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User Guide | Cruz Tablet Model T301
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Table of Contents I. Get Acquainted .................................................................................................... 2 II. Capacitive Screen .............................................................................................. 3 .....................................................................................................3-4 III. Get Started IV. Your Home Screen ......................................................................................... 5-6 V
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I. Get Acquainted Figure 1: Device Exterior SD card reader Power on/off Mini USB port Reset Status Bar Volume up/down Touch screen Speakers Headphone jack DC-IN Power Charging LED 2 1 RETURN TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
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II. Capacitive Screen What does it mean? The term “capacitance” literally means “the ability to hold electrical charge.” A capacitive touch screen emits an electrical current from each of the screen’s four corners. Since the human body holds an electrical charge, the user’s fi nger disturbs the electrical current when it touches the screen. The Cruz’s processor translates the X and Y coordinates of the input. The result is a highly responsive and intuitive touch screen surface, since it
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III. Get Started (Cont’d) It appears to secure the touch screen from accidental touches. Simply This is your Lock slide the lock toward the center of the screen to unlock the device and your Screen. Home Screen will reappear. The Battery should have a nominal charge on it out of the box and should charge fairly rapidly. Con- nect the charger to the DC-IN jack on your Cruz for 3 hours for a full charge lasting approximately 10 hours. The unit also charges when tethered to PC via USB. Batter
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IV. Your Home Screen Think of this as your desktop. What goes on the home screen is up to you. You can fi ll the space with any combination of short- cuts, widgets, and folders you like. Some preinstalled shortcut icons will appear at the bottom, and a Google Search Widget appears at the top. When you power up your Cruz for the fi rst 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
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IV. Your Home Screen (Cont’d) Adding Widgets to Your Home Screen: Widgets are a feature of an application that you may install, allowing you to place a function of that app onto your Home Screen. For instance, you may add an Analog clock to your Home Screen. To add a widget, simply tap and hold (long press) your fi nger on any open space on your home screen, and select Widgets from the context menu that opens. From there, select any of the available widgets. (The image shown here includes th
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V. Connecting to Wi-Fi For the sake of this guide, the assumption is that you are connecting to your Cruz to your own home Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) or a free unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. From the Home Screen, select the shortcut icon that reads Wi-Fi Settings and ensure that both Wi-Fi and Network Notifi cation are enabled with green check marks. After a moment, your Wi-Fi networks list should populate. If you need to rescan for available networks, tap Menu> then tap Scan. The Wi-Fi settings icon
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V. Connecting to Wi-Fi (Cont’d) Tap the network you wish to connect to and then click Connect. For unprotected networks, this method should suffi ce. The Wi-Fi icon ( ) should now appear with full (or near full) strength next to the date and time. Accessibility If a password is required, tap the password text fi eld for the popup keyboard. Many public Wi-Fi hotspots are freely accessible, though not all are. Some are secured, oth- ers are open. And still others appear to have no security, bu
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VI. Saving Battery Life You may learn about your power consumption in Settings > About device > Battery Use or use an app designed to to analyze usage patterns. Very Low Battery Full Battery Charging Battery Tips on Extending the Life of Your Battery: 1. Understand that streaming audio or video apps will use a lot of battery life 2. Disable Wireless Network Positioning You can turn it off from Settings > Location & Security > Use wireless networks. 3. Switch off Wi-Fi If you’re not close
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VII. Device Storage and ASTRO The device has two areas for storage. Appears in Name Capacity Storage Uses ASTRO as The Android apps you install will write fi le folders and app content to this re- movable storage. You may copy content to this location, but be careful of what you delete as it may impact the function 4GB Bundled. of your apps. SD Storage Supports up /sdcard to 32 GB This slot on the top left corner is for stan- dard and SD and SDHC fl ash memory cards (up to 32GB) and is use
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(Cont’d) VII. Device Storage and ASTRO You can also end running applications (End Task) using ASTRO. Follow these steps to place a shortcut on your Home Screen. Open ASTRO > Preferences (Prefs icon on toolbar) > Home Screen Icons > check the box for Processes Now tap Home and tap on your new shortcut to open the app. Stick to the Apps tab and leave the Services and Processes tabs alone to avoid system instability. Common Actions Using ASTRO 1) Copy a File - long click on the fi le name,
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(Cont’d) VIII. Transferring Files I. Tether via USB to your PC NOTE: While tethered, you cannot use your Cruz to access the SD card). STEP 1: Turn on your Tablet and connect a mini USB cable to the Cruz device and to your PC. STEP 2: Slide the notifi cation panel down and tap the alert that reads, “USB Connected - Select to copy fi les to/from your computer” , then tap Mount. STEP 3: This should only be required once. After doing this, the alert should change to “Turn off USB stor
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(Cont’d) VIII. Transferring Files II. Transfer via SD Card STEP 1: Unmount the SD card: Settings>SD and Device Storage>Unmount SD Card STEP 2: Eject your SD card and insert it into your PC STEP 3: Transfer fi les as needed STEP 4: Eject SD card from PC and reinsert into Tablet NOTE: You may also use email or a 3rd party app that allows for file management via Wi-Fi. 13 RETURN TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
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IX. File Formats The fi le formats that this device can handle are too numerable to list. The pre-installed apps should allow you to view many Microsoft Offi ce fi le formats, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as many eReader fi le types, and music and video fi le types. Most fi les should work, but not all fi les are encoded the same. For example, some MPEG4 fi les will work but others may not, depending on how they were encoded and compressed Natively supported file types include
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X. Preloaded Apps Each Cruz comes preloaded with many useful applications that can be found by tapping the app panel at the bottom of your home screen. We have compiled below a full list of these preloaded apps, complete with a short description of their purpose/function. Requires Icon Name Purpose Wi-Fi Alarm Clock No Allows you to set alarms for easy reminders. This is your fi le management application. Use it to ASTRO No browse your storage locations, transfer fi les and even install/unin
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X. Preloaded Apps Requires Icon Name Purpose Wi-Fi FaceBook Log into your FaceBook account and stay Yes Mobile connected on the go! Access photo or video fi les for play or display right Gallery No on the Cruz’s full color screen. Use your Cruz as a digital picture frame or fully mobile media hub! Jam to your favorite tunes! Insert headphones or Music No listen through the built-in speakers. This app can play music while other apps are running. Allows you to view Microsoft® Offi ce fi les, i
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XI. Buying Books Your Cruz offers the remarkable opportunity of carrying all your favorite books in the palm of your hand. Each Cruz comes pre-loaded with eBook reader applica- tion. This application is a library portal allowing users to sign into their personal account, browse an immense selection of literature, and purchase/download books in an instant! There are over 100 free eBooks available for download. In this section, you will be guided through your fi rst eBook purchase! Click on
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XI. Buying Books (cont’d) When you find a book you want to STEP 4 download/purchase, click on the book cover. It will bring you to a product page with the book cover, the price, a STEP 5 “Buy Now” button, as well as a synopsis of the book lower on the page Clicking “Buy Now” will confirm that you want to add the book to your library. To begin the download, tap the “Menu” button on the status bar, STEP 6 then select “Sync” from main Kindle screen. Then select “Archived Items” from th
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XII. Reading 3rd Party eBooks Many eReader files are in the ePUB file format. The Cruz Tablet does not natively support this file format, so an additional application available on the Cruz Market must first be downloaded. Keep in mind that many ePUB files are also DRM- protected (Digital Rights Management), preventing illegal distribution of publications. In order to read DRM-protected ePUBs, you will need to download a specialized application that manages the DRM requirements. For ins
