Tegra NOTE™ 7 User Guide 1
Contents About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE ....................................................................................................................................... 4 What’s in the Box ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Buttons and Connectors .....................................................................................................................................
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot .................................................................................................................................. 31 Set-Up Wi-Fi Hotspot ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Bluetooth Tethering ....................................................................................................................................... 31 VPN ..................................
About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE Congratulations on your new Tegra NOTE™ 7 tablet, powered with the leading-edge NVIDIA® Tegra® 4 quadcore applications processor. The Tegra NOTE 7 LTE also has a built-in modem with ultra-fast connectivity anywhere with download speeds up to 100 Mbps and upload speeds up to 50 Mbps. Your tablet is loaded with the Google® Android™ operating system and functions as any standard Android device.
About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE What’s in the Box 1 Tegra NOTE 7 with Stylus 4 Power Adapter – Hong Kong, UK 2 Quick Start Guide 5 Power Adapter – China, Japan, US 3 USB-to-Micro USB cable 6 Power Adapter – Europe 5
About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE Buttons and Connectors 1 Stylus in Housing 8 Micro USB 2 Volume Up/Down 9 Base Reflux Port 3 Micro SD Card Slot 10 Cover Spine (slide out to install cover) 4 Rear Camera 11 Dual Speakers 5 Power/Sleep Button 12 Front Camera (behind glass) 6 3.
About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE Charging the Battery ™ The battery in your new Tegra NOTE 7 is partially charged. It is recommended that you fully charge your device as soon as possible. To charge your Tegra NOTE 7, use the included AC adapter and the USB cable. Plug the micro USB end of the cable into the Tegra NOTE 7 and the other standard USB end into the power adapter. Plug the power adapter into a wall power outlet. Note: Use the AC Adapter and the USB cable that came with your Tegra NOTE 7.
About Tegra NOTE 7 LTE Inserting an SD/SIM Card Micro SD Card There are various types of SD cards available; Standard, Mini, and Micro. Your Tegra NOTE 7 uses a Micro SD card. The SD card is used as extra storage space for games, photos, music, or anything else you would like to keep on your Tegra NOTE 7. Note that most apps will not load to an SD card. Remove the cover off of the Micro SD-card/SIM card slot.
Get Started Power On Your new Tegra NOTE 7 tablet is loaded with the Google Android operating system. When you power on your tablet, you are going to be guided through the standard Android setup. To turn on your Tegra NOTE 7, press the Power button on the right side of the tablet for a few seconds and then release. The first time you power on your Tegra NOTE 7, a Welcome screen displays. Select your language and press Start.
Get Started A Google Account does provide the ability to organize and access personal information from any computer or mobile device that is also using your Google account. A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal information from any computer or mobile device: Use Google Play. Google Play brings together all your favorite content in one place: movies, TV shows, books, music, magazines, apps, and more. Synchronize and back up everything.
Get Started About the NVIDIA® DirectStylus™ Your Tegra NOTE 7 has a built-in stylus that launches specified apps when pulled from its Tegra NOTE 7 housing. Wherever you can control the tablet with your finger, you can also use the stylus to tap, swipe, or draw. The DirectStylus gives you fine point control that makes it much easier to write, draw, and activate small buttons or browser hot spots.
Home Screens Your Tegra NOTE 7 supports multiple screens that can be configured with various apps and widgets. The center screen is the default home screen that is displayed every time you press the Home icon. To move between screens, swipe left or right. A suggestion would be to place your most used app/widget icons on the Home page. You can then configure the other screens for games, one for music, and so on.
Home Screens Favorites Icon Tray At the bottom of every Home screen is an area called Favorites Tray. This area is for you to place your favorite and most used apps or short-cut icons for faster access. To replace an icon, simply press and hold your finger on the desired icon and move it to the Favorites Tray over an icon you wish to replace. Lift your finger and the icon is in place.
Home Screens Quick-Access Tray Swipe down from the top of the screen to display a quick-access tray with commonly used controls and settings. This saves you from having to navigate through the settings menus. Swipe down from the top of the tablet screen to display the Quick Access Tray. The tray contains commonly-used controls and settings.
Home Screens Dismiss all notifications Status Icons Along the top right of each screen is the status area. Here is where you will see battery status, Wi-Fi connection status, and Bluetooth status. The time is also displayed. Tablet is connected to a computer Airplane mode. Device can be used but Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are turned off. Error occurred or caution required Batter power status. The level of fill in the battery icon represents the percentage of battery power.
Home Screens Organize Home Screens Add Widget/App Icon to Home Screen To add an app or widget icon to a Home screen: 1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the widget/app. 2. icon. Touch the All Apps Swipe through the widget/app to find the widget you are looking for. Touch and hold the widget/app until the Home screen displays, slide it into place, and lift your finger. 3. 4. Touch APPS for a list of App icons Touch WIDGETS for a list of Widget icons 0.
Home Screens Making Folders To combine two icons in a folder, slide one over the other. To rename a folder, touch its name. The keyboard displays for you to type a new name To open a folder, touch it. To add icons to a folder, drag them to the folder and let go.
Using the Keyboard The nice thing about owning a tablet is you are not constrained to typing on a tiny thumb keyboard (as is the case with phones). You can use the virtual keyboard that displays whenever you touch an area that requires input or you can connect an external standard keyboard via Bluetooth. See Pairing a Bluetooth Device for details. The virtual keyboard will not display when you have a Bluetooth keyboard connected. This gives more room on the tablet screen as you type.
Using the Keyboard Basic Keyboard Usage Text input methods include voice (where you speak your message), tap (where you tap every letter and the space bar), and gesture typing. Try using your stylus for controlling the keyboard! You will have better control for hitting the letters you want and your hand does not need to travel as much so you can enter text even faster. Depending on what you are inputting, the keyboard may be different (when composing an email, for example).
Using the Keyboard Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection. The tab disappears after a few moments. To make it reappear, touch the text again. Delete text: Touch Cut, copy, paste. Select the text you want to edit and a pop-up screen appears with the following options: to delete selected text or the characters before the cursor.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Your Tegra NOTE 7 is loaded with the standard Android apps and widgets and the following specialized Tegra NOTE 7 apps: Write by Stylus labs Camera Awesome NVIDIA DirectStylus™ launcher Tegra NOTE 7 Draw NVIDIA Lasso Capture tool Write by Stylus labs Write by Stylus Labs is a word processor for handwriting. In addition to all the usual features of a vector drawing application, it provides a unique set of tools for editing and navigating handwritten documents.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Camera Awesome Camera Awesome is a powerful, intuitive camera application designed to take full advantage of Tegra computational camera capabilities like Always-On HDR, Tap-to-Track, slow-motion video and a variety of photo-editing features. Camera Awesome lets you easily apply special effects to pictures right on your tablet. Camera Awesome from SmugMug allows you to better compose your shots by including a visual horizontal level as well as various grid overlays.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Camera Icons There is a full range of icons that help you take the best pictures you can. When Camera Awesome is launched, you see controls displayed along the side or bottom of your screen. Displayed along the side/bottom of screen Touch the icon to display the camera function icons Access settings. Switch between front camera and rear camera. Access controls for ISO, white balance, and exposure. Enable or disable Always On HDR (AOHDR).
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Panoramic mode. Allows you to take a 180-degree panorama shot by panning from left to right. The camera will tell you if you are panning too quickly. When done, the Tegra 4 processor will stitch the image together in record time. Switch between camera mode and video mode Video mode. Returns camera to standard mode by turning off other features. Turns on fast 120 frames per second (fps) video capture (ideal for capturing fast action).
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Video Capture and Slow Motion Click the camera/movie camera icon on the bottom right of the screen to switch to video capture mode. Click the semicircle with arrow in the top-right corner of the screen to pull out the camera modes menu. Select the stopwatch icon to choose slow-motion video capture mode. Press the large semicircular icon with the glowing dot to start and stop video recording.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps Tegra NOTE 7 Draw Tegra Draw is a simple, multi-touch, pressure-sensitive drawing app. You can use your finger or the Tegra NOTE 7 Stylus to draw. The pressure sensitivity that works with most Android devices, adjusts to the pressure of the stylus as it touches the glass by drawing a thicker line. This interface is also kid-friendly, showing every pen size and color on-screen for them to choose from.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps gaming news and follow gaming forums. You can also connect the TegraZone app to your social networks and let your friends know about your favorite new games. To purchase and download your chosen game, you’ll be redirected to Google Play. When you first select Tegra Zone or select displays. from the top ribbon, The Get Started screen The Selection bar across the top of the NVIDIA TEGRAZONE screen lists Spotlight, Games, and News.
Tegra NOTE 7 Software Apps lists all the available games. Selecting a game displays a brief description of the game, its star rating, and where you can get it (Google play in this case). displays all the news pertaining to NVIDIA, the games, and special events.
Settings Use the Settings menu to customize a wide variety of features and get the most out of your Tegra NOTE 7, To get to Settings no matter what screen you are on, swipe down your Notifications from the top of any screen and touch the small Settings icon near the top. Tapping the Settings icon include: Wireless & Networks Device Personal Accounts System displays a list of configuration settings that can be adjusted and changed.
Settings Miracast is a wireless technology that allows you to stream the contents of your screen to a Miracast receiver that is connected to an HDTV. Miracast is like a wireless version of HDMI, so it is easy to enjoy movies or share pictures and browsing by showing them on a big screen. The Miracast implementation in Tegra Note 7 is ideal for video content up to 720p resolution. You need to set up your Miracast receiver before you try to access it from your tablet.
Settings Airplane Mode Settings More… Airplane Mode When Airplane mode is ON, the tablet turns off all external connections such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This allows you to play games and use any other functions of your Tegra NOTE 7 while on an airplane. Tapping Airplane mode turns it off and on ( indicates Airplane mode is On). When Airplane mode is on, the only apps and widgets that work are those that do not require connection to a network or data service.
Settings VPN VPN Settings More A Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides the ability to securely connect to your workplace network remotely and is a common standard tool used by most Information Technology (IT) departments. A VPN connection provides the security of your workplace firewall and allows you to exchange emails and view sensitive work-related information.
Settings The following table has a list of carriers that operate networks compatible with Tegra Note 7 LTE.
Settings Data roaming This option allows you to use cellular connections to other networks to transfer data. There are typically additional and extremely expensive charges for using data while roaming. Preferred network type This option was introduced when 3G networks used more power than 2G networks however faster data transfer on faster networks typically uses less power since the modem does not need to transmit as long.
Settings Sound Tapping Sound displays configurable slides to adjust the volume for music, videos, games, and other media. It also allows you to specify the volume of incoming notifications and alarms. Under the Sound topic, you can specify the default system notification sound, the sound made when the screen locks, and when you touch an icon. Sounds can be selected from the Android default sounds or from a third party app.
Settings − Turn off Daydream Go to Settings Device Display Touch Daydream Slide the switch to Off. Font size Provides the ability to adjust the font size between Small, Normal, Large, and Huge. Color correction preset The default setting is sRGB which tells the system to use standard processing of color functions when sending color managed output to the display. The native setting overrides standard sRGB and uses the settings that are preprogrammed for the display.
Settings Storage It is a good idea to check your current storage space to ensure that you do not overload your device. To check, go to Settings Storage. From here, you can monitor the storage on your tablet as well as the installed SD card. Used space is color-coded with the type of data stored. Scroll down to see the data assigned to each color. Touch the data category and a list is displayed showing specifically what is stored. For example; touching Apps lists all apps that are loaded on your device.
Settings Power Saving Tegra NOTE includes several innovative features that help you experience industry leading performance and terrific battery life. This section gives you more control over the tradeoffs. Tegra PRISM PRISM is an NVIDIA patented innovation that decreases the power used by the backlight during video playback without perceptibly degrading the visual experience. This feature can save up to 40% of the power used by the screen backlight, so it is on by default.
Settings Cache Allows you to clear any cached information associated with the application. This can also help unstick an application without getting rid of all the stored data the app may be using. Launch by default Permissions A full list of permissions granted to an app is listed here. This is particularly useful for understanding what system resources an app may have and what personal data it may take advantage of. Users Selecting Users lists the name of each person using the tablet.
Settings Personal Personal settings allow you to control the following: Location access Security Language & input Backup and reset Location Access The Location Access screen has a toggle to turn access on or off for all apps. One mode allows you to opt for high accuracy that uses all location information to determine your location but uses more power.
Settings SIM CARD LOCK Set up SIM card lock,so that if someone takes your SIM, they can only use it if they enter your password. Passwords Make passwords visible is a toggle that ensures that passwords are never displayed when you enter them, even if the application provides a setting to display passwords. Device Administration • Device Administrators Enables corporate control and allows you to enable the feature to wipe the storage if there are too many failed password attempts.
Settings Keyboard and Input Methods Android supports a wide variety of languages that may require different keyboards. Use this setting to select the keyboard you prefer. Third-party keyboard applications are enable using this setting. If you have a handwriting recognition application, select it instead of using a keyboard. Speech • Voice Search These settings allow you to control how speech recognition can be used to provide input to applications like the search engine or the browser.
Settings Accounts Accounts lists the apps currently loaded on your tablet that require specific account details, such as Google and Skype. Add an Account 1. 2. 3. Go to Settings Accounts Add account. Touch the kind of account to add. Follow the on-screen instructions. When you are finished, the account is added in one of two places: Google Accounts show up under Settings Accounts Google. Other accounts show up under Settings Accounts.
How To… This section goes through the common How to instructions. Included in this section are: How to use the Calendar How to use Email How to text How to use Voice actions How to use Google Play Bookmarks While browsing the Internet, you may come to locations you want to revisit. Tap the Star icon in the upper right corner of the top ribbon to save a bookmark to that location. You can save the bookmark to a Bookmark area (this is the default and the easiest option).
How To… How to Create an All-in-One Calendar Your Tegra NOTE 7 comes with a full-featured web-based Google Calendar app. You can use this app to manage personal, shared, and public events all on one calendar. You will need a Google account to register for Google calendar. If you did not set up a Google account at start-up, you will need to do so before using the calendar. To access the Google calendar, go to http://calendar.google.com.
How To… Setting Personal Options 1. Tap the Gmail icon 2. Tap Settings. Tap your Gmail account and adjust the settings options. 3. . How to Use the Clock To open the Clock, touch the Clock icon from a Home or All Apps screen. How to Set an Alarm Touch the Alarm Clock icon in the lower left corner of the screen. Touch the Add icon to add a new alarm. Select the time you want the alarm to sound. Touch OK. Any existing alarms will show in the main Clock screen.
Compliance The Tegra NOTE 7 is compliant with the regulations listed in this section. UNITED STATES Federal Communications Commission (FCC) FCC ID VOB-P1988 for LTE FCC ID VOB-P1988W for WIFI This device complies with part 15 of the 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 any interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
Compliance CANADA Industry Canada (IC) IC 7361A-P1988 for LTE IC 7361A-P1988W for WIFI CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B) This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Ce dispositif est conforme à la norme CNR-210 d'Industrie Canada applicable aux appareils radio exempts de licence.
Health and Safety Important Safety Information Tegra NOTE 7 is designed to operate safely when installed and used according to the product instructions and general safety practices. The guidelines included in this document explain the potential risks associated with equipment operation and provide important safety practices designed to minimize these risks. By carefully following the information contained in this document, you can protect yourself from hazards and create a safer environment.
Health and Safety To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electric shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the safety labels included on the equipment. Symbols on Equipment This symbol in conjunction with any of the following symbols indicates the presence of a potential hazard. The potential for injury exists if warnings are not observed. Consult your documentation for specific details. This symbol indicates the presence of hazardous energy circuits or electric shock hazards.
Health and Safety Never attempt to repair Tegra NOTE 7 yourself. This device does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Do not attempt to open, disassemble, or remove the battery. You run the risk of electric shock. To clean the display, use a soft, lint-free cloth. If necessary, breathe upon the display surface and wipe off immediately and softly. Avoid getting moisture in openings.
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