User’s Manual Ematic 10.1” HD Quad-Core Tablet with Android™ 5.
Since the tablet software updates regularly, the user manual may not cover all aspects of new features. Important Notices • The new battery will be in its best condition after being fully charged and discharged 2-3 times. • While using earphones, if the volume is excessively high it may cause hearing damage. Please adjust the volume to a safe level and moderate use. • Do not disconnect the tablet suddenly when formatting, uploading, or downloading. • Do not dismantle the tablet.
Section 1: Tablet Overview Tablet Overview Screen Basics Touch Screen Basics Section 2: Initial Setup Charging Turn on Setting up your Google™ Account Getting Started Section 3: Your Home Screen Icons Adding Icons Moving Icons Removing Icons Take a Screenshot Sleep Mode Notifications Manage Notifications & Interruptions Change the Wallpaper Section 4: Network Connection Turn On/Off Wi-Fi Adding a Wi-Fi Network Forget a Wi-Fi Network Section 5: Connecting to a Computer PC Mac Section 6: Using the Keyboard En
Google Play™ Google Play recommendations Google Play Store app Section 9: Google Now Google Now Cards Location Access Google Now Settings Section 10: Voice Actions Voice Commands Section 11: Tablet Settings Section 12: Tips & Tricks Extending Battery Life Reset/Restore Troubleshooting Technical Specifications Customer Support Limitations of Liability Statement 25 26 26 27 27 27 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35
1. Tablet Overview Camera Camera Speaker MicroSD card slot Hold for 2 seconds to turn on/off. Press to sleep/wake up. Back Microphone Micro USB connection 3.
Screen Basics Search Battery Slide down to reveal your notifications and settings Swipe left or right to switch between home screens. Dock Home Volume Down Volume Up Recent apps Back Touch Screen Basics Tap the screen once to activate or open something. Touch and hold to move an item by dragging. *In many apps touch and hold can offer more options. Zooming: Double tap quickly to zoom into a webpage, picture, or map.
2. Initial Setup Charging Fully charge your tablet for 6 hours before the first use. Use the included USB wall charger. The battery indicator will show that your device is charging. Attention: Charging by connecting to a computer will be extremely slow. We recommend only using the included wall charger. Turn on To start your tablet, press and hold the power key for 2 seconds. The Ematic logo indicates that the tablet is loading.
Setting up your Google Account Sign in using the email address and password from your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, create one. An email address that you use for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • • • • • Gmail™ YouTube™ Google Apps™ AdWords™ Any other Google product When you sign in with a Google Account, all your email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your tablet.
3. Your Home Screen Icons You can fill the home screen with any combinations of shortcuts, widgets, and folders you like. When you power up your tablet for the first time, you’ll see the main home screen panel. This panel is typically centered; you can access additional panels on either side of the main one by swiping your finger left or right. Battery Level: The white battery level indicator will decrease and change to red as the battery is drained.
Adding Icons Within the All Apps menu, choose an app or swipe right to choose a widget. Tap and hold desired app or widget for about 2 seconds until the Home screen appears. Slide it wherever you want and let go. Moving Icons Touch & hold the icon. Slide your finger to the new position. (To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen. To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly towards it.) Lift your finger to drop the icon into its new position.
Sleep Mode To save battery, you should put your tablet in sleep mode by turning off the LCD display. To do this, press the power key and immediately release it. Do it again to bring up the lock screen. Quick Settings & Notifications Swipe down from the top of your Home Screen to view your Notifications. Use two fingers to swipe from the top of your Home Screen or swipe down again from notifications to view your Quick Settings.
Manage Notifications and Interruptions Tap on Sound & notification in the Settings Menu. You can manage what notifications you see, set notification priority level by app, and see what apps have access to your notifications. You can set up your device so that notifications only appear on at certain times, for certain types of notifications, and from specific contacts. Change the Wallpaper Tap and hold your finger on any open space on your home screen. A list of options appears.
4. Network Connection Wi-Fi can only be used when it connects with a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) or a free unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. Turn on Wi-Fi 1 Within the All Apps menu, tap Settings. 2 Under Wireless & Networks, tap on Wi-Fi. Your tablet will list the networks it finds within range. Switch the button at the top to on and scan for networks. Tap a network to connect. When connected, the wireless indicator appears in the status bar. The white lines indicate connection strength.
Adding a Wi-Fi Network Users may also add a Wi-Fi network by pressing the Menu icon in the top right corner. Select Add network. Add the network information to connect. Forget a Wi-Fi Network In the Wi-Fi settings screen, tap the name of the network. Tap “Forget” in the dialog that opens.
5. Connecting to a Computer 1 Connect to your computer by USB. PC 2 The device driver will install. 3 Choose open folder to view files or select the removable disk. EGD078 (E:) EGQ223 (E:) 4 EGQ223 (E:) 14 You will now be able to drag and drop the files from your computer onto your tablet just as you would with a USB flash drive.
Mac 2 First, install the Android File Transfer application for Mac. Go to android.com/filetransfer on your Mac and choose download now. 3 Install the application. 4 EQG223 The Android File Transfer application will launch automatically when you connect your tablet. Drag & drop files to transfer.
6. Using the Keyboard Entering text Enter text using the onscreen keyboard. In most apps it will open automatically. In others, open the keyboard by touching where you want to type. *Depending on what you are doing, some of the keys on the keyboard may look different. Keyboards A&B appears when you are searching or browsing the net. Keyboard C appears when you are writing emails, documents, or messaging.
Keyboard C: Enter Insert smileys To make the keyboard go away, touch the modified Back button at the bottom of the screen. Gesture Typing Swipe your finger over letters you want to type, and lift after each word. The keyboard will anticipate and predict the next word in your sentence.
Basic Editing Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor will blink in the new position and a blue tab will appear below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. Select text: Touch & hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word will be highlighted and blue tabs with appear. Drag tabs to edit selection. Delete text: Touch lected text. to delete characters or se- Insert Capital Letters: Tap the key once to insert one capital letter. Or hold key while you type.
7. Exploring Apps Open up some Apps to better familiarize yourself with your new tablet. Tap the Clock app to access your alarm clock, timer, or stopwatch. Clock Timer Stopwatch Alarm Clock Night Mode/ Settings Tap to change Time Zone Tap the camera app to take pictures and videos to share with your friends and family. Taking Photos: • Make sure the icon bar on the left is the camera icon • Tap the camera icon to take a photo • To zoom pinch two fingers together on the screen.
Included Apps Browser: Browse the web Calculator: Basic calculator functions Calendar: Keep track of your schedule and set reminders Camera: Take photos and record videos Chrome™: Browse the web with Google Chrome. Clock: Set the time and alarms Contacts: Manage your contacts Downloads: Manage your downloads Drive: Share your Google Docs and files Email: Sync your email accounts ES File Explorer: Browse for files to open, delete, etc.
Gmail: Fast, searchable email from Google Google: Stay up to date with Google Now cards Google Settings: Edit your Google Account settings Google+™: Stay connected and share life as it happens with Google+ Hangouts™: One-on-one and group conversations with photos, emoji, and video calls for free. Kingsoft Office: Type documents, make spreadsheets and presentations Maps™: Find directions and locations Photos: Share photos and back them up on Google.
Play Store: Shop for music, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, games and apps Pogoplug: Connect to the internet to access and share your files. Includes 5GB of cloud storage Settings: Adjust settings on your tablet Sound Recorder: Record audio using the built-in microphone VideoPlayer: Video and image gallery Voice Search: Search the web by speaking instead of typing YouTube: Stream your favorite videos on the web Uninstalling Apps To Uninstall an unwanted App: 1 Tap Settings 2 Under Device, tap Apps.
4 Tap Uninstall 8. Google Accounts Why use a Google Account? Google Accounts let you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device. Sync & Back-up: Whether you draft an email, add a contact, or add an event to your calendar, your work continuously gets backed up and synchronizes with any computer with the same Google Account. Accessibility: Check your latest emails, events, or text messages wherever you are on any computer or mobile device.
Add a Google Account 1 Tap Settings. 2 Under Personal, tap Accounts. 3 Tap Add account. 4 Tap what kind of account you want to add and sign in. Remove a Google Account 1 Tap Settings 2 Under Personal, tap Accounts. 3 24 Tap on the type of account that you want to remove.
4 Tap the account that you want to remove. 5 5 Tap Menu icon. Tap Remove account. Google Play Google Play brings together all of your favorite content in one place. Access movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, and more when you sign in with your Google Account. You can also shop for more games, books, magazines, and more in the Google Play Store app. Google Play My Library: Displays your most recently used books, music, and so on. Tap any of the images to view your content.
Play Store Play Books Play Newsstand Play Movies & TV Play Music Purchase music, games, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, and apps on the Google Play Store app With Google Play, shop the world’s largest eBookstore now with over 5 million booksavailable on web, tablet, and phone. With Google Play Newsstand, discover more of the news and magazines you love with a newsstand made for you.
Find out what the weather is like, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, or how your favorite sports team is doing. To dismiss a card from the Google Now screen, swipe it away. The card will return the next time it’s relevant, which may be hours or days from now. You can turn Google Now cards on or off at any time. To do so from the main Google Now screen go to Menu < Settings < Google Now and choose a specific card. You can then check or uncheck when you would like that card to appear.
Google Now: These settings allow you to turn Google Now On or Off. It will also take you through a brief introduction to Google Now and you will be given the chance to opt in. From the settings screen you can also change the priority of cards and also sound settings for notifications. Voice settings: Voice settings control different aspects of speech input and output. • Language: Select a language to use for Voice Searches.
10. Voice Actions After installing the Google Search app you can use Voice Actions to get directions, send messages, and perform a number of other common tasks. To initiate a Voice Action you can: • Tap the Microphone in the Google Search Bar on your Home Screen • Tap the Microphone in your keyboard Next, speak the Voice Action you want to use. Here are some typical examples: “Set alarm for 8:30 a.m” “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: Coming tonight? Message: Hope to see you later.
Voice Commands To initiate a Voice Action touch the Microphone icon *Voice Actions will only be available after downloading the Google Search app. Some handy voice commands are: Say Followed By [Words you want to search for] Examples “bike shoes” “Map of” Address, name, business name, or other destination “Navigate to Union Square” or “1299 Colusa Ave, Berkeley, CA” “Go to” Search string or URL “Go to Google.
11. Tablet Settings Wi-Fi: Turn Wi-Fi on to see available networks and connect. Bluetooth: Turn on Bluetooth to sync to another device. Display: Adjust brightness, change your wallpaper, turn on/off screen rotation, sleep settings, and font size. Sound & notification: Adjust the volume, notifications, and alarm sounds. Battery: Provides battery usage data. Users: Add users & profiles with their own apps and content. Screenshots: Display or hide the screenshot button in the status bar.
12. Tips & Tricks Extending Battery Life Reducing the Brightness of your screen can help extend your battery life. 1 2 In Settings, tap Display. Tap Brightness level. 3 Use the slider to adjust the brightness. Then tap OK. Use a Quick Screen Timeout. 1 In Settings tap Display. 2 Tap Sleep. Switch off Wi-Fi if you’re not close to a strong signal. Disable Location Services.
Reset/Restore Reset Device Reset the device by pressing the reset button with a small object sush as a paper clip. Factory Restore Tap Backup & reset in the settings app. Then select Factory data reset to restore factory settings. This will erase all data on the tablet. Troubleshooting Cannot turn on the tablet. Check the tablet’s power level. Please charge it before starting it. If your tablet still cannot be turned on, you may reset it before you turn it on. No sound from earphones.
Technical Specifications • • • • • • • • • • • • Android 5.1, Lollipop 10.1” 1024 x 600 Screen 1.2GHz Quad-Core Processor 1GB RAM 16GB flash memory (formatted capacity will be less) Front .3MP, Back 2MP Cameras MicroSD card slot supports up to 32GB USB 2.0 Accelerometer Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) Bluetooth Soft Touch Body Customer Support Visit ematic.us/support for customer support regarding your device. To submit a request, fill out the required information online.
Limitations of Liability Statement Limitations of Liability Statement The Ematic User Manual may contain or reference links to third-party sites, however, please be aware that Ematic is not responsible for and cannot control these other sites. Ematic makes no representations or warranties whatsoever about any other website which you may access as a result of reading this user manual, or otherwise.
FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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