Pepper Computer Wireless Pad manual

Getting Started With Y our Pepper Wireless Pad[...]

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Introduction 2 Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 5 Charging the battery 5 Using the power button 6 Using the stylus and the touch screen 7 Using the keypads 8 Pepper Setup Helper 10 Downloading a Pepper Desktop program 1 1 Using the Pepper pad software 1 2 Getting media onto your pad 1 5 Cool features of the Pepper pad 15 Keeping Web clippings 15[...]

Introduction 2 Intr oduction The new Pepper wir eless pad is a portable device that you can use to connect to the Inter net anywher e a W i-Fi ® network with br oadband access is available. Infrared emitters Microphone* Lighted left keypad USB jack Navigation pad Composite video out (cable not included; see specifications on page 20) Headphone ja[...]

Introduction 3 Because everything is stor ed on the Pepper pad, you can also use your pad of fline to write e-mail to send later , to listen to music you have downloaded, and to view clippings fr om Web pages. Power button SD/MMC slot Lighted right keypad Scroll wheel AC power jack Stylus Stereo speaker Color LCD with touch screen[...]

Web Br owser Directly access the W eb with the Mozilla™ based browser . Keep and organize your bookmarks and Web page clippings. Shop. Read newspapers. Do resear ch. E-Mail Send and receive e-mail using the POP3 - and IMAP4 - compatible Mail application. Mail downloads all your messages to your pad from your br oadband provider or corporate e-mai[...]

Setting up your Pepper wir eless pad Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 5 The first time you turn on your Pepper pad, the Pepper Setup Helper guides you through the few steps necessary to get your pad ready to use. When you take your pad other places — to work, the airport, the library , a distant city — you’ll have to connect to new W i-Fi[...]

Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 6 Using the power button The power button is on the top right of the Pepper pad. When your pad is on, this button is lit. Y ou always use this button to tur n the pad on. Y ou can also use this button to put the pad to sleep or to tur n it off completely . Putting your pad to sleep When you haven’t used your Pe[...]

Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 7 T ur ning your pad off completely Note: The Pepper pad is designed to be left on or sleeping. W e recommend that you turn your pad off only if you know you will not be using it for several days. If you do turn your Pepper pad off completely , the icons for the applications you were using ar e still displayed at[...]

Using the keypads The Pepper pad uses the standard QWERTY arrangement with the keys split between the left and right keypads. Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 8 V olume control for media players Screen Brightness Ta b Function (light blue key) + any key with a blue character on it inserts the blue character . The Function key makes it possible f[...]

Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 9 Power button for turning pad on, putting it to sleep, and turning it off. Media control keys for use with music, videos, and streaming radio br oadcasts (from the top left, the keys are Rewind, Forwar d, Play/Pause, and Stop). Backspace key for deleting text. Enter for a new line of text or for choosing the pri[...]

Pepper Setup Helper Setting up your Pepper pad takes only a few minutes. The Pepper Setup Helper will present you with a series of simple scr eens in which you will enter infor mation and perform setup tasks. The Setup Helper takes you through • Calibrating the touch screen T o make sure that the screen is corr ectly adjusted, you need to calibra[...]

Setting up your Pepper wireless pad 11 Downloading the Pepper Desktop program The Pepper Desktop program runs on a Windows computer (with a Macintosh version in development) and contains the same applications as the Pepper pad. Y ou can use the Pepper Desktop program the same way you use your pad, but its two primary functions are as a backup for y[...]

Using the Pepper pad software 12 The software on the Pepper pad is intuitive to use. Y ou’ll be surfing the Web, r eading your e-mail, watching videos, and downloading music in no time. This brief tour is designed to familiarize you with the interface. Using the Pepper pad softwar e Page Find Status icons IM window W eb address T abs Page toolba[...]

Using the Pepper pad software 13 Applications and the Keeper application Note: Everything you put on your pad is saved automatically , so there is no Save button. When you no longer want to keep something on your pad, you simply delete it. The software on your Pepper pad is contained in a number of individual applications, such as the Web br owser [...]

Using the Pepper pad software 14 Open application icons At the bottom of the Pepper pad screen is an ar ea that displays icons for all of the applications that you currently have open. The left-most open application icon is always the icon for the Keeper . T apping one of these icons displays the application. Y ou can switch between open applicatio[...]

Getting media onto your pad There ar e several ways to get your photos, music, and other content onto your pad: • from a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device or a Secur e Digital (SD) card • via downloads from the W eb • by syncing with the Pepper Desktop program on your PC T o use a USB device or an SD card to put content on your pad: 1[...]

Sharing from your pad The Share button gives you a great way to share what you cr eate on your Pepper pad with other Pepper pad and Pepper Desktop users. For example, you might create a journal about your vacation in a foreign country , add images from the Web, and shar e your jour nal with friends. When you are collaborating with someone with a Pe[...]

1. T ap the Applications tab in the Keeper . 2. T ap the Mail icon on the Applications page. 3. T ap the Get Mail button in the page toolbar . Because the Mail application remains instantly available when its icon is displayed at the bottom of the screen, you can get new messages by tapping the Mail icon and then tapping the Get Mail button in the [...]

Everyone on your network who is using a Pepper pad or a Pepper Desktop program is automatically a member of your local IM gr oup. The members of this group who can r eceive local messages have an icon next to their names in the IM window on your pad. When you are logged onto Local Network IM, the Pepper icon is displayed on the lower right of the s[...]

Using the Pepper pad software 19 If your Pepper pad won’t turn on If you can’t turn your Pepper pad on, first make sure that the battery is char ged or that the pad is plugged in. If you still can’t turn it on and the pad has been at a cold temperature (below 40° F or 5° C), let it warm up and try turning it on again. If your pad still won[...]

Pepper wireless pad specifications 20 Pepper wir eless pad specifications Processor • Intel XScale PXA270 (624 MHz) Display • 8.4” 800x600 SVGA TFT LCD • Intel 2700G 2D/3D/MPEG multimedia accelerator • 16 MB video RAM • Composite video out jack (NTSC/P AL: requir es a cable with a four conductor 3.5mm (1/8") plug on one end and t[...]

Index 21 A application icons, 1 4 pages, 1 3 tabs, 1 3 applications, 4 B battery charging, 5 Bluetooth, connecting devices, 1 8 D description of pad, 2 desktop program downloading, 1 1 requir ements, 20 E e-mail, 1 6 F FCC information, 22 G getting content onto pad, 1 5 global toolbar , 13 I illustration keypads, 8 Pepper wireless pad, 2 user inter[...]

FCC Information 22 FCC Information Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protection against harmful interfer ence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio [...]

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© 2005 Pepper Computer , Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pepper , Pepper Computer and the Pepper logo are trademarks of Pepper Computer , Inc. Pepper Computer , Inc. 10 Maguire Rd., Suite 211 Lexington, MA 02421 www .pepper .com For Customer Service: send e-mail to support@pepper .com or call toll-free (866) 288-1909, ext. 214. T elephone support is ava[...]