User Guide
At a glance • Create: Check and send your “Email” on page 22, and even create and edit documents and calendar events for “Work” on page 26. When you’re up and running, be sure to explore what your tablet can do: • Enjoy: “Load up” on page 9 your tablet’s apps and games, or “Play & record” on page 14 media, and “Control” on page 18 your TV. • Customize: Start up, then “Personalize” on page 6.
Contents Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Navigate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tips & tricks Start • In the unlikely event that your tablet becomes unresponsive, try a forced reboot—press and hold both Power/Sleep and the down volume key for more than 12 seconds. Set up Let’s get you up and running. Caution: Before assembling, charging, or using your device for the first time, please read the important safety, regulatory and legal information in this guide. 1 Charge up. 2 Remove the placeholder SIM card. Insert your SIM card.
Touch • Touch & hold: Move items on the home screen, or open options for items in lists. Quick start: Touch • Drag or flick: Scroll slowly (drag) or quickly (flick). It’s all in the touch: • Pinch or double-tap: Zoom in and out on websites, photos, and maps. • Touch: Choose an icon or option. Tips & tricks • Flick & stop: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop it from scrolling. Apps Inbox mike.higgins22...
Navigate • App menu: See all your apps (if you have a lot, flick left and right to see them all). Quick start: Navigate • Back: • Home: Find your way around: • Search: Search with text or voice. Open apps. Search. 5 Motorola Facebook Verizon Google Widgets ht tp :// w w w. Flick left or right to see more panels. Qello Return to the home screen at any point. • Recent apps: Show thumbnails of your recent apps (touch a thumbnail to open the app). Tips & tricks Apps Inbox mike.higgins22...
Quick start: Personalize • Home screen: To move widgets or shortcuts, touch and hold them. To add them or change wallpaper, touch in the top right. Change your widgets, wallpaper, and more—make it yours. • Sound & display: Touch the clock in the bottom right, then touch and Settings to choose Screen, Sound, and more. Personalize Tips & tricks Apps Inbox mike.higgins22... 5 Motorola Facebook Verizon Google Add widgets, wallpaper, and more to your home screen.
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Type • Numbers & symbols: Touch or letters. Quick start: Type • Capital letters: Touch to enter one capital letter, hold it to enter capitals until you release it, or double-tap it to lock capitals until you touch it again. Just touch a text field to open a touch keypad. Touch to close it. Send Compose From: you@gmail.com Close the keyboard. Jump to the next text box in a message or online form. Choose numbers/symbols or letters.
Find it: Load up Apps > Market • Find: To find a game or app, touch Quick start: Load up Your tablet comes with fun games and apps—explore them, and download even more from Android Market™! at the top. • Review: To show the apps you/ve downloaded from Market, touch My apps. Tips & tricks • Help: To get help and more, touch Menu right corner. Browse apps or books. Apps Search apps or books. Show your downloaded apps. Books T TRAVEL FEATURED FOR TABLETS Search Market Over 3 million books.
Android Market™ Get all the apps, books, games, and widgets you want, from developers and authors worldwide. Search and browse for what you need, or check out the latest recommendations. And with so much for free, you’re sure to find something. If you need help or have questions about Android Market, touch Menu > Help. Find it: Apps > Market Touch an app or book to see details and reviews, then install, buy, or try it. Tip: Apps and games will appear in your app menu.
Update my tablet You can check for, download, and install software updates using your tablet or your computer: • Using your tablet: You may get an automatic notification of an available update on your tablet. Simply follow the instructions to download and install. To manually check for updates, touch Apps > Settings > About tablet > System updates. Note: To minimize the impact of updating on your data plan, you might want to use a Wi-Fi connection for updates.
Surf Select links Quick start: Surf Touch a link to go to that web page. Touch and hold a link to show options, like Open in new tab or Save link. You’re surfing on the big screen. Find it: Apps > http:// www . Browser • Tabs: Touch the tab to open a new tab, then touch tabs to go to them or touch the on a tab to close it. • Bookmarks: If you love that website, touch to bookmark it. Touch to open your bookmarks.
Download apps Browser options Warning: Apps downloaded from unknown sources can include spyware, phishing, or viruses that affect your tablet, tablet performance, and personal data. For security, download apps only from trusted sites like Apps > Market. Touch Menu To download apps: 1 If you want to allow downloads from any web page, touch Apps > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources. 2 To launch the browser, touch Apps > http:// www . Browser.
• Photos & videos: In the camera, touch photo or touch to switch to videos. Play & record To open photos & videos, touch > Gallery. Quick start: Play & record See it, capture it, share it! Find it: Apps > Camera or Choose the front or back camera. Apps • Stream and transfer computer files: See “MotoCast™” on page 14. Music • Transfer files: See “Bluetooth® wireless” on page 29or “USB connection” on page 31. On the back of your tablet: Start/stop recording.
1 On your computer, download and install MotoCast from www.mymotocast.com. Then, enter or create your MotoCast ID. Note: MotoCast works with Windows XP Service Pack 3 or higher, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Mac OS X 10.5.6 or higher. To change MotoCast settings, right-click MotoCast in the Windows system tray or the Mac Menu bar. 2 On your tablet, touch Apps > enter your Motorola ID. MotoCast. Then, MotoCast shows you the music, photos, and videos stored on your computer.
Video modes—Get the best video every time. Just touch a video mode: • • • —Flash: Set to On or Off. A W —White 2 Touch a folder name or tag name, if necessary. balance: Adjust for lighting conditions. —Color effect: Pick a cool effect. • —Video quality: Select resolution. • —Time lapse interval: Create a time lapse clip. After you record the video, you can touch the thumbnail to open your gallery. Touch the video to view options: • Play: Touch . • Start a slideshow: Touch .
video to start playing it. To show a video in high quality, touch HD to the left of the video. Share videos Send someone a link to a video you are watching, touch Share in the top right of your screen. Apps > YouTube > Menu Open your music library, then select what you want to play. Find it: Apps > Music To control music playback: • Play/pause: Touch Log in or create account Find it: Music > Sign in / • Previous/next: Touch . / . To create your YouTube account, touch Add account.
Apps > Dijit Control Find it: Quick start: Control • Universal remote: Combine remote controls from all your devices into your tablet. The Dijit™ Universal Remote turns your tablet into a remote control with a program guide, recommendations, and social TV features. Guide My Shows Menu My Channel 8:00 PM November 10, 2011 Arrested Development NEW Marta Complex Tune Show the Guide for all programs, My Shows that you pick, or My Channel that you program.
Locate • Your location: To show your location, touch top. The is your location. Quick start: Locate • Map mode: To show map layers, touch Use the Google Maps™ you know and love. Tips & tricks Find it: Apps > • Get directions: Touch at the top. Enter starting and end points, or touch and select My current location, Contacts, or Points on map. Open My Location, Places, Directions, Layers, or Latitude. Menu Search Maps Sign In Cline Ave. County Rd 500 E Whitman Dr. County Rd 600 E Klier St.
To set your location, touch Apps > Settings > Location & security > Use GPS satellites and/or Use wireless networks. Google Maps Navigation™ beta Find it: Apps > Navigation your friends to view your location or accept their invitations. When using Maps (in any mode except in Street View), touch Menu > Join Latitude. Read the privacy policy and if you agree with it, touch Agree & Share. Add & remove friends Get spoken turn-by-turn directions to the destination you specify.
• Accept and share back: See your friend’s location, and your friend can see yours. • Accept, but hide my location: See your friend's location, but they can't see yours. • Don't accept: Location information is not shared between you and your friend. Hide your location To hide your location, touch Menu your location.
Email Quick start: Email Keep in touch with friends and colleagues. Find it: you@gmail.com Inbox Priority Inbox Apps > Email or Gmail Menu Check for new messages. Create a message. Starred Important 3 Search messages. Chats Sent Messages Outbox Drafts Message Labels All Mail • Add accounts: Touch Apps > Settings > Accounts & sync, then touch Add account in the top right. For Microsoft® Exchange work accounts, choose Corporate and enter settings from your IT department.
Create email messages Find it: Touch Touch Apps > Email or Gmail , then, enter the recipient and message. to add attachments. Tip: When you enter text in the To: field, your tablet shows possible matches from your Contacts list, if any exist. Receive & open email attachments When you receive a message with an attachment, you’ll see the attachment as a thumbnail. Touch View or Save. Tip: To send and receive large attachments faster, use a Wi-Fi connection, in “Wi-Fi Networks”.
Apps > Contact Find it: Quick start: Contact • Create: Touch New (and choose an account if you have more than one). Enter details, then touch Done to save. All contacts Find contacts New 7 contacts A Christine Fanning Menu Edit or delete the selected contact. Alex Silveira Create a contact. C Phone Christine Fanning (555) 555-5694 Home Search contacts. D Email Dylan Foster email@gmail.com Home Email the contact.
Apps > Books Read Find it: Quick start: Read • Open: Flick left and right to see more books in your library. To open a book, touch it. Read your favorite books, magazines, and newspapers when and where you want. Books Shop Choose Make available offline or other options. Download books. Touch a book to open & read it.
Apps > Quickoffice HD Work Find it: Quick start: Work • Open files: Touch a file or folder to open it, or touch and hold a file for options. You can edit most text or spreadsheet files: You can use Quickoffice™ to view and edit files online, or download them to your tablet to work on them anytime. Local Files Local Files Alarms Tips & tricks Open an online document. • Options: To open a keyboard, choose formatting, save the file, or choose other options touch Menu Create a document.
Calendar Find it: Apps > Airplane mode Calendar View your calendar events from all of your accounts, all in one place. Your calendar events can be viewed in different ways: Touch Day, Week, or Month. When you highlight an event, more details appear. Use airplane mode to turn all your wireless connections off—useful when flying. Touch the bottom right corner of the screen, then touch > Airplane mode. Add calendar events From any view, touch . Enter the event start time and other details.
Apps > Evernote Note Find it: Quick start: Note • Create: To create a new note, touch right. Capture all of your thoughts, ideas, and inspirations, into a single place, and access them from your computer. in the top • Search: To search across all of your notes, touch the top right. in Tips & tricks All Notes March 2012 2 Notes Note 1 Title Note 3 Title Note 2 Title March 5, 2012 Note 3 content March 5, 2012 Note 2 content February 2012 1 Notes Search Note your location. Create a note.
• Bluetooth® devices: To connect a Bluetooth headset, keypad, or other device, touch Bluetooth settings. Connect Quick start: Connect • Wi-Fi networks: To connect, touch Wi-Fi settings. Accessories, phone, PC, and network—connect.
Tip: To extend battery life or stop connections, turn off Bluetooth power: Touch Apps > Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth. Note: The Bluetooth Enhanced Audio setting is not recommended for older Bluetooth headsets, as it may not deliver acceptable sound quality. is connected, the Bluetooth indicator status panel. appears in the Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while driving may cause distraction and may be illegal. Always obey the laws and drive safely.
Note: To extend battery life, turn off Wi-Fi when not in use. Connect to networks To find networks in your range: 1 Touch Apps > > Wi-Fi Settings. Settings > Wireless & networks 2 Touch Wi-Fi to turn on and scan. If Wi-Fi is already on, touch Menu > Scan. Your tablet lists the networks it finds within range. • For Microsoft™ Windows™ XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7: On your computer, choose Start, then select Windows Explorer from your list of programs.
• Lock screen: Your tablet can lock whenever the screen times out. Touch Apps > Settings > Location & security > Configure lock screen. Protect Quick start: Protect You can help protect your tablet, and your information. Find it: Apps > Settings > Location & security Settings Wireless & networks Sound Location & security My Location Use wireless networks Screen Location & security Location determined by Wi-Fi and/or mobile networks Choose how your tablet determines your location.
Accelerate security. Under My Location, select Use wireless networks, and deselect Use GPS satellites. General tips • To set screen timeout or change screen brightness, touch Apps > Settings > Screen. • If you can’t see the screen while wearing sunglasses, take them off. Screen brightness changes as your tablet senses the current lighting conditions. • To return to home screen, touch Home . • To sleep/wake your tablet, press Power/Sleep • To search, touch Search . .
Voice readouts To turn on voice readouts, touch Apps > Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility, then select an option: • Talkback: The tablet speaks out loud to describe each action you complete. > Language & input > Configure input methods > Settings. Of course if you don’t want to type at all, then use your voice—touch on the touchscreen keypad. Apps • SoundBack: Play a sound to confirm your action, you signal a change of tablet status, or alert you to notifications. Want more? No problem.
Want More? Accessories More information You can find accessories for your tablet at www.motorola.com/accessories. You can get more information, more help, more free stuff. We’re here to help. • Answers: Check out the help center on your tablet—touch Apps > Help Center. • Support: Tablet software updates, PC software, user guides, online help, and more at www.motorola.com/myxyboard8.2.
Troubleshooting Force a reboot In the unlikely event that your tablet becomes unresponsive, try a forced reboot: Press and hold both Power/Sleep and the down volume key for more than 12 seconds. Reset your tablet If you want to clear your tablet, or if you forget your unlock PIN or Password, you can do a factory data reset to restore your tablet to its factory settings. Tip: If you forget your unlock Pattern, see “Quick start: Protect” on page 32.
Safety, Regulatory & Legal Battery Use & Safety The following battery use and safety information applies to all Motorola mobile devices. If your mobile device uses a non-removable main battery (as stated in your product information), details related to handling and replacing your battery should be disregarded—the battery should only be replaced by a Motorola-approved service facility, and any attempt to remove or replace your battery may damage the product.
your mobile device’s warranty. For a list of Motorola accessories, visit www.motorola.com/products Driving Precautions Responsible and safe driving is your primary responsibility when behind the wheel of a vehicle. Using a mobile device or accessory while driving may cause distraction and may be prohibited or restricted in certain areas—always obey the laws and regulations on the use of these products. While driving, NEVER: • Type, read, enter or review texts, emails, or any other written data.
Operational Warnings Obey all posted signs when using mobile devices in public areas. Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Potentially explosive areas are often, but not always, posted and can include blasting areas, fueling stations, fueling areas (such as below decks on boats), fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, or areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain dust, or metal powders.
Specific Absorption Rate (FCC & IC) SAR (IEEE) YOUR MOBILE DEVICE MEETS FCC & IC LIMITS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES. Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves (radio frequency electromagnetic fields) adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada (IC). These limits include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
When using navigation features, note that mapping information, directions and other navigational data may contain inaccurate or incomplete data. In some countries, complete information may not be available. Therefore, you should visually confirm that the navigational instructions are consistent with what you see. All drivers should pay attention to road conditions, closures, traffic, and all other factors that may impact driving. Always obey posted road signs.
If you have further questions regarding how the use of your mobile device may impact your privacy or data security, please contact Motorola at privacy@motorola.com, or contact your service provider. Recycling Use & Care Please do not dispose of mobile devices or electrical accessories (such as chargers, headsets, or batteries) with your household waste, or in a fire.
Not all mobile devices have been rated. Products that are rated have the rating on their box or a label on the box. To maintain the published Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) rating for this mobile device, use only the original equipment battery model. This mobile device has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this device that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids.
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What Does this Limited Warranty Cover? Motorola's warranty obligations are limited to the terms and conditions set forth herein and are only available in the country where the Product was purchased. Subject to the exclusions contained below, Motorola warrants this Tablet Computer (“Product”) against defects in materials and workmanship, under normal consumer use, for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of retail purchase by the original end-user purchaser (“Warranty Period”).
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