Polaroid 4" Internet Tablet PMID 4300 User manual

Brand: Polaroid

Model: 4" Internet Tablet PMID 4300

Category: Tablets

Type: User manual

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In the box

USB Cable

User ManualTablet

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1. [Power/Standby] button

2. [Return/Home] button

3. [Menu] button

Speaker (on back)

5. Microphone

6. Reset hole

7. Mini USB port

8. microSD card slot

9. Headphone jack

Location of controls

6 7 8 9

2 3

Charging the battery:

Connect the Tablet to a computer using the included USB cable.

Approximate play times

(actual play times may vary depending on display and power settings)

• Music: up to 10 hours (Wi-Fi / backlight off)

• Video: 3 - 4 hours (Wi-Fi turned off)

• eBook: 4 - 5 hours (Wi-Fi turned off)

• Web browsing: 3 - 4 hours

• Standby time: 40 - 50 hours

*To fully Charge the Tablet: 7 - 8 hours

Battery Tips:

* Power off the Tablet or set it to standby mode (the display is off) to

shorten charging time.

* To optimize battery time and performance, adjust the "Brightness"

and "Screen timeout" options in the Settings app and shut Wi-Fi

when not in use.

Tablet (BOTTOM view)

Basic operation

Note: For quicker charge times you can purchase an AC wall

charger. If you would like to purchase one, please call

Polaroid Tablet Support at 1-877-768-8483.

Inserting a Micro SD card (not included):

The Tablet supports Micro SD cards (up to 32GB).

To install a Micro SD card into the Tablet:

1. Turn off the Tablet.

2. Insert the card into the card slot until it

clicks and locks into place (be sure that the metal contacts are facing

towards the front of the tablet).

3. To access the Micro SD card, select

"Explorer" from the Apps screen.

Unmount & remove the Micro SD card:

1. Open “Settings”

2. Select “TF card & MID Storage”

3. Select “Unmount TF card”

4. It is now safe to remove the card from

the Tablet.

5. To remove the card, gently push it in until

it pops out.

Micro SD card

Note: A card can only be inserted one way; do not use force when

inserting the card.

Powering on or off:

Powering on:

Press and hold the button until the display turns on.

Lock / Unlock :

Quick press the button to lock or unlock the Tablet (the display will

shut but the device will still be powered on - this will extend battery time).

Lock screen

Lock icon

Slide to unlock

and enter

the Home screen

[Power/Standby] button

Note: To conserve battery time, Wi-Fi is disabled when the Tablet is

locked, when the Tablet is unlocked, Wi-Fi automatically turns back on.

It is possible to manage and transfer media files to the Tablet by connecting

it to your computer as shown below.

Connecting to a PC or Mac:

1) Connect the included USB cable to the "Mini USB port" of the Tablet

and USB port of the computer.

Connect the USB cable

to the USB port on PC

USB

Mini USB port

Minimum system requirements:

• Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, 7

• Mac OS X: 10.5 or later

(with USB connection)

Transferring and managing files

2) The "USB connected" screen appears on the tablet, select "Turn on

USB storage"

USB connected screen

Note: If the "USB connected" screen does not appear when

connecting the USB cable to the computer, try pressing

the button on the Home screen and select

"Notifications" > "USB connected".

3) The "Autoplay" windows appear on your computer's display - select

"Open folder to view Files" to manage files on the Tablet and Micro SD

card (if inserted).

“Removable Disk”

access the Micro SD

card (if inserted)

“INTERNAL”

access the internal

memory

Tips: Transfer and store media files such as music, pictures and

video on to a Micro SD card and avoid placing these types

of files in the internal memory of the Tablet - this will conserve

the internal memory.

4) Copy media files to the Micro SD card (if inserted).

“Removable Disk” (Micro SD card)

Media files on your computer

Tips: Organize your media (pictures, videos and music) by creating

folders such as “Pictures”, Videos” and “Music” on the Micro

SD card as shown below.

Powering off:

Press and hold the button until the “Power off” window appears,

then select “OK” to shutdown.

You can also use (Power widget) on the Home screen or

“Power” on the Apps screen to easily power off.

Power widget

(Home screen)

Power o

OK Cancel

Your device will shut down.

button

Power off window

Settings screen

[Power/Standby] button:

Quick press to lock/unlock the Tablet (standby);

Press and hold to turn on/off

[Return/Home] button:

Quick press to go back to the previous screen;

Press and hold to go to the home screen

[Menu] button:

Press to access the menus of apps or screens of the Tablet

Controls:

To set the time:

1. Select on the apps screen and select “Date and time”.

2. Choose “Select time zone” and enter the correct time zone.

3. The correct time should appear on the top information bar.

Date and Time:

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Date & time

To browse the web, use e-mail or apps, you must first

connect the Tablet to the internet. Follow the instructions

below to set up Wi-Fi on the Tablet.

1. Select “Wi-Fi” on the Apps screen

and select ”Turn on Wi-Fi”.

2. Select “Wi-Fi settings”.

3. Make sure that “Network

notification”is checked.

4. Select a network, and if required

enter the correct password.

5. When the Tablet is connected to a

network, the Wi-Fi icon will appear

on the top info bar and “Connected”

will appear under the selected

network.

Apps screen

SoundHound

Calculator

Twitter

Downloads

TuneIn Radio

Browser

Weatherbug

AOL

Clock

Gallery

Facebook

Engadget

Slacker

Kobo

App Manager

Power

Moviefone

Kayak

NYTimes

Music

Wi-Fi

Settings

Adobe Reader

Wi-Fi icon

• To conserve battery life, turn off Wi-Fi when not connected

to a network.

• When the Tablet is locked (the display is off) Wi-Fi shuts down

to conserve battery, this may affect apps that require Wi-Fi such

as, Slacker and Kobo.

Connecting to Wi-Fi

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The Home screens are a great place to customize the Tablet by adding

widgets, shortcuts or custom wallpaper.

There are five Home screens in total that may be accessed by tapping on

the bottom left or right of the display as shown below.

Multimedia screen:

When the Tablet is powered on, the Multimedia screen appears, where

music, pictures and video may be easily accessed.

Multimedia

(Home screen)

Tap right or left

(To change Home screens)

Home screens

Bookmarks widget:

Tap on the bottom left of the display until the Bookmarks widget appears

where all the websites that are saved as bookmarks can be easily accessed.

To add or delete bookmarks, see "Web browsing>Adding and deleting

bookmarks".

Bookmarks widget

(Home screen)

Appstore

Google

Wikipedia

NY Times

Picasa

Search widget:

Tap on the bottom left of the display until the Search widget appears

to easily access the Google search engine.

Power widgets:

Tap on the bottom right of the display until the Power widgets appear -

to easily power off, turn Wi-Fi on/off, or adjust the brightness of the display.

Search widget

(Home screen)

Power widgets

(Home screen)

5) On the Tablet, select "Turn off USB storage" to disconnect from the

computer.

Use the Tablet to store and play music, pictures and video files.

Music:

Access music files stored on the Tablet.

Music screen

12:00

Artists Albums Songs Playlists

Royal Bangs

1 album

The Rolling Stones

1 album

Jump Back - The Best Of The Rolling Stones, ‘71

1 song

Jump Back - The Best Of The Rolling Stones, ‘71 - ’93

Play

Add to playlist

Delete

Press & hold

a song title,

and these

options will

appear

Multimedia

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