Acer NTL1CAA002 manual

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    Acer ICONIA Tab User Guide Acer recommends... Productivity Software Work Grea t with Mi crosoft ® Office 2010 - Express your ideas, sol ve problem s and simplify everyday pr ojects with Office 2010. Photo editing - Easily edit and pr int your photos with W indows Live Photo Gallery. Then s hare them on Facebook, YouTube or Windows Live. Search &am[...]

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    Model number: _________________ _________________ Serial number: _______ _____________________ _______ Date of purchase: __ _____________________ _________ Place of purchase: _____________________ ___________ © 2011 All Rights Reserved. Acer ICONIA T ab User Guid e Original Issue: 02/ 2011[...]

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    Your guides iii First things first We would like to thank you for making an Acer co mpute r your ch oice fo r meeting your mobile computing needs. Your guides To help you use your Acer computer, we ha ve designed a set of guides: The setup poster helps you get started with setting up your computer. The printed Quick Gu ide shows you the location of[...]

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    First things first iv • Use the Windows shutdown command Click on Start then click on Shut Down . • Use the power button Note: If you cannot power off the com puter normally, press and hold the power button for more th an four seconds to shut down the computer. If you turn off the computer and want to turn it on again, wait at least two se cond[...]

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    Basic care and tips for using your co mputer v • Use only batteries of the same kind as replacements. Turn the power off before removing or replacing batteries. Note : If your battery requires replacing, please contact your nearest Acer service center. Do no t attempt to replace the battery yourself. • Do not tamper with batteries. Keep them aw[...]

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    Information for your safety and comfort vi Information for your safety and comfort Safety instructions Read these instructions carefully. Keep this document for future reference. Follow all warnings and instruct ions marked on the product. Turning the product off before cleaning Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use l[...]

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    Safety instructions vii Warnings • Do not use t his product near water. • Do not place this prod uct on an unstable cart, stand or tab le. If the product falls, it could be seriously damaged. • Slots and openings are provid ed fo r ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the produc t and to prote ct it from ov erheatin g. These openings m[...]

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    Information for your safety and comfort viii the plug into a non-g rounded power outlet. Contact your electrician for details. Warning! Th e grounding p in is a safety feature. Us ing a power outlet that is not pr operly grou nded ma y result in electric shock and/or injury. Note: The grounding pin also provides good protection from unexpected nois[...]

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    Safety instructions ix Guidelines for safe battery usage This computer uses a Lithium-ion battery. D o not use it in a humid, wet or corrosive environment. Do not put, store or leave your product in or near a heat source, in a high temp erature location, in strong di rect sunlight, in a microwave oven or in a pressurized container, and do not expos[...]

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    Information for your safety and comfort x Warning! Batteries may ex plode if not handl ed properly. Do no t disassemble or dispose of them in fire. Keep them away from children. Follow lo cal regulations wh en disposing of use d batteries. Telephone line safety • Disconnect all telephone lines from the equipment when not in use and/or before serv[...]

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    Medical devi ces xi Medical devices Operation of any radio transmitting equipment, including wirele ss phones, may interfere with the functionality of in adequately protected medica l devices. Consult a physician or the manufacturer of the medical device to determ ine if they are adequately shielded from exte rnal RF energy or if you have an y ques[...]

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    Information for your safety and comfort xii Potentially explosive environments Switch off your device when in an y area with a potentially exp losive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions. Potent ially explosive atmospheres include areas where you would norm ally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine. Sparks in such areas cou ld cause[...]

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    Tips and information for comfortable use xiii • Pain, swelling or throbbing. • Stiffness or tightness. • Coldness or weakness. If you have these sympto ms, or any ot her recurring or persistent discomfort and/or pain related to computer use, co nsult a physician immediately and inform your company's health and safety department. The foll[...]

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    Information for your safety and comfort xiv • Eliminate glare and reflections by: • Placing your display in such a way that the side faces the window or any light source. • Minimizing room light b y using drapes, shades or blinds. • Using a task light. • Changing the disp lay's viewing angle. • Using a glare-reduction fil ter. • [...]

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    First things first iii Your guides iii Basic care and tips for using your computer iii Turning your computer on and off iii Taking care of your computer iv Taking care of your AC adapter iv Taking care of your battery pack iv Cleaning a nd servicing v Information for your safety and comfort vi Safety instructions vi Operatin g environme nt x Medica[...]

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    DMS (Digital Media Server) devices 18 Display media content 18 Save media content 19 Search media 19 Media sharing settings 19 Device Control 20 SocialJo gger 22 Sharing content 24 Settings 25 Acer Backup Ma nager 26 Power management 27 Recovering yo ur system 27 Battery pack 28 Battery pack charact eristics 28 Maximizing the battery's life 28[...]

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    English Connect the tablet to the docking station / keyboard 1 Your Acer tablet PC tour After setting up your computer as illustrated in the setup poster, let us show you around your new Acer comp uter. You can enter information in to you new computer via the touchscreen or with the docking station / keyboard. Note : The docking station / k eyboard[...]

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    Your Acer tablet PC tour 2 English Tablet PC Your new computer has two compon ents, the tablet and the docking station / keyboard. The following set of images will show you the Tablet PC. The views are labeled as if you are holding the Tablet with the screen towards you and the camera s at th e top . Front view No. Item Description 1 Latch Secures [...]

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    English Tablet PC 3 Back view Top view No. Item Description 1 Integrated webc am Web camera for video com munication. 2 SIM card slot Accepts a 3G SIM card. 3 Speaker Delivers audio output. No. Item Description 1 Ventilation slot Provides adequate air flow to maintain a safe operating temperature. 1 23 1[...]

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    Your Acer tablet PC tour 4 English Bottom view Left view No. Icon Item Description 1 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., U SB mouse, US B camera). 2 Lock switch Locks the screen orientation. Note : Display orientation may be fixed when applications designe d for a specific orienta tion are runnin g. Thes e includ e games, video calls, an[...]

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    English Booting your tablet 5 Right view Booting your tablet There are three ways to boot your tablet: 1 Quick bo ot: Pres s the power bu tton; no external USB keyboard su pport before Windows boots. 2 Normal boot: Press the power button and the W indows key ; supports USB keyboard, < F2 > and < F12 > hotkeys. 3 Boot from recovery discs[...]

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    Your Acer tablet PC tour 6 English Docking station / keyboard The following set of images show you the option al docking station / keyboard. Top view No. Item Description 1 Dock connector Connects to the tablet. 2 Keyboard A standard keyboard with full-size keys. 3 Acer FineTrack pointing device Pointing device to co ntrol cursor movement. 4 Latch [...]

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    English Docking station / keyboard 7 Front view Left view No. Item Description 1 Latch S ecures the tablet to the docking station / keyboard when closed. No. Icon Item Description 1 Ethernet (RJ-45) port Connects to an Ethernet 10/100/1000- based netwo rk. 2 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera ). 1 12[...]

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    Your Acer tablet PC tour 8 English Right view Environment No. Icon Item Description 1 USB 2.0 port Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera ). • Temperature: • Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C • Non-operating: -20 °C to 65 °C • Humidity (n on-conde nsing) : • Operating: 20% to 80% • Non-operating: 20% to 80% 1[...]

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    English 9 Acer Ring Acer Ring incorporates a number of useful functions and tools in one easy- to-use interface. Tap the touchscreen with all five fingers at once to display Acer Ring. On one side of Acer Ring y ou can see a selection of AppC ards. You can scroll through the applications and tap on a c ard to open the application. Icon Item Descrip[...]

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    Acer Ring 10 English Sync function Press to run all existing sync/backup jo bs, includin g sync jobs created in the Migration and Synchroniza tion Wizard. Please refer to Acer Backup Manager on page 26 . Clean Disk function The Clean Disk functions lists files that have not been used recently and have been successfully backed up. You c an delete th[...]

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    English 11 TouchBrowser TouchBrowser is specifically designed to offer you a more comfortable web surfing experience when using touch input. Open Ac er Ring and tap the TouchBrowser AppCard to launch the br owser. The toolbar at the top of the screen gives you easy co ntrol over the open page.[...]

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    TouchBrowser 12 English To enter a website address, tap the URL bar. A keyboa rd icon will display, allowing you to open a virtual keyboard and enter text, or use handwriting to enter the URL. You can use a pinch action to zoom in to content on the page. No. Item Description 1 Back Go back on e page. 2 Forward Go forward to the next page in the bro[...]

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    English 13 Adding a page to your Favorites To add a page to your Favorites, tap the Add to Favorites icon, give the page a name (the page title will be used by default) and select a folder to save the URL to.[...]

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    My Journal 14 English My Journal My Journal is a handy place for you to keep clippings of websites and other information you may want to refer to la ter. You can organize the information you wish to view from a number of sources on a single, easy-to-view page. Open Acer Ring and scrol l through the AppCards to My Journal. Tap th e AppCard to open t[...]

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    English Editing pages 15 Note : When you have finished editing your clips, tap to return to viewing mode. If you want to edit a web clip at a later time, tap the edit icon to enter edit mode. Editing pages In edit mode, you can resize web clips by dragg ing the corners of the web clip to the size you want. You can also move web clips to other page [...]

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    My Journal 16 English Tap the browser screen to select the area you wan t to crop; tap and drag on any of the circles on the corner of the crop window to expand it to include all the information you want to capt ure. When you have finished selecting the ar ea you want to crop , tap the area to open a menu that will allow you to paste the content in[...]

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    English Web Clip 17 In My Journal, tap a clip to select it, then yo u can position it on the page and stretch it by dragging the corners to the desired size. To delete a web clip, tap the clip in My Journal and tap the trash can icon. Note : If the web clip comes from a site that requires a login, the clip will be grayed out and a key icon will sho[...]

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    Acer clear.fi 18 English Acer clear.fi Acer clear.fi is a home media database viewer and con troller. It allows you to browse media contents on devices that are on th e same subnet. Media content types When you launch Acer clear.fi, you c an choose the media co ntent type. There are three types defined: Video, Music, and Photo. DMS (Digital Media S[...]

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    English Media sharing settings 19 Save media content If you want to save media content to a remote device, you need to do the following: 1 Choose the media content. 2S e l e c t Save To . 3 Select the files you wish to save, then send them to the remote device. The target icon will change to display the status. You can vie w the save status progres[...]

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    Device Control 20 English Device Control Device Control is a convenient way for yo u to control the screen brightness, turn the backlight on or off, and adjust the volu me to suit your needs. It also indicates the location of each port on your computer and allows you to turn your connectivity devices on or o ff, se lect a p ower scheme, lock your c[...]

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    English 21 inserted a storage device into a USB port, you may tap the USB icon to open a context menu. Tap Open to view the files in Wind ows Explorer. To safely remove the device, sel ect Eject from the menu. There is also a context menu available for the HDMI c onnector.[...]

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    SocialJogger 22 English SocialJogger Open Acer Ring and tap the SocialJo gger AppCard. SocialJogg er gives yo u one-touch ac cess to popular social networking sites: Facebook, YouTube and F lickr.[...]

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    English 23 Tap Log In to open the login wizard . You can log into all th ree supported services from a single login wizard. If you don’t already have an account with the supported services, you can cr eate an account from the wizard. Tap Continue to log into your account(s): Facebook[...]

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    SocialJogger 24 English YouTube Flickr Sharing content You can upload content to each service by tapping the Share on icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page. This will open a file browser abo ve the[...]

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    English Settings 25 three service pages. Drag and dro p the co ntent you want to share to the desired service. Settings You can adjust the settings for each service by tapping the Settings icon. This opens the settings window with a tab for each service.[...]

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    Acer Backup Manager 26 English Acer Backup Manager Acer Backup Manager includes a M igration and Synchro nization Wizard which runs after Windows 7 setup is complete. Additionally, yo u can launch it by double-clicking the deskto p shortcut. It helps you migrate system settings (e.g ., email settings and Internet Explorer Favorites) from an existin[...]

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    English 27 Power management This computer has a built- in power management unit that monitors system activity. System activity refers to any ac tivity involving one or more of the following devices: keyboard, m ouse, hard disk, peripherals connected to th e computer , and video memory. I f no activi ty is detected for a period of time (called an in[...]

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    Battery pack 28 English Battery pack The computer uses a battery pack th at gives you long use between charges. Battery pack characteristics The battery pack has the following characteristics: • Employs current battery technology standards. • Delivers a battery-low warning. The battery is recharged whenever yo u connec t the computer to the AC [...]

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    English Charging the battery 29 Follow these steps again until the batte ry has been charged and discharged three times. Use this conditioning process for all new ba tteries, or if a battery hasn't been used for a long time. Warning: Do not expose battery pa cks to temperatures below 0° C (32° F) or above 45° C (113° F). Extreme temperatur[...]

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    Battery pack 30 English Battery low warning When using battery power pay atte ntion to the Windows power meter . Warning: Connect the AC adapte r as soon as possible after the battery-low warning app ears. Data will be lost if the battery becomes fully depleted and the computer sh uts down. When the battery low warning appears, the reco mmended cou[...]

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    English Connectivity options 31 Expanding through options Your compu ter offers you a complete mo bile comp uting experie nce. Connectivity options Ports allow you to connect peripheral de vices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC. For instru ctions on how to connect different external devices to the computer, read the following section[...]

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    Expanding th rough opti ons 32 English Universal Serial Bus (USB) The 2.0 ports are a high-speed serial bus which allows you to connect USB peripherals without taki ng up system resources. High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/vide o interface. HDMI[...]

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    English BIOS utility 33 BIOS utility The BIOS utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer ’s BIOS. Your compu ter is alrea dy properl y configured and optimiz ed, and you do not need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run it. To activate the BIOS utility, connect a USB k[...]

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    Frequently asked questions 34 English Frequently asked questions The following is a list of possible situations that may arise during the use of your computer. Easy solutions are provided for each o ne. I turned on the power, but the computer does not start or boot up. Look at the power indicator: • If it is not lit, no power is being supplied to[...]

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    English Requesting service 35 turned on. • Make sure that the printer cable is connected secu rely to a USB port and the printer. Requesting service International Travelers Warranty (ITW) Your computer is backed by an Internation al Travelers Warranty (ITW) that gives you security and peace of mind when traveling. Our worldwide network of service[...]

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    Troubleshooting 36 English Troubleshooting This chapter shows you how to deal with common system problems. Read it before calling a technician if a pro blem occurs. Solutions to more serious problems require openin g up the computer. Do not atte mpt to open the computer yourself; co ntact your dealer or authorized service center for assistance. Tro[...]

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    English FCC statement 37 Regulations and safety notices FCC statement This device has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This device generates, uses ,[...]

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    Regulations and safety notices 38 English Remarque à l'intention des utilisateurs canadiens Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Compliant with Russian r egulatory certification LCD pixel statement The LCD unit is prod uced with high-precision ma nufacturing techniqu es. Nevertheless, some pixels m[...]

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    English The FCC RF safety requirement 39 List of applicable countries EU member states as of July 2009 are: Belgiu m, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdo m, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hung ary, Czech Republic, Slovak Rep ublic, Slovenia, Cyp[...]

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    Regulations and safety notices 40 English This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canad ian ICES-003, Issue 4, and RSS- 210, No 4 (Dec 2000) and No 5 (Nov 200 1). Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003, No. 4, et CNR-210, No 4 (Dec 2000) et No 5 (Nov 2001). "To prevent radio interference to the licens ed s[...]