User Guide

Chapter 1 iPad at a Glance 10
Turn iPad on. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Turn iPad o. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears
onscreen, then drag the slider.
If you don’t touch the screen for two minutes, iPad locks itself. You can change how long iPad
waits to lock itself, or set a passcode to unlock iPad.
Set the auto-lock time. Go to Settings > General > Auto-Lock.
Set a passcode. Go to Settings > General > Passcode Lock.
An iPad Smart Cover or iPad Smart Case, sold separately, can lock or unlock iPad for you (iPad 2
or later).
Set your iPad Smart Cover or iPad Smart Case to lock and unlock iPad. Go to Settings >
General, then turn on Lock/Unlock.
Home button
The Home button takes you back to the Home screen at any time. It also provides other
convenient shortcuts.
Go to the Home screen. Press the Home button.
On the Home screen, tap an app to open it. See Start from home on page 19.
See apps you’ve opened. Double-click the Home button when iPad is unlocked, then swipe left
or right.
Use Siri (iPad 3rd generation or later). Press and hold the Home button. See Chapter 4, Siri, on
page 36.
Volume buttons and the Side Switch
Use the Volume buttons to adjust the volume of songs and other media, and of alerts and sound
eects. Use the Side Switch to silence audio alerts and notications. Or, set it to prevent iPad
from switching between portrait and landscape orientation.
Volume
buttons
Volume
buttons
Side
Switch
Side
Switch
Adjust the volume. Press the Volume buttons.
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Mute the sound: Press and hold the Volume Down button.
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Set a volume limit: Go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see Important safety
information on page 116 .
Mute notications, alerts, and sound eects. Slide the Side Switch toward the Volume buttons.
The Side Switch doesn’t mute the audio from music, podcasts, movies, and TV shows.