Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. Getting Started Guide 2.1 Battery Charging 2.2 How to use Memory Card 2.3 Remove and insert memory card and U disk 2.4 Storage Space 2.5 Power On and Off 2.6 Vibrate 2.7 Interface switching 2.8 Connecting to the Internet 2.9 USB connection...
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Table of Contents 7. Typical Applications Introduced 7.1 Chat Tools 7.2 E-mail 7.3 File Browser 7.4 My Photo 7.5 My Video 7.6 YouTube 7.7 Magic Album 7.8 My Music 7.9 Camera 8. Tips and Tricks 8.1 Some convenient mode of operation 8.2 Convenient Set 8.3 Battery Tips 9.
Mipal has an internal rechargable battery. We suggest to charge up the battery when the battery power is low. Power Adapter To charge the Mipal, connect the power cable to the socket on the Mipal, and the power adaptor plug in to the wall socket. Charging Battery 1.
Getting Started 2.2 How to use Memory Card Insert memory card: Insert memory card to the Card slot. Very gently, push the card into the slot until “click” sound is heard. The upper left corner of the screen will prompt: Mini SD cards are ready. Browsing files in memory card: Run “File Browser”...
Getting Started 2.4 Storage Space The device has three storage spaces: internal device storage, U disk and memory card. The internal device storage named “LocalDisk”; the memory card named “sdcard”. The available space on the local disc is 1GB. The TF memory card is on its specific capacity, the maximum support to 32GB memory card.
Getting Started 2.6 Vibrate Open vibrate: Click volume icon on the status bar to adjust the volume to zero to enable vibrate mode. Close vibrate: Adjust volume to above zero to disable vibrate mode 2.7 Interface switching System interface can switch the screen orientation automatically according to the direction of the device.
Getting Started 2.8 Connecting to the Internet Connecting to the internet by Wi-Fi 1. Click MENU key to pop-up the menu, and then select “Settings”; 2. Select “Wireless Control” in the settings menu; 3. Select Wi-Fi Settings; 4. All the wireless networks in the vicinity will be listed, click to select the network you want to connect to.
Mipal has a memory card inserted, then the connecting PC/Laptop display will show a memory card and internal device icon. Connect: 1. Connect the USB port on the Mipal, plug and the other end of the cable into the USB port of the connecting computer 2. Tap MENU>Notification>USB connected;...
Input Operation 3.1 Keyboard When you need to enter text and numbers using the program or file, the touch screen keyboard will appear automatically. Note: This machine supports an external USB keyboard, but when using an external USB keyboard, some keys may not work properly. 3.2 Touch Screen Note: Please do not place objects on the touch screen surface, it may be scratched or crushed.
Desktop 4.1 Status Bar The status bar is located at the top of the screen and displays icons as shown below: Battery Status Bar Time Display Volume Decrease Volume Increase Shortcut menu icon Back icon Desktop Icon Wi-fi Status Picture Capture Rotating Screen Icon 4.2 Shortcuts On the desktop, press the Shortcut Menu Icon, and the short cut menu will pop up at the...
Desktop 4.3 Current Desktop Lamp The desk top has 3 interfaces and each interface is represented by a dot. When an interface is in use, the dot will be displayed as green. If the indicator shows like, 4.4 A Quick Way To Add Gadgets Shortcuts To add a shortcut to the main screen, press MENU >...
Web Browsing 4.1 Status Bar Users can connect to the Internet through a browser. Click the browser icon on the Desktop, , and then you can open the Web browser. Web Browsing Icon Press menu and the shortcut menu will pop-up at the bottom of the screen. Menu items incude: Go, Bookmarks, Windows, Refresh, Forward and More.
Application Management 6.1 Install and Uninstall Install To install third-party software, please enter file browser first. Then find the APK file from the memory card, like the following picture: Click iReader.apk like the above picture to pop up the install interface: Click install button, and then the device will begin to install iReader.
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Application Managment Now the application is installed. Click open to open application directly and click done to go back to the file browser. Uninstall To uninstall third-party software installed, press MENU > Settings > Application > manage- ment application. Like the following picture A: Click the application you want to uninstall, like iReader on the above picture.
Application Managment 6.2 Apps Market Click Apps Market icon to enter the following interface: You can click on the Featured, Categories, Top, Search and History to see the relevant infor- mation. Press MENU to pop-up shortcut menu as follows: Click login, it shows like: If you do not have an account, select register, and you need to enter E-mail, Account Name and password.
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Application Managment After login you will enter the following interface: You can choose to change password, change Email and save password. If you want to down- load the application software, click the icon. For example: click featured to enter the next interface: Click the application you want to download to enter the details interface.
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Application Managment After installation is complete you can click history to manage the installed applications. The actions available for applications are: comment, open and uninstall. Click comment to comment on the application; click open to open the application; click uninstall to uninstall the application from the device. Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: info@gianiuk.co.uk...
Typical Applications 7.1 Chat Tools You can download the chat tools such as FRING, QQ and MSN. 7.2 E-mail Click the E-mail icon to enter the e-mail, and then you can proceed as follows: 1. Set e-mail account; Email Icon 2.
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Typical Applications Copy files: In the file browser, you will find the internal device storage named “LocalDisk”; the memory card named “sdcard”; and the external U disk named “udisk”. If you want to copy files among memory card, U disk and internal device storage, please refer to the following actions: Example: copy files from external U disk to the internal device storage.
Typical Applications Delete files: Select the file you want to delete and press the icon for 2 seconds. An operating list will pop up as shown below. Select delete to pop up the following confirmation delete dialog: 7.4 My Photo Click My Photo icon to browse pictures, Click on any picture to enter slideshow mode.
Typical Applications Click filter folder and then you can filter all the folders with photos, like the following picture: If “Select/Clear All” is selected, all the photos will be displayed; and if “Select/Clear All” is not selected, no photo will be be displayed. If you don’t select a folder with “Select/Clear All”...
Typical Applications Filter folder: Press MENU button or click MENU icon in My Video will pop up the following shortcut menu: Click filter folder and then you can filter all the folders with videos, like the following picture: Search: You can input a search.Hot Video: Including by featured, most viewed, most discussed, top favorited, most_recent, top rated, Folders containing videos will only be displayed if select / clear all is selected.
Typical Applications 7.7 Magic Album Click Magic album icon (See Below) into the magic album interface. It can display weather, date and time, My Photo, my music, brightness adjustment and alarm clock. Magic Album Icon Click the mail icon to enter my photo to view all of the pictures in the Email. Press MENU to pop up the shortcut menu, including refeshing the weather, setting and on.
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Typical Applications Filter Folder Press MENU button or click MENU icon in My Music will pop up the following shortcut menu: Click filter folder and then you can filter all the folders with music, like the following picture: Folders containing music will only be displayed if select / clear all is selected. Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: info@gianiuk.co.uk...
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Typical Applications Play music: Click the volume increase and the volume reduction icon of the status bar to adjust the volume. To rewind or fastforward, rotate the disc image to FF or rewind the track. (Picture A) To view lyrics, click the lyrics button in the top right hand corner. (Picture B) If there are no relevant lyrics, it will display as below: (Picture C) To achieve best match lyrics, input the artists name, song name, check the ‘best match auto download’...
Typical Applications 7.9 Camera Click Camera icon (See Below) to take photos. Press MENU to pop-up a shortcut menu including Gallery and Settings. Click the Gallery in My Photo to view all photos taken with the camera. Click on Settings to enter the camera settings interface, to adjust camera settings.
Tips & Tricks 8.1Modes at operation Home screen > Click Home Icon (Please Refer to 4.1) Adusting the volume> Volume Buttons (Please Refer to 4.1) 8.2 Convenient Settings Information Wi-Fi settings: Click Wi-Fi settings icon (Image Below) to enter the Wi-Fi settings. The interface to the fol- lowing figure shows: WI-Fi Settings Icon Ethernet:...
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Tips & Tricks Gravity sensor setting: Click gravity sensor setting icon (See Below) to enter, and you can set the gravity sensor to normal or game mode. Gravity Settings Icon Picture Capture: Click picture capture icon to do picture setting. You can set select delay time to capture the screen and also select the default storage device.
Tips & Tricks 8.3 Battery Tips As the device has a large screen, it will consume a lot of power. To extend the battery life, you can reduce the frequency of use of the following features: 1. Recording or watching videos, listening to music or take photographs; 2.
Personalized settings 9.1 Wireless Controls Manage the Wi-Fi and airplane mode controls: Wi-Fi: If you want to open and close the Wi-Fi, please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls > Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Settings: If you want to set up and manage the wireless access point, please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls >...
Personalized settings 9.3 Sound & Display Set the tones, notification, and screen brightness. Silent mode: To make changes to the media and the alarm clock, all located to mute the sound, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Silent mode. Notification volume: To set the volume of the notifications, press MENU >...
Personalized settings Mini SD card notifications: To change the Mini SD card notification, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Mini SD card notifications. Orientation: Press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Orientation, you can switch orientation automatically when rotating.
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Personalized settings 9.4 Data synchronization Synchronizing Applications: If you don’t sign in Google account, press MENU > Settings > Data synchronization to enter the next interface > Click “Next” > If you already have an account, please click “Sign in” and input “Username”...
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Personalized settings Select “Security question”, input “Answer”, input “”Secondary Email” > click “Create”. Click “I agree, Next. ” to enter the next interface: Click “I agree, Next. ” to enter the next interface. Type the characters you see in the picture and then click “Next”...
Personalized settings 9.5 Applications Unknown Source After checking it is allowed to install application which is not provided by the application market. Manage applications To manage and remove the installed applications, press MENU > Settings > Applications > Management applications. Development To set options for application development, please press MENU >...
Personalized settings Total Space: Press the MENU > Settings > Mini SD card & device storage > Total space, you can view the total amount of local disk storage and Mini SD card . Available space: Press the MENU > Settings > Mini SD card &device storage > Available space, you can view the available space of localdisk storage , Mini SD card and internal device storage.
Personalized settings 9.8 Locale & Text Set local (language and region), text input and auto-correction options Select local To select the language and region, press MENU > Settings > Local &text > Select local. Android keyboard To choose Android keyboard and do Android keyboard settings, press MENU > Settings > Local &...
Personalized settings 9.8 About Device Status To view the battery status, battery power, WIFI address and boot time, press MENU > Set- tings > About device > Status. Battery use To view the power situation, press MENU > Settings > About device > Battery use. Legal information To view the relevant legal information, press MENU >...
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MID Locked 10.0 MID Locked Screen / device lock: 1. When screen idle (do not press any buttons), the device will lock the screen automatically in accordance with the system; 2. Press the power button in any system interface can turn off the screen light and lock the screen.
To restore the device to factory settings and clear all information, press MENU > Settings > Mini SD card & device storage > Factory data reset. Warning: Resetting the MiPal will delete Google accounts, system and application data and settings, downloading applications, please use this carefully.
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Specification 8505 Google Android Memory WIFI 802.11 10/100 M Ethernet Access x USB Storage Samsung GB NANO Flash (up to Resolution 800*480 Sound In Built Speaker Camera In Built MP Camera 1400 Battery mAh (2.5 Hours Battery Life) TF Card Supports ( DC Jack Mircophone...
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Contact Giani Contact Details Giani Limited River House, Unit 17, Shepley Industrial Estate South, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5DW TEL: 0161 336 2200 FAX: 0161 336 2280 Emial: info@gianiuk.co.uk Please consider the enviroment by disposing of this product resposibly. The wheelie bin sybol indicates the product must not be disposed of with general houshold waste as it contains substances that can damaging to the enviroment.
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