Velocity Micro T301 manual

User Guide | Cr uz T ablet Model T301 Getting Star ted with[...]

1 I. Get Acquainted II. Capaciti ve S creen III. Get Star ted IV . Y our Home S creen V . Connecting to Wi-Fi VI. S aving Bat tery VII. Device Storage and A S TRO VIII. T ransfer ring Files IX. File F ormats X. P reloaded Apps XI. Buying Books XII. Installing ePUBS XIII. Loading/Playing Media XIV . Installing Apps XV . S ystem R equirements XVI. Op[...]

I. Get Acquainted 1 2 RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS Power on/off Reset Mini USB port SD card reader V olume up/down Status Bar T ouch screen Speakers DC-IN Power Headphone jack Figure 1: Device Exterior Charging LED[...]

II. Capacitiv e Screen 3 What does it mean ? The term “capacitance” literally means “the ability to hold electrical c harge. ” A capacitive touc h screen emits an electrical cur rent from eac h of the screen’ s four corner s. Since the human body holds an electrical c harge, the user ’ s fi nger disturbs the electrical cur rent when it[...]

4 III. Get Star ted (Cont’ d) Putting y our Cr uz to sleep T o save battery , you should put your Cruz in sleep mode by turning off the LCD display . T o do this, simply tap (not hold) the power but ton. T ap again to bring up the loc k screen. P o w ering do wn y our Cr uz T o turn off your Cruz completely , press and hold the power button until[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS IV . Y our Home Scr een T hink of this as your desktop. What goes on the home screen is up to you. Y ou can fi ll the space with any combination of shor t- cuts, widgets, and folders you lik e. Some preinstalled shor tcut icons will appear at the bot tom, and a Google S earc h Widget appears at the top. When you p[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS IV . Y our Home Scr een (Cont’ d) Adding Widg ets to Y our 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. F or instance, you may add an Analog cloc k to your Home Screen. T o add a widget, simply tap and hold (long pr[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 7 V . Connecting to Wi-Fi Detected networks will appear with a SSID to the lef t (ie, AQFQ7), a status line beneath the SSID, a signal strength icon to the right. Those that are secure will feature a padloc k. Secur e Unsecur e Those that are open/unsecure have no padloc k For the sake of this guide, the assumption[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 8 Accessibility If a password is required, tap the password text fi eld for the popup k eyboard. 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 , but require either access codes or some other form of access agre[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . Understand that str eaming audio or video apps will use a lot of bat t ery lif e 2. Disable Wireless Netw or k P ositioning Y ou can turn it off from S et tings > Location & S ecurity > Use wireless networks. 3. Switc h off Wi-Fi If you’ re not close to a strong Wi-Fi signal for extended periods of [...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 0 VII. Device Stor a ge and ASTR O The device has tw o ar eas f or st orag e . Name Capacity Appears in AS TRO as Stor age Uses SD Storage 4GB Bundled. Suppor ts up to 32 GB /sdcard The Android apps you install will write fi le folders and app content to this re- movable storage. Y ou may copy content to this lo[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 1 VII. Device Stor a ge and ASTR O Common Actions Using ASTR O 1) Cop y a File - long clic k on the fi le name, select Edit / Copy . - navigate to the new directory and clic k Edit / Paste. 2) Cop y Multiple Files - clic k the Multi button and select the fi les. - clic k Edit / Copy . - navigate to the new dire[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 12 (Cont’ d) VIII. T ransferring Files I. T ether via USB to y our PC NOTE: While tethered, you cannot use your Cruz to access the SD card). STEP 1: T urn on your T ablet 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 aler t that reads, “U[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 13 NO TE: Y ou may also use email or a 3rd party app that allows for file management via Wi-Fi. VIII. T ransferring Files (Cont’ d) STEP 1: Unmount the SD card: Set tings>SD and Device Storage>Unmount SD Card STEP 2: Eject your SD card and inser t it into your PC STEP 3: T ransfer fi les as needed STEP 4: [...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 14 IX. File F or ma ts The fi le formats that this device can handle are too numerable to list. The pre-installed apps should allow you to view man y Microsof t Of fi ce fi le formats, including W ord, Excel, and P owerP oint, as well as many eR eader fi le types, and music and video fi le types. Most fi les [...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 15 X. Preloaded Apps Eac h Cruz comes preloaded with many useful applications that can be found by tapping the app panel at the bot tom of your home screen. W e have compiled below a full list of these preloaded apps, complete with a shor t description of their purpose/function. Icon Name Requires Wi-Fi Purpose Ala[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 16 X. Preloaded Apps Icon Name Requires Wi-Fi Purpose FaceBook Mobile Y es Log into your F aceBook account and stay connected on the go! Gallery No Access photo or video fi les for play or display right on the Cruz’ s full color screen. Use your Cruz as a digital picture frame or fully mobile media hub! Music No[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 7 XI. Buying Books STEP 1 Click on the Kindle eBooks icon located on the Home Screen or on your App panel. The app requires Wi-Fi connection, so make sure you are connected. STEP 2 Once the application loads, create or sign into your Amazon account. This is a free service. If you have forgotten your username or p[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 8 XI. Buying Books (cont’ d) STEP 4 When you find a book you want to download/purchase, click on the book cover . STEP 5 It will bring you to a product page with the book cover , the price, a “Buy Now” button, as well as a synopsis of the book lower on the page STEP 6 Clicking “Buy Now” will confirm tha[...]

NO TE: It is not yet known what other eReader apps will be made available via the Cruz Market, but this resource is growing. The Kindle app, iReader and others work very well. It is known that FBReader and ‘txtr are incompatible with the Cruz T ablet RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 9 XII. R eading 3rd P ar ty eBooks Many eReader files are in [...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 20 XIII. Loading/Pla ying Media Music Af ter loading your music onto your Cruz, simply tap the music icon (found by default on your home screen or by opening the App Panel). Y ou’ll be gi ven the option of selecting by Ar tist, S ong, Album, or custom Playlist. T ap to select. Y our selection will begin to play t[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 21 XIII. Loading/Pla ying Media (Cont’ d) Video Y ou can play videos stored on your Cruz’ s SD card via the gallery function as well. T o play , tap Gallery , then All Videos, then select the video you’ d lik e to play . Y our selection should begin automatically . Pause or advance your video via the toolbar [...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 22 XIV . Installing Apps Android Applications are available via the Cruz Mark et or other third-par ty sources lik e the developer ’ s website. Man y Android apps are designed for use with phone devices rather than just tablet devices, but man y , man y more are great for use on tablets! Y ou can also install any[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 23 XIV . Installing Apps (Cont’ d) The installation fi le for Android has a fi le extension of .APK. The steps below ex - plain how to install these on your Cruz. Step 1 Download your app to your PC. Files are of ten distributed in arc hi ve format (ie: .ZIP , .RAR). If so, their contents fi r st must be extra[...]

RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 24 XV . System R equirements Platform Windows Mac Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000. Me, XP , Vista, 7 or higher (32-bit or64-bit) MAC OS X v10.4, 10.5 or higher preferred Processor Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-2 300MHz or higher PowerPC G3 300MHz or higher Including Intel-based Macs RAM 128 MB 256 MB V ide[...]

XVI. Open Source License RETURN T O THE T ABLE OF CONTENTS 25 Where such specific license terms entitle you to the source code of such compo- nent, that source code is available upon request via vmsupport@velocitymicro at cost from V elocity Micro or visiting our website in http://cruzsupport.velocitymicro. com/ at least three years from the purcha[...]

XVI. R egistration and Contact Inf o In order to utilize the benefits V elocity Micro’ s award winning customer care , you must first register your Cruz soon after purchase. Not only does registering allow us to more accurately provide a premium level of technical support and customer care, it also gives you access to important updates and inform[...]