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HomeSurf Tablet 8

Warning

 

Before operating this 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)

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Summary of Contents for HOMESURF TABLET 8 -

Page 1: ...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 EN FR DE NL IT ES PT User...

Page 2: ...y 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 keep the o...

Page 3: ...03011385 India 491805938802 Europe 3 WHAT S IN THE BOX The product pack includes HomeSurf Tablet with stylus pen and docking station Docking station for charging and audio amplifying Power adapter for...

Page 4: ...he power is on Off when fully charged 2 Microphone 3 Speakers 4 b Press to return to previous screen Press to hide the onscreen keyboard Press to exit a dialog box options menu or notifications panel...

Page 5: ...ouching the surface of the display using the Stylus pen included or with your finger 6 H Press to return to the home screen Press and hold for 1 second to switch between tasks 7 Press to increase volu...

Page 6: ...stylus back into the holder make sure that the clip is facing up and the pen is inserted with the tip first Then gently push the stylus into the holder Familiarize yourself with the stylus actions unt...

Page 7: ...a contact or a link on a web page Think of this as using the right click button on a mouse Tap an item on the screen and hold in place for 2 3 seconds Drag Move items on the screen or shift the view o...

Page 8: ...s bar and slide downward to open the notifications panel Tap Clear to clear notifications You can also press Oand tap Notifications to open the Notifications panel To hide the notifications panel pres...

Page 9: ...ablet 16 5 6 Switching off your HomeSurf Tablet 17 5 7 Home Screen 17 5 8 Extended Home Screen 17 5 9 Program Launcher 18 5 10 Set Date and Time 18 5 11 Screen Rotation 22 6 Applications on your HomeS...

Page 10: ...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 48 12 7 Open an attached file 49 12 8...

Page 11: ...4 12 Watch videos 61 14 13 Send videos using Email application 61 14 14 Delete a picture 61 14 15 Use Picture as wallpaper 61 14 16 Exit Gallery 63 15 Downloading and Reading eBooks 63 15 1 Open Aldik...

Page 12: ...75 21 9 Compress a file 75 21 10 Change Orientation 76 21 11 Modify View Settings in ES File Explorer 76 21 12 Exit ES File Explorer 76 22 ES Task Manager 77 22 1 Open ES Task Manager 77 22 2 Exit ES...

Page 13: ...lace your Homesurf Tablet on the docking station as shown in the illustration 5 2 Charging your HomeSurf Tablet Your HomeSurf Tablet comes with an integrated rechargeable battery New batteries are not...

Page 14: ...while before you can power up your HomeSurf Tablet Battery performance depends on your usage patterns Tips to improve battery performance As the device has a large screen it will consume a lot of powe...

Page 15: ...1 Insert the memory card into the card slot in the direction as indicated above until it clicks into place 5 4 Removing a memory card When the HomeSurf Tablet is off 1 Push in the memory card The memo...

Page 16: ...H Tip You can also press b continuously until you return to the home screen 5 8 Extended Home Screen The extended home screen lets you add more shortcuts and widgets on your HomeSurf Tablet so that yo...

Page 17: ...ogram Launcher to enter the applications window of your HomeSurf Tablet 5 10 Set Time Zone 1 Press O 2 Tap Settings 3 Tap to select Date time 4 Slide your finger vertically across the screen to find y...

Page 18: ...creen press O 2 Tap Settings 3 Tap to select 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 o...

Page 19: ...return to the Home Screen 5 10 2 Set Time Format 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 activate...

Page 20: ...format that you want to use 5 11 Screen Rotation The HomeSurf Tablet has a tilt or orientation sensor which detects if you are holding it in Portrait or Landscape mode The screen is adjusted according...

Page 21: ...ia 491805938802 Europe 5 11 1 Enable Disable automatic screen orientation 1 Press O 2 Tap Settings Sound display 3 Tap Orientation to disable automatic screen rotation Tip Automatic screen rotation is...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...is displayed on your Homesurf Tablet and appears on the Notifications panel 2 Press Oand then tap Notifications to open the notifications panel 3 In the notifications panel tap USB connected and then...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...f Tablet 8 1 Display 8 1 1 Change Wallpaper 1 From the home screen press Oand then tap Wallpaper 2 Tap to select Pictures pictures in your memory card or Wallpaper gallery preset wallpapers on your Ho...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...ng mode automatically 1 From the home screen press Oand 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 ic...

Page 28: ...ms from your home screen 1 Tap and hold the item until it wiggles 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...

Page 29: ...een 1 From the home screen press O 2 Tap Add Folders 3 Tap New 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...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...l Select text Cut all Copy all Input Method 9 5 Calibrate the touch screen 1 Press and hold Ofor about 10 seconds to start touch screen calibration 2 Use the stylus pen to press the center of the cros...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...MUST JOIN 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 T...

Page 35: ...web page 1 In the Browser window press Oand 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 appea...

Page 36: ...d 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 brow...

Page 37: ...bpage press O and then tap More Find on page 2 Tap on 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 th...

Page 38: ...cation without saving the message you have composed the message will be automatically saved as draft in the Draft folder of your default email account 11 9 Downloading unknown applications from the we...

Page 39: ...HomeSurf Tablet 11 10 1Bookmark a web page 1 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...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...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 42: ...ant 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 Secu...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...Modify outgoing server settings 1 Tap 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 Compo...

Page 47: ...nd a carbon copy 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 Don...

Page 48: ...ached to messages you receive Tap the attachment It downloads to HomeSurf Tablet and then opens If the format of an attached file is not supported by HomeSurf Tablet you can see the name of the file b...

Page 49: ...ecipients separate the email addresses with a comma You can add as many message recipients as you want If you want to send a carbon copy Cc or a blind carbon copy Bcc of the email to other recipients...

Page 50: ...io files stored in the internal memory or memory card IMPORTANT You must copy your audio files to the internal memory or memory card on your HomeSurf Tablet before you launch the music application Not...

Page 51: ...s such as Albums Artists Songs and Playlists Tap to select a category and tap a song in the category to start playback 13 4 Playback controls Tap to select songs from the list Tap to turn shuffle on a...

Page 52: ...e screen 13 5 Search for a song 1 From the main music library press Oand tap Search 2 Tap on the input field to launch the onscreen keyboard 3 Enter the song name and tap icon A list of songs related...

Page 53: ...p to select New 4 Enter playlist name and tap Save 13 8 1 Add song to current playlist 1 In the playback window press O 2 Tap Add to playlist 3 Tap Current playlist 13 8 2 Play the songs in a playlist...

Page 54: ...ong from playlist 1 From the main music library tap Playlists 2 Tap to select the playlist from which you wish to remove a song 3 Tap and hold the song you wish to remove A pop up options menu appears...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 57 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 57: ...In the main Gallery 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 an...

Page 58: ...est first or Newest last 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 Oa...

Page 59: ...n 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 Oand tap Share The picture is automatically added as an attachme...

Page 60: ...nd 2 Tap to select a video 3 Press Oand tap Share The video is automatically added as an attachment to an email message Note If you have multiple email accounts the default email account will be used...

Page 61: ...l 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 inside the box the...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...00 768 112 Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 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 64: ...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 65: ...e 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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...Australia 91 7503011385 India 491805938802 Europe 69 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 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...e Explorer and install them 19 Installing non Android applications To install applications from other sources you need go to the Settings menu to enable downloading from Unknown sources 1 From the hom...

Page 72: ...age Applications A list of applications appear 3 Tap to select the application you wish to uninstall and tap Uninstall 21 ES File Explorer ES File Explorer is a free file manager for Android devices I...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...ations 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 t...

Page 77: ...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 c...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...ions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian DOC statement This Clas...

Page 83: ...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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