ViewSonic GTUG010411 manual

USER GUIDE[...]

2 Thank you for purchasing the gTablet! QUICK STA RT 1. You must fully charg e your gTablet befo re using for the first time. When fully charged, a gree n indicator light will displa y on the g Tablet ( sho wn below ). 2. Once green indicator l ight is on, turn system on b y pressing the power button ( s hown below ). 3. W hen turning on f or the v[...]

3 names other than its own. Information in this manual is subjec t to change without notice. Product images in this manual are f or your reference onl y . Reproduction without the written consent from the manufacture is strictly prohibited. For Custom er Servi ce, p lease visit ww w.viewsonic.com/gtablet .[...]

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 G TABLET KEY MAP ............................................. 7 1-1 Front View ........................................................................................... 7 1- 2 Left and Right Edg e View ..................................................................... 7 1- 3 Top Edge View ................................[...]

5 7- 12 Settings ............................................................................................. 41 7- 13 Home ................................................................................................ . 41 7- 14 Dashboar d ......................................................................................... 42 7- 15 More ..[...]

6 12 CONNECTING TO YOUR G TA BLET ............... 60 12 -1 Connect a micro SD Card .................................................................. 60 12 -2 Connect to PC ................................................................................... 61 12 -3 Connect an Audio Device ............................................................[...]

7 1 G TABLET KEY MAP 1-1 Front View 1. Built-in Camera 2. SEARCH 3. HOME 4. MENU 5. BACK 6. LCD Touch-sensitive Screen 7. Charge Indicator 8. Light sensor W indow 1- 2 Lef t and Right Edge Vie w Left Edge 1. Power button 2. Micro SD Port 3. USB (USB2.0) Port 4. Mini-USB Port 5. Speak ers 6. Headphone Jack 7. Power Jack Right Edge 8. Speak ers 1- 3 [...]

8 2 GETTING STARTED 2-1 Connecting the Power Adapter The gTablet com es with a universal AC-DC adapter. T he allowable input voltage of adapter is from 100V to 240V. Follow the belo w steps to connect the adapter: 1. Connect the piece with the plugs to the power cord. 2. Plug the DC end of adapter into the power jac k of the gT ablet. 3. Insert the[...]

9 2-2 Setting Up Your gTablet Turning the gT ablet ON for the first time You must fully charge your g Tablet before using for the first time. W hen fully charged, a gree n indicator light will display on the gT ablet ( shown in gTablet Ke y Map section ). Once green indicator light is on, turn s ystem on b y pressing the power button ( shown in gTa[...]

10 1 2 1 2 Location, Date and T ime 2. Set up your Locat ion, Date and Tim e (1). W hen complete, tap o n “Next” (2). Setti ng Up Your Wireless N etwork – Wi -Fi and Netw orks 3. After setting up your Location, Date and Tim e, y ou will be prom pted to set up your wireless net work , and the following screen wil l appear.[...]

11 The available networks wil l automatically be d isplayed. If you r network is visible, select y our net work. Y ou will be prompted to input y ou r password . Note that if your wireless network is not visible to the gT ablet, y ou will have to add it m anually by following the instru ctions un der the “System Settings” section and “Wireles[...]

12 2-3 ON, OFF, and Sleep Turning the gT ablet On In order to turn the gTablet ON from an Off state, you must hold the power button for about 2 s econds. To turn the g T ablet on from “Sleep” m ode, simply press the on button. Turning t he gTablet Off In order to turn the gTablet off c o m pletely , you m ust hold t he p ower button down for ab[...]

13 3 OVER THE AIR UPDATES (OTA) The Updates app lication allows your tablet to rece ive the latest version of the tab let software. This application ru ns automatically and will always prom pt y ou before any updates are downloaded, allowing you to decline the up date. Al so, no pers onal inform ation is ever track ed. T he only information sent is[...]

14  Review and accept the End User License Agreem ent.  W ait for download to com plete. The progress will be shown on the indicator bar.  Once download is com plete, you will have the option t o “Apply Update” or “Postpon e”. Applying Update will reb oot the tablet.[...]

15 3 1 2 You can also visit th e gTablet website for additional inform ation and online documentat ion. http://www.viewsonic.com /gtablet 4 IMPORTANT BUTTONS On the right side of the LCD Screen there are 4 bu ttons. 1. SEARCH – Pres sing the search button from the Home sc reen w ill bring up t he Google search web site. 2. HOME – Pressing the H[...]

16 1 – taking y ou back Home or to the Dashboard depending on where y ou were last. The current page nam e is displayed next to the “Hous e” logo (2). 4-2 Task Bar – Top Right At the top right are a ro w of icons displaying the s ystem time, Alerts, current battery power r emaining, and your wireless connection. By touching on any of the W [...]

17 5-1 Quick Launch Bar On the right of the H ome screen, there are 5 icons (visible from each of the 5 Home s creens). These include web, m ail , m enu, settings, and Dashboard (1). By tappin g on these icons, y ou will in stantly be taken to the application or f eature.  Web – takes y ou to y our Internet h ome page. By default, it is se up [...]

18  Long tap – the long tap is done b y touching the sc reen and holding your finger sti ll on a n icon for about 2 seconds. T his action can often bri ng up different options.  Menu – Long tapping on an open space on the Hom e screen will bring up a m enu option which allo ws you to add Shortcuts, W idgets, and W allpapers.  Moving an[...]

19 6-1 Dashboard Portlets – Main Window The Dashboard screen has 3 portlets t hat are customizable. These windows allow y ou to conveniently view your favorite applications. Customizing T o customize the se portlets , select an application a long the bott om of the Dashboard fr om the Applications T ask Bar. Tap and hold the icon for about 2 seco[...]

20 seconds), then drag an d drop into the position y ou wa nt it displayed. As yo u add applications or buy them, they will be displayed here in the Applications T ask Bar expanded view under th e “More” button. 7 A PPLIC ATIONS Applications M enu All applications can be accessed from both the Home sc reen and the Dashboard . To ac cess your ap[...]

21 Following is a quick review of the applications th at came pre-loaded on your gTablet. 7-1 News Tapping on the “N ews ” icon visible from the Home Appl ications Menu and the Dashboard, br ings up the News application in full sc reen. Here you will see short snippe ts of the current news consta ntly being updated as news is created. This main[...]

22 Under settings, you can choose the “ Cat egories ” that appear at t he top of the news headline p age. Under settings, y ou can a lso customize your D ashboard portlets (1) . This application runs in the large portlet windo w of the Dashboard . Y ou are able to select w hich ne ws categories appear in the large window as well as the 2 sm all[...]

23 By tapping on th e “Advanced” tab, y ou are a ble to select how often updates for ne ws will happen. Note that the m ore frequent updates are, the more it uses up battery power. You can select bet ween 15 minutes to 1 hour intervals. 7-2 Weather Tapping on the “W eather ” icon will brin g up the Weath er page full screen. This applicatio[...]

24 Under the “P ortlets" window (1), you will selec t 3 locations using the drop down menus. Rem ember, from the Dashboard screen, you mus t drag and drop the “W eather” icon into the portlet you wish t o view the weather in. 7-3 Web Tapp ing on the “W eb” icon will bring up t he internet. If you set up your wireless internet co nnec[...]

25 If you see the be low screen, then you do n ot have an internet connection. Please refer to the sect ion System Settings , u nder “ W ir eless & networks ” . By tapping on the “ Settings ” button (gear ic on) (1) at the top right of the internet page, the “W eb Settings” screen will appear . This screen allows you to set your def[...]

26 7-4 Clock Tapping on the “C lock” icon will bring up the Clock, Alarm , and Timers function. Clock To set the time, touch the clock face and “Set Clock ” will appear. Select your time z one and save. The m aster time is set in the System Settings under “ Location, dat e & time ”. To add additional c locks (up to 4), tap on the cl[...]

27 Select the time z one b y tapping on the clock, as previousl y described. Delete the clock by tapping on the clock and selecting “Dele te”. Note the first clock on the left will act as you r prim ary clock – for example, if a cloc k is used in the D ashboard portlets screen. Alarms Under the “Alarm s” tab, you are able to manage y our [...]

28 Repeat this for as m any alarms as you wish to set b y touching the “ Alarm + ” button in the bottom left corner (shown at right). To delete an alarm , touch the face of the alarm clock you wish to cancel to bring o pen the “Set Alarm” window and tap on “Delete” . To sim ply turn off an alarm, tap on th e “ON” button below the al[...]

29 You can add up to 4 t imers by tapping on the “ timer + ” button in the bottom lef t corner of the screen (sho wn at right). 7-5 Contacts Add a Contact Tapping on the “Contacts ” icon will bring up your con tact list. To add contacts, y ou can both manuall y input contacts and / or import them in from your Google mail. To add a new conta[...]

30 Import Contacts Importing contacts onl y works wi th a Gmail (Google email) account similar to an Android based p hone. To im port contacts, tap on the icon sho wn at right. You will be prompted to input your Google email address and y our passwor d. Follow the steps on screen t o select the contacts y ou wis h to import. To search f or contacts[...]

31 Note that the “Contacts ” application for the g Tablet operates in family mode. All contacts listed will be accessible b y anyone who uses the device. 7-6 Email Tapping on the “ Email” icon bring s up your email. To add an email account , tap on the “Add acc ount” button (1). To manage em ail settings, tap on the gear ico n (2). You [...]

32 have one account, t he application will open up strai ght to your email account.  To com pose an email, tap on the “Com pose” button. (1)  To view other boxes, tap on “ Inbox ” and select f rom the drop down menu – Inbox, Draf ts, Outbox, Sent and Tras h. (2)  To go bac k to the m ain em ail s creen and view all accounts, tap [...]

33  To add an action (a t o-do), tap on the “+” button and input the item you wish to add to the list. (1)  You can email y our T o-Do List by tapping on the envelope. (2)  To delete an item , tap on the garbage can. (3)  To flag an item as important, tap on t he flag. (4)  Once you have com pleted an item, check th e box and the[...]

34 7-8 Grocery Tapping on the “Grocer y” icon will bring up the applicat ion. W ith the Grocery List application , you can create sev eral lists and actually set u p favorites.  Tapping on the list in the background that you wish to view will bri ng it to the foreground.  On each list, there is a n “ envelope ” icon an d a “ trash c[...]

35  Favorites – provid es you a list of y our mo st frequently used items and is created autom atically. Selecting an item will add it to the Grocery List on top.  Find – allows you to start typing while it quickly suggests all of the options allowing y ou to s elect the item without hav ing to type the entire name.  Browse – l ists [...]

36  Along the top left, y ou can advance days or go back using the left and right arrows as well as tap on “T oday” to instantly jum p to today ‟s date . (2)  You can view y our calenda r in full screen for the Da y , W eek or Month. (3)  To add an event, tap on the “+” button. (4)  Fill out the event title, s elect the time f[...]

37  You will be prom pted to enter the address f or the external calendar. 7- 10 Music Tapping on the “ Music ” icon will bring up the application. You are able to buy music online usi ng the gTablet and play your music with the “Music” application. The easiest way to import your m usic is by using the mini USB cable c onnected to your P[...]

38 3. Albums – Tapping on “A lbums” will sort your mus ic by album name enabling you to find and select music. To play a song, simply tap on the alb um, then select the s ong you wish to play. 4. Songs – Tapping on “Songs” will sort your m usic in alphabetical order by songs enabl ing you to find and select m usic. To play a song, simpl[...]

39 Under “All Photos”, after tapping on an album (1), your album pictures will be displayed on th e page. Here, you can tap o n any single photo ( 1) and that photo will com e up almost f ull screen. In this vie w, you can easily shuffle through your album. If y ou double tap that phot o, the photo will be displayed in ful l screen. To view m o[...]

40  In slideshow m ode, tapping the “Sett ings” (gear icon) button will enable you to select the transition style and the spe ed. To add photos to y our Das hboard and to ad d a Picasa account, tap on the settings button in the top right corner f rom the main photo page (1). This brings up the “Ph otos Settings” screen. In the top righ t[...]

41 on the drop do w n m enu to select which phot o album you wish to display. To enable this feature, you must also drag and dro p the “Photos” icon from the Dashboar d into the Portlet y ou wish to display the album in. 7- 12 Settings Tapping on the “ Settings” icon will bring up the scr een below. Settings allows you to m anage many aspec[...]

42 7- 14 Dashboard Ta pping on the “Dash board” icon f rom the Home scree n (located in the Quick Launch Bar at r ight) will bring up t he Dashboard which is an alternative to the Home screen allo wing for access to applications and c ustomization of the portl ets. 7- 15 More Tappi ng on the “M ore” icon (1) from the Dashboard scr een will [...]

43 Camera M ode  The camera runs in still shot mode and video m ode (1). Tap on the “ camera ” button for still shot ph otos.  Tap on the round b utton on the bottom right to take a picture (2).  To view photos tak en, tap on the button in the top right of the screen co ntaining a sna p shot (last photo tak en) (3). This will bring up [...]

44  To view videos tak en, tap on the button in the top right of the screen containing a sna p shot (last video taken) (3). This will bring up your videos. 7- 18 ES File Explorer Tapping on the “ ES File Explorer ” ic on bring s up the file f olde r s y stem application. Be very careful whi le in the ES File Explorer app li catio n as ther e[...]

45  File Folder + button (2) – allows you to select m ultiple files at once.  Search files (3) – t apping on the search ico n brings up a search tool for searchi ng files. Using ke y words, searc h for a video / audio file or an image file such as a photo.  File up (4) – m oves to the previous screen or a level up in the file tree. ?[...]

46 The “Slash” (/) s creen is the “sdcard” f il e folder op ened. This sc reen is also the default scree n to open up when y ou select “E S File Explorer”.  DCIM – file location for all saved photos tak en from your camera as well as videos taken o n the gT ablet.  Download – lists a ll of your applications downloade d from th[...]

47  Tap on the record b utton to start recording your message. (1)  Tap on the pla y button to play your m essage back. (2)  Tap on the stop butt on to stop recording. (3)  Once y ou have you r message, you can either “Use this recording” or “Discard”.  To locate and pla y back these recordin gs , go to the “Music” applic[...]

48 7- 24 Favorites Tapping on the “Favori tes” icon from the Applications Menu takes you to the Viewsonic web site. Here y ou will f ind valuable inform ation an d link s that improve your ex perience such as im portant applications to download, additional m arketplace resources, et c. It is recommended that you refer to this link periodicall y[...]

49 2. Search the available app lications b y category, or by most popular, or b y price, o r Free Apps, etc. 3. After selecting the application you wish to download , tap on download. 4. From the download s creen, select “download to PC”. 5. From the Home sc reen, tap on the “Alerts” icon i n the top corner next to th e clock. 6. The downlo[...]

50 5. Once you are done tra nsferring files, tap “Turn off USB storage” on the g Tablet. 6. To locate y our files, go to the appropriate appl ication in the applications m enu – Videos, Photos, or Music a nd open up the application. Micro SD Card 1. Insert your micro SD card into the card slot on the gTablet and ensure it is oriented properl [...]

51 5. Select the file y ou wish to transfer to your gT ablet. Tap on the file and hold for m ore than 2 seconds. A screen will pop up, tap on “Copy”. 6. Tap on the “hom e” button to bring y ou back to the “ sd card” screen. 7. At the “sdcard” sc reen, tap on the “m enu” button on the top task bar. (icon at right ) 8. This brings[...]

52 Alphabetical Keyboard – UPPERC A SE  T ouching this same button aga in, which now reads “a bc” , will bring back the alph abetical ke y bo ard instead of the num erical (3).  W hile i n the numeric al / symbol keyboard, y ou can touch the up arrow button (1) and additional s y m bols (4) will a ppear .  T o manually remove th e on[...]

53 11 SYSTEM SETTINGS To get to “Sy s tem Settings”, touch the Settings icon from either application m enu. 11 -1 Status Provides status on the f ollowing:  Wi -Fi – shows y our signal s trength and the nam e of the wireless device you are connecte d to.  Display – allo w s you to cha nge your screen brightness .  Battery – shows[...]

54  Airplane mode – D isables all wireless connect ions in accordance with airplane regulations .  Wi -Fi – T urn your wireless connection On or Off.  Wi -Fi Settings – Manage your wireless net w ork settings, add a network, and det ect a network .  Bluetooth – T urns Bluetooth on or off .  Blu etooth set tings – Scan for d[...]

55 11 -3 Sound Allows user to m anage audio and sounds on th e gTablet.  Silent mode – m akes all sounds except m edia & alarms silent.  Audible selection – plays a sound when touch ing screen or making selections .  Volume – control m edia and notification volum e.  Select notification ton e – allows user to se lect the sou[...]

56 11 - 5 Family A ccounts Manage account setti ngs and profiles for multiple users .  Add family member – select to add a fam ily mem ber to the profiles b y adding the mem ber as a new contact.  Select from contacts – adds a new fam ily mem ber by selecting from an existing contact.  Selecting a specific prof ile name will allow: [...]

57 SD card Note the micro SD card does not ship with the gTablet .  SD card – Shows total and available spac e on external SD card.  Unmount SD card – allo w s f or safe removal of card. Once removed, you will not be able to s ave / store or access any data or files.  Format SD card – f or m ats the micro SD card (erases ). This is n[...]

58 W A RNING: Selecting “Factor y data reset” wi ll erase all data like Contacts and Email. Data saved on the internal storage will not be lost. Please be sur e that this is what y ou want to d o before selecting “res et”. This i s an u nrecoverable and permanent action! 11 -9 A pplica tions Ma nage y our applicati ons on the gT abl et. [...]

59  Tap „n Tap W estern Keyboard – screen allo ws user to m anage a nd select keyboard opti ons including play sounds on k ey press, auto capitalize, quick fixes correcting commonl y typed m istakes, show suggestions, and auto -complete. 11 - 11 Accessibility Accessibility is an Android service estab lished for disabled individuals needing a[...]

60 Advanced Batter y use – opens a list of applications and operating system c o m ponents y ou have used si nce last connected to a power source. This setting shows the applicat ions in order of highest to lo west amount of po w er used. Select an a pplication to review addit ional details about power use, an d make adjustments where a vailable.[...]

61 The USB card can o nly be inserted in one orientat ion. Forc ing the card in the wrong direction ma y result in dam age. 12-2 Connect to PC The gT ablet is designe d with a mini-US B port which allows you to connect th e unit to a PC. This feature enables you to downlo ad files such as, mus ic, photos, vi deo, etc. strai ght from your PC t o the[...]

62  Place the gT ablet in carrying case to protect it from dirt, water, shock and scratches before tr aveling.  DO NOT drop or place heavy objects on the LCD Screen.  DO NOT scratch the LCD Screen with fingernails or hard objects.  Use a soft and lint -free cloth to wipe your gTabl et . W ipe gentl y in order to avoid dam aging the LCD [...]

63 14 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1. DO NOT press or touch the LCD Screen or place items on the screen which will scratch. 2. DO NOT expose the gTablet to dirt y, dusty, or moist environments. 3. DO NOT expose the gTablet to strong m agnetic or electrical fields. 4. DO NOT lea ve the gT ablet in the sun as it can d amage the LCD Screen, especiall y in the c[...]

64  This device m ust accept any interference rece ived, including interference that m ay cause undesired operat ion. This equipm ent has been tested and found to com ply with limits for Class B digital device, pursuant to p art 15 of the FC C Rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against har mful interference in a r[...]

65 Q: W h at do I do if I can not tur n on the gT ablet? A: 1. If the power is lo w, connect to the electric outlets. 2. Make sure the indicator light indicator of the adapter is o n. 3. Rem ove t he m icro-SD card and an y other ext ernal device. Q: W hat do I do if water gets i nto the gTablet? A: 1. DO NOT turn on the gTablet. 2. Disconnect the [...]

66 Aspect ratio 16:9 Panel manufactur er A U Optronics Corporation Panel type B101A W06 Driver system LED Resolution (480i/480p/720 p/1080i) 1024 x 600 Brightness (cd/ m 2 ) 200 Contrast 500:1 Vertical view ing angle U/D (degrees) 15/35 Horizontal view ing angle (degrees) 45/45 Pixel Pitch( mm) 0.2175 (H)×0 .2088(V) Maximum color s (millions) 262,[...]

67 Nand Flash 512MB Mass Memory 16GB iNA ND ( up to 32GB ) SD CARD Option ( up to 64GB ) Mail attachm ent support Image .jpg 、 .tiff 、 .gif Document .txt Web Page .htm 、 .html Audio Frequency response 20Hz ~ 20KH z Formats supported (Decode) AA C- LC 、 A AC+ 、 eA AC+ A MR- WB 、 A MR- NB WMA7 、 WMA 8 、 WM A 9 、 WM A 10 MP3, PCM / W[...]

68 JPEG – up to 80 Mpixel per second Graphics Support OpenGL -ES 2.0 Languages Support Languag e English Support Languag e Keyboard English(U.S.) 、 Eng lish(UK) Operating System OS A ndroid 2.2 Sensors Accelerometer Sensor Yes Ambient light Sen sor Yes Input and Output DC Input Jack 1.7mm Headphon e Jack 3.5mm stereo USB Jack Mini USB USB TYPE-[...]

69 Power Co nsumption A udio Play ( <5W ) Video Play ( <6W ) Internet ( <4.5 W ) Standby ( <0.5W ) Size and W eight Height (mm/inches) 267 / 10.5” Width (mm/inche s) 173 / 6.81” Depth (mm/inches) 14.3 / .7” Weight (kg/lbs) . 816 kg / 1.8l bs Regulatory UL, FCC, CE, RoH S Design and specifications are subject to change without noti[...]