

9.5 Arrangement of Layers

Layers allow you to view locations and additional information overlaid
on the map. You can add multiple layers or remove only certain layers
so you control exactly what information you want visible on the map
at one time.

9.5.1 To view multiple layers

Touch icon from Maps screen. All available layers are listed (like Traffic,
Satellite, etc), select one to view.

9.5.2 To clear the map

After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers/
layers that have been drawn: touch and Settings, select Maps history,
then touch

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10 Others

10.1 Calculator

With Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems.

To access this function, touch

.

Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed, enter the
second number, then touch "=" to display the result. Touch
digits one by one, touch and hold to delete all at one time.

When some numbers or operations have been entered, touch and hold
the entering bar to open a menu offering these further operations:

• Cut To cut selected text

• Copy To copy selected text

(1)

To paste what you have previously copied to the

• Paste

entering bar

10.2 File Manager

To access this function, touch from Home screen and then touch

.

File Manager works with both external SD card and internal storage.

File Manager displays all data stored on both microSD card and internal

storage, including applications, media files; videos, pictures or audios
you have captured; other data transferred via Bluetooth, USB cable, etc.

When you download an application from PC to microSD card, you can

(1)

Option will not appear unless copy or cut operation has been made.

from Home screen and then touch

to delete

(1)

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locate the application on File Manager, then touch it to install it in your
tablet.

File Manager allows you to perform and be really efficient with the
following common operations: create (sub) folder, open folder/file, view,
rename, move, copy, delete, play, share, etc.

10.3 Voice Search

To access this function, touch from Home screen and then touch

.

Voice Search allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/hours.

10.4 Other applications

The previous applications in this section are preinstalled on your tablet.
To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications,
please refer to the leaflet provided with the tablet. You can also
download thousands of 3rd party applications by going to Google Play
Store on your tablet.

(1)

Application availability depends on country and operator.

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11 Settings

Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings.

11.1 Wireless & networks

11.1.1 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using your SIM card
whenever you are in range of a wireless network. The only thing you
have to do is to enter the Wi-Fi screen and configure an access point to
connect your tablet to the wireless network.

For detailed instructions on using Wi-Fi, please refer to "6.1.2 Wi-Fi".

11.1.2 Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows your tablet to exchange data (videos, images, music,
etc.) in a small range with another Bluetooth supported device (tablet,
computer, printer, headset, car kit, etc.).

For more information on Bluetooth, please refer to "6.3 Connecting to

Bluetooth devices".

11.1.3 Data usage

To enable/disable mobile data by touching the switch .

Mark the checkbox of Set mobile data limit, then you can drag the
limit line and the warning line according to your limitation. Your mobile
data connection will be disabled when the specified limit is reached. You
can also choose a data usage cycle to view the statistics and related
applications of used data by your tablet.

Data usage is measured by your tablet, and your carrier may
count differently. Please consider using a conservative limit.

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11.1.4 Airplane mode

Mark the checkbox of Airplane mode in "more..." menu to simultaneously
disable all wireless connections including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more.

11.1.5 VPN settings

A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile
devices with access to network resources and software applications
on their home network, when they connect via other wireless or wired
networks. Mobile VPNs are used in environments where workers need to
keep application sessions open at all times, throughout the working day,
as the user connects via various wireless networks, encounters gaps in
coverage, or suspend-and-resumes their devices to preserve battery life.
A conventional VPN cannot survive such events because the network
tunnel is disrupted, causing applications to disconnect, time out, fail, or
even the computing device itself to crash.

For more information on VPN, please refer to "6.6 Connecting to virtual

private networks".

11.1.6 Tethering & portable hotspot

This function allows you to share your tablet's mobile data connection
via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to "6.5 Sharing

your tablet's mobile data connection").

11.1.7 Mobile networks

• Data connection

Touch to turn on/off data connection.

• Data roaming

Connect to data services when roaming

• Perferred networks

Touch to view/edit preferences.

• Access Point Names

You can select your preferred network with this menu.

11.2 Device

11.2.1 Sound

Use the Sound settings to configure volume and ringtones for different
events and environments.

Volume

Volume settings can make user adjust the volume of ringtone,

notifications, music, video and alarms, etc.

System

• Touch sounds Mark the checkbox to enable sounds to play

when touching the action button.

• Screen lock sound Mark the checkbox to enable sounds to play

when locking and unlocking the screen.

11.2.2 Display

• Wallpaper Touch to set the wallpaper.

• Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen.

• Sleep Touch to set screen timeout.

• Font size Touch to set the fond size.

11.2.3 Storage

Use these settings to monitor the total and available space on your
tablet and on your microSD card; to manage your microSD card.

If a warning message comes up saying that tablet memory is
limited, you are required to free up space by deleting some
unwanted applications, downloaded files, etc.

11.2.4 Battery

In battery management screen you can view the battery usage data
since you last connected the tablet to a power source. The screen also
shows your battery status and how long it has been used since last
charging. Touch one category, then you can learn its specific power
consumption.

11.2.5 Applications

You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications
installed on your tablet, to manage their data and force them to stop, and
to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you
obtain from web sites and emails.

11.3 Personal

11.3.1 Location access

Touch the switch to turn on Location access, then touch
Mode and choose a mode to determin location. Check to use your

tablet’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint
your location within an accuracy as close as several meters ("street
level"). The process of accessing the GPS satellite and setting your
tablet's precise location for the first time will require up to 5 minutes.
You will need to stand in a place with a clear view of the sky and avoid
moving. After this, GPS will only need 20-40 seconds to identify your
precise location.

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11.3.2 Security

Set up screen lock

• None Touch to disable screen unlock security.

• Slide Touch to enable slide unlock mode.

• Face unlock Touch to enable face unlock mode.

• Pattern Touch to draw pattern to unlock screen.

• PIN Touch to enter a numeric PIN to unlock screen.

• Password Touch to enter a password to unlock screen.

Owner info

Touch to input owner information which will display on the lock screen.

Encrypt tablet

You can encrypt your accounts, settings,download apps and their data,
media and other files by touching Encrypt tablet.

Make passwords visible

Mark the checkbox to show passwords as you type.

Device administrators

Touch to view or deactivate device administrators.

Unknown sources

Mark the checkbox to permit installation of applications that you obtain
from web sites, emails, or other locations other than Google Play Store.

To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications only
from trusted sources, such as Google Play Store.

Verify apps

Mark the checkbox to disallow or warn before installing apps which my
cause harm.

Storage type

Touch to choose a storage type.

Trusted credentials

Touch to display trusted CA certificates.

Install from internal storage

Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card or tablet
storage.

Clear credentials

Touch to remove all credentials.

11.3.3 Language & input

Use the Language & input settings to select the language for the text
on your tablet and for configuring the onscreen keyboard. You can also
configure voice input settings and the pointer speed.

Language

Touch to select the language and the region you want.

Spell checker

Mark the checkbox to enable the system to show suggested words.

Personal dictionary

Touch to open a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary. Touch a
word to edit or delete it. Touch the add button (+) to add a word.

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Default

Touch to select a default input method. Touch Default to show all

input methods. Touch the settings icon
method.

Android keyboard

The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen keyboard that is
included with your tablet. The correction and capitalization features
affect only the English version of the keyboard. Available options are
as follows:

• Input languages

Touch to set input language.

• Auto-capitalization

Mark the checkbox to have the onscreen keyboard automatically
capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a
text field, and each word in name fields.

• Sound on keypress

Mark the checkbox to play a brief sound each time you touch a key on
the onscreen keyboard.

• Auto correction

Touch to turn on/off auto correction, or you can also adjust the
sensitivity of correction.

• Show correction suggestions

Touch to show or not the correction suggestions while typing.

• Next word suggestions

Mark the checkbox to popup word suggestions.

• Advanced settings

Touch to view more advanced settings for android keyboard, such as
Suggest Contact name.

to configure a certain input

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Voice search

Touch to view settings about voice search, such as Language, Speech
output, etc.

Text-to-speech output

• Preferred engine

Touch to choose a preferred text-to-speech engine, touch the settings
icon

to show more choices for each engine.

• Speech rate

Touch to open a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the
synthesizer to speak.

• Listen to an example

Touch to play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your
current settings.

11.3.4 Backup and reset

Back up my data

Mark the checkbox to back up your tablet’s settings and other application
data to Google Servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your
tablet, the settings and data you’ve backed up are restored onto the new
tablet for the first time you sign in with your Google Account. If you mark
this option, a wide variety of settings and data are backed up, including
your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve
installed, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen
keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings
application. If you unmark this option, you stop backing up your settings,
and any existing backups are deleted from Google Servers.

Back up account

Touch to back up your account.

Automatic restore

Mark the checkbox to restore your backed up settings or other data when
you reinstall an application.

DRM reset

Touch to select delete all DRM licenses.

Factory data reset

Tablet reset will erase all of your personal data from internal tablet
storage, including information about your Google Account, any other
accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded
applications. Resetting the tablet does not erase any system software
updates you’ve downloaded or any files on your microSD card, such as
music or photos. If you mark the checkbox - Reserve the content of
Tablet storageII before touching Reset tablet, any files stored on your
tablet’s storage will not be erased. If you reset the tablet in this way,
you’re prompted to re-enter the same kind of information as when you
first started Android.

When you are unable to power on your tablet, there is another way to
perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Press the Volume

up key and the power key at same time until the screen lights up.

11.4 Accounts

Use the settings to add, remove, and manage your Email and other
supported accounts. You can also use these settings to control how and
whether all applications send, receive, and synchronize data on their
own schedules, and whether all applications can synchronize user data
automatically.

11.5 System

11.5.1 Date & time

Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date
and time are displayed.

Automatic date & time

Touch to select Use network/GPS provided time or Off.

Mark the checkbox to use network provided time or use GPS provided
time.

Automatic time zone

Mark the checkbox to use network-provided time zone. Or unmark to set
all values manually.

Set date

Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s date.

Set time

Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the tablet’s time.

Select time zone

Touch to open a dialog where you can set the tablet’s time zone.

Use 24-hour format

Mark the checkbox to display the time using 24-hour clock format.

Select date format

Touch to open a dialog where you can select the format for displaying
dates.

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11.5.2 Accessibility

You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins
you have installed on your tablet.

Talkback

Touch to turn on/of to activate/deactivate talkback funtion.

Captions

Touch to set the caption type.

Large text

Mark the checkbox to zoom in text.

Auto-rotate screen

Mark the checkbox to turn on the auto-rotate screen function.

Text-to-speech output

Touch to set the text-to-speech output function.

Magnification gestures

Touch to turn on/off to activate/deactivate zoom in/out function by
triple-tapping the screen.

Speak passwords

Mark the checkbox to speak passwords while typing.

Accessibility shortcut

Touch to turn on/off to enable/disable accessibility features.

Touch & hold delay

Touch to adjust the duration of touch and hold delay. This function
enables your tablet to differ touch and touch & hold, which may avoid
incorrect operations.

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11.5.3 Developer options

To access this function, touch Settings\About tablet, then touch Build
number 7 times. Now Developer options is available.

The Developer options screen contains settings that are useful for
developing Android applications. For full information, including
documentation of the Android applications and development tools, see
the Android developer web site (http://developer.android.com).

Take bug report

Touch to select to collect information about your current device state
and send as an email message.

Desktop backup password

Touch to set/change/remove desktop full backup password.

Stay awake

Mark the checkbox to prevent the screen from dimming and locking
when the tablet is connected to a charger or to a USB device that
provides power. Don’t use this setting with a static image on the tablet
for long periods of time, or the screen may be marked with that image.

Select runtime

Touch to choose a way of selecting runtime.

USB debugging

Mark the checkbox to permit debugging tools on a computer to
communicate with your tablet via a USB connection.

Power menu bug reports

Mark the checkbox to select to include option in power menu for
submitting a bug report.

Allow mock locations

Mark the checkbox to permit a development tool on a computer to
control where the tablet believes it is located, rather than using the
tablet’s own internal tools for this purpose.

Select debug app

Touch to select debug app.

Verify apps over USB

Mark the checkbox to check apps over USB.

Show touches

Mark the checkbox to show visual feedback for touches.

Pointer location

Mark the checkbox to show current touch data.

Show layout bounds

Mark the checkbox to show clip bounds, margins, etc.

Show GPU view updates

Mark the checkbox to show GPU view updates.

Show hardware layers updates

Mark the checkbox to show hardware layers updates.

Debug GPU overdraw

Mark the checkbox to debug GPU overdraw.

Show surface updates

Mark the checkbox to show screen updates.

Window animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale for your window.

Transition animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale while performing transition.

Animator duration scale

Touch to adjust the animation duration scale.

Disable HW overlays

Mark the checkbox to select to always use GPU for screen compositing.

Force GPU rendering

Mark the checkbox to forcely use 2D hardware acceleration in
applications.

Force 4x MSAA

Mark the checkbox to enable 4x MSAA.

Strict mode enabled

Mark the checkbox to enable strict mode. After enabled, the screen will
flash when applications do long operations on the main thread.

Show CPU usage

Mark the checkbox to show current CPU usage.

Profile GPU rendering

Mark the checkbox to use 2D hardware acceleration in applications.

Enable OpenGL traces

Touch to adjust OpenGL traces.

Don't keep activities

Mark the checkbox to destroy all activities as soon as you leave.

Background process limit

Touch to change the limit for background processes.

Show all ANRs

Mark the checkbox to show "Application Not Responding" dialog for
background applications.

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11.5.4 About tablet

This contains information about things ranging from Legal information,
Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build
number to those listed below:

System updates

Touch to check for system updates.

Status

This contains the status of the Battery status, Battery level, My tablet
number, Network, Signal strength, etc.

Legal information

Touch to view legal information.

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