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1. 26 8 USB OTG and HDMI Connections Your mDock has two ports One is the micro USB and the other is a micro HDMI port USB OTG connection For connecting your tablet to a computer see Chapter 4 When your tablet connects to your computer the connection between your tablet and the computer is a traditional USB connection The computer is the host and your tablet is just one of the many periphal devices just like an external storage or a digital camera Things are different here The USB port on your mDock is a USB OTG port that allows your tablet to becomes a host In short you can connect USB periphal devices to your tablet To achieve this you need to get a USB OTG On The GO adapter which is available from the market A USB OTG adapter is basically a female USB port that plugs into the Micro USB port on your mDock and lets you connect devices to it that use standard USB 2 0 or 3 0 connections There is no list whatsoever on what kind of USB accessories are compatible with it Following USB devices are most likely supported but not official e Mouse e Keyboards Some keys may not be supported e USB Hubs e Card readers The SD cards must be FAT16 FAT32 formated To connect the first four devices are straightforward 1 Plug your mDock to your Tablet 2 Plug the USB OTG adapter to the USB port on your mDock 3 Plug the device to the USB OTG adapter 4 Use the device justlike you use it on your computer Connecting2. 5 Let go your finger at where you want the icon to be Creating app folders Your tablet has five home screens It may seems large but still only so much when you put more and more app icons on it and particularily when there are some large widgets taking further more space You need to make room by organizing and managing the app icons on the Home screen Most natual way to manage those icons is done by their categories One way to achieve that is to create an app folder To create a folder just drag one app icon over another by following steps 1 Long touch an icon 2 Drag the icon over another Upon you drag over the target icon a circle with blue rim and black background appears This is when you can release your finger 3 Change the folder name Tap to open the folder Long touch the name Type a new name that you want using the onscreen keyboard Tap somewhere other than the folder area to close it 4 Drag it to the place where you want to put it Now you can drag it just like you do to any icon on the Home screen From there on you can tap to open the folder then tap the app icon that you want to run If you want to add an app icon to an existed folder just drag the icon to the folder NOTE Folders can be managed just the way you do with other icons on the Home screen 16 Placing an widget A widget appears and floats on the Home screen as a small informative or interactive window You can place one or
3. To break the connection just turn off the device off Activating and deactiveating your Bluetooth The most standard way to activate and deactivate your Wi Fi feature is via the Setting app 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Settings app 3 Set the Bluetooth button to ON or Off When set to ON you see a Blutooth icon Bl appears in the status area If your tablet has been already paired with several bluetooth devices and some of them are in the range your tablet is automatically connected to them Note If you have already placed a widge named Power control on one of your Home screen panels you can use it to acitive and deactivate your Bluetooth just in one tap See Section Using a Widget in Chapter 4 25 Pairing with a Bluetooth device To do this you turn on the Bluetooth device you want to connect Some Bluetooth devices come with a button that allows them to be detectable to other bluetooth awared devices If your bluetooth device is one of their kind switch the buton to on Then follow the steps 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Settings app 3 Tap to select Bluetooth 4 Select the device form the available device list 5 If a dialog box appears and prompts you to enter a code enter the code Once the pairing is successful you see the device name move from the available list to the paired device list Now you can start using he device
4. althouge you have plug it into a power source Your tablet just stays in that way until a minimum power charged into the battery To prevent this happen to you you need to know 1 When to charge your tablet and power it off 2 How to save the battery power Time to charge and power off your tablet You can find the battery status icon in the status area The icons used to display battery status are shown below Battery is fully charged Battery is starting to drain Battery is low and you shall charge it soon Battery is about to completely drain and you should stop using your tablet and charge it at once Battery is being charged Furthermore tap the status area once and you see the remaining battery percentage shown side by side with the battery icon When you see the battery remaining power becomes less than 15 you start looking for a powwer source to charge it When the remaing power becomes less than 5 it is recommanded you to plug it into a power source immediately If there is no power source nearby just power it off and plug it to a power source next time you power it on Note The best power source is a wall socket The second bast is a full charged external battery source which is an optional product available in the market The least recommended one is to plug your tablet into a USB port on a computer This is because even the computers supports this feature it takes long time to fully charge your tablet not to men
5. language Tap the Home icon in the lower left corner of your screen and you are back to your home screen Connecting to a Wi Fi network First see the status bar which is an area shown in the lower right corner of the screen If you see no Wi Fi icon or if there is a Wi Fi icon with a network name and you want to change to another network then follow these steps If If you see no W1 Fi icon 1 Tap the status bar and the status panel will be open 2 In the panel tap the No Internet Connection and the setting page will be open in full screen 3 If the wi fi function is set to OFF slide the switch to set it ON 4 Your tablet will scan and list all the available network connections on the right panel as shown 5 Tap the network that you are supposed to use and follow any instruction shown to establish the connection If you see a Wi Fi icon and want to change to another network 1 Tap the network name shown in the status bar and the setting page will be open 2 You will see the available network connections listed on the right panel 3 Scroll through the list and tap the name you desire and follow any instruction shown to establish the connection For details check Chapter XX Sign in to or create an account The next step is to configure your account The account is referred to a email account After the establishment of the account your tablet will keep synchronizing information with your emails c
6. s It has no such parts that require you to disassemble it Actually it s hardware appearance is so simply that almost looks like a monitor without a stand or base However it is not compeletly carefree and maintenace free You still need to how to things 1 How to clean your tablet 2 How to backup and update 3 How to maintence the battery How to clean your tablet and keep it that way While you holding it in your hand you tap drag scroll pinch to do thing with your tablet by constantly placing your finger on it Your fingerprints are all over its cover and the touchacreen No to mention the dirt and crud that might gradually buildup on your tablet To clean your tablet 1 Power off your tablet 2 Unplug the mDock and earphone if they are plugged in 3 Clean the surface of your tablet with a dry clean and soft cloth Do not apply any liquid to clean the touchscreen especially those cleaners containing ammonia or alcohol These substances damage the touchscreen making it becomes dull to your gestures and more difficult to see You should consider buying and adding a screen protector on your touch screen A screen protector is a optional product specially designed to prevent the screen from getting scratched or dirty 4 Place your tablet in a protect bag if you don t immediately use it Your tablet deserves a protect bag The bag can minimize the shock and screcth that your tablet receives on the road but also a
7. s screen rotating feature It is sometime convient to set the feature off when you want to read a document view a webpage or play a video clip without interrupting by any accident screen rotation 4 Brightness 14 This feature allows you to manually set the brightness of your tablet s screen using the slider Move the slider to the left to make the screen dim move the slider to the right to brighten the screen You can also leave the adjustment to your tablet Tap the auto mark sit on the right isde of the slider Whenn the icon turns blue the automatic brightness feature is active In this mode your tablet automatically adjusts its brightness based on the ambient light of surrounding If you don t likes this option a second tap on it removes the blue mark and the brightness is set by manual 5 Notifications This is to enable or disable the notification feature that alerts you the arrival of a new e mail message in your tablet by a notification icon 6 Settings A tap on this runs the Sttings app See Chapter XX for detail Personalizing your Home screen When you power on your tablet or wake it from sleep the first screen you see after you unlock itis a place we call Home Screen Since it is your tablet you may want to personalize your Home screen by adding or removing app shortcuts or widgets and by changing the wallpaper Changing new wallpaper Just as a window system desktop has wallpapers your Home screen
8. and removing a external SD card First follow the steps to connect your card reader 1 Plug your mDock to your tablet 2 Plug a USB OTG Adapter optional to the micro USB port on the mDock 3 Plug the card reader to the other end of the USB OTG adapter When you insert a empty card reader your tablet issues an error message saying Damaged SD card and prompts you to reformat the SD card that does not exist If this happen just ignore the message cancel the reformat operation and you are ready to insert the SD card 27 Note You can also insert a SD card in to your card reader before you plug the card reader to your tablet In this case your tablet directly mount your SD card To mount your SD card follow the steps here 1 Insert your SD card in to the card reader For how to connect your card reader to your tablet see the beginning of this section Tap the All Apps button in the upper left corner of the Home screen Tap to run the Setting app Select Storage Sroll down to find the USB STORAGE in the Storage screen Tap Mount SD card Upon successful you see the information regarding the space of your SD card appears N nA BW DN 7 Run the proper app to view the content stored in the SD card If you want to view the image files run the Gallery app If you want to play the music files run the Music app If you want to explore the files run the ES File Explore In this case the SD card
9. connector to the micro USB port on your mDock and plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your Mac Upon the connection established a Find window appears and shows all folders and files available from your tablet Note If the connection fails read previous section to check your USB connection configuration is set to MTP and try again Copying files from or to your computer You can copy your pictures videos audio files documents contact list files to and from your computer After you connect your tabletto your computer For Windows users 1 If the AutoPlay dialog box appears select the option Open Device to View Files or open the Computer or My Computer winow and then click your tablet s icon 2 Locate the files you want to copy from or to your computer 3 Drag the file icons to or from your computer 4 Close your tablet s folder and disconnect the USB cable For Mac users Once successfully connect to your machine a Find window directly appears and shows all folders and files available in your tablet You can copy file just the way as you copy files between folders or drivers When it comes to disconnect just unplug the cable will do More about files transferrring Your tablet handle files by putting them into their respectively specified folders by the type of the files So when it comes to copy files from or to your comuter you need to know which folder is the one you shall looking
10. damaged ones try the convert them to a more widely supported format such as JPEG I can not play my video files 1 If the files are the videos taken using your tablet restart your tablet 2 If the files are from other sources check if they are damaged 3 If not damaged ones try the convert them to a more widely supported format such as MP4 I forgot my unlock pattern or If you have an active Google account on password your tablet it show sa screen for you to confirm your Google accout after you fails to enter the correct pattern or password several times Follw the instruction to rest the pattern or password If not the case above you can clean boot the tablet which can restore your tablet to default setting See next section for details The tablet heats up when It is normal for the device to heat up charging or operating foralong when charging When charging 1s period complete it will return to its normal temperature It is also normal for the tablet to heat up during long periods of use such as watching a video or playing a game I can not play my audio or 1 If the files are recorded using your music files tablet restart your tablet 2 If the files are from other sources check if they are damaged 3 If not damaged ones try the convert them to a more widely supported format such as MP3 Restoring your tablet When all else fails you can reset all tablet software returning it to the fa
11. good way to keep it from dirt and moisture Updating your tablet Your tablet runs an operating system called Android and is capable of running all kinds of Android apps Sometimes an upate becomes available for not only the operating system but one of those apps installed on your tablet If your tablet inform you such availability you can choose to accept it or refuse it 31 How to Backup your tablet If you have a Google account and doing things with your tablet by using Google s cloud services your information is considered being backed up automatically Specifically the information of your address book the People app Gmail inbox and Calendar app are safe because the information automatically syncs with the Google cloud service The rest of the information needs your manual backup You copy files from the tablet s internal folders to your computer See Chapter XX for information on how to copy files and folders from your tablet to your computer When you do the manual backup not only the data stored in the DCIM Download Music Video folders do not forget to backup the data from the additional folders named after apps you have downloaded Battery Your tablet is opewered by the battery most of the time When the battery runs out of its power and you fail to timely power it off or charge it your tablet shuts itself down In the worst case it only flashes a large battery icon on the dark backgroun next time your turn it on
12. is mounted as a folder named as usbcard or some similar one To remove the SD card status follow the steps here 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Setting app 3 Select Storage 4 Sroll down to find the USB STORAGE in the Storage screen 5 Tap Unmount SD card You see dialog box prompting your confirmation Tap OK in the dialog box 7 Remove the SD card ON HDMI connection Connect a micro HDMI Type D cable to mDock then plug the other end of the HDMI cable into a HDMI port on your TV or monitor 28 9 Download and Share Downloading an app from non Google site Before you start downloading from a non Google site make sure the site from which you are visiting is a trustable source and also follow the steps below to check your configuration 1 Open Settings and tap to select the Security 2 In the Security screen find the Unknown sources option 3 If unchecked tap the option to add a check mark in the checkbox and then tap OK on the confirmation dialog box To download and install the app follow the steps here 1 Visit the source site and follow the instruction to start downloading the app Upon the download starting you see a download icon appears and flashes in your status area 2 When the download is complete open your notification and tap the file name in the format of apk The download has completed when you see the download icon stops f
13. Tablet User s Manual Before anything What is a tablet for Just like a smartphone a tablet also offers an easy and morden way for you to enjoy features including communication multimedia and entertainment But more than a smartphone a tablet provides you bigger screen and a larger workspace Thanks to the effecenicy of Android and SO many app supportness you can work many serious operations on this slim machine About this manual When talking about how to fully utilize your tablet there are essencially two big How tos that you need to know here They are 1 How to connect to a network and a device 2 How to run and download apps An app is an application or program running on your tablet Of course in this manual we will first go through the basics of your tablet And then we are going to focus on the two how tos You will learn the way to connect your tablet to your computer wether a desktop or laptop and whether a window machine or a Mac We will also show you how to connect some periphal devices to your tablet by taking a card reader as an example And You will learn to connect your tablet to various Wi Fi networks Now we should start the manual Table of Content 1 Preparations Coe c ccc cec ccc cc cee ce cece ce eee e cerca reese see senses eeseeseeseeseeseeseeeees 1 Unboxing your tablet sssssssssssssssreseereseererererrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssseesererererenreeeeenss 1 Charging the battery sss
14. ch the icon When you keep touching the icon ling enough a big frame with X Remove appears 4 Drag the icon to direction you want or if you want to remove it toward the X Remove 5 Release your finger at where you want the icon to be or if you wamt to remove it when the X Remove turns to red Note Dragging a Home screen icon or widget to the Remove icon removes the icon or widget from the Home screen However it doesn t uninstall the app or widget You still can find the app pr widget on the All Apps screen and you can always add the icon or widget to the Home screen again 17 Note for uninstalling an app or widget see Chapter XX 5 Share files with your computer We shows you here how to connect your tablet to your computer PC or Mac The most reliable and direct way to do this is through a USB connection and the steps can be outlined as below 1 Check and Configure your USB connection 2 Connect the USB cable 3 Copy files from or to your computer Configuring your USB connection When your tablet is connected to your computer it presents itself as a media player MTP or as a digital camera PTP It is up to you to decide whether it use a MTP connection or a PTP connection 1 Open the Setting app In case you cannot find it go back to the Home screen tap on the icon found in the upper left corner to open the All Apps screen 2 Scroll to find Storge in the left column 3 With Storge is sel
15. ck button as the way shown in Figure To drag the button touch it with your finger Keep your finger on the touchscreen and drag down left or right as illustrated in Figure 1 1 The unlocking ring doesn t appear until you move the Unlock button Lift your finger when the Unlock button changes as shown in the figure After unlock the tablet screen will clear and show its home screen Selecting your language This is optional and if you prefer the current language used and shown in your tablet just skip this section If you need to change the language follow the following steps 1 Tap on the status area which is an area shown in the lower right corner of the screen A panel will be shown 9 40 Test123 Airplane mode Wi Fi gt Auto rotate screen F Notifications t Settings 3 Tap the option Setting and the setting screen shows up Language Sal checker Personal dictionary Deini Andad boy Goad ALF TEU She A 4 Scroll through the left part to find the Language amp input option under the PERSONAL 5 Tap on the Language amp input and you see the available options shown on the right lt lt Language list screenshoot gt gt 6 Tap on the Language and an language list expends itself to you 7 Scroll through the list to find the one you desire for and tap it And that is it You will immediately see the interface has changed into the one using your
16. ctory state it was in There are two ways to restore your table to default settings One is done by the Setting app the other is by the hardware buttons 35 Using the Settings app Before you start this operation consider finding a technical support from your resellers or sup pliers 1 Start the Settings app 2 Choose Backup amp Reset 3 Choose Factory Data Reset 4 Touch the Reset Tablet button 5 You may need to enter your unlock pattern or password to confirm your operation 6 All the information you ve set or stored is deleted and removed It includes apps you ve downloaded music synchronized accounts everything By pressing hardware buttons For some reasons you cannot unlock the screen this could be the last and ultimate solution for you Again before even considering this operation consider finding a technical support from your resellers or suppliers 1 Turn off your tablet 2 Press and hold the two volume buttons and the power button at the same time 3 Release the three buttons when you see the screen shows logos You tablet opens a screen with a list of options REBOOT DROIDBOOT REBOOT RECOVERY POWER OFF 4 Move the highlight to RECOVERY using the volume buttons If you decide to quit here select POWER OFF and press the power button 5 Press the power button to confirm your selection 6 If any popup follow the instruction to confirm again 7 All the
17. d cellular network accessing both go down 33 11 Troubleshooting For about any problem follow these steps 1 Restart your tablet 2 Check your Wi Fi connection 3 Reset your Wi Fi connection 4 Plug your tablet to a wall socket to charge it at least one hour I can t turn the tablet on or off 1 Press and hold the Power button for about 10 seconds the tablet turns either off or on 2 If fails wait about 5 minutes and re peat step 1 again The battery doesn t get 1 Check if the wall socket is providing charged power 2 Check if your mDock is plug you re your tablet firmly 3 When charging your tablet form a USB on a computer make sure the com puter is turned on 2 If it refuses to rotate make sure the Auto rotate screen item is not locked See Section Quick accessing to options in Chapter 4 No sound coming from my If the headset is plugged into the device tablet the speaker is automatically shut off Disconnect the headset Check that the device volume setting 1s not muted Check that the volume control is not at its lowest setting I can not view my picture files 1 If the files are the photos taken using your tablet restart your tablet 34 Thescreen doesn trote 1 Not every app supports this feature Go back to the Home screen to check 1f the tablet responds and rotates the screen 2 If the files are from other sources check if they are damaged 3 If not
18. d then are brought together This is used to zoom out an image or see more of a map Spread A spread works just the opposite way of a pinch does You start out with your fingers together and then spread them The spread is used tozoom in to enlarge an image or see more detail on a map Rotate A few apps let you rotate an image on the screen by touching with two fingers and twisting them around a center point Think of turning a combination lock on a safe and you get the rotate operation Typing When you tap on a input area or a text field a software keyboard will rise from the button of the screen If your language setting is set to English the keyboard shall look like as below lt lt Figure of the keyboard gt gt If you want to hide the keyboard just tap the V in the button left of the keyboard Editing text You can select and edit text in certain applications such as text you have entered in a text fields Selected text can be cut or copied and later pasted within the same application or to a differentor across apps Note Certain applications may not support text selection or only support it in certain areas Others applications offer specialized commands to select text that are only available in that application Inserting text 1 Tap the text you want to select If you can select this text a cursor 1s inserted below the text Note The cursor indicates where text you type or paste will be inserted 10 2 If the c
19. ected and highlighted tap on the icon in the upper left corner of the screen 4 Select USB Computer Connection You see two options One is Media device MTP and the other is Camera PTP Mac users need to select MTP here As for PC users the MTP option is also recommended becasude of its flexibility in usage 5 Tap to add a check mark to the end of your desire option Tapping one of the option will cancel the check mark of the other option automatically There is always one and only one option allows to be selected Again Mac users shall select MTP connection here 6 Tap the Home navigation button to go back to the Home screen Connecting to your computer using a USB cable First of all connect your mDock to your tablet and prepare a USB cable The USB cable has to be a Micro USB to USB type one not Mini USB to USB If your PC is a Windows machine plug the micro USB connector to the micro USB port on your mDock and plug the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your PC Upon the connection established an AutoPlay dialog box shows up in most of the case Depending on 18 how your USB connection is configured in your tablet your windows system may treat your tablet differently as a media player or as a digital camera If you are a Mac user you need to download a software name Android File Transfer from www android com and install it on your mac machine Then plug the micro USB
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21. einstalled and added on your Home screen It consists of seceral options and allows you to turn on and off several popular features as shown below Wi Fi Location Services Brightness Reviewing recent apps Press the lt lt gt gt in the Navigation bar the ablet list the apps you most recently used similar to the list shown below It is useful for you to go back to your frequently used app with just a tap on it What can you do from the Status area At the first look the status are can be like this lt lt Figure of the status bar gt gt It shows 1 Your local time 2 The quality icon of your internet connection if such connection is available 3 Battery status icon 4 If some email received a mail icon appears However as you have learned through the process of setting up your tablet it can do more than just that With the Staus area you can do two more things 13 1 Viewing detail of the information and notifications 2 Quick accessing to options Viewing detail information A first tap on the status area brings up a panel similar to the one shown below Local time and date It displays in your specified language In this case it is in English Internet connection If there is no connection available or you have turned off the featture it shows No Internet connection If an Internet connection is established it shows the network name with the quality of the connection Battery status wi
22. for Most frequently used files are as follow Download Stores the files you have downloaded DCIM Camera Stores the photos and video you have taken Music Stores the music files organized by artist and then by album name Note Your tablet may not be able to play the music files copied from your computer because of the files format You shall check the format before your copy music files to your tablet Copy MP3 audio files only if you want to make sure that you can hear them using your tablet 19 6 Security Before you take your tablet on the road or use it in the public you shall prepare for the scenario in which you might lost your tablet Your tablet comes with a standard sliding lock that you are now familiar with and the sliding lock can be unlock by anyone who has any basic knowledge of a tablet You need to enhance your tablet s security First open the setup screen for security 1 At the Home screen touch the All Apps button 2 Tap and run the Settings app 3 Scroll and select Security 4 Tap and choose Screen Lock A tab called Choose screen Lock appears and you see several options as shown below lt lt screenshot gt gt These option and their functions are None The screen doesn t lock No lock screen shows up and block between the user and the Home screen Slide This activates the standard and default sliding lock screen Pattern This activates a pattern tracing screen You are required to t
23. information you ve set or stored is deleted and removed It includes apps you ve downloaded music synchronized accounts everything To setup your tablet again see Chapter 2 for details 36
24. is set to None 7 Tap the None and in the menu that opens tap Manual 8 Enter the proxy settings required for your network Proxy hostname The hostname of the proxy server Proxy port The port on which the proxy server listens Bypass proxy for Any domains you want to connect to directly bypassing the proxy server You may need to refer to your network administrator for details about these settings 24 9 Tap Connect After these steps the proxy settings apply to the Wi Fi network you modified To change the proxy settings for other Wi Fi networks modify them individually accordingly Connecting to a Bluetooth device While the Wi Fi is more about the wirless networking the Bluetooth is more about connecting to a periphal device Such device could be a keyboard a mouse a printer a headphone a set of speaker and so on In short the Bluetooth feature make your tablet becomes aware of a blue tooth peripheral device To achieve this follow the steps 1 Turn on the Bluetooth function on your tablet and the device 2 Make your tablet and the device detectable to each other 3 On your tablet select the device form the detacted device list 4 If prompt enter a code or press a button 5 Start using the device The process above mentioned is known as Pairing Your tablet and the device become paired and they automatically become connected next time you turn on the bluetooth device
25. joy your video or photo in a big screen Front camera The front camera is centered above the touchscreen It is often used for taking self portraits as well as for video conferencing Home Screen After you unlock your table the first screen you see is the one conventionally called the Home screen The Home screen could be look like this gt Sn Back One of the A navigation button Tap on it when you want to go back to the previous screen Home One of the A navigation button Tap on it when you want to go back to the Home screen Recent One of the A navigation button Tap on it when you want to display recent opened apps Displays your tablet s status and notification All Apps button Tap on it when you want to view all apps installed in your tablet 2 Setting up Your Tablet In this chapter we are going to show you how to setup your information required for using your tablet After the settup for example you can cooridinate your Google account withe your tablet mobile accessing your Gmail Youtube and Google s app market Further you may need to set features like language Wi Fi connection and so on Power on and Unlock To turn on your tablet press and hold the power button for a while around two seconds When the logo appears on the screen you can release the button and the tablet is starting itself normally lt lt Figure of the power button pressing gt gt To unlock your tablet drag the Unlo
26. lashing 3 Tap Install on the popup 4 If you want to use the app immediately just tap Open button otherwise tap Done Using downloaded apps Once you ve downloaded and installed an app you can find it in the All APPsscreen Some app may actually a widget itself or come with a widgets In this case you can find it in the All Widgets screen For how to run the app or move its icon to your Home screen see Section Personalizing your Home screen in Chapter 4 29 Uninstalling downloaded apps To ininstall your downloaded and installed app follow these steps 1 Open the All APPS screen 2 Long touch the app s icon When you keep touching the icon long enough you see the background turns to the Home screen with a a big frame On top of the frame you see the trashcan icon Uninstall appears Do not let go your finger 3 Drag the icon toward the Uninstall 4 Release your finger when the Uninstall turns to red Your app is unstalled Alternatively you can go to Settings from the application menu and select Applications gt Manage applications Tap the application you wish to uninstall tap Uninstall and confirm the uninstall From the Gallery you can share the file directly using various services Tap Menu and then Share Note Share options vary depending on the file type Sharing multimedia files 30 10 Maintenance Your tablet s Maintenance is a lot easier than a computer
27. more widgets in the same way you put a app icon on the Home screen 1 Scroll to the home panel that you want to add the widget 2 Tap the All Apps button in the upper left corner of the Home screen 3 Tap the Widgets tab 4 Find the widget that you want to add 5 Long touch the widget When you touch the widget long enough you see the background change from the All Apps screen into the Home screen Still don t let go your finger 6 Dreg it to the place that you want the widget to be rest 7 Let go your finger Note The home panel selected here must have enough room for the widget or your tablet doesn t alow it to be added to the home panel In this case you may need to select another home panel or remove icons or widgets to make room Resizing an widget This is a feature varied among widgets Some widgets can change thier size some refuses For those widgets that can change their size the way how they chang can be vary To find out whether this feature available long touch the widget If available you see a frame appears around the widget as shown below By dregging the four dots on the frame you can resize the widget When you are done with resizing the widget tap anywhere on the Home screen Moving and removing icons folders and widgets To move or remove any of these from your Home screen follow following steps 1 Go back to your Home screen 2 Find the icon that you want to move or remove 3 Long tou
28. ns applications or files shown in the list Note In order to search or browse the Internet you must be connected toa wireless network Starting an app It is easy and simple to run an app on your tablet Tap its icon and the app runs So the real question here is where to find the app An app icon can be found in two places your Home screen and the All App screen Not all apps apear in the Home screen but all of them appear in the All App screen If you can not find the app icon you want in the Home screen you need to open the All App screen to find it To open the All App screen tap the icon in the upper right coner And you see the screen similar to the one shown below Apps are displayed in alphabetical order If the installed apps become so many that they can not be shown in one screen your tablet prepares a second screen to display them Just tap on the right or left side of the screen to switch between them 12 When you quit an app or an app closes you are returned to the Home screen 6699 NOTE For how to add an app icon to the Home screen see Section Using a widget A widge is a already runing program showing on your Home screen It can be a small program and can be also a shortcut to a larger application To use a widget tap it What happens next depends on the widget and what it does For example the Clock widget lets you set alarms The most useful widget is the Power Control widget and it shall be pr
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30. ontact list calendar and others If you do not yet have Internet access or do not want to use this feature then skip this To establish an account or even several account follow the steps as below 1 Tap the status bar to open the status panel 2 Tap the Setting icon and the status panel will expand itself 3 Tap the Setting option in the button of the panel and the setting page opens 4 Scroll through the left panel and find the ACCOUNTS 5 Tap Add account and then tap on the Corporate or Email in the right panel 6 Follwo the instructions shown to setup your account For details see Chapter XX These directions may change subtlyending on updates and upgrades to your system or software If you skip an option you can always review and change your choices using the Settings app To find the Setting app other than by tapping the status bar you can also tap the icon in the upper left corner of your home screen and do the setup you want as described throughout this manual 3 Basic Operations When talking about using a tablet you need to be familiar with how to use the controls and of course the touchscreen First we will talk about some buton operation and then how to use your touchscreen Button operations Locking your tablet If you decide to leave your tablet a while and soon be back to operation rather than powering it off you can lock it to sleep by a brief press on the power button Thi
31. our password 1 Run the Setting app and open the Choose Screen Lock tab For details on how to reach this tab see the beginning of this Chapter 2 Tap to select Password from the list 3 Use the onscreen keyboard to enter your password The password shall consist 4 to 16 characters 4 Tap the Continue button 5 Type again the password that you just entered 6 Tap OK The next time you power on or wake your tablet you need to type that password to unlock your tablet To disable the PIN select either None or Slide in the Choose screen lock tap as described in the first two sections of this Chapter 22 7 Wireless Connection What makes a tablet such a popular technology is its capability to go wireless There are two way to go wireless Wi Fi and Bluetooth and your tablet is good at them both Going Wi Fi The Wi Fi is the major technology to support a portable light and sometimes free wireless life As long as the battery keeps you away from a power socket the Wi Fi networking feature keeps you connected to the Internet Activating and deactivating your Wi Fi The most standard way to activate and deactivate your W1 Fi feature is via the Setting app 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Settings app 3 Set the Wi Fi button to ON or Off When set to ON if your tablet has already been configured to connect to an wireless network it connects automatically Othe
32. race the pattern in a specific order to unlock your tablet PIN You are required to type a personal identification number PIN to unlock your tablet Password You are required to type a password to unlock your tablet Free from the screen lock For some reasons you feel it is convinent to work with your tablet without any screen lock you can select None in this Choose screen lock tab With this option activated you directly go to your Home screen every time you power on or wake up your tablet To restore the lock screen revisit the Choose screen lock tab and choose Slide Locking with a pattern In the tablet community this could be the most recommended way to lock your tablet After you finish the pattern setting you must trace exactly the same way to unlock your tablet Follow the steps to set your pattern 20 1 Tap on the option Pattern A pattern introduction screen appears as shown below lt lt screenshot gt gt 2 Tap the Next button A pattern tracing screen appears as shown below 3 Draw an unlock pattern Trace the over the dots in any order The linitation here is that you can trace a same dot only once and have to trace at least four dots on the grids Upon success a message saying Pattern recorded appears If you don t satisfy with the pattern you just drew click the Retry button and draw a new one 4 Tap the Continue button 5 Retrace the patte
33. rn You have to redraw the pattern you just did to confirm that the pattern is exactly the one you want 6 Tap the Confirm button The pattern lock is all set If you want to cancel this pattern lock feature select either None or Slide in the Choose screen lock tap as described in the beginning of this Chapter Setting a PIN A PIN is a personal identification number If you activate the PIN locking feature you have to enter a numerical code between 4 and 16 digits that can contain only the numbers O through 9 To set a PIN lock follow the seteps described below to set your PIN 1 Run the Setting app and open the Choose Screen Lock tab For details on how to reach this tab see the beginning of this Chapter 2 Tap to select PIN from the list 3 Use the onscreen ten keys to enter your PIN 4 Tap the Continue button 5 Type again the PIN that you just entered 6 Tap OK The next time you power on or wake your tablet you need to type that PIN to unlock your tablet To disable the PIN select either None or Slide in the Choose screen lock tap as described in the first two sections of this Chapter 21 Protecting with a password There are several security measures as mentioned above a full password contaiing numbers symbols and uppercase and lowercase letters is still being considered the most secure way to protect your tablet Follow the seteps described below to set y
34. rowser in your tablet to visit a login site in order to get access to the network 7 Touch the Connect button If your tablet connects to the network successfully you see the W1 Fi icon appers in the status bar Your tablet automatically stores the information you set here and will try to connect to the network whenever such network becomes available Wi Fi Network with no name or using Proxy Some wireless networks hide their network name for better network security If you are going to connect to a such network tap the icon in the upper left corner in the screen which shows a screen looks like this lt lt screen shot gt gt Here you enter the required information which is supposedly available from who runs and manages the network Some networks require you to connect to internal or external network resources via a proxy server By default the Wi Fi networks you add are not configured to connect via a proxy but you can change that for each Wi Fi network afterward 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Settings app 3 Tap to select Wi Fi 4 Tap a network in the list of Wi Fi networks you ve added 5 A dialog appears and there is a check option called Show advance options If you see no such option the network requests no proxy settings 6 Tap to add a check mark on the option Two more options shows one of which is Proxy Settings By default this proxy option
35. rwise you have to choose and do some little work to connect to an available network For the later case we show you how to do this in next section Note If you have already placed a widge named Power control on one of your Home screen panels you can use it to acitive and deactivate your Wi Fi just in one tap See Section Using a Widget in Chapter 4 Note You may think of turning the Wi Fi off to save buttery life but it may not be always true See Section Battery in Chapter XX for details Connecting to a Wi Fi network When you want to connect to a Wi Fi network or need to connect to an another W1 Fi network follow these steps 1 Tap the All Apps button on the Home screen 2 Tap to run the Settings app 3 Tap to select Wi Fi 4 If you are connecting to a WPS wireless router tap the icon on the upper left corner of the screen If you are not going to use a WPS wireless router skip to next step 23 Upon you tap on the icon you see a prompt message and a progress bar as shown below Before the progress bar run out of itself press the WPS button or the QSS AOSS button on the router After a while a WPA2 level connection establishs for your tablet and you finish this section 5 Tap to select a W1 Fi network from the list 6 If your tablet request a network password follow the instruction and enter the password Not every Wi Fi network requires password In some cases you may need to use an b
36. s background is ready for you to select your favorite Furthermore there are two types of backgrounds tradition and live A traditional wallpaper can be any image or a photo stored in the Gallery app A live wallpaper is animated looks like a screensaver and still accepts your operation that you want to do with your tablet To set a new wallpaper follow these steps 1 Long touch any empty part of your Home screen A empty part is an area that doesn t have any icons or widgets Upo success a prompt panel Choose wallpaper from appears 2 Select the source of your wallpaper In the panel four options are available They are Gallery Choose a still image or photo Live Wallpapers Choose an animated wallpaper SocialGallery Wallpapers Choose a wallpaper Tap the icon of the source you want 3 Select the wallpaper that you want 15 4 Tap OK or Set Wallpaper to confirm your selection The wallpaper becomes your Home screen background Adding or removing app icons It is simple and easy to add app to your Home screen Here is the way to do it 1 Scroll to the Home screen panel that you want to ut the app shortcut 2 Tap the All Apps button 3 Long touch the app icon that you want to add to the Home screen When you touch the icon long enough you see the background change from the All Apps screen into the Home screen Still don t let go your finger 4 Drag the icon to the place that you want to put it
37. s will block out any operation on your tablet until you press the power button again This is also considered as the best paractice to save power Waking your tablet Your tablet may also lock itself automatically if it is not being used for a specific waiting time Such waiting time can be specificed in the Setting page For details see Chapter XX To wake your tablet press the power button Note If you forget an unlock pattern or PIN please refer to Unlock pattern on page XX Turning off your tablet To turn off your tablet do these steps 1 Press and hold the Power Lock button You see the Device Options menu shown in Figure XX Power off Airplane mode Airplane mode is OFF Silent mode Sound is ON Figure XX The Options menu If you don t want to turn off just tap anywhere other than the menu to dismiss the Device Options menu 2 Tap the Power Off item 3 Tap OK Your tablet turns itself off Controlling the volume Pressing the top one of the Volume buttons makes the volume louder pressing the lower one makes the volume softer As you press the button a graphic appears on the touchscreen to show the relative volume level as shown in Figure XX Media volume Notifications volume Further more tap the Settings button shown in Figure 2 2 then you can further set the volume for notifications in the expanded onscreen volume control Here you drag the blue dot left or right to set the vol
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39. t teeter eee tenet een eee enn eee n eee ees 36H By pressing hardware buttons r a Se a ae ila a sc a e a a ee a a a ke ue alte ke a 36 1 Preparations Unboxing your tablet Carefully unpack your box and take out the iems listed as below If any of the items is missing or damaged contact your dealer immediately e Tablet e Quick Guide e AC adapter e Warranty card Charging the battery For first time use a full battery charge of your tablet is recommended With the power cable follow these steps to give it a charge 1 Plug your mDock to your tablet The mDock can plugs into the dock port only one way 2 Connect the end 1 of the cable to the power port of your mDock 3 Plug the end 2 into a wall socket Note You can also charge the tablet by connecting it to a computer s USB port In this case you need to power on the the computer to charge the tablet However the battery charges more efficiently if you plug it into a wall rather than a USB port Getting to know your tablet Front view Rear view mDock Power Lock The Power Lock button appears on the upper right side of your tablet You use the Power Lock button to turn your tablet on or off or to lock or unlock the touchscreen as described later in this chapter Volume To control the volume on your tablet use these two buttons found Up Volume on the right side of the tablet Press the top one to increase the Down volume and the bottom one to lower the
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41. th percentage Notifications As shown in Figure XX you see you have two email messages unread To view them just tap the notification area and the email app starts to let you view the emails If there is only one unread email the notification area shows the text content of the email as shown illustrated in Figure XX Because the type of notification can be a email a message and a calendar appointment what happens after tapping it depends on the notification Most often the app that generated the notification appears Here we have taken an email notification as example Quick accessing to options In the detail status panel open by a first tap on the status area as mention in previous section you can see an icon that looks like This is the setting icon A tap on it can further expand the panel which is as shown below This area contains a variety of icons to inform you of your tablet s status Tap the status icons to view more status information and a summary of events 1 Airplane mode When you are boarding an airplane it is restrictly required to set your tablet to this mode if you are not to turn your tablet off When set to this mode all the various wireless features on your tablet are disabled while you are still free to use the tablet in flight 2 Wi Fi A tap on this runs the Settings app with the Wi Fi settings ready for you to view and change 3 Auto rotate screen This is to enable or disable your tablet
42. tion that you have to keep the computer powered on when you are charging your tablet with it 32 How to save the battery power Here are some suggestions that not only saving the power consumption of your tablet but also helping prolong the battery life 1 Turn off Bluetooth When you are not using Bluetooth turn it off 2 Disable GPS The GPS services are useful once in a while when you want to find out where you are or where you are going to but they are also constantly use power from your battery Disable the GPS by choosing the Location access item in the Settings app Remove all the blue check marks under the item named LOCATION SOURCES 3 Lower the volume Consider lowering the volume for the various sounds your tablet makes especially notifications For how to set volume options is covered in Chapter XX 4 Decrease the brightness of the screen For a tablet a touchscreen consumes quite a lot of battery power 5 Set to Airplane mode when you don t need wireless connection If you want to save buttory power by turning off wireless connection instead of just turning off Wi Fi set your tablet to Airplane mode This is more true if the cellular network be it 2G 3G or 4G accessing feature on your tablet is activated If you just turn off W1 Fi your tablet bounces back to cellular data and starts consuming your battery power in a speed more faster than when you are using Wi Fi In the Airplance mode W1 Fi an
43. ume When the volume is set all the way down your tablet becomes mute and goes into a Vibration mode The Volume button works even when the tablet is locked so you don t need to wake the tablet if you are playing music and need to adjust the volume NOTE A third slider is available for alarms though it doesn t show up in the expanded volume control See Chapter XX Touchscreen operations Tap Drag Scroll and other Gestures Most of the operations when using your tablet is done through the touchscreen with your finger tips The most common finger tip operations which we call gestures are as follows Tap Touch the screen once to open items and select options Double tap Tap the screen twice in the same location When viewing a image or a map double tapping can be used to zoom in and also zoom out In this case it is recommended that using the pinch or spread operation instead when you want to zoom Drag Keep your finger touching on the screen and drag across the screen toward the direction you desire Often use this gesture to select text or to moving icons Long touch Long touch an item to see a list of actions available for that item On the pop up menu that appears tap the action you want to perform Scroll To scroll the screen simply sweep your finger on the screen to the direction that you want to scroll which can be left right up down Pinch A pinch involves two fingers which start out separated an
44. usor is not in the desired position simply drag it to the correct position If you previously copied see below text a Paste button appears briefly above the cursor Tap the button to paste the text 3 Modify the text Type paste or delete text 4 Tap Enter on the keyboard or tap the Close Keyboard button Selecting text To select text that you want to cut copy delete or replace 1 Tap and hold the text or word you want to select The selected text is highlighted with a tab at each end of the selection 2 Drag either tab to expand or reduce the amount of selected text or tap Select all 3 To cut or copy the text tap the Cut or Copy button 1 4 Start using your tablet When you are working witha PC almost every actions you want to perform can be done or started from the window desktop and its toolbar This is the same case when you are using a tablet and most of the actions you want to perform are done or started from your Home screen and the status area What can you do from the Home screen The Home screen allows you to 1 Google search for information look for files or apps in your tablet 2 Run an app 3 Use a widget 4 Review recent apps Searching In the Home screen you tap the Google Search icon found in the top left corner of your Home screen Enter the text or app name you want to find If any matched app exists it Tap the arrow or Enter key to search the Internet or tap one of the suggestio
45. volume Touchscreen The front side facing you is the touchscreen display The touchscreen display is a see touch thing You look at it and also touch it with your fingers to control the tablet Speaker Your tablet s speaker appears as two goup of small holes parallelly palced on the bottom right and left edges on the back Microphone Your tablet has two microphones both of which appear as tiny holes in the case One can be found near the front camera and the other can be found near the back camera Headphone At the top right edge and just next to the power button you see a connector hole in which you can plug a standard headphone Bear camera The camera in the top rim of the back case just left of the middle It is mainly for taking HD photos and videos Camera flash The camera flash can be turned on as a light source in the video mode Light sensor Just to the right of the front camera is the tiny light sensor It s used to help adjust the brightness level of the touchscreen mDock port At the buton center of your tablet is the mDock port This is where you plug our mDock mini USB port At the bottom left of your mDock is the mini USB connector That is where you plug a USB cable to attach to a external storage or to a computer for file exchanging mini HDMI port At the bottom right of your mDock is the mini HDMI connector That is where you plug a HDMI cable to attach to a external monitor for for example play and en
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