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  • Page 2: Using This Manual

    Content in this user manual may differ from the product, or from software provided by service providers or carriers, ● and is subject to change without prior notice. Refer to www.samsung.com for the latest version of the user manual. Available features and additional services may vary by device, software, or service provider.
  • Page 3 Samsung Electronics. Trademarks SAMSUNG and the SAMSUNG logo are registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics. ● Google, the stylized Google logo, Android, and the stylized Android logo are trademarks of Google Inc.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Starting Android the first time ... 7 Welcome to Android! ... 7 Activating your mobile data service ... 8 Setting your location preferences ... 8 Signing into your Google Account ... 9 Backing up and restoring your data ... 10 Finishing setup ...
  • Page 5 Connecting to Bluetooth devices ... 56 Connecting to a Windows computer via USB ... 60 Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB ... 61 Sharing your mobile data connection ... 63 Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs) ... 66 Working with secure certificates ... 69 Google Search ...
  • Page 6 Settings ... 90 Opening Settings ... 90 Wireless & networks settings ... 91 Sound settings ... 95 Screen settings ... 96 Location and security settings ... 96 Apps settings ... 98 Accounts and sync settings ... 100 Privacy settings ... 101 Storage settings ...

  • Page 7: Starting Android The First Time

    Starting Android the first time When you first turn on your tablet, you have the opportunity to activate your mobile data service, to sign into your Google Account, and to decide how you want to use some Google services. Welcome to Android! The first time you power on your tablet you’re welcomed to Android and invited to pick a language to work in and to start setting up and using your tablet.

  • Page 8: Activating Your Mobile Data Service

    Activating your mobile data service On some mobile data networks, you must activate mobile data service on your tablet before you can use it to connect to the Internet. As soon as you touch Start on the Welcome! screen, your tablet starts the activation process. If your mobile network doesn’t require activation, or if your tablet only connects to Wi-Fi networks, it skips this step and prompts you to connect to a Wi-Fi network instead (see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks”...

  • Page 9: Signing Into Your Google Account

    Signing into your Google Account You must sign into a Google Account to use Google Mail, Google Talk, and other Google Apps; to download apps from Android Market; to back up your settings and other data to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your tablet.

  • Page 10: Backing Up And Restoring Your Data

    › Resetting your Google Account password If you have a Google Account but forget your password, you must reset it before you can sign in. Go to www.google.com, click Sign In, click “Can’t access your account?” in the sign-in box, and then follow the instructions for resetting your password.

  • Page 11: Finishing Setup

    Many kinds of data are backed up, including: Your Android settings, such as your Wi-Fi networks and passwords, user dictionary, and so on ● Many Google application settings, such as your Browser bookmarks ● The apps you download from Android Market ●...

  • Page 12: Home And Android Basics

    Home and Android basics Once you’ve finished setting up your tablet, Home opens. It’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your tablet and how to use it—Home and its Home screens, the touchscreen, securing your tablet, monitoring and responding to status and notification messages, and so on.

  • Page 13: Using The Touchscreen

    Return Home Touch the Home button in the System bar at any time, in any app. View other Home screens Slide your finger left or right across the current Home screen. ● The other Home screens provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen”...

  • Page 14: Using The Navigation Buttons

    Double-tap : Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. For example, you double-tap a section of ● a webpage in Browser to zoom that section to fit the width of the screen. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some apps reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.

  • Page 15: Waking The Tablet

    Waking the tablet If you don’t use the tablet for a while, the screen dims and then darkens, to conserve the battery. Press the Power button. The lock screen opens (unless you’ve turned it off; see “Securing your tablet” on page 22). Touch &...
  • Page 16 Open and work with the Apps screen Touch the Apps button at the top-right of any Home screen to open the Apps screen. ● The Apps screen closes when you open an app. You can also close it by touching Home My apps to view just the apps you’ve downloaded from Android Market.

  • Page 17: Monitoring Your Tablet's Status

    Monitoring your tablet’s status The right side of the System bar displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications, the current time, and icons indicating the tablet’s status. Notification icons See “Managing notifications” on page 18. › Status icons Status icons indicate the status of your tablet at the right edge of the System bar and in the Status Details panel (which opens if you touch the time).

  • Page 18: Managing Notifications

    Managing notifications Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you have configured your tablet as a Wi-Fi hotspot. When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the System bar, to the left of the time, along with a summary that appears briefly (see “Notification icons”...
  • Page 19 Open the Notifications list Touch the time in the System bar. Touch a notification summary to respond to it. You can also touch a notification’s Close button to remove it from the Notifications list, or touch elsewhere on the screen to close the list. Respond to a Notification Touch a Notification icon in the System bar.

  • Page 20: Status Details And Quick Settings

    Status Details and Quick Settings You can get more details about the current date and time, networking, and battery status in with the Status Details. You can also open the Quick Settings to view and control the most common settings for your tablet, as well as accessing the complete Settings application.
  • Page 21 Work with Quick Settings The Quick Settings make it convenient to view or change the most common tablet settings and to open the full Settings app. Open the Status Details. Touch anywhere in the Status Details. The Quick Settings open below the Status Details, replacing the list of current notifications. View or change the settings you want.

  • Page 22: Securing Your Tablet

    The Quick Settings are: Flight mode : Drag the switch to ON to turn off all the tablet’s radios that transmit data, including mobile data and Wi- ● Fi. See “Wireless & Network settings screen” on page 91. Wi-Fi : Touch to open the Wi-Fi settings. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51. ●...
  • Page 23 Secure your lock screen Touch the time in the System bar, touch the time in the Status Details panel, and touch the Quick Settings. You can also open Settings by touching its icon in the Apps screen or on a Home screen (if you placed a shortcut to it there).
  • Page 24 Encrypt your tablet You can encrypt all the data on your tablet: Google Accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you power on your tablet. Encryption is irreversible.

  • Page 25: Customizing Home Screens

    Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Touch the Encrypt tablet button again, to confirm you want to continue. The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryption can take an hour or more, during which time your tablet may restart several times. When encryption is complete, you’re prompted to enter your PIN or password.
  • Page 26 In the menu that opens, touch the tab for the category of item you want to add. Widgets : are miniature apps. They are described in detail in “Working with widgets” on page 28. ● App shortcuts : are app icons you can place on your Home screens, so you can touch them to open those apps ●...
  • Page 27 Remove an item from the Home screen Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your finger. The Remove button appears in the top-right of the screen. Drag the item to the Remove button. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

  • Page 28: Working With Widgets

    Working with widgets Widgets are miniature apps that you can place on your Home screens. Some widgets are standalone applications, some open a related application when you touch them, and others provide a subset of useful information or controls for their related applications.

  • Page 29: Optimizing Battery Life

    Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. Extend the life of your battery Turn off radios that you aren’t using. ●...
  • Page 30 Check the battery charge level Open the Settings app and touch About tablet The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen. Monitor and control what uses the battery The Battery Use screen shows which apps consume the most battery power.

  • Page 31: Working With Apps

    Working with apps You can open and switch among numerous apps: Android manages your tablet’s resources for you so you don’t need to quit one to get the most out of another one. You can learn about how your apps memory. You can also view and work with the files and other items you’ve downloaded in such apps as Browser and Google Mail.
  • Page 32 Open the Apps screen In Home, touch the Apps button (at the top right). If you have more apps than can fit on the Apps screen, you can slide the screen left or right to view more. You can add shortcut to an app to a Home screen by touching & holding the app on the Apps screen until outlines of the Home screens appear below the app icons.

  • Page 33: Managing How Apps Use Memory

    Managing how apps use memory As described in “Opening and switching apps” on page 31, you typically don’t need to worry about managing apps beyond installing, opening, and using them. The operating system manages how they use memory and other resources automatically.
  • Page 34 You manage how apps use storage memory directly and indirectly in many ways as you use your tablet, for example, by: Installing or uninstalling apps (see “ ● Downloading files in Browser, Google Mail, and other apps ● Creating files (for example, by taking pictures) ●...
  • Page 35 Active tab to view the apps and their processes and services that are running or cached. Touch the ● See “Stop a misbehaving app” on page 36. Downloaded or All tab, touch the By Size icon or the Alphabetical icon to switch the order of the When viewing the ●...
  • Page 36 You can delete an app’s settings and other data by touching the ● Cache : If the app stores data in a temporary area of the tablet’s memory, lists how much information is stored, and ● includes a button for clearing it. Launch by default : If you have configured an app to launch certain file types by default, you can clear that setting ●...

  • Page 37: Managing Downloads

    Uninstall an app You can uninstall apps you downloaded from Market and other sources. (You can also use Market to uninstall apps you downloaded from there; see “Managing downloads” on page 37) Open the Manage Applications screen. Downloaded tab. Touch the Touch the app you want to uninstall.
  • Page 38 Open Downloads and manage downloaded files Touch the Downloads icon in Home: on the Apps screen or a shortcut on a Home Screen (if you added one there). ● See “Opening and switching apps” on page 31. Touch an item to reopen it. ●...

  • Page 39: Entering And Editing Text

    Entering and editing text You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text in web pages, when composing mail, and anyplace else with a text field, or you can enter text by speaking instead of typing. You can also edit text: insert, delete, copy, and even paste between applicators.
  • Page 40 Enter text by typing Touch a text field to open the keyboard. The onscreen keyboard opens. Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter Android’s best guess at the word you mean to enter. Touch the Shift key once to capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for ALL CAPS. If you touch in a text field where there is already text entered, the insertion point is set where you touch and the insertion point tab appears.
  • Page 41 Touch a suggestion to enter it in place of the underlined word in the text field. Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text. ● As you type, words that the keyboard has suggestions for are underlined. If you set the keyboard to show correction suggestions, they appear in a strip above the keyboard. The underlined word in the strip is the suggested word.
  • Page 42 Touch space or a punctuation mark to enter a suggested word in place of the underlined word. ● If you mistype a word that the keyboard recognizes, it corrects it automatically (unless you turn that feature off). If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctuation marks you can touch, to replace the space with.

  • Page 43: Entering Text By Speaking

    Change the input language If you’ve used the Input Method settings to make more than one language or input method available, the Input Method button appears in the System bar when the onscreen keyboard, voice input panel, or other input method is open.
  • Page 44 When prompted to “Speak now, ” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma, ” “period, ” “question mark, ” “exclamation mark, ” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can continue entering text to keep it, or delete it. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the speech-recognition service and entered in the text field, underlined.

  • Page 45: Editing Text

    Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and cut, copy, or paste text, within or across apps. Some apps don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with. Edit text Touch the text you want to edit.
  • Page 46 Select text You select text that you want to cut, copy, delete, or replace. Touch & hold the text or word you want to select. The selected text is highlighted, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag a selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text. Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of selected text.
  • Page 47 Use the tools in the Application bar to cut, copy, or paste to replace the selected text. You can also simply enter text by typing or speaking, to replace the selection with what you type, or touch the Delete key to deleted the selected text.

  • Page 48: Connecting To Networks And Devices

    Connecting to networks and devices Your tablet can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can connect your tablet to a computer, to transfer files from your tablet, using a USB connection or Bluetooth.
  • Page 49 Network status icons turn blue if you have a Google Account added to your tablet and the tablet is connected to Google services, for syncing your Google Mail, Calendar events, contacts, for backing up your settings, and so on. If you don’t have a Google Account or if, for example, you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network that is not connected to the Internet, the network icons are gray.
  • Page 50 Limit your data connection to slower networks If your tablet connects to GSM mobile networks, you can extend your battery life by limiting your data connections to slower, 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE). When you are connected to a 2G network, you may want to postpone activities that transmit a lot of data, such as sending, uploading, or downloading pictures or video, until you are connected to a faster mobile or other wireless network.

  • Page 51: Connecting To Wi-Fi Networks

    Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi on your tablet, you connect to a wireless access point, or “hotspot. ” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them.
  • Page 52 Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. Open the Settings app. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless &...
  • Page 53 The network prefix length (a number between 0 and 32, such as 24 for a Class C network, 16 for a Class B network, ● or 8 for a Class A network) At least one DNS server for the network ●...
  • Page 54 Add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the tablet will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if the network does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of range of it.
  • Page 55 Forget a Wi-Fi network You can make the tablet forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that you added—for example, if you don’t want the tablet to connect to it automatically or if it is a network that you no longer use. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

  • Page 56: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headsets for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops. There are several Bluetooth profiles that define the features and communications standards for Bluetooth devices.
  • Page 57 Change your tablet’s Bluetooth name Your tablet has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable. Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless &...
  • Page 58 If the device you want to pair with isn’t in the list, ensure that the other device is turned on and set to be discoverable. See the documentation that came with your device to learn how to make it discoverable by your tablet, and for other instructions for pairing.
  • Page 59 Bluetooth to turn it on. Check In the list of devices, touch a paired but unconnected device in the list. If the device you expected isn’t displayed, touch Scan for devices. When the tablet and the device are connected, the device is displayed as connected in the list. Configure the Bluetooth features you want to use Some Bluetooth devices have multiple profiles.

  • Page 60: Connecting To A Windows Computer Via Usb

    Disconnect from a Bluetooth device Touch the device in the Bluetooth settings screen. Touch OK to confirm that you want to disconnect. Unpair a Bluetooth device You can unpair a Bluetooth device to erase all pairing information about it. In the Bluetooth settings, touch the Wrench icon for the Bluetooth device you want to unpair. Touch Unpair.

  • Page 61: Connecting To A Macintosh Computer Via Usb

    Connect your tablet to a computer via USB Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect the tablet to a USB port on your computer. ● Your tablet’s USB storage is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files back and forth as you would using any other external device.
  • Page 62 Connect your tablet to your computer using its USB cable. Android File Transfer starts, if it’s not already running, and opens a window that displays the contents of your tablet. Details about the amount of space on your tablet are at the bottom of the window. You work with this window much as if it were a Finder window: opening and closing folders, creating new folders, and dragging files to or from it and other Finder windows.

  • Page 63: Sharing Your Mobile Data Connection

    Sharing your mobile data connection You can share your tablet’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable or via Bluetooth: USB tethering or Bluetooth tethering. You can also share your tablet’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • Page 64 Use the USB cable that came with your tablet to connect your tablet to your computer. Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Wireless & networks → Touch USB tethering. Check The tablet starts sharing its mobile network data connection with your computer, via USB connection. An ongoing notification icon is added to the System bar, to the left of the time.
  • Page 65 Share your tablet’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Check After a moment, the tablet starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so you can connect to it with up to 8 computers or other devices.

  • Page 66: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks (Vpns)

    Configure mobile AP. Touch The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens. You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when scanning for Wi-Fi networks. You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK).
  • Page 67 Add a VPN Open the Settings application. See “Opening Settings” on page 90. Touch Wireless & networks → Add VPN. Touch Touch the type of VPN to add. In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.
  • Page 68 Disconnect from a VPN Touch the notification for the VPN connection in the System bar. Edit a VPN Open the Settings application. Wireless & networks → Touch The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. Touch & hold the VPN whose settings you want to edit. In the dialog that opens, touch Edit the VPN settings you want.

  • Page 69: Working With Secure Certificates

    Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your tablet’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your tablet.
  • Page 70 Touch the file name of the certificate to install. Only the names of certificates that you have not already installed on your tablet are displayed. If prompted, enter the certificate’s password and touch Enter a name for the certificate and touch If you have not already set a password for your tablet’s credential storage, you’re prompted to enter a password for it twice and then touch OK.

  • Page 71: Google Search

    Google Search You can search for information on your tablet and on the web using Google Search. You can also search the web by speaking, instead of typing: see “Voice Search and Voice Actions” on page 76. Searching your tablet and the web You can use Google Search to find information on your tablet and the web.
  • Page 72 Start typing what you want to search for. As you type, suggestions from Google web search appear below the Search box, and results from your tablet and local searches appear to the right. You can touch a suggestion’s arrow icon to enter it in the Search box. If you do, new suggestions appear and you can enter more text or touch the arrow icon next subsequent suggestions to quickly refine your search.
  • Page 73 Change what you target when searching the tablet Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google Search box. Search results are displayed below and to the right of the Search box as you enter text. You can change which applications are targetable by Google Search.

  • Page 74: Changing Google Search Settings

    Personalised search depending on whether you want Google servers to make search Check or uncheck suggestions based on your interests and previous searches. Touch Manage search history to open Browser with a web-based interface for viewing and managing the web search history associated with your Google Account.

  • Page 75: Google Search Settings

    › Google Search settings Use My Location : Check to include your location when using Google Search and other Google services. When you ● check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services.

  • Page 76: Voice Search And Voice Actions

    Voice Search and Voice Actions You can search for information on the web and control your tablet by speaking, with Voice Search. You can also use Voice Actions to control your tablet in a number of ways, such as sending messages or setting Clock alarms. Searching the web by speaking You can use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.

  • Page 77: Using Voice Actions

    Speak the words you want to search for on the web. You can also speak Voice Actions, which are detailed in “Using Voice Actions” on page 77. When you’re finished speaking, Voice Search analyzes your speech and Browser opens, displaying results of a Google Search on the web.

  • Page 78: Changing Voice Search Settings

    Changing Voice Search settings You use the Voice Search settings to configure which data on your tablet you want to be able to search, manage your privacy, and to configure a number of other settings. To change Voice Search settings, touch the Voice Search icon on the Home screen to open Voice Search, touch the at the top right, and touch Settings.

  • Page 79: Accounts

    Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your tablet from multiple Google Accounts or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet. For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available.
  • Page 80 Add an account To add some accounts, you may need to obtain details from an IT support representative about the service to which the account connects. For example, you may need to know the account’s domain or server address. Open the Accounts and Sync settings. You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and sync.

  • Page 81: Configuring Account Sync And Display Options

    Remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your tablet, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. Open the Accounts and Sync settings. The Accounts and Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts. Touch the account to delete.
  • Page 82 Configure general sync settings Open the Accounts and Sync settings. You can do this by opening the Settings application and touching Accounts and sync. Many applications also have an Accounts button or menu item on the screens where you work with accounts. For example, in the Contacts application you can touch the Menu button The screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.

  • Page 83: Sync Information Manually

    Sync information manually Accounts and sync settings. Open the Touch the account whose data you want to sync. Touch the Sync Now button at the top-right of the Application bar. Change an account’s sync settings Accounts and sync settings. Open the Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change.

  • Page 84: Android Apps

    Android apps In addition to Home, Google Search, Settings, and the core features of the Android platform, your tablet comes with an assortment of apps for reading email, browsing the web, shooting pictures and movies, listening to music, and more. This section introduces you to some of the Android apps from Google that may be included on your tablet.

  • Page 85: Calendar

    Calendar Calendar on the tablet works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service. You can view your Calendar events by the day, week, or month, and in other views. You can also create and change events and configure Calendar to notify you about upcoming events. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

  • Page 86: Contacts

    Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. You can set Contacts to sync details about your contacts with each Google Account other account you add to your tablet: any changes you make to your contacts on the tablet, on the web, or on another device are made everywhere the next time you sync.

  • Page 87: Gallery

    Gallery Use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera or copied onto your tablet form a computer or other source. You can also view pictures in Picasa web albums. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture.

  • Page 88: Google Talk

    Google Talk Talk is Google’s instant messaging and audio and video chat service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on another Android tablet or phone or on a computer. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

  • Page 89: Movie Studio

    Movie Studio Use Movie Studio to edit the videos you take with Camera or copy onto your tablet into movies. You can cut and order scenes, add a sound track, and so on. To learn more, visit the Android Apps page on the Google Mobile Help Center (www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1196682).

  • Page 90: Settings

    Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your tablet looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the documentation for those applications. Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your tablet.

  • Page 91: Wireless & Networks Settings

    Wireless & networks settings Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile networks, and via a USB connection. You also use Wireless & Network settings to configure connections between your tablet and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect other devices to the Internet using your tablet’s mobile data connection, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.
  • Page 92 › Wi-Fi settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 51. In addition to the settings described in this section, you can touch the Menu button and touch Advanced to view the settings described in “Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 92. Wi-Fi : Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks.

  • Page 93: Bluetooth Settings Screen

    › Bluetooth settings screen For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 56. Bluetooth : Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices. ● Device name : Opens a dialog where you can give your tablet a name that is visible on some Bluetooth devices. The ●...

  • Page 94: Vpn Settings Screen

    › VPN settings screen For details about these settings, see “Connecting to virtual private networks (VPNs)” on page 66. Add VPN : Opens a screen that prompts you to select the type of VPN to add. You are then prompted for VPN ●...

  • Page 95: Sound Settings

    Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how, and at what volume, the tablet plays music or other media with audio, notification ringtones, and alarms. You also use these settings to pick the notification ringtone you prefer and whether you hear audible feedback when touching or locking and unlocking the screen.

  • Page 96: Screen Settings

    Screen settings Use the Screen settings to configure brightness and other screen settings. Brightness : Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set ● the tablet to adjust the brightness automatically, using the tablet’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the tablet.
  • Page 97 Enable GPS : Check to use your tablet’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to ● within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”). Actual GPS accuracy depends on a clear view of the sky and other factors.

  • Page 98: Apps Settings

    Use secure credentials : Check to allow applications to access your tablet’s encrypted store of secure certificates ● and related passwords and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections, as described in “Connecting to networks and devices” on page 48. If you have not set a password for the credential storage, this setting is dimmed.

  • Page 99: Development Screen

    Battery use : Opens a list of the applications that have used battery power since you last charged your tablet. See ● “Optimizing battery life” on page 29. Unknown sources : Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites, email, or other ●...

  • Page 100: Accounts And Sync Settings

    Accounts and sync settings Use the Accounts and Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google Accounts and other accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically.

  • Page 101: Privacy Settings

    Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage whether your settings and other data are backed up to Google servers, using your Google account. You also use these settings to erase all the data on your tablet by performing a factory data reset. Back up my data : Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account.

  • Page 102: Storage Settings

    Storage settings Use the Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your tablet’s internal storage. You can also view and manage the storage used by applications; see “Managing how apps use memory” on page 33. You can view, reopen, and delete files you’ve downloaded with Browser, Google Mail, or Email with the Downloads application;...

  • Page 103: Google Voice Recognition Settings Screen

    Current input method : Opens a dialog where you can select the input method you want to use, if you have more ● than one installed, or touch Configure input methods to open the screen where you can configure the current input method.
  • Page 104 › Text-to-Speech settings screen If you don’t have speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data setting is available. Listen to an example : Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your current settings. ● Always use my settings : Check to use the settings on this screen in place of speech synthesizer settings available in ●...

  • Page 105: Android Keyboard Settings Screen

    › Configure input methods screen This screen lists settings for the input methods you have installed. Initially, it lists settings only for the Android keyboard. Android keyboard : For tablets with physical keyboards, uncheck to disable the onscreen keyboard. See “Android ●...

  • Page 106: Accessibility Settings

    Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your tablet. Accessibility : Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. ● TalkBack : Check to have an installed speech synthesizer speak the labels or names of items as you navigate the ●...

  • Page 107: About Tablet

    About tablet About tablet includes information about your tablet. › About tablet screen System updates : Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates. ● Status : Opens the Status screen with information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details. ●...
  • Page 108 Some of the contents in this manual may differ from your device depending on the software of the device or your service provider. www.samsung.com English (EU). 04/2011. Rev. 1.0...

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