User’s Manual Ematic 10” Quad-Core Tablet with Android™ 4.
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 of the player to a safe level and moderate during use. • Do not disconnect the tablet suddenly when formatting or uploading and downloading, which can lead to program errors.
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 Change the Wallpaper Section 4: Network Connection Turn On/Off Wi-Fi Adding a Wi-Fi Network Section 5: Connecting to a Computer PC Mac Section 6: Using the Keyboard Entering Text Gesture Typing Basic Editing Keyboard settings S
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 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35
1. Tablet Overview Camera Camera Speaker MicroSD card slot 5v charging port 3.5mm audio jack Back Microphone HDMI Reset Micro USB connection Hold for 2 seconds to turn on/off. Press to sleep/wake up.
Screen Basics Battery Search Slide down to reveal your notifications Slide down to reveal your settings Dock Swipe left or right to switch between home screens. Volume Down Recent apps Home Back Volume Up 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 5V 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. Once the screen loads, choose your language and connect to your Wi-Fi network.
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 right of your Home Screen to view your Quick Settings. Swipe down from the top left of your Home Screen to view your Notifications.
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 the Wi-Fi switch to turn it on and scan for networks. Your tablet will list the networks it finds within range. Tap a network to connect. When connected, the wireless indicator appears in the status bar. The white lines indicate connection strength.
Turn off Wi-Fi Tap the Wi-Fi ON switch under Wireless & Networks. Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it to extend the life of your battery between charges. Adding a Wi-Fi Network Users may also add a Wi-Fi network under Wi-Fi settings. 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. EGD213 (E:) EGD213 (E:) 4 EGD213 (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 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 small camera icon is selected • Tap the blue lens icon to take a photo • To zoom pinch two fingers together on the screen.
Included Apps 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 Downloads: Manage your downloads Drive: Share your Google Docs and files Email: Sync your email accounts Evernote: Keep notes and to-do lists File Manager: Browse for files to open, delete, etc. Gallery: View and edit your photos.
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. Hi-Q MP3 Recorder: Record audio Kingsoft Office: Type documents, make spreadsheets and presentations Maps™: Find directions and locations Movie Studio: Shoot and edit your own movies People: Manage your contacts 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 Video: Video Player 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 2 Tap Settings Under Device, tap Apps. 3 Tap the App that you want to 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.
3 Tap what kind of account you want to add and sign in. Remove a Google Account 2 1 Tap Settings 3 Under Accounts, tap Google Tap the account that you want to remove. 4 Tap Menu icon and then 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. Recommended Apps: Recommends apps that you can add to your home screen.
9. Google Now ™ Google Now uses contextual data from your tablet and from other Google products to supply you with just the right information at just the right time. You can download the Google Search app on Google Play. After you have downloaded and installed the Google Search app, tap the icon on the Home screen or swipe up from the icon to open Google Now. Google Now Cards Google Now displays cards when they’re most likely to be useful and relevant based on the current time and your current location.
Location Access Find out what the weather is like or how the commute to work will be by confirming your home and work locations. Google Now Settings In order to get to your Google Now settings from the Google Now Main Screen, touch the Menu icon at the bottom right of the screen. Then touch Settings. 4 types of settings will be available. Google Now: These settings allow you to turn Google Now On or Off.
Tablet Search: Select which apps in your tablet are included in Google searches. Privacy & Accounts: Control search-related privacy options for your Google Account. • Manage location history: Opens Google Maps settings, where you can turn location settings and location reporting on or off. • Location: Allows you to turn location access by all Google apps on or off. • Show recent searches: Check if you want search suggestions based on your recent 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. Sound: Adjust the volume, notifications, and alarm sounds. Display: Adjust brightness, change your wallpaper, turn on/off screen rotation, sleep settings, and font size. Storage: Provides storage use data. Battery: Provides battery usage data. Apps: Tap an app to force stop, uninstall, clear data, move to SD card, or clear data. Users: Add additional users to the tablet.
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. 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 button with a small object such as a paperclip. Factory Restore Select Backup & reset in the settings app 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. Check if volume is set to ‘0’.
Technical Specifications • • • • • • • • • • • Android 4.4, KitKat 10” 1024 x 600 Screen 1 GHz Quad-Core Processor 512MB RAM 8GB flash memory (formatted capacity will be less) Front .3MP, Back 2MP Cameras MicroSD card slot supports up to 32GB USB 2.0 Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) Bluetooth HDMI mirroring Customer Support Visit ematic.us/support for customer support regarding your device. To submit a request, fill out the required information online.
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