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ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 2 E7632 F ebruary 2013 COP YRIGHT INFORMA TION No part of this manual, including the products and soft ware described in it, may be repr oduced, transmitted, transcribed , st.
K0W 3 Contents About this manual ........................................................................................................... 6 Conv entions used in this manual ...........................................................................
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 4 Connecting to Wi-Fi networks ..................................................................................31 Managing Apps ...............................................................................................
K0W 5 EC Declaration of Conf ormity ................................................................................... 98 Prev ention of Hearing Loss ........................................................................................ 99 CE Mark W arning .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 6 About this manual This manual provides inf or mation about the hardwar e and software features of your MeMO P ad, organized thr ough the following chapt ers: Chapter 1: Hardwar e Setup This chapter details the hardw are components of y our MeMO Pad.
K0W 7 C onv entions used in this manual T o highlight key inf ormation in this manual, some texts are presen ted as follow s:: IMPORT ANT! This message contains vital inf ormation that must be follow ed to complete a task. NO TE: This message contains additional information and tips that can help complete tasks.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 8 Safety Precautions Charging y our batteries Ensure to fully charge y our battery pack before using your MeMO P ad in batter y mode for extended periods. Remember that the pow er adapter charges the battery pack as long as it is plugged into an AC pow er source.
K0W 9 Po wer adapter ASUS MeMO Pad Micro USB cable User manual W arranty card OT G (On-the- Go) USB cable (optional) Package contents NO TES: • If any of the items is damaged or missing, c ontact your retailer . • The bundled power adapter varies with c ountr y or region.
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K0W 11 Chapter 1: Hardw are S etup Chapter 1: Hard w are Setup.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 12 T ouch screen panel The touch screen panel allo ws you to oper ate your MeMO P ad using the stylus or touch gestures. Fr ont camera This built-in 1-megapix el camera allows you t o take pictures or record videos using your MeMO P ad.
K0W 13 Micro USB 2.0 port Use the micro USB (Univ ersal Serial Bus) 2.0 to charge the battery pack or supply power to y our MeMO Pad . This por t also allows you to tr ansfer data from your c omputer to your MeMO P ad and vice versa.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 14 Rear view Manual reset hole If your system becomes unr esponsive, push inside the manual r eset hole using a straightened paper clip to f orce-restart your MeMO Pad. IMPORT ANT! F orcing the system t o restart may result to data loss.
K0W 15 Speaker/Headset port This port allows you to connect your MeMO P ad to amplied speakers or a headset. IMPORT ANT! This port does not suppor t an external microphone. Microphone The built-in microphone can be used f or video conferencing, v oice narrations or simple audio recor dings.
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K0W 17 Chapter 2: Using your MeMO Pad Chapter 2: Using y our MeMO P ad.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 18 Setting up your MeMO Pad Charging y our M eMO P ad Charge your MeMO P ad for eight (8) hours before using it in batt er y mode for the rst time . Connect the micro USB cable to the pow er adapter . Plug the micro USB connector into y our MeMO Pad .
K0W 19 NO TES: • Y our MeMO P ad can be charged via the USB port on the computer only when it is in sleep mode (screen o ) or pow ered o . • Charging through y our computer’ s USB por t may take a longer time to complete .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 20 T urning your MeMO Pad on T o turn your MeMO P ad on, press the power button f or about t wo (2) seconds..
K0W 21 Gestures for the MeMO Pad Using the touch screen panel , the following gestur es can be done to navigate , interact with, and launch the exclusiv e features included with y our MeMO Pad . T o mov e an app, tap and hold the app and drag it t o a new location.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 22 T ap/touch T ap an app to launch it. • In the File Manager app , tap to select and open a le. • Zoom out Bring together your two ngers on the touch panel t o zoom out an image in Galler y , M aps or Places.
K0W 23 Zoom in Spread apart your two ngers on the touch panel to zoom in an image in Gallery, Maps or Places. Swipe Swipe your nger to the right or t o the left on the touch panel display to switch between screens or to ip thr ough the pages of an e -book or a galler y of images.
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K0W 25 Chapter 3: Working with Android® Chapter 3: W orking with A ndroid®.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 26 Starting up for the rst time When you start your MeMO Pad f or the rst time, a series of screens appear t o guide you in conguring the basic settings of your Andr oid® operating system. T o start your MeMO Pad f or the rst time: 1.
K0W 27 Entering the camer a mode T ap and drag the lock icon to the camer a icon..
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 28 Google Now Google Now is your MeMO Pad's personal assistant, giving you instant updates on weather conditions, nearby restaurants, ight schedules, scheduled appointments, and other related information based from your web history, synced calendars and reminders.
K0W 29 Home Screen Open Google T ext search Open Google Voic e search Open All Apps screen Displays the local date and we ather information. Tap to customize weather widget settings, location and frequency updates.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 30 Screen view s The built-in gra vity-sensor of your MeMO Pad enables aut omatic screen rota tions depending on how you hold it. Y ou can quick ly switch between a landscape or portrait view by steering your MeMO Pad t o the left or to the right.
K0W 31 Locking the screen orienta tion By default, your MeMO P ad screen automatically changes its orientation fr om portrait mode to landscape mode or vice -versa, depending on the way y ou hold your device .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 32 Managing Apps Creating app shortcuts Get easy access to some of your fa vorite applications by cr eating app shortcuts on your home screen.
K0W 33 V iewing app info Y ou can view the detailed app information while creating a shortcut for the app. While holding an app on the All A pps screen, the display swit ches to Home Screen and the App info will appear on the t op of the Home Screen display .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 34 Creating app f older Y ou can create folders to organiz e shor tcuts on your Home Screen. T o crea te an app folder: 1. On the Home Screen, tap and drag an app or shortcut onto another app until a black circle appears. NO TES: • The created f older is shown in a black circle .
K0W 35 V iewing apps under the Recen ts screen The Recents screen allo ws you to view a list of app shortcuts based from your recently launched apps . Using the Recents screen, y ou can easily go back to or switch between the apps you r ecently launched.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 36 1. T ap and hold a recent app t o display its menu. 2. T o remo ve the app from the list, select Remov e from list. T o view its information, select App info . NO TE: Y ou can also remo ve a recent app fr om the list by swiping it to the left or right.
K0W 37 T ask Manager ASUS T ask Manager displays a list of currently running utilities and applications, including their usages in percentages , on your MeMO P ad. Y ou can also open and close the running apps individually or close all apps and utilities at once using the One -click Clean func tion.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 38 File Manager F ile Manager allows you to easily locat e and manage your data either on the internal storage or the connected external storage devic es.
K0W 39 Cust omizing your c ontents F rom F ile Manager , you can copy , cut, share and delete the conten ts of your device and the installed external storage device . When you customiz e a le or folder , tick the box beside the le or f older and the action bar appears on the upper right corner of the screen.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 40 Settings Settings screen allows y ou to congure the syst em settings of your MeMO P ad. With this syst em app, y ou can congure your MeMO P ad’ s wireless connectivity, hardware , personal, account and system settings .
K0W 41 ASUS Quick Setting ASUS Quick Setting Adjustment panel T ap any of the f ollowing icons to enable or disable the function. Silent mode Performance mode Wi-F i Pow er Saving Icon and baseline li.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 42 Notication panel Notication panel appears under the Quick Setting panel for alerts or updates of apps, incoming e-mails and utility status. NO TE: Swipe the notication to the right or to the left to remo ve the item from the list.
K0W 43 Turning your MeMO Pad off Y ou can shut down your MeMO Pad by doing an y of the following: Pr ess the power button f or about two (2) seconds and when prompted , tap Po wer O then tap OK . If your MeMO T ab is unresponsive, press and hold the po wer button for about six (6) seconds until your MeMO T ab turns o .
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K0W 45 Chapter 4: Pre-installed A pps Chapter 4: Pre-installed A pps.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 46 Featured pre-installed apps Play Music Play Music app , an integra ted interface for your music collection, allows y ou to play your sa ved music les stored int ernally or from an installed external storage device.
K0W 47 NO TES: The following audio and video c odec are supported by your MeMO Pad: • Decoder Audio C odec : AAC L C/L TP , HE-AAC v1(AAC+), HE-AAC v2(enhanced AAC+), AMR-NB, AMR-WB , MP3, FLAC, MIDI, PCM/W A VE, V orbis, W A V a-law/mu-law , W A V linear PCM, WMA 10, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro LBR Video C odec : H.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 48 Capture button Advanced settings Mode switch Camer a mode P or trait view Display settings Exposure Picture size Preview Camer a The camera app allow s you to take pictures and recor d videos using your MeMO P ad.
K0W 49 Landscape view V ideo mode P or trait view Display settings Advanced settings Exposure Picture size Preview Capture button Mode switch Picture size Exposure Display settings Advanced settings M.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 50 Landscape view Exposure Display settings Advanced settings Mode switch Capture button.
K0W 51 Galler y View images and play videos on y our MeMO Pad using the Gallery app. This app also allows you t o edit, share , or delete image and video les stor ed in your MeMO Pad . Fr om Galler y , you can display images in a slideshow or tap to view the selected image or video le.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 52 Sharing and deleting albums T o share an album, tap and hold an album un til a tool bar appears on top of the screen. Y ou can upload or share the selected albums online or delete them fr om your MeMO P ad.
K0W 53 Sharing , editing and deleting images T o share , edit or delete an image, tap t o open an image then tap on the image to launch the tool bar on top of the screen. Sharing images T o share an image: 1. F rom Galler y screen, open an album containing the image that y ou want to share.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 54 T o share multiple images: 1. F rom Galler y screen, open an album containing the images that y ou want to share. 2. T ap and hold one image then tap the other images.
K0W 55 Editing an image T o edit an image: 1. F rom Galler y screen, open an album containing the image that y ou want to edit. 2. T ap an image to open then tap File Manager Settings Play Store Galle.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 56 Deleting images T o delete an image: 1. F rom the Galler y screen, open an album containing the image that y ou want to delete.
K0W 57 Ac cessing Gallery widget The Photo Gallery widget allows quick access to y our favorite photos or albums from the Home Screen. T o display the Gallery Photo widget on the Home Screen: 1.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 58 4. Congure the A ccount options and tap Next . Email The Email app allows y ou to add POP3, IMAP , and Exchange acc ounts so you can receiv e, creat e, and brow se emails right from your MeMO P ad.
K0W 59 5. Key in an account name that y ou want to be displayed in the outgoing messages , then tap Next to log into y our inbox. Adding e-mail accounts T o add e-mail accounts: 1.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 60 NO TES: • T ap New if you do not own a Google acc ount. • When signing in, you hav e to wait while your MeMO Pad communica tes with Google ser vers to setup your acc ount. 4. Use your Google accoun t to backup and restore your settings and data.
K0W 61 Play St ore Access lots of fun games and apps in the P lay Store using y our Google account. IMPORT ANT! Y ou can only access Play St ore by signing in to y our Google account.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 62 Maps Google Maps allows you to view and nd places , establishments and get directions. It also allows you to check y our current location and share the information with others.
K0W 63 Landscape view Search T ool bar Advanced settings Layers Directions Local places Current location.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 64 MyLibrary Lite MyLibrar y Lite, an int egrated int er face for y our book collections, allows you t o place your pur chased or downloaded e -books into bookshelves and sort them by author , title or date.
K0W 65 Reading your e-books When you r ead an e -book, swipe your nger to the left to proceed to the next page or swipe your nger from left to right to go back t o the previous page.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 66 Flipping a page T o mov e to the next page, swipe from right to left. T o go back to the previous page, swipe from left to right.
K0W 67 Placing a bookmark The bookmark allows you to mark the pages of a book so that y ou can easily return to the last page you r ead. T o place a bookmark: 1.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 68 T o annotate a page: 1. T ap and hold the desired wor d or sentence until the t ool bar and the dictionar y note are display ed. NO TE: T o mark a phrase, tap and hold the wor d then slide your nger to select. When you select a phrase, the dictionary note does not appear .
K0W 69 SuperNote Lite SuperNote Lite is an easy-to-use app that lets you take not es, doodle, captur e and insert photos, and record sounds and videos f or a more inter active experience. Y ou can also share your notebooks via your ASUS WebSt orage account.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 70 Creating a ne w notebook T o crea te a new notebook: 1. T ap New Notebook . 2. Name the le and select Pad or Phone for page size.
K0W 71 SuperNot e Notebook in terface Return path Notebook tool bar Save Share and export Add page Delete page Settings NO TE: The mode settings and notebook tool bar changes when you tap mode, mode or mode.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 72 Cust omizing your notebook SuperNote allows y ou to be creativ e with your notebooks. F rom the tool bar , you can select several tools that lets you cust omize your notebooks . NO TE: The settings of the tool bar may vary depending on the mode that you selected.
K0W 73 SuperNote Read-only mode T ap to enable Edit mode Renaming your notebook T o rename y our notebook: 1. In the SuperNote main screen, tap and hold the notebook le then tap Rename .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 74 Hiding your notebook T o hide your not ebook: 1. In the SuperNote main screen, tap and hold the notebook le then tap Lock to hide . 2. Key in your passwor d then tap OK . NO TES : • Y ou will be prompted t o key in a new password when you hide y our notebook for the rst time.
K0W 75 ASUS Studio ASUS Studio is an app that allows y ou to manage the photos and videos stor ed in your MeMO P ad. With ASUS Studio , you can brow se and sor t your photos and videos, edit photos and lter e ec ts; create personalized albums and shar e them via e -mail or social networking sites.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 76 Cust omizing your sa ved photos T o customize a phot o, open the album c ontaining the photo that you wan t to customize then tap the photo t o select and launch the tool bar .
K0W 77 Editing a photo T o edit a photo: 1. T ap on the tool bar . 2. T ap the editing tools to start editing. Editing tool bar T ap to crop photo T ap to go back to previous screen T ap to rotate pho.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 78 BuddyBuzz BuddyBuzz is an ASUS-exclusive social network aggregat or that allows you t o access your multiple social network acc ounts in one place. With BuddyBuzz, you can switch among your social networking accounts, such as F acebook, Twitt er , and Plurk.
K0W 79 The Main menu allows you t o do the following: Allows y ou to view news updates fr om your friends, fav orite news sites and other tagged events. Allows y ou to read updates that y ou posted on My Board. Allows y ou to add favorite buddies and view y our favorite posts .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 80 AudioW izard AudioW izard allows y ou to customize the sound modes of y our MeMO Pad f or a clearer audio output that ts actual usage scenarios.
K0W 81 MyP ainter MyPaint er is a MeMO- exclusive painting app that allo ws you to cr eate an image le or add calligraphy , eects and photos on an existing image le.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 82 MyPain ter editing screen Painting tool bar T ap to share painting T ap to create new painting T ap to save painting Editing a painting T o edit a painting: 1. On MyW orks screen, tap to select a painting. 2. T ap the editing tools to start editing.
K0W 83 App Lock er App Locker is security app that allows y ou to protect your privat e apps from unauthorized use. When you want to use a locked app , App Locker will prompt you to key in the passw ord to launch the app that you locked . Using App L ocker T o use App L ocker: 1.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 84 5. T o deactivate App L ocker , tap then untick Activate A pp Locker . NO TES: • The apps that you locked will appear as locked icons on the Home Screen. • Y ou will be prompted t o key in your password ev ery time you launch your locked apps.
K0W 85 App Backup App Backup allows you t o back up your installed apps and data on your MeMO P ad or save it to an external storage devic e installed in your MeMO Pad . This app also restor es your backed-up apps and data after updating your device ’ s rmware .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 86 3. Key in the le name of your backup le, then tap OK . NO TE: If you want to save a c opy of your backup le, tick C opy to backup le to: then tap to select folder . 4. Set up a password f or this backup le, then tap OK .
K0W 87 5. T ap OK to proc eed with the application backup. 6. After the backup process is complete, tap OK ..
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 88 Restore List scr een T ap to share backup les T ap to select all backup les T ap to launch File Manager app List of backup les T ap to delete backup les.
K0W 89 Restoring your apps and da ta T o rest ore your apps and data: 1. On the App Backup main screen, tap Restore List on the left pane to view the list of backup les. 2. T ap the le that you wan t to restor e, then tap OK . 3. Key in the password that y ou set up when you creat ed the backup le, then tap OK .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 90 6. After the restora tion process is complete, tap OK . 5. T ap OK to proc eed restoring the apps in your system..
K0W 91 W idgets Widgets allow y ou to con veniently access useful and fun applications on y our MeMO Pad’ s Home Screen, ser ving as an app shor tcut.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 92 Removes the widget from the Home Screen Removing a widget from the Home Scr een F rom the Home Screen, tap and hold the widget until X Remo ve appears . Without lifting your nger , drag the widget to X Remov e to remov e the widget from your Home Screen.
K0W 93 ASUS Battery ASUS Battery is a special widget designed to show the battery status of your MeMO Pad and its c onnected accessories by percentage and c olor .
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K0W 95 Appendices App endices.
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 96 F ederal Communications C ommission Statement This device complies with FC C Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference . • This device must accept an y interference receiv ed, including interference that may cause undesired opera tion.
K0W 97 RF Exposure Informa tion (SAR) This device meets the gov ernment’ s requirements f or exposure to radio wa ves. This device is designed and manufactured not to e xceed the emission limits f or exposure to radio fr equency (RF) energy set by the F ederal Communications Commission of the U .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 98 Canada, a vis d’Industrie Canada (IC) Cet appareil numérique de classe B est conf or me aux normes canadiennes ICES-003 et RSS-210.
K0W 99 CE Mark W arning CE marking for devices without wir eless LAN/Bluetooth The shipped version of this device c omplies with the requirements of the EEC directives 2004/108/EC “Electromagnetic compatibility ” and 2006/95/EC “Low voltage directive ” .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 100 RF Exposure informa tion (SAR) - CE This device meets the EU requir ements (1999/519/EC) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromag netic elds by way of health protection. The limits are part of extensive recommendations f or the protection of the general public.
K0W 101 C oating notice IMPORT ANT! T o provide electrical insulation and maintain electrical safety, a coating is applied to insulate the devic e except on the ar eas where the I/O ports are located. Driving safely Never use this device while driving .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 102 Pac emakers The Health Industr y Manufacturers’ Association recommends tha t a minimum separation of six (6”) inches be maintained between a phone and a pacemaker to avoid pot ential interference with the pacemaker .
K0W 103 Magnetic media Magnetic elds generated by mobile devic es may damage data on magnetic storage media, such as credit car ds, computer discs or tapes .
ASUS MeMO Pad User Manual 104 Proper disposal Risk of explosion if battery is replaced b y an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries acc ording to the instructions. DO NOT thr ow the batter y in municipal waste. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the ba ttery should not be placed in municipal waste .
K0W 105 EC Declaration of Conformity We, the undersigned, Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Address, City: 4F, No. 150, LI-TE Rd., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN Country: TAIWAN A uthorized representative in Europe: ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Address, City: HARKORT STR.
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