Lenovo LePad User manual

LePad

User Guide

V1.0

Please read the

safety precautions and important notes

in the supplied manual before use.

Contents

Chapter 01

Overview of LePad

1-1 Appearance Description

1-2 Buttons Description

1-3 Powering LePad On/Off

1-4 Turning Screen Backlight On/Off

1-5 Screen Lock/Unlock

1-6 Basic Gestures

1-7 Switching Desktops

1-8 4-Pane Desktop

1-9 Gadget Desktop

1-10 Syst em Message Bar

1-11 Switching Applications

1-12 Applications List Management

1-13 Entering Text

1-14 Synchronization

Chapter 02

Connecting to the Internet

2-1 Browser

2-2 App Store

Chapter 03

Applications

3-1 Camera

3-2 Pictures

3-3 Videos

3-4 Sound Recorder

3-5 Music

3-6 Calendar

3-7 Notepad

3-8 Calculator

3-9 File Management

3-10 Application Uninstallation

3-11 Backup and Recovery

3-12 Syst em Information

3-13 Global Search

3-14 eBook Viewer

3-15 Contacts

3-16 Text Messages (3G version)

3-17 Email

Chapter 04

Settings

4-1 Sound Settings

4-2 Wireless & Networks

4-3 Display Settings

4-4 Lenovo Account Settings

4-5 Push Settings

4-6 Security Settings/*Location & Security

4-7 Applications

4-8 Date & Time

4-9 Language & IME

Chapter 01: Overview of LePad

*Specific models only

1-1 Appearance Description

The picture is for reference purposes only, and may differ from the actual item, which is the standard.

1-2 Buttons Description

Power Button

•While in the shutdown mode, press and hold this button (for about 2-3 sec) to power on your LePad.

•

After your LePad is powered on, press this button to turn off the illuminated screen display. While the screen

display is off, press this button again to re-illuminate the screen.

•After your LePad is powered on, press and hold this button (for about 2-3 sec) to bring up LePad mode

selection with Silent mode/Airplane mode/Power off options; if you continue to hold it, LePad will be powered

off.

•After your LePad is powered on, press and hold this button (for about 6 sec) to forced shutdown.

Volume Button

•Adjusts the volume.

Screen Rotation Lock Button

•Toggle the button UP to unlock the screen orientation, allowing screen rotation.

•Toggle the button DOWN to lock the screen orientation, not allowing screen rotation.

*SIM card socket

•The SIM card slot is located on the upper right of the device frame. In the Power off mode, insert the end of

a sharp-pointed object into the small hole above the socket until the stopper pin pops out, and then insert

the SIM card. To remove the SIM card, push the stopper down with your finger until it pops out.

1-3 Powering LePad On/Off

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Powering LePad On

Press and hold the "Power" button on the upper left of LePad, and the Lenovo and startup screens display in

sequence, indicating that LePad has been powered on.

Powering LePad Off

Press and hold the "Power" button on the upper left of LePad;until <U1 options> appears. Three options will then be

displayed: Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off. Touch " Power off" to power off your LePad.

*For the 3G-enabled version, be sure to insert or remove the SIM card in the Power off mode. Doing so when the

device is on may damage the SIM card.

1-4 Turning Screen Backlight On/Off

Turning Screen Backlight On

In the standby mode, you can tap the "Power" button on the upper left of the LePad to "wake" the screen up. The

device's screen will then light up, indicating that the backlight has been turned on.

Turning Screen Backlight Off

If your LePad is powere

d on and you do not use it temporarily, you can tap the "Power" button on its upper left to turn

off the screen backlight. Your LePad will enter the standby mode to save power.

1-5 Screen Lock/Unlock

Lock Screen

You can set Screen timeout in <Display Settings> under "

Auto Lock

Settings". If there is no operation within the preset

standby time, then the screen backlight will automatically turn off, and the device will be locked.

Chapter 01: Overview of LePad

If your LePad is powered on and you do not use it temporarily, you can tap the "Power" button on its upper left to dim

the screen display down. The device will then enter the standby mode and become locked.

Manual Lock

How to Unlock

Once in the standby mode, tap the "Power" button on the upper left of LePad to brighten the screen display back up

to normal level. You can also drag the “4-pane” bubble to the center of the screen by following on-screen instructions

to unlock the screen, as shown in the figure below:

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Screen Lock Pattern Settings

You can touch <Set up screen lock> in <Security settings> or *<Security and Location Settings>

under "Settings" to

set the screen lock pattern. After this function has been enabled, you will need to draw your unlock pattern in order to

unlock the screen before you can use your device. (For detailed actions, please refer to Section 4-6 "Unlocking

Patterns".)

1-6 Basic Gestures

(1) Scroll up to display the

dynamic menu

(2) Scroll down to return to

the previous page

Down

(3) Touch to return to the

desktop

Touch

(4) Press and hold to switch

applications

Press

and

hold

1-7 Switching Desktops

Chapter 01: Overview of LePad

Your LePad has multiple desktops, and the one you see at startup is the 4-pane desktop. This desktop enables you

to quickly view and open your most frequently used applications, pictures, videos and e-books. You can quickly

switch to other desktops by scrolling the screen horizontally.

1-8 4-Pane Desktop

1-9 Gadget Desktop

Upon entering the Gadget Desktop, you can add and display up to 6 gadgets from a total of 9 available gadgets,

including Switch Center, Email, Music, News, Video, Stocks, Weather, World Clock and Calendar.

You can add or delete various gadgets on the Gadget Desktop.

Add: Touch the Add button on the left side of the screen.

Delete:

Touch and hold the desired gadget until a Trash Bin icon appears on the left, and then drag and drop the

gadget icon onto the Trash Bin icon.

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1-10 System Message Bar

(1) The system message(s), if any, will be displayed in the upper left corner of LePad, as shown in the figure below:

Message Icons Description

Power level:

Full battery

Battery out of power

Charging status:

Charging

Signal level:

Strong signal

No signal

WLAN connection status:

WLAN is connected

WLAN status is unknown

Connection status of the Lenovo server:

Push service is working normally

Push service pauses due to network reasons, and will resume to normal later

Push service is starting

Download:

Downloading

.Downloaded

E-mail:

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New e-mail

Failed to send e-mail

Others:

Bluetooth is on

Mute

USB is connected

Screen is locked

New message

*3G signal icons:

EVDO

WCDMA

1-11 Switching Applications

Switch Applications

Press and hold the gesture area to bring up the applications switch panel.

When you want to switch to another application within the application page, press and hold the gesture area to bring

up the applications switch panel. Then tap the icon of your selected application to switch to another application of

your choice.

Close Applications

Touch the red close button on the upper right corner of the application to quit it.

Quit the Applications Switch Panel

Perform the back pattern gesture within the gesture area to quit the switching applications interface.

1-12 Applications List Management

Applications page

Scroll the screen horizontally to the right on the 4-pane desktop to open the applications list.

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Sort applications

You can customize the order of applications as they appear within the applications list.

Touch and hold the application icon. When the selected application icon floats out, simply drag and drop it to the

desired position.

Add/Remove applications

In the applications list, touch "

Add applications

APP Store" to open the applications store list where you can download any

applications of your choice to be added. After the download is complete, the application icon appears within the

application list.

While in the applications list, touch "

Delete applications

Uninstall " to open the applications list. Then touch the desired application

to delete it.

1-13 Entering Text

When using your LePad, you can easily enter text from the virtual keyboard directly onto the touch screen, such as

when adding contact information into Contacts and when typing and editing SMS messages. You can also directly

input Simplified Chinese characters, Traditional Chinese characters, English letters and digit symbols onto the touch

screen.

1. Press and hold the input box, and the option menu will pop up.

Switch Input Method Editor

2. Touch "Input method", and the "Select input method" dialog box will pop up.

3. Select your desired input method.

Android keyboard

Once the Android keyboard is selected, the default keyboard will be displayed as follows:

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