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Table of Contents

1 Your device ...........................................................................................1

1.1 Keys and connectors .........................................................................1

1.2 Getting started .....................................................................................4

1.3 Home screen ........................................................................................ 7

2 Text input ........................................................................................... 17

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard ........................................................... 17

2.2 Android Keyboard ............................................................................ 17

2.3 Text editing ......................................................................................... 18

3 Contacts ............................................................................................ 19

3.1 Consult your contacts ..................................................................19

3.2 Managing contact groups ............................................................ 20

3.3 Adding a contact .............................................................................. 21

3.4 Editing your contacts ..................................................................... 22

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing .......................... 22

3.6 Accounts .............................................................................................23

4 Messaging & Email ......................................................................... 24

4.1 Messaging .......................................................................................... 24

4.2 Gmail/Email ....................................................................................... 28

4.3 Hangouts ............................................................................................ 34

5 Calendar & time ............................................................................... 36

5.1 Calendar ............................................................................................. 36

5.2 Clock .................................................................................................... 38

6 Getting connected .......................................................................... 40

6.1 Connecting to the Internet .........................................................40

6.2 Connecting to Bluetooth devices ............................................ 43

6.3 Connecting to a computer .......................................................... 44

6.4 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection .................... 45

6.5 Connecting to virtual private networks .................................. 46

7 Play Store ......................................................................................... 48

7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install .......... 48

7.2 Download and install ..................................................................... 49

7.3 Manage your downloads .............................................................. 50

8 Multimedia applications ............................................................... 52

8.1 Camera ................................................................................................ 52

8.2 Gallery ................................................................................................. 55

8.3 YouTube .............................................................................................. 57

9 Maps .................................................................................................... 59

9.1 Get My Location ............................................................................... 59

9.2 Search for a location ...................................................................... 60

9.3 Star a location ................................................................................... 61

9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking directions . 62

9.5 Arrangement of Layers ..................................................................63

10 Others .................................................................................................. 64

10.1 Calculator ........................................................................................... 64

10.2 File Manager ..................................................................................... 64

10.3 Sound Recorder ............................................................................... 65

10.4 Device Manager ................................................................................ 65

10.5 Other applications ........................................................................... 65

11 Settings .............................................................................................. 66

11.1 Wireless & networks .......................................................................66

11.2 Device ................................................................................................... 68

11.3 Personal ...............................................................................................70

11.4 System ................................................................................................. 77

1 Your device

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Touch

screen

Recents key

Home key

Front

camera

Micro USB port

Micro SD

SIM

Back key

Rear camera

Power key

Volume

keys

Speaker

Recents key

• Touch to open a list of thumbnail images of

applications you've worked with recently.

Home key

• While on any application or screen, touch to return

to the Home screen.

Back key

• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close

a dialogue box, options menu, the notification

panel, etc.

These keys are visible when the screen lights up.

Power key

• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen

• Press and hold: Power on or pop up the menu

to get more options, such as Shutdown, Flight

mode, etc.

• Press and hold Power key and Volume Down key

to capture a screenshot.

Volume Keys

• In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjust the

media volume.

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1 Setup

Inserting the micro SIM card & the microSD card

1 2

3 4

Your tablet only supports micro-SIM cards. Do not

attempt to insert other SIM types like mini and Nano

cards, otherwise you may damage your tablet.

Charging the battery

To charge your tablet, connect the charger to your tablet and

mains

socket.

• When using your tablet for the first time, charge the battery

fully (approximately 5 hours).

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging

status is indicated by the percentage on screen while the

tablet is powered off. The percentage increases as the tablet

is charged.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when

battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the

plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-

running applications when not in use; reduce the

backlight time, etc.

Adapter shall be installed near the equipment and shall

be easily accessible.

1.2.2 Power on your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock

your tablet (Slide, PIN, Password, Pattern) if necessary and

confirm. The Home screen is displayed.

If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it,

contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code

with your tablet. Store this information in a safe place when

not in use.

Set up your tablet for the first time

The first time you power on the tablet, you should set the

following options:

• Select the tablet's language, then touch .

• Insert SIM card or touch SKIP to get to the next step.

• Select a Wi-Fi network to connect, or touch SKIP to get to

the next step.

• Set Date and Time. Then touch NEXT.

• Add your name to personalise some apps later, then touch

NEXT.

• Set the tablet protection features, or touch SKIP to get to

the next step.

• Touch MORE > NEXT to go through Google services

• Touch to turn on/off Help tips, then touch NEXT.

• Touch FINISH.

1.2.3 Power off your tablet

Hold down the Power key until a popup menu appears, then

select Shutdown to confirm.

1.3 Home screen

You can bring all your favourite icons (applications, shortcuts,

folders and widgets) to your Home screen for quick access.

Touch the Home key to switch to the Home screen.

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators.

Favourite tray applications

- Touch to launch the application.

- Long press to move applications.

Application tab

Touch to see all applications.

The Home screen extends on the right side of the screen to

allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide

the Home screen horizontally right to get a complete view

of the Home screen. The white dot at the lower part of the

screen indicates which screen you are viewing.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

When the tablet is in standby mode, double touch the screen

to wake up the tablet. For detailed instructions on this feature,

refer to Double tap to wake up in “1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your

screen”.

Long Press

Long press the Home screen to access Widgets, Wallpapers,

and Settings screen. Long press an application on the

Home screen to remove it. Long press an application on the

application launcher to get app information, or uninstall the

application.

Drag

Place your finger on any item to drag it to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images,

web pages… at your convenience.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw

them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to

landscape by turning the tablet sideways to have a better view.

1.3.2 Status bar

From status bar, you can view both tablet status on the right

side and notification information on the left side.

Status icons

GPRS (2G)

connected No signal

EDGE (2G)

connected Roaming

HSPA (3G)

connected No SIM card inserted

Signal strength 4G connected

3G connected Ringer is silenced

Connected to a

Wi-Fi network

Tablet microphone

is mute

Bluetooth is on Battery is partially

drained

Battery is full Battery is charging

Headset

connected Battery is low

Flight mode Battery is very low

Alarm is set

Notification icons

New text or

multimedia

message

USB tethering is on

Problem with

SMS or MMS

delivery

Portable Wi-Fi

hotspot is on

Tablet is

connected via

USB cable

Downloading data

Screenshot

captured Uploading data

Upcoming event Select input method

Data is

synchronising

An open Wi-Fi

network is available

Notification panel & Quick settings panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status

bar from the top to open the Notification panel to read the

detailed information.

Swipe down twice from the Status bar to open the Quick

settings panel, where you can enable or disable functions or

change modes by touching the icons. Touch and drag up to

close the panel.

Touch to access Settings, where

you can set more items

Touch to clear all event–based

notifications (other ongoing

notifications will remain)

1.3.3 Search bar

The tablet provides a Search function which can be used to

locate information within applications, the tablet or the web.

Search by voice

Search by text

• Touch the Search bar from the Home screen.

• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.

• Touch on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.

Search by voice

• Touch from the Search bar to display a dialogue screen.

• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search

results will display for you to select from.

1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your tablet and privacy, you can lock the tablet

screen by choosing Swipe or creating a variety of patterns, PIN

or password, etc.

To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section "Screen

lock" for detailed settings)

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings

icon to enter Settings, then touch Security > Screen

lock > Pattern.

• Draw your own pattern.

Draw your unlock pattern

Touch to confirm by drawing

the pattern again

To create a screen unlock PIN/Password

• Touch Settings > Security > Screen lock > PIN or Password.

• Set your PIN or password.

To lock tablet screen

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

To unlock tablet screen

Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock

pattern you have created or enter PIN or password, etc. to unlock

the screen.

If you have chosen Swipe as the screen lock, touch and drag

the icon to the top to unlock the screen.

Double tap to wake up

•Drag downthe Quicksettings paneland touchthe settings

icon to enter Settings, then touch Display.

•Touch beside Double tap to wake up to enable/disable

the feature. When the feature is enabled, double touching on

the turned-off screen will turn it on.

1.3.5 Personalise your Home screen

Add

You may long press a folder, an application or a widget to

activate the Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen

as you prefer.

Reposition

Long press the item to be repositioned to activate the Move

mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release.

You can move items both on the Home screen and the

Favourite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the

screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Long press the item to be removed to activate the Move mode,

drag the item up to the top of Remove, and release after the

item turns red.

Create folders

To optimise the organisation of items (shortcuts or applications)

on the Home screen, you can add them to a folder by stacking

one item on top of another.

Wallpaper customising

Long press the blank area in Home screen, then touch

WALLPAPERS to customise wallpaper.

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using Volume keys

Press Volume keys to adjust the volume. To activate the Silent

mode, press either Volume key, touch None, and select the

indefinitely silent option or the other option for silence of

some period; alternatively, long press the Power key and select

Silent mode in the menu.

Using Settings menu

Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings

icon to enter Settings, then touch Sound & notification,

you can set the volume of media, notification, system and etc.

as preferred.

2 Text input

2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings

Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch the settings

icon to enter Settings, select Language & input, touch

Android Keyboard, a series of settings are available for your

selection.

2.2 Android Keyboard

Touch to activate the

numeric keyboard.

Long press to enter symbols.

When Wi-Fi or data

connection is on, touch to

enter voice input.

Touch to activate

“Abc" mode;

touch twice to

activate "ABC"

mode.

Touch to select emoticon.

Long press a letter to

display more choices

to input.

Long press to display

the settings

2.3 Text editing

The tablet provides text editing functions which help you

select, copy, cut, and paste text within applications, such as

Messaging, Calendar, Email, etc.

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Long press or double touch within the text you would like

to edit.

• Drag the sliders to change the high-lighted selection.

• Following options will show: SELECT ALL, CUT, COPY, and

PASTE.

You can also insert new text.

• Touch where you want to type, or long press a blank space,

the cursor will blink and the slider will show. Drag the slider

to move the cursor.

• If you have selected any text, touch the slider to show PASTE

icon which allows you to paste any text you have previously

copied or cut.

3 Contacts

Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you

want to reach.

You can view and create contacts on your tablet and synchronise

these with your Gmail contacts or other applications.

3.1 Consult your contacts

Touch to open

Quick Contact

panel.

Touch to search

in Contacts.

Touch to add a

new contact.

Touch to display contacts list option menu.

Following actions are enabled:

• Contacts to

display

Choose contacts to display.

• Import/

export

Import or export contacts between tablet

and SIM card, or share visible contacts.

• Accounts Manage the synchronisation settings for

different accounts.

• Settings Set contacts' display mode.

• Delete Select and delete unwanted contacts.

• Memory

status

View the number of contacts stored on

your tablet.

3.2 Managing contact groups

The contact group helps you optimise the organisation of

your contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the

GROUPS screen.

Touch GROUPS to view local groups. To create a new group,

touch , choose Add Group, enter the new name and touch

Done to confirm. You can add desired contacts while creating

a group.

3.3 Adding a contact

Touch the icon in the contact list to create a new contact.

You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact

information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move

from one field to another easily.

Set the

contact avatar.

Touch to

save.

Unfold other

predefined labels

of this category.

If you want to add more information, touch ADD ANOTHER

FIELD to add a new category.

When finished, touch to save.

To exit without saving, you can touch to choose Discard

changes.

Add to/remove from Favourites

To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view

details then touch to add the contact to Favourites (the star

will turn white in colour).

To remove a contact from Favourites, touch the full star on

contact details screen.

3.4 Editing your contacts

To edit contact information, touch to choose the contact, then

touch on top of the screen, when finished, touch .

3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and

sharing

This tablet enables you to import or export contacts between

SIM card and tablet storage.

From Contacts screen, touch to open options menu, touch

Import/export, then select to import/export contacts from/to

SIM card and Tablet storage.

To import contacts from SIM card, touch > Import/export

> Import from SIM card, select Tablet, select the desired

contacts or touch > All to select all, and touch to confirm.

To export contacts to SIM card, touch > Import/export >

Export to SIM card, select the desired contacts or touch >

All to select all, and touch to confirm.

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by

sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, touch > Share on contact

details screen, and then select the application to perform this

action.

3.6 Accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronised from

multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on

your tablet.

To add an account, drag down the Quick settings panel and

touch to enter Settings, then touch Accounts > Add

account.

You are required to select the kind of account you are adding,

like Google, Email, etc.

As with other account setups, you need to enter detailed

information, like username, password, etc.

You can remove an account to delete it and all associated

information from the tablet. Open the Settings screen, touch

the account you want to delete, touch and select Remove

account, and confirm.

Turn on/off the Sync

Touch an account to enter the account screen, and turn on/

off the Sync switch. When the Sync is activated, all changes

to information on the tablet or online will be automatically

synchronised to each other.

Sync manually

You can also synchronise an account manually on Accounts

screen, touch an account in the list, then touch and select

Sync now.

4 Messaging & Email

4.1 Messaging

You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS messages with

this tablet.

To access this feature, touch from the Home screen, then

select .

4.1.1 Write message

On the message list screen, touch the new message icon

to write text/multimedia messages.

Touch to create a new message.

Touch to search in all messages.

Touch to view the whole message

thread.

For saved contacts, touch the avatar to open the Quick

Contact panel to communicate with the contact. For

unsaved contacts, touch the avatar to add the number

to your Contacts.

Sending a text message

Enter the phone number of the recipient on To bar, touch Type

message bar to enter the text of the message. When finished,

touch to send the text message.

An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be divided

to several SMS messages. When the total number of characters

you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a

counter will appear upon the Send option of the text box to

remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered

in one message.

Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the

SMS message, which may cause multiple SMS

messages to be sent to your recipient.

Sending a multimedia message

MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos,

animations, slides and sounds to other compatible mobiles

and e-mail addresses.

An SMS message will be converted to an MMS message

automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides,

etc.) are attached or subjects or email addresses are added.

To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone

number in the To bar, touch Type message bar to enter the

text of the message, touch to open the option menu, select

Add subject to insert a subject, and touch to attach

picture, video, audio and so on.

When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.

Attach options:

• Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to

select a picture as attachment.

• Capture

picture

Access Camera to capture a new picture to

attach.

• Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to

select a video as attachment.

• Capture

video

Access Camcorder to record a new video to

attach.

• Audio Select an audio file as attachment.

• Record

audio

Access Sound Recorder to record a voice

message to attach.

• Slideshow Enter Edit slideshow screen, touch Add slide

to create a new slide, and touch the existing

slide to edit it. Touch to get more actions,

like setting the slide duration, adding music,

etc.

• Insert

contact info

Touch to add the information, such as the

name, phone numbers, and email address,

of a contact to the message.

• Contact

vCard

Select a contact to attach its vCard file.

4.1.2 Manage messages

When you receive a message, an icon will appear on the

status bar for notification. Drag down the status bar to open

the Notification panel, and touch the new message to open

and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and

touch the message to open it.

Messages are displayed in conversational order.

To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter the

message-composing screen, enter the text, then touch .

Long press an SMS message in the message details screen. The

following message options are available for selection.

Options on the top

• Forward Forward the message to another recipient.

• Delete Delete the current message.

Options displayed after touching

• Lock Prevent mis-deletion of a message.

• Resend Send the message again.

• Copy message

to SIM card

Copy the selected message to your SIM

card.

• Message detail View details of the message.

• Share Share the message using applications like

Bluetooth and Hangouts.

• Select all Select all available messages for further

operations.

4.1.3 Adjust message settings

You can adjust a set of message settings. On the Messaging

application screen, touch and select Settings.

4.2 Gmail/Email

The first time you set up your tablet, you can select to use an

existing Gmail or to create a new Email account.

4.2.1 Gmail

As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured

when you first set up your tablet. Gmail on your tablet can

be automatically synchronised with your Gmail account on

the web. Unlike other kinds of email accounts, each message

and its replies in Gmail are grouped in your Inbox as a single

conversation; all emails are organised by labels instead of

folders.

To create and send emails

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

• Enter recipient email address in To field, and if necessary,

touch and select Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy

to the message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

• Touch to add an attachment.

• Touch the icon to send.

• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can

touch > Save draft. To view the draft, touch > Drafts.

If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch

> Discard.

To add a signature to emails, touch > Settings from the Inbox

screen, select an account, and then touch Signature.

To receive and read your emails

When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone, and

an icon will appear on Status bar.

Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification

panel, touch the new email to view it. Or you can also access

the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to read it.

You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

• Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box

and confirm in the keyboard.

To reply or forward emails

• Reply When viewing an email, touch to reply the

sender of this mail.

• Reply all Touch and select Reply all to send message

to all people in a mail loop.

• Forward Touch to forward the received mail to

other people.

• Add star Assign a star or remove the star from the

conversation.

• Print Work with the Cloud Print function to print

the mail.

Managing Gmail by Labels

To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can

organise them using a Label.

To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s

messages, touch and select the label to assign to the

conversation.

To view conversations by labels when viewing your Inbox or

another conversation list, touch , then touch a label to view

a list of conversations with that label.

The following options are displayed when an email opens.

• Touch to delete the email message.

• Touch to mark an email message as unread.

• Touch to move the email to another folder.

Gmail settings

To manage Gmail settings, touch and select Settings in Inbox

screen.

General settings

• Gmail default

action

Set Archive or Delete as the default action.

• Conversation

view

Mark the checkbox to group emails in the

same conversation for IMAP and POP3

accounts.

• Swipe actions Mark the checkbox to delete a message

when you swipe it in conversation list.

• Sender image Mark the checkbox to show beside name in

conversation list.

• Reply all Mark the checkbox to use Reply all as

default for replies to message notifications.

• Auto-fit

messages

Mark the checkbox to shrink the messages

to fit the screen.

• Auto-

advance

Touch to select which screen to show after

you delete a conversation.

• Confirm

before

deleting

Mark the checkbox to confirm before

deleting emails.

• Confirm

before

archiving

Mark the checkbox to confirm before

archiving emails.

• Confirm

before

sending

Mark the checkbox to confirm before

sending emails.

Touch an account, the following settings will show:

• Inbox type To set this Inbox as the default one or

priority one.

• Inbox

categories

Touch to mark the checkboxes to show/

hide on the Inbox screen.

• Notifications Select to activate the notification when a

new email arrives.

• Inbox sound Touch to set Sound and Notify once.

• Signature To add a signature text to the end of each

mail you send.

• Out of Office

AutoReply

Touch to set automatic reply.

• Sync Gmail Touch to turn on/off Gmail sync.

• Days of mail to

sync

Touch to set the duration of days for

mail sync.

• Manage labels Touch to open the Label screen, where

you can manage synchronisation and

notifications.

• Download

attachments

Mark the checkbox to auto-download

attachments to recent messages via Wi-Fi.

• Images Mark the checkbox to show beside name

in conversation list.

4.2.2 Email

Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3,

IMAP, or EXCHANGE email accounts on your tablet.

To access this function, touch Email from the Home screen.

An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an

email account.

• Enter the email address and password of the account you

want to set up.

• Touch NEXT. If the account you entered is not provided by

your service provider in the device, you will be prompted to

go to the email account settings screen to enter settings

manually. Or you can touch MANUAL SETUP to directly

enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the email

account you are setting up.

• Enter the account name and display name in outgoing

emails.

Create and send emails

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

• Enter recipient(s) email address(es) in To field.

• If necessary, touch and select Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a

blind copy to the message.

• Enter the subject and the content of the message.

• Touch to add an attachment.

• Finally, touch to send.

• If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch

> Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy.

Receive and read your emails

When a new email arrives, you will receive a notification.

Touch Email from the Home screen and touch the new mail

to read it.

You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

• Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box

and confirm in the keyboard.

4.3 Hangouts

Google's instant messaging service, Hangouts, lets you

communicate with your friends whenever they are connected

to this service.

To access this feature and sign in, touch the Application tab

from the Home screen, then touch Hangouts. All contacts

added by using Hangouts from the web or tablet will be

displayed in your contacts list.

Touch your account to share your status.

To sign out, swipe right from the left edge of the Hangouts

screen, touch Settings, select an account, and select Sign out.

4.3.1 Chatting with your friends

To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your contacts list,

then enter your message and finally touch .

You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by touching

and selecting New group conversation and then add a friend.

4.3.2 To add a new friend

From contacts list, touch a friend you want to add, and then

touch INVITE and send a message.

A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend.

By touching the invitation, the friend can select BLOCK,

DECLINE or ACCEPT in response.

4.3.3 Settings

A series of settings are available for your selection. To access

them, swipe right from the left edge of the Hangouts screen,

touch Settings, and select an account.

• Profile photo Touch to add your Google+ profile photo.

• Share your

status

Touch to set your status to be visible to

people you use hangouts with.

• Hangouts

messages &

invites

Touch to set the sound or vibration for

notifying Hangouts messages and invites.

• Video calls Touch to set the sound or vibration for

notifying video calls.

• Customise

invites

Touch to decide who can directly contact

you and who needs an invitation.

• Google+

profile

Touch to set the Google+ profile.

• Hidden

contacts

Touch to view hidden contacts.

• Sign out Touch to sign out of this account.

• Improve

Hangouts

Mark to report additional diagnostics to help

improve Hangouts.

5 Calendar & time

5.1 Calendar

Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings,

appointments, etc.

5.1.1 Multimode view

You can display the Calendar in Day, Week, Month, or Schedule

view.

• Touch from the Calendar screen, and touch the

Schedule, Day, Week, or Month label to change your

Calendar view. Touch the date icon in the upper right corner

to return to Today's view.

In Schedule, Day, or Week view, touch

an event to view its details.

Touch a day in Month

view to open that

day's events.

Schedule view

Day view

Week view

Month view

5.1.2 To create new events

You can add new events from any Calendar view.

• Touch the icon to access new event edit screen.

• Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a

whole-day event, you can turn on the All-day switch.

• Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the

desired guests. The guests will receive an invitation from

Calendar and Email.

• When finished, touch SAVE from the top of the screen.

To quickly create an event from Day and Week view screen,

touch twice on an empty spot to open Option menu, enter the

event details, and touch SAVE.

5.1.3 To delete or edit an event

To delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter the details

screen, touch the icon , and edit the event or touch DELETE

to delete.

5.1.4 Event reminder

If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon

will appear on Status bar as a notification when the reminder

time arrives.

Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification

panel, touch event name to view Calendar notification list.

Touch Back to keep the reminders pending on the status bar

and the notification panel.

Important options by touching from the Calendar screen:

•Search Search in the calendar

•Events Show or hide all events.

•Birthdays Show or hide all birthdays.

•Holidays Show or hide all holidays.

•Settings Make a series of Calendar settings

•Help &

feedback

Search out the required help information and

enter your feedback.

5.2 Clock

Clock application includes four subsidiary applications – World

clock, Alarm, Timer and Countdown.

5.2.1 To set an alarm

From Clock screen, touch to enter Alarm screen, touch

to add a new alarm. Set hour and minute on the clock, and

touch OK to confirm. The following options will show:

•Repeat Touch to select days you want alarm to work.

•Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm.

•Label Touch to set a name for the alarm.

Touch to delete the selected alarm.

5.2.2 To adjust alarm settings

Touch from the Alarm screen and touch Settings. The

following options can now be adjusted:

• Style Touch to select the clock style: Analog

or Digital.

• Automatic home

clock

Activate Automatic home clock feature.

• Home time zone Touch to choose a home time zone.

• Silence after Touch to set the duration of alarms

• Snooze length Touch to set temporary turn-off time of

an alarm

• Alarm volume Touch to set the alarm volume.

• Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down

key behaviours when alarm sounds: Do

nothing, Snooze or Dismiss.

• Shake action Touch to set the shake action when

alarm sounds: Do nothing, Snooze or

Dismiss.

• Show icon Show an icon in the status bar when an

alarm is set.

6 Getting connected

To connect to the internet with this tablet, you can use

2G/3G/4G networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.

6.1 Connecting to the Internet

6.1.1 2G/3G/4G

To create a new access point

A new 2G/3G/4G network connection can be added to your

tablet with the following steps:

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > Cellular networks > Access point names

• Touch > New APN to add a new APN.

• Enter the required APN information.

• When finished, touch and touch Save to confirm.

To activate/deactivate Data roaming

When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a

data service.

• Drag down the Notification panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > Cellular networks and activate/deactivate

Data roaming.

• When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data

exchange with a Wi-Fi connection.

6.1.2 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your tablet

is within range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on your

tablet even without a SIM card inserted.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network

• Touch on Quick settings panel to get to Settings.

• Touch Wi-Fi.

• Touch the switch to turn on/off Wi-Fi. When Wi-Fi

is activated, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi

networks is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.

• Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected

is secured, you are required to enter a password or other

credentials (you may contact your network operator for

details). When finished, touch CONNECT.

To activate notification when a new network is detected

When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated,

the Wi-Fi icon will appear on the status bar whenever the

tablet detects an available wireless network within range. The

following steps activate the notification function when Wi-Fi

is on:

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch and select Advanced from Wi-Fi

screen.

• Touch the Network notification switch to activate/

deactivate this function.

To add a Wi-Fi network

When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according

to your preference.

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch Wi-Fi, and then touch .

• Touch Add network, enter the name of the network and any

required network information.

• Touch CONNECT.

When successfully connected, your tablet will be connected

automatically the next time you are within range of this

network.

To forget a Wi-Fi network

The following steps prevent automatic connections to

networks which you no longer wish to use.

• Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

• In the Wi-Fi screen, long press the name of the saved network.

• Touch Forget network in the dialogue that opens.

To connect your tablet to other Wi-Fi Direct devices

When Wi-Fi is on, you may activate Wi-Fi Direct and connect

the tablet to other Wi-Fi Direct devices to exchange data.

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch and select Advanced > Wi-Fi

Direct from Wi-Fi screen.

• To make your tablet more recognisable, touch RENAME

DEVICE, enter a name, and touch OK to confirm.

• Touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES to display peer devices, then

choose a desired device to pair with.

• Follow the instructions appeared on the two devices to pair

with each other. When the two devices are connected, files

can be transmitted between each other.

To disconnect/unpair from a Wi-Fi Direct device

• Touch the paired device you want to unpair.

• Touch OK on the popup dialogue to disconnect from the

paired device.

6.2 Connecting to Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology

that you can use to exchange data, or connect to other

Bluetooth devices for various uses.

To access this function, drag down the Quick settings panel

and touch to access Settings. Then touch Bluetooth,

your device and other available ones will display on the screen.

To turn on Bluetooth

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch to activate/deactivate Bluetooth function.

To make your tablet more recognisable, you can change your

tablet name which is visible to others.

• Touch and select Rename this device.

• Enter a name, and touch RENAME to confirm.

To pair/connect your tablet with a Bluetooth device

To exchange data with another device, you need to turn

Bluetooth on and pair your tablet with the Bluetooth device

with which you want to exchange data.

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Turn on Bluetooth, available devices display on the screen.

• Touch a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the

list.

• A dialogue will pop up, touch PAIR to confirm.

• If the pairing is successful, your tablet connects to the device.

To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device

• Touch the Settings icon beside the device you want to

unpair.

• Touch FORGET to confirm.

6.3 Connecting to a computer

With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files

between microSD card/internal storage and computer.

To connect/disconnect your tablet to/from the computer:

• Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect

the tablet to a USB port on your computer. You will receive a

notification that the USB is connected.

• If you use MTP or PTP, your tablet will be automatically

connected.

To disconnect (from mass storage):

• Unmount the microSD card on your computer.

To locate the data you have transferred or downloaded in

the internal storage, touch File Manager, all data you have

downloaded is stored in the File Manager, where you can view

media files (videos, photos, music and others), rename files,

install applications into your tablet, etc.

To format a microSD card

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch Storage.

• Touch Erase SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that

formatting the microSD card will erase its contents, touch

Erase SD card.

6.4 Sharing your tablet's mobile data

connection

You can share your tablet's mobile data connection with a

single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up

to eight devices at once by turning your tablet into a portable

Wi-Fi hotspot.

The functions below may incur additional network

charges from your network operator. Extra fees may

also be charged in roaming areas.

To share your tablet's data connection via USB

Use the USB cable that came along with your tablet to connect

the tablet to a USB port on your computer.

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Touch USB tethering switch to activate/deactivate this

function.

To share your tablet's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi

hotspot

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > Tethering & portable hotspot.

• Touch the switch beside Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to

activate/deactivate this function.

To rename or secure your portable hotspot

When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change

the name of your tablet's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its

Wi-Fi network.

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > Tethering & portable hotspot > Configure

Wi-Fi hotspot.

• Change the network SSID or set your network security.

• Touch SAVE.

6.5 Connecting to virtual private networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the

resources inside a secured local network from outside that

network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations,

schools, and other institutions so that their users can access

local network resources when not inside that network, or when

connected to a wireless network.

To add a VPN

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > VPN settings and then touch .

• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your

network administrator to configure each component of the

VPN settings.

• Touch SAVE.

The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.

Before adding a VPN, you should set a lock screen

pattern, PIN code or password for your tablet.

To connect/disconnect to a VPN

To connect to a VPN:

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > VPN settings.

• VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to

connect to.

• In the dialogue that opens, enter any requested credentials

and touch CONNECT.

To disconnect:

• Open the Notification panel and touch the resulting

notification for the VPN disconnection.

To edit/delete a VPN

To edit a VPN:

• Drag down the Quick settings panel and touch to access

Settings.

• Touch More > VPN settings.

• VPNs you have added are listed; long press the VPN you

want to edit.

• Touch Edit profile.

• After finishing, touch SAVE.

To delete:

• Long press the VPN you want to delete, in the dialogue that

opens, touch Delete profile.

7 Play Store (1)

Play Store is an online software store, where you can download

and install applications and games to your Android Powered

Tablet.

To open Play Store:

• Touch Play Store from the Home screen.

• The first time you access Play Store, a screen with terms of

service pops up for your attention, touch Accept to continue.

Touch , then select Help & Feedback to enter Play Store

help page for more information on this function.

7.1 Locate the item you want to download

and install

Play Store home page provides several ways to find applications.

It show applications and games in categorised listings.

Touch and select Shop apps to see all kinds of apps in the

Play Store.

Touch to search in Play Store.

Slide up and down to see all categories.

(1) Depending on your country and operator.

Touch a category on the Play Store screen to browse its

contents. You can also select a subcategory if there is any.

Within each category you can select to view items sorted by

TOP FREE, TOP NEW FREE, TRENDING, etc.

Touch Back key to return to the previous screen.

7.2 Download and install

To download & install:

• Navigate to the item you want to download, and select

to enter the details screen from which you can read its

description, overall rating or comments, view developer’s

information, etc.

• Touch INSTALL to preview the functions and data the

application can access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch ACCEPT.

• The progress of the download will show on the details screen,

touch the cross sign to stop downloading the item. You can

also access this screen through Notification panel.

• After download and installation have finished, you will see a

notification icon on the status bar.

Be especially cautious with applications that have

access to many functions or to a significant amount of

your data. Once you accept, you are responsible for

results of using this item on your tablet.

To open the application you have downloaded:

• On the Play Store screen, touch and select My apps.

• Touch the installed application in the list, then touch OPEN.

To buy an application(1)

On the Play Store, some applications are labelled as free,

(1) Google Paid applications may not be available to users in some

countries.

while some of them are to be paid for before downloading and

installing.

• Touch the application you want to buy.

• Touch the price to preview the functions and data the

application can access on your tablet if you install it.

• Touch ACCEPT to confirm.

• When making your first purchase, you are required to input

your credit card information and to log in to Google payment

and billing service.

• If your account has multiple credit card accounts, select one

to proceed.

• Select the Terms of service link and read the document.

When finished, touch Back key.

• Mark the checkbox if you agree with the terms of service.

• Touch Buy now at the bottom of the screen.

When finished, Android downloads the application.

To request a refund

If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for

a refund within 15 minutes of the purchase. Your credit card

will not be charged and the application will be removed. If you

change your mind, you can install the application again, but

you will not be able to request a refund.

• Touch and select My apps from Play Store screen.

• Touch the application that you want to uninstall and refund.

• Touch Refund to uninstall the application and refund. If the

button becomes Uninstall, your trial period has expired.

• In the survey form, select the answer that best matches your

reason, and touch OK.

7.3 Manage your downloads

After you downloaded and installed an application, the

following further operations are available for your selection.

View

On the Play Store screen, touch and select My apps.

Uninstall

On the Play Store screen, touch and select My apps. Touch

the application you want to uninstall to enter the details

screen, touch UNINSTALL, and finally touch OK to confirm.

Refund

On the Play Store screen, touch and select My apps.

Touch the application you want to uninstall for a refund, touch

REFUND, and finally touch OK to confirm.

Update notification

On the Play Store screen, touch and select Settings >

Notifications to enable update notification.

Auto-update

To auto-update all installed applications, touch and select

Settings > Auto-update apps to enable this function.

To auto-update one specific application, touch and mark the

checkbox of Auto-update from the details screen.

Rate and review

Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars

under Rate this app to award and input

comments, touch SUBMIT to confirm.

Flag

You can report an inappropriate application to the Play Store

by flagging it. Open the details screen for the application, scroll

to the bottom and touch Flag as inappropriate, select the

reason and finally touch SUBMIT.

8 Multimedia applications

8.1 Camera

Your tablet is fitted with a Camera for taking photos and

shooting videos.

Before using the Camera, make sure that you removed the

protective lens cover to avoid affecting your picture quality.

Slide to view pictures or videos you have taken.

Touch to take a

picture.

Touch to choose between

camera and camcorder.

Touch to show settings.

Touch to switch between front/rear camera.

Pinch two or more fingers together

or spread them apart to zoom

in/out.

To take a picture

The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or

landscape in the viewfinder, touch icon to take the picture

which will be automatically saved.

To shoot a video

First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder,

and touch icon to start recording. Touch to pause

recording, and touch to save the video.

Further operations when viewing a picture/video you have

taken

• Touch related icons to share, edit, or delete the photo or

video you have taken.

• Touch the left-sided arrow to access the Gallery.

8.1.1 Settings in the viewfinder

Before taking a photo/shooting a video, touch the icon to

adjust a number of settings in the viewfinder.

Rear camera shooting mode

Touch the icon to access the Camera settings and below

options will display for your choice:

Photo settings

Auto Touch to turn on the Auto mode.

Manual Touch to manually change ISO, Exposure,

and White balance settings.

Sports Touch to turn on the Sports mode.

Night Touch to turn on the Night mode.

Photo size Set the size of the photo.

Timer Set the time before a photo is taken.

Advanced

Settings

Access the advanced options for taking a

photo.

Video settings

Sound

recording

Set whether to record sound while shooting

the video.

Front camera shooting mode

Switch to the front camera and touch the icon to access

camera settings. Below options will display for your choice:

Photo settings

Collage In this mode, take four photos to be combined

to a single one.

Aspect ratio Set the aspect ratio of the photo to 16:9 or 4:3.

Video settings

Sound

recording

Set whether to record sound while shooting

the video.

8.2 Gallery

Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and play

back videos. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures

and videos are available for your choice.

Touch to

enter an

album.

Touch to select

categories:

Albums,

Locations,

Times, People,

and Tags

To view a picture/play a video

Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in Gallery.

• Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread the

screen.

• Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it.

• Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos.

Working with pictures

You can work with pictures by editing them, sharing them with

friends, setting them as contact photo or wallpaper, etc.

Touch > Edit, more options will be displayed for you to

choose from.





 Touch to save the modified picture.

Touch to undo the previous modification.

Touch to redo the previous modification.

Batch operation

Gallery provides a multi-select function, so that you can work

with pictures/videos in batches.

Open the main Gallery window or an album, touch icon

and select Select album or Select item to activate batch

operation mode (you can also long press one album/picture),

then touch albums/pictures you want to work on. Touch

icon to delete selected ones. Touch to share selected ones.

8.3 YouTube

YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user

can download, share and view videos. It supports a streaming

function that allows you to start watching videos almost as

soon as they begin downloading from the Internet.

As an online video service, your tablet must have a

network connection to access YouTube.

All videos in YouTube are grouped into several categories, like

Popular on Youtube, Music, Sports, etc.

Touch to play the

video and to show

more information.

Touch to search for

a video.

By touching > Settings from YouTube screen, you can set

General settings for YouTube. For details about these features,

visit the YouTube website: www.YouTube.com.

8.3.1 Watch videos

Touch a video to play it. In the Playing screen, you can view

information and video comments, and also browse links to

related videos. You can also rate, share, label as favourite,

create a new playlist, etc. from this screen.

To exit video playing screen, touch to zoom the screen out,

then drag the screen left until the screen disappears.

9 Maps

9.1 Get My Location

9.1.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location

Drag down the Quick settings panel, touch to access Settings,

and touch Location.

Turn on Location and choose High accuracy or Device only to

set GPS as My Location data source.

9.1.2 Open Google Maps and view My Location

Touch to open the Maps application.

Touch icon on the map to view My Location.

The map will then center on a blue dot with a blue circle around

it. Your actual position is within the blue circle.

To move the map, drag the map with your finger.

To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or

you can also zoom in by double touching a location on screen.

To clear the map history, touch > Settings > Maps history,

then touch .

9.2 Search for a location

While viewing a map, touch the search box to activate the

search function.

In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business.

Touch the search icon to search, and your search results will

appear on the map as red dots. You can touch one to show

a label.

Touch to show more

information

9.3 Star a location

Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can

star any position on the map for later use.

9.3.1 How to star (or unstar) a location

Touch a location on a map.

Touch the address rectangle that opens.

Touch the blue star in the middle of the screen to star the

location. The star becomes golden after a location is starred.

You can touch the golden star to unstar that location.

9.4 Get driving, public transportation or

walking directions

9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip

Touch from the Maps screen.

• Touch enter bar or the triangle to edit your starting point by

one of the following methods: entering an address, using

My Location, selecting a starting point on a map, selecting

a starred item, selecting an address from your contacts or

using search history.

• Do likewise for your end point.

• To reverse directions, touch .

• A couple of suggested routes will appear in a list. Touch any

routes to view their respective detailed directions.

To get reverse directions for a route you’ve already made,

simply open that route’s directions window and touch . No

need to enter your starting point and end point again.

9.4.2 Preview suggested routes and decide on a

route more preferable or feasible to you

You can preview each turn in your route in Traffic, Satellite, and

other views.

• Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg

of your route.

When you select a more preferable or feasible route, distance

and time will be the two most important factors for your

evaluation. Distance and estimated time will be displayed on

the directions screen.

9.5 Arrangement of Layers

Layers allow you to view locations and additional information

overlaid on the map. You can add multiple layers or remove

only certain layers so you control exactly what information you

want visible on the map at one time.

9.5.1 To view multiple layers

Touch icon from Maps screen. All available layers are listed

(like Traffic, Satellite, etc.), select one to view.

9.5.2 To clear the map

After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the

markers/layers that have been drawn: touch > Settings >

Maps history, then touch .

10 Others

10.1 Calculator

With the Calculator, you can solve many mathematical

problems.

To access the Calculator, touch from the Home screen and

then touch .

Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed,

enter the second number, then touch "=" to display the result.

Touch DEL to delete digits one by one, touch CLR to delete

all at once.

10.2 File Manager

To access the File Manager, touch from the Home screen

and then touch .

File Manager works with both external SD card and internal

storage.

File Manager displays all data stored on both microSD card

and internal storage, including applications, media files; videos,

pictures or audios you have captured; other data transferred via

Bluetooth, USB cable, etc.

When you download an application from PC to microSD card,

you can locate the application on File Manager, then touch it

to install it on your tablet.

File Manager allows you to perform and be really efficient with

the following common operations: create (sub) folder, open

folder/file, view, rename, move, copy, delete, play, share, etc.

10.3 Sound Recorder

To access the Sound Recorder, touch from the Home

screen and then touch .

Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for

seconds/hours.

10.4 Device Manager

To access the Device Manager, touch from the Home

screen and then touch .

Device Manager allows the Google Play services to erase all

data on the tablet, change the tablet’s screen-unlock password,

lock the screen, and make the tablet ring.

10.5 Other applications(1)

The previous applications in this section are preinstalled on

your tablet. You can also download thousands of 3rd party

applications by going to Google Play Store on your tablet.

(1) Application availability depends on the country and operator.

11 Settings

On the Home screen, touch > to access Settings,

or drag down the notification panel and touch to access

Settings.

11.1 Wireless & networks

11.1.1 Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using your

SIM card whenever you are in range of a wireless network.

The only thing you have to do is to enter the Wi-Fi screen

and configure an access point to connect your tablet to the

wireless network.

For detailed instructions on using Wi-Fi, refer to "6.1.2 Wi-Fi".

11.1.2 Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows your tablet to exchange data (videos, images,

music, etc.) in a small range with another Bluetooth supported

device (tablet, computer, printer, headset, car kit, etc.).

For more information on Bluetooth, refer to "6.2 Connecting

to Bluetooth devices".

11.1.3 Data usage

You can drag the warning line according to your limitation. You

can choose a data usage cycle to view the statistics and related

applications of used data by your tablet.

Data usage is measured by your tablet, and your

operator may count differently. Please consider using a

conservative limit.

11.1.4 Flight mode

Touch More and turn on Flight mode to simultaneously

disable all wireless connections, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

11.1.5 VPN settings

A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN)

provides mobile devices with access to network resources

and software applications on their home network, when they

connect via other wireless or wired networks. Mobile VPNs are

used in environments where workers need to keep application

sessions open at all times, throughout the working day, as the

user connects via various wireless networks, encounters gaps

in coverage, or suspend-and-resumes their devices to preserve

battery life. A conventional VPN can’t survive such events

because the network tunnel is disrupted, causing applications

to disconnect, time out, fail, or even the computing device

itself to crash.

For more information on VPN, refer to "6.5 Connecting to

virtual private networks".

11.1.6 Tethering & portable hotspot

This function allows you to share your tablet's mobile data

connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (refer to

"6.4 Sharing your tablet's mobile data connection").

11.1.7 Cellular networks

• Data roaming

Connect to data services when roaming

• Preferred network type

Touch to view/edit preferences.

• Show roaming reminder

Touch to select the options for showing roaming reminders.

• Access point names

You can select your preferred network with this menu.

• Network operators

Touch to choose a network operator.

11.2 Device

11.2.1 Display

• Home

screen

Turn on to enable swiping right on the Home

screen to launch a favourite application.

• Favourite

Home

screen app

Select an application to launch it by swiping

right on the Home screen.

• Brightness

level

Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen.

• Wallpaper Touch to set the wallpaper.

• Sleep Touch to set screen timeout.

• Double tap

to wake

Turn on to unlock the screen by double

touching the screen.

• Daydream To control what happens when the tablet is

docked or sleeping, turn Daydream on.

• Font size Touch to set the font size.

• When

device is

rotated

Set the orientation when the tablet is rotated.

11.2.2 Sound & notification

Use the Sound & notification settings to configure volume

and ringtones for different events and environments.

Sound

Sound settings enable users to adjust Media volume, Alarm

volume, and Notification volume, etc.

• Interruptions Touch to set the interruption mode, priority

interruptions, and downtime.

• Default

notification

Touch to choose a ringtone for default

notification.

• Other sounds Touch to set Screen locking sound and

Touch sounds.

Notification

Notification settings enable users to set App notifications,

enable/disable to show all notification when device is locked,

etc.

11.2.3 Storage

Use these settings to monitor the total and available space

on your tablet and on your microSD card; to manage your

microSD card.

If a warning message comes up saying that tablet

memory is limited, you are required to free up space by

deleting some unwanted applications, downloaded

files, etc.

11.2.4 Battery

In battery management screen you can view the battery usage

data since you last connected the tablet to a power source. The

screen also shows your battery status and how long it has been

used since last charging. Touch one category, then you can

learn its specific power consumption.

In battery management screen, touch > Battery saver to

turn on the switch. It helps improve battery life by reducing

the device’s performance and limiting most background

data. Battery saver turns off automatically when the device is

charging.

11.2.5 Apps

The Apps settings allows you to view details about the

applications installed on your tablet, to manage their data and

force them to stop.

11.3 Personal

11.3.1 Location

GPS satellites

Check to use your tablet’s global positioning system (GPS)

satellite receiver to pinpoint your location within an accuracy

as close as several meters ("street level"). The process of

accessing the GPS satellite and setting your tablet's precise

location for the first time will require up to 5 minutes. You will

need to stand in a place with a clear view of the sky and avoid

moving. After this, GPS will only need 20-40 seconds to identify

your precise location.

11.3.2 Security

Set up screen lock

• None Touch to disable screen unlock security.

• Swipe Touch to enable swipe unlock mode.

• Pattern Touch to draw pattern to unlock screen.

• PIN Touch to enter a numeric PIN to unlock screen.

• Password Touch to enter a password to unlock screen.

Owner info

Touch to input owner information which will display on the

lock screen.

Smart Lock

Your tablet can be automatically unlocked if at least one of the

following specified conditions is met:

• Your tablet is connected to a trusted device over Bluetooth.

• Your tablet is in a trusted place.

• A trusted face is detected.

• A trusted voice is detected.

• On-body detection is enabled.

You need to set a lock pattern, password, or PIN on your tablet

before using this feature.

Encrypt tablet

You can encrypt your accounts, settings, download applications

and their data, media and other files by touching Encrypt tablet.

Make passwords visible

Turn on to show passwords as you type.

Device administrators

Touch to view or deactivate device administrators.

Unknown sources

Turn on to permit installation of applications that you obtain

from web sites, emails, or other locations other than Google

Play Store.

To protect your tablet and personal data, download applications

only from trusted sources, such as Google Play Store.

App permissions

Touch to view or change app permissions.

Storage type

Touch to choose a storage type.

Trusted credentials

Touch to display trusted CA certificates.

Install from SD card

Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card

or Internal Storage.

Clear credentials

Touch to remove all credentials.

Trust agents

View or deactivate trust agents.

Screen pinning

Turn on the switch of Screen pinning, open the screen you want

to pin, touch the Overview icon at the bottom, then swipe up

and touch the pin icon. The screen will be pinned.

To unpin the screen, long press the Back icon and Overview

icon at the same time.

Apps with usage access

Turn on to allow the designated applications to view general

information about the applications on your tablet.

11.3.3 Accounts

Use the settings to add, remove, and manage your Email and

other supported accounts. You can also use these settings to

control how and whether all applications send, receive, and

synchronise data on their own schedules, and whether all

applications can synchronise user data automatically.

11.3.4 Language & input

Use the Language & input settings to select the language

for the text on your tablet and for configuring the onscreen

keyboard. You can also configure voice input settings and the

pointer speed.

Language

Touch to select the language and the region you want.

Spell checker

Turn on to enable the system to show suggested words.

Personal dictionary

Touch to open a list of the words you’ve added to the dictionary.

Touch a word to edit or delete it. Touch the add button (+) to

add a word.

Default

Touch to set the default keyboard for inputs.

Android Keyboard

The Android keyboard settings apply to the onscreen

keyboard that is included with your tablet. The correction and

capitalisation features affect only the English version of the

keyboard. Available options are as follows:

• Language

Touch to set input language.

• Preferences

Touch to set your input preferences, such as Auto-

capitalisation, Double-space full stop, and Sound on

keypress.

• Appearance & layouts

Touch to set the theme and customised input styles.

• Text correction

Touch to set personal or add-on dictionaries, block offensive

words, enable auto-correction, and perform correction

suggestion settings.

• Advanced

Touch to view more advanced settings for Android Keyboard.

Google voice typing

• Language

Touch to select the language.

• “OK Google“ detection

Turn on to enable saying “OK Google“ to start a voice search

from the Google application.

• Hands-free

Allow requests with device locked for Bluetooth devices or

wired devices.

• Speech output

Touch to turn on the speech output or restrict the speech

output to hands-free scenarios.

• Offline speech recognition

Touch to download or update languages to facilitate offline

speech recognition.

• Block offensive words

Turn on to hide recognised offensive voice results.

• Bluetooth headset

Turn on to record audio through Bluetooth headset if available.

Voice input

Touch to set voice input services, such as Enhanced Google

services and Basic Google recognition.

Text-to-speech output

• Preferred engine

Touch to choose a preferred text-to-speech engine, touch the

settings icon to show more choices for an engine.

• Speech rate

Touch to open a dialogue where you can select how quickly

you want the synthesizer to speak.

• Listen to an example

Touch to play a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using

your current settings.

• Default language status

View the default language status.

Pointer speed

Touch the set the pointer speed.

11.3.5 Backup & reset

Back up my data

Turn on to back up your tablet’s settings and other application

data to Google servers, with your Google account. If you

replace your tablet, the settings and data you’ve backed up

are restored onto the new tablet for the first time you sign in

with your Google account. If you turn on the switch, a wide

variety of settings and data are backed up, including your

Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve

installed, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the

onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure

with the Settings application. If you turn off the switch, you

stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are

deleted from Google servers.

Backup account

Touch to set a backup account.

Automatic restore

When Backup account is activated, touch the switch to activate

this function to restore your backed up settings or other data

when you reinstall an application.

Factory data reset

Tablet reset will erase all of your personal data from the internal

tablet storage, including information about your Google

account, any other accounts, your system and application

settings, and any downloaded applications. Resetting the

tablet does not erase any system software updates you’ve

downloaded or any files on your microSD card, such as music

or photos. If you mark the checkbox - Reserve the content

of internal storage before touching RESET TABLET, any files

stored on your tablet’s storage will not be erased. If you reset

the tablet in this way, you’re prompted to re-enter the same

kind of information as when you first started Android.

When you are unable to power on your tablet, there is another

way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys.

Press the Volume Up key and the Power key at same time until

the screen lights up.

11.4 System

11.4.1 Date & time

Use Date & time settings to customise your preferences for

how date and time are displayed.

Automatic date & time

Turn on to use network-provided time, or turn off to set all

values manually.

Automatic time zone

Turn on to use network-provided time zone, or turn off to set

all values manually.

Set date

Touch to open a dialogue where you can manually set the

tablet’s date.

Set time

Touch to open a dialogue where you can manually set the

tablet’s time.

Select time zone

Touch to open a dialogue where you can set the tablet’s time

zone.

Use 24-hour format

Turn on to display the time using 24-hour clock format.

Choose date format

Touch to open a dialogue where you can select the format for

displaying dates.

11.4.2 Accessibility

You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility

plug-ins you have installed on your tablet.

TalkBack

Touch to turn on/off to activate/deactivate the TalkBack

function.

Switch Access

Turn on the switch to control your device using configurable

key combinations.

Captions

Touch to set the caption type.

Large text

Turn on to zoom in text.

Auto-rotate screen

Turn on to enable the auto-rotate screen function.

Text-to-speech output

Touch to set the text-to-speech output function.

Magnification gestures

Touch to turn on/off to activate/deactivate zoom in/out

function by triple-tapping the screen.

Speak passwords

Turn on to speak passwords while typing.

Accessibility shortcut

Touch to turn on/off to enable/disable accessibility features.

Touch & hold delay

Touch to adjust the duration of Touch & hold delay. This

function enables your tablet to differ touch and touch & hold,

which may avoid incorrect operations.

11.4.3 Developer options

To access this function, touch Settings > About tablet, then

touch Build number 7 times. Now Developer options is

available.

The Developer options screen contains settings that are useful

for developing Android applications. For full information,

including documentation of the Android applications and

development tools, see the Android developer web site (http://

developer.android.com).

Take bug report

Touch to select to collect information about your current

device state and send as an email message.

Desktop backup password

Touch to set/change/remove desktop full backup password.

Stay awake

Turn on to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when

the tablet is connected to a charger or to a USB device that

provides power. Don’t use this setting with a static image on

the tablet for long periods of time, or the screen may be marked

with that image.

USB debugging

Turn on to permit debugging tools on a computer to

communicate with your tablet via a USB connection.

Allow mock locations

Turn on to permit a development tool on a computer to control

where the tablet believes it is located, rather than using the

tablet’s own internal tools for this purpose.

Select debug app

Touch to select debug app.

Verify apps over USB

Turn on to check apps over USB.

Show touches

Turn on to show visual feedback for touches.

Pointer location

Turn on to show current touch data.

Show layout bounds

Turn on to show clip bounds, margins, etc.

Show GPU view updates

Turn on to show GPU view updates.

Show hardware layers updates

Turn on to show hardware layers updates.

Debug GPU overdraw

Turn on to debug GPU overdraw.

Show surface updates

Turn on to show screen updates.

Window animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale for your window.

Transition animation scale

Touch to adjust the animation scale while performing transition.

Animator duration scale

Touch to adjust the animation duration scale.

Disable HW overlays

Turn on to select to always use GPU for screen compositing.

Force GPU rendering

Turn on

to forcibly use 2D hardware acceleration in applications.

Force 4x MSAA

Turn on to enable 4x MSAA.

Strict mode enabled

Turn on to enable strict mode. After enabled, the screen will

flash when applications do long operations on the main thread.

Show CPU usage

Turn on to show current CPU usage.

Profile GPU rendering

Turn on to use 2D hardware acceleration in applications.

Enable OpenGL traces

Touch to adjust OpenGL traces.

Don't keep activities

Turn on to destroy all activities as soon as you leave.

Background process limit

Touch to change the limit for background processes.

Show all ANRs

Turn on to show App Not Responding dialogue for background

applications.

11.4.4 About tablet

This contains information about things ranging from Model

number, Android version, Baseband version, Kernel version,

Build number to those listed below:

Software updates

Touch to check for software updates.

Status

This contains the status of the Battery status, Battery level, My

tablet number, Network, Signal strength, etc.

Legal information

Touch to view legal information.

Some services and apps may not be available in all countries.

Please ask in-store for details.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc. The Android robot is

reproduced or modified from work created and shared by

Google and used according to terms described in the Creative

Commons 3.0 Attribution Licence.

are trade marks of Vodafone Group. Any product or company

names mentioned herein may be the trade marks of their

respective owners.

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