X10 AirPad7p User manual

X10.com, a Division of
X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.
400 Forge Way, Suite 409-412,
Rockaway, NJ 07866 CM007-1/12
Owner’s Manual
Model AirPad7p
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Introduction......................................................................................4
Getting Started.................................................................................6
Accessing the System Settings.........................................................7
Setting the Date and Time................................................................8
How to use Wi-Fi on the AirPad....................................................10
Installing Apps...............................................................................11
Uninstalling Apps...........................................................................13
Moving Apps between screens.......................................................14
Transferring files from your PC.....................................................16
How to listen to Music...................................................................17
How to watch Movies and Videos .................................................18
Using Wallpaper.............................................................................18
Using a Wi-Fi Hotspot ...................................................................18
Recently used Apps........................................................................19
How to connect the AirPad to a TV...............................................19
Using and external microSD card .................................................20
How to move Apps to a microSD Card .........................................20
Battery Performance ......................................................................21
Resetting to Factory Settings.........................................................22
ContentsRead First
FCC Caution
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,
INCLUDINGINTERFERENCETHATMAYCAUSEUNDESIREDOPERATION.
This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy, and if not installed
and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturers
instructions, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been
type tested and found to comply with the limits for remote control devices in
accordance with the specifications in Sub-Parts B and C of Part 15 of FCC
Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such
interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause interference to radio communications, which can be determined by
unplugging the equipment, try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures.
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
NOTE: Modifications to this product will void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.
WARRANTY&RETURNPOLICY:YoumayreturnyourAirPadforafullrefund
within 14 days of purchase. X10.com, a division of X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.
(X10) warrants your AirPad to be free from defective material and workmanship
for a period of 90 days from the original date of purchase. X10 agrees to repair or
replace with new or refurbished product, at its sole discretion, a defectiveAirPad if
returned to X10 within the warranty period in like new condition, with all original
packaging and accessories, a proof of purchase, and RMA. A 15% restocking fee
will be charged for non-defective opened product. If service is required under this
warranty or to request an RMA: Please call 1-800-442-5065, visit www.x10.com,
or e-mail [email protected].

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Congratulations! You’re now the proud owner of the newest
technology in tablets. Powered by Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream
Sandwich), the X10 AirPad 7P is equipped with a powerful 1.2
GHz Allwinner A10 Cortex A8 processor, it has a brilliant color
screen, 4 GB onboard memory (plus an additional 32 GB with
microSD card, not included), a built-in camera/video recording
device, and access to thousands of Apps in the Amazon Market.
You’ll find yourAirPad 7P to be extremely fast, with a very
responsive touch screen.
YourAirPad 7P has all of the features you could want. It’s like
you’re fitting a movie screen, MP3 player, e-book reader, Internet,
video game console and more into your pocket.
Now you don’t have to buy a Kindle, you can download theApp
FREE from the Amazon Market.
Here’s some of the many other things yourAirPad can do:
Games
There are many free games available on the Amazon Market. Just
a few examples are Angry Birds, Sudoku, Fruit Ninja, and Dragon
Fly. Just go to the Amazon Market, search for the name and
download it.
Productivity
You can get usefulApps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, DropBox
(file sharing), OpenTable (restaurant reservations), Mapquest,
Wikipedia, Photoshop Mobile – all run very nicely on your AirPad
and make life on the go easy and fun.
Entertainment
You can get Pandora Radio, free from theAmazon Market. It
lets you select different genres of music and stream them to your
AirPad. Just go to Amazon Market, search for and download
Pandora Internet Radio, then create and sign in to your account.
Shazam – just tap on the screen and Shazam listens to and
identifies any song it hears. It even tells you who sang it, what
album it’s on, and gives you the opportunity to buy it on-line.
Play videos and movies – Download YouTube from Google, watch
Flash content with your Browser.
Download the Netflix App and watch streaming videos on your
AirPad (requires a Netflix account).
Install the RedBox App and rent movies that you pick up from any
RedBox kiosk (requires a RedBox account).
Transfer movies from your laptop or PC to your AirPad via a mini
USB cable (included with your AirPad).
Or purchase a microSD card that you can plug into your PC,
transfer movies to, then plug into your AirPad.
You can connect yourAirPad to a TV, via an HDMI cable (sold
separately) so you can watch video on a big screen.
And of course e-mail. If you don’t already have an account just go
to mail.google.com and sign up for a free Gmail account, or get
other e-mail such as Yahoo orAOL via your browser.
Introduction Introduction, cont.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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First charge the battery in yourAirPad,
connect the power supply to the POWER
jack on the side of your AirPad (not the
headphone jack) and plug the power
supply into an AC outlet. It may take up to
4 hours to fully charge the unit.
Getting Started Getting Started, cont.
POWER USB Reset HDMI out MicroSD card slot Headphones
ON/OFF VOL - VOL+
The AirPad does NOT charge via the included USB cable.
For best battery performance leave your AirPad charging overnight
or when not in use. See also page 21.
You can read various sections of this manual at any time to learn
how to accomplish specific tasks. You can also visit X10’s Wiki
on-line at: http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/airpad7p-ics
Also see ourAirPad Forums at: http://forums.x10.com
To turn yourAirPad on
Press and hold the POWER button on the top of the unit until the
Android logo appears on the screen. Release the button and wait
while the unit “boots up.” Then swipe the lock icon to the right with
your finger to unlock it.
To suspend theAirPad (Sleep mode)
Note that this still uses power and can run the battery down quite
quickly if Wi-Fi is turned on. The AirPad will go to sleep by itself if
you do nothing for a while. To force it to go into sleep mode, press
and release the round POWER button on the top of the unit.
To turn theAirPad completely off (shut it down)
Press and hold the round POWER button on the top of the unit until
youseeascreenthatshowstheoptiontoPoweroff.Touchthatbutton
onthe screen.Then touchOK.Next time youpower on youwillneed
to follow the steps above. If however the AirPad was just “asleep”
then just pressing the POWER button displays a screen where you
can swipe the lock icon with your finger to unlock it.
The plug does
not go all the
way in, this is
normal.
Throughout this owner’s manual we’ll use a couple of different
methods for accessing the System Settings section. There are
several ways to get to the System Settings, either way works fine,
and it’s up to you which method you prefer:
Method 1
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen).
2. Touch on the Settings icon.
Method 2
1. On your Home screen, touch the hard Menu key, to the bottom
right of the screen, below the hard Home key.
2. A pop-up menu appears (at the bottom right of the screen).
Touch System Settings.
Accessing the System Settings

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3. Uncheck Automatic date & time, and Automatic time zone.
4. Touch Set time.
5. Set the correct time and touch Set.
6. Touch Set date. Select the correct date and touch Set.
7. Touch Select time zone. Scroll and select your time zone.
8. Similarly, set other options such as time and date format.
9. If desired, recheck Automatic date & time, and Automatic time
zone.
Touch the Home icon (bottom left of screen) or the hard key
to the right of the screen to exit back to your Home screen.
You can also repeatedly touch the back icon or hard key.
Setting the Date and Time, cont.
3. Scroll down and touch Date & time.
Setting the Date and Time
To Set the Date and Time
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen)
2. Touch on the Settings icon.
Method 3
1. On your Home screen, Touch the time (bottom right of the
screen).
2. Touch the Settings icon in the bottom right of the screen, under
the time.
A pop-up menu appears where you can select Airplane Mode, WiFi
Settings, Screen Brightness, Notifications, System Settings, etc.
The back symbol at the bottom left hand corner of the screen
takes you back one screen each time you touch it. (You can also
press the hard key to the right of the screen.
The House symbol takes you to your Home screen at any
time. It at the bottom left of the screen, next to the Back symbol.
(You can also press the hard key to the right of the screen).
Accessing the Settings section, cont.

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In order to connect to the Internet you’ll need to turn on Wi-Fi.
(See also Wi-Fi Hotspot on page 18.
How to Use Wi-Fi
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen).
2. Touch on the Settings icon.
3. Touch WiFi OFF (it changes to ON). Available networks will be
displayed.
Using Wi-Fi
4. Touch your network and enter your password.
5. After it shows “Connected”, touch the Home icon or press
the hard Home key to the right of the screen, to exit back to your
Home screen.
You’ll want to install theAmazon AndroidAppstore so you can
download FREE Apps, and purchase other ones. Note you will first
need to go to amazon.com and set up a free account if you don’t
already have one.
1. On the Home screen touch the Browser icon to launch the
Browser, and type in www.amazon.com/app-email. The Amazon
Android Appstore app will download to your AirPad. You’ll
Download Started in the notifications bar near at the bottom
right of the screen. When complete it will say downloaded.
2. Touch and pull up your notifications bar at the bottom of the
screen and touch Amazon_Appstore-release.apk
3. Touch the INSTALL button.
4. After the installation finishes, touch the OPEN button and sign
into your Amazon account. Below shows the Appstore.
Installing Apps
YourAirPad makes an excellent e-book reader. You can download
and install FREE readers from the Amazon Android Appstore,
including the popular Kindle.

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How to install a typical App from AmazonAndroidAppstore
We will use the Kindle App as an example. These basic procedures
work for other Apps too.
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen).
2. Touch the Amazon Appstore icon.
The screen shown at the bottom of page 11 is displayed.
3. In the Search Market box, type: kindle for.As you type, various
matches will be displayed. When you see kindle for android
tablet displayed, touch it.
Installing Apps, cont.
4. Touch the Kindle forAndroid icon.
5. Touch Install. Then touch OK. When “Application installed” is
displayed, click Done.
Touch the Home icon (bottom left of screen) or press the hard
key to the right of the screen to exit back to your Home screen.
Touch the Amazon Kindle icon on the main Apps screen to launch
Kindle.
Uninstalling Apps
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen).
2. Touch on the Settings icon.
3. Touch Apps.
Uninstalling Apps
4. Scroll to and then touch the application you want to uninstall.
Here, we demonstrate the uninstallation of Netflix.
5. Touch Uninstall.
6. Touch OK.
7. When you see Uninstall Finished, touch OK.
Touch the Home icon (bottom left of screen) or the hard key
to the right of the screen to exit back to your Home screen.

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Moving Apps between screens
Copying App icons from your mainApps screen to your Home
Screen
1. On your Home screen, touch (top right of the screen) to
access the main Apps screen.
2. Find and touch the icon for the App you want to copy to your
Home screen.
3. Hold your finger on the App icon until your Home screen
appears.
4. Release your finger from the icon.
5. A copy of the icon for that App is now duplicated on your Home
screen.
To remove an App icon from your Home Screen, touch and hold
the icon until the trash can appears (at the top of the screen) and
then drag the icon to the trash. When the trash can turns red,
release your finger from the screen.
Note this does NOT remove the icon from your mainApps screen,
nor does it uninstall the App. (See previous page to uninstall Apps).
Touch to access the
main Apps Screen.
Swipe the screen to
access other screens.
The Home Screen. Moving Apps between the 5 screens
There are 5 discrete Home screens on your AirPad 7P.
Your can see the individual screens by swiping your finger from
left to right. The Main Home screen is the screen in the middle of
the 5 screens.
To move Apps around on a screen, or from one screen to another,
touch and hold the icon for the App you want to move. You will
notice that you can then drag the icon around the screen. Drag it to
an open spot on that screen, or drag it off to the left or right of the
screen and hold it until the screen you want to move it to is shown,
then release your finger from the screen.
Some practice might be necessary to get the hang of how to hold
your finger on an icon for an App, how to move your finger off the
edge of the screen, and when to release your finger.
Note: There are also 5 “Main screens” where installedApps
and Widgets are shown. You can copy Widgets from the Main
screens to your Home Screens in the same way as described on the
previous page for copying Apps to your Home screens.
Moving Apps between screens, cont.

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Transferring files from your PC
You will need the included USBA to Mini-B cable to do this:
1. Connect the cable to your PC and to the AirPad.
2. Hold the AirPad in a horizontal orientation. You will see a
USB symbol in the notification bar at the bottom right of
your AirPad’s screen.
3. Touch the USB symbol and drag it up to bring up the
notification menu.
4. Touch USB Connected.
5. In the window that appears, touch the Turn On USB storage
button.
YourAirPad will now appear as two different Removable Storage
Devices in “My Computer” on your PC - one for the main device
memory, and one for the MicroSD card.
Transfer files like you would transfer from any drive to another.
Once you are finished transferring files, follow these steps:
1. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your PC’s System
Tray, next to the clock. Click on Eject, or Safely Remove USB
Mass Storage Device.
2. On your AirPad, touch Turn off USB storage.
Transferring files from your PC, cont.
How to listen to Music
1. Download music files from the Internet, or transfer them to your
AirPad from your PC or laptop. (See Transferring files from
your PC on pages 16 & 17).
2. On the main Apps screen, or on your Home screen if you copied
the icon there, find and touch the Music icon.
3. Find and touch the music file you want to play.
Touch the Home icon (bottom left of screen) or press the hard
key to the right of the screen to exit back to your Home screen.

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How to watch Movies or Videos
1. Download video files from the Internet, or transfer them to your
AirPad from your PC or laptop. (See Transferring files from
your PC on pages 16 & 17).
2. On the main Apps screen, or on your Home screen if you copied
the icon there, find and touch the Super-HD Player icon.
3. Find and touch the movie or video file you want to play.
Using Wallpaper
1. On your Home screen, touch the hard Menu key, to the bottom
right of the screen, below the hard Home key.
2. A pop-up menu appears (at the bottom right of the screen).
Touch Wallpaper.
3. Select the wallpaper you desire, and touch Set wallpaper.
Note that Live wallpaper consumes battery power.
Using a Wi-Fi Hotspot
You can connect to the Internet from yourAirPad by Wi-Fi if
you are near a Wi-Fi router, such as in your home or office. (See
turning on Wi-Fi on page 9). Or by using a local Hotspot such
as you can find at Airports, Hotels, and some coffee shops, for
example. Some cell phones act as a Wi-Fi Hotspot, allowing you
to connect your AirPad to your cell phone via Wi-Fi and then
connect to the Internet via your cell phone. You can also purchase
a stand-alone Wi-Fi Hotspot from many major cell phone service
providers (contract required from your provider). TheAirPad
connects to the Hotspot via Wi-Fi and then the Hotspot connects to
the Internet via 3G or 4G broadband.
Connecting to a TV
How to connect the AirPad to a TV
First, make sure your TV has an HDMI input, you will also need a
mini HDMI cable (sold separately). Connect the AirPad to your TV
with the cable, then follow the instructions in your TV’s manual to
view the correct HDMI video input.
Notes:
When using the camera function while connected to a TV the
camera image only appears on the AirPad’s screen.
When watching a movie or video while connected to a TV the
controls appear on both screens but the movie only appears on the
TV screen.
Recently Used Apps
If you touch the symbol in the bottom left of the screen, your
most recently viewed Apps pop up. You can scroll through them
and select an App to open it.

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How to move Apps to a microSD Card
After you’ve installed a lot of Apps on your AirPad, you might get
a message saying that there’s not enough memory left to install
another App. You can free up some memory by moving some Apps
from the main memory to the microSD card:
1. On your Home screen, touch the hard Menu key, to the bottom
right of the screen, below the hard Home key.
2. A pop-up menu appears (at the bottom right of the screen).
Touch Manage apps.
3. Scroll to and touch the App you want to move.
Managing your AirPad
Using an external microSD card
You can add more memory to yourAirPad by purchasing a
microSD card, they come in various capacities. Hold the card
parallel to the slot (not at an angle) and push it in. You will feel a
slight resistance before it seats itself.
To remove the microSD card: Go to Settings, touch Storage, and
scroll down the left panel until you see Unmount SD card. Touch
Unmount and then touch OK.
Press on the card and it will pop out.
How to move Apps to a microSD Card, cont.
4. Touch Move to SD card, the button changes to Moving. After
it’s moved, or if theApp is already on the SD card, you will see
an option to Move to tablet.
Touch the Home icon (bottom left of screen) or the hard key
to the right of the screen to exit back to your Home screen.
Managing your AirPad, cont.
Battery Performance
For best battery performance leave your AirPad charging overnight
or when not in use.
You can get longer battery life if you don’t use active wallpaper.
See how to change your wallpaper on page 18.
Turn off Wi-Fi when you don’t need it.

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Resetting to Factory Settings
5. Touch Reset tablet (at the bottom of the screen).
6. If you really want to reset your AirPad, touch Erase everything.
Be careful since this is not reversible.
7. Wait a few minutes while your AirPad restarts.
If you play around and install a bunch of Apps to get familiar with
your AirPad you might want to know how to put your AirPad back
to its factory condition. Follow these instructions to do this:
1. On your Home screen, touch the hard Menu key, to the bottom
right of the screen, below the hard Home key.
2. A pop-up menu appears (at the bottom right of the screen).
Touch System settings.
3. Touch Backup and reset
4. Touch Factory data reset.
4. Check the box for Erase SD card if you also want to erase
everything on the MicroSD card.
CPU: 1.2 GHz Allwinner A10 Cortex A8 processor + 396 MHz DSP.
Display: 7” 800 x 480 resolution TFT LCD screen.
Touch-screen: Capacitive multi-touch, 5 point touch.
OS: Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich), with Flash 10.3.
Camera: 1.3 Megapixel camera with video recording and playback.
Sensors: 3-axis accelerometer.
RAM: 512 MB.
Memory: 4 GB onboard, up to 32 GB with microSD card.
Battery Life: 8 hours movie, 30 hours music, 6 hours Wi-Fi
Internet access.
Network: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n).
Ports: HDMI supporting 2160P (2 x 1080) output, USB.
Size: 197 mm x 122 mm x 12.5 mm, Weight 360g (12.7 oz).
Battery: 4500 mAh rechargeable lithium polymer.
Specifications