Elocity A7+ User manual

The A7+ Internet Tablet
A. Front Panel
B.
Light Sensor
Camera
LCD Panel Smart Keys
Microphone
Power Button
USB Port
HDMI
Speaker Speaker
Press to bring up
the Smart Menu
Touch Screen that
displays Tablet’s
images
Press to turn
on/off power
Use to connect to
USB devices
Use to input sounds
Supports standard, enhanced, or
high-definition audio and video
Outputs audio Outputs audio
LEFT RIGHT
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D. Top/Bo om Panel
C. Back Panel
Audio Card Reader
DC In
Reboot Key
Press to reboot the Tablet
Connect to the supplied stereo
earbuds for audio output
Use to connect to the
power cable
Insert a Micro SD card
to access media and other data TOP
BOTTOM
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DC IN
1. Connect the power cable to the Tablet as shown.
2. Plug the power cable into an electrical outlet.
3. Remove the power cable when charging is complete.
Note: The Power LED indicator will show you the system power status:
When it is charging, the LED is Orange.
When it is fully charged, or when the Tablet is plugged in, the LED is Green.
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Turning on the Tablet
power on/off the Tablet.
A. To Turn on theTablet
Press the power bu on for about 2
seconds, then release.
B. To Unlock the Tablet
er turning on the Tablet, move the lock indicator in the di
arrow as shown below to enter the system.
Power Button
Press to turn
on/off power
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A. Desktop Shortcut Menu
For quick and easy access to the apps you like most, the A7+ has 5 desktop screens
on which to place your shortcuts. At the top center you will see a Scroll Bar with 5
highlighted with a white circle and will show the page number. Swipe your finger
brings you to Page 3.)
Status Bar
Scroll Bar
Tap the left/right arrows to
scroll through the Main
Toolbar.
Operang the Tablet
Displays time of day
and status of battery.
To add a shortcut, scroll to the Desktop Page you want to customize. Tap the center
desktop. To move shortcuts once they are on the desktop, press and HOLD the icon
bigger in size. When it does, drag the icon to the trash can that appears at the right
edge of the screen. There is no need to empty the trash, as nothing is held there for
recycling.
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B. Status Bar
The Status Bar at the top of the Tablet screen indicates several things: Wi-Fi status,
C. Smart Keys
There are 3 Smart Keys on the right side of the Tablet’s front panel.
Time
DescriptionStatus IcIconDescrip on
Icon
Shortcuts: Tap this to bring up related shortcuts
Home: Tap this to go back to the Start Menu
Previous: Tap this to go back to the previous page
DescriptionStatus Icon Descrip on
Icon
D. Smart Menu
The Smart Menu, located on the right side of the Tablet’s screen, contains 5 keys:
1. The Music Smart Menu
Tap this to bring up the Music screen. Music is classified by Ar sts, Albums,
Ba ery Status: Indicates ba ery level, more bars denotes more power.
Songs,Playlists and Now Playing.
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Wi-Fi Status: Icon appears when Wi-Fi is on
Bluetooth Status: Icon appears when Bluetooth is on

2. The Gallery Smart Menu
Tap this to bring up the Gallery screen. You can browse pictures and videos or
take photos by pressing the camera icon on the top right corner as shown
below.
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3. The Home Menu
installed on the Tablet. You can launch an app by tapping the icon you need.
4. The Browser Smart Menu
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Tap this to access the internet. No setup is required once you have established
a Wi-Fi connecon(see page 15). For more informaon about browsing and
bookmarkssee page 19.

5. The Email Smart Menu
Tap this to bring up the Email screen. Set up your email when you first log in
E. Personalizing Your Desktop
By pressing the Desktop Page for 2 seconds, you can bring up the Add to Home
screen funcon. There are 4 types you can choose: Shortcuts, Widgets, Folders
and Wallpapers.
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See Page 16 for addional
instrucons.

Installing the Micro SD Card
At the me of this release, the A7+ Tablet supports micro SD cards up to 64GB in
size. The cards must be a minimum of Class 4, with Class 6 or beer preferred for
opmal performance. The cards must be formaed in FAT16 or FAT32; NTFS is
not supported.
To insert a micro SD card, open the protecve door on the top of the tablet and
push the card into place. The metal connectors on the card should go in first,
facing the back of the Tablet. Push the card unl it clicks into place, then close
the door. At the top le of the screen, you will see a message saying “Preparing
external storage” followed by the addion of the SD card icon when the card is
ready to access.
To remove a micro SD card, you should unmount it rather than just pull it out.
To unmount the micro card, go to SETTINGS, then scroll down and tap SD CARD &
DEVICE STORAGE. Tap UNMOUNT SD CARD. If you are running an applicaon that
is accessing the drive, you will get a warning message that your applicaon will stop.
Tap OK. At the top le of the screen, you will see a message saying “External storage
safe to remove”. Once you see this message, you can pull out the micro card.
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Just slide your finger up and down the list of choices to scroll through
that easy.
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Wireless &
Networks
Sound
Security
Accounts
& sync
Privacy
SD Card &
Device Storage
Search
Language &
Keyboard
Set up airplane mode, wi-fi and bluetooth
Set up volume and ringtones
and development
Set up background data and auto-sync
Manage SD card and USB device storage
Search web and quick search box
Display
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About Device
Date &
Time
and current firmware version
Turning Off the Tablet
window appears, then choose Power off.
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User Manual
A complete user manual can be viewed and downloaded from the
eLocity website:
www.elocitynow.com/support
form on the eLocity website:
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THE SETTINGS MENU:
The A7+
There are 2 easy ways to enter the SETTINGS menu:
1. Tap the HOME smart key on the black bezel to make sure you are on the home screen. Tap
and then scroll down to tap the SETTINGS icon.
2. Tap the HOME smart key on the black bezel to make sure you are on the home screen. Tap
the SHORTCUTS smart key
CONNECTING TO WI-FI:
Internet Tablet has a built-in 802.11b/g wi-fi re
Tablet does not support 802.11n wi-fi and the quality of the
u will need to know the name of your wireless
network and the logon password, if any. Contact your internet service provider if you do not know
Before recommended that you reboot your wireless router to
devices. This reboot can generally be done with a
onds and then plugging it back in, but please check
Tablet reasonably close to your router and perform the
following steps:
1. Enter the SETTINGS menu as described above.
2. Tap WIRELESS & NETWORKS
3. WI-FI. Make sure the gray box at the right has a green check. If the box is
not checked, tap the gray box and a green check mark will appear.
4. Tap the third line which says WI-FI SETTINGS.
5. signals. You will see one or more networks listed
in order of signal strength. The strongest available network will be listed at the top.
6.
one or two parts. The first part is always the Wi-Fi beacon with 4 bars to show signal strength. A fully
bright white beacon indicates a strong signal. A small white ball with 3 gray lines above it indicates a
a password.
A7+ INTERNET TABLET
Quick Start Guide Addendum
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7. If your router is on and is compable with the tablet, you will see the name of your network at or
near the top of the list. If the network is password protected, you will see small print under the
name of your network that says “Secured with WEP” or “Secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK” or other
similar language depending on the security format of the service provider.
8. Tap the name of your Wi-Fi network. A popup menu will show the type (if any), the signal strength,
and an entry field for the password if required.
9. Tap the password data field to acvate the keyboard and type in the password for your Wi-Fi
network. The keyboard has Alpha and Numeric layouts that can be switched from one to the other.
If you are typing leers and need to switch to numbers, tap the “?123” key at the boom le and
the layout will switch to numbers. If you need to switch back to leers, tap the boom le buon
which now says “ABC” and the layout will switch to leers. Use the SHIFT key for capital leers.
When you are done entering your password, tap the small gray buon that says DONE at the top
right.
10. Back at the previous popup menu, your password will now show as a series of dots. If you want to
see the password you have typed in, tap the small box below that says “Show password” and the
dots will change to the leers and numbers of your password. If the password is correct, tap the
boom le buon CONNECT. If the password was entered incorrectly, tap the password data field
again and make the necessary correcon.
11. Aer pressing CONNECT, the tablet will obtain the IP Address and make the connecon.
12. To confirm your connecon, you will see the small print under the name of your network now says
“Connected”. If you scroll to the top, you will also see that the top line labeled WI-FI has small print
underneath that says “Connected to [your network]”.
13. As a praccal test of the Wi-Fi connecon, tap the HOME smart key
on the black bezel, then tap
the 4th key from the boom of the on-screen menu at the right to launch the web browser. If
you successfully reach the Google home page (or other web page) you have a good connecon. If
you get a message that says “Web page not available” you do not have a Wi-Fi connecon. Check
your router and repeat the steps above.
SETTING UP EMAIL:
Your tablet has a built in mail program that can allow you to check one or more email accounts. Prior to
seng up the email accounts in the tablet, you must know the following informaon:
Your email account logon username (if different than your email address)
Your email account logon password
The type of incoming mail server (POP3, IMAP or Exchange)*
The name of the incoming mail server (i.e. incoming.verizon.net or pop.a.yahoo.com)*
The outgoing SMTP server (i.e. outgoing.verizon.net or smtp.a.yahoo.com)*
SSL encrypon / port number seng (if applicable)*
Your internet or mail service provider can give you informaon for all items marked with an (*).
Once you have all the above-listed informaon, follow these simple steps.
1. Tap the HOME smart key
on the black bezel, then tap the boom key of the on-screen menu at
the right to launch the email program.
2. On setup, 2 data fields will appear for “Email address” and “Password”. Tap the top field that says
“Email address” to acvate the keyboard.
3. Enter your email address and tap the buon near the top right that says “Next”.
4. You will be moved automacally to the password entry field. Type in your email logon password,
then tap the buon near the top right that says “Done”.
5. You will see your email address in the top field and a series of dots in the password field. Tap the
buon at the boom le that says “Manual setup”.
6. Choose the type of incoming mail server your provider uses (POP3, IMAP or Exchange).
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7. Several data fields will appear in a single popup screen which is labeled “Incoming server sengs” at
the top le. The “Email address” and “Password” fields should be filled in already. If not, re-enter
the data for those fields.
8. Tap the third field from the top for “POP3 server” (or “IMAP server” or “Exchange server” as
applicable). Enter the incoming server informaon (i.e. incoming.verizon.net or pop.a.yahoo.com),
then press the buon near the top right that says “Done”.
9. Tap the field for “Security type” and select the appropriate type (None, SSL, SSL-Accept all, TLS and
TLS-Accept all).
10. Selecng the Security type for the incoming server should automacally fill in the corresponding
port number above. If it does not, or if the port number does not match the port number specified
by your provider, tap the field for “Port” and enter the port number as necessary.
11. At the boom, tap the field for “Delete email from server” and select the seng of your choice
(Never or “When I delete from Inbox”).
12. Tap the “Next” box with the green arrow at the boom right.
13. The tablet will check incoming server sengs. If you get a message that says “Setup could not
finish” tap the “Edit details” buon and check all your data fields to make sure the entries are
correct. Make any necessary correcons, then tap the “Next” box with the green arrow at the
boom right.
14. When all incoming server fields have been entered correctly and confirmed by the tablet, several
new data fields will appear in a single popup screen which is labeled “Outgoing server sengs” at
the top le.
15. Tap the field for “SMTP server” and enter the name of the outgoing server (i.e. outgoing.verizon.net
or smtp.a.yahoo.com) and tap the buon near the top right that says “Done”.
16. In the third field from the top, choose the “Security type”.
17. Selecng the Security type for the outgoing server should automacally fill in the corresponding
port number above. If it does not, or if the port number does not match the port number specified
by your provider, tap the field for “Port” and enter the port number as necessary.
18. If applicable, tap the gray box near the boom so that a green check mark appears to “Require sign-
in”.
19. Tap the “Next” box with the green arrow at the boom right.
20. The “Account Opons” page will allow you to choose how oen the tablet automacally checks for
mail (ranging from “Never” to “Every 5 minutes”). To change this seng, tap the seng to open up
a menu of choices. Tap the desired frequency to return to the Account Opons menu. You can also
check/uncheck the boxes for “Send email from this account by default” and “Nofy me when mail
arrives”.
21. Tap the “Next” box with the green arrow at the boom right.
22. The “Set up email” page has two data fields that will allow you to create an oponal nickname for
the account (i.e. Bob Home or Bob Work) and set the name as displayed on your outgoing emails.
You do not need to set an account name, but you must set the name displayed on outgoing emails.
23. When the name on outgoing emails has been set, tap the gray buon in the boom right corner
that says “Done”.
24. The tablet will automacally load any new messages to your Inbox.
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EMAIL ACCOUNT SETTINGS:
You can access the Account Sengs menu from your Email Inbox. Tap the Shortcuts buon on the
black bezel and tap the “Account sengs” buon from the popup menu at the boom of the screen.
You can edit the following:
Account name (nickname)
Your name (sender name on outgoing emails)
Signature
Email check frequency
Default account for outgoing emails (only one account can be set as default)
Email noficaons
Noficaon ringtone
Vibraon seng
Server sengs (incoming and outgoing)
USING EMAIL:
The A7+Internet Tablet’s pre-installed mail client is easy to use.
Viewing:
To view any email, just tap it to open. To delete an open email, tap the buon at the boom right that
says “Delete”. To mark the email as unread, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel and tap the
“Mark as unread” buon from the popup menu at the boom of the screen. To close an open email
without deleng it, tap the Previous buon on the black bezel and you will return to the Inbox.
Replying:
To Reply or Reply All, just tap the corresponding buons at the boom of the open email. You cannot
reply to an email unless it is open.
Fowarding:
To Forward an email, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel and tap the “Forward” buon
from the popup menu at the boom of the screen.
Composing New Mail:
From the Inbox page, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel and tap the “Compose” buon
from the popup menu at boom of the screen. Enter the recipient email address(es), subject header,
and type the body of your email. For CC and BCC addresses, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black
bezel and tap the “Add Cc/Bcc” buon at the boom le. This will add data fields for both CC and BCC.
To add aachments, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel and tap the “Add aachment”
buon at the boom right. At any point you can choose from the menu choices at the boom – “Send”
or “Save as dra” or “Discard”.
ADDING ADDITIONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS:
Once you have set up your first email account, it is easy to add more:
1. From the Inbox of your first account, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel.
2. Tap the “Accounts” buon from the popup menu at the boom of the screen. This will take you out
of the Inbox to the main accounts overview page.
3. Once again, tap the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel.
4. Tap the “Add account” buon from the popup menu at the boom of the screen. This will take you
to Step 2 of the “SETTING UP EMAIL” procedure described on page 2.
5. Follow the rest of the “SETTING UP EMAIL” instrucons unl new account has been set up.
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BROWSING THE INTERNET:
The A7+Tablet comes with a pre-installed web browser. No setup is required once you have established a
Wi-Fi connecon.
1. Tap the HOME smart key
on the black bezel to make sure you are on the home screen. Tap
the 4th key from the boom of the on-screen menu at the right to launch the web browser.
2. If you do not see the address bar, scroll up to the top of the page. Oen the Google page will load
scrolled part way down so that the search window is revealed but the address bar is hidden at the
top unless you scroll up.
3. In the top right corner, next to the address bar, is a buon for BOOKMARKS
4. Tap the BOOKMARKS buon to see a list of favorite sites. To delete a bookmark, press and HOLD the
bookmark unl a popup menu appears, then scroll down and select DELETE BOOKMARK. You can
also choose SET AS HOMEPAGE, OPEN, OPEN IN NEW WINDOW and other choices.
6. You can choose List View or Thumbnail View by tapping the Shortcuts buon on the black bezel
and tapping the appropriate selecon at the boom right. All bookmarks are listed in alphabecal
order.
7. To add a bookmark, navigate to the page you want and tap the BOOKMARKS buon . Then tap
the ADD icon in the upper le. It’s that easy.
INSTALLING APPLICATIONS:
To install third party applicaons, enter SETTINGS and tap APPLICATIONS. Make sure the check box at
the right of UNKNOWN SOURCES has a green check. If the box is grayed out, tap it to add the green
check. You will get a warning popup saying your device may be at risk of aack from unknown sources,
but this is okay. It is the only way to install non-Android Market apps. Tap OK.
Use the web browser to locate the desired apps you want to download. For example, you can launch the
Getjar store which is pre-installed to find Angry Birds. Or go to www.elocitynow.com/freeapps to access
several other recommended applicaons. Tap the download buon or other icon to start your
download as directed by the site. You will see a white arrow at the top le of your screen, animang
with downward strokes to indicate the download in progress. When the download is complete, the
animaon will stop and you will see just a solid white arrow.
Tap the HOME smart key
on the black bezel to return to the home screen, then tap the Shortcuts
buon on the black bezel to access the popup menu at the boom of the screen. Tap
NOTIFICATIONS, then tap the APK file you have downloaded. From the popup screen, tap INSTALL. The
applicaon should install quickly and then give you the opon to OPEN the applicaon or choose DONE
to connue without launching the app. An icon for the new app will automacally be placed on the
applicaons page and can be accessed by tapping the center buon at the right of the screen.
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REMOVING APPLICATIONS:
To delete third party applicaons, enter SETTINGS and tap APPLICATIONS. Tap MANAGE APPLICATIONS
to bring up a list of installed apps. Tap the app you want to delete, then tap the gray UNINSTALL buon
near the top right. Before the app is removed, you will get a warning prompt to confirm the command.
Tap OK of you want to delete the app, tap CANCEL if you want to change your mind.
Note: Pre-Installed apps are “flashed” into the memory of the A7+ an cannot be removed by the process
described above. To remove pre-installed applicaons, you will need to download a third party app like
Titanium Backup, which can be found at hp://matrixrewriter.com/android.