USER GUIDE

HomeSurf Tablet 8
User guides are available for download at www.binatonetelecom.com in these languages: EN FR DE NL IT ES PT
Warning Before operating this set, please read these instructions carefully Use only the power adaptor supplied with your product.
Binatone Helpline: 9677 (UK), 112 (Australia), +(India), +491805938802 (Europe)

WELCOME

Thank you for purchasing our product! You can use the HomeSurf Tablet to: Surf the web via wireless connection Send and receive emails Listen to music via loud speaker, audio amplifier or earphone View pictures, videos and slideshows Search and view YouTube videos Read and download eBooks Set alarm clock Calculator Download, Install and play games Download, Install and Use Android Applications This product is guaranteed for 12 months* from the date of purchase shown on your sales receipt. The Guarantee does not cover damage by misuse or negligence, or by excessive voltages - for example, lightning. *The warranty period will vary depending on the country of your purchase. Please keep your sales (till) receipt - this is your guarantee. You should also keep the original packaging material. The Binatone Help Line is available from 9.00am ~ 5.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays, 9677 for UK, +491805938802 for Europe, 112 for Australia, +for India Please read this user guide carefully before using the product so that you can fully enjoy its performance and functions. We hope you enjoy using our product. Note Before you can surf the Internet, send and receive emails, download content and applications etc., you must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. For more information on how to make a wireless connection, see Making a Wireless Connection on page 33.

IMPORTANT

Only use the power adapter supplied.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

The product pack includes:
HomeSurf Tablet with stylus pen and docking station Docking station (for charging and audio amplifying) Power adapter (for charging) USB cable (for data transfer only) Earphone Users Guide Quick Start Guide

OVERVIEW OF THE PRODUCT

Charge and power icon Microphone Speakers
Turns Blue when the power is on. Turns Red when charging while the power is off. Turns Purple when charging while the power is on. Off when fully charged.
Press to return to previous screen. Press to hide the onscreen keyboard. Press to exit a dialog box, options menu or notifications panel. Press to cancel an operation. Press and hold to access Bookmarks, Most visited and History during web browsing.
Press to open the options list. Press and hold (about 10 seconds) to calibrate the touch screen. Press and hold (about 3 seconds) to launch onscreen keyboard. Press again to hide the keyboard.
Press to return to the home screen. Press and hold for 1 second to switch between tasks. Press to increase volume. Press to reduce volume.
Note , , , and touch of the finger.

BO H +

4.2 Side
- are capacitive sensing keys that can be activated with a light
The key LEDs light up when you power on the HomeSurf Tablet.
Press to power on or off Plug in the USB cable for connection to a PC for data transfer. Note The USB port is for data transfer with a PC only. You cannot use it for charging. Insert your micro SD card

Micro SD card slot

Power connector Plug in the power adaptor for charging
Plug in a 2.5mm headset to listen to music and watch videos
Basic operations of your Homesurf Tablet
You can operate the HomeSurf Tablet by touching the surface of the display using the Stylus pen (included) or with your finger.
4.3.1 Using the stylus pen
The stylus pen is tucked away inside a holder on the top left of your HomeSurf Tablet. To remove the stylus, simply pull out the pen.
Whenever you want to replace the stylus back into the holder, make sure that the clip is facing up and the pen is inserted with the tip first. Then, gently push the stylus into the holder. Familiarize yourself with the stylus actions until you can navigate the various screens on your HomeSurf Tablet.

4.3.2 Using your finger

4.1 4.2 4.3 Front...5 Side....6 Basic operations of your Homesurf Tablet..6 Attaching your Homesurf Tablet to the docking station....14 Charging your HomeSurf Tablet..14 Inserting a memory card...16 Removing a memory card...16 Switching on your HomeSurf Tablet..16 Switching off your HomeSurf Tablet..17 Home Screen....17 Extended Home Screen...17 Program Launcher...18 Set Date and Time...18 Screen Rotation...22

GETTING STARTED... 14

5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11
Applications on your HomeSurf Tablet.. 23 USB Connection... 24
7.1 7.2 Connecting Homesurf Tablet to a PC...24 Disconnecting Homesurf Tablet from a PC..25 Display...26 Sound....30 Enter text and numbers..31 Switch between input modes...31 Accept or Reject Dictionary Suggestions..31 Edit text...32 Calibrate the touch screen..32 Register your HomeSurf Tablet to a Wi-Fi Network.33
Personalizing your HomeSurf Tablet.. 26

8.1 8.2

Using the onscreen keyboard.. 31

9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 10.1

10 Making a Wireless Connection.. 33
11 Using the Web Browser... 35
11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 Open Browser...35 Setting your home page...35 Open a web page...36 Refresh a web page..36 Zoom in and out of a webpage...37 Open a new browser window...37 Finding text within a webpage..38 Selecting links in web pages...38 Downloading unknown applications from the web.39 Manage bookmarks...40 Customize Browser Options..41 Exit Browser Application...42 Open Email...42 Set up the first email account on your HomeSurf Tablet..42 Set up another email account...45 Account settings...45 Compose and send email messages...47 Read messages...48 Open an attached file...49 Check for new messages...49 Reply to email messages...49 Delete an email message...49 Forward an email message...50 Mark message as unread...50 Delete an email account...50 Exit Email Application...51 Listen to Music on your HomeSurf Tablet..51 Open Music application..51 Music Library...52 Playback controls...52 Search for a song...53 Party Shuffle all songs...53 Turn party shuffle off...53 Create playlists...53 Mute/Unmute music playback..55 Set current song as background music..55 Exit Music application...55

8.1.7 Add Widgets to your home screen
1 From the home screen, press 2 Tap Add > Widgets. 3 You will be given a list of Widgets to add to your home screen.
Personalizing your HomeSurf Tablet 4 Tap to select the widget that you wish to add to the home screen. You will see that the widget is now on your home screen.
8.1.8 Add Folders to your home screen
1 From the home screen, press 2 Tap Add > Folders. 3 Tap New folder or select a folder. A new folder is now added to your home screen.
8.1.9 Add items to the folders on your home screen
1 Tap and hold the item until it wiggles. 2 Drag the item to the folder in which you wish to place the item.

8.2.1 Set media volume

2 Tap Settings > Sound & display > Media volume. 3 Slide across the volume control bar to reduce or increase media volume and tap OK to confirm.
Using the onscreen keyboard
Your HomeSurf Tablet features a Qwerty keyboard by which the keys arrangement are exactly the same as that of a standard English computer keyboard. The onscreen keyboard lets you enter text, such as passwords, filenames, email messages, etc. It appears automatically when you launch certain applications or when you tap on a text or number field. To hide the onscreen keyboard, press

Enter text and numbers

1 Tap on a text or number field to bring up the keyboard. 2 When entering texts or numbers, each letter or number appear above the key you have pressed.
Tap ABC (lower case), (upper case), ?123 (number), or ALT (symbols) on the onscreen keyboard to switch between different input modes. Long press on the onscreen keyboard to show the accented characters.
Switch between input modes
Accept or Reject Dictionary Suggestions
Depending on the application you are using, the HomeSurf Tablet uses a dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you are typing. To accept the suggested word, simply tap on the suggested entry. To reject the suggested word, simply continue typing.

Edit text

Tap and hold on the word you have typed to activate the following edit text options: Select all Select text Cut all Copy all Input Method
Calibrate the touch screen
Making a Wireless Connection
10 Making a Wireless Connection
Before you can surf the Internet, send and receive emails, download content and applications etc., you must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. For Wi-Fi networks that are not secured with a PIN code, you can easily connect to them and access the Internet freely. However, for Wi-Fi networks that are secured with password, you need to have the password to access the Internet.

11.2 Setting your home page
By default, the home page is www.google.com 1 To set another home page, press 2 Tap Settings > Set home page. 3 In the Set home page dialog box, tap on the URL input field to launch the onscreen keyboard. 4 Enter the web address of the home page and tap Done.

O and tap More.

Using the Web Browser 5 Tap OK to confirm.

11.3 Open a web page

1 In the Browser window, press

O and tap Go.

2 Enter the web address in the URL field using the onscreen keyboard and tap Go.
Note As you enter the address, matching web page addresses will appear on the screen. Tap an address to go directly to that web page or continue to enter the web page address.

11.4 Refresh a web page

1 On the web page, press
Using the Web Browser 2 Tap Refresh.
11.5 Zoom in and out of a webpage
1 Launch the zoom control by sliding across the screen in one direction. 2 Tap the zoom control icon to zoom in and zoom out.
11.6 Open a new browser window
You can open multiple browser windows and switch between different web pages. 1 In the Browser window, press

O and tap New Window.

A new browser window opens and enters the home page.

Using the Web Browser

11.6.1 Switch between browser windows
O and tap Windows. O and then tap More > Find on page.
2 Tap to select the browser window you wish to display.
11.7 Finding text within a webpage
1 When viewing a webpage, press
2 Tap on the input field to launch the onscreen keyboard. 3 Enter the text using the onscreen keyboard and tap Done. The matching texts are highlighted on the screen. 4 Tap < or > to go to the previous or next matching text.
11.8 Selecting links in web pages

11.8.1 Web page links

1 Tap and hold the link. A pop-up menu opens 2 Tap to select Open, Open in new window, Bookmark link, Save link, Share link or Copy link URL.

11.8.2 Email links

1 Tap and hold the link. A pop-up menu opens.
Using the Web Browser 2 Tap to select Send email or Copy. If you select Send email, the Email application will launch automatically. 3 Enter the recipient and subject using the onscreen keyboard and tap Next. 4 Enter the message and then tap Send to send the email, Save as draft or Discard. (For more information on composing and sending email messages, see Compose and send email messages on page 47.) Tip If you exit the email application without saving the message you have composed, the message will be automatically saved as draft in the Draft folder of your default email account.

11.9 Downloading unknown applications from the web
Before you can download web applications, you must first enable downloading from the Settings menu. 1 Press
O, and then tap Settings > Applications.
2 Tap Unknown sources to enable or disable the downloading of unknown applications. When enabledm, appears next to the option.
Warning! Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect your HomeSurf Tablet and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources.
11.9.1 View your downloads
O and then tap More > Downloads.

11.10 Manage bookmarks

You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your HomeSurf Tablet.
11.10.1Bookmark a web page
1 In the Browser window, go to the web page you want to bookmark. 2 Press
O and then tap Bookmarks.
The bookmark option opens.
3 Tap Add bookmark and enter the bookmark name. 4 Edit the location if needed. 5 Tap OK.

11.10.2Open a bookmark

1 In the Browser window, press The bookmark option opens.
2 Tap to select the bookmark to open it.
11.11 Customize Browser Options
You can customize the Browser to suit your browsing preferences by setting the display, privacy, and security options. In the Browser window, press and then tap More > Settings to modify the following browser settings according to your preference.

Page content settings

Text size Default zoom Text encoding Block pop-up windows Load images Auto-fit pages Enable JavaScript Open in background Set home page Clear cache Clear history Accept cookies Clear all cookie data Remember form data Clear form data Remember passwords Clear passwords Show security warnings Enable Gears Gears settings Reset to default

Privacy settings

Security settings

Advanced settings

When appears next to the option, the setting is enabled. To disable, tap the option again.
Reading and Managing emails
11.12 Exit Browser Application
Do one of the following: Press Press
b until you return to the home screen. H.
12 Reading and Managing emails
YOU MUST JOIN A WI-FI NETWORK THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET BEFORE YOU CAN SURF THE WEB VIA THE BROWSER APPLICATION. SEE PAGE 33 ON HOW TO JOIN A WI-FI NETWORK. The Email application lets you send and receive emails and it works with most popular email systems such as Google mail, Yahoo mail as well as POP3 and IMAP accounts. Free email accounts such as www.google.com/mail, www.aol.com, etc. are available online if you do not have an email account.

12.1 Open Email

Tap Program Launcher > Email.
12.2 Set up the first email account on your HomeSurf Tablet
1 Tap Program Launcher > Email. 2 In Your Accounts window, tap Next. 3 Enter your Email address and tap Next.
Reading and Managing emails 4 Enter your Password and tap Manual setup.
5 Tap to select POP3 account or IMAP account.
Note If the account type you want to set up is not in the HomeSurf Tablet database, you will be asked to use Manual Setup. For example, you need to enter the following to set up a Gmail account:
POP3 server = pop.gmail.com Port = 995 Security = SSL (if available) SMTP server = smtp.gmail.com Port = 465 Security = SSL (if available) Authentication = Yes
It is recommended that you get all the necessary information for the email account such as incoming/outgoing server settings before you proceed.
Reading and Managing emails Example of an incoming server setting:
Example of an outgoing server setting:

6 Tap OK or Next.

Reading and Managing emails The email application will start to verify your incoming and outgoing server settings.
7 Enter the Account name (optional) and Your name (optional) to be displayed on outgoing messages, and then tap Done. The email application will start to load your messages. It might take a few minutes for the messages to load completely. Notes When you have set up an email account, the account will open by default when you open Email. If you have set up more than one email account, the email accounts will appear in Your accounts list. Tap to select the account you wish to access.
12.3 Set up another email account
Do one of the following: and then tap Add account. If you are in Your accounts list screen, press If you are in an email account, press and then tap Account settings > Add another account. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your email account.

12.4 Account settings

12.4.1 Edit Account name
1 Tap Program Launcher > Email. 2 Press
O and tap Account settings > Account name.
3 Enter your account name and tap OK.

12.4.2 Edit Your name

O and tap Account settings > Your name.
3 Enter your name and tap OK.
12.4.3 Set default email account
O and tap Account settings > Default account.
appears next to the option. Your emails will be sent from this account by default.
12.4.4 Set email check frequency
O and tap Account settings > Email check frequency.
3 Tap to select Every 5 minutes, Every 10 minutes, Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes or Every hour.

12.11 Forward an email message
1 Tap Program Launcher > Email. 2 Tap to select the mailbox. 3 Tap to select the email you want to forward. 4 Press
O and tap Forward to forward the email.
5 Enter the message recipients email address in the To field and tap Next. Tip If you are sending the email to several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma. You can add as many message recipients as you want. If you want to send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc) of the email to other recipients, press and then tap Add Cc/Bcc:.
6 Enter the subject in the Subject field, tap Next. 7 Compose your message and tap Done. 8 Tap Send to forward the message. Note Tap Save as draft to save the message as a draft or tap Discard to delete the message you have just composed. Tip If you exit the email application without saving the message you have composed, the message will be automatically saved as draft in the Draft folder of your email account.
12.12 Mark message as unread
1 Tap Program Launcher > Email. 2 Tap to select the mailbox. 3 Tap to select the email you want to mark as unread. 4 Press
O and tap Mark as unread.
12.13 Delete an email account
1 Tap Program Launcher > Email. 50
Listening to Music 2 Press

O and tap Accounts.

3 In Your Accounts window, tap and hold on the email account that you wish to delete. 4 Tap Remove account to delete the account.
12.14 Exit Email Application

13 Listening to Music

The Music application lets you play digital audio files stored in the internal memory or memory card. IMPORTANT You must copy your audio files to the internal memory or memory card on your HomeSurf Tablet before you launch the music application. Note Only MP3 (*.mp3) audio file format are supported. You may download freeware to convert your audio files before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet.
13.1 Listen to Music on your HomeSurf Tablet

13.1.1 With earphone

You can plug in a earphone (not included) to listen to music. Insert the earphone jack into the earphone jack of your HomeSurf Tablet.
13.1.2 Using the speaker on your HomeSurf Tablet
13.2 Open Music application
Tap Program Launcher > Music.

Listening to Music

13.3 Music Library
Your music is organized into different categories such as Albums, Artists, Songs and Playlists. Tap to select a category and tap a song in the category to start playback.

13.4 Playback controls

Tap Tap
to select songs from the list. to turn shuffle on and off. (Shuffle is off when button is gray.)

Tap to cycle through the repeat modes: Repeat all songs, Repeat current song, Dont repeat. Tap Tap to pause or to resume playing the song. to rewind.
Listening to Music Tap Note Press to forward.
- or + to adjust the playback volume O and tap Library.

icon at the bottom of

If you do not see the playback controls, tap on the screen to show the playback controls. Tips To go back to the music library during music playback, press
To go back to the playback window from the music library, tap the screen.

13.5 Search for a song

1 From the main music library, press

O and tap Search.

2 Tap on the input field to launch the onscreen keyboard. 3 Enter the song name and tap icon.
A list of songs related to the song name is displayed. Tap to select and playback the song.
13.6 Party Shuffle all songs

O and tap Party shuffle.

13.7 Turn party shuffle off
1 In the playback window, press 2 Tap Party shuffle off.

13.8 Create playlists

You can use playlists to organize your music files. You can create as many playlists as you want on your HomeSurf Tablet. 1 In the playback window, press 2 Tap Add to playlist.
Listening to Music 3 Tap to select New.
4 Enter playlist name and tap Save.
13.8.1 Add song to current playlist
1 In the playback window, press 2 Tap Add to playlist. 3 Tap Current playlist.
13.8.2 Play the songs in a playlist
1 From the main music library, tap Playlists. 2 Tap to select a playlist. The screen displays a list of songs in the playlist. 54
Listening to Music 3 Tap to select a song to playback or press the playlist.
O and tap Shuffle all to shuffle all songs in
13.8.3 Add songs to a playlist
1 From the main music library, tap to select a category from which you wish to add songs to the playlist. Tip Select Songs category to show all the available songs. 2 Tap to select the song you wish to add to the playlist. 3 In the playback window, press
O, and then tap Add to playlist.
4 Tap to select the playlist that you wish to add the song to.
13.8.4 Remove a song from playlist
1 From the main music library, tap Playlists. 2 Tap to select the playlist from which you wish to remove a song. 3 Tap and hold the song you wish to remove. A pop-up options menu appears. 4 Tap Remove to remove the song from the playlist.

13.8.5 Delete a playlist

1 From the main music library, tap Playlists. 2 Tap and hold the playlist that you wish to delete. A pop-up options menu appears. 3 Tap Delete to delete the playlist.

13.9 Mute/Unmute music playback
1 In the playback window, press 2 To unmute, press
O and then tap More > Mute Off.
O and then tap More > Mute to mute music playback.
13.10 Set current song as background music
In the playback window, press
O and then tap More > Use as background music.
13.11 Exit Music application
Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows
14 Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows
The Gallery application lets you view photos, images and playback videos. IMPORTANT You must copy your photos, images and video files to the memory card and insert into the HomeSurf Tablet before you launch the gallery application. Make sure that your files are in the supported formats before copying them. The Homesurf Tablet can play video files in MP4 format (.mp4) and images in JPEG format (.jpg). You may download freeware to convert your photos or videos before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet.

14.1 Open Gallery

Tap Program Launcher > Gallery. If you have stored your files in folders on the memory card, the Gallery application will display these folders as separate albums.
Note Depending on the number of pictures stored on the memory card, it may take a while for Gallery to load the pictures on the screen.
14.2 View pictures and videos
When viewing pictures in Gallery, swipe up, down, left or right to view more albums.
14.3 View pictures in full screen
1 Tap on a thumbnail to view the picture in full screen.
Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows 2 Tap on the picture in full screen to launch the navigation and zoom controls.
3 Tap < or > to view the previous or next picture in the album. 4 Tap + to zoom in or - to zoom out.

14.4 Rotate picture

1 When viewing a picture, press

O and then tap Rotate.

Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows 2 Tap to select Rotate left or Rotate right.
14.5 View pictures as slideshow
1 In the main Gallery window, tap to open the album where the pictures you want to view as a slideshow are in. 2 Tap to select a picture. 3 Press
O and tap Slideshow. O and tap Settings. O and tap Settings.
14.5.1 Set slideshow interval
1 In the main Gallery window, press
1 Tap Slideshow interval and tap to select 2 seconds, 3 seconds or 4 seconds.
14.5.2 Set slideshow transition
2 Tap Slideshow transition and tap Fade in & out, Slide left - right, Slide up - down or Random selection.
14.5.3 Enable Slideshow Shuffling

O and tap Settings.

2 Tap Shuffle slides to play slideshow in random order.
14.6 Modify display size of pictures and videos
You can select the display size of your pictures and videos. 1 In the main Gallery window, press
Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows 2 Tap Display size and tap Large or Small. Note For best video playback performance, convert your video to a resolution of 720 x 480 pixels, in H.264 or X.264 format. You may download freeware (for example, the freeware Any Video Converter) to convert your videos before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet.

14.7 Modify sort order of pictures and videos
You can select the sort order of your pictures and videos. 1 In the main Gallery window, press
2 Tap Sort order and tap Newest first or Newest last.
14.8 View picture and video details
1 In the main Gallery window, tap to open the album that contains the pictures you want to view details. 2 Tap to select a picture. 3 Press 4
O and tap More > Details. Tap b to exit.
14.9 View pictures & videos in landscape mode
Turn your HomeSurf Tablet sideways to view the picture in landscape mode. The picture automatically adjusts its orientation. Note The Orientation check box in Settings > Sound & display needs to be selected for the screen orientation to change automatically.

14.10 Crop a picture

1 When viewing a picture in full screen, press The cropper tool appears. 2 Do one of the following:

O and then tap Crop.

To adjust the cropper size, tap and hold the edge of the cropper tool. When the cropper arrows appear, drag inward to or outward from the center of the cropper to resize it.
Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows To move the cropper to another area on the picture, tap and hold inside the cropper, then drag it to the desired position.
3)Tap Save to apply the changes to the picture. Note The cropped picture is saved in the storage card as a copy. The original picture remains unchanged.
14.11 Send pictures using Email application
1 In the main Gallery window, tap to open the album that contains the pictures you want to send via email. 2 Tap to select a picture. 3 Press

O and tap Share.

The picture is automatically added as an attachment to an email message. Note If you have multiple email accounts, the default email account will be used. 4 Add your recipient, enter subject, compose your message, and then tap Send. Tip If you exit the email application without saving the message you have composed, the message will be automatically saved as draft in the Draft folder of your default email account. For more information on composing and sending email messages, see Compose and send email messages on page 47.

14.12 Watch videos

1 In the main Gallery window, tap a video album and then tap the video you want to watch. The video will start to playback. Note For best video playback performance, convert your video to a resolution of 720 x 480 pixels, in H.264 or X.264 format. You may download freeware (for example, the freeware Any Video Converter) to convert your videos before copying them into your Homesurf Tablet.
14.13 Send videos using Email application
1 In the main Gallery window, tap to open the album that contains the videos you want to send. 2 Tap to select a video. 3 Press
The video is automatically added as an attachment to an email message. Note If you have multiple email accounts, the default email account will be used. 4 Add your recipient, enter subject, compose your message, and then tap Send. Tip If you exit the email application without saving the message you have composed, the message will be automatically saved as draft in the Draft folder of your default email account. For more information on composing and sending email messages, see Compose and send email messages on page 47.

14.14 Delete a picture

1 In the main Gallery window, tap to open the album that contains the picture you want to delete. 2 Tap to select a picture. 3 Press

O and tap Delete.

4 Tap OK to confirm delete.
14.15 Use Picture as wallpaper
You can use a picture as wallpaper. 1 Tap Program Launcher > Gallery. 2 Tap to select a picture.
Viewing Photos and Creating your own slideshows 3 Press
O and tap More > Set as.
An image position box will appear at the center of the picture. 4 To resize the picture, tap and hold the edge of the box, and drag inward or outward. To move the box to another area on the picture, tap and hold inside the box, then drag it to the desired position.
5 Tap Save to confirm. The picture will be set as the wallpaper of your HomeSurf Tablet. 6 Press

b to exit.

Note Keep the file size of the wallpaper to 300kbytes or smaller.
Downloading and Reading eBooks

14.16 Exit Gallery

15 Downloading and Reading eBooks
Aldiko is an e-book reader application for Android devices. It comes pre-loaded with Sun Tzus Art of War and H. G. Wells The Invisible Man. However, you can also browse and load any books available on Feedbooks right from the application. The site contains thousands of public domain and creative commons works. Warning! Some books available for download on Aldiko contain subject matters that are not suitable for children. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under 18.

15.1 Open Aldiko

Tap Program Launcher > Aldiko.
15.2 Download Free eBooks using Aldiko
1 In the main screen, tap Download Books.
2 Tap Free Public Domain Books or Free Original Books. The application displays the thumbnails of the covers.

3 Tap the desired title.

Downloading and Reading eBooks 4 Tap Download.
Your HomeSurf Tablet begins to download the book in the background. Once the download is complete, you will get a notification, and the book will appears on the bookshelf.

15.3 Book Navigation

There are several ways to navigate through your book: Fling Fling your finger to the left anywhere on the screen to turn to the next page. Fling to the right to turn back to the previous page Tap Tap on the right half of the screen to turn to the next page. Tap on the left half of the screen to turn back to the previous page. Volume Buttons Press Press
- to turn to the next page. + to turn to the previous page.
Downloading and Reading eBooks When reading an eBook, you can press
O to open a menu with a number of options:
Content displays the chapters in the book. Bookmarks allows you to create and use bookmarks in the book.
Show Progress displays the section you are in, a thumbnail of the cover and a bar displaying the overall progress and the progress within the chapter.
Downloading and Reading eBooks Day/Night toggles between a day time theme and a night theme.
15.4 Importing EPUB files into Aldiko bookshelf
You can import EPUB files into your Aldiko bookshelf. 1 Copy your EPUB files into your memory card (in the eBooks/import/ folder). 2 Select the Import option on the applications home screen and it will automatically scan and import your books.

15.5 Settings

You can customize the Look and Feel as well as the Scrolling behavior of your HomeSurf Tablet when reading an eBook. Color Themes. You can set the Font Color, Background Color and Link Color for two themes; Day and Night. Font & Layout. You can choose the Font Family including Arial, Georgia (default), Courier, Times New Roman and Verdana. You can also choose the point size and weight (Light, Normal, Bold and Bolder). You can select the Line Spacing (1-3, defaults to doublespaced) and the horizontal and vertical margin. Navigation. You can change the navigation keys, page turn speed and choose whether to display the progress bar. Brightness. You can set the brightness, and choose the shortcut swipe to set brightness while reading. Display Orientation. You can lock or unlock display orientation while reading.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS requirements, please follow operation instruction as documented in this manual. This equipment complies with FCC / IC RSS-210 radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. FCC and Industry Canada This device complies with Industry Canada and FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Canadian DOC statement This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numrique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
31 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Display screen Supported image formats Supported audio formats Supported video formats Internal storage Supported MicroSD card Built-in battery capacity Speaker output Power supply Operating temperature Storage temperature 8" 4:3 800x600 pixels Jpeg MP3 720x480 H.264 or X.264 format 2GB up to 16GB Li-polymer rechargeable battery 1W x 2 on Tablet, 2W x 1 on Docking unit DC5.5V 0 - 40C 0 - 40C
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
32 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

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Homesurf Tablet 8 Quick Start Guide
For a full explanation of all the features and operating instructions, please refer to the Users Guide.
1 Setting up your Homesurf Tablet
A. Attach your Homesurf Tablet to the docking station
The supplied docking station is also charging station and audio amplifier for your Homesurf Tablet. Simply place your Homesurf Tablet on the docking station as shown in the illustration.
B. Connect and charge your Homesurf Tablet
1. Plug one end of the AC power adaptor to the power jack on your Homesurf Tablet or the docking station. 2. Plug the other end into a power outlet. 3. The charge LED turns red to indicate charging. Note: Charge for at least 6 hours. It is normal for the device to build up heat while charging or after using for an extended period of time.

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B. Insert memory card
D. Switching on your Homesurf Tablet
Press and hold P and release when the blue power LED turn ON (it takes about 1 minute for the Homesurf Tablet to boot up).
E. Switching off the Homesurf Tablet
Press and hold P and release when the screen shuts down.
2 Connecting Homesurf Tablet to a PC
1. Insert the memory card into the card slot in the direction as indicated above until it clicks into place.

C. Remove memory card

1. Plug one end of the USB cable to the USB port on your Homesurf Tablet and plug the other end to your PC. USB connected is displayed on your Homesurf Tablet and appears on the Notifications panel. and then tap Notifications to open the notifications 2. Press panel.
3. In the notifications panel, tap USB connected and then tap Mount. Remove memory card When the Homesurf Tablet is off 1. Push in the memory card. The memory card will pop out from its slot. When the Homesurf Tablet is on 1. Press and tap Settings > SD card & internal storage > Unmount SD card. 2. Push in the memory card. The memory card will pop out from its slot.

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The internal memory or the MicroSD card memory on your Homesurf Tablet will be mounted as a removable disk on your PC, by which you can read and write files between your Homesurf Tablet and the PC. Note When a MicroSD card is inserted, the PC will only read the MicroSD card content. 1. From the homescreen, press. 2. Tap Settings > Wireless controls. 3. Tap Wi-Fi to turn on wireless connection. ! appears in the Wi-Fi checkbox. 4. Tap Wi-Fi settings. Your Homesurf Tablet will start to scan for the networks within range and display a list of available Wi-Fi networks. 5. Tap the Wi-Fi network that you want your Homesurf Tablet to be connected with. If the network is not secured with a password, your Homesurf Tablet will start to establish a link with it. 6. If is a secured network, you will be prompted to select the security option (for networks secured with WEP) and enter the wireless password. 7. Tap on the password field to launch the onscreen keyboard. Enter the password and tap Connect. Your Homesurf Tablet will start to establish a link to the network. Once a connection established, Connected will appear below the name of the Wi-Fi network. to return to the home screen. 8. Press will appear on the status bar of your home screen.
4 Basic operations of the Homesurf Tablet

Press Press

+ to increase volume. - to reduce volume.
Press to return to the home screen. Press and hold for 1 second to switch between tasks. Press to open the options list. Press and hold (about 10 seconds) to calibrate the touch screen. Press and hold (about 3 seconds) to launch onscreen keyboard. Press again to hide the keyboard. Press to return to previous screen. Press to hide the onscreen keyboard. Press to exit a dialog box, options menu or notifications panel. Press to cancel an operation. In browser mode, press and hold to access Favourites and browse history pages.

3 Making a Wireless Connection

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5 Operating the touchscreen of the Homesurf Tablet using Stylus Pen or Finger
Action Tap Function Select onscreen items such as applications and settings icons. Select onscreen buttons. Type using the onscreen keyboard. Open the available options for an item, for example, tap and hold a contact or a link on a web page. (Think of this as using the right-click button on a mouse). Move items on the screen or shift the view on the screen. Operations Gently tap an item on the screen to select the item that you wish to activate.

Tap and hold

Tap an item on the screen and hold in place for 2~3 seconds.
Apply light pressure against an item on the screen then, without raising your finger or the stylus, move it across the screen until you have reached the target position. Apply light pressure on the screen then, without raising your finger, swipe vertically or horizontally across the screen until you have reached the target screen position. Flick is similar to slide, except that flick involves swiping the screen in lighter and quicker strokes.
Quickly move vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Quickly browse a list of items in a vertical direction.

6 General Information

If you need help. The Binatone Help Line is available from 9.00am ~ 5.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays, please call: 9677 for UK, +491805938802 for Europe
Australia customer service number 112 or email to service@shriro.com.au India customer service number +or email to assist@binatonetelecom.in