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iii First things first We would like to thank you for making an Acer computer your choice for meeting your mobile computing needs. Your guides To help you use your Acer computer, we have designed a set of guides: First off, the setup poster helps you get started with setting up your computer. The ICONIA TAB Generic User Guide contains useful information applying to all models in the ICONIA TAB product series. It covers basic topics such as using the keyboard and audio, etc.
iii Your guides iii Tablet PC Front view Back view Top view Bottom view Left view Right view Booting your tablet Key functions for boot menus Connect the tablet to the keyboard dock Secure the tablet to the keyboard dock Keyboard dock Top view Front view Left view Right view Environment 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 Your Acer tablet PC tour Acer Ring Sync function Clean Disk function TouchBrowser Adding a page to your Favorites My Journal Editing pages Web Clip Acer clear.
Tablet PC 1 After setting up your computer as illustrated in the setup poster, let us show you around your new Acer computer. You can enter information into you new computer via the touchscreen or with the keyboard dock. Note: The keyboard dock is optional. Tablet PC Your new computer has two components, the tablet and the keyboard dock. The following set of images will show you the Tablet PC. The views are labeled as if you are holding the Tablet with the screen towards you and the cameras at the top.
English 2 Your Acer tablet PC tour No. Item Description 4 Windows key / power status indicator Press once to open the Start menu or wake tablet from Sleep mode. Status indicator color Press the power button while holding the Windows key to perform the + < Alt> + function (this is referred to as the "Windows Security Button" in the operating system). Power status Blue System turned on. Slow flash: Orange System in Standby mode. Flashing: Orange System entering Hibernate mode.
Tablet PC English Top view 1 No. Item Description 1 Ventilation slot Provides adequate air flow to maintain a safe operating temperature. Bottom view 1 3 2 3 4 No. Icon Item Description 1 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera). 2 Lock switch Locks the screen orientation. 3 Dock connector Connects to the supplied keyboard dock. USB port may also be used as a standard USB port.
English 4 Your Acer tablet PC tour Left view 12 3 4 5 6 No. Icon Item Description 1 Headphone jack Connects to audio devices (e.g., speakers, headphones). 7 Supports compatible 3.5 mm headsets with built-in microphone (e.g. Acer smart handheld headsets). 2 Battery LED Indicates the computer's battery status. 1. Charging: Amber. 2. Fully charged: Blue when plugged in. 3 Power button Press to turn the tablet on; press again to place the tablet in Sleep mode.
Booting your tablet 5 There are three ways to boot your tablet: 1 Quick boot: Press the power button; no external USB keyboard support before Windows boots; always boots from the SSD; overrides BIOS settings. 2 Normal boot: Simultaneously press the power button and the Windows key; supports USB keyboard, and hotkeys; this boot sequence is used if Windows shuts down abnormally or after making changes to BIOS.
English 6 Your Acer tablet PC tour Secure the tablet to the keyboard dock Place the tablet on the dock, ensuring you hear two clicks. Use the latch to secure the tablet. Note: Remove the tablet by releasing the latch and lifting the tablet from the camera side. Warning: Do not lift the tablet from the speaker side. Keyboard dock The following set of images show you the optional keyboard dock. Top view 1 2 3 4 5 No. Item Description 1 Dock connector Connects to the tablet.
Keyboard dock Item Description 3 Acer FineTrack pointing device Pointing device to control cursor movement. 4 Latch Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed. 5 Left and right buttons Function like the left and right mouse buttons. Front view 1 No. Item Description 1 Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed. Latch Left view 1 2 No. Icon Item Description 1 Ethernet (RJ-45) port Connects to an Ethernet 10/100/1000based network. 2 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.
English 8 Your Acer tablet PC tour Right view 1 No. Icon Item Description 1 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera).
9 Acer Ring incorporates a number of useful functions and tools in one easyto-use interface. Tap the touchscreen with all five fingers at once to display Acer Ring. Icon Item Description Sync Opens the data synchronization tool. Game Opens Acer GameZone. Calculator Opens the Windows Calculator. Webcam Opens the Acer CrystalEye webcam utility. Snipping tool Opens the Windows Snipping Tool. Disk Clean Opens the disk cleaning tool.
English 10 Acer Ring Sync function Press to run all existing sync/backup jobs, including sync jobs created in the Migration and Synchronization Wizard. Please refer to Acer Backup Manager on page 27. Clean Disk function The Clean Disk functions lists files that have not been used recently and have been successfully backed up. You can delete the files on that list, knowing you can restore these files from backup copies at a later date if required.
11 TouchBrowser is specifically designed to offer you a more comfortable web surfing experience when using touch input. Open Acer Ring and tap the TouchBrowser AppCard to launch the browser. The toolbar at the top of the screen gives you easy control over the open page.
English 12 TouchBrowser To enter a website address, tap the URL bar. A keyboard icon will display, allowing you to open a virtual keyboard and enter text, or use handwriting to enter the URL. 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 No. Item Description 1 Back Go back one page. 2 Forward Go forward to the next page in the browsing history. 3 Home Open the defined home page. 4 Tabs Shows the pages currently open. 5 Open new tab Tap to open a new tab.
13 To add a page to your Favorites, tap the Add to Favorites icon, give the page a name (the page title will be used by default) and select a folder to save the URL to.
English 14 My Journal My Journal My Journal is a handy place for you to keep clippings of websites and other information you may want to refer to later. You can organize the information you wish to view from a number of sources on a single, easy-to-view page. Open Acer Ring and scroll through the AppCards to My Journal. Tap the AppCard to open the application. Website content is automatically updated each time you open the journal page.
Editing pages English Note: When you have finished editing your clips, tap 15 to return to viewing mode. If you want to edit a web clip at a later time, tap the edit icon to enter edit mode. Editing pages In edit mode, you can resize web clips by dragging the corners of the web clip to the size you want. You can also move web clips to other pages by dragging the web clip to the tab for the page you want to move the clip to. Tap the name of a tab to rename the tab.
English 16 My Journal Tap the browser screen to select the area you want to crop; tap and drag on any of the circles on the corner of the crop window to expand it to include all the information you want to capture. When you have finished selecting the area you want to crop, tap the area to open a menu that will allow you to paste the content into My Journal or Copy it to the clipboard. You can also Save bitmap as... or Discard the web clip.
Web Clip To delete a web clip, tap the clip in My Journal and tap the trash can icon. Note: If the web clip comes from a site that requires a login, the clip will be grayed out and a key icon will show to indicate that it requires a login. Tap the clip to open the login page in My Journal. Note: If an Internet connection to the website is unavailable, the clip will indicate that the connection is unavailable. Tap the clip to refresh the data.
English 18 Acer clear.fi Acer clear.fi Acer clear.fi is a home media database viewer and controller. It allows you to browse media content, such as music, photos, or videos, on devices that are on the same network. Media content types When you launch Acer clear.fi, you can choose the media content type. There are three types defined: Video, Music, and Photo. DMS (Digital Media Server) devices DMS devices include DLNA-compliant personal computers and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices.
Media sharing settings 19 If you want to save media content to a remote device, you need to do the following: 1 Choose the media content. 2 Select Save To. 3 Select the files you wish to save, then send them to the remote device. The target icon will change to display the status. You can view the save status progress bar on the target. Click the target to display a dialog box that allows you to cancel the process.
English 20 Device Control Device Control Device Control is a convenient way for you to control the screen brightness and adjust the volume to suit your needs. It also indicates the location of each port on your computer and allows you to turn your connectivity devices on or off, select a power scheme, lock your computer, turn it off, or place it in Sleep mode.
21 To safely remove the device, select Eject from the menu. There is also a context menu available for the HDMI connector. English inserted a storage device into a USB port, you may tap the USB icon to open a context menu. Tap Open to view the files in Windows Explorer.
English 22 Using the virtual keyboard Using the virtual keyboard Microsoft Windows provides a convenient virtual keyboard for entering data. To use the keyboard, tap a text box to display the keyboard icon. Tap the icon to open the keyboard. Alternatively, tap and drag the keyboard tab displayed on the left-hand side of the screen.
23 Open Acer Ring and tap the SocialJogger AppCard. SocialJogger gives you one-touch access to popular social networking sites: Facebook, YouTube and Flickr.
English 24 SocialJogger Tap Log In to open the login wizard. You can log into all three supported services from a single login wizard. If you don’t already have an account with the supported services, you can create an account from the wizard.
Sharing content 25 Flickr Sharing content You can upload content to each service by tapping the Share on icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
English 26 SocialJogger three service pages. Drag and drop the content you want to share to the desired service. Settings You can adjust the settings for each service by tapping the Settings icon. This opens the settings window with a tab for each service.
27 Acer Backup Manager includes a Migration and Synchronization Wizard which runs after Windows 7 setup is complete. Additionally, you can launch it by double-clicking the desktop shortcut. It helps you migrate system settings (e.g., email settings and Internet Explorer Favorites) from an existing computer to your new tablet PC.
English 28 Acer Backup Manager