Qware Mini tabby User manual

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Mini

Mini Tabby

Tabby

User manual

QW TB-1543

ANDROID 4. 2 TABLET PC

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3

Table

Table of

of

of contents

contents

Inhoud

I.

I. IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT WARNINGS

WARNINGS

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II.

II. INTRODUCING

INTRODUCING

INTRODUCING YOUR

YOUR

YOUR NEW

NEW

NEW MINI

MINI

MINI TABBY

TABBY

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III.

III. KEY

KEY

KEY FEATURES

FEATURES

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IV.

PACKAGING

PACKAGING CONTENTS

CONTENTS

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V.

PRODUCT

PRODUCT LAYOUT

LAYOUT

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VI.

VI. HARDWARE

HARDWARE

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION

SPECIFICATION

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VII.

VII. STARTUP

STARTUP

STARTUP AND

AND

AND SHUTDOWN

SHUTDOWN

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A. W HEN THE MINI

T

ABBY IS POWERED OFF AND YOU WOULD LIKE

TO

TURN IT ON

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B. W HEN THE MINI

T

ABBY IS POWERED ON AND YOU WOULD LIKE

TO

TURN IT OFF

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VIII.

VIII. HOME

HOME

HOME SCREEN

SCREEN

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IX.

IX. APPLICATIONS/WIDGETS

APPLICATIONS/WIDGETS

APPLICATIONS/WIDGETS SCREEN

SCREEN

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A. R EMOVING APPS /WIDGETS

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X.

X. SYSTEM

SYSTEM

SYSTEM SETTINGS

SETTINGS

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A. W IRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION

TO

INTERNET

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B. D ISPLAY

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C. D

ATE

AND TIME SETTINGS

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XI.

XI. INTERNET

INTERNET

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XII.

XII. MUSIC

MUSIC

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XIII.

XIII. GALLERY

GALLERY

GALLERY WITH

WITH

WITH VIDEOS

VIDEOS

VIDEOS AND

AND

AND PHOTOS

PHOTOS

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XIV.

WALLPAPER

WALLPAPER ON

ON

ON HOME

HOME

HOME SCREEN

SCREEN

SCREEN BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND

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XV.

SOUND

SOUND RECORDING

RECORDING

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XVI.

XVI. CAMERA

CAMERA

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XVII.

XVII. GOOGLE

GOOGLE

GOOGLE PLAY

PLAY

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XVIII.

XVIII. E-MAIL

E-MAIL

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XIX.

XIX. USB

USB

USB PORT

PORT

PORT OPTIONS

OPTIONS

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A. C ONNECT

TO

APC

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B. USB KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

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XX.

XX. FIRMWARE

FIRMWARE

FIRMWARE UPGRADE

UPGRADE

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I.

I. Important

Important

Important warnings

warnings

•NB:

NB:

NB: Please

Please

Please take

take

take extra

extra

extra care

care

care when

when

when allowing

allowing

allowing young

young

young kids

kids

kids access

access

access to

to

to a

a

a tablet

tablet

or

or phone

phone

phone with

with

with a

a

a registered

registered

registered credit

credit

credit card

card

card to

to

to it

it

it without

without

without proper

proper

proper guidance.

guidance.

Make

Make sure

sure

sure they

they

they cannot

cannot

cannot buy

buy

buy digital

digital

digital content

content

content in

in

in the

the

the Google

Google

Google Play

Play

Play store

store

store or

or

or in

in

certain

certain apps

apps

apps or

or

or games

games

games without

without

without your

your

your consent

consent

consent to

to

to avoid

avoid

avoid unwanted

unwanted

unwanted billing!

billing!

•This is a high precision electronic product. Do not open or disassemble it, this

will violate the warranty regulation and it is dangerous.

•Avoid high impact collisions of the product with a hard surface; do not drop or

throw it.

•Avoid exposing the product to the following conditions: high and low

temperatures, moisture, fluids, dust, sand, strong magnetic fields, radiation and

long-term exposure to sunlight.

•Please use a damp cotton cloth and gently wipe the product shell. Do not use

chemical cleaning solutions. This product should not be exposed to dripping or

splashing water . Do not (partially) submerge the product in any type of fluid.

•Prolonged exposure to a headphone with high volume sound may cause

permanent damage to the hearing organs. Please use caution and limit the

volume and exposure to remain aware of your surroundings.

•Do not use the product when participating in any traffic, by land, sea or

air,

with

or without the use of any sort of transportation vehicle.

•Please only use designated chargers and accessories approved by Qware. If you

use any other type, it violates the warranty regulations and may cause

dangerous situations.

•Please follow the relevant local environmental regulations when disposing

obsolete electronic equipment, batteries and accessories.

•When you have any questions, please contact your local dealer or contact the

Qware help desk 0900-1113222 ( € 0,50 p/m, Monday to Friday between 10-1 8 h)

•The company assumes no responsibility when the product is damaged, repaired

or other causes for loss of data. Please refer to the user manual for standard

operating procedures.

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II.

II. Introducing

Introducing

Introducing your

your

your new

new

new Mini

Mini

Mini Tabby

Tabby

Congratulations on your purchase of the Qware Mini Tabby (TB-1543) 4.3 ” tablet PC.

The Mini Tabby uses the Android 4. 2 operating system and is based on a powerful

Cortex A8 1.2GHz processor.

The Mini Tabby has 4 GB of internal memory of which approximately 2GB is allocated

for direct application downloads. The other memory part is free to use for storage of

pictures, music, movies and other data files. A micro SD card slot enables you to

even enhance the memory capacity further . Fast 512MB DDR III RAM memory

improves the performance of the Mini

Tabby

.

The Mini Tabby has a 4.3" multi touch capacitive touch screen, which makes it

possible to very easily control the device by using only your fingertips.

The fast 802.11 b/g/n build-in wireless network adapter enables fast web surfing

and downloading. The Mini Tabby further has a mini-USB port which enables the

connection of accessories .

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III.

III. Key

Key

Key features

features

Feature Advantage

Incredible data rate up to 150MBPS* Fast

Fast

Fast web

web

web surfing

surfing

surfing and

and

and d

d

d ownloading

ownloading

Sensitive capacitive touch screen Accurate

Accurate

Accurate touch

touch

touch control

control

control of

of

of the

the

the tablet

tablet

PC

4 GB build in memory Sufficient

Sufficient

Sufficient storage

storage

storage space

space

space for

for

for t

t

t he

he

Android

Android OS,:

OS,:

OS,: Sufficient

Sufficient

Sufficient storage

storage

space

space for

for

for the

the

the Android

Android

Android OS,

OS,

OS, apps,

apps,

pictures,

pictures, music

music

music and

and

and other

other

other files

files

Powerful Cortex A8 processor Fast

Fast

Fast execution

execution

execution of

of

of c

c

c ommands

ommands

and

and programs

programs

Mali 400 graphics processor unit fast

fast

fast 3D

3D

3D graphics,

graphics,

graphics, d

d

d ecoding,

ecoding,

ideal

ideal for

for

for p

p

p laying

laying

laying games

games

* Theoretical standard based on IEEE standard of 802.11 b,g,n chipset used. Actual Throughput may

vary. Network conditions and environmental factors lower actual throughput rate. All specifications

are subject to change without notice.

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IV.

Packaging

Packaging Contents

Contents

Open the package carefully and please make sure that all items listed below are

present. Do not discard the packing materials within the warranty period; i f you

have to return the product it must be in its original package including all extra

content:

1x Tabby tablet pc, article

nr.

QW TB-1543

1x Mi ni USB adapter cable with female USB socket to male Mi ni USB plug ( to connect

USB accessories)

1x Mi ni USB connection cable with male USB plug to male Mi ni USB plug ( to connect

the Tabby to a PC or USB-AC adapter)

1x Stereo earphones (standard 3.5mm jack, personal audio solution)

1x User manual document (instructions in E nglish, Dutch, French and German )

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V.

Product

Product Layout

Layout

The Android system uses the following keys:

1) Volume keys

volume + and volume - buttons on top to adjust the volume.

2) Power key

to turn on and off of the unit or by short pressing it to enter or leave the

standby mode.

3) Earphone jack

to connect earphone s if necessary

4) Mi ni USB port

to connect accessories or PC

5) Mi cro SD card slot

i ncrease the data storage capacity by inserting a Micro SD card (sold

separately

6) Camera

t o capture pictures

7) Speaker

s ound output

8) Reset

use a paperclip

9) Microphone

voice recording

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VI.

VI. Hardware

Hardware

Hardware specification

specification

Product specification

Processor

A1 3 Cortex A8 Multi-Core ARM v7 processor Frequency 1.2GHz

Memory

512MB DDR3 RAM

Storage

Memory built-in 4 GB

(partly used for OS+backup, system apps and app installations)

Supports Micro SD card to expand memory up to 32GB

Wireless

IEEE802.11b/g/n wireless network

USB

USB2.0 OTG high speed interface and USB1.1

Audio

3.5mm headphone jack

High-quality loud speaker

Built-in microphone

Headset maximum output power of 40mW

Frequency response: 20Hz-20KHz

SNR: greater than 90db

Screen

Size 4.3 inch

Resolution

HVGA 480*272

Color

16 million colors

Operating Capacitive multi-touch panel

Other

Size 113.5*77*12 mm

DC input DC 5.0V / 2.0A

Weight 119 g

Battery Built-in lithium polymer battery 12 00 mA h

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VII.

VII. Startup

Startup

Startup and

and

and shutdown

shutdown

A.

A. When

When

When the

the

the Mini

Mini

Mini Tabby

Tabby

Tabby is

is

is powered

powered

powered off

off

off and

and

and you

you

you would

would

would like

like

like to

to

to turn

turn

it

it on

on

�Press and hold the power button for a few seconds and the Mini Tabby

will begin loading the Android software.

The following startup screens appear

After loading has completed, you ’ ll be greeted by the lock screen (which also

appears when you exit standby).

�

Touch the lock icon and drag it outside the circle that appears to unlock

the screen. If performed correctly, the ‘ desktop ’ (also called ‘ home

screen ’ ) will appear .

This lock screen blocks unintended button presses and touch screen interactions

when the tablet is not in use. It can be customized in the settings menu.

B.

B. When

When

When the

the

the Mini

Mini

Mini Tabby

Tabby

Tabby is

is

is powered

powered

powered on

on

on and

and

and you

you

you would

would

would like

like

like to

to

to turn

turn

it

it off

off

�Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the Mini Tabby

asks you if you want to shut down the tablet completely. Touch ‘ OK ’ to

shut down the device

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Press the power button for a short moment short to have the Mini Tabby enter

stand-by mode.

To

end stand-by mode, press the power button again for a short moment.

VIII.

VIII. Home

Home

Home screen

screen

After startup has completed, the Android 4. 2 homescreen appears:

The default home screen has several shortcuts in the middle of the screen which you

can freely activate, remove, add to or adjust. The title underneath the icon explains

its purpose. The four ‘ manual ’ icons are manuals in the languages English (ENG),

French (FRA), Dutch (HOL) and German (GER).

Top

Top left

left

left corner

corner

Google Search is a q uick shortcut to

search the web

by typing key words. The

microphone icon next to it allows you to search by speaking the key words using the

built-in microphone. Google will try to recognize the spoken words and insert them

as text in the search

bar .

Top

Top right

right

right corner

corner

This icon with six squares is a shortcut to all installed apps and widgets. When

touched it will show the

Applications & Widgets screen (see Chapter VII )

.

Bottom

Bottom left

left

left corner

corner

6 main function buttons in the black status bar (from left to right):

Undo/Back/Return | Go to home screen | Show apps running in background |

Settings for w allpaper/apps/system | Decrease sound volume | Increase sound

volume

Bottom

Bottom right

right

right corner

corner

The status bar shows the cu rrent status of the

Wi-Fi network connection

(if Wi-Fi is

turned on),

battery status and time

. Some settings, connections, notifications or

apps can add specific icons here to display relevant information (for instance an

active USB connection with a PC, newly installed apps, newly received e-mail, etc.).

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IX.

IX. Applications/Widgets

Applications/Widgets

Applications/Widgets screen

screen

Click the applications icon in the top right corner of the home screen and the

application screen appears:

(shown apps may differ from those actually installed)

In the applications screen, you can choose to start any installed application with a

simple short touch on the app icon. You can also press and hold an app or widget to

create a shortcut on the home screen; drag it to the position you wish the shortcut

to be.

The app icons on the home screen are in fact shortcuts to the apps in the

Applications & Widgets menu. If any shortcut on the home screen is removed the

corresponding app itself remains installed and visible in the Applications & Widgets

screen. Widgets are in fact elaborate, interactive and customizable shortcuts to the

app and can be removed from the home screen in a similar fashion.

A.

A. Removing

Removing

Removing apps/widgets

apps/widgets

To

remove a shortcut, touch the app or widget icon for a few seconds until a ‘ trash

bin icon ’ appears in the middle of the top left of the screen. Drag the shortcut to the

‘ trash bin icon ’ and it will turn red; if you let go once it

’

s red the shortcut will be

removed.

To

remove an app (and its corresponding widget, if it has any) completely, please

select

‘

Apps ’ in the ‘ Settings ’ menu and select the app there to choose the ‘ uninstall ’

option. Once removed, it will no longer appear on the Applications & Widgets screen

and the home screen as well. Apps bought in the Google Play store are registered to

the Gmail account used to buy the app and can be installed again with the same

account if it was removed.

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X.

X. System

System

System Settings

Settings

Touch the ‘ Settings ’ app on the home screen or Applications & Widgets screen to

enter the Settings menu:

The left area shows all the different menus available. You can drag a finger over the

left side from bottom to top to scroll down and see all the menus. This principle also

applies to the right side if a selected menu has more options than can be displayed

on screen (for instance, a list of all available languages can be scrolled down this

way).

The right area shows all options relevant to the menu selected on the left side.

A few important settings will be explained further:

A. Wireless network connection to internet

Next to Wi-Fi, drag the switch from ‘ OFF ’ to ‘ ON ’ to activate the Wi-Fi transmitter . It

will start scanning for nearby active Wi-Fi hotspots.

Select the preferred network. If the network is protected with a password, a pop up

will appear that will enable you to enter the password needed to access the network.

Once the password has been filled in correctly (Double check! Passwords are case

sensitive.), touch ‘ Connect ’ underneath it to start the verification process. This

could take a moment.

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If the password is entered correctly, the message ‘ connected ’ will appear

underneath the network name. If this doesn ’ t appear, touch the name of the

network and choose ‘ forget ’ to erase the password and try again.

B.

B. Display

Display

The T abby does not support a cabled connection to an external screen. All video

output is shown on the LCD screen of the tablet itself.

Here you can set the brightness level by

sliding the circle to the left or right, change

the wallpaper , adjust the timer for standby

and change the font size of the menus.

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C.

C. Date

Date

Date and

and

and time

time

time settings

settings

If connected to the internet, the easiest way to set the time is with the

‘

Automatic

date & time ’ and

‘

Automatic time zone ’ options.

Otherwise, set it manually by touching the different options:

Set date | Set time | Select time zone | Use

24-hour format | Select date format

Scroll up or down by dragging the finger over the

date or time numbers on the screen or set the date

on the calendar .

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XI.

XI. Internet

Internet

Check if the Wi-Fi connection has been established to ensure access to the internet.

Touch the icon of the browser app (named Browser or Chrome. Others browser apps

are available through the online Google Play store) and enter the website address

in the top bar and hit ‘ start ’ or ‘ enter ’ on the onscreen keyboard.

XII.

XII. Music

Music

Touch the ‘ Music ’ icon in the Applications & Widgets screen, you will enter the music

player interface. Here you can search through audio files on the Mini

Tabby.

You can copy music files from a connected USB drive, MicroSD card or download

them from the internet. When a song is played, the following screen appears:

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XIII.

XIII. Gallery

Gallery

Gallery with

with

with videos

videos

videos and

and

and photos

photos

Touch the ‘ G allery ’ app to view video and photo files saved on the ‘ Mini Tabby

’

s

memory. Touch the folder where the file can be found and then touch the file to

display it on screen.

When viewing pictures, you can zoom in or out by touching the screen with two

fingers and moving them towards or away from each other . The top right menu

offers options like rotate, set as wallpaper , crop, etc.

XIV.

XIV. Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Wallpaper on

on

on home

home

home screen

screen

screen background

background

On the home screen, choose an unoccupied area and touch it with one finger for a

few seconds until a pop up menu appears.

�‘ Gallery ’ allows you to select a

custom picture or photo from

your own library and set it as the

background of the home screen.

�‘ Live Wallpaper ’ is a special wallpaper with 3D animation or interactive

parts. Search the Google Play store for numerous beautiful variations

and customize your

Tabby.

(Please note that live wallpapers drain the

battery faster than normal wallpapers or pictures)

�‘ Wallpaper ’ is a selection of beautiful images already made available on

your

Tabby.

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XV.

Sound

Sound recording

recording

Touch the app “ Sound recorder ” and the following screen will appear .

Press ‘ Record ’ button to start recording and press ‘ Stop ’ button to stop recording.

For playback, touch the “ Music ” app, then ‘ Playlists

’

, then ‘ My recordings

’

.

The recording p laylist will appear as shown in the next screen. Select the recorded

file and touch “ Play ” to playback.

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XVI.

XVI. Camera

Camera

Touch the ‘ Camera ’ app go activate the camera and view what the camera sees on

screen. The camera captures a picture once you touch the blue circle on the right.

The bottom shows the photo and video options which allows you to switch between

the two.

When switched to video, the circle changes to red. Once you touch the red circle, the

camera starts recording video and sound. Press it again to stop the recording.

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XVII.

XVII. Google

Google

Google Play

Play

First make sure you have connection the internet. Touch the ‘ Play Store ’ app or the

top right corner of the Applications & Widgets screen labeled ‘ Store ’ a nd follow the

instruction on screen.

If you do not have a Gmail account yet, you will be asked to create one. Installed

Google apps on the Tabby are linked to the Gmail account and enable

synchronization between different devices when using Google services with the

same Gmail account. For instance, favorite webpages saved in a Chrome browser on

a PC when logged in with your Gmail account can also be found in the Chrome

browser on your Mini Tabby using the same Gmail account. (This doesn ’ t count for

other apps than Google

’

s).

Follow the on screen instructions.

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