Pandigital SUPERNOVA, User Manual

Page 1: ...PANDIGITAL SUPERNOVA 8 Tablet eReader v1 9 ...

Page 2: ... 16 Applications Screen 19 Home Screen Function Menu 21 App Market SlideME 26 Barnes Noble 30 Bluetooth Feature 54 Browser 54 Calculator 60 Calendar 61 Camera 64 Clock 67 CONTACTS 70 Dictionary 73 Downloads 73 Email 74 ES File Explorer 78 Facebook 85 FW Update 85 Gallery 88 HDMI Connection 90 InTouch 91 Music 93 Notes 97 ...

Page 3: ... Search 106 Settings 106 Speech Recorder 112 U Player 113 Weather 114 Wi Fi Network Setup 117 Connect to Computer 119 Frequently Asked Questions 122 Battery Management 129 Technical Specifications 130 Limited Warranty 131 ...

Page 4: ...Note The device style and features may differ from those documented in this User Guide UG E_R80B400_R80B452_v1 9_07 11 ...

Page 5: ...ouch screen navigation built in cameras and microphone Connect to a Wi Fi network Shop purchase and download media from Barnes Noble Bookstore Read digital eBooks anytime and anywhere Connect accessories and peripherals i e Keyboards Mouse Quickly and easily download AndroidTM applications Take pictures and videos with front back built in cameras View photo slideshows Browse the web ...

Page 6: ...s at www pandigital net Important Safety Precautions Always follow these basic safety precautions when using the device This reduces the risk of damage fire electric shock and injury DO NOT expose this product to extreme heat or cold i e leaving in auto Extreme heat and cold can cause screen damage and operational failure Keep the device out of direct sunlight and heat sources Do not expose this p...

Page 7: ...or dust from the screen we recommend using a soft non abrasive cloth such as a camera lens cloth Device Overview HDMI D Mini DC output port USB jack Navigation buttons Microphone Front LED indicator camera Light Sensor Earphone jack Back camera Power button Volume button Power Button Usage Turn On Press hold the power button 3 seconds ...

Page 8: ...d bar towards the Unlock bar When sounds are off the Sound bar changes to Slide again to turn the sounds back on Reset device In the event that the device does not respond to your touch you can force the device off by pressing holding the power button for 6 seconds LED Indicator LED off Device on in sleep mode or off LED Green Charging device battery Navigation Buttons The navigation buttons at th...

Page 9: ...ouch and release of your finger Touch hold touch your finger and hold in place until a response by the application Touch drag touch hold an item for a moment and without lifting your finger move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position Finger slide quick touch slide your finger across the screen and release Pinch Screen Zoom This device supports the pinch screen zoom feature t...

Page 10: ...supports many USB accessories and peripherals i e keyboards mouse that you can purchase locally where electronics are sold Examples of supported items Keyboards wireless with Wi Fi dongle or USB connected Mouse wireless with Wi Fi dongle or USB connected Bluetooth device has built in bluetooth capability Your accessories or peripherals may require a miniUSB Male to USB female adapter in order to c...

Page 11: ...g the AC adapter into an electrical wall outlet and then connect to the device to fully charge the battery before use approx 5 hours Device top Wall outlet Power adapter While charging the battery icon displays as When fully charged the battery icon displays as y y y y y y 2 Turn the device on ...

Page 12: ... device Select Language 1 Tap the currently displayed language to display all language choices 2 Tap on your desired language Next End User License Agreement 1 Read the End User License Agreement 2 If in agreement tap next to Accept Next You must accept the Agreement to proceed with the setup Wi Fi Setup Since many of your applications require an Internet connection it is recommended that you set ...

Page 13: ... connection and either displays a troubleshooting prompt or a message that your Wi Fi connection has been successfully established The Wi Fi icon on the top of screens indicates the Wi Fi is connected otherwise no icon is displayed If you are connecting via a public Wi Fi hotspot you may be prompted to enter the hotspot login information prior to having an active internet connection Select News Pr...

Page 14: ...t or create a new account now If you skipped the Wi Fi setup section you are not prompted to set up your Barnes Noble account now You can set it up later using the Barnes Noble application The first time you attempt to log into the B N Bookstore or B N Library you will be prompted for your account login information 1 Tap Login and enter your existing Barnes Noble account login information OR Tap C...

Page 15: ...me screen tap the Settings icon 2 Tap Date time 3 If it s not already select Automatic to have the date and time automatically set according to your location To manually set the date and time de select Automatic 4 Tap Set date use the or to set the current date tap Set 5 Tap Select time zone select the correct time zone for your location Finger slide vertically to scroll the list 6 Tap Set time us...

Page 16: ...10 Press to return to the Home screen HOME SCREEN ...

Page 17: ...Notification icons i e Email SD card downloads etc Finger slide down on the notification to view the details then tap on a detail listing to access corresponding application ...

Page 18: ... on left and right side of screen indicate the visible screen of the 5 available screens Tap the left or right dots or finger slide the screen to display extended screens Settings quick launch icon Applications screen quick launch icon Touch hold on the icon to pop up thumbnails of all 5 screens Tap on a screen to display it Browser quick launch icon Tap on any application icon or widget to launch...

Page 19: ...ions later you may need to finger slide the screen vertically to see more application icons that are not visible on the screen App Market SlideME Market offering free and purchasable third party AndroidTM applications Barnes Noble Shop on the Barnes Noble Bookstore download purchased media and access My Library Browser Access the Internet and surf the web whenever desired Calculator Calculator for...

Page 20: ...mail Send Receive email using your existing email addresses ES File Explorer View and manage files and apps and backup files to your SD card You can also use for installing third party AndroidTM applications Facebook Quick access to the Facebook website FW Update Update the device firmware Gallery View and manage photo files JPG JPEG BMP PNG non animated GIF Play and manage MPEG4 video files InTou...

Page 21: ... PDF Search Quickly perform a web search Settings Set many settings for personalizing and enhancing the device as desired Speech Recorder Create a WAV file by recording your voice or other sounds using the built in microphone U Player View popular YouTube videos Weather Check the weather forecasts for locations of your choice Set up multiple locations for quick viewing Home Screen Function Menu On...

Page 22: ...cuts on the Home screen for the following items Applications Select desired application Bookmark Add a shortcut to a bookmarked web page Contact Add a shortcut to a contact from the Contacts application Music playlist Select desired playlist Settings Select desired settings function Add Widgets If the Add button is not available the visible space is full so you cannot add any widgets until you eit...

Page 23: ... connection You may be connected to a Wi Fi network but still need login information for Internet access Note this is the same as the factory preloaded widget on the Home screen Picture Frame Select a photo to appear on your Home screen in a picture frame Stretch the cropping frame to increase and decrease the desired portion of the photo to be displayed Power Control Bar widget with popular Setti...

Page 24: ... from the Applications screen into the folder first tap on the folder to open it open the Applications screen touch hold on an application icon It is automatically copied into the folder All contacts Add a folder containing the complete contact list from the Contacts application Bluetooth received Add a folder containing a list files received from other bluetooth users Starred contacts Add a folde...

Page 25: ...collection a In the photo gallery tap on the desired photo b A cropping frame appears on the picture Touch and drag the edges of the frame to re adjust the size Touch and drag the entire frame to reposition it c Tap Save Live wallpapers Select from a collection of preloaded animated wallpapers tap Set wallpaper Live wallpapers use more battery energy than a static wallpaper Wallpapers Finger slide...

Page 26: ...pplication section for complete Settings instructions App Market SlideME Use the App Market application to access SlideME a market offering thousands of free and low cost third party AndroidTM applications In order to save memory space application apk files are automatically deleted after installation has been completed To re download purchased applications use the Storage Locker function Download...

Page 27: ...e Applications screen Purchase AndroidTM applications You must have a SlideME account registered with your payment methods in order to purchase applications It is recommended that you sign up register through your computer by going to www slideme org user register You can download FREE applications without a SlideME account 1 Tap the App Market application icon The browser launches and displays th...

Page 28: ...urn to the category listing 11 The application launch icon is added to the Applications screen SlideME Category Menu Options With the SlideME Home screen displayed press to display the Category menu options Top Apps Display the most popular applications Latest Display the applications most recently added to SlideME Notifications Display the following Your Downloads Your Purchases Broadcasts App Up...

Page 29: ...he application list Settings General Free apps when selected free apps are included in app listings Paid apps when selected paid apps are included in app listings Show up to X screenshots select the desired number of app screenshots to be displayed with the app s description Network Set the connection time out duration default 50 seconds Debug Enable bug reporting when selected if a problem is enc...

Page 30: ...Category screen Notifications Display the following Your Downloads Your Purchases Broadcasts App Updates SAM updates Help Display the SlideME account registration information and version number Add ons Check for SlideME add on apps The device must be connected to a Wi Fi network in order to use this function Barnes Noble Use the Barnes Noble application to Shop on the Barnes Noble online store Buy...

Page 31: ...verview only of the buying and downloading procedures Complete instructions for each step begin after the overview Tap the Barnes Noble application icon Tap the B N Bookstore tab The first time you are prompted for your Barnes Noble login information if you did not enter it during the initial device setup If you have an existing account tap into the entry fields to enter your Barnes Noble account ...

Page 32: ...s tap Favorites Favorites select your desired category Shop and purchase Books Newspapers and Magazines or get Free Samples Confirm to download the media to the device After a successful sync with your account your media is added to your B N Library Tap a title s Download button to download to My Library ...

Page 33: ...s Noble Books Magazines and Newspapers The B N Library displays all the media in your Barnes Noble online account Your login information is stored so you are not required to enter the login information when selecting the B N Bookstore or B N Library later If you encounter network connection problems during the login process your wireless access point WAP may temporarily not have Internet access ev...

Page 34: ... Fi signal is weak the contents of the Bookstore may not be able to load in the device Try moving to a better Wi Fi signal area and the Bookstore will reconnect and retry to load the Bookstore contents 1 Tap the Barnes Noble application icon B N Bookstore tab If you haven t already logged into your Barnes Noble account you are prompted for your login information 2 After successful login the B N Bo...

Page 35: ...edia and then you can tap Buy Now Get Sample or Get Book for Free 5 If you select Buy Now you are prompted to confirm the purchase Tap Yes to confirm Yes to download the title to the device 6 If you select Get Sample or Get Book for Free you are prompted to add the title cover to My Library now allowing a faster download later If you don t add now you can download the book later from the B N Libra...

Page 36: ...any subjects you can choose Business Personal Finances Diet Health Fiction Mystery Crime Non Fiction Romance Self Help Sports Adventure 4 The media is displayed accordingly To switch to a different category tap Subjects to display the category choices again Search for Specific Media 1 In the B N Bookstore screen tap to search for specific media by title or author s or publisher s name 2 Enter the ...

Page 37: ...s not listed tap the re sync icon Auto Download of Periodical Issues If you have purchased subscriptions to periodicals you can set up an automatic daily check for new issues 1 Tap the Barnes Noble application icon B N Bookstore or B N Library tab 2 Press Periodical 3 Tap Enable Periodical Notification to turn on 4 Tap the and AM PM to set the desired time each day you want the auto check to occur...

Page 38: ...ded desc most recent first default asc oldest first Title A Z or Z A Author last name A Z or Z A 4 Tap the applicable media button as desired The media buttons on each listing are based on the status of the media file Download download purchased or free media to the device Download Sample download a sample book to the device Downloading a download is in progress Read open the media that has alread...

Page 39: ...rrow books Borrowed Returned Expired number of borrowed books you still have have returned or have expired Lendable Books books that are available to lend to other Barnes Noble users Lent books that you have lent to other Barnes Noble users 4 The media is displayed accordingly To switch to a different category tap Category to display the category options again Sync with your Barnes Noble Account T...

Page 40: ...at you can loan books from your B N Library to your friends and likewise you can borrow books from your friends Please be aware of the following considerations before loaning or borrowing any books To loan a book the recipient must have a Barnes Noble account To download a borrowed book you must have a valid credit card number assigned to your Barnes Noble account The book can only be loaned once ...

Page 41: ...er loaning the book the status of the book is Lent and the book is not available for you to read until the recipient returns the book or rejects the offer Borrow a Book If someone lends you a book the book appears in the B N Library so you can accept or reject the offer Accept Offer 1 On the loaned book tap Yes Borrow this 2 The loan complete message appears tap OK The book now has Download and Re...

Page 42: ...rred from Adobe Digital Editions downloaded from your web browser saved email attachments or copied into the device from your computer If you have a SD card inserted with media files stored in a folder titled eBooks those media files are also displayed in My Library 1 Tap the Barnes Noble application icon My Library tab 2 The media you have downloaded or copied into the device from your computer o...

Page 43: ...pen an issue or touch hold on an issue to assign it to a bookshelf or delete it Delete folder deletes all downloaded issues and folder Only one issue of Newspapers and Magazines is displayed When multiple issues are available tap on the single issue shown and all available issues are listed for you to choose the desired issue to read Some sections of Magazines and Newspapers contain linked topic h...

Page 44: ...the My Library screen tap on Bookshelf at the left above the top row of media 2 Tap on the bookshelf you want to display 3 Tap on Bookshelf All to display all media again The top row of every bookshelf displays your last read media Rename or Delete Bookshelf 1 In the My Library screen press Settings Bookshelf 2 Tap the desired bookshelf 3 If renaming tap Rename Bookshelf tap in the name field and ...

Page 45: ...ific media file by title or author s name 2 Enter the string of text tap Go on keypad or at top of screen 3 Only the matching titles are displayed 4 Tap on Bookshelf All to display all titles again Select Display Layout Tap to display eBooks in List layout which shows the title author and date added to the device Tap to display eBooks in Cover layout Delete Media from My Library Touch hold on a me...

Page 46: ...edit Card number that was used to purchase the media If downloaded books have separate cover files they are downloaded along with the book For books that don t have separate cover files covers are extracted from the book file Some sections of Magazines and Newspapers contain linked topic headings tap on a topic heading to jump to the associated article When viewing the Pandigital SuperNova User Gu...

Page 47: ...n pages You can touch slide the dot on the progress bar at the bottom of the screen to jump to other pages Reader Function Menu With a book open in the Reader the Reader Function Menu is displayed at the top of the screen Return to My Library Tap to return to the My Library screen while viewing any eBook page ...

Page 48: ...n of the screen automatically rotates from vertical to horizontal depending on how you hold the device When desired you can lock the screen in the desired orientation to prevent the auto rotation while reading To lock while viewing a page tap To unlock tap Night Mode Night Mode switches the background to black with white text allowing you to view media without emitting as much light as the normal ...

Page 49: ... the onscreen text by changing the Font Size 1 While viewing a page tap select desired font size 2 Tap X to close the options box Search You can search the eBook file for a string of text 1 While viewing a media page tap 2 Enter the string of text you want to find tap 3 The matching text is highlighted throughout the file Use the arrows to jump to next previous match 4 Tap to close the search mode...

Page 50: ...our media you may want to highlight points of interest for later reference 1 Select single word touch hold on the desired word tap Select multiple words touch hold on the beginning word After options appear single tap briefly on the last word tap 2 Tap to close the options box without highlighting text 3 To display the list of all highlights in the media file tap Highlights 4 Tap on a highlight li...

Page 51: ...t page Edit Delete Notes On the page containing a note touch hold on the highlighted word s tap Edit Existing Note edit the note or tap Delete as desired If you want to perform a different operation within the highlighted section of text touch hold on the desired word tap Start New Selection tap desired function icon i e highlight text add note etc Dictionary As you read your media you can quickly...

Page 52: ...ferred to the device through the Adobe Digital Editions ADE program You can also use ADE to transfer books that you have downloaded from public Libraries using global distributors such as Overdrive com If an Adobe eBook has an expiration date it will also expire on the device If an eBook is returned in ADE before it expires the next time you connect the device to your computer ADE updates the stat...

Page 53: ...raries Adobe has a Sample eBook Library which is a good place to start downloading eBooks to see how ADE works www adobe com products digitaleditions library Click on the Download button on an eBook listing and when prompted to Open or Save click Open The eBook automatically downloads and opens in the ADE program Transfer eBooks from ADE into the device 1 Drag and drop the eBooks from the ADE coll...

Page 54: ...o enter a new Pandigital SuperNova device name as desired Tap Discoverable to allow your bluetooth device to find your Pandigital SuperNova device within 120 seconds 4 Tap Scan for devices Bluetooth devices within range of the device are listed 5 Tap on your Bluetooth device to pair it with your Pandigital SuperNova device 6 After a successful connection use your Bluetooth device for hearing the a...

Page 55: ...web browser is launched it opens to the default Home website which you can change if desired To go to a different website tap in the URL address entry field at the top of the screen and enter the desired website address tap Go As you enter the website address matching websites appear allowing you to simply tap on the correct listing when it appears without entering the complete address Zoom Web Pa...

Page 56: ...splayed web page access the list of all bookmarks and manage bookmarks Bookmark a Web Page 1 In an open browser window tap in upper right corner or press tap Bookmarks 2 Tap Add 3 If you want to rename the bookmark tap in the Name field and enter the desired name 4 Tap OK Go to Bookmarked Web Page 1 In an open browser window tap in upper right corner or press tap Bookmarks 2 In the Bookmarks windo...

Page 57: ... OK Add Shortcut to Home Screen Tap Add shortcut to Home to quickly add a shortcut to the bookmarked web page onto the Home screen Share Link Tap Share link to email a bookmarked web page s URL address to someone The email Compose window immediately opens with the URL already listed in the body of the message Copy Paste URL Tap Copy link URL to copy the bookmarked web page s URL so you can paste i...

Page 58: ... Switch Windows 1 In an open browser window press tap Windows 2 Tap on the web site that you want to open Close Windows 1 In an open browser window press tap Windows 2 Tap on each window that you want to close When you re in the Browser application at least one window must be open so if you close all windows a new window automatically opens to your designated home web page Refresh After a web page...

Page 59: ...c All matching text is highlighted as you enter the text 3 If you want to scroll through the matches tap 4 Tap to close the entry box and resume normal viewing Select Text You can select the text of a webpage address on the web page you re viewing and then you can paste the text into web or other application entry fields 1 In the More menu tap Select Text 2 Touch hold slide your finger across the ...

Page 60: ...r the history through this feature 1 In the More menu tap Downloads 2 Press 3 Tap Cancel all downloads if you want to stop all pending downloads from downloading 4 To remove a download touch hold on a download tap Delete OK to confirm deletion Settings Finger slide vertically to view all browser setting options You can set browser settings to enhance your Internet browsing In the More menu tap Set...