Summary of Iconia Talk 7
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User’s manual.
Page 2: Important
2 - © 2015 all rights reserved acer iconia talk 7 user’s manual covers: b1-723 regulatory model number (rmn): a5301 this revision: august 2015 acer iconia talk 7 b1-723 model number: _______________________________________________ serial number: _______________________________________________ date o...
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Table of contents - 3 t able of contents getting started with your tablet 4 features and functions ............................ 4 unpacking your tablet.............................. 4 getting to know your tablet...................... 5 using the sim card slot ........................... 6 turning on...
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4 - getting started with your tablet g etting started with your tablet features and functions your new tablet offers leading, easy-to-access multimedia and entertainment features. You can: • connect to the internet via wi-fi or 3g. • access your email while on the move. • keep in touch with your fri...
Page 5: Getting to Know Your Tablet
Getting started with your tablet - 5 getting to know your tablet 1 2 5 3 4 8 9 10 11 6 7 14 13 12 views no. Item description 1 micro usb port (slave) connects to a computer via a usb cable. Also serves as the charging port for the ac adapter. For more information, see charging your tablet on page 10...
Page 6: Using The Sim Card Slot
6 - getting started with your tablet using the sim card slot your tablet has a sim card slot for internet access. To take full advantage of your tablet’s internet capabilities, you should install a sim card with data subscription before turning on your tablet. 7 microphone receives audio for video c...
Page 7: Inserting A Sim Card
Getting started with your tablet - 7 inserting a sim card to insert the sim card, remove the cover and turn the tablet upside down. Insert the sim card with the gold-colored connectors facing down and gently press until the sim card clicks into place (see illustration). Turning on for the first time...
Page 8: See Waking
8 - getting started with your tablet to start, tap to select your language then tap the arrow. Follow the rest of the instructions as they are displayed. If the tablet’s screen turns off, it has entered sleep mode. Briefly press the power button to wake it up. For more information see waking your ta...
Page 9: See Multiple Google
Getting started with your tablet - 9 and other information. If you do not yet have internet access, or do not want to use this feature, then tap skip. If you have multiple google accounts, such as separate accounts for personal and business contacts, you can access and synchonize them from the accou...
Page 10: Harging
10 - charging your tablet c harging your tablet assembling the power adapter your tablet is bundled with one of two types of usb power adapters: a fixed-prong type or a removable-prong type. Both types are described in this manual. Fixed-prong type the prongs and power adapter body form a complete p...
Page 11: Connecting Power
Charging your tablet - 11 connecting power connect the power connector to your tablet and plug the ac adapter into any ac outlet. Warning only use an acer-approved adapter to charge your device. Note it is normal for the tablet surface to become warm during charging or long periods of use..
Page 12: Sing
12 - using your tablet u sing your tablet using the touchscreen your tablet uses a touchscreen for selecting items and entering information. Use your finger to tap the screen. Tap: touch the screen once to open items and select options. Drag: hold your finger on the screen and drag across the screen...
Page 13: Note
Using your tablet - 13 widget. See adding apps to a home screen on page 17 and adding widgets to a home screen on page 18 . The home screen already features some useful controls and information. Note removing or moving all apps and widgets from an extended home screen will automatically remove that ...
Page 14: Search
14 - using your tablet search search enables you to use a single, quick search to locate a variety of information on the internet and on your tablet. To use search, simply tap the icon and type words. Searching for stuff on the internet as you type, a second box displays search suggestions from your...
Page 15: Status and Notification Area
Using your tablet - 15 • people in your contacts list • movie and shows in your google play movies & tv library • artists, albums, and tracks in your google play music library voice search if voice search is available, you can search using your voice. After tapping the google icon, simply say the wo...
Page 16: Icon
16 - using your tablet to access quick settings with one swipe, swipe down with two fingers. Priority notifications with priority notifications turned on, the types of notifications you’ve set as important will show up at the top of the notificaiton screen (even when notifications are muted). You ca...
Page 17: Icon
Using your tablet - 17 personalizing the home screen you can personalize your home screen by adding or removing apps, widgets, and folders and by changing the wallpaper. Adding apps to a home screen open the application menu by tapping in the center of the application dock. Tap and hold an app you’d...
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18 - using your tablet b. Otherwise, hold your finger until you have cycled through all extended home screens and a new one is created. 2. Release your finger to place the app. Adding widgets to a home screen tap and hold any open space on a home screen, then tap widgets. To move a widget to the hom...
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Using your tablet - 19 if you wish to place a widget on an extended home screen, do the following: 1. Slide your finger to the right side of the screen. A. Hold the widget there until you have cycled through to the desired home screen. B. Otherwise, hold your finger until you have cycled through all...
Page 20: Application Dock
20 - using your tablet changing the home screen wallpaper tap and hold any open space on the home screen and tap wallpapers. To choose from pre-selected background images, tap an image at the bottom of the screen and tap set wallpaper. To choose an image to use as wallpaper from a variety of locatio...
Page 21: The Application Menu
Using your tablet - 21 the application menu to access the application menu, tap in the center of the application dock. The application menu displays apps available on your tablet. Apps are displayed in alphabetical order. Swipe left and right to navigate between the available apps. Also see personal...
Page 22: The Onscreen Keyboard
22 - using your tablet the onscreen keyboard when you tap a text box to enter text, an onscreen keyboard will appear. Simply tap on keys to enter text. Tap the ?123 button to see numbers and special characters, and then tap the ~ [ key to see more options. Tap and hold a key to select alternative ch...
Page 23: Editing Text
Using your tablet - 23 predictive text or auto correction the google keyboard can provide predictive text input. As you tap the letters of a word, a selection of words are displayed above the keyboard that continue the sequence of letters tapped, or are a close match allowing for errors. The word li...
Page 24: Inserting Text
24 - using your tablet inserting text to type new text or add text that you have copied: 1. Tap where you want to insert text. If you can select this text, a cursor is inserted below the text. To replace a word, double tap the word. In both cases, if you previously copied text, a paste button displa...
Page 25: Note
Using your tablet - 25 and hold the power button until a menu displays (about one second). Tap power off and confirm the shut down. To force a shutdown, press and hold the power button until the tablet shuts down (about four seconds). Note if your device’s battery is getting too hot, you will be not...
Page 26: Onnecting
26 - connecting devices to your tablet c onnecting devices to your tablet accessories for a complete list of accessories, visit store.Acer.Com . Connecting to ac power see charging your tablet on page 10 inserting a microsd card you may install a microsd card to expand your device's storage space. E...
Page 27: Networks Tap Bluetooth.
Connecting devices to your tablet - 27 3. Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the notification area and ensure connected as a media device is displayed. Your device will now be available as a drive in your computer’s file explorer. Tap connected as a media device to switch between diffe...
Page 28: Oing
28 - going online g oing online managing wi-fi connections if you did not connect to a wi-fi network when you first started your tablet, or want to connect to a new network, open the application menu and tap settings > wi-fi to manage your connection settings. (alternatively, two-finger swipe down f...
Page 29: Google Services
Going online - 29 button. Simply tap one of the open tabs across the top of the screen to switch pages. Setting up the email application the email application enables you to access email from most popular email providers. Most accounts can be set up in two steps. Open the application menu and then t...
Page 30: Tap Gmail.
30 - going online composing an email 1. Make sure your tablet is connected to the internet. 2. Open the application menu and tap gmail. 3. Tap . 4. Enter the recipient's email address, the subject and message. 5. When you are finished composing your message, tap . Voice search with voice actions, yo...
Page 31: Play Store
Going online - 31 play store tap play store from the home screen or application menu to open google play. Here you can obtain a variety of add-on programs and apps to enhance the functionality of your tablet. You can browse google play by category or tap the search icon to search for a specific appl...
Page 32: See Personalizing The Home
32 - going online these services seem unusual, tap accept to proceed with the installation. You may keep track of the download progress from both the app’s page and your device’s notification area. Using downloaded apps once you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you may find it in the apps...
Page 33: Google Hangouts
Going online - 33 google hangouts tap hangouts from the application menu to open google hangouts. Here you can see a list of your contacts connected to google hangouts services. Tap on a contact to open a chat session. After you have connected, you can open a video chat session..
Page 34: Laying
34 - playing music p laying music multimedia playback your tablet comes supplied with a variety of programs that you can use to enjoy multimedia content. Google play music use play music to listen to music and other audio files that you download or copy from your computer, usb drive, mass storage de...
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Playing music - 35 swipe in from the left side to display the menu, which contains a list of views, such as listen now, my library, and playlists as well as settings, help, and send feedback. Albums and invidividual tracks have their own playback options. You can access these by tapping the menu ico...
Page 36: Anaging
36 - managing people and contacts m anaging people and contacts your tablet features an address book that allows you to save contacts to the internal memory, sim card or your google account. Tap contacts from the application menu to view your contacts. If you don’t have any contacts stored on your t...
Page 37: Adding A New Contact
Managing people and contacts - 37 adding a new contact tap to add a new contact. If you have multiple accounts, you will be asked which account you want to use to store the contact. The contact will be synchonized with that account. You may now edit the new contact entry. The amount of information y...
Page 38: Note
38 - managing people and contacts editing a contact on your computer if you have synchronized your google account and contacts, you can use your computer to access and edit your contact list. Open the internet browser on your computer and go to contacts.Google.Com. Sign in to your account then selec...
Page 39: Sing
Using the camera and camcorder - 39 u sing the camera and camcorder your tablet features a front- and rear-facing camera. This section will take you through all the steps in taking photos and videos with your tablet. To activate the camera or camcorder, open the application menu and tap camera. Came...
Page 40: Mode
40 - using the camera and camcorder mode in the camera window, swipe in from the left to display the mode buttons: lens blur, camera, and video. With any of these options selected (and while the mode buttons are visible) tap the settings button to display settings for the selected item. The settings...
Page 41: Lens Blur
Using the camera and camcorder - 41 front camera video: choose between cif, qvga or qcif. Lens blur image quality: choose between normal and low (fastest). Quick settings tap the quick settings icon to change your camera settings. Taking a photo 1. Ensure the options described above are set to your ...
Page 42: Supported Formats
42 - using the camera and camcorder gallery you can share the file using various services and edit the image using various options. Tap to see which sharing options are available for the file or tap the menu icon to display image editing options. Supported formats note to see the supported image, vi...
Page 43: Dvanced
Advanced settings - 43 a dvanced settings to access settings, open the application menu and tap settings. Wireless & networks sim management displays the sim information and allows you to enter and edit personal information for your sim. Activating or deactivating wi-fi connections displays all avai...
Page 44: Data Usage
44 - advanced settings to connect to a device, tap the device in the list of available devices. You may be asked to enter a pin on both devices to establish the connection. Data usage the data usage section shows how much data has been transmitted to your tablet, either in total or for each app. Thi...
Page 45: Device
Advanced settings - 45 you need to set a lock screen pin or password before you can use credential storage. Device sound & notification adjust the volume of your tablet using the volume buttons on the side of the tablet. Display you can adjust your tablet screen settings by tapping apps > settings >...
Page 46: Apps
46 - advanced settings apps closing an application to close an active application, go to settings > apps. Swipe over to the running tab, then tap the program you wish to close. Select stop to close the program. Uninstalling an application you can remove programs installed on your tablet to free up e...
Page 47: Account.
Advanced settings - 47 others. From the settings menu, tap accounts > google and under accounts, tap your account name (your gmail email address). This displays your google account’s synchronization settings menu. Tap the checkmark box next to the item you would like to have auto-sync. When checked,...
Page 48: Setting Alarms
48 - advanced settings setting alarms there are two predefined alarms on your tablet by default. To add or edit alarm settings, tap clock in the application menu and tap . Tap the on/off switch next to a preset alarm to turn it on or off or tap the to create a new alarm. Tap a preset alarm to edit i...
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Advanced settings - 49 to perform a clean boot, open settings from the application menu, then tap backup & reset > factory data reset; click reset tablet and then erase everything to format your tablet..
Page 50: Faq
50 - faq and troubleshooting faq and troubleshooting this section lists frequently asked questions that may arise during the use of your tablet, and gives easy answers and solutions to these questions. Aspect question answer audio why is there no sound coming from the device? If the headset is plugg...
Page 51: Device Information.
Faq and troubleshooting - 51 system information and performance how do i check the os version of my device? Open the application menu and tap settings > about tablet to check the os version (kernel/ build number) and other hardware and software information. Where can i find my serial number id? Open...
Page 52: Other Sources of Help
52 - faq and troubleshooting other sources of help for information on: refer to: up-to-date information regarding your tablet www.Acer.Com service enquiries support.Acer.Com heat the tablet heats up when charging or operating for a long period. It is normal for the device to heat up when charging. W...
Page 53: Pecifications
Specifications - 53 s pecifications performance • mtk mt8321 quad-core 1.3 ghz processor • system memory: • 1 gb of ram • 16 gb of flash memory google android ™ 5.1 (lollipop) operating system display • 7" tft-lcd capacitive multi-touch screen with ips technology • 1024 x 600 resolution • wide viewi...
Page 54: Power
54 - specifications power • dc power-in (5.35 v, 2 a) connectivity • 802.11b/g/n wireless lan • bluetooth 4.0 • gps camera • front camera • 2-megapixel • 720p hd audio/video recording • rear camera • 5-megapixel • 1080p full hd audio/video recording expansion • microsd card up to 128 gb (sdhc compat...
Page 55: Dimensions
Specifications - 55 dimensions height 190 mm width 108 mm thickness 9.65 mm weight 0.28 kg. Environment temperature operating: 0 ° c to 35 ° c non-operating: -20 ° c to 60 ° c humidity (non-condensing) operating: 20% to 80% non-operating: 20% to 80%.
Page 56: Uidelines
56 - guidelines for safe battery usage g uidelines for safe battery usage battery information do not use this product in a humid, wet and/or corrosive environment. Do not put, store or leave your product in or near a heat source, in a high temperature location, in strong direct sunlight, in a microw...
Page 57: Replacing The Battery
Guidelines for safe battery usage - 57 these look like metal strips on the battery. This might happen, for example, when you carry a spare battery in your pocket or purse. Short-circuiting the terminals may damage the battery or the connecting object. Leaving the battery in hot or cold places, such ...
Page 58: User
58 - end user license agreement e nd user license agreement important - read carefully: this end user license agreement ("agreement") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity), and acer inc. Including its subsidiaries ("acer") for the software (whether provided by ac...
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End user license agreement - 59 cuba, iran, north korea, sudan and syria; or (ii) use any software for any use prohibited by the laws or regulations of the united states. Support services acer is not obligated to provide technical or other support for the software. Acer live update certain software ...
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60 - end user license agreement interruption, for personal injury, for loss of privacy, for failure to meet any duty including of good faith or of reasonable care, for negligence, and for any other pecuniary or other loss whatsoever) arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to...
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End user license agreement - 61 products of acer's licensors' or suppliers' third party licensors. Your use of the third party software and third party services is also subject to additional terms and conditions and policies which can be accessed through our global website. Privacy policy during reg...