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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Copyright © 2013 Visual Land Inc. All rights reserved. Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. Visual Land and the Visual Land logo are trademarks of Visual Land Inc. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. The content of this guide including images/illustrations may differ in some details from the product or its software. All information in this document i
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Table of Contents 1. Get Started............................................................Page 3 2. Play & Explore.......................................................Page 4 3. Tune Performance................................................Page 14 4. Enter & Edit Text..................................................Page 18 5. Connect to Networks...........................................Page 21 6. Connect to Keyboards, Mice & Other Devices...
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book 1 Getting Started Power On & Sign In To turn on your Prestige 7, press the Power button on the right edge near the top for a few seconds, then release it. Charge the battery The battery may not be fully charged at first. It’s a good idea to fully charge it as soon as you can. The Prestige 7 can be charged 2 ways. With the power adapter, connect the power adapter to the Prestige 7 and to a power outlet. With a USB, connect the included USB c
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book 2 Play & Explore Browse Home Screens To move between Home screens, swipe left or right. To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen. Tap Status Bar for Notifications Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as video downloads. When a notification arrives, i
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as email previews or calendar events. To ©2013 Visual Land Inc. P ag e | 5
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book expand or collapse a notification, use two fingers to either swipe vertically or twist together. To open the related app, touch the notification icon on the left. Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within the notification. For example, Calendar notifications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email to other guests. When you’re finished with a notification, just swipe it away to the left or right
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Home Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home screen, opens the central Home screen. Recent Apps Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right. After a short time without getting used, these buttons may shrink to dots or fade away, depending on the current app. To bring them back, touch their location. Touch & Type Use your
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Other common gestures include: Touch & Hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting your finger until an action occurs. Drag: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. For example, you can move apps around on the Home screen. Swipe or Slide: Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Settings On the All Apps screen or the Utilities home screen, notice the settings icon. This brings you to the settings screens for your tablet, where you can adjust things like network, sound, and account settings, among many others. TIP: To get to Settings quickly no matter what screen you’re on, swipe up your Notifications from the top of any screen and touch the small settings icon near the top. To change your tablet’s notification sounds, vol
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book unauthorized access. if a lock has been set, the screen locks when your tablet’s display goes to sleep. When you touch the power button to wake up a locked tablet, you must take some action, ranging from a simple swipe to typing a lengthy password, to unlock it. You can set locks of different strengths using your tablet’s lock settings. To do so, go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock and touch the type of lock you’d like to use. IMP
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Access Your Content To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the top of the screen. To add a widget, touch and hold on an empty part of the home screen, then select Widgets from the popup menu and swipe from up until you see the one you want. If there is proper space for the widget it'll be placed on the home screen. Use apps To see all your apps, touch
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book To remove an app icon from the Home screen, touch and hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over the Remove icon . Most apps include a Menu icon near the top or bottom of the screen that lets you control the app’s settings. Organize Your Home screens To move an app or widget icon to a different location on a Home screen: Touch & hold the icon. Slide your finger to the new position. To move between Home scre
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book To customize the sounds your tablet makes, go to Settings > Device > Sound: Volumes sets the master volume separately for music, notifications, and alarms. You can still use the physical volume control on the tablet to raise or lower volume of whatever sound is currently playing. Default notification announces the arrival of notifications unless you specify a different sound in an individual app. Touch sounds give audible feedback when you touch
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book 3 Tune Performance Optimize Battery Life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. To control battery settings, go to Settings > Device > Battery. Extend the life of your battery If you aren’t using Wi-Fi use the Settings app to turn it off. Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter sleep timeout: Settings >
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Check battery level and usage details open Settings > Device > Battery. The list at the bottom of the screen shows the breakdown of battery usage for individual apps and services. Touch a graph for more details. The details screen for some apps includes buttons that allow you to adjust settings affecting power usage, or stop the app completely. Warning: if you stop some apps or services, your device may not work correctly. Battery status (chargin
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Downloaded. Displays apps you’ve downloaded Running. Displays all apps, processes, and services that are currently running or that have cached processes, and how much RAM they are using. The graph at the bottom of the Running tab shows the total RAM in use and the amount free. At the top right of the screen, touch Show cached processes or Show running services to switch back and forth. All. Displays all apps that came with Android and all apps you
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Disable button: Prevents the app from running, but does not uninstall it. This option is available for some apps and services that can’t be uninstalled. Clear data button: Delete an app’s settings and other data without removing the app itself. Clear cache: if the app stores data in a temporary area of the tablet’s memory, lists how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it. Launch by default: If you have configured an app
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book 4 Enter & Edit Text Use the keyboard You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. some apps open it automatically. in others, you open it by touching where you want to type. To make the keyboard go away, touch the modified back button below it. Basic editing ©2013 Visual Land Inc. P ag e | 18
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PRESTIGE 7 Android Tablet Guide Book Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a green tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. Select text: Touch & hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. drag the tabs to change the selection. The tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To make it reappear, touch the text again. Delete text: To
