Creative Ziio 7 User Manual

Contents 
Introduction  
  
Getting Started
   
„Your Device at a Glance  
„Charging  
„Assembling the Power Adapter  
„Turning On/Off, Unlocking  
„Setting to Sleep and Waking Up  
„Inserting and Removing a microSD Card  
„Connecting to a Computer  
  
Navigating your Device
  
„Screen Gestures  
„About the Screen Layers and Panels  
„About the Application Screen  
„Navigation Buttons  
„Icons on the Status Bar  
„Notification Panel  
„Entering Text  
„Context Menus  
  
Customizing the Panels...

„More About Your Device  
  
Safety and Regulatory Information
  
  
Licence and Copyright
  
Introduction 
ZiiO is a portable entertainment center, an Internet access, a game station, an e-book 
reader, and much more. This versatile touchscreen tablet runs the Android™ operating 
system, enabling you to easily install more applications from thousands of cool choices on 
the Web. 
  
  
Getting Started 
Your Device at a Glance  
  
1Power On/Off  
Press to turn on. 
Press and hold to turn off.  
Sleep /...

  
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Charging  
Before you turn on your device for the first time, charge it from a wall socket with the use of 
the included power adapter. Initial charging may take up to 6 hours. The LED is turned on 
while your device is charging. When the battery is full, the LED turns off. 
  
Note:  
It is normal for your ZiiO tablet become warm while charging. 
  
Assembling the Power Adapter 
If there are several plug heads available, select one that matches your wall socket. Mount 
the plug head...

  
  
  
  
Power Adapter Information: 
Input Rating: 100 - 240 VAC 50/60Hz 400mA  
Output Rating: 5 VDC, 2A 
  
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Turning On/Off, Unlocking 
To turn on, press the Power button. Notice that the screen is locked every time your ZiiO 
tablet turns on, as denoted by the Lock icon  .  
  
To unlock, touch and drag the Lock icon towards the Unlock icon.  
  
  
  
To turn off your device, press  , and touch Shutdown> Power off > OK. Alternatively, you 
can press and hold the Power button, and...

your device wakes up. To unlock the screen, touch and drag the Lock icon   upwards.  
  
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Inserting and Removing a microSD Card  
  
Inserting a Memory Card  
  
  
  
  
Ejecting a Memory Card 
  
  
  
  
Important:  
If your device is on, before you eject the microSD card, press  , touch Settings > SD card 
& local storage > Unmount external SD card.  
  
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Connecting to a Computer  
1. Connect to your computer with the use of the included USB cable.  
2. On the...

  
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About the Screen Layers and Panels 
The entire screen consists of 2 layers with 3 panels each. 
  
zTo see the next panel, slide the screen to the left or right.  
zTo bring up the second layer, slide your finger upwards.  
zTo return to the first layer, slide downwards.  
  
  
  
  
The panels are “customizable,” where you can add your choice of application icons, 
widgets, and other items.  
  
See also Customizing the Panels
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About the Application Screen...

To show or hide the Application screen, tap   or  . 
  
  
  
To start an application, tap the applications icon. 
  
  
  
Function Buttons  
  
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Icons on the Status Bar  
 
Home  
Press to return to the Home panel at any time.  
Press and hold to display recently opened applications.  
 
Menu  
Press to display the available menu for the current screen.  
Press and hold to show the on-screen keyboard.  
 
Back  
Press to return to the previous screen.  
 
Search  
Press to search for...

  
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Notification Panel 
The Notification panel contains a list of your current notifications. To view the notification 
panel, press   and tap Notifications. 
  
Alternatively, you can tap and hold the Status bar, and then drag it down to show the 
Notification panel 
  
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Entering Text  
When you need to enter text such as a password or a URL (on the Browser), simply touch 
the textbox. This brings up the onscreen keyboard.  
  
If you want to select another keyboard...

example, touch and hold an empty area on the panels, and a context menu pops up.  
  
Note that not all items have context menus.  
  
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Customizing the Panels  
Changing the Wallpaper  
1. Press   to make sure you are on the Home panel.  
2. Press .  
3. Tap Wallpaper and select the wallpaper location.  
4. Tap a wallpaper of your choice.  
 
 
 
When selecting from your own set of image files, you can still set the coverage of the 
wallpaper. Notice that the selected image has initial...

appears at the bottom of the screen. 
  
Note:  
This procedure refers to removing items from the customizable panels only. To uninstall an 
application from your ZiiO, see Installing More Applications
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Customizing the Quick Launch Bar 
You can customize the Quick Launch bar so that it contains your 4 favorite applications. 
  
  
  
1. Press   to show the Application screen.  
2. Press .  
3. Tap Edit.  
4. Freely drag icons to and from the Quick Launch bar and the Application...