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Google Nexus 7 2013 Manual Book

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For Android™ mobile technology platform 4.3

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  • Page 1 Guidebook 2013 For Android™ mobile technology platform 4.3...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2013 Google inc. All rights reserved. Edition 1.4 Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Nexus, Google Play, You- Tube, Google+, and other trademarks are property of Google inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google.com/permissions/ trademark/our-trademarks.html. Asus and the Asus logo are trademarks of AsusTek Computer inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Get around use your Home screens Touch & type Type text by speaking 2. Explore your tablet swipe up for Google Now Swipe down for notifications & settings Relax with Google Play use & customize the lock screen Try Face unlock...
  • Page 4 & use Clock Manage downloads 5. Google Now & Search About Google Now use Google Now Turn Google Now on or off Control location access, reporting, & history use your voice on Android Voice Actions commands Google Now Card list...
  • Page 5 6. Settings 7. Accessibility Appendix: Hardware reference What’s in the box Nexus 7 (2013) hardware specs (Wi-Fi models) specs (32Gb + LTe) Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook...

  • Page 6: Get Started

    Get started Insert & activate a SIM card Applies only to Nexus 7 (2013) LTE. To use your tablet with mobile network data, you must first insert & activate a siM card. if no card is installed, the message “No siM card”...
  • Page 7 To insert a new si M card: 1. Turn your tablet off and place it on a flat surface with the screen facing up, with the camera at the top and the Power button on the right. 2. Tilt the right side slightly and locate the siM card tray near the bottom and the small hole in the tray door.
  • Page 8 Google Play store to manage your data. Contact your own mobile service provider for additional details.

  • Page 9: Charge The Battery

    Charge the battery The battery may not be fully charged at first. It’s a good idea to fully charge it as soon as you can. Connect the micro usb cable to Nexus 7 and to the charging unit, and the charging unit to a power outlet: •...

  • Page 10: Set Up Your Tablet

    IMPOrTANT: You must have a Wi-Fi connection to com- plete the setup process. When prompted, you can sign in with your Google Account or cre- ate one at that time. You can also choose to skip this step and create one later.

  • Page 11: Get Around

    When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your tablet. if you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add the others later. Get around every Home screen shows the Favorites tray: another quick way to get to your books, magazines, apps, movies, and music.
  • Page 12 To open Quick settings, swipe down from the top right corner of any screen. At the top of the screen you’ll find Google Search, which lets you search your tablet or the internet. Touch Google to type your search terms, or the Microphone icon to speak them.

  • Page 13: Use Your Home Screens

    Use your Home screens Browse Home screens To move between Home screens, swipe left or right. The My Library widget displays music, movies, magazines, and books you already have: When you’re ready to shop for more, try the suggestions in one of the Play Recommendations widgets: Touch to avoid future...
  • Page 14 To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen. Organize Home screens To add an app or widget to a Home screen: 1.

  • Page 15: Touch & Type

    Touch & type To select or activate something, touch it. To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field. other common gestures include: •...

  • Page 16: Type Text By Speaking

    To improve processing of your voice input, Google may record a few seconds of ambient background noise in temporary memory at any time.
  • Page 17 To change your tablet’s speech settings, go to Set- tings > Personal > Language & input. Settings Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GeT sTARTed...

  • Page 18: Explore Your Tablet

    Explore your tablet Swipe up for Google Now Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just the right time. it tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, and even your favorite team’s score while they’re playing.
  • Page 19 Give it a try! Swipe your finger up from the bottom of any screen, or touch the Google search bar at the top of the Home screen. When you want to see more cards, touch Show more cards at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 20: Swipe Down For Notifications & Settings

    Swipe down for notifications & settings Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as video downloads. When a notification arrives, its icon appears at the top of the screen.

  • Page 21: Quick Settings

    You can perform these actions from the notification shade: dismiss all Touch to respond to other guests swipe down using one finger to expand certain notifications Quick Settings use Quick settings to easily access Wi-Fi settings, manage dis- play brightness, open the main settings menu, and more. To open Quick settings, swipe down from the top right corner of any screen: Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook...

  • Page 22: Relax With Google Play

    Google Play Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place – movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more – so you can reach it from any of your devices.
  • Page 23 Android mobile devices. (Android apps are one ex- ception – they run only on Android devices.) sign in to play.google.com to get your entertainment from anywhere. Find your content if you purchased on Google Play in the past, you’ll automatically Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook exPLoRe YouR TAbLeT...
  • Page 24 Nexus 7 — just make sure you’re signed in using the same account that you used to pur- chase it. You can get to your content using any of the Google Play icons in your Favorites tray, including books, Magazines, Movies, and Music.

  • Page 25: Use & Customize The Lock Screen

    To set or change the type of lock, go to to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock. To open Google Now from the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen. enter your PiN, pattern, or password if prompted.

  • Page 26: Try Face Unlock

    3. Touch the widget you want to add. You can add up to five widgets to your lock screen. To move be- tween them, swipe across the top of the screen in portrait mode, or across the left side of the screen in landscape mode. reorder lock screen widgets 1.

  • Page 27: Share Content With Android Beam

    3. Touch your screen anywhere. Your friend’s device displays the transferred content. or, if the necessary app isn’t installed, Google Play opens to a screen where your friend can download the app. TIP: When you touch another device to the back of your Nexus 7, make sure it’s near the “x”...

  • Page 28: Change The Wallpaper

    Wallpapers. Choose from thumbnails of default images, or touch a thumbnail for a larger version. You can download additional wallpapers on Google Play. 3. To set a wallpaper, touch Set wallpaper or, for Gallery images, drag the blue dots to determine the cropping, and touch OK.

  • Page 29: Take A Screenshot

    2. Press the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously. The screenshot is automatically saved in your Gallery. TIP: To easily share your screenshot via Gmail, Google+, and more, swipe down the notification shade and touch the share icon next to the preview of your screenshot.
  • Page 30 To pair and connect a bluetooth input devices to your device: 1. Make sure your bluetooth input device is in pairing mode. 2. Touch Settings > Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth. 3. Make sure bluetooth is turned on. 4. Touch the name of your device near the top of the screen, so that the text below says “Visible to all nearby bluetooth devices”.

  • Page 31: Other Input Devices

    • if your mouse has a trackball or scroll wheel, you can use it to scroll both vertically and horizontally. Other input devices You can connect joysticks, gamepads, and other input devices to your tablet. if they work without special drivers or adapters on your PC, they will likely work with your tablet.

  • Page 32: Use The Keyboard

    Use the keyboard Enter & edit text You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. some apps open it automatically. in others, you open it by touching where you want to type. Touch a Touch & hold suggestion to type this to type it character Touch &...

  • Page 33: Basic Editing

    Basic editing • Move the insertion point. Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a blue tab appears below it. drag the tab to move the cursor. • Select text. Touch & hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the se- lection.

  • Page 34: Try Gesture Typing

    Use next-word suggestions 1. Touch the location where you want to input text. 2. start typing out a word. When the word you want is displayed in a list above the keyboard, touch it. 3. Continue to touch words unless the one you want doesn’t ap- pear.

  • Page 35: Use Keyboard Dictionaries

    TIP: if there are letters you want to emphasize — for in- stance, if the keyboard displays a similar word instead of the one you want — hover over it slightly longer before mov- ing on to the next letter. Use Gesture Typing without the space bar When you use Gesture Typing, there’s no need to use the space bar —...
  • Page 36 Add-on dictionaries 1. Touch the settings icon next to Android keyboard. 2. Touch Add-on dictionaries. You’ll see dictionaries for other languages that you can down- load to your device. 3. Touch the dictionary you want, then Install. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook use THe keYboARd...

  • Page 37: Try Some Apps

    Favorites tray on any Home screen. This is where you can see all your apps, including All Apps those downloaded on Google Play. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens. From All Apps, you can: Move between screens. swipe left or right.

  • Page 38: Start Gmail

    Gmail icon on a Home or All Apps screen. Gmail but Gmail isn’t just about email. You can use your Gmail account to sign in to all Google apps and services, including these and many more: • Google Now, for getting just the right information at just the right time •...

  • Page 39: Find People

    Home or All Apps screen. People When you first turn on your tablet and sign into a Google Account, any existing contacts from that account are synced with your People app. After that, all your contacts stay in sync automatical- ly on your tablet, another device, or a Web browser.

  • Page 40: Manage Your Calendar

    Calendar When you first set up your tablet, you configured it to use an ex- isting Google Account (such as Gmail), or you created a new one. The first time you open the Calendar app on your tablet, it dis- plays any existing calendar events from that Google Account on the web.

  • Page 41: Open & Use Clock

    the screen or Menu to search or create events, return to to- day, or adjust settings. To email everyone who’s invited to an event, you have two options: • open the event from the Calendar app at any time and touch Email guests.

  • Page 42: Manage Downloads

    Stop. You can also add laps while the stopwatch is running by touching the icon to the left of the stopwatch. To share your results, touch the share icon to share via Google+, Gmail, and more. View your Clock To view the current date and time, touch the Clock icon at the top center of the screen.
  • Page 43 However, you can pin (download) books, movies, and other content in order to access it offline. in addition to downloading content from Google Play, you can download files from Gmail or other sources. Use the Downloads app to view, reopen, or delete what you download in this way.

  • Page 44: Google Now & Search

    You can turn Google Now on or off at any time. swipe up the same way and touch Menu > Settings > Google Now. if the keyboard’s...
  • Page 45 About Google Now cards A Google Now card is a short snippet of useful information that slides into view right when you’re most likely to need it. For exam- ple, here’s a traffic card:...
  • Page 46 Location History in the past, Google Now uses your previously recorded locations as well as ongoing locations when making suggestions. Turning off Location History pauses the collection of location information, but doesn’t delete your his-...
  • Page 47 About Google Search versions Google Now is part of the Google search app. To check which ver- sion of Google search you’re using, follow these steps: 1. From any Home screen, go to All Apps.

  • Page 48: Use Google Now

    Use Google Now To view the Google Now cards that are waiting for you at any par- ticular time, swipe up from the bottom of your tablet, or touch Google on any Home screen. Google Now displays cards when they’re most likely to be useful and relevant based on the current time and your current location.
  • Page 49 (such as Fahrenheit or Celsius for the Weather card). some cards also let you answer questions that help Google Now fine- tune its performance. info icon again.
  • Page 50 Touch Menu > Settings > Notifications Use the Google Now widget The Google Now widget displays a summary of your current Goo- gle Now cards, either on a Home screen or on the lock screen. Touch the widget anywhere to see the details in Google Now.

  • Page 51: Turn Google Now On Or Off

    Turn Google Now on or off You can turn Google Now on or off from within the Google search app: 1. swipe up from the bottom of any screen, or touch Google or Google icon on a Home screen. 2. Touch Menu > Settings. You may need to lower the keyboard to see the Menu icon.
  • Page 52 Define home & work As you use Google Now, you may be asked to confirm your home or work address to get commute traffic information, travel help, and more. You can change these addresses in several other ways: •...
  • Page 53 IMPOrTANT: if you delete Location History from Google settings, all of your history will be deleted. This can’t be reverted, and may cause some apps like Google Now to ex- perience problems. To delete certain segments of your his- tory, follow the steps below to remove it using the Location History Map tab.
  • Page 54 Google apps while still permitting its use by non-Google apps – just go to Set- tings > Accounts > Google > Location settings.

  • Page 55: Use Your Voice On Android

    To initiate an action or a search using your voice, touch the crophone icon on the Home screen or in the Google search app. if your device is running Android 4.1 or later, you don’t have to touch the microphone —...

  • Page 56: Voice Actions

    Just touch the one you want. if you ask your question to Google, the answer can be spoken to you. The answer can be a fact, weather condition, stock price, flight status, sports score, currency conversion, mathematical calculation, and more. some examples include: •...

  • Page 57: Voice Actions Commands

    Voice Actions commands Voice Actions are only supported in english, French, German, spanish, and italian. To see examples of Voice Actions commands on the Google Now screen, say “Google,” then “Help.” This table also lists some key Voice Actions phrases.
  • Page 58 California” destination “Navigate to union square, San Francisco.” "Post to Google+" What you want posted "Post to Google+ i'm to Google+ going out of town." "What's this song?" When you hear a song, ask "What's this song?" "Scan a barcode"...

  • Page 59: Google Now Card List

    Google Now Card list Cards are displayed when you’re most likely to need them. Most are based on information available to your Google account, such as your current location, recent searches, or calendar entries. Gmail cards display information based on recent confirmation messages in the Gmail account you’ve selected for use with Goo-...
  • Page 60 Events nearby shown before your favorite artists give concerts near you, or before other popular events are scheduled near you. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 61 Flights shown before flights that you’ve searched for. Gmail: Event bookings & tickets shown before an event booking confirmed by Gmail. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 62 Links on each card bring you to more detailed tracking information. Gmail: restaurants shown before a restaurant reservation confirmed by Gmail. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 63 News update shows updates related to news items you’ve read recently. Next appointment shown before scheduled meetings. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 64 Places shows nearby businesses and other places of potential interest. if you’re at a museum or shop, you can use your camera to look up artwork or get product information. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 65 Gives public advisories for your location from the National Weather service, u.s. Geological survey, and similar services. real estate shown when you’ve searched extensively for property listings and are near a property for sale. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...
  • Page 66 Google search to research a topic, such as a trip you’re planning. Sports shown for teams that interest you before, during, or after a game. Stocks shown periodically for stocks you’re tracking. For more details, “About the stocks...
  • Page 67 Travel: Nearby attractions shown when you’re near well- known attractions, such as restaurants, museums, cafes, and so on. Travel: Time back home shown periodically when you’re in a different time zone than usual. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook GooGLe NoW & seARCH...

  • Page 68: About Gmail Cards

    You can turn Gmail cards off or on from the main Google Now screen: •...

  • Page 69: About The Activity Summary Card

    IMPOrTANT: Gmail cards are currently not available in all languages or when using Google Now with a Google Apps account. About the Activity summary card The Activity summary card appears once a month. it provides a very rough approximation of how far you’ve walked or cycled during that month compared to the previous one.

  • Page 70: About The Research Topics Card

    – and Google detects relevant webpages that you may not have found yet. For this card to appear, you must have Web History turned on for the account you use with Google Now. To explore more links that may be relevant to the topic, touch Ex- plore at the bottom of the card.
  • Page 71 Google Now is turned off for your domain. if you see this message, you’re using Google Apps for business, and your system administrator has turned off Google Now for your organization. before you can turn it on, your administrator needs to turn it on for the whole domain.

  • Page 72: Settings

    Settings To open settings, touch its icon in All Apps. To open Quick settings, swipe down from the top right of any screen. Settings To get more information about most settings screens, touch Menu > Help. Quick settings provide the fastest way to adjust settings that you access frequently, such as Wi-Fi or brightness.

  • Page 73: Accessibility

    Accessibility. options for people with visual impairments include: • TalkBack is a pre-installed screen reader from Google. it uses spoken feedback to describe events, such as notifications, and the results of your actions, such as opening an app. Explore by Touch is a system feature that works with Talkback, •...
  • Page 74 You can also try magnification gestures, which allow you to zoom in and out, as well as temporarily magnify what’s under your fin- ger. To try magnification gestures, go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification gestures. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook ACCessibiLiTY...

  • Page 75: Appendix: Hardware Reference

    Appendix: Hardware reference What’s in the box A. Nexus 7 2013 b. Micro usb cable C. usb charging unit d. Quick start card and Warranty & safety Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook APPeNdix...

  • Page 76: Nexus 7 (2013) Hardware

    • A siM card ejection tool and directions for using it are also included with the LTe model. • if any item is damaged or missing, contact your point of pur- chase for assistance • The bundled usb charging unit varies by country or region. Nexus 7 (2013) hardware Front 3.5mm...
  • Page 77 Back Speakers Rear-facing camera NFC & wireless charging area Speakers Charger/USB/ SlimPort NOTE: siM card tray is available only for Nexus 7 (2013) LTe. Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook APPeNdix...

  • Page 78: Specs (Wi-Fi Models)

    Specs (Wi-Fi models) screen 7.02” 1920x1200 Hd display (323 ppi) 1080p Hd iPs scratch-resistant Corning® glass size 114 x 200 x 8.65mm Weight 0.64 lb (290g) Camera 1.2MP front-facing camera 5MP rear facing, auto focus Audio stereo speakers Fraunhofer Cingo™ virtual surround sound Fraunhofer Cingo™mobile audio technology.
  • Page 79 Android 4.3 (Jelly bean) Processing CPu: Qualcomm snapdragon™ s4 Pro, 1.5GHz GPu: Adreno 320, 400MHz sensors Accelerometer Ambient light Compass Gyroscope Nexus 7 (2013) Guidebook APPeNdix...

  • Page 80: Specs (32Gb + Lte)

    Specs (32GB + LTE) screen 7.02” 1920x1200 Hd display (323 ppi) 1080p Hd iPs scratch-resistant Corning® glass size 114 x 200 x 8.65mm Weight 0.66lb (299g) Camera 1.2MP front-facing camera 5MP rear facing, auto focus Network North America: GsM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz HsPA+: 850/900/1900/2100/AWs(1700/2100) MHz (bands: 1/2/4/5/8) LTe: 700/750/850/1700/1900/2100 MHZ (bands:...
  • Page 81 Wireless dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n NFC (Android beam) bluetooth 4.0 Memory 32 Gb internal storage (actual formatted capacity will be less) 2Gb RAM Ports Micro usb slimPort™ battery 3950 mAh up to 9 hours of active use Wireless charging built-in (Qi compatible) Android 4.3 (Jelly bean) Processing CPu: Qualcomm snapdragon™...
  • Page 82 DO NOT throw Nexus 7 in municipal waste. This product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. The sym- bol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical, electronic equip- ment and mercury-containing button cell bat- tery) should not be placed in municipal waste.

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