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Contents What’s in the Box............................................................................................................................................ 6 Before Getting Started ................................................................................................................................... 6 Charging the Battery ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Welcome to Android ........
Changing your tablet’s Bluetooth name: ..................................................................................................... 24 Pairing your tablet with a Bluetooth device: ................................................................................................ 25 Connect to a Bluetooth device: .................................................................................................................... 25 Connect to a Camera: ...................................................
What’s in the Box Your device box contains the following items: Device with battery Charger USB cable Quick start guide Warranty card/Repair policy Before Getting Started Installing the micro SD Card Using both thumbs, slide the back cover upward 6
Charging the Battery Before charging the battery, make sure that the battery has been properly inserted into your device. Connect your USB cable to the charger, as shown in Plug the charger into a power socket. . Connect the other end of the cable to your device, as shown in . The device begins charging. If your device is charged when it is powered off, then a RED LED (next to the USB port) is lighted on. When the LED color changes to BLUE, it indicates that your device is fully charged.
Powering On Your Device Press . The first time you do this, you will be asked to sign in to your account and set up your device Using the onscreen keyboard Setting up your accounts Other important settings. Note. You need an internet connection to set up accounts.
Welcome to Android The first time you power on your AnyTAB device, you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to start setting up and using your tablet. Touch English if you want to work in a different language. Touch Start to start setting up your tablet. Setting your location preferences Google’s location service uses the Wi-Fi network near you to make your approximate location available to your apps.
Signing into your Google account You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, and other Google Apps; to download apps from Android Market; to back up your settings and other data to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your tablet. If you don’t have a Google Account, you can also create one by touching Create Account.
Home and Android basics Once you’ve finished setting up your tablet, Home opens. It’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics o f your tablet and how to use it—Home and its Home screens, the touch screen, securing your tablet, monitoring and responding to status and notification messages, and so on. Back Opens the previous screen you were working in. If the onscreen keyboard is open, the button changes to a down arrow and touching it closes the keyboard. Home Opens Home.
Using the Touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touch screen. Touch To act on items on the screen, such as app and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger. Touch & hold Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs.
Monitoring your Tablet’s status The right side of the System bar displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications, the current time, and icons indicating the tablet’s status. Notification icons Status icons If you have more notifications than can fit in the System bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all.
Working with Quick settings The Quick Settings m ake it convenient to view or change the most common tablet settings and to open the full Settings app. Open the Status Details. Touch anywhere in the Status Details. The Quick Settings o pen below the Status Details, replacing the list of current notifications. View or change the settings you want. You can close the Quick Settings again by touching anywhere else on the screen.
Securing your tablet Initially, when you turn on or wake the tablet, the lock screen requires you to drag a lock icon to unlock the screen. But you can secure the lock screen by requiring that you draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password, so only you can access your data, buy apps from Market, and so on. You may also be required to secure you lock screen by a policy set by an email account or other account you add to your tablet.
Customizing the Homescreen You can add app icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper. Open the Home screen where you want to add the item. Touch the Customize button at the top-right of the screen. Touch the category of the item you want to add. If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed and you must delete or move an item before you can add another.
Working with Apps Home’s Apps screen has icons for all of the apps on your tablet, including any apps that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an app, the other apps you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening web pages, and so on. You can quickly switch among your apps, to work with several at once.
Working with Widgets Widgets are miniature apps that you can place on your Home screens. Some widgets are standalone applications, some open a related application when you touch them, and others provide a subset o f useful information or controls for their related applications. Stock widgets include a clock, a Gmail widget that displays recent messages, a music player, a picture frame, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments, and so on. You can also download widgets from Android Market.
Searching your tablet and the web You can use Google Search to find information on your tablet and the web. 1. Return Home . 2. Touch the Google Search button at the top left of the screen 3. Start typing what you want to search for. As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your tablet and local searches appear to the right. You can touch a suggestion’s arrow icon to enter it in the Search box.
Using the Android keyboard You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard. Touch a text field to open the keyboard. The onscreen key board opens. Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. As you type, words that the keyboard has suggestions for are underlined. If you set the keyboard to show correction suggestions, they appear in a strip above the keyboard.
Connecting to WiFi Networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi on your tablet, you connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them. Others implement security features, so you must configure your tablet so it can connect to them.
Turn WiFi on and Connect to a Network Open the Settings app. Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. Check Wi-Fi to turn it on. The tablet scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. If the tablet finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it. Touch a network to connect to it. If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect.
Add a WiFi Network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the tablet will remember it, along with any security credentials and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.
Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headsets for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops. There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices.
Pairing your tablet with a Bluetooth device: You must pair your tablet with a device before you can connect to it. Once you pair your tablet with a device, they stay paired unless you unpair them. Open the Settings application. Touch Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. Check Bluetooth to turn it on. Your tablet scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range.
Connect to a Camera: If you have a camera or other device that supports the PTP protocol, you can connect it to your tablet’s USB port and import the pictures on the camera into Gallery your tablet. Be sure to read the owner’s guide for your camera to learn what protocols it supports and whether it can use PTP over USB. You may need an adapter cable to connect your camera’s USB cable to your tablet: see your tablet’s owner’s guide.
Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB You can connect your tablet to a computer running Mac OS X with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your tablet and the computer. This connection uses the MTP protocol, which is not supported by Mac OS X natively, so you first need to install the free Android File Transfer application on your Macintosh. It’s available from http://www.android.com/filetransfer, along with instructions on how to install it.
Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your tablet from multiple Google Accounts or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet. For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available. Then you could add an account from work, so you can read your work email and have your work contacts handy.
Removing accounts. You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts & sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the screens where you work with accounts. For example, in the Contacts application you can touch the Menu button in the top-right of the Application bar and then touch Accounts. You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your tablet, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. 1.
Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many apps to quickly start a chat, email, or to locate your contacts on a map. Identify a Quick Contact icon by its frame. Contacts that you can access with Quick Contact are displayed differently in different apps, but usually with a picture frame that looks like this: Touch a Quick Contact icon to open a bubble with icons for all the ways you can communicate with the contact.
Gmail Gmail is an Android application for working with Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your tablet, you were prompted to sign into an existing Google Account or to create a new account. When you open Gmail on your tablet, your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail accounts on the web. Information about your contacts is shared with other applications, such a Gmail, Google Talk, and so on. When you open Gmail, your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox.
Calendar Calendar on your tablet works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. Calendar on the tablet is optimized for the tablet. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web (visit http:// calendar.google.com to learn about the features of the web version of Calendar).
Google Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging and audio and video chat service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on another Android tablet or phone or on a computer. Signing in and opening your Friends list Touch the Google Talk icon on the Apps screen or a shortcut icon on a Home screen. If you are not already signed into Talk, you’re prompted to sign into a Google Account you added to your tablet.
Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers, including those based on IMAP and POP3. Touch the Email icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. The first time you open Email, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account.
Adding an Email Account - Touch the Menu - Touch Add Account in the Application bar. In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password. Touch Next. Or, if you need to enter email account settings the wizard can’t configure for you touch Manual setup. If you touch Next, Email attempts to communicate with your email service provider to validate your account for sending and receiving mail, using just your email address and password. This is sufficient for most email services.
Maps, Navigation, Places, and Latitude You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions, to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions through Google Maps Navigation (Beta). You can find street addresses, landmarks, and places of business, and locate these points-of-interest directly on a street map or satellite image.
Music Use Music to listen to music and other audio files that you copy from your computer or download from the Internet. Transferring music files to your tablet Music plays audio files that are stored on your tablet’s internal storage, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on.
Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your tablet’s internal storage, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files. Touch the music icon on the Apps screen, or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen . When you copy music to your tablet, Music searches it for music files and builds a catalog of your music, based on information about each file that is stored in the file itself.
Playing Music Touch a song in your library to listen to it. The Playback screen opens and the song you touched or the first song in the album or other list starts to play. The tracks in the current list play in order until you reach the end of the playlist (unless you choose a repeat option). Otherwise, playback stops only if you stop it, even when you switch applications.
Clock The Clock application displays the date and time. You can also use it to turn your tablet into an alarm clock. Touch the clock icon on the Apps screen or touch a shortcut icon on a Home screen. Clock opens displaying the date and time, along with date and time of the next scheduled alarm. If Clock is open when your screen darkens, it reopens when you wake the phone, instead of the lock screen. If you have secured your lock screen, touch Back to open the lock screen so you can unlock your tablet.
Market Android Market provides direct access to free and paid applications, games, and books that you can download and install on your tablet. Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your tablet looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications. Opening Settings The Clock application displays the date and time.
Wi-Fi settings screen Wi-Fi: Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When connected to a network, displays the network’s name. Network notification: Check to receive a notification in the System bar when an open Wi-Fi network becomes available.
Sounds settings screen Use the Sound settings to configure how, and at what volume, the tablet plays music or other media with audio, notification ringtones, and alarms. You also use these settings to pick the notification ringtone you prefer and whether you hear audible feedback when touching or locking and unlocking the screen. Volume: Opens a dialog with three sliders for adjusting the volume of music and other media audio, notification ringtones, and alarms.
Use location for Google Search: Check to use include information about your location when you use Google Search, Voice Search, and so on. Configure lock screen: Touch to configure your lock screen to require a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your screen, or never to show the lock screen at all. Owner info: Opens a screen where you can set whether you want to display information about yourself (such as your contact information) on the lock screen and where you can enter the text you want to display.
Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your tablet, to manage their data, to force them to stop if they misbehave, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. Running services: Opens a list of applications, processes, and services, services that are currently running or are cached.
Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage whether your settings and other data are backed up to Google servers, using your Google account. You also use these settings to erase all the data on your tablet by performing a factory data reset. Back up my data: Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your tablet, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account.
Language and input settings Use the Language & Input settings to select the language you want to work with on your tablet. You can also configure the Android voice input feature and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack. You can configure the onscreen keyboard or other input methods. You can also add or remove words you’ve added to the user dictionary.
Text-to-speech settings screen Speech rate: Opens a dialog where you can select how fast you want the synthesizer to speak Listen to an example: Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings. Always use my settings: Check to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in other applications. Default engine: Opens a dialog where you can set the text-to-speech application you want to use, if you have more than one installed.
Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your tablet. Accessibility: Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. KickBack: Check to have the tablet vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface, touch buttons, and so on. This setting is only included if your tablet has a vibration feature.
About Tablet About tablet includes information about your tablet. System updates: Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates. Status: Opens the Status screen with information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details. Battery use: Opens a list of the applications and operating system components you have used since you last charged the tablet, sorted by the amount of power they have used.
