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Page 1: ...set please read these instructions carefully Use only the power adaptor supplied with your product Binatone Helpline 0845 345 9677 UK 1300 768 112 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe Yo...

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Page 3: ...igence or by excessive voltages for example lightning The warranty period will vary depending on the country of your purchase Please keep your sales till receipt this is your guarantee You should also...

Page 4: ...677 UK 1300 768 112 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 3 WHAT S IN THE BOX The product pack includes HomeSurf Tablet with stylus pen Power adapter for charging USB cable for data transf...

Page 5: ...Europe 5 4 OVERVIEW OF THE PRODUCT 4 1 Front 4 2 Top 1 Microphone 2 Charge LED Turns Red when charging 3 Power LED Turns Blue when powered on 4 P Press to power up or down 1 Press to reduce volume 2 P...

Page 6: ...nds to calibrate the touch screen Press and hold about 3 seconds to launch onscreen keyboard Press again to hide the keyboard 5 B Press to return to previous screen Press to hide the onscreen keyboard...

Page 7: ...pen included or with your finger 4 5 1 Using the stylus pen The stylus pen is tucked away inside a holder To remove the stylus simply pull out the pen 1 Micro SD card slot Insert your micro SD card 2...

Page 8: ...cons Select onscreen buttons Type using the onscreen keyboard Gently tap an item on the screen to select the item that you wish to activate Tap and hold Open the available options for an item for exam...

Page 9: ...rf Tablet 4 5 5 Notifications panel When the status bar displays a STATUS icon tap and hold the status bar and slide downward to open the notifications panel Tap Clear to clear notifications You can a...

Page 10: ...hing off your HomeSurf Tablet 16 5 6 Home Screen 17 5 7 Extended Home Screen 17 5 8 Program Launcher 18 5 9 Set Time Zone 18 5 10 Screen Rotation 21 6 Applications on your HomeSurf Tablet 23 7 USB Con...

Page 11: ...email account on your HomeSurf Tablet 42 12 3 Set up another email account 45 12 4 Account settings 45 12 5 Compose and send email messages 47 12 6 Read messages 49 12 7 Open an attached file 49 12 8...

Page 12: ...4 12 Watch videos 62 14 13 Send videos using Email application 62 14 14 Delete a picture 62 14 15 Use Picture as wallpaper 62 14 16 Exit Gallery 64 15 Downloading and Reading eBooks 64 15 1 Open Aldik...

Page 13: ...76 21 9 Compress a file 76 21 10 Change Orientation 77 21 11 Modify View Settings in ES File Explorer 77 21 12 Exit ES File Explorer 77 22 ES Task Manager 78 22 1 Open ES Task Manager 78 22 2 Exit ES...

Page 14: ...AC power adaptor into the power jack on your HomeSurf Tablet 2 Plug the other end into a power outlet Notes The Red charging LED will light up when the battery is charging Once the battery is fully ch...

Page 15: ...ff Wi Fi From the home screen press Oand tap Settings Wireless controls Wi Fi turn off Wi Fi 5 2 Inserting a memory card Your HomeSurf Tablet supports micro SD cards You can operate music pictures fil...

Page 16: ...s slot When the HomeSurf Tablet is on 1 Press Oand tap Settings 2 Tap SD card internal storage and tap Unmount SD card 3 Push in the memory card The memory card will pop out from its slot 5 4 Switchin...

Page 17: ...ou return to the home screen 5 7 Extended Home Screen The extended home screen lets you add more shortcuts and widgets on your HomeSurf Tablet so that you can access the widgets and applications conve...

Page 18: ...er to enter the applications window of your HomeSurf Tablet 5 9 Set Time Zone 1 Press O 2 Tap Settings 3 Tap to select Date time 4 Tap Select time zone 5 Slide your finger vertically across the screen...

Page 19: ...Date time 4 Tap Set Date Tap or on each date field to change the Month Day and Year 5 Tap Set to confirm the date setting 6 Tap to select Set time Tap or on each time field to change the Hours and Mi...

Page 20: ...ormat 1 Press O 2 Tap Settings 3 Tap to select Date time 4 Tap Use 24 hour format to activate or deactivate 24 hour format Tip Use 24 hour format is activated when appears next to the option 12 hour f...

Page 21: ...5 Tap to select the date format that you want to use 5 10 Screen Rotation The HomeSurf Tablet has a tilt or orientation sensor which detects if you are holding it in Portrait or Landscape mode The sc...

Page 22: ...Automatic screen rotation is enabled by default 5 10 1 Enable Disable automatic screen orientation 1 Press O 2 Tap Settings Sound display 3 Tap Orientation to disable automatic screen rotation Tip Au...

Page 23: ...llows you to browse files and folders stored on your HomeSurf Tablet and micro SD card page 74 ES Task Manager This Android program helps you free memory kill task close all the running applications a...

Page 24: ...is displayed on your Homesurf Tablet and appears on the Notifications panel 2 Press O and then tap Notifications to open the notifications panel 3 In the notifications panel tap USB connected and the...

Page 25: ...05938802 Europe 25 7 2 Disconnecting Homesurf Tablet from a PC 1 On your Homesurf Tablet press O and then tap Notifications to open the notifications panel 2 In the notifications panel tap Turn off US...

Page 26: ...f Tablet 8 1 Display 8 1 1 Change Wallpaper 1 From the home screen press O and then tap Wallpaper 2 Tap to select Pictures pictures in your memory card or Wallpaper gallery preset wallpapers on your H...

Page 27: ...Pictures tap to select your desired picture 4 A crop box will appear at the center of the picture To resize the picture tap and hold the edge of the crop box and drag inward or outward To move the cr...

Page 28: ...ng mode automatically 1 From the home screen press O and then tap Settings Sound display Screen timeout 2 Tap to select 30 seconds 1 minute 2 minutes 10 minutes or Never timeout 8 1 4 Re arrange the i...

Page 29: ...gles The Program Launcher will change into a recycle bin 2 Drag it into Program Launcher The Recycle Bin turns red and the item is removed 8 1 7 Add Widgets to your home screen 1 From the home screen...

Page 30: ...folder or select a folder A new folder is now added to your home screen 8 1 9 Add items to the folders on your home screen 1 Tap and hold the item until it wiggles 2 Drag the item to the folder in wh...

Page 31: ...een keyboard press B 9 1 Enter text and numbers 1 Tap on a text or number field to bring up the keyboard 2 When entering texts or numbers each letter or number appear above the key you have pressed 9...

Page 32: ...l Select text Cut all Copy all Input Method 9 5 Calibrate the touch screen 1 Press and hold O for about 10 seconds to start touch screen calibration 2 Use the stylus pen to press the center of the cro...

Page 33: ...eed to have the password to access the Internet 10 1 Register your HomeSurf Tablet to a Wi Fi Network 1 From the homescreen press O 2 Tap Settings Wireless controls 3 Tap Wi Fi to turn on wireless con...

Page 34: ...Make sure that you have entered the correct password To cross check your password tap Show password checkbox as indicated below 6 Tap on the password field to launch the onscreen keyboard Enter the pa...

Page 35: ...A WI FI NETWORK THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET BEFORE YOU CAN SURF THE WEB VIA THE BROWSER APPLICATION SEE PAGE 33 ON HOW TO JOIN A WI FI NETWORK You can use the Browser to surf the web The Browser...

Page 36: ...In the Browser window press O and tap Go 2 Enter the web address in the URL field using the onscreen keyboard and tap Go Note As you enter the address matching web page addresses will appear on the s...

Page 37: ...out of a webpage 1 Launch the zoom control by sliding across the screen in one direction 2 Tap the zoom control icon to zoom in and zoom out 11 6 Open a new browser window You can open multiple brows...

Page 38: ...the input field to launch the onscreen keyboard 3 Enter the text using the onscreen keyboard and tap Done The matching texts are highlighted on the screen 4 Tap or to go to the previous or next match...

Page 39: ...t in the Draft folder of your default email account 11 9 Downloading unknown applications from the web Before you can download web applications you must first enable downloading from the Settings menu...

Page 40: ...In the Browser window go to the web page you want to bookmark 2 Press O and then tap Bookmarks The bookmark option opens 3 Tap Add bookmark and enter the bookmark name 4 Edit the location if needed 5...

Page 41: ...ing browser settings according to your preference When appears next to the option the setting is enabled To disable tap the option again Page content settings Text size Default zoom Text encoding Bloc...

Page 42: ...A THE BROWSER APPLICATION SEE PAGE 33 ON HOW TO JOIN A WI FI NETWORK The Email application lets you send and receive emails and it works with most popular email systems such as Google mail Yahoo mail...

Page 43: ...to set up is not in the HomeSurf Tablet database you will be asked to use Manual Setup For example you need to enter the following to set up a Gmail account POP3 server pop gmail com Port 995 Security...

Page 44: ...Managing emails 44 Binatone Helpline 0845 345 9677 UK 1300 768 112 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe Example of an incoming server setting Example of an outgoing server setting 6 Tap...

Page 45: ...set up an email account the account will open by default when you open Email If you have set up more than one email account the email accounts will appear in Your accounts list Tap to select the acco...

Page 46: ...p Account settings Email check frequency 3 Tap to select Every 5 minutes Every 10 minutes Every 15 minutes Every 30 minutes or Every hour 12 4 5 Set email notification on status bar 1 Tap Program Laun...

Page 47: ...p Program Launcher Email 2 Press O and tap Account settings Outgoing settings 3 Modify the settings and tap Next to check and activate your new settings 12 5 Compose and send email messages You can se...

Page 48: ...opy Cc or a blind carbon copy Bcc of the email to other recipients press O and then tap Add Cc Bcc 4 Enter the subject in the Subject field and tap Next 5 Compose your message and tap Done 6 Tap Send...

Page 49: ...ched file You can open and view some types of files and images attached to messages you receive Tap the attachment It downloads to HomeSurf Tablet and then opens If the format of an attached file is n...

Page 50: ...email address in the To field and tap Next Tip If you are sending the email to several recipients separate the email addresses with a comma You can add as many message recipients as you want If you wa...

Page 51: ...and tap Mark as unread 12 13Delete an email account 1 Tap Program Launcher Email 2 Press O and tap Accounts 3 In Your Accounts window tap and hold on the email account that you wish to delete 4 Tap Re...

Page 52: ...ile format are supported You may download freeware to convert your audio files before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet 13 1 Listen to Music on your HomeSurf Tablet 13 1 1 With earphone You can p...

Page 53: ...nd Tap to forward Note Press or to adjust the playback volume If you do not see the playback controls tap on the screen to show the playback controls Tips To go back to the music library during music...

Page 54: ...the main music library press O and tap Party shuffle 13 7 Turn party shuffle off 1 In the playback window press O 2 Tap Party shuffle off 13 8 Create playlists You can use playlists to organize your...

Page 55: ...ap to select a playlist The screen displays a list of songs in the playlist 3 Tap to select a song to playback or press O and tap Shuffle all to shuffle all songs in the playlist 13 8 3 Add songs to a...

Page 56: ...he playlist 13 8 5 Delete a playlist 1 From the main music library tap Playlists 2 Tap and hold the playlist that you wish to delete A pop up options menu appears 3 Tap Delete to delete the playlist 1...

Page 57: ...he Homesurf Tablet can play video files in MP4 format mp4 and images in JPEG format jpg You may download freeware to convert your photos or videos before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet 14 1 Op...

Page 58: ...12 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 2 Tap on the picture in full screen to launch the navigation and zoom controls 3 Tap or to view the previous or next picture in the album 4 Tap to...

Page 59: ...window press O and tap Settings 1 Tap Slideshow interval and tap to select 2 seconds 3 seconds or 4 seconds 14 5 2 Set slideshow transition 1 In the main Gallery window press O and tap Settings 2 Tap...

Page 60: ...ast 14 8 View picture and video details 1 In the main Gallery window tap to open the album that contains the pictures you want to view details 2 Tap to select a picture 3 Press O and tap More Details...

Page 61: ...the main Gallery window tap to open the album that contains the pictures you want to send via email 2 Tap to select a picture 3 Press O and tap Share The picture is automatically added as an attachme...

Page 62: ...you want to send 2 Tap to select a video 3 Press O and tap Share The video is automatically added as an attachment to an email message Note If you have multiple email accounts the default email accou...

Page 63: ...sition box will appear at the center of the picture 4 To resize the picture tap and hold the edge of the box and drag inward or outward To move the box to another area on the picture tap and hold insi...

Page 64: ...ication for Android devices It comes pre loaded with Sun Tzu s Art of War and H G Well s The Invisible Man However you can also browse and load any books available on Feedbooks right from the applicat...

Page 65: ...768 112 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 65 15 2 Download Free eBooks using Aldiko 1 In the main screen tap Download Books 2 Tap Free Public Domain Books or Free Original Books The ap...

Page 66: ...n and the book will appears on the bookshelf 15 3 Book Navigation There are several ways to navigate through your book Fling Fling your finger to the left anywhere on the screen to turn to the next pa...

Page 67: ...7 When reading an eBook you can press Oto open a menu with a number of options Content displays the chapters in the book Bookmarks allows you to create and use bookmarks in the book Show Progress disp...

Page 68: ...he Scrolling behavior of your HomeSurf Tablet when reading an eBook Color Themes You can set the Font Color Background Color and Link Color for two themes Day and Night Font Layout You can choose the...

Page 69: ...Do one of the following Press B until you return to the home screen Press H 16 Performing Calculations You can use the Calculator to perform simply and advanced arithmetical calculations 16 1 Open Cal...

Page 70: ...12 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe Press O and tap Advanced panel to access advanced operators such as sin cos tan log etc To clear calculation histories tap 16 3 Exit Calculator Do...

Page 71: ...alarm clock 4 Tap Time and tap or to set the hour and minute of the alarm time and tap OK 5 Tap Alarm tone and select the alarm ringtone from the Ringtone list or Audio file list and tap OK 6 Tap Repe...

Page 72: ...m Launcher tDigitalClock 2 Press O and tap Font setting 3 Select your preferred font color for the clock and date and tap Preview to preview your setting press Bto return to font setting window or tap...

Page 73: ...Settings menu to enable downloading from Unknown sources 1 From the home screen press O and then tap Settings Applications 2 Tap Unknown sources to enable or disable the downloading of unknown applic...

Page 74: ...Explorer ES File Explorer is a free file manager for Android devices It allows you to browse files and folders stored on your HomeSurf Tablet sdcard LAN and FTP You can also copy paste rename delete...

Page 75: ...revious directory or folder For more information on the short cut keys tap More Help Center and tap for help 21 2 Open file as 1 Tap and hold the file you wish to open A pop up menu appears 2 Tap Open...

Page 76: ...ory that you wish to place a copy of the file 4 Press Oand tap Operations Paste to paste the file into the new location 21 7 Move a file to another location 1 Tap and hold the file you wish to move A...

Page 77: ...Orientation 1 In ES File Explorer window press Oand tap More 2 Tap to select Flip orientation 21 11 Modify View Settings in ES File Explorer 1 In ES File Explorer window press Oand tap Settings 2 You...

Page 78: ...tions and speed up your HomeSurf Tablet 22 1 Open ES Task Manager 1 Tap Program Launcher ES Task Manager A list of current Task will be displayed 2 To clear a selected task tap on the task and then ta...

Page 79: ...screen brightness and screen timeout Security location Set My Location and screen unlock Applications Manage applications and install new programs SD card Internal storage Show the available storage...

Page 80: ...urf Tablet shows a low battery warning The HomeSurf Tablet is low on power and needs to be charged before you can use it See Charging your HomeSurf Tablet on page 14 on how to charge your HomeSurf Tab...

Page 81: ...ause fire or electric shock Do not expose the product to extreme high temperatures or humidity Electrical equipment can cause serious injury if you use it when you are wet or standing in water Do not...

Page 82: ...away from hot humid areas or strong sunlight and do not let it get wet Every effort has been made to ensure high standards of reliability for your product However if something does go wrong please do...

Page 83: ...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 communicatio...

Page 84: ...subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operat...

Page 85: ...ates relating to Radio Spectrum Matters the Council Directive 108 EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility EMC and the European Community Dire...

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