Vodafone Tab Speed 6 Instruction Manual

User manual

Tab speed

VF-1397

Table of Contents

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

1.1 Keys and connectors .........................................................................1

1.2 Getting started ..................................................................................... 4

1.3 Home screen ........................................................................................7

2 Text input ...........................................................................................17

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard ...........................................................17

2.2 Android Keyboard ............................................................................17

2.3 Text editing .........................................................................................18

3 Contacts ............................................................................................ 19

3.1 Consult your contacts ..................................................................19

3.2 Managing contact groups ............................................................ 20

3.3 Adding a contact .............................................................................. 21

3.4 Editing your contacts .....................................................................22

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing .......................... 22

3.6 Accounts ............................................................................................. 23

4 Messaging & Email ......................................................................... 24

4.1 Messaging .......................................................................................... 24

4.2 Gmail/Email ....................................................................................... 28

4.3 Hangouts ............................................................................................ 34

5 Calendar & time ............................................................................... 36

5.1 Calendar ............................................................................................. 36

5.2 Clock .................................................................................................... 38

6 Getting connected .......................................................................... 40

6.1 Connecting to the Internet ......................................................... 40

6.2 Connecting to Bluetooth devices ............................................43

6.3 Connecting to a computer ..........................................................44

6.4 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection ....................45

6.5 Connecting to virtual private networks .................................. 46

7 Play Store ......................................................................................... 48

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install ..........48

7.2 Download and install ..................................................................... 49

7.3 Manage your downloads .............................................................. 50

8 Multimedia applications ............................................................... 52

8.1 Camera ................................................................................................ 52

8.2 Gallery ................................................................................................. 55

8.3 YouTube .............................................................................................. 57

9 Maps .................................................................................................... 59

9.1 Get My Location ............................................................................... 59

9.2 Search for a location ......................................................................60

9.3 Star a location ................................................................................... 61

9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking directions . 62

9.5 Arrangement of Layers .................................................................. 63

10 Others .................................................................................................. 64

10.1 Calculator ........................................................................................... 64

10.2 File Manager ..................................................................................... 64

10.3 Sound Recorder ...............................................................................65

10.4 Device Manager ................................................................................ 65

10.5 Other applications ........................................................................... 65

11 Settings ..............................................................................................66

11.1 Wireless & networks ....................................................................... 66

11.2 Device ................................................................................................... 68

11.3 Personal ............................................................................................... 70

11.4 System ................................................................................................. 77

1 Your device

1.1 Keys and connectors

Micro SD

SIM

Headset connector

Back key

Micro USB port

Front camera

Touch screen

Recents key

Home key

Power key

Volume

keys

Rear camera

Speaker

Recents 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 dialogue 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 Shutdown, Flight mode, etc.

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

Volume Keys

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

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Setup

Inserting the micro SIM card & the microSD card

1 2

3 4

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.

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

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging status is 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 backgroundrunning applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc. Adapter shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.

1.2.2 Power on your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock your tablet (Slide, PIN, Password, Pattern) 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 .

• Insert SIM card or touch SKIP to get to the next step.

• Select a Wi-Fi network to connect, or touch SKIP to get to

the next step.

• Set Date and Time. Then touch NEXT.

• Add your name to personalise some apps later, then touch

NEXT.

• Set the tablet protection features, or touch SKIP to get to the next step.

• Touch MORE > NEXT to go through Google services

• Touch to turn on/off Help tips, then touch NEXT.

• Touch FINISH.

1.2.3 Power off your tablet

Hold down the Power key until a popup menu appears, then select Shutdown to confirm.

1.3 Home screen

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

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators.

Favourite tray applications

- Touch to launch the application.

- Long press to move applications.

Application tab

Touch to see all applications.

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

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger. When the tablet is in standby mode, double touch the screen

to wake up the tablet. For detailed instructions on this feature, refer to Double tap to wake up in “1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen”.

Long Press

Long press the Home screen to access Widgets, Wallpapers, and Settings screen. Long press an application on the Home screen to remove it. Long press an application on the application launcher to get app information, or uninstall the application.

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.

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 (2G) connected

EDGE (2G) connected

HSPA (3G) connected

Signal strength 4G connected

3G connected Ringer is silenced

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

Battery is full Battery is charging

Headset connected

Flight mode Battery is very low

Alarm is set

No signal

Roaming

No SIM card inserted

Tablet microphone is mute

Battery is partially drained

Battery is low

Notification icons

New text or multimedia message

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

Tablet is connected via USB cable

Screenshot captured

Upcoming event Select input method

Data is synchronising

USB tethering is on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Downloading data

Uploading data

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Notification panel & Quick settings panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar from the top to open the Notification panel to read the

detailed information.

Swipe down twice from the Status bar to open the Quick settings panel, where you can enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons. Touch and drag up to close the panel.

Touch to access Settings, where you can set more items

Touch to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing notifications will remain)

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 the 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.

Search by voice

• Touch from the Search bar to display a dialogue screen.

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

results will display for you to select from.

Search by voice

1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your tablet and privacy, you can lock the tablet screen by choosing Swipe 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 to enter Settings, then touch Security > Screen lock > Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm by drawing the pattern again

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Touch Settings > Security > 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 Swipe as the screen lock, touch and drag the icon to the top to unlock the screen.

Double tap to wake up

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

icon to enter Settings, then touch Display.

•Touch beside Double tap to wake up to enable/disable

the feature. When the feature is enabled, double touching on the turned-off screen will turn it on.

1.3.5 Personalise your Home screen

Add

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

Reposition

Long press 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 Favourite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Long press 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 optimise the organisation of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another.

Wallpaper customising

Long press the blank area in Home screen, then touch WALLPAPERS to customise wallpaper.

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using Volume keys

Press Volume keys to adjust the volume. To activate the Silent mode, press either Volume key, touch None, and select the indefinitely silent option or the other option for silence of some period; alternatively, long press the Power key and select

Silent mode in the menu.

Using Settings menu

Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Sound & notification, you can set the volume of media, notification, system and etc. as preferred.

2 Text input

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings

Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings icon to enter Settings, select Language & input, touch Android Keyboard, a series of settings are available for your selection.

2.2 Android Keyboard

Long press a letter to display more choices

Touch to activate

“Abc" mode;

touch twice to

activate "ABC"

mode.

Touch to activate the

numeric keyboard.

to input.

Long press to display the settings

Long press to enter symbols.

When Wi-Fi or data

connection is on, touch to

enter voice input.

Touch to select emoticon.

2.3 Text editing

The tablet provides text editing functions which help you select, copy, cut, and paste text within applications, such as Messaging, Calendar, Email, etc.

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Long press or double touch within the text you would like to edit.

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

• Following options will show: SELECT ALL, CUT, COPY, and

PASTE.

You can also insert new text.

• Touch where you want to type, or long press a blank space, the cursor will blink and the slider will show. Drag the slider to move the cursor.

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

3 Contacts

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

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

3.1 Consult your contacts

Touch to search in Contacts.

Touch to open Quick Contact

panel.

Touch to add a new contact.

Touch to display contacts list option menu.

Following actions are enabled:

• Contacts to display

• Import/ export

• Accounts Manage the synchronisation settings for

• Settings Set contacts' display mode.

• Delete Select and delete unwanted contacts.

• Memory

status

Choose contacts to display.

Import or export contacts between tablet and SIM card, or share visible contacts.

different accounts.

View the number of contacts stored on your tablet.

3.2 Managing contact groups

The contact group helps you optimise the organisation of your contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the GROUPS screen.

Touch GROUPS to view local groups. To create a new group, touch , choose Add Group, enter the new name and touch Done to confirm. You can add desired contacts while creating a group.

3.3 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.

Set the contact avatar.

Unfold 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 to save.

To exit without saving, you can touch to choose Discard

changes.

Add to/remove from Favourites

To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to Favourites (the star will turn white in colour).

To remove a contact from Favourites, touch the full star on contact details screen.

3.4 Editing your contacts

To edit contact information, touch to choose the contact, then touch on top of the screen, when finished, touch .

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing

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

From Contacts screen, touch to open options menu, touch Import/export, then select to import/export contacts from/to SIM card and Tablet storage.

To import contacts from SIM card, touch > Import/export > Import from SIM card, select Tablet, select the desired

contacts or touch > All to select all, and touch to confirm.

To export contacts to SIM card, touch > Import/export >

Export to SIM card, select the desired contacts or touch > All to select all, and touch to confirm.

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 > Share on contact details screen, and then select the application to perform this action.

3.6 Accounts

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

To add an account, drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to enter Settings, then touch Accounts > Add account.

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

As with other account setups, 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 and select Remove

account, and confirm.

Turn on/off the Sync

Touch an account to enter the account screen, and turn on/ off the Sync switch. When the Sync is activated, all changes to information on the tablet or online will be automatically synchronised to each other.

Sync manually

You can also synchronise an account manually on Accounts screen, touch an account in the list, then touch and select

Sync now.

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