Quick start guide for Zing +
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1. STANDARD USER MODE Zing activity Your Zing monitors your activity while you wear it and measures this on a scale of 1 15 1 is inactive such as lying down and 15 is highly active fast jogging or cycling Zing A also uses this to calculate the amount of time spent in 3 activity zones low e g resting moderate e g walking and high e g running This can be used to measure how many minutes of activity per day you wish to achieve in each category When connected to the phone the flashing lights on your Zing are a measure of your recent activity in the last 2 hours and the further they move away from the centre light the more active you have been Choosing your activity setting The Zing has two activity settings If you run or do similar exercise levels then start with Increase activity sensitivity to Off Otherwise set it to On This selects an appropriate activity scale for your activity tracking Pairing your Zing In order to allow your Zing to communicate with your iPhone iPod or iPad you must have Bluetooth enabled on your device Make sure your Zing is charged and after creating an account follow these steps to pair 1 Your Zing may already have woken up when you put it on your wrist and will show a rotating dot pattern If so skip to step 3 below 2 If it hasn t woken up perform a roll gesture a Hold your Zing horizontal and steady b Smoothly rotate your wrist and count to one c Rotate back to2. Meaning S O f p Inactive e g lying down g Restful activity e g sitting Activity similar to walking Activity more than walking e g steady jogging L i High activity level e g running Activity summary You can get a summary of your day and week s activity by simply tapping on the circle in the middle of your activity wheel This will show you the following 20h 30m 4h 45m 21h 15m 142h Zing diary In the Zing A app tap Zing diary to view your daily diary This will show you the Zing diary wheel The Zing diary is designed to track the balance of your day based on activity The ideal scenario is to have a strong coloured circles around the wheel this indicates a balanced day If you have periods of inactivity the colour will fade which is a prompt to you to perhaps get up and do some activity Annotating your activity or Zing diary You can annotate your activity and Zing diary to highlight particular events or achievements which you may also share with your friends Press and hold your finger on the wheel position where you want to add the note and wait for the annotation screen to pop up Press Save once done To post it press and hold down your finger on the saved annotation and press the share icon Zing messaging Setting up a group Your Zing and the Zing A app allow you to share information and messages with your friends who have set up a Zing account Before doing this you need to
3. add the people you want in your group To do this you must first find out the Usernames of the people you want to add as friends Zing deliberately doesn t have a search function for users in order to keep the group totally private to you and your friends This means that your group is only made up of people you want to connect with Adding a group member Once you have your friends user names follow these steps 1 Inthe Zing A app select Settings icon at the bottom right of the app screen and then select My Group 2 Toadda person tap on the in the top right corner of the screen 3 Enter their user name making sure you have the right capitalisation and spaces and select Add 4 The user name will then appear If it appears ina strong white colour then it is a valid name If it isn t then the name is invalid and you will need to delete it see below and try again Valid name bold Invalid name grey Deleting a group member To delete a group member 1 Inthe Zing A app select Settings icon at the bottom right of the app screen and then select My Group 2 Drag your finger from right to left over the name and Gesture messages You must be connected to your phone for this to work Setting Up You can send a message to an individual or group directly from your Zing by blowing on it To do this you must first follow these steps 1 Select Settings in the app and Select Gesture Posting Tap in the To box and s
4. marker Zing displays time for 4 seconds to avoid wasting battery You can show the time on your device by raising your arm from vertical and moving Zing into a horizontal and steady position just as you would to look at a normal watch If your wrist is already horizontal rotating your wrist to the side and back to horizontal will do the same The time will only be displayed correctly once it has been connected with the app The time is 5 mins past 6 A flashing light on the minute hand indicates the time between this and the next minute hand position The inner most light indicating one additional minute the next being two and so on Showing time is also the starting point for many other Zing gesture commands Zing won t connect to the app just by getting time to display see Connecting your Zing for more information Checking battery life When the Zing is showing time if the centre coloured light is flashing this indicates a low battery You have a few hours left to charge the unit before it will hibernate Changing settings You change settings using the App IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND Remember for changes to take effect you must have connected the Zing to the app after the changes so the app is able to set up the Zing to the new settings Activity icon meanings The activity icon shown in the centre of the wheel shows the average activity of the whole day so far and the meanings are as follows Icon
5. CB1 1HZ Contact us support mvbii com How to do gestures All gestures start from Time Display yig Roll gesture e Rotate wrist slowly btween 45 and 90 e Rotate back to the horizontal and steady Upside down gesture Rotate upside down and count one Zing will buzz e Rotate back to the horizontal and steady Single shake ny e Shake the Zing once firmly and smoothly in a horizontal direction Zing will buzz When walking or running Shake the Zing firmly and count one Zing will buzz Double shake tp Shake the Zing twice firmly and smoothly in a horizontal direction Zing will buzz When walking or running Shake the Zing firmly twice Zing will buzz tap Delete appear the tap rahe concer Perform a single shake to start each game Moving between games 4 Tap the share icon Perform a roll gesture to move between games 5 Choose either Group or select a person from the list 6 Your activity or diary will then be sent Standard User Mode Activity Recording Roll Display off danrin Time Display power save WF Roll Double Shake Activity Display G Connected ame gt Blow Single Shake Play Send gesture message WF Roll n Game change Searching for phone Double Shake Double Double Shake Shake Adva nced User Mode Additional features from standard mode Music Configured from the Zing A app settings Zing to Zing i Single Shake Single Sha
6. Yang yLIng zap Quick Start Guide System requirements iPhone 4s iOS 8 02 or later iPod Touch 5 iOS 8 02 or later iPad 3 or later Bluetooth Smart Low Energy MvBii Ventures Ltd 2015 Quick Start Manual v6r3 www mvbii com support mvbii com About Zing Zing is a smart activity tracker and app which also allows you to message other Zing friends and control features on your phone like the music player and camera Providing the battery has charge Zing will record your movement data all the time even when the display is off You control Zing using movements like rotations shakes of the wrist and even by blowing on the device See the How to do gestures section at the end of this guide Unpack and charge Zing Having removed all packaging start by following these steps Push the unit out of the holder To charge the Zing plug the USB cable into the unit and connect to a suitable charging unit 3 The Zing will flash green 4 Once the unit is charged the light will go off This should take approximately 2 hours Connecting your Zing To transfer your activity data from your Zing to the app you must first connect your Zing to the app To do this follow these steps 1 Make sure your phone is on and then open the Zing A app If this isn t the case and the phone is on the lock screen it will take longer to connect 2 Display the time on your Zing and then perform a roll gesture a Hold your
7. Zing horizontal and steady b With time displayed smoothly rotate your wrist until you feel a buzz and count to one c Rotate back to the horizontal 3 The display will come to life and a dot will circle around indicating it is searching 4 Once if finds your iPhone iPod or iPad it will then show the connected indication with flashing lights coming out from the middle of your Zing 5 Your app is now updated with your data and you can now review this see below 6 The flashing lights on your Zing are a measure of your recent activity and the further they move away from the middle the more active you have been Switching Zing display off To switch the Zing display off follow these steps 1 Get the time display on and then perform an upside down gesture See How to do gestures below 2 The Zing display will then switch off IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND While your Zing is charged and being worn it is constantly tracking your activity and storing the data on the device even when the display is off Zing user modes Your Zing has two user modes Standard and Advanced By default this is set to Standard Downloading Zing A app To download the app follow these steps 1 Open the Apple App Store on your iPhone iPod or iPad 2 Tap the search icon and type Zing A 3 Scroll down until the following screen appears ee EE F 3 37 92 gt zing a 263 Results Tap Get and then Install Type in your iTune
8. e the changes to the Zing Controlling your music You must be connected to your phone for this to work To start controlling your music you may need to use your music player to select an album or playlist you want to start from From now on you can control your music directly from your Zing Moving into music mode To start controlling your music connect your Zing then 1 Perform a double shake to play or resume playing 2 Your track will start playing 3 Your Zing will show a green colour in the centre and you will see the lights of the Zing flash in time to the music needs to be of suitable volume for this to happen Playing next track 1 To skip to the next track perform a single shake 2 To stop playing music perform a double shake A Only use a USB compliant regulated charger 5V 0 1 or computer port Do not pierce or incinerate Not submersible No user serviceable parts Contains small parts not suitable for children under the age of 6 Use by children over 6 years old should be supervised by an adult Exposure to chemicals and rough surfaces may damage your Zing Avoid getting suntan lotion or insect repellent on your Zing Technical Data Model MVB_A_501 Diamond MVB_A_502 Granite MVB_A_504 ZAP Battery 3 7V 60mAH LiPoly Rechargeable cell Battery life Typically 48 hours will vary with usage Contact information MvBii Ventures Limited 7 Wellington Court Cambridge UK
9. elect who you want your messages to be sent to group or an individual 3 Now tap in the Message box and type in the text you want to send 4 Ifyou want to send a Zinger tap the With Zinger button and scroll down to the Zinger you want and tap on it Sending gesture messages To send a message using your Zing connect your Zing hold the Zing horizontally to show the time and then simply blow on the Zing You will feel a buzz telling you the message has been sent App messages To send messages from your app select Messages in the app and then 1 Tap onthe New Message icon in the top right of the screen 2 Tap inthe To box and select a person s name or Group 3 Now tap in the Message box and type in the text you want to send 4 Ifyou want to send a Zinger tap the With Zinger button and scroll down to the Zinger you want to send and tap on it 5 Tap on Send in the top right corner of the screen and the message will be sent Sharing your activity and diary You can share your activity and Zing diary screens witha single person or a group of your close friends To do this you must first have added an annotation as above Then follow these steps 1 Tap on either Activity or Zing Diary depending on what you want to share 2 Move to the activity wheel or diary page you wish to share 3 Tap onan annotation and you will see the share icon Taking selfies You must be connected to your phone
10. for this to work You can take selfie pictures or videos with your Zing without the need for a selfie stick To take a selfie picture or video 1 Open up your Zing A app and select Zing Diary 2 Tap the picture in the middle of the diary wheel Tap here 3 Select Take Picture and then at the top of the screen choose whether you wish to take a Photo or a Video 4 Move your iPhone iPod or iPad to where you want to take the picture or video from 5 To activate the camera perform a single shake of the Zing you will feel a buzz and the picture will be taken or the video will begin to stop the video before timing out perform another single shake 6 To keep the picture and have this as the picture in the centre of your mood wheel tap the down arrow icon on the bottom right and the photo will be stored on your device To keep the video use the down arrow 7 If you don t want to keep the picture or video tap the undo icon in the bottom left of the screen Zing games You cannot be connected to your iPhone iPod or iPad and play games The following games are available in this order Heads or tails Rock Paper Scissors Dice Spin the bottle Ww ON a To access games 1 Show the time on your Zing 2 Perform a double shake Playing games ADVANCED USER MODE To use the following features you must have selected Advanced User Mode with the app Remember to connect Zing to the app to sav
11. itch on or off Activity and rest goals You can set yourself a daily rest target which equates to sleeping and inactivity e g sitting on the sofa and an activity goal for how many minutes of moderate e g walking and high activity e g running you wish to achieve ina day To do this 1 Inthe Zing A app select the Settings icon at the bottom right of the app screen and choose My Activity Targets 2 Set your target for Daily Rest and Daily Activity Checking activity level Once your Zing and iPhone iPad or iPad have been connected as described above your activity data will have been transferred to the app You can now check your activity levels on the app by tapping the Activity icon Activity screen Your activity level is shown on a 24 hour time wheel with spokes coming out from the centre at 15 minute intervals These spokes tell you how active you have been The further the spoke reaches out to the edge of the wheel the more active you have been Above the wheel is a gauge showing your progress with your Rest target and below it a gauge for your Activity target Activity history Along the very top of the screen is your activity history showing you a view of the last month s activity You can scroll forwards and backwards by swiping left or right on the main screen Showing the time Your Zing can be used like an analogue watch The 12 o clock position is marked on the Zing with a marker 12 o clock
12. ke Send group Display buzz pulses in time to Next Track Blow loud music or Take a selfie When camera is activated within the Zing A app Send Group Connected smiley Upside down An Updside down gesture in any active mode will turn Zing display off power save J Blow e Zing must be either connected to your phone or in Zing to Zing Mode Blow across the top of the Zing Zing will buzz For full user guide please visit mvbii com
13. s store password and tap OK The app will download Tap Open and the following screen will appear a oS A Creating an account To create a login follow these steps Tap New User Tap the MvBii Username box and enter a username of your choice 3 Tap the MvBii Password box and enter a password 4 Tap the Verify Password box and enter your password again to verify 5 Tap Email for password recovery and enter your email address 6 To complete tap Create account 7 A dialog box saying Success New user successfully created will appear Tap OK to continue to the next step Standard user mode In this mode Zing will act as a straightforward activity tracker Using Zing is simpler and you don t need to learn as much to use it The following features are available Time display Activity tracking and display Diary entry on the app Gesture and app messaging Selfie control Games ot ae ee A Advanced user mode In Advanced mode there are the following extra features 1 Music control 2 Zing to Zing communication see full user manual Changing user mode Your Zing will be set to standard mode when you get it You can change it at any time your app is connected to the Zing 1 Inthe Zing A app select the Settings icon at the bottom right of the app screen and choose My Zing 2 Tap the slider alongside Advanced User Mode to switch on 3 You need to move off the My Zing screen for this to take effect
14. the horizontal 3 Your Zing will wake up and start searching for your iPhone iPod or iPad and your Zing will show a dot rotating around the screen 3 This indicates it is searching for your iPhone iPod or iPad 4 Once found the app screen will change to show eeooc EE gt 11 09 Wake up your Zing so it can connect to the app see the quick start guide for more information Zing not named 5 Tap on Connect 6 A message will appear saying Bluetooth pairing request 7 Tap on Pair 8 Your device is now paired and ready to go Zing basics While your Zing is charged and being worn it is constantly tracking your activity and storing the data on the device even when the display is off The data can be transferred at any time to your Zing A app by waking the Zing and connecting to the app Zing will display a single flashing light every 5 seconds whilst it is charged and being worn to show you it s working and active IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND When you set up your Zing using the App you can select a colour for the centre light of the Zing During the day an algorithm looks at activity and changes the intensity of the colour to match See full user manual for set up instructions Changing your activity setting To change your activity setting 1 Inthe Zing A app select the Settings icon at the bottom right of the app screen and choose My Zing 2 Tap the slider alongside Increase Activity Sensitivity to sw
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