Nextbook NEXT8P12 manual

1 Safety Precautions  Do not sub ject the device to severe i mpac t or drop it fro m height s.  Do not use the device in extreme hot or c old, dusty or damp condi tions. Do not expose it to di rect sunlight .  Avoid us ing the de vice near strong magne tic fields.  Keep the device away f rom w ater and other liquids. In the event that w[...]

2 operable as lo ng as the ba ttery has su fficient charge.  The power adaptor is a CLASS II apparatus w ith double insulation , and no external groun d is pro vided.  Safety symbol explanation : - The lightning flash with arrow head symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of non-insulated “danger[...]

3 Listening Cautions  Do not listen t o your earphones or headphones at a high volume. Hearing experts advise agains t continuous extended play .  Excessive vol ume throug h earphone s and head phones can cause hearin g loss.  If you experien ce a ringing in your e ars, reduce volume or disco ntinue us e.  Do not use w hile operating a [...]

4 T able of Content Safety Pre cauti ons............................................................................................ 1 Listeni ng C autio ns ............................................................................................ 3 Introd uctio n ...................................................................................[...]

5 Introduction This device can give you an amaz ing e-book reading experien c e – allow ing you to store a large n umber of e-bo oks in th is device. Fur thermore, this latest ge neration of small, pow erf ul, highly portable de vice combines many adva nced feature s - W i-F i connectivity, music player , movie pla yer, photo viewer etc. in a con[...]

6 Buttons & Ports Front View Bottom Vie w Rear View a. Pr evious – pre ss to go bac k to the previous p age. b. Next – press to go forward to the next page . c. T ouch Screen d. Power -IN port – connects to any st andard ele ctric sour ce through the pro vided AC adaptor . e. SD Card Slot – accom modates any standard SD memory card. f. [...]

7 Charging Battery The device ha s a built-in r echargeab le battery . No extra battery in stallatio n is required. Ju st charge the device w hen it indica tes low battery . T o char ge the battery , plug the AC adap tor to any st andard w all outlet a nd the DC-IN port o f the device. It takes about 3 hours to fully char ge the batter y . Note: a.[...]

8 (5) Disconnect the d evice from the PC safely . a) Left-click the icon at the right bot tom corner o f the comput er desktop. b) Click the pop-up mini-w indow message of “S top the USB Mass S torage Device – Dri ve (X).” c) Disconnect the d evice from the co mputer . Note: The pre-installe d applic ations and An droid OS occu pies a co nsid[...]

9 Home Screen Indications Weather Forecast Setti ng  You can choose citie s w orldwide for weather for ecast data . In the Home Sc reen , tap the city name to display the city selection screen . Locate the city by selecting the state w here the city is and then sele ct the city. Or , input the city name directly.  You can change the temperatu[...]

10 Using the Touch Screen This device is equipped with a touch -screen. Follow ing are a few tips on how to use the touch scre en. Main Touch Screen Actions     In many appli cations, you can go ba ck one level in the interfac e by tapping o n the Back icon (at the top right co rner of the screen).     Wherever you are in th[...]

1 1  Tapping on the Left Arrow or Right Arrow c an scroll through other e-bo ok titles. Note: a. Make sure yo ur e-book format is supported by th e device. Supp orted formats are PD F , EPUB, TXT a nd FB2. b. Covers f or PDF and FB2 e -books are di splayed as covers d efaulted by the dev ice since PDF/FB2 files g enerally have no cover data. His[...]

12 Start Reading To start reading an e-boo k, tap “Con tinue Read. .” Page Up/Down When you are reading the e-book, you can slide you r finger on the scree n left and right OR pres s the PREV IOUS/NEX T buttons on the device to page up o r down. Increase Font Size (1) W he n you a re reading , tap the Menu icon to display e-boo k settings. (2) [...]

13 (5) Once you finish inputting the page numb er, tap “OK” to jump to the specified page. Use Bookmarks You can add , delete or loa d bookma rks on the page . (1) W he n you a re reading , tap the Menu icon to display e-boo k settings. (2) Tap“Bookmarks” to display a b ookmark menu. Use the menu to add, delete or display boo kmarks. View O[...]

14 (5) Sign in with your payment account to start your checkout process. If you do not have a payment accou nt, please tap “Get Started” to get one. (6) Your credit card information and the e-book price should display. Tap “BUY NOW” to complete the checkout process. Note: Some a pplications might n ot work on the device due to the scre en r[...]

15 then tap the W I-FI icon to enter the netw ork settings . (2) Tap the “ Wi-Fi ” setting to turn the Wi-Fi on if it is of f. (3) Select “ Wi-Fi settings, ,” this device w ill scan automatically for available W i-Fi networks and display them. The list of available networks s how s all the wireless networks in range of your device. Note: a)[...]

16 Advanced Connection To manually scan for a vailable Wi-Fi netw orks, (1) In the “Wi-Fi set tings” screen , tap the Menu icon , and then tap “Sc an.” (2) If the Wi-Fi netw ork you w ant to con nect to does not appear in the list, scroll dow n the screen, th en tap “Add a Wi-Fi ne twork.” En ter the required settings, th en tap “Save[...]

17 or down (be careful not to tap a linku ntil you are re ady!).     To open a link , simply tap it.     You can open several w eb pages at a time, view t hem all at once on the screen, and then tap o ne of them to view it in full screen.     To go back to the previous page that you brow sed, tap the Back icon . [...]

18 Play ing M usic In the Home Screen , tap the Applica tion Tab to display the appli cations. Tap the “Music” icon to enter the music pl ayer mode. Music Librar y You should en ter the mu sic library o nce you start the music player. The Music Library show s your music files sorted by categories (Ar tist, Album , Genre, et c.) if your mu sic f[...]

19 the internal m emory and memory car d. Enter Play Interface Go to the Now Playing screen. Return R eturn to Ho me Screen. Search for Tracks You can searc h for trac ks in the inter nal memory or memory car d by inputting a few key words. (1) In the music library , tap the Dir ectory Brow s ing icon in the menu. (2) Choose the me mory w here you [...]

20     To play the pre vious/nex t song, tap / .     You can tap the progres sion bar to g o directly to a different lo cation in the song. You can also drag the cur sor in the p rogression bar to anoth er location in the song. The volume bar can be dragged in the same w ay.     To define the equalizer mode manua[...]

21 (1) In the Music Library , tap the Play list icon to display the pl aylists. (2) Tap the icon beside the playli st tha t you w ant to delete, and then the pl aylist will be deleted . Note: You ca nnot delete the Recentl y Played pl aylist since a track is play ing. Playing a Playlist (1) In the Music Library , tap the Play list icon to display t[...]

22     Tapping on the screen can display o r hide the floa ting control b ar.     Tap the / icon to pause/re sume the video.     Tap “ ” to display the menu items.     Tap the progre ssion bar to go directl y to a differen t location in the video. You can also use your finger to dra g the curs or [...]

23 Photo Thumbnails The first screen of the Pho to mode shows all the photos and subfolder s located in this device or memory card in thumb nails. To view a photo, tap its thumbnail to open it. If a pho to is in a subfolder, open the subfolder and you w i ll see your pho to thumbnail . Viewing Photo When you are view ing a photo, you can tap the sc[...]

24 File Explorer The file browser gives you the ability t o navigate the file system of the device’ s internal memory and m em ory card. Tap the Appl ication Tab to displa y all applications , and then sele ct “Explo rer” to en ter the file exp lorer mode. Navigate through Files an d Folders     You can drag your finger u p and do[...]

25 Home Go to the Ho me Screen. LevelUp Go back one l evel in the di rectory. Multi Select more than one file. Editor Copy, delete , move, pas te or rename the file or folder . Back Go back one l evel in the in terface. Next Go forw ard one level in the interface . Cop y /Move File s and Folders (1) In the file list, scroll up and dow n by s liding[...]

26 E-mail This device has an E-mail application pr e-installed. You can sen d or rece ive e-mails from the Inter net at any ti me w ith this device. Make sure you have an Internet connection bef ore using the email se rvice. Tap the App lication Tab to displa y all applications , and then select “Email ” to launch the email appli cation. You sh[...]

27 Add another Account Following the se steps to a dd another account if you want. (1) Launch the e mail application and then tap the Menu icon to display the menu item. Choo se “Account s” to display a ccounts. (2) Tap the Menu i con to display the menu item, and then choose “Add account .” (3) Follow the steps o f setting u p a Email A cc[...]

28 Pre-installed Applicati ons The device ha s application s pre-inst alled when it w as manufactured. You can see them by tapping Applicat ion Tab . They are video player , audio player, photo view er, alarm cloc k, calculator , calendar, e tc. Download Third-part y Applications The device ha s an appli cation library preinstalled for you. You can[...]

29 this option.     When it is pos sible, you can use you r finger to scroll the screen u p and dow n t o reveal setting s that you do n’t initially see.     When you ha ve finished adjusting yo ur settings, tap the Back i con t o go back to the list of settings, or tap the Home i con to go direc tly to the Hom e screen . [...]

30 Date & Time This setting allow s you to set up the date, time, time zone and formats. Locale & Text Set your preferred language and region, and configure t ex t settings for faster and more accurate text input. Touch Panel calibration If the touch-screen is not respondin g properly , use this setting and follow the instruc tions on the s[...]

31 System Req uirements Operation System W indo ws2000/ X P/Vista/windows 7and MAC OS 10.4 or above USB Interface USB2.0 High speed Features Output Port 3.5mm earpho ne port, built-in s peakers E-book Form at EPUB, PDF , TXT , FB2 Audio MP3 (MPEG1/2 /2.5 Au dio Layer 1/2/3) ； W MA (V ersion 4,4.1,7,8,9) WA V (MS-ADPCM ， IMA-ADPC M ， PCM) APE [...]

32 Video Bit rate Max . 6Mb ps (MPEG4, XVID, D IVX4/5/6); Max. 2.5Mbps (H.26 4, Real video 8/9/ 10); Max. 2Mbps (Sorens on H.263). Photo Resolution JP EG (Baseline) ( Max.8000*8000), G IF(S tatic) (Max.1000*10 00) Network Connection Media W i-F i (802.1 1 b /g) Battery Charge T ime About 5 Hou rs Battery Life About 10 hours of music playback ; Abou[...]

33 energy and, if not ins talled and used in a ccordance with the ins tructions, may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communi cations. How ever, there is no guarantee that interferen c e will not oc cur in a particular installation . If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rec eption, which can be deter mined by[...]

34 Other names of systems and produ cts m entioned in these instructions are usually the registered trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturer s who developed the s yste m or product concerned. T he TM and marks are not used to identify registered trademarks and trade m arks in these ins tructions. This m anual was correct and complete at t he ti[...]