Sony Xperia Z2 User manual

XperiaTM Z2 Tablet Quick Reference Guide

The world's slimmest and

lightest waterproof tablet*

The best of Sony’s TV and audio

technologies

XperiaTM Z2 Tablet: Introduction

Xperia Z2 Tablet is the world's slimmest and lightest

waterproof tablet with Sony's best ever entertainment

experience. Designed for ultimate comfort, Xperia Z2

Tablet is easy to hold with just one hand. The 10.1"

Full HD TRILUMINOS display is the world's first tablet

display with Live Colour LED. Combined with The

world’s first digital noise cancelling technology built

into a tablet***, it makes for the ultimate viewing

experience. Like its predecessor Xperia Tablet Z,

Xperia Z2 Tablet follows Sony's OmniBalance design

and is waterproof with The world’s first tablet display

with Live Colour LED**

This review guide is designed to help you (media and bloggers) quickly understand and make the

most of some of the key features. Also provided are some quick, easy to use assets that you are

free to use as you like.

A viewing experience that's true to life

Whether you're watching movies or playing

games, Xperia Z2 Tablet uses the latest Sony TV

display technologies, including The world’s first

tablet display with Live Colour LED** for

increased colour depth and gradation. No

matter what angle you look at Xperia Z2 Tablet,

IPS technology ensures you get sharp images

and accurate colours.

The 10.1" Full HD display uses TRILUMINOS ™

Display technology to create a wider palette of

rich natural colours, whilst intelligent backlight

technology works to reproduce more tones and

textures. The overall effect is one of rich, authentic

colours with subtle tones, including hard-to-reproduce reds, blues and greens. Combined with

TRILUMINOS technology, LEDs emit purer reds and greens, which make for a brighter and more

uniform light with true colours of the source. Live Colour LED gives you the world's deepest and

most intense colours on a tablet display, capturing true colours without the risk of oversaturation.

The X-Reality for mobile picture engine analyses

images, reproduces lacking pixels, optimises

quality and enhances composition and contrast to

produce a cleaner, clearer image. Noise reduction

features work on images prior to up-scaling

(automatic conversion of a low-resolution image

or video to high-resolution), while our display technology analyses each image to optimise pixels,

texture, outline, colour, contrast and noise. All this combines to give Xperia Tablet 2 the world's

fastest processor in a tablet****

It reproduces pixels that are lacking so you get

sharp images, improved texture and sharpened

outlines, reproduced vividness of images in

original colour, and decreased noise that can

occur in high-motion footage in low-light

conditions.

What does all this mean? It means that images

are reproduced to actually look how you

remember them, and videos look so good you’ll

forget you’re watching them on a tablet.

Suggested demos:

If you want to demo the X-Reality Engine, you can use the settings for ON and OFF, and then

screen capture (long press on the power button and volume down key simultaneously) so that you

can easily compare the results. There is a split screen shot here that demonstrates the difference

made by X-Reality for mobile.

From the engineers:

"The combination of the two technologies

tunes the display to "natural" for human

skins and "vivid" for standout colours.

Traditionally, these factors usually force

emphasis one way or another, but the

algorithm balances both to have equal

visual impact."

- Takashi Ozaka, TRILUMINOS™engineer.

The world's first digital noise cancelling technology in

a tablet***

Noise cancelling technology cancels out 98% of all

ambient noise and is supported by Xperia Z2 Tablet,

meaning you can hear noise-free sound with Digital Noise

Cancelling Headphones MDR-NC31EM. The headphones

sample surrounding noise through a microphone, and

combined with the DNC circuit in the tablet, you'll

experience clear, noise-free sound. Active noise control is

the technology that removes the lower frequency portions

of noise, preventing high-frequency noise from ever

reaching the ear.

Add to that our S-Force®Surround technology that gives

you a powerful surround sound effect without the need for

multiple stand-alone speakers. Xperia Z2 Tablet has four

3D surround sound speakers instead of two, and we've

carefully placed the speakers so that your hands don’t

block the sound when you hold your tablet. You'll hear

dynamic sound as it was intended at over 100dB.

A truly amazing camera

Xperia Z2 Tablet's 8MP camera has been optimised to take stunning HD shots in any light. It

features the Exmor RS™for mobile sensor that produces pictures with low noise level, even in low

light conditions.

A bigger sensor = clearer photos. Xperia Z2

Tablet's Exmor RS™for mobile sensor is

similar to that used in Sony's Cyber-shot

digital cameras. Sony's sensor tech ensures

more pixels can fit on the sensor and that

each pixel on the sensor can be larger than

usual. The result? The camera can capture

more light, image noise is heavily reduced

and quicker exposure times give sharper

images.

Digital noise cancelling works by

attaching two small microphones to the

earpieces of the MDR NC31EM

headset. These feed sound back to the

innovative software in Xperia Z2 Tablet

that reads it, turns the sound waves

upside-down and plays it back into the

earpiece. When the two sound waves

meet, because they are the opposite of

each other, they cancel each other out,

and in this way we are able to eliminate

98% of background noise. We

combine this technology with a bigger

driver in the earpieces to produce a

better, clearer sound - all of which is a

long way of saying you get to

experience your audio in brilliant clarity

without being distracted by

background hum.

Superior auto is the default mode for Xperia Z2 Tablet and is designed to help everyday

photographers get it right by using intelligent scene recognition technology to make sure you

always shoot with the optimal camera settings. For example, Superior auto recognises up to 36

scene types and automatically adjusts the settings. It also turns HDR on or off depending on the

scene; with HDR mode, the camera takes multiple pictures with varied exposures and merges

these to make photos look natural. For the more advanced photographers, Z2 Tablet camera also

comes with a full set of manual settings, which allows you to control white balance, scene selection,

as well as over- and under-exposure control.

Xperia Z2 Tablet is perfect for video calling with its combination of Exmor RS for mobile sensor and

the 2MP HD front camera.

Apps that take your camera further

With a full range of innovative apps, Xperia Z2

Tablet offers a camera experience that goes

beyond traditional image making. Sony’s Xperia

camera app tray was announced alongside Xperia

Z1 and now boasts a wealth of great apps

designed to deliver new functions.

To check out the range of available apps, hit the

button in the bottom left of the camera's user

interface then hit the plus sign at the top of the next

screen. You’ll be taken to a selection of the best

smart social camera apps and from there you can

install them in the normal way through the Google

Play store.

Why we call it "the world's slimmest and lightest

waterproof tablet*"

Xperia Z2 Tablet is designed with premium materials

according to Sony's OmniBalance design language. We've

made sure it's not only beautiful to look at, but extremely

portable and comfortable to hold with just one hand.

Weighing just under 450g and measuring 6.4mm, it is safe to

say Xperia Z2 Tablet is the world's lightest and slimmest

waterproof tablet.

The edges are rounded

and smooth, while all

surfaces have reflective

surfaces held together

by a skeleton frame. The

10.1" display is scratch

resistant and the body is

entirely waterproof so

that you can enjoy a

movie on your tablet

while having a bath or

recording a video in the

pool.

The IP55/IP58 waterproof and dust-resistant rating means it's protected against the ingress of dust

and can be kept under 1.5 metres of freshwater for up to 30 minutes, provided all ports and covers

are firmly shut. Sony has also listened to feedback from earlier releases and included wet finger

tracking, an open headphones jack and a dedicated camera button. Long pressing on this button

opens the camera app instantly.

If you want to demo the waterproofness and underwater use of the camera, simply drop the phone

into fresh water and start taking pictures. Pick the phone up from the water and, without wiping off

the water, start using the phone as normal. Some design-focussed images are included here.

IP ratings for phones:

IP ratings are made of two

numbers the dust rating (0 - 6)

and the water resistance rating

(0 - 8)

Useful links:

Wikipedia - IP rating chart

Sony Mobile test results

A new generation of media apps on XperiaTM Z2 Tablet

Sony wants you to be able to enjoy all aspects of its

technology to its fullest potential, on all of its products.

With Xperia Z2 Tablet, you are able to enjoy songs, movies

and all the hottest games, online and offline. Xperia Z2

Tablet will come with six blockbuster films from Sony

Pictures, including Captain Phillips, a 30 days free trial

from Music Unlimited and a range of PlayStation®Mobile

games.

Xperia Z2 Tablet is brought to you pre-loaded with the new

Walkman, Movies, PlayStation and Album apps. The

latest versions of Walkman and Movies come with Sony's

Music and Movies Unlimited services for access to

entertainment wherever you go. Through the PlayStation

app, you can download games and use your tablet as a

DUAL SHOCK 3 PlayStation™Controller for intuitive game

play on your tablet.

With PlayMemories Online and Album app you are able to

upload images, movies and songs to cloud services for

easy sharing between devices. There's no storage limit

(although some larger images may be subject to

downsizing so that the longest side is no more than

1920px long).

TrackIDTM TV

Alongside (and pre-loaded on) Xperia Z2 Tablet, Sony will also be debuting its second screen TV

app - TrackID TV. The app syncs with the audio from TV shows to provide users with extra

information including related tweets, actor biographies, show trailers and more. TrackID TV will

initially be available in the UK, US, Germany, France and Japan.

Suggested demos:

There is a video here that outlines the new app functionality. For screenshots demonstrating the

user scenario for Music Unlimited, Movies Unlimited, PlayStation, Album and PlayMemories, see

links on the last page of this reviewer's companion guide.

The world's most powerful tablet

Xperia Z2 Tablet combines the fastest processor in a tablet with Sony's latest battery saving

technology, Battery STAMINA Mode 3.0 for fast and long-lasting performance. The Qualcomm

Snapdragon™ 801 quad-core processor delivers speed of up to 2.3 GHz, which means ultra-fast

performance and breath taking graphics. Taking the concept of speed further, Xperia Z2 Tablet

supports super-fast 4G LTE networks, giving you access to entertainment anytime, anywhere,

meaning you get 4G user speeds that are twice as fast. The Adreno 330 GPU delivers a 20%

performance improvement compared to the previous generation; you can enjoy sharp, realistic

mobile 3D gaming with enhanced graphics capabilities.

The processor does not drain the battery as it's asynchronous, which means each core is powered

independently. Xperia Z2 Tablet receives the right amount of power when needed, without wasting

power when not.

A longer-lasting battery

Three things are in focus in Sony’s approach to battery life in

Xperia Z2 Tablet:

1. The asynchronous technology in the SD801 produces less

heat and uses less power.

2. The 6000mAh battery is designed to handle heavy-duty

usage, and provides outstanding standby time.

3. Battery STAMINA Mode 3.0 significantly improves standby time by 15% and offers you over 100

hours of music playback time. When the display is switched off, all the functions that don’t need to

be running are automatically switched off, whilst keeping the important functions (such as

notifications) switched on. As soon as the power button is pressed to wake up the screen,

everything is up and running again.

Suggested demos:

Both ZenBound (family friendly) and ShadowGun (not so much) are well known for being processor

and battery intensive games. It’s also worth comparing the estimated battery life stat on the Power

Management screen in the settings with STAMINA mode turned off and on. There’s also a video

here that goes through the basics of Battery Stamina Mode

Did you know?

The Battery in Xperia Z2

Tablet delivers:

Music listening time

up to 188 hours

Video playback time

up to 13 hours

Standby time (LTE)

up to 1200 hours

Perfect partners for XperiaTM Z2 Tablet

Sony provides a range of companion products and software to help get the most of your tablet.

Here's a few of them.

Turn your tablet into a Full HD TV

The BSC10 Bluetooth Speaker dock with Magnetic

Charging Pad lets you enjoy all your online and offline

entertainment content with superior sound while your

tablet is charging. Designed for smartphones and tablets

that have magnetic charging connectors, BSC10 is the

ideal companion for Xperia Z2 Tablet as it offers the

perfect viewing angle. You can either place Xperia Z2

Tablet in the dock for charging or connect it via

Bluetooth®and enjoy wireless audio.

Turn your tablet into a multimedia remote that handles calls

The BRH10 Bluetooth® Remote with Handset Function

adds full multimedia remote control functionality to your

movie and gaming experience, even providing call

handling. Not only does BRH10 work as a remote

control to your tablet, it is also a Bluetooth®mini

handset with HD Voice and speakerphone function.

Download the BRH10 app from Google Play store, and

if you lose your remote, Xperia Z2 Tablet can find it for

you. The app also allows use of Google Voice Search to

make calls, activate functions and search the web.

Turn your tablet into a gaming console

PlayStation®3 DUAL SHOCK®3 PS Wireless

Controller brings PlayStation™ style game play to

your tablet. The controller will vibrate in your hand

for every hit, crash or explosion you come across

in your gaming experience.

Turn your tablet into a laptop

BKC50 Bluetooth®Keyboard and Tablet Cover

Stand connects to your tablet for the ultimate laptop

experience. It offers an effective text input, easy

viewing angle and serves as a protective cover for

Xperia Z2 Tablet. Pairing is easy - touch once to

connect via NFC and the keyboard is ready to use.

It will then last up to three months before needing to

be charged. With OfficeSuite Pro 7, you can view,

edit, print and share native Microsoft Office files

(Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Switching to Xperia has never been easier

Sony has recently released Xperia Transfer 3.0, which enables any iOS, Android or Blackberry user

to easily switch to a new Xperia. Xperia Transfer is designed to make a handset switch as easy as

just a few clicks. Xperia Transfer 3.0 offers app matching of all your apps and makes it easy for you

to move all the essentials, such as, contacts, messages, music, photos, videos, and more.

Assets for you to use:

Sony wants to help you create rich engaging content when you review Xperia Z2 Tablet and, as

part of a commitment to making your life as easy as possible, a series of images that illustrate key

elements of the smart phone have been included. These are all free for you to use at your discretion

and are listed here:

Asset type

Description

Link

Image

Tablet in water

http://bit.ly/OBjZnm

Image

Triluminos logo

http://bit.ly/OF0oSM

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X-reality splitscreen

http://bit.ly/1du6StT

Image

MotionShot

http://bit.ly/1jcufM8

Video

Media apps video

www.bitly.com/17FwQfs

Video

BSM video

http://bit.ly/1mjkZKW

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