Creative Ziio 7 User Manual
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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 „Changing the Wallpaper „Adding an Item „Moving an Item „Customizing the Quick Launch Bar Pure Android Audio E -Books „Using ZiiAcademy „Importing E-Books From Your Computer „Deleting an E-Book Browsing the Internet „Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network „Using the Browser Videos, Music, and Photos „Transferring Files from Your Computer „Viewing Videos, Photos, and Listening to Music „Deleting Media Files Exploring ZiiO ’s Contents Installing More Applications Settings „Accessing the Settings Screen „Changing the Screen and Keyboard Language „Setting the Screen Brightness, Timeout, and Orientation „Customizing the Sounds „Setting the Date and Time „Turning On/Off the Bluetooth® Wireless Feature Page 1 of 15
„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 / Wake Up Press to wake up or set to sleep. Reset If your ZiiO tablet stops responding, press and hold for approximately 10 seconds until the screen turns off. Page 2 of 15
Back to top 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 onto the power adapter base until it locks in place. Note that the plug head must be inserted approximately at the same angle as shown in the figure below. After locking, make sure that it is firmly secured. If you need to remove the plug head from the power adapter base, pull the latch to release the plu g head, and gently remove it from the base. 2 Earphone Jack 3Microphone When recording audio, keep this close to the source. 4HDMI Port Connects to a HDMI-supported TV or monitor. 5USB Port Connects your device to a computer. 6microSD Card Slot See Inserting and Removing a microSD card . 7 LED Turns on when charging. Turns off when fully charged. 9 Stereo Speakers 9 Camera 10Volume Press + or – to adjust the volume. 11Function Buttons See Function Buttons . 12Power Adapter Jack Connects to a power outlet for charging. Page 3 of 15
Power Adapter Information: Input Rating: 100 - 240 VAC 50/60Hz 400mA Output Rating: 5 VDC, 2A Back to top 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 tapPower off > OK. Back to top Setting to Sleep and Waking Up To let ZiiO sleep, press the Power button. The screen goes black as your device goes into Sleep mode. Note: To conserve battery power, your device automatically goes into Sleep mode after a certain preset period of inactivity. To set the time duration before your device automatically sleeps, seeSetting the Screen Brightness, Timeout, and Orientation . To wake your device up, press the Power button. Note that the screen is locked every time Page 4 of 15
your device wakes up. To unlock the screen, touch and drag the Lock icon upwards. Back to top 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. Back to top Connecting to a Computer 1. Connect to your computer with the use of the included USB cable. 2. On the device, touch Mount on the popup box that appears. Your device will appear as a removable disk drive on your computer. If a microSD card is inserted on the device, this will appear as another disk drive. Back to top Navigating your Device Screen Gestures Gesture What it does Page 5 of 15
Back to top 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 . Back to top About the Application Screen The Application screen contains all the applications that are currently installed on your ZiiO. Tap / Touch „Select an item „Start an application „Enter characters using the onscreen keyboard. Touch and hold „Lift an item from the screen panels so that you can drag it somewhere else. „Shows the context menu for certain items. „Shows the context menu when you touch and hold an empty space on the panels. Drag „Slowly pan through a photo that is larger than the screen. „Slowly scroll through a list. „Pull down the Status bar to see the Notification panel. See Notification Panel . Swipe „Pan through a photo or webpage. „Move from one panel to the next. „Scroll through a list. Double-tap „Zoom into or out of a photo or Webpage. Page 6 of 15
To show or hide the Application screen, tap or . To start an application, tap the applications icon. Function Buttons Back to top 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 items on your device or the Web. Icon Meaning Alarm is turned on Battery status Page 7 of 15
Back to top 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 Back to top 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 language, tap and hold the text box. Back to top Context Menus The context menu contains tools and options that apply to certain items on the screen. For Wi-Fi feature is enabled Bluetooth wireless feature is enabled New e-mail message Connected via USB Cable Music is playing More notifications not displayed Upcoming event Uploading data Downloading data New notifications Finished downloading Memory card is full Connected to a VPN Disconnected from the VPN An open Wi-Fi network is available Page 8 of 15
example, touch and hold an empty area on the panels, and a context menu pops up. Note that not all items have context menus. Back to top 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 borders that show the coverage area. Touch and drag the border lines to increase the area. To drag the box to a specified location without increasing the coverage, touch and hold the at the center of the box. Back to top Adding an Item You can fill the different panels (for both top and bottom layers) with your choice of icons, widgets, and other items. 1. Press to make sure you are on the Home panel. 2. Slide to the panel where you want to add an item. 3. Press . 4. Touch Add. 5. From the popup box, select the item type, followed by the item to be added on the screen. Back to top Moving an Item Touch and hold an item until it appears to vibrate. Drag and drop it into an empty part of the screen. Back to top Removing an Item Touch and hold an item until it appears to vibrate, and drag it into the trash bin icon that Page 9 of 15
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 . Back to top 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 screen. 5. When you have finished, press . Pure Android Audio The Pure Android Audio widget gives you easy access to the Bluetooth wireless technology and X -Fi settings. You can instantly connect to your Bluetooth wireless technology enabled devices such as speakers and sound systems, and at the same time, you can immediately turn on/off the X-Fi enhancements. zTo turn on or off the Bluetooth wireless feature, tap . zTo connect to an available device within range, tap the second segment (in the example above – ZiiSound D5), and tap the device on the popup list. Note that the Bluetooth wireless feature on both your ZiiO and the other device should be turned on. zTo turn on or off the X-Fi enhancement, tap . zTo show the Pure Android Audio settings panel, tap . Page 10 of 15