Archos A101G4, User Manual

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Page 2: ...ge or remove widgets and icons on your Home screen 12 5 Web browsing 13 6 Manage Applications 14 7 Typical applications introduction 15 7 1 Music Player 15 7 2 Video Player 17 7 3 Gallery 18 7 4 Explorer 21 7 5 Instant Messaging tools 22 7 6 Emails 22 8 Settings 23 8 1 Wireless networks 23 8 2 Sound 23 8 3 Display 24 8 4HDMI 25 8 5 Screen shot setting 25 8 6 Storage 26 8 7 Apps 26 8 8 Accounts Syn...

Page 3: ...1 1 Appearance A101G4 ...

Page 4: ...h its gold contacts facing down and push it in until it licks into place Browse files in the storage card To browser the files in the storage card do one of the following run File Manager to view files in the storage card you can also install and run any other third party file browser applications Remove the storage card Simply push the storage card in to eject it from its slot To avoid data loss ...

Page 5: ...r Button to turn on the device when the battery is full enough Power off press down the Power Button for about 3 seconds and then a menu with options will popup select Power Off to turn off the device Screen Lock press down the Power Button to shutdown the screen to save battery life Press down the Power Button again to activate the locked Home Screen After unlocking the device will resume the scr...

Page 6: ...is secured with WEP enter the key and then tap Connect Depending on the network type and its security settings you may also need to enter more information or choose a security certificate 6 after successful connection the Wi Fi connected icon will appears on the status bar ...

Page 7: ... minutes the device will automatically turn off to save electricity Switch to sleep mode Simply press down the Power Button and the device will automatically shutdown the display screen when there is no operation on the screen for a period of time Wake up from sleep mode To wake up your device manually press the Power Button You will then see that the device has locked the screen Unlocking the scr...

Page 8: ...d Screenshot captured USB Connected Connected to a Wi Fi network and display the signal strength Airplane mode Battery is charging Settings Open notification panel When new notification icon displays in the status bar tap the status bar to open the Notifications panel as follows If you have several notifications you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications Tip You can also open the No...

Page 9: ...nter into all apps interface as follows 2 tap 3 select one item Slide your finger horizontally on the home screen to check widgets that can be added to the home screen Widgets selectable are as follows 3 3 Finger gestures Tap When you want to type using the keyboard select items onscreen such as application and settings icons or press onscreen buttons simply tap them with your ...

Page 10: ...deways When entering text you can turn the device sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard Refer to Settings chapter for more details 3 4 Coping files to and from the storage card You can copy music photos pictures and others to your device to personalize your device 1 Use the USB cable that came with your device to connect it to a USB port on your computer 2 when the icon appears in the notificatio...

Page 11: ... the web You can search for information on your device and on the Web by using the Quick Search Box 1 press on the home screen to enter into all apps interface 2 tap Search and then enter the search item in the Quick Search Box As you type matching items on your device and suggestions from Google web search are shown as a list The suggested items that appear will depend on the options that you hav...

Page 12: ... OK 4 2 Change your wallpaper Personalizing your Home screen wallpaper with your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to change the feel of your device and give it a fresh look Browse the collection of wallpapers included in your device or choose from photos that you have taken with the camera To change your Home screen or lock screen wallpaper you can 1 tap settings display 2 and then tap Wallp...

Page 13: ... widget to your Home screen please refer to section 3 2 Shortcuts to Add widgets Note To remove a widget press and hold the widget until the icon appears drag the widget onto it and release your finger Adding folders on your Home screen Use folders to group related applications and other shortcuts to keep your Home screen tidy and organized Press and hold the application shortcut and stack it onto...

Page 14: ...new location on the screen Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the widget or icon onto another Home screen panel 3 When the widget or icon is where you want it release your finger If you ve released your finger but a message shows that there s no space to place the widget or icon drag it right or left again to another Home screen panel Removing a widget or icon 1 Press and hold t...

Page 15: ...13 5 Web browsing User can connect to the network via the browser Tap the browser icon on the Home screen to open it as follows ...

Page 16: ... download the programs you want from web sites and store them into your storage card or local memory You can also copy programs downloaded on your computer into your storage card or local memory 2 run the application APK Installer 3 find the third party program you want and then use functions of APK Installer o install it to your device How to uninstall Android third party programs To dismount the...

Page 17: ...ts supported include wav ac3 aac ogg ra amr m4a wma and so on Tap the icon on the Home screen to enter the following screen Your music is organized into different categories such as Artists Songs and Albums Tap one of the category tabs to view a category Press and hold one song in the above interface until the operation menu as follows Tap Play to play the selected item Tap Add to playlist to add ...

Page 18: ...ap to go to the now playing list Tap to switch the following repeat modes repeat all songs repeat current songs do not repeat Tap to shuffle the current playlist Tap to display the lyrics if there is corresponding lyrics in the device tap again to stop displaying lyrics When the music is on tap menu icon to prompt the operation bar as follows Here you can turn on off party shuffle or use the song ...

Page 19: ...WER button If you do not see the playback controls on the Lock screen tap anywhere on the screen to display the playback controls 7 2 Video Player Tap the launcher icon on the Home screen and the tap the Video player icon to go to the following interface To delete a video you can press and hold one video file until a dialog box prompt and then select OK Double tap on a video file to start playing ...

Page 20: ... picture in picture mode simply drag the video out of the screen or press and hold on the screen until the shutdown icon appears and then tap the icon to turn off the video Tap this icon to go back to the video file list interface Tap to unfold the control bar for more operation such as deleting the bookmark select a play mode set the audio track and so on 7 3 Gallery You use Gallery to view pictu...

Page 21: ...s pictures in slideshow mode Select a picture to view it in full screen mode drag left or right to view the next or previous picture in the album move you fingers inward outward to zoom out zoom in the selected photo picture Tap to share it with friends via email tap to delete cancel deleting it tap to pop up the following control bars ...

Page 22: ...esize it with a fixed proportions Tap OK to save a copy of the picture as you cropped it The original uncropped version remains on your SD card Tap to set the current picture photo as wallpaper contact icon Tap to more details about the current picture photo Browse play music video Use Gallery to play videos music or that in your SD card And you can also share them with others Open a Gallery album...

Page 23: ...ace of the explorer as above Tap to back to the previous interface Tap to enable multiple selection of items Tap to open the edit tools such as copy delete move paste rename send Tap to create a new file folder Tap to go back to the previous interface Tap to go to the next interface In the above screen you can manage your files in the local disk and your storage card In addition you can create ren...

Page 24: ...prompt the option menu as follows You can select an option to execute corresponding operations 7 5 Instant Messaging tools You can download and install chat tools on your device such as Fring MSN Massager and so on 7 6 Emails Tap the launcher icon on the Home screen to display all icons tap the Email Gmail icon to run it You can 1 set mail accounts 2 create new mails 3 receive and send mails 4 dow...

Page 25: ...rds to check the rest setting items 8 1 Wireless networks Configure your device s wireless connections e g Wi Fi enable the Airplane mode or set the options for mobile networks Virtual Private Networks and more Wi Fi To turn on off Wi Fi simply slide your finger rightward leftward on the control bar 8 2 Sound Set the device and notification ring tones volume adjust vibrate and silent mode operatio...

Page 26: ...ion ringtone To set a notification ringtone 4 tap Settings Sound Default notification 5 tap a ringtone to listen to it 6 enable a ringtone as notification ringtone by tapping OK Touch sound Check to enable sounds when touching the screen Screen lock sounds Check to enable playing sound when making screen selection 8 3 Display Set the screen brightness wallpaper font size and screen timeout Brightn...

Page 27: ...ens a dialog where you can set font size Calibrate G sensor Tap to calibrate the device as instruction 8 4HDMI Manage applications and installation of new programs Check in the box afterwards to turn on off HDMI function HDMI Resolution Tap to select a resolution for the HDMI file 6 modes provided Screen Zoom Tap to zoom in out the screen by dragging the slide bar Sleep Tap to select the time inte...

Page 28: ...connection type there are 3 modes provided Media device Camera and Mass storage When the storage card remains in your device you can tap Mount Storage to mount and read data in the storage card 8 7 Apps Manage applications and installation of new programs Apps Opens a list of all the applications and other software installed on your MR71 along with their sizes By default only downloaded applicatio...

Page 29: ...og in or out from your social network accounts Google Account and Exchange ActiveSync account You can also manage synchronization and other settings for your accounts Tap Add account in the above screen to add new accounts by following onscreen instructions Tap the icon to prompt the following screen to manage your accounts Check to turn on off data synchronization press the menu icon and then tap...

Page 30: ...n of applications that you obtain from web sites email or other locations other than Android Market 8 11 Language Keyboard setting Use the Language Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your MR71 and for configuring the onscreen keyboard including words that you ve added to its dictionary 8 12 Backup reset You can enable or disable the automatic backup feature of the device and ...

Page 31: ...her than obtaining the current time from the mobile network Set date If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can manually set PE08 s date Select time zone If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set PE08 s time zone Set time If Automatic is unchecked opens a dialog where you can set PE08 s time Use 24 hour format Check to display the time using 24 hour time format for exa...

Page 32: ...sword Text to speech output tap on it to open a screen on which you can listen to an example of speech synthesis enable disenable your settings to check default engine to set speech rate and language and so on Touch hold delay tap to select the time delayed for hold touch Enhance web accessibility tap to enable disenable installing scripts from Google that make their web contain more accessibility...

Page 33: ...mage on the MR71 for long periods of time or the screen may be marked with that image Allow mock locations Check to permit a development tool on a computer to control where the MR71 believes it is located rather than using the MR71 s own internal tools for this purpose 8 16About Device View the device status such as the network type battery power level and network name You can also check the batte...

Page 34: ...data applications you want 9 3 System updating After system update upgrade it may occur that the uploaded third party can not run or its data loss damage This is normal phenomena rather than system fault You just need to upload and installed the third party applications again in the device It is recommended to backup data of the third party applications before system update upgrade 9 4 Reset When ...

Page 35: ...accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of t...