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MP83-8031
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  • Page 1 MP83-8031 User Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Appearance ..........................1 2. Beginning Use ..........................2 2.1 Charge the battery ....................... 2 2.2 Use the storage card ......................2 2.3 Hot plug of storage card ...................... 2 2.4 Memory space ........................3 2.5 Power on/off ........................3 2.6 Connect to wireless networks ....................3 3.
  • Page 3 9.1 Force shutdown ......................... 32 9.2 Restore default settings ..................... 32 9.3 System updating ........................ 32 9.4 Reset ..........................32 10 FCC statement ..........................33...
  • Page 4: Appearance

    1. Appearance MP83-8031 series include several products with different physical dimensions.
  • Page 5: Beginning Use

    2.1 Charge the battery MP83-8031 comes with a built-in polymer rechargeable battery and is designed to use only manufacture-specified original batteries and accessories. When the battery is low, please charge it timely.
  • Page 6: Memory Space

    Local storage appears as “Local” and extended storage card as “EXTSD” in the device. The capacity of built-in flash varies from 8GB and 16GB because of different model of the MP83-8031 series. The built-in flash capacity of your device depends on the model your purchased. MP83-8031 series support extended storage card of capacity maximum 32GB.
  • Page 7 2. tap Wi-Fi; 3. select ON; 4. the network names and security settings of detected Wi-Fi networks are displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section; 5. tap a Wi-Fi network to connect. If you selected an open network, you will be automatically connected to the network.
  • Page 8: Home Screen

    3. Home Screen The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on you device. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customer the Home screen with different wallpaper& widgets and display items you want. See the Personalizing chapter.
  • Page 9 The status bar (as the above) presents media volume, networks condition, battery condition, time and so on. When an application is running, corresponding notification icon will appear in the notification area. Icons you may often see are listed as follows: Status icons and its meanings Notification icons its meanings Gmail/Google...
  • Page 10: Shortcuts To Add Widgets

    In the dropdown notification panel, there are shortcut buttons for turning on/off Wi-Fi, airplane mode, auto-rotate screen and for adjusting screen brightness. Close the Notifications panel Simply press the Back button on the device panel. 3.2 Shortcuts to Add widgets To add widgets to Home screen, you can 1.
  • Page 11: Finger Gestures

    3.3 Finger gestures Tap: When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger. Press and hold: To open the available option for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page), simply press and hold the item.
  • Page 12: Searching The Device And The Web

    3. tap , when the notification icon turns yellow, the computer will recognize your device as a removable disk; 4. find the removable disk and open it. Do one of the followings:  Copy the files from the computer to the storage card’s root folder. ...
  • Page 13 item opens in the appropriate application.  If what you’re searching for is not in the list, tap to open the search option menu. Tap Web and then tap to search the Web. The web browser opens, displaying results of a Google search on the Web...
  • Page 14: Personalizing

    4. Personalizing 4.1 Change the Notification ringtone Choose from the available selections of notification ringtones on your device. You can also download or copy notification ringtones or songs to your device' storage card and choose one to use as your notification ringtone. To find out how you can copy files to your storage card, see “Coping files to and from the storage card”.
  • Page 15: Personalize Your Home Screen With Widgets

     Tap Wallpapers gallery to choose from preset wallpapers and then tap Set wallpaper.  Tap Live Wallpapers gallery to choose from preset wallpapers and then tap Set wallpaper. 4.3 Personalize your Home screen with widgets Widgets put at-a-glance important information and media content up front on your Home screen.
  • Page 16: Rearrange Or Remove Widgets And Icons On Your Home Screen

    4.4 Rearrange or remove widgets and icons on your Home screen Rearrange the widgets and icons on your Home screen to give room for adding more items to the Home screen. You can also remove widgets and icons that you don’t frequently use.
  • Page 17: Web Browsing

    5. Web browsing User can connect to the network via the browser. Tap the browser icon on the Home screen to open it as follows:...
  • Page 18: Manage Applications

    6 Manage Applications You can personalize and enrich your MP83-8031 by installing a wide variety of free and paid apps ranging from productivity apps, entertainment, to games. When you find a program you want, you can easily download and install it on your...
  • Page 19: Typical Applications Introduction

    7. Typical applications introduction 7.1 Music Player Enjoy listening to songs and music on your MP83-8031 using the Music application. You need to copy music files to your storage card first to use the Music application to play music. To find out how to copy files, see “Copying files to and from the storage card”.
  • Page 20: Video Player

    Tap to go to the previous song. Tap to play, pause, or resume playing the song Tap to go to the next song Tap to go to the now playing list Tap to switch the following repeat modes: repeat all songs; repeat current songs;...
  • Page 21: Gallery

    volume down volume up Tap to play the previous video file in the video list Tap to play/pause the Now playing video file Tap to play the next video file in the video list Tap to unfold the control bar for personalizing the play mode, such as video track, zoom mode and so on Tap this icon to go back to the video file list interface Drag the slider to adjust playing progress...
  • Page 22 on upper right corner of the screen to browse all photos/pictures in slideshow mode. Select a picture to view it in full screen mode; drag left or right to view the next or previous picture in the album; move you fingers inward/outward to zoom out/zoom in the selected photo/picture.
  • Page 23: File Manager

    anticlockwise or clockwise; and then the following cropping rectangle will appear on top of the picture/photo: Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it; drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize it to any proportion; drag a corner of the cropping tool to resize it with a fixed proportions.
  • Page 24 On the Home screen, tap the file manager icon to open it as follows: Tap to back to the previous interface Tap to display files in local storage card Tap to display files in T Flash card Tap to display files in other external storage device Tap to display all pictures/photos Tap to display all video files Tap to open the tool box for process info and application backup...
  • Page 25: Instant Messaging Tools

    Folder operation Press and hold any folder in the local disk or your storage card until the Folder operation menu pop up as follows: You can select an option to execute corresponding operations. Search: when you do not know the definite location of an item or there are many items in the list, to find it quickly, you can tap the Menu icon and then tap to open the keyboard to search it.
  • Page 26: Settings

    8. Settings Control and customize your device settings on the Settings screen. To open the Settings screen, simply tap the Settings icon on the Home screen. You can scroll on the screen upwards/downwards to check the rest setting items. 8.1 Wireless & networks Configure your device’s wireless connections, e.g., Wi-Fi, enable the Airplane mode, or set the options for mobile networks, Virtual Private Networks, and more.
  • Page 27: Display

    Volume To adjust the volume for media, ringtone, notification and alarms: 1. tap Settings > Sound > Volume; 2. drag the control bar leftwards/rightwards to turn down/up the volume for media and notification; 3. tap OK . Notification ringtone To set a notification ringtone: 4.
  • Page 28: Storage

    Brightness Use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the MP83-8031. For the best battery performance, use the dimmest comfortable brightness. Wallpaper Tap to select source of wallpaper and set wallpaper for the device.
  • Page 29: Apps

    Manage applications and installation of new programs. Apps Opens a list of all the applications and other software installed on your MP83-8031, along with their sizes. By default, only downloaded applications are shown, and they are sorted in alphabetical order. Press and tap Sort by size to display applications in order by size.
  • Page 30: Accounts& Sync

    8.6 Accounts& Sync Log in or out from your social network accounts, Google Account, and Exchange ActiveSync account. You can also manage synchronization and other settings for your accounts. to turn on\off account sync. Tap in the above screen to add new accounts by following onscreen instructions. Tap the icon prompt the following screen to manage your accounts: Check to turn on/off data synchronization, press the menu icon...
  • Page 31: Location Service

    8.7 Location service Enable applications using data from sources such as Wi-Fi and mobile networks to orientate your location and improve Google search results via check the options. 8.8 Security settings Set the screen lock mode and owner information, encrypt your device, manage password and administrate your device.
  • Page 32: Date & Time Setting

    applications will be removed from your device. Before restoring default settings, it is suggested to backup data/applications you want and remove your storage card safely in case of data loss or damage during restoring factory default settings. 8.11Date & Time setting Set the date and time, time zone, and date or time format.
  • Page 33: Accessibility

    You can set the USB debugging mode, select screen stay awake and so on. And you can also manage user interface and apps. USB debugging: Check to permit debugging tools on a computer to communicate with your MP83-8031 via a USB connection. Stay awake: Check to prevent the screen from dimming and locking when the...
  • Page 34: About Device

    MP83-8031 is connected to a charger or to a USB device that provides power. Don’t use this setting with a static image on the MP83-8031 for long periods of time, or the screen may be marked with that image. Allow mock locations: Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the MP83-8031 believes it is located, rather than using the MP83-8031’s own...
  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    9. Troubleshooting 9.1 Force shutdown Press the Power Button for about 5 seconds and the device will be forced shutdown 9.2 Restore default settings To restore the factory default settings, you can tap Settings > Backup& reset> Factory data reset. Warning: data of your Google account, your personalized settings, installed appellations will be removed from your device once you execute factory default settings, so please make a careful decision whether to restore default settings.
  • Page 36 10 FCC statement 1. 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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