Official User Guide
TABLET CONTROL Thank you for purchasing a L47! We appreciate your business and know you’ll love your brand new multimedia device. This guide is intended to help you with initial setup of your device and to familiarize you with the Android operating system.
Table of Contents I. II. III. IV. V. Getting Started 4Ͳ7 Hand Gestures 8Ͳ9 Your Home Screen 10Ͳ11 Adding Widgets To Your Home Screen 12 Connecting to WiͲFi 13Ͳ14 VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII.
Device Exterior: A. Mini USB Port The MiniͲUSB port is used to tether your CRUZ L47 to a computer for file transfer as well as battery recharge. B.
C. Micro SD Card Slot Micro SD cards provide your CRUZ with expandable storage (up to 32 GB). Store tons of photos, videos, eBooks, music, and more. D. Headphone Jack Connect earbuds through this port for a personal media experience. E. Microphone An integrated microphone allows for audioͲvisual chatting and recording. F. Status Bar The status bar is an integral part of the Android interface.
H. Nav Bar The Nav Bar is a semiͲtransparent 3Ͳbutton bar at the bottom of the home screen. From left to right, the buttons are: “Gallery,” “App Panel,” and “Web Browser.” The Gallery button opens the primary image and video viewer application. The App Panel button displays all installed Applications. The Web Browser button brings up a new internet browser window. I. Camera An integrated frontͲfacing camera turns your CRUZ into a fullyͲfunctional webcam. J.
Starting the Device To start your Cruz, press the on/off button located at the left side of the device. When you first turn on the Cruz, you will be greeted with a CRUZ logo, then an ANDROID logo, and then your Home screen. The display has a screen timeout by default set to 10 min. If the unit is left inactive for that period of time, the screen will go dark as if turned off. However, it is simply in standby mode.
II. Hand Gestures Tapping Touch your finger to the screen and remove immediately to select an item on the screen. This is the equivalent of a mouse “click” on a computer. LongͲPressing Press and hold your finger on the screen for 2Ͳ3 seconds. Oftentimes this will open menu options or perform an appͲspecific function. Dragging Press and hold your finger on the screen, then slide in the desired direction.
Scrolling Sliding your finger up and down in a vertical, flicking moton scrolls through menus, websites, and lists. The faster you slide, the faster the scrolling motion will be. Swiping Sliding your finger left and right scrolls horizontally. Some eReader apps are designed to turn the page in the direction you “swipe.
III. Your Home Screen Think of your home screen as your desktop. What goes on the home screen is up to you. You can fill the space with any combination of shortcuts, widgets, and folders you like. Some preͲinstalled shortcut icons will appear at the bottom, and a Google Search Widget appears at the top. You have five customizable home screens in total. When you power up your Cruz for the first time, you’ll see the main homeͲscreen panel.
III. Your Home Screen (cont’d) The time, WiͲFi signal, and battery icons are on the right hand side of the Status Bar. The battery icon will change as the energy is used up. It will turn orange to warn you that you should consider charging the unit. When the icon is red, it is nearly dead and requires immediate charge. While charging, the icon will change to an animating green bar with a thunderbolt on it. The WiͲFi icon will only appear when there is a WiͲFi signal connected.
IV. Adding Widgets to the Home Screen Widgets allow you to place a function of an app onto your Home Screen. For instance, you may add an Analog clock, calendar, picture frame, and other useful widgets. To add a widget, longͲpress, or tap/hold your finger on any open space on your home screen, and select Widgets from the context menu that opens. From there, select any of the available widgets. You may longͲtap and drag any widget to move it to the desired location on your Home Screen.
V. Connecting to WiͲFi Introduction For the sake of this guide, the assumption is that you are connecting to your Cruz to your own home WiͲFi Access Point (AP) or a free unsecured WiͲFi hotspot. From the Home Screen, select the shortcut icon that reads WiͲFi Settings and ensure that both WiͲFi and Network Notification are enabled with green check marks. After a moment, your WiͲFi networks list should populate. If you need to rescan for available networks, tap Menu> then tap Scan.
V. Connecting to WiͲFi (cont’d) Accessibility If a password is required, tap the password text field for the popup keyboard, and enter the security key Many public WiͲFi hotspots are freely accessible, though not all are. Some are secured, others are open. And still others appear to have no security, but require either access codes or some other form of access agreement acknowledgment via a browser.
VI. Email Setup Introduction The preͲinstalled Email app is a simple but effective email client for both POP3 and IMAP email services. Configuration is automatic for some email services. For those that are autoͲconfigured, you only need to enter the email address and password, then click next. If this does not work, you’ll need to manually configure your account. Details are below.
display name, and you’re done! VII. Saving Battery Life Tips on Extending Battery Life 1 Streaming audio or video apps will use a lot of battery life 2 Disable Wireless Network Positioning. You can turn it off from Settings > Location & Security > Use wireless networks. 3 Switch off WiͲFi if you’re not close to a strong WiͲFi signal for extended periods of time. This puts strain on the device. 4 Use a Quick Screen Timeout.
VIII. Micro SD Cards There are two areas for storage on your CRUZ . The first is a micro SD card slot located on the top of your device. You may purchase micro SD cards in a wide range of capacities, varying from 1GBͲ2GB To properly load the micro SD card place your CRUZ flat a surface with the screen facing up.
IX. Device Storage and ASTRO There are TWO areas for storage on this device: NOTE: To protect your micro SD card’s file and directory structure integrity, it should be unmounted before removed. To do this, tap Menu > Settings > SD card & device storage > and under SD card tap Unmount SD card. This best practice is not always followed by most users, and generally no data loss occurs. When this does happen, the Cruz may attempt to save lost data to a folder called LOST.DIR.
IX. Device Storage and ASTRO (cont’d) Using ASTRO as a Task Killer ASTRO is your file manager app. Use it to browse your storage location and manage files on the micro SD card as well as the internal storage. It also features an Application Manager to help install or uninstall your apps, and an micro SD card usage monitor as well. Learn more about how to use ASTRO at http://www. metago.net/ You can even use ASTRO to kill all tasks.
X. Transferring Files Tether Via USB to Computer Step 1 Turn on your Cruz and connect a mini USB cable to the Cruz device and to your PC. Step 2 Slide the notification panel down and tap the alert that reads, “USB Connected Select to copy files to/from your computer,” then tap “Turn on USB Storage.” Step 3 This should only be required once. After doing this, the alert should change to ϘTurn off USB storage ...” This is normal when tethered.
X. Transferring Files (cont’d) Transfer via micro SD card Step 1 Unmount the micro SD card: Settings>SD and Device Storage>Unmount SD Card Step 2 Eject your micro SD card and insert it into SD card adapter.
X. Transferring Files (cont’d) How to Copy to “FLASH” storage Step 1 Turn on your CRUZ and connect a mini USB cable to the Cruz device and to your PC. Step 2 While you connect the device to your PC , you will see this image on your “status bar” at the top of your Cruz. This confirm that your Cruz connected to your PC Step 3 LongͲtap the status bar and drag to reveal more options.
XI. File Formats The file formats that this device can support are numerous, but not infinite. The preͲ installed apps should allow you to view many Microsoft Office file formats, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as many eReader file types, and music and video Most files should work, but not all files are encoded the same. For example, some MPEG4 files will work but others may not, depending on how they were encoded and compressed.
XII.
XII.
XIII. Buying eBooks How To Buy eBooks trom the Kindle Store Your Cruz offers the remarkable opportunity of carrying all your favorite books in the palm of your hand. Each Cruz comes preͲloaded with the Kindle for Android application. This application is a library portal allowing users to sign into their personal Kindle account, browse an immense selection of literature, and purchase/download books in an instant! There are even 100’s of free eBooks available for download.
XIII. Buying eBooks (cont’d) STEP 4 When you find a book you want to download/purchase, click on the book cover. STEP 5 It will bring you to a product page with the book cover, the price, a ϘBuy Now” button, as well as a synopsis of the book lower on the page STEP 6 Clicking “Buy Now” will confirm that you want to add the book to your library. To begin the download, tap the “Menu” button on the status bar, then select “Sync” from main Kindle screen.
XIV. Reading 3rd Party eBooks Many eReader files are in the ePUB file format. The Cruz does not Reading ePUB files that are NOT protected by DRM natively support this file format, so an additional application available on the Cruz Market must first be downloaded. Keep in mind that many ePUB files are also DRMͲ protected (Digital Rights Management), preventing illegal distribution of publications.
XV. Playing Media Not only does your Cruz hold tons of eBooks, browse the web, and keep you connected with social networks, it also functions as a great portable media player too. Just load up your micro SD card with your music collection, favorite pictures, or digital videos and take all of your favorites on the road with you. Before beginning, you should understand that certain file formats are not supported. These file formats may require additional applications to open.
XV. Playing Media (cont’d) Video You can play videos stored on your Cruz’s micro SD card via the gallery function as well. To play, tap Gallery, then All Videos, then select the video you’d like to play. Your selection should begin automatically. Pause or advance your video via the toolbar along the bottom of the screen. NOTE: Your media playback experience will be optimal with no other apps or widgets runͲning in the background.
XVI. Camera How to Use the BuiltͲIn Camera There is one forwardͲfacing camera on your CRUZ L47. It is capable of capturing both still images and video. There is a preͲinstalled application used to shoot photos/video and save them to your device. To access this application, tap the round, grey icon on your homescreen labeled “Camera.” A grey panel will appear on the right with several buttons.
XVII. Bluetooth XVII. Bluetooth The CRUZ L47 has builtͲin Bluetooth functionality, which enables other devices to interact with your CRUZ L47 wirelessly. To utilize the bluetooth function of your CRUZ, follow these steps: Step 1 Tap the WiͲFi Settings icon then tap Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth settings Step 2 Tape “Bluetooth” to turn on Bluetooth power.
XVIII. Flash and Youtube Flash Video Android 2.3 natively supports FLV video and other FlashͲbased content. That means that YouTube, Facebook games, and other FlashͲbased interactive content on webpages and games will function without the need for thirdͲparty applications.
XIX. Installing Apps Where Do I Get Apps From? Android Applications are available via the Cruz Market or other thirdͲparty sources like the developer’s website.
XIX. Installing Apps (cont’d) How Do I Install An App? The installation file for Android has a file extension of .APK. The steps below explain how to install these on your Cruz. Step 1 Download your app to your PC. Files are often distributed in arͲchive format (ie: .ZIP, .RAR). If so, their contents first must be extracted so that the .APK file is all that remains. Note: If the file you download looks like “appname.apk” you can skip to Step 2.
XX. System Requirements XX.
XXI. Open Source License XXI. Open Source License Where such specific license terms entitle you to the source code of such component, that source code is available upon request via vmsupport@velocitymicro at cost from Velocity Micro or visiting our website in http://cruzsupport.velocitymicro.com/ at least three years from the purchase date of this product.
XXII. Cruz Support and Registration Cruz Support is available at http://cruzsupport.velocitymicro.com. There are a large number of informative knowledgebase articles to answer your questions. You can also download the latest manual for your product. Once registered at the site, you can register your product, submit tickets for support, and administer your tickets and personal profile. How Do I Get Support? Registering for support is easy and free. 1.
XXIII.
