ViewSonic ViewPad 97a K1 User manual

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Contents
CONTENTS...........................................................1
GENERALNOTICESFORUSE.................................3
DISCLAIMER........................................................3
1.0PRODUCTBASICS...........................................4
1.1BUTTONSANDCONNECTIONS...............................4
1.2STARTUPANDSHUTDOWN..................................4
2.0INTRODUCTIONTOGOOGLEANDROID4.0.....5
2.1THEDESKTOP....................................................5
2.2THEAPPDRAWER–RIGHTTOPCORNER.................6
2.3GOOGLESEARCH/VOICESEARCH–LEFTTOPCORNER
............................................................................7
2.4NAVIGATIONICONS–BOTTOMLEFTOFTHESCREEN..8

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3.0GENERALOPERATION....................................9
3.1BATTERYSTATUS/CHARGINGYOURTABLET............9
3.2INSTALLINGAPPS...............................................9
3.3ADMINISTER/REMOVEAPPS..............................10
3.4ADDANACCOUNT............................................10
4.0BASICSETUP................................................12
4.1CHANGINGOPERATINGLANGUAGE......................12
4.2WIFISETTINGS................................................13
4.3CONNECTINGTHETABLETTOYOURPC.................14
5.0FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS..................15
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General notices for use
‐This product is a highly advanced electronics device,
disassembly, customization or repairs without the appropriate
knowledge and pre-cautions can lead to dangerous situations
with chance on damaging the product and serious injuries.
‐Avoid use in extreme conditions such as high and low
temperatures, high humidity or moist environments and around
magnetic fields. Also avoid long-time exposure to sunlight.
‐Only use by the manufacturer permitted accessories to avoid
damages to the product with possibly warranty loss.
‐Please follow the relevant local environmental regulations to deal
with obsolete machines and accessories.
‐Use a protective folder to avoid extreme physical shocks to the
device (i.e. of dropping).
Disclaimer
‐The screenshots are for Android reference only. They may be
made on a device with a different resolution or hardware
configuration than yours and therefore can be slightly different
that the final product.
‐The manufacturer takes no responsibility for loss of information
or data caused by hardware or software failure. The user is
responsible for performing timely backups of important data.
‐All information and images used in this user manual are provided
‘as is’ and are subject to change without notice.
‐The manufacturer accepts no liability for the information offered
in this document.

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1.0 Product basics
1.1 Buttons and connections
1 Power on/off 2 Volume +
3 Volume - 4 Power jack
5 Mini USB 6 Mini HDMI
7 Headphone 8 Micro SD card reader
9 Microphone 10 Speaker
11 Webcam
1.2 Start up and shut down
To start your device, press and hold the ‘Power button’ until the screen
lights up.
To shut down your device, press and hold the ‘Power button’ until the
following dialog popup appears.

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2.0 Introduction to Google Android 4.0
2.1 The Desktop
The main area of interest will be the desktop itself. Here you will place
shortcuts to Apps or widgets – a visual application that can display real-
time information. There may be some pre-installed icons and widgets on
your tablet.
To change the desktop background image of your tablet return to your
desktop by pressing the ‘HOME’ icon. Press and hold an open
space on the desktop (don’t press an icon) - until a popup appears
named ‘Select wallpaper from’. In the list may appear multiple options to
select an image or animated image of choice. The option ‘Live
Wallpapers’ will show the pre-installed animated desktop images. Other
options such as a ‘Super-HD Player’, ‘Gallery’ or ‘Wallpapers’ allow you
to select (widescreen) photos, downloaded images or other images;
depending on the features of that specific application.

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To place a widget or app shortcut on the desktop, touch and hold the
icon until the App drawer fades and the desktop appears. Move your
finger to the location where you want to place the icon and release your
touch to place the icon.
To move or delete icons and widgets from your desktop, touch and hold
the icon until a grid appears. Move the icon to the new location or drag it
to the ‘Remove’ bar on the top of the screen to remove it. Releasing the
touch screen will confirm your action.
2.2 The App drawer – right top corner
Press the icon in the top right of the screen to open the App drawer.
Here you have access to two tabs; ‘APPS’ and ‘WIDGETS’. The ‘APPS’
tab displays all applications that are available on the tablet. The
‘WIDGET’ tablet contains the optional widgets that can be added to the
desktop.
To place a widget or app shortcut on the desktop, touch and hold the
icon until the App drawer fades and the desktop appears. Move your
finger to the location where you want to place the icon and release your
touch to place the icon.
When using apps or other parts of the operating system you often will
see the ‘Extra options’ icon .
Pressing this icon will open a secondary menu with more options.
Functions like opening an advanced settings menu, switching to a
different account or refreshing the displayed information are often
‘hidden’ behind this icon.

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2.3 Google Search / Voice search – left top corner
By clicking the ‘Google search’ / microphone button you can quickly type
or speak keywords of your search. The search application will
automatically determine whether the keyword(s) apply to an application
or a web search. In the latter case a web browser will be opened and the
results of your query will be displayed on the Google search engine.
Note that both the ‘Google search’ function as well as the ‘Voice search’
requires the tablet to have access to the internet (by WiFi).

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2.4 Navigation icons – bottom left of the screen
On the left side you will find three icons: use the navigation icons
‘HOME’ or ‘RETURN’ to close the App drawer and return to
your desktop. The ‘RECENT ACTIVITY’ icon will show an
overview of the active and recently opened applications. Click on the
small displayed preview to open that application.

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recent activity preview
2.5 Status information area – right bottom of the screen
The bottom icon bar will show the some system information (i.e.
) in the bottom right corner. The contents of this area can
change if installed applications place additional information here.
Pressing it will open a small overlay menu displaying the date/time
information, the tablet’s current network status, the battery status and a
shortcut icon to another quick menu where some things like ‘Airplane
mode’, ‘Wifi On/Off’, the screen brightness and other options can be set
or toggled. Also this quick menu contains a shortcut to the ‘Settings’
menu. Simply clicking elsewhere on the screen will close this menu.
3.0 General operation
3.1 Battery status / Charging your tablet
The current battery status will be always displayed in the lower right of
the screen in the system information bar. The battery icon will
change accordingly to the battery status.
When connected to the DC charger, the status area on the bottom bar
will display the charging icon. Note the lightning symbol inside the
battery icon.
3.2 Installing Apps

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You can install your own Apps by opening the Apps shop. This button
can be found in the ‘App drawer’. The Apps shop is located on the
top right of the screen. Note that not all applications may function
properly for your tablet. Some are made especially for small screen
devices such as phones.
3.3 Administer / remove apps
The ‘Apps’ item in the ‘Settings’ menu will display an overview of the
installed apps. There are four tabs available which filter the displayed
app list. Select an app to view its detailed information. In the detailed
information you also have the options ‘Force Stop’, ‘Uninstall’, ‘Clear
data’ and ‘Move to SD card’. Moving apps to your SD card can save you
some internal storage memory on the tablet.
The ‘Clear cache’ and ‘Clear defaults’ can be used when you are
experiencing issues with a specific app. Clearing cached information and
(possible wrong) default settings may solve the problem. Clearing this
information will also wipe any stored login information. i.e. clearing the
cache of your social media app will also force you to re-login afterwards.
Apps may also be removed in the apps content page of the market /
shop application.
3.4 Add an account
The best way to fully make use of your Android tablet is by linking your
Google / Gmail account to your device. Open the ‘Settings’ menu and