(T008) (T008P) User Manual
E8642 First Edition January 2014 Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC (“ASUS”).
Table of Contents Package contents...............................................................................5 Using your PadFone E Basics..................................................................................................6 Setup Wizard.......................................................................................................7 Screen Views.......................................................................................................8 Navigating your PadFone E.........
Using apps on the PadFone E Station...........................................29 Managing Apps..................................................................................................29 Task Manager....................................................................................................33 File Manager . ..................................................................................................34 Play Store............................................................................
Package contents Item PadFone E PadFone E • PadFone E Station PadFone E Station Power adapter PadFone E USB cable Headset • • • Quick Start Guide User Manual Warranty card • • • • 2-in-1 set • • • • • • • • NOTES: • ASUS PadFone E and PadFone E Station are purchased separately. • Contact your retailer if any of the items is damaged or missing.
Using your PadFone E 1 Use your PadFone E to enjoy the latest features and technologies of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) operating system. Do work and play on your PadFone E to fully appreciate the tons of interactive applications and features, and the seamless connectivity solutions in data sharing and communication that Android 4.3 has to offer.
Setup Wizard The first time you turn on your PadFone E, you’ll see the Setup Wizard. Touch and follow the instructions to set up your PadFone device. NOTE: You can skip some of the steps and set them up later. To access it again, ������ touch to go to the All apps screen then touch Setup Wizard .
Screen Views To enable/disable Auto-rotate screen, go to Settings > Display. You can also touch from ASUS Quick Settings. NOTES: • Auto-rotate function is not supported on the Home Screen and the locked screen of your PadFone E. • For more details about ASUS Quick Settings, refer to the section Managing notifications in Chapter 4.
Navigating your PadFone E After you finish setting up your PadFone E, the Home Screen appears. At the bottom of your PadFone E, you’ll find three navigation icons , , . These icons allow you to instantly return to a previous page, jump back to the Home Screen, or launch a recent app. Icon Description Allows you to go back to the previous screen, until you are in the Home Screen. Tap to open your Home Screen. Opens a thumbnail list of your most recent apps. To launch an app, touch the thumbnail image.
Making calls To make a call: 1. Touch on the Home Screen. 2. Key ����������������������������������� in the number you wish to call. 3. Tap or to dial. NOTES: • You can also assign names to the call buttons and modify the functions of the SIM cards from Settings > Dual SIM card settings. • If there is only one SIM card installed, press 4. Tap or to dial. to end the call. Setting up your contacts list Adding a new contact: To add a new contact: 1. From the Home Screen, touch then select . 2.
Connecting to the world Connecting to mobile networks After installing the SIM card, you are ready to use your PadFone E to make/receive voice calls or transmit/receive data. Different countries or regions may have different mobile networks available and you may have to configure your PadFone E to access these networks. To configure your Mobile networks setting: 1.
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi wireless networking technology allows you to exchange data wirelessly over a network. To use Wi-Fi, enable the Wi-Fi feature in your PadFone E and connect to a wireless network. Some wireless networks are secured with a key or protected with digital certificates and requires additional steps to set up; others are open and you can easily connect to them. TIP: Turn OFF Wi-Fi when you’re not using it to help save battery power.
Using Bluetooth Enabling or disabling Bluetooth in your device Bluetooth is a wireless standard used for exchanging data over short distances. Bluetooth exists in many products, such as smartphones, computers, tablet devices, and headsets. Bluetooth is very useful when transferring data between two or more devices that are near each other. The first time you connect to a Bluetooth device, you must pair it with your PadFone E.
Pairing your PadFone E with a Bluetooth device Before you can connect to a device, you must first pair your PadFone E to that device. Once paired, the devices stay paired unless you unpair them or turn off Bluetooth. To pair your PadFone E to a device: 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen then touch Settings . Slide the Bluetooth switch to ON. 2. Touch Bluetooth to display all available Bluetooth devices within range.
Unpairing and configuring a Bluetooth device To unpair or configure a Bluetooth device: 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen then touch Settings . Slide the Bluetooth switch to ON. 2. Touch Bluetooth to display the Bluetooth settings. 3. Touch the Bluetooth Quick Settings icon beside the connected Bluetooth device you want to unpair or configure. 4. From the Bluetooth Quick Settings screen, you can do any of the following: • Touch Unpair to unpair the device.
Using your PadFone E Station 2 Install your PadFone E into your PadFone E Station to extend its battery life and turn it into a tablet device. The screen view of the PadFone E Station rotates automatically when you hold your PadFone E Station horizontally to vertically, and vice versa. IMPORTANT: • Before you start, ensure that you have read all the safety information and operating instructions in the User Manual that comes with the PadFone E package to prevent injury or damage to your device.
Basics Unlocking your device To unlock your device, touch and drag the lock icon out of the circle to the open locked icon. Home Screen Displays local weather information. Touch to customize weather widget settings, location, and frequency updates. Notification area & Settings Displays local date Launches Google Text search Launches Voice search Shortcuts Returns to the previous screen Displays your favourite apps or widgets. Touch to add or remove an app or widget to the bar.
3 Touching and typing Using gestures Use your fingers to launch apps, move icons, select menu items, press buttons, type on the onscreen keyboard, and perform other useful gestures on your PadFone E device’s touchscreen. To key in or type something, touch the part where you need to type and the onscreen keyboard will pop up. The following table describes more useful gestures.
Using the onscreen keyboard You can type text using the onscreen keyboard. In most apps, the onscreen keyboard appears automatically when needed. In other apps, you can touch where you need to type to open the onscreen keyboard. Touch to turn caps lock ON, Fixed ON, or OFF.
Using Google voice typing Google voice typing uses Google’s speech-recognition technology, that converts spoken words into text input. You must be connected to the Internet when using this feature. As you speak, the converted text is underlined and you can continue speaking to keep it, or you can delete it. To use Google voice typing: 1. Touch text field where you want to type text. 2.
Using apps and widgets You can seamlessly use apps between your PadFone E and PadFone E Station. 4 NOTES: • PadFone E and PadFone E Station are purchased separately. • Some downloaded apps may work on your PadFone E but may not work on your PadFone E Station, and vice versa. Using apps on the PadFone E Managing Apps App shortcut You can create shortcuts for your favorite apps on your PadFone E Home Screen. 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2.
Launching apps Touch to display all your apps. The main apps screen is where you can see all your apps. From the main apps screen you can: • Touch an icon to launch an app. • Swipe the screen to display more apps. • Drag an app icon into the Home Screen. • Explore widgets. • Get more apps from the Play Store. Messaging Touch to compose and send a message. Surfing the web Touch 22 to launch the browser and surf the web.
Managing notifications Notifications alerts you about new messages, calendar events, media service connections, alarms, and more. Enable the ASUS Quick Settings app to see more and do more from your Notifications area. NOTES: then select ASUS • If ASUS Quick Settings is not enabled, go to the All Apps screen, touch customized settings and enable Use ASUS Quick Setting.
Description Touch to enable or disable the Wi-Fi connection. Touch to enable or disable the Mobile Data function. Touch to enable or disable the Smart Saving function. Touch to enable or disable the Reading Mode function, which allows you to adjust the screen or text of your chosen apps for your reading enjoyment. Touch to enable or disable the Instant Dictionary app. Touch to enable or disable the Wi-Fi Hotspot function. Touch to enable or disable the Bluetooth connection.
Searching your PadFone E or web Use the Google Search bar at the top of your Home Screen to help you find anything that you need from your PadFone E or from the web. To start searching, you can do either of the following: • Touch on the search bar then key in your search item. As you key in your search item, Google lists suggestions that may match your search, touch a suggestion to search for it immediately or touch the arrow beside it to add the term into the search field.
ASUS Splendid ASUS Splendid allows you to easily adjust the display settings. Touch to display different views of pictures and screens Touch to switch between tabs Move to turn on/ off the Vivid Mode Move to adjust the color temperature Touch to reset to the last changes you made Touch to set to factory defaults To use ASUS Splendid: 1. ������ Touch to go to the All apps screen then touch Splendid . 2. Adjust the screen color temperature and contrast through the Temperature and Enhancement taps. 3.
SuperNote SuperNote is a convenient app used for writing and painting on your PadFone E. You can take notes, send instant messages, draw sketches, create e-cards with audio recordings or diaries with video, and a lot more. To launch SuperNote, touch on the Home Screen.
Using SuperNote To create a new notebook: 1. Touch Add a new notebook. 2. Key in a name for the file and choose the notebook type to start writing on the page. The following screen describes the SuperNote screen features on your PadFone E. Save Goes back to SuperNote’s main page New page Settings Paste, Recognize, Baseline Return Previous page Space Page number Next page Backspace NOTE: For more details on using SuperNote on your PadFone E, tap Tutorial.
Using apps on the PadFone E Station Managing Apps App shortcut You can create shortcuts for your favorite apps on your PadFone E Station Home Screen. 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. From the All apps screen, touch and hold the icon of the app you wish to move then drag and place the app on the Home Screen. App info You can view the detailed app information while you are creating a shortcut for the app.
Removing App shortcuts from Home Screen You can remove app shortcuts from your PadFone E Home Screen. The original app will remain in your All apps screen. To remove an app in your Home Screen: 1. Touch and hold an app on your Home Screen until X Remove appears. 2. Drag the app to X Remove to remove it from the Home Screen.
App Folder Create folders to organize your applications and shortcuts on your PadFone E Station Home Screen. 1. On your PadFone E Station’s Home Screen, touch and drag an app or shortcut onto another app and a folder will appear. 2. Touch the new folder and tap Unnamed Folder to rename the folder.
Recent Apps The Recent Apps screen allows you to view a list of app shortcuts based from your recently launched apps. Using the Recent Apps screen, you can easily go back to or switch between the apps you recently launched. 1. Touch at the bottom of the Home Screen. 2. Swipe to the left or to the right to view Recent Apps. Swipe a recent app up or down to remove from the list. 3. Touch and hold a recent app to display the menu. Select to remove app from list or display app information.
Task Manager ASUS Task Manager displays a list of currently running utilities and apps and their usages in percentages on your PadFone E Station. 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. Touch WIDGETS to display the widgets menu. 3. Touch and hold ASUS Task Manager to display the ASUS Task Manager box on the Home Screen. 4. Touch and hold the widget to display the sizing brackets. Pull the sizing bracket upward or downward to show the complete list of tasks. 5.
File Manager File Manager allows you to easily locate and manage your data either on the internal storage device or the connected external storage devices. To access the internal storage device: 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. ������ Go to All Apps screen, touch ������ File Manager, then go to My Storage. 3. The Internal Storage (/sdcard/) and any connected external storage devices (/Removable/) are displayed on the left panel.
4. Touch the Return folder icon to return to the root directory of My Storage. To copy, cut, delete, or share files: Tick the file you wish to copy, cut, share, or delete and touch the action icon found at the tool bar on the upper right corner of the File Manager screen. You can also tick the file and drag/drop it to your desired destination ������� folder.
Play Store Access lots of fun games and tools in the Play Store using your Google account. If you don’t have a Google account, please create one. To access the Play Store: 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. From the All apps screen, tap Play Store . 3. You need a Google account to access Google Play. If you don’t have an existing account, tap New. 4. Type your Email and Password to Sign in if you already have an account.
5. After signing in, you can start downloading and adding apps to your device from the Play Store. NOTES: • You cannot restore uninstalled apps, but you can login with the same Google account and download them again. • There are both free and paid applications in Google Play Store .
Settings Settings screen allows you to configure the settings of your PadFone E Station, including Wireless & networks, Device, Personal, Accounts, and System settings. Touch the tabs on the left to switch screens and do the configurations. There are two ways to go to the Settings screen. From the All apps screen: Touch Settings to display the settings menu.
From ASUS Quick Settings: Swipe your finger down from the top of the screen to launch the ASUS Quick Settings panel. Display local date and time Quick Setting Adjustment Panel. Touch the individual icons to turn on/ off the function. Brightness Manual Adjustment Auto Brightness Wi-Fi settings Launch AudioWizard Launch Miracast Settings Menu Notification Panels Notification panels will appear under the Quick Setting panel for alerts or updates in apps, incoming emails, and utillity status.
Music Touch Play Music in the Google Folder on the Home Screen to play your music files. This app automatically collects and lists all the audio files stored in your PadFone E. Display all music or on device only Settings Search Library and Playlists File options Supported audio and video formats for playback Audio AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MP3, FLAC, MIDI, PCM/WAVE, Vorbis, WAV a-law/mu-law, WAV linear PCM Video H.263, H.
Gallery Touch Gallery on the All apps screen to browse for images or video files. This app automatically collects and displays all the images and video files stored in your PadFone E. From the Gallery, you can display images in a slideshow or touch to select for image or video files. You can also use the menu buttons on the upper right corner of the Gallery screen to sort the files by album, by location, by time, by people, or by tags.
Sharing and deleting albums Touch and hold an album in the Gallery until the Tool bar on top appears. Using the Tool bar options, you can upload, delete, or share selected albums online.
Sharing, deleting, and editing images Touch an image in the Gallery and use the tool bar on the upper right corner to share, delete, or edit a selected image. Share the selected album through Amazon Kindle, ASUS Webstorage, Bluetooth®, and more CAUTION! Tool bar Quick launch camera Check the image information, and edit the selected image You cannot restore a deleted file.
Camera Touch Camera from the Home Screen to take pictures or record videos. You can use the front camera or the back camera to take pictures or record videos. The image and video files are saved to Gallery. Camera/video mode Flash Turbo Burst Camera button Camera switch Camera filter effects Video button Camera / video effects Settings The Camera app also allows you to take multiple pictures in quick succession using Turbo Burst feature.
Email Email allows you to add several e-mail accounts and conveniently browse and manage your e-mails. To set up an email account: 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. Touch Email to launch the email app. 3. From the email app screen,key in your Email address and Password, then touch Next. 4. Wait while your PadFone E automatically checks your incoming and outgoing mail server settings. 5. Configure the Account options and touch Next. 6.
To add email accounts: 1. Touch Email to go to the All apps screen, touch and login using the account that you’ve previously set up. 2. Touch Settings on the upper right corner to display the preferences for this account. 3. Touch Add account on the upper right corner to add another account. NOTE: You can include all your e-mail accounts in Email.
Gmail Gmail (Google mail) allows you to access your Gmail account, receive, and compose e-mails. To set up a Gmail account: 1. Touch Gmail from the All apps screen. Touch Existing and type your existing Email and Password, then touch Sign in. NOTE: Touch New if you do not own a Google Account. 2. Wait while your PadFone E communicates with Google servers to set up your account.
3. You can use your Google account to backup and restore your settings and data. Touch to sign in to your Gmail. IMPORTANT: If you have several e-mail accounts in addition to Gmail, use Email to set up and access all your e-mail accounts at same time.
Maps Maps allows you to find establishments, view maps, and get directions. Touch the handle at the upper-left corner to change settings and specify search parameters.
Story Story allows you to create and share photo stories. To use ASUS Story: 1. From th������������������������� e All apps sc������������ reen, touch Story. 2. Touch Create Story to create a photo story. 3. Key in the story name and touch OK. 4. Select photos you want to add to the story and touch Done.
To edit and share a story: 1. Touch a story name from the ASUS Story main page. 2. Touch on the upper right corner of the screen to edit a photo story. Touch to rearrange the photos Touch for a full screen view Touch to add a photo Touch to add a map Touch to add text Touch to layout a page 3. Touch on the upper left corner of the screen then touch to share a photo story.
SuperNote SuperNote is a convenient app used for writing and painting on your PadFone E Station. You can take notes, send instant messages, draw sketches, create e-cards with audio recordings or diaries with video, and lots more.
Using SuperNote To create a new notebook: 1. Touch Add a new notebook. 2. Key in a name for the file and choose the notebook type to start writing on the page. The following screen describes the SuperNote screen features on your PadFone E Station: Share Save New page Settings Goes back to SuperNote’s main page Backspace Space Enter Next page Page number Previous page NOTE: For more details using SuperNote on your PadFone E Station, tap Tutorial.
Using PadFone E widgets Adding widgets Widgets are useful and fun applications that brings information and services conveniently to your Home Screen at-a-glance. You can find them in the Widgets tab in the All Apps screen, ready to be moved into your Home Screen. To see your widgets, touch on your Home Screen then touch the Widgets tab at the top of screen. From the main Widgets screen, you can: • Drag a widget to another screen. • Swipe left or right to move between screens and view more widgets.
Task Manager Task Manager is an easy and quick way to close running apps. It effectively cleans your cache and frees more cache space for your PadFone E. 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. Touch Widgets to display the widgets menu. 3. Touch and hold Task Manager to display the Task Manager app.
Using PadFone E Station widgets Adding widgets Use widgets to conveniently access useful and fun applications on your PadFone E Station’s Home Screen. You can find them in the Widgets tab in the All Apps screen, ready to be moved into your Home Screen. To see your widgets, touch to go to the All apps screen, then touch Widgets. From the main Widgets screen, you can: • Drag a widget to another screen. • Swipe left or right to move between screens and view more widgets.
ASUS Battery This special widget shows the individual battery status of your PadFone E and PadFone E Station by percentage and color. The more battery power, the brighter the color. 1. Touch to go to the All apps screen. 2. Touch Widgets to display the widgets menu. 3. Touch and hold ASUS Battery to display the ASUS Battery app. 4. The notifications panel also display the battery status. The battery status of the PadFone E and PadFone E Station are shown separately.
