Samsung Galaxy Tab3 User manual

ANDROID TABLET
User Manual
Please read this manual before operating your
device and keep it for future reference.

SM-T210R_UM_English_MF1_CH_070813_F3
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started ...........................6
Understanding This User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning Your Device On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting Up Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Creating a New Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Retrieving Your Google Account Password . . . . 13
Using Google Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Galaxy Tab Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Securing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 2: Understanding Your Device .....18
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Navigating Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Status Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Quick Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Other App Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
App Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Wallpapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Apps Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Using Google Voice Typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 3: Contacts and Accounts ...........40
Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 4: Messaging ...............................48
Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

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Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 5: Internet and Social Networking 55
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Play Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 6: Music ....................................... 62
Listening to Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Play Music App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 7: Photos and Video .................... 70
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 8: Connections .............................85
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Wi-Fi Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Managing Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Kies Via Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Synchronizing with Windows Media Player . . . 94
Connecting as a Mass Storage Device . . . . . . 94
Section 9: Applications .............................95
Updating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
GPS Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Accessing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dropbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Flipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Game Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Google Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Group Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Play Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Play Movies & TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Polaris Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
S Planner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
S Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Samsung Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Samsung Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Smart Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
WatchON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Section 10: Settings ................................117
Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Wireless and Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

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Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
About Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Section 11: Health and Safety
Information ........................................... 149
Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . 149
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . . 156
Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . 159
UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Restricting Children's Access to Your
Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . 166
Section 12: Warranty Information ..........168
Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
End User License Agreement for Software . . 173
Social Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Social Hub Privacy Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT . . . . . . . . 189
USE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT . . . . . . . 189
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO
THIRD PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
SECURITY OF THE INFORMATION
WE COLLECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
CHAT ROOMS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS . . 192
CONTESTS AND SWEEPSTAKES . . . . . . . . . . 192
ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION
WE COLLECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Social Hub End User License Agreement . . . 193
Index .........................................................199

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Section 1: Getting Started
This section helps you to quickly start using your device.
Understanding This User Manual
The sections of this manual generally follow the features of
your device. A robust index for features begins on page 199.
Also included is important safety information, beginning on
page 149, that you should know before using your device.
This manual gives navigation instructions according to the
default display settings. If you select other settings,
navigation steps may be different.
Unless otherwise specified, all instructions in this manual
assume that you are starting from a Home screen. To get to a
Home screen, you may need to unlock the device. For more
information, refer to “Securing Your Device” on page 16.
Note: Instructions in this manual are based on default settings
and may vary from your device depending on the
software version on your device and any changes to the
device’s settings.
Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this user manual
start with the device unlocked, at the Home screen.
All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual
displays may vary depending on the software version of
your device and any changes to the device’s settings.
Special Text
In this manual, some text is set apart from the rest. This
special text is intended to point out important information,
share quick methods for activating features, define terms,
and more. The definitions for these methods are as follows:
• Notes : Presents alternative options for the current feature, menu,
or sub-menu.
• Tips : Provides quick or innovative methods or useful shortcuts.
• Important : Points out important information about the current
feature that could affect performance.
• Warning : Brings important information to your attention that can
help to prevent loss of data or functionality or damage to your
device.