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www.pretorianuk.com

Unit 37 Corringham Road Industrial Estate

Gainsborough Lincolnshire DN21 1QB UK

Tel +44 (0) 1427 678990 Fax +44 (0) 1427 678992

The Apple brand name is used for identification 

purposes only and is acknowledged.

Maintenance

Your 

J-Pad

 has no user serviceable parts. If repair is 

necessary the unit should be returned to Pretorian 

Technologies or an authorised distributor.

J-Pad

 contains a lithium-ion battery that isn’t user 

replaceable. Although the unit uses the very latest 

battery  technology,  it  may  eventually  need  to  be 

replaced. Please contact Pretorian Technologies or 

your local distributor prior to returning.
Disposal  of  batteries  is  often  subject  to  local 

laws.  Please  consult  your  local  authorities  for 

information relating to your locale. Never dispose 

of a battery in fire.

Troubleshooting

If  your 

J-Pad

  doesn’t  operate  correctly,  please  use  the  following  guide  to  determine  the  cause.  

If, after following this guide, you unit still doesn’t operate, please contact your supplier before returning it.

Warranty

Your 

J-Pad

 is warranted against defects in manufacture or component failure. The unit is designed for 

domestic and educational applications. Use outside these areas will invalidate the warranty. Unauthorised 

repair or modification, mechanical abuse, immersion in any liquid or connection to incompatible equipment 

will also invalidate the warranty.

  Symptom

  Possible Cause/ Remedy

J-Pad

 is not ‘discoverable’ on my 

iPad

•  Ensure battery is charged.

•  Ensure unit is awake by moving joystick

•  Unit may be connected to another iPad which is in range. Use ‘forget 

this device’ in Bluetooth menu of other iPad to make unit available again

My

 J-Pad

 has been connected to this 

iPad before but won’t connect now

•  Reconnection should be automatic but if necessary, got to the 

Bluetooth menu and click the 

J-Pad

 entry. If this doesn’t work, try 

‘forget this device’ and then re-connect

The green and red buttons don’t work

•  You may have external switches plugged in

•  Unit may have gone to sleep. Move Joystick to wake up

•  Unit is in Mode 2 (Stick Only) with switch access set to ‘None’. 

Reprogram as required.

The keyboard doesn’t pop up when 

I’m in a text entry box

•  Press the feature button on the rear of 

J-Pad

 [G]. This should re-enable 

the pop-up keyboard

S040036 Iss 1

For use with firmware revision 56.1 onwards

SimplyWorks® is a registered

trademark of Pretorian Technologies Ltd

Summary of Contents for J-Pad

Page 1: ...J Pad is a highly intuitive joystick access device for the iPad iPhone iPod providing comprehensive access to all iPad functions Specifically designed around a wide variety of users needs J Pad is simple to set up and use but loaded with features to cater for all requirements Although simple to operate to ensure you get the maximum benefit from J Pad please take time to read this booklet ...

Page 2: ...m anyUSBsocket Approximately30hoursbatterylifebetweencharges 30 metresoperatingrange A B F H D E G J C Compatibility Throughout these instructions all references to iPad are applicable to any of these Apple products iPad all versions iPod Touch 3rd Generation and later iPhone 3GS and later Note Throughout these instructions all references to iPad are applicable to any of the above Apple products J...

Page 3: ...ing the slider at the top of the screen After a few seconds J Pad should appear as a discoverable device which will appear as something similar to Pretorian V56 1 ABC1 Tap on the name and the pairing process will begin Typically it takes around 20 seconds to connect after which the iPad will state the device is connected Changing Mode Settings To establish the current Mode setting or to change it ...

Page 4: ...ad in the vicinity In this case you will need to forget this connection before you can reconnectwithanotheriPad Go to the Bluetooth menu on the iPad to which J Pad is currently connected Settings Bluetooth and tap the blue tab adjacent to theunitname forexample Pretorian V56 1 ABC1 Then tap on Forget this device At this point the unit is no longer connected to any iPad and will appear as discovera...

Page 5: ...untilthe externalswitchisunplugged Note that disabling the touch sensitive buttons is done on an individual basis so if you need to disable the green button B plug a switch into socket H Similarly to disable the red button C plug an external switchintosocket J Accessing Siri More recent iPads and iPhones contain a voice recognition feature named Siri This can be quite useful for users who would be...

Page 6: ...rge amounts of navigation of the home screen and or browses many web pages consider Modes 3 or 4 If the user needs to access switch adapted apps as well as some navigation use Mode 2 The following sections list the features of each mode Mode 1 General Purpose Navigation In Mode 1 the J Pad functions as follows Joystick Up Move up one block or Page Forward in iBooks Joystick Down Move down one bloc...

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Page 8: ... time If you use this feature to navigate in a web page for example it will move four items to the right Similarly if you use it to scan the on screen keyboard it will move four keys to the right and so on Mode 4 Line scanning mode Landscape In this mode the J Pad functions as follows Joystick Up Scan one line up with iPad in landscape mode Joystick Down Scan one line down with iPad in landscape m...

Page 9: ...ult setting 2 Beeps Low scanning speed 3 beeps Medium scanning speed 4 Beeps High scanning speed 5 Beeps Escalating scanning speed Switch Adapted App Access available in Mode 2 only Mode 2 does not normally make use of the red and green buttons B and C but these may be used for switch adapted app access if you wish If external switches are plugged into J Pad these take on the switchadaptedaccessse...

Page 10: ...pe Joystick Left or similar Next you will be asked to assign this movement to a particular task from a list Tap on Move to Previous Item 3 Repeat the above but this time when prompted to activate the external switch press the green button Once your iPad has recognised the joystick movement it will ask you to type in a name for it Type Green Button or similar Next you will be asked to assign this m...

Page 11: ...e app is much the same as described above Closing an App To close an app at any time simply press the red button on J Pad Returning to Row Scanning When scanning with a Row once the end of the row has been reached the whole row is highlighted with a dotted line after the next movement of the joystick If you click the green button with the dotted highlight shown this returns Switch Control to row s...

Page 12: ...acture or component failure The unit is designed for domestic and educational applications Use outside these areas will invalidate the warranty Unauthorised repairormodification mechanicalabuse immersioninanyliquidorconnectiontoincompatibleequipment willalsoinvalidatethewarranty Symptom Possible Cause Remedy J Pad is not discoverable on my iPad Ensure battery is charged Ensure unit is awake by mov...

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