Arnova 8 G3 - Tablet ARCHOS - Free user manual and instructions

Product type	Touchscreen tablet
Brand	ARCHOS
Model	Arnova 8 G3
Screen	Capacitive touchscreen, 8 inches
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Ports	Micro-USB, 3.5mm headphone jack, micro-SD slot
Camera	Built-in
Speaker	Built-in
Battery	Rechargeable lithium-ion, charging via micro-USB
Power supply	Mains adapter included
Operating system	Android
Features	Customizable home screen, widgets, application management, pinch-to-zoom, screen lock
Security	Screen lock by pattern, PIN code or password
Box contents	Tablet, micro-USB cable, mains adapter, quick start guide
Cleaning	Clean with a soft, dry cloth
Dimensions	Approximately 200 x 150 x 10 mm
Weight	Approximately 400 g

Frequently Asked Questions - Arnova 8 G3 ARCHOS

How do I charge the battery of my Arnova 8 G3 tablet?

Plug the supplied micro-USB cable into the tablet's micro-USB port and into a mains outlet. The charging indicator is red while charging and turns green when the battery is fully charged.

How do I configure a Wi-Fi network on the Arnova 8 G3?

From the status bar, tap the time to display the status panel, then tap the time again to access settings. Enable Wi-Fi and select your network. Enter the security key (WEP, WPA or WPA2) if required, then tap Connect.

How do I transfer files from my computer to the tablet?

On Windows, connect the tablet with the USB cable. It appears in 'My Computer'. Copy and paste your files into the appropriate folders. On Mac, install Android File Transfer for free. On Linux, install MTP tools.

How do I customize the home screen?

To change the wallpaper, press and hold an empty space on the home screen and choose an option. To move icons, press and hold the icon and drag it. To create a folder, drop one icon onto another.

How do I lock the screen with a PIN code?

Go to Settings > Security > Screen lock. Choose PIN and enter your code. When the screen turns on, you will need to enter the code to unlock.

How do I reset the tablet if it freezes?

If the tablet is unresponsive, press and hold the ON/OFF button for 10 seconds to turn it off. You can also use the reset button with a pointed object like a paperclip.

How do I add applications via AppsLib?

Connect the tablet to the Internet, then tap the AppsLib icon. This portal offers thousands of free and paid applications. Select an app and follow the instructions to install it.

How do I add a widget to the home screen?

From the home screen, tap the All applications icon, then the Widgets tab. Drag the chosen widget to an empty spot on the home screen. If the spot is too small, the widget will not be added.

How do I extend battery life?

Disable Wi-Fi when not in use. Reduce screen brightness and shorten the sleep time in Settings > Display. Disable auto-sync in Settings > Accounts & sync.

How do I zoom in an application?

Place two fingers on the screen and spread them apart to zoom in, or pinch them together to zoom out. This feature is available in applications like the web browser.

USER MANUAL Arnova 8 G3 ARCHOS

Before using your ARNOVA for the first time, completely charge the battery!

Charging the Battery

1. Connect the supplied power cable to the ARNOVA and to a wall outlet.
2. The ARNOVA device will turn on and start charging.

The Power indicator light is red while the battery is charging.

It will turn green when the battery is fully charged.

Installation Wizard

The first time you start up your ARNOVA, the installation wizard will bring you through a few screens to help you set up the principal settings: language, country, time, etc.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE

1. On/Off button: enables to turn on or turn off the device.
2. Micro-SD card slot

3. Micro-USB port

4. to charge the battery of your ARNOVA

5. to connect your ARNOVA to your computer, using the included USB cable

6. Headphone jack

7. Hardware Reset: in the event that your ARNOVA freezes operation, you can press the "pinhole reset" button by using a sharp object such as a toothpick.

8. Charging indicator

9. red: battery charging

10. green: battery charged.

11. Camera

12. Loudspeaker
13. me - return to the Home screen
14. Qarch
15. Volume buttons
16. menu - gives menu options according to the current screen.
17. Back-returns to the previous screen.

IMPORTANT:

Your device is frozen. You can turn it off. Press the ON/OFF button 1 for 10 seconds or press the reset button 5.

CONNECTING TO THE WIFI NETWORK

For this procedure to work, you need to be in a WiFi zone that will allow you to connect to it. Every time the ARNOVA is in range of a network that you have already configured once, it will attempt to make a connection.

How to configure a WiFi network

From the status bar, at the bottom right hand of the screen, you can access the WiFi settings quickly.

1. Touch the time in the status bar. The status dashboard is displayed.
2. Touch the time in the status dashboard. The setting dashboard is displayed below.
3. Touch WiFi to open the WiFi settings.
4. If the WiFi is off, slide the WiFi switch to the On position. Once the WiFi is on, the ARNOVA will scan for available WiFi networks. Secured networks are indicated with a Lock icon. If the device finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.
5. Touch the network you want to connect to.
6. Enter the required network information* and touch Connect. We recommend that you select Show password in order to be able to see the characters you are typing.

Your ARNOVA will attempt to establish a connection to that WiFi access point.

• For free access WiFi points, there is no need to enter any special information. For secured networks, you will need either a key (a series of numbers and/or letters) of the type WEP, WPA, or WPA2. To obtain the exact connection parameters required, contact the Internet service provider.

THE ARNOVA INTERFACE

Touch for text search

Your ARNOVA device is equipped with a capacitive touchscreen. Use your fingertip to navigate.

These are default AndroidTM applications (Web Browser, Email, etc.). Tap on an icon to open the corresponding application. You can customize the Home screen by adding/ removing shortcuts and widgets, changing the wallpaper etc. See next page.

The navigation bar displays the Back, Home and Recent Apps buttons.

All apps button

Tap on this icon to reveal all the Android™ applications and widgets installed on your ARNOVA (games, various tools, etc.). You can copy them onto the Home screen. You can get more Android™ applications from AppsLib

The status bar displays notifications and system icons.

Main Touchscreen buttons

The Back button - to go back to your previous screen.

The Search button - to type terms to search your tablet and the web.

The Home button - to return to the main screen.

The All apps button - to find all your apps and widgets.

The Recent Apps button - to navigate among your apps.
- to remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.

CUSTOMIZING YOUR PRODUCT

The extended Home screen

Navigate between different home screen panels by swiping left and right.

Customizing the Home screen panels

• To change your wallpaper, hold your finger on the screen at an empty location, then choose from the list.

Arranging & working with apps

• To move a Home screen item, touch and hold your finger onto it until the positioning gridlines appear, then slide it to the desired location, and release your finger.
  -To remove a Home screen item, touch and hold it, slide your finger towards the top of the screen and drop it over the Remove icon. Removing an item from the All apps screens will uninstall the item.

Zoom: In some apps (such as Browser, and Gallery) you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or spreading them apart

Creating application folders: you can combine several application icons in a folder. Drop one app icon over another on a Home screen and the two icons will be combined.

Changing the Settings

Tap on Settings and choose a menu among these categories: Wireless & networks, Device, Personal, System.

Adding more applications with APPSLIB : with the ARNOVA connected to the Internet, tap on the AppsLib icon This online library has thousands of applications to download and use.

CUSTOMIZING YOUR PRODUCT

Add widgets

• Widgets are like windows into your apps. They're available from an All Apps tab for you to move onto your Home screens.

To see your widgets:

1. Touch the All Apps icon and your Home screen.
2. Touch Widgets at the top of the screen.

3. From the main Widgets screen, you can:

4. move between screens: Swipe left or right.

-drag a widget to a Home screen. Touch and hold the widget's icon, slide your finger where you want to place it and lift your finger. You may be asked to make further choices before the widget activates. If there isn't room where you have dropped it, the widget won't be added to the Home screen.

Use the lock screen

To protect personal information, you can adjust your tablet's lock settings:

1. From the Home or All Apps screen, touch the Settings icon.
2. Scroll down and touch Security.
3. Touch Screen lock.
4. Touch the type of lock you'd like to use. After you set a lock here, a lock screen is displayed whenever your screen wakes up, requesting the pattern, PIN or other specified key.

Extend the life of your battery

-If you aren't using WiFi, use the Settings app to turn it off.

• Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter Sleep timeout: Settings > Device > Display.
  If you don't need it, turn off automatic syncing for all apps: Settings > Personal > Accounts & sync. Note that this means you need to sync manually to collect messages, email, and other recent information, and won't receive notifications when updates occur.

TRANSFERRING MEDIA

For Windows: note that the below procedure requires at least Windows XP and Windows Media Player 11.

1. Connect your tablet to your computer using the USB cable. Your device is automatically detected. It appears as an icon on "My Computer".
2. You can transfer your media files to the ARNOVA by copy/pasting them into the respective folders.
3. Once all your file transfers are finished, close any program that may have read or written to the ARNOVA.
4. You can now unplug the USB cable.

For Macintosh:

You first need to install the free Android File Transfer application (not included).

Download from http://www.android.com/filetransfer.

After you install Android File Transfer, follow these steps:

1. If you are using Android File Transfer for the first time, double-click it to open it. After you start Android File Transfer once, it opens automatically whenever you connect your device to your computer.
2. Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable. Android File Transfer starts, if it's not already running, and opens a window that displays the contents of your device, along with storage space details at the bottom of the window.
3. You can transfer your media files to the ARNOVA by copy/pasting them into the respective folders.
4. Once all your file transfers are finished, close any program that may have read or written to the ARNOVA.
5. You can now unplug the USB cable.

For Linux: You need to install MTP tools (not included).

REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT!

On the web at http://arnovatech.com/register

We recommend that you take a few minutes to register it (http://arnovatech.com/register). This will allow you to get access to ARNOVA technical support (http://arnovatech.com/support).

? NEED HELP?

On our Website: see the Frequently Asked Questions section on http://arnovatech.com/faq

Contact our Technical Support Team: visit http://arnovatech.com/support for e-mail support. Please register your product before contacting Technical Support (see Register your Product).

As we are often updating and improving our products, your device's software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this Quick Start Guide.

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National restrictions

This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below:

Country Restriction ReasonRemark

Bulgaria None General authorization required for

outdoor use and public service

France Outdoor use

limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz

Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation. Full implementation planned 2012

Italy None If used outside of own premises, general authorization is required.

Luxembourg None General authorization required for network and service supply (not for spectrum)

Norway Implemented This subsection does not apply for the geographical aera within a radius of 20km from the centre of Ny-Alesund

Russian Federation None Only for indoor applications

Note: Frequency 2454-2483.5MHZ are restricted to indoor use in France.

Consult the declaration of conformity on http://www.arnovatech.com/products/declaration_conformity.html

Open Source Software Offer

The software bundled with this product includes software files subject to certain open source license requirements. Such open source software files are subject solely to the terms of the relevant open source software license. Such open source software is provided on an "AS IS" basis to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

For the open source files contained herein, please access "Open source license" section located at: Settings\About tablet\Legal information on the device for the relevant copyright and licensing terms. You may obtain a copy of Apache License, Version 2.0 at http://www.apache.org/licenses/License-2.0. You may also obtain a copy of GNU General Public License, Version 2 at the Free Software Foundation, INC, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

Until the date that is three years after our last shipment of this product, you may obtain a copy of the source code corresponding to the binaries for any GPL-Licensed file by contacting ARNOVA customer service at http://www.arnovatech.com and ARNOVA will send you a link to such source code or will provide instructions to get the source on a physical medium.

This offer is valid to anyone in receipt of this information.