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Regulatory Compliance Information FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s).
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your local waste collection center or the point of purchase of this product. Japan VCCI Statement この装置は、 情報処理装置等電波障害自主規制協議会 (VCCI) の基準 に基づくクラス B 情報技術装置です。この装置は、家庭環境で使用するこ とを目的としていますが、 この装置がラジオやテレビジョン受信機に近接 して使用されると、受信障害を引き起こすことがあります。 取扱説明書に従って正しい取り扱いをして下さい。 Taiwan battery recycling: Translation – please recycle batteries...
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Attention: Teachers, Parents and Adult Supervisors This product is an educational tool designed for school children, ages 6 and up. There must be supervision by an adult on school children under 10 when using this tablet. It is a must to have a thorough explanation to students on safe and proper handling of the tablet, power supply, battery pack, and power cord.
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Safety Precautions The following are lists of precautionary measures the students must understand before using this computer inside the classroom or home environment: Do not place near the fire or other sources of heat. Do not expose to magnetic fields. Do not expose to direct sunlight.
Contents 1. Getting to know your computer ..........1 Package contents ......................... 1 Layout ............................2 Views ..........................2 Front ....................2 Left ......................3 Back and Bottom ................4 Docking keyboard................. 5 Docking and undocking ....................9 Docking into the keyboard ............9 Undocking from the keyboard ..........
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Powering ON/OFF ......................21 Powering on your computer ................21 Powering on for the first time ................. 21 Powering off your computer ................22 Putting your computer into sleep mode ............23 Waking up your computer ................23 Basic touchpad operations.................... 24 Basic touchscreen operations ..................
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Desktop and virtual desktop experience ..............42 Taskbar ..........................44 Start menu ........................ 44 Search box - Cortana .................... 45 App shortcuts area ....................46 Notification area ....................46 Settings screen ........................47 Windows Activation ......................48 Setup Your Microsoft Account ..................48 Replacing Desktop with Start screen ................
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For Windows ........................67 8. Specification ..................70 For Android .......................... 70 For windows ........................72...
1. Getting to know your computer Package contents Carefully unpack your box and take out the items listed as below. If any of the items is missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately: • One tablet with a stylus • One docking keyboard •...
Layout Views Front Name Function Often for taking self-portraits as well as for Front facing camera video conferencing. Press it to power on/off your Tablet. Power button Mainly for sound and speech recording Microphone The main display and also a see-touch device.
Left Name Function Protect the I/O interfaces and ports. Rubber cover Push the buttons to adjust the sound Volume up/down volume of your system. Allows you to plug your USB devices. And Micro USB DC IN / plug the provided adapter to charge the Micro USB port system battery.
Back and Bottom Name Function Press it to power on/off your Tablet. Power button Mainly used when you are taking Rear facing camera photos or recording videos. Rest the stylus here. Stylus holder The connector to the keyboard dock Docking connector...
Docking keyboard For Android: Name Function Docking A connector where you docking your tablet. Connector See details in the next page. Function keys Press it to go back to the previous screen. Back Press it to go back to your Home screen. Home Press it to Open a list of thumbnail images of Recent...
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You can access certain system settings and apps quickly by pressing the appropriate function keys. Decreases the display Shows a list of internet brightness. browser from which you can choose one to browse websites. Increases the display Enables the photo app to brightness.
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For Windows: Name Function Dock your tablet here and then use it Docking connector like a laptop. Press here to open the Start menu. Windows key You can use it as you are using a Touchpad traditional mouse...
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Press one of the following key to perform your desired function. For example, if you want to mute or unmute your system, just press F1 key. Mute or unmute your Increases the display system. brightness. Decreases the volume Opens the Settings level.
Docking and undocking Before docking into or undocking from the keyboard Make sure you have safely disconnected any USB device connected to the USB port on the tablet. Please refer to the device’s manual on how to do so. ...
Micro SD Card Slot You can utilize your micro SD cards as removable disks and conveniently exchange data with digital devices such as a digital camera, digital camcorder, MP3, etc. To insert your micro SD card 1. Insert the micro SD card into the card slot as shown below. 2.
Installing your macro lens With a few steps, you can turn your tablet into a microscope. Gently press the macro lens over the rear-facing camera. Make sure the bottom of the lens is fitted into the outer rim of the camera. Activate any camera app in your tablet.
2. Using your Android tablet Powering ON Powering on your tablet If this is the first time you turn this computer on, connect the AC adapter and fully charge the battery. Press the power button (normally 1 to 2 seconds). You shall see the display turned on. The main Home screen appears.
Power button operations Locking your tablet to sleep If you decide to leave your tablet for a while and intend to return soon, rather than powering it off, you can lock it to sleep by a brief press on the power button. This will block out any operation on your tablet until you press the power button again.
Touchscreen Operations The most common methods are tapping and typing on the touchscreen directly with your fingers. In this section, you will learn to do this both ways. Finger gestures Most of the operations when using your tablet are done through the touchscreen with your fingertips.
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Keep your finger touching the screen and drag across the screen toward the direction you desire. Use this gesture Drag whenever you want to select text or move icons. Long-touch Long touch an item to see a list of actions available for that item. Swipe or slide Swipe your finger in a vertical or horizontal direction on the...
Rotate A few apps let you rotate an image on the screen by touching it with two fingers and twisting them around a center point. Stylus operations Your tablet is provided with a stylus. Using it, you can perform all the one-finger gestures–which are touching, double-touching, and swiping described in the previous section “Finger gestures”.
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To close the onscreen keyboard, touch the down arrow icon from the black bar under the keyboard. In the keyboard To type numbers and symbols, touch the 123 key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard. Touch the shift key to capitalize a letter. Double-tap the shift key to capitalize all letters.
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• Editing text To editing the text on the screen, you need to bring up an edit menu bar. To bring up the menu bar, you only need to do is long-touching the text you want to edit. Then the menu bar shows up at the top side of the screen, as shown below.
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3. Touch CUT or COPY from the edit menu. The text is saved to the clipboard. To paste text, do the following: 1. Here are two ways to bring up the paste option. a. A quick touch at the position that you want to insert the text you have copied.
2. Touch PASTE from the pop-up menu or menu bar to paste the text. Dictionary Your tablet has dictionaries in many languages which are helpful when composing messages and documents. The appropriate dictionary is activated automatically when you touch a supported keyboard.
3. Using your Windows tablet Powering ON/OFF Powering on your computer 3. If this is the first time you turn this computer on, connect the AC adapter and fully charge the battery. Press the power button (normally 1 to 2 seconds). You shall see the display turned on. Powering on for the first time The tablet will require you to do the initial setup, which including: ...
Powering off your computer Save all your data before powering your computer off. To power off your system, following the steps below: A. By Start menu 1. Click the Windows icon in the low-left corner of the Desktop. Or, press on the Windows key in the keyboard.
Putting your computer into sleep mode When you will be away from your computer for a short time, put the computer to sleep. Do one of the following: • Close the display panel • Press the power button briefly one time. •...
Basic touchpad operations The touchpad works like a traditional mouse. With it, you can move the cursor and perform left-click, right-click, double-click actions. However, the actual available actions are application dependent. Action name Explanation Left-clicking (or Clicking) Tap once on the touchpad surface or press once on the low-left corner of the touchpad.
Basic touchscreen operations Your tablet is ideal for you to use your fingers or the stylus pen to perform many actions on it. • Don’t use sharp objects to touch the screen. Or, the screen may be damaged or scratched. •...
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Pinch Move two fingers together or apart while touching the screen. This is to zoom in and out on visual apps, such as pictures and maps. Rotate Place two or more fingers on an item and then turn your hand. This enables you to turn an object.
4. Android’s Home and Settings Home screens Whenever you turn on and unlock your tablet, it displays the main Home screen which looks like the one shown below. Name& icon Function Displays your tablet’s status and Status bar notifications. (See Page 29)
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Google search Search for information on the Internet. All Apps A navigation button. Tap on it when you want to open the All Apps screen, in which you can find all the apps installed in your tablet. Back A navigation button. Tap on it when you want to go back to the previous screen.
horizontally to scroll to the other Home screens. You can customize the five Home screens to meet your personal preferences. For more information, see next section. Status bar The status bar has two areas. The one on the right side is called Status area, and on the left side is Notification area.
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Touch a notification to view the detailed information. To clear the list, just click on the icon on the bottom right edge. And a second drag downward from the status bar opens up the Quick Settings panel, which displays several icons on it as shown below.
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Here you can view and perform basic settings. If you want to perform more detailed settings, just touch the settings icon on the right side of the battery icon on the upper right corner. To close the Quick Settings panel, touch anywhere else on the screen.
Settings screen In Android system, the system setup is done using an application named “Settings”. This is the app to open the Settings screen. This is the icon of the Settings app, and you can find it in the All Apps screen. To open the All Apps screen, touch the All Apps icon which you can find in the Home screen.
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1. Open the Settings screen and set the Wi-Fi button to ON. A list of available networks will be displayed. 2. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to it. If the network is secured, type the required password or other credentials. 3.
Adding a Wi-Fi network If you want to access a Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast its network name (also called a service set identifier or SSID), you must add that Wi-Fi network before you can connect to it. To add a Wi-Fi network, touch this icon which you can find in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Touch Forget on the low left corner. The details of the Wi-Fi network are erased. Using Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology standard. It is more about connecting to a peripheral device, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a printer, a headphone, a set of speakers, and so on.
This is the menu icon. Touch it to show more setting options. Changingyour Bluetooth name 1. Run the Settings app and turn on the Bluetooth button if it is disabled. 2. Touch Bluetooth. 3. Touch the menu icon and touch Rename the device. 4.
4. When the pairing is successful, the device is listed under PAIRED DEVICES. Unpairing a Bluetooth device To unpair a Bluetooth device, do the following: 1. Open the Settings screen and touch Bluetooth. 2. Locate the paired Bluetooth device and touch the settings icon. 3.
computer Connection”. 3. Select either “Media device MTP” or “Camera (PTP)”. Note: Mac users need to select MTP and install a piece of software named “Android File Transfer” available from the website: www.android.com. 4. Connect your tablet to your computer using a USB cable. 5.
which may look like the item shown on the right: Such adapters are available from the market in many different forms. A USB OTG adapter is basically a female USB port that plugs into the Micro-USB port on your tablet, and lets you connect devices to it that use standard USB connections.
• Unmatched in 1. Tap the option Modes resolution or aspect 2. Scroll down to select a proper ratio resolution setting. 1. Tap the option Scale Modes • Unmatched in scale 2. Select your desired mode from the list. 1. Tap the option Overscan •...
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This activates a pattern-tracing screen. You are Pattern required to trace the pattern in a specific order to unlock your tablet. You are required to type a personal identification number (PIN) to unlock your tablet. You are required to type a password to unlock your Password tablet.
5. Windows Interface and Settings Desktop and virtual desktop experience The Desktop screen is as shown below and natively provides virtual desktop feature. To launch the feature you can click the app icon as shown on the left or just press Window key and TAB key of your keyboard in the same time.
Taskbar The black bar on the bottom of the desktop is called Taskbar. It provides several key features and they are: Start menu Search box App shortcuts area Notification area Start menu To open the Start menu, you can either click on the windows icon (which is also known as Start button) located at the left end of the taskbar or press once on the windows key of the keyboard.
Search box - Cortana Next to the Start menu is the search box, as shown below. When you select this box, a window will pop out as shown below. This is the Cortana icon. Cortana is a new virtual assistant built into your Windows 10. Click here to finish the setup and you can control Cortana with either keyboard or voice commands, and use it to perform intelligent searches and more.
App shortcuts area In this area, you can put the shortcuts of your frequently used apps. For how to arrange this area, please refer to p.20 Notification area The right part of the taskbar holds several icons that show you the status of your tablet, as shown below.
Click here to show the system notifications and several shortcuts. Settings screen To access to the Settings screen: 1. Click the Windows icon in the low-left corner of the Desktop. Or, press on the Windows key in the keyboard. 2. Select <Settings>. This will open the Settings screen, as shown below...
Windows Activation To use all features of your Windows tablet, you may need to activate your Windows system. Follow the following steps to register and activate your Windows. 1. Open the Start menu and click <Settings >. 2. Click <Update & security> 3.
Replacing Desktop with Start screen If you are more familiar with the interface similar to the Start screen introduced in Windows 8 series, you can set your tablet to show the Start screen instead of the Desktop every time when you power on your tablet.
Pin and unpin your app Pinning an App to Start menu or taskbar To add an app: pen the Start menu and select <All Apps> . 2. Right-click on the app that you want to appear on your Start menu or taskbar, and an option menu appears.
Wireless LAN Enabling wireless connection Open Settings menu and select <Network & Internet>. Select <Wi-Fi> and set the function to ON, as shown below 3. Make sure you have switched the Airplane mode off. To confirm that Airplane mode is disabled, go to the desktop and check the notification area.
wireless LAN network list. To connect to your desired wireless network, click the network’s name in the list, and then click Connect. Note: Some networks require a network security key or password for connection. If necessary, ask the network administrator or the Internet service provider (ISP) for the required information.
Connecting to the HDMI port You can connect an external display device such as a monitor, TV, projector, etc., only if such device has a HDMI port. By doing so, you have a wider view when you give a presentation or watch a video or movie.
6. Battery Charging your battery If your tablet is just being unpacked from the box, you need to charge the tablet first. It will take around 4 to 5 hours to be fully charged. Note: If the remaining power in your battery capacity is 90% or above, plugging the adapter will not fully charge your battery.
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A battery is an expendable supply, so when using it over a long time, the capacity/battery life is shortened. If the battery life is reduced to under half of its initial time, we recommend purchasing a new battery. When not using the battery for a long time, store the battery after charging it to 30-40% of its capacity.
For Android Extending the battery life between charges • Turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not in use. To turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi do the following: 1. Open the Quick settings panel. 2. Either switch on Airplane mode to disable all wireless connections, or switch off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to disable the features.
• Power off your tablet if the tablet will not be used for a while. 1. Press and hold the power button until the Power off menu is displayed. 2. Touch Power off. • Use the new GPS feature Many apps -- not just the mapping types -- have recently found a way to consume your battery life as they work to pinpoint your location.
To check for the accurate status, drag downward on the icon area to open the Quick Setting panel. The remaining battery power percentage is displayed in the panel. If you want to get much more detailed battery status, just tap the battery from the Quick Setting panel, or do the following: 1.
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as below. Battery is fully charged Battery is starting to drain Battery is about to completely drain, and you should stop using your computer and charge it at once. Battery is being charged.
7. Troubleshooting This chapter describes some common problems and suggested solutions, and ways to recover your tablet from a crash. Be aware that the problems and solutions described in this chapter are meant only as a guide. They are not definitive problem solving techniques.
For Android Question Answer 1. Press and hold the Power button for about 4 seconds, the My tablet won’t turn tablet will either turn off or on. on or off. 2. If it fails, wait for about 5 minutes and repeat step 1. 1.
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If the headset is plugged into the device, the speaker is automatically shut off. No sound coming Disconnect the headset. from my tablet. Check that the device volume setting is not muted. Check that the volume control is not at its lowest setting. 1.
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1. If the files are videos, recorded using your tablet, restart your tablet. 2. If the files are from other I cannot play my sources, check if they are video files. damaged. 3. If they are not damaged, try to convert them to a more widely supported format such as MP4.
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If you have an active Google account on your tablet, the screen will prompt you to confirm your Google account after you fail to enter the correct pattern or password several times. Follow the I forgot my unlock instructions to reset the pattern pattern (or password).
Ensure that: • You are within the network’s Unable to connect to service range and the signal the wireless network. strength is good. • Your tablet is not in Airplane mode. If the problem still persists, contact your technical support group. Restoring your tablet When all else fails, you can reset all tablet software returning it to the factory state it was in.
For Windows Screen problems • If the screen is blank, make sure that: When I turn on the computer, nothing appears - The AC adapter is connected to the on the screen. computer and the power cord is plugged into a working electrical outlet. - The computer power is on.
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• Make sure that the battery is charged. The computer enters sleep mode immediately after - The operating temperature may be too Power-on. hot. Move to a cooler environment and try to wake the computer. • If your computer is in sleep mode, The computer does not return from sleep mode and connect the AC adapter to the computer,...
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computer serviced. Sound problems • Make sure that: No sound can be heard from the speaker even - The Mute function is off. when the volume is turned - The combo audio jack is not being used. - Speakers are selected as the playback device.
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