Lenovo A7 3G User manual

User’s Guide

A7 3G

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 5

Acknowledgements ...................................................................................... 5

Precautions.................................................................................................... 5

Safety Notice ................................................................................................. 5

CHAPTER - 1 QUICK START ........................................................ 7

1.1 Diagram of A7 3G ................................................................................... 7

1.2 What’s inside the box ........................................................................... 8

1.3 Install SIM card and SD card ............................................................... 8

SIM card ............................................................................................... 8

SD card ................................................................................................. 8

1.4 Charging and headphones ................................................................... 9

Charging ............................................................................................... 9

Headphones .......................................................................................... 9

1.5 Turning On/Off ...................................................................................... 9

Turning On ............................................................................................ 9

Turning Off ............................................................................................ 9

Standby ................................................................................................ 9

CHAPTER 2 - BASIC OPERATION ............................................. 10

2.1 Home Screen ........................................................................................ 10

The main key....................................................................................... 10

Status Bar ........................................................................................... 11

Shortcuts ............................................................................................ 11

Widgets .............................................................................................. 11

Wallpapers .......................................................................................... 12

Touch screen ....................................................................................... 13

2.2 Volumes ................................................................................................. 13

Set the volumes ................................................................................... 13

2.3 People .................................................................................................... 14

New contact ........................................................................................ 14

Edit contacts/ Delete contacts ............................................................... 14

Backup contacts ................................................................................... 15

Import contacts ................................................................................... 15

Favorite contacts .................................................................................. 16

3.1 Phone ..................................................................................................... 17

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Make a phone call ................................................................................ 17

Receive calls ........................................................................................ 17

Handsfree ........................................................................................... 18

Mute ................................................................................................... 18

Telephone conference .......................................................................... 18

Call history .......................................................................................... 18

Emergency call .................................................................................... 18

3.2 Message................................................................................................. 19

Write messages ................................................................................... 19

Answer messages ................................................................................ 19

Write MMS .......................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER 4 - E-MAIL ................................................................. 21

4.1 Use the Google Account login ........................................................... 21

Regain your Google account's password ................................................. 21

Set data synchronization ....................................................................... 21

4.2 Gmail ...................................................................................................... 22

Write a new Gmail ............................................................................... 22

4.3 E-mail ..................................................................................................... 23

E-mail account settings ......................................................................... 23

Write and send messages ..................................................................... 24

View and save e-mail ........................................................................... 24

Reply e-mail ........................................................................................ 25

CHAPTER 5 - NETWORK AND BROWSER ............................... 26

5.1 Mobile Networks .................................................................................. 26

Check your network connection ............................................................. 26

5.2 WLAN ..................................................................................................... 26

On / off the WLAN ............................................................................... 26

Search and connect WLAN ........................................................................ 27

5.3 Browser ................................................................................................. 27

View the links in the page ..................................................................... 28

Zoom pages ........................................................................................ 28

Set your browser ................................................................................. 29

6.1 Using Bluetooth ................................................................................... 30

Turn On / Off the Bluetooth .................................................................. 30

Connect the equipment to the new equipment ....................................... 30

Disconnect the Bluetooth and equipment ............................................... 30

CHAPTER 7 - MULTIMEDIA ........................................................ 31

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7.1 Music ...................................................................................................... 31

Play music ........................................................................................... 31

7.2 Camera .................................................................................................. 32

Photo Options ...................................................................................... 33

View image ......................................................................................... 35

Share pictures ..................................................................................... 36

Edit photos .......................................................................................... 37

7.3 Camcorder ............................................................................................. 37

Video options ...................................................................................... 38

View the video ..................................................................................... 41

Manage video ...................................................................................... 41

7.4 Sound Recorder ................................................................................... 42

CHAPTER 8 - USB & SD CARD ................................................. 43

8.1 USB connection .................................................................................... 43

8.2 SD card .................................................................................................. 44

CHAPTER 9 - OTHER APPLICATIONS ...................................... 45

9.1 Alarm Clock ........................................................................................... 45

Add alarm ........................................................................................... 45

9.2 Calendar ................................................................................................ 46

New event ........................................................................................... 46

Edit the event ...................................................................................... 47

9.3 Maps ....................................................................................................... 47

Use the maps ...................................................................................... 48

View Maps ........................................................................................... 49

Get Directions ...................................................................................... 50

CHAPTER 10 – SETTINGS ......................................................... 51

10.1 Device Settings .................................................................................. 51

10.2 Date & time ........................................................................................ 52

10.3 Language & input .............................................................................. 52

10.4 Display ................................................................................................. 53

Set the screen brightness ..................................................................... 53

Sleep .................................................................................................. 54

10.5 Factory data reset ......................................................................... 55

10.6 Protect your device ........................................................................... 56

Protect your SIM card by PIN ................................................................ 56

Screen security .................................................................................... 56

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Introduction

Acknowledgements

Thank you for choosing CONNECT A7 3G. This product belongs to A7 range

of Tablets manufactured by GSC Ltd., which is a delicate, small and

portable mobile internet device. The device is equipped with a piece of

touch LCD screen, which can be used to watch videos and pictures. It

supports 3G and 2G data transfer and calling functions and general

installation of multiple application programs on office and entertainment.

The fantastic operation interface will give you a brand-new user

experience.

This manual systematically introduces diversified functions, using skills and

matters needing attention of this A7 3G, please read this manual carefully

before using it.

Precautions

Maintenance and Curing

 Please keep the device dry. Please don’t let the device, battery and

charger contact water and water vapor or operate device or charger

with wet hand to avoid short circuit of the device, breakdown caused by

corrosion and electric shock of personnel.

 Please don’t let the device, battery and charger receive strong impact

or shock to prevent breakdown and damage.

 Please don’t place the device, battery and charger in regions with too

high or too low temperature, or it might lead to breakdown, catching

fire, or explosion of device, battery or charger.

 Please don’t hit, throw, drop or bend the A7 3G.

 Please don’t dismantle the device and its accessories by yourself, or this

will result that the device and its accessories will be out of the warranty

scope.

Safety Notice

Before using A7 3G, please read the information in this section, and make

your children learn about the information. About more detailed information,

please refer to safety instructions.

 Please don’t use A7 3G when you are driving.

 In medical places, please observe relevant stipulations and regulations.

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And in regions near the medical devices, please shutdown A7 3G.

 Please shutdown A7 3G or enable the airplane mode when boarding, so

that the wireless signals will not interfere control signal of the airplane.

 Please shutdown A7 3G when getting close to electronic equipments

with high accuracy, otherwise, breakdown of electronic equipments

may be brought about.

 Please don’t dismantle the A7 3G and its accessories on yourself.

 Please keep A7 3G far away from magnetic equipment, radiation from

A7 3G will erase information stored on the magnetic equipment.

 Please don’t use A7 3G in places with high temperature and

inflammable gas (such as nearby gas station).

 Please put A7 3G and its accessories in places beyond children’s touch

and please don’t let children use A7 3G without supervision.

 During using of A7 3G, please observe related laws and regulations,

respect privacy and legitimate rights of others.

 Please strictly abide by relevant explanations in this manual when using

USB data line, otherwise, the A7 3G or the personal computer may be

damaged.

 Please don’t use the A7 3G in humid environment such as bathroom,

etc., and avoid to the A7 3G being soaked or rinsed by liquid.

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Chapter - 1 Quick Start

1.1 Diagram of A7 3G

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1.2 What’s inside the box

Your packing box comprises the following content

• A7 3G - Tablet PC Device

• USB Cable

• Charger

• Earphone

• User Guide

1.3 Install SIM card and SD card

SIM card

Install SIM card

Locate the SIM card slot, and then insert the SIM card with its gold contacts

facing down and its cut-off corner facing out the card slot.

Remove SIM card

To remove the SIM card, please turning off the product, or it will be damage to

SIM card.

SD card

You need a SD card to store photos, music, video and other data.

Install SD card

Locate the SD card slot, and then insert the SD card with its gold contacts

facing down and its cut-off corner facing out the card slot

Remove SD card

1. Please make sure to disconnect the SD card and device.

Click > (Settings) > Storage > Unmount SD card

2. Open the SD card protection cover.

3.

Use your fingertips to tap the SD card, SD card from the slot in the

pop-up.

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1.4 Charging and headphones

Charging

When the battery is charging, the icon appears in the status bar.

When the battery is fully charged, the

icon appears in the status bar.

Headphones

When the user wants to use headsets or listening to music, plug the

headset into the headphone jack, the icon

appears in the status bar.

Note:

• When using headphones, you hearing to the outside sounds may be

limited.

• When it is a threat to your safety, please do not use headphones.

• When using headphones, please do not set the volume to the

maximum, because it may damage your hearing.

1.5 Turning On/Off

Turning On

Press and hold power key to turning on the product, it takes about 30

seconds to enter the main screen.

Turning Off

Press and hold power key , Pop-up "Device Options" menu, Click Shut

Down. Select OK in the pop-up menu.

Standby

1. If you do not unlock within a long time (about 10 seconds) , device will

automatic dark screen.

2. Light up the screen by pressing any side buttons.

3. Hold and slide up the green lock icon to the ceiling to unlock; you can also

press the menu key to unlock.

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Chapter 2 - Basic Operation

2.1 Home Screen

Main screen contains five screens, horizontal sliding switch to the extended

screen.

The main key

• Menu : Open the application menu.

• Google Search

: Use google search.

• The main screen icon

: Back to the main screen.

• Back icon

: Return to the previous operation screen.

• Daemon icon

: Recently used applications, click the desired

application can be opened.

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Status Bar

Status bar will display various status information. You can click to

turn off the status bar.

Icon Description Icon Description

No Sim card Signal strength

3g

signal

GSM

signal

EDGE

Airplane mode

Charging Low power

Full power Silent mode

Vibration mode Alarm

GPS open

Wifi

is

connected

USB is connected Bluetooth

Note：The status indicator icons might be slightly different with your device,

subject to the actual software version.

Shortcuts

To customize different home screen, you can add apps shortcut; reposition

the shortcut.

Click

to open the application menu, long-press and drag the icon to

be added to the main screen.

Widgets

You can add a clock, music player and calendar widgets on the main

screen.

Click

to open the application menu, and then click.

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Or sliding screen to the left into the widgets page, long press any widget

drag it to the screen.

Wallpapers

1. Touch and hold on home screen, popup dialog box.

Click “Gallery” Can select the system your own pictures as wallpapers.

Click “Live Wallpapers” Can select the system live wallpapers as

wallpapers.

Click “Wallpapers” Can select the system pictures as wallpapers.

2. Click

> (Settings) > Display > Wallpaper

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Touch screen

Steps:

1. Short Press touch screen: Use the tip of your finger to press exactly on

the touch key you want, being careful not to touch the keys for other

functions.

2. Long press touch screen: Press for more than 1.5 seconds to get into the

submenu.

3. Drag: Press and hold the scroll bar and drag up or down. On some

screens such as web pages, you can also scroll side to side.

4. Zoom: when you view page, you can double-click the screen to zoom in

or out the page.

2.2

Volumes

Media volumes：Set the volumes of music, video, games and other media

players

Ringtone volumes：Set the volumes of the ringtone and notifications

Alarms volumes：Set the alarm volumes

Call volumes：Set the volumes of calls

Set the volumes

Steps： > (Settings) > Sound > Volumes

·Set vibrate

Steps：

> (Settings) > Sound> Volumes

Check “Vibrate on ring” to

Turned on or off the equipment vibration.

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2.3 People

You can save contacts, phone numbers and e-mail and other related

content.

New contact

Steps： > (People)> (new contact)

1. Enter your contact’s information.

2. Click “DONE” to save the contact.

Edit contacts/ Delete contacts

Edit contacts:

1. Click

, open the contact list.

2. Choose the contact you want to edit, click

. After editing, click

“DONE” to save the contact.

Delete contacts:

1. Click

, open the contact list.

2. Click

, in the pop-up menu, choose “Delete”

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3. Check the contacts you want to delete, click “OK” to delete the checked

contacts.

Backup contacts

You can export your contact data to the SD card.

Steps：

1. Click

, open the contact list.

2. Click

> Import/export.

3. Click “Export to storage”

Import contacts

Import from SD card

Steps:

1. Click

, open the contact list.

2. Click

> Import/export.

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3. Click “Import from storage”.

Favorite contacts

You can add commonly used contacts and special contacts to your

collection, in order to find and use.

Steps:

Select a contact in your contact list, and then click the star icon to make it

turn blue.

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Chapter 3 - Using the device

3.1 Phone

Make a phone call

1. > (Phone).

2. Press the number keys, enter the phone number.

3. Click , make a call.

4. When the call is completed, press the hang up to end the call.

Note：1.Click

can remove the number.

1. You can also select a contact to call.

2.

During a call, click to open the dial pad to the digital input.

Receive calls

When the incoming call, the device will issue a prompt,you can hold down

the

,drag it to the to receive calls；or drag it to the to hang up.

Note：you can hold down the

and drag it to the message icon to hang up

the phone and send a message.

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Handsfree

You can use the handsfree to ensure traffic safety while driving.

Use hands-free speaker / microphone device / Bluetooth headset to make and

receive calls.

Mute

During a call, you can make the other side can not hear your voice.

Press the mute, turn on or turn off mute.

Telephone conference

1. > (Phone).

2. Press the number keys to input the number of the first person.

3. Outgoing calls.

4.

The other party answers, click .

5. Press the number keys to enter the next party calls and outgoing calls.

6.Click

to connect the two sides call.

Call history

You can view the received calls, missed calls, dialed calls and other

information in the call history.

Steps：

> (Phone).

Click

to view the call history.

Emergency call

1. > (Phone), （If the device is locked, click Emergency Call.）

2. Press the number keys to enter the emergency number.

Note：1.

Different countries have different emergency call numbers, so the

emergency call number in your device is not effective in all regions. Sometimes

due to network, environmental, or interference with the impact of events, an

emergency call may not call.

2.

The phone features of the device must be turned on when you make an

emergency call.

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3.2 Message

Write messages

Steps： > Messaging> new message

1. Enter the message receiver,you can also press

, Find a receiver

from the contacts.

2. Enter the text you want to send.

3. Click

,send the message.

Answer messages

The top status bar will be prompted when you receive new information.

Steps：

> Messaging

Select the message you want to reply：

1. Enter the text you want to send.

2. Click

,send the message.

Write MMS

Steps： > Messaging> new message.

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Enter the message receiver,you can also press ,Find a receiver

Next, in the following ways you can make a SMS converted into a MMS.

1.Click

>add subject.

2.Click

to add pictures, music or video files for MMS。

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