Giani mipal Instruction Manual

1. Overview 2. Getting Started Guide 2.1 Battery Charging 2.2 How to use Memory Card 2.3 Remove and insert memory card and U disk 2.4 Storage Space 2.5 Power On and Off 2.6 Vibrate 2.7 Interface switching 2.8 Connecting to the Internet 2.9 USB connection 3. Input Operation 3.1 Keyboard 3.2 Touch Screen 4. Desktop 4.1 Status Bar 4.2 Shortcuts 4.3 Current Desktop Lamp 4.4 A Quick Way To Add Gadgets 5. Web Browsing 6. Application Management 6.1 Install and Uninstall 6.2 Apps Market Table of Contents 1 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

7.1 Chat Tools 7.2 E-mail 7.3 File Browser 7.4 My Photo 7.5 My Video 7.6 YouTube 7.7 Magic Album 7.8 My Music 7.9 Camera 8. Tips and Tricks 8.1 Some convenient mode of operation 8.2 Convenient Set 8.3 Battery Tips 9. Personalized settings 9.1 Wireless controls 9.2 Pppoe settings 9.3 Sound & display 9.4 Data synchronization 9.5 Applications 9.6 Mini SD card & device storage 9.7 Date and Time 9.8 Local & text 9.9 About device 9.10 Touchpanel Calibration 10/11. Locking and Troubleshooting 11. Troubleshooting 11.1 Forced shutdown 11.2 Restore default settings 12. Product Specification Table of Contents 1 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

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Disclaimer: Due to software updates, the product may differ slightly to the user guide 2.1 Battery Charging Mipal has an internal rechargable battery. We suggest to charge up the battery when the battery power is low. Power Adapter To charge the Mipal, connect the power cable to the socket on the Mipal, and the power adaptor plug in to the wall socket. Charging Battery 1. The battery charge indicator turns red, indicating charging. When the battery is fully charged, the indicator turns green. Once charged, the power indicator will remain green until the power charge is low. 2. The unit can be used during charging.. Note: The charging time will be longer when operating and charging at the same time. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Insert memory card: Insert memory card to the Card slot. Very gently, push the card into the slot until “click” sound is heard. The upper left corner of the screen will prompt: Mini SD cards are ready. Browsing files in memory card: Run “File Browser” program, showing all the files under the root directory. Select “Mini SD card” open to browse the contents of card. Remove memory card: Close all applications or documents which have been opened from the card. Press the card lightly. It will be partly ejected. Pull the card out. Upper left corner of the screen will prompt “Mini SD card has been removed”. Note: 1. Ensure the Mini SD card is correctly inserted, incorrect insertion may damage mini SD card. 2. Once the card has been locked, it can not be formatted or written. 3. Don’t insert and remove the card repeatedly in a short time.. It may damage the card. 4. Always use branded memory cards to avoid any incompatibility. 2.3 Remove and insert memory card Do not remove the memory card during use. For example, when you are viewing files in my photo, my video or my music, this may cause damage to the memory card and the device may exit automatically for protection. To safely remove memory card please refer to“2.2 How to use Memory Card”. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

The device has three storage spaces: internal device storage, U disk and memory card. The internal device storage named “LocalDisk”; the memory card named “sdcard”. The available space on the local disc is 1GB. The TF memory card is on its specific capacity, the maximum support to 32GB memory card. 2.5 Power On and Off 1: Power On: When power adaptor is plugged in, press button to enter the home screen. 2: Power Off: Press (2 seconds) power button, then system will pop up equipment selection dialog box. Select shutdown, System will then pop off the confirmation dialog box, select OK to shut down. Press (8 seconds) power button to shut down the machine. 3: Hibernate: User can long press (2 seconds) power button, then system will pop up equip- ment selection dialog box. Select dormancy, the system will go into hibernation. Press the power button to again re-boot. 4: Airplane mode: User can long press (2 seconds) power button, then system will pop up equipment selection dialog box. Select airplane mode, the system will go into airplane mode. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Close vibrate: Adjust volume to above zero to disable vibrate mode 2.7 Interface switching System interface can switch the screen orientation automatically according to the direction of the device. The screen will switch to normal after finishing. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Connecting to the internet by Wi-Fi 1. Click MENU key to pop-up the menu, and then select “Settings”; 2. Select “Wireless Control” in the settings menu; 3. Select Wi-Fi Settings; 4. All the wireless networks in the vicinity will be listed, click to select the network you want to connect to. 5. If the wireless connection is successful, the network information will be saved in the pop- up window, select “Connect” to connect, choose “forget” to remove network information; 6. If the wireless is not encrypted, in the pop-up window, select “Connect” Start Connection; 7. If the wireless is encrypted, enter the password in the pop-up window, and click “Connect” Start Connection; 8. When internet connections are successful, the wireless connection icon in the status bar appears. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Files can be copied between the Mipal and a PC / Laptop via a USB connection. During connection, if the Mipal has a memory card inserted, then the connecting PC/Laptop display will show a memory card and internal device icon. Connect: 1. Connect the USB port on the Mipal, plug and the other end of the cable into the USB port of the connecting computer 2. Tap MENU>Notification>USB connected; 3. Tap “Mount” after the pop-up boxes; 4. Now the device has been connected with the computer. Go to My Computer, and under removable disk devices files can be copied between the internal device storage, Mini SD card and the computers. Turn off: Method 1.Tap MENU>Notification>Turn off USB storage, and then tap “Turn off” you can disconnect the device and the computer after the pop-up boxes. Method 2.Click to move the letter icon on the computer, and select the security you can disconnect the device connected to the computer. You can unplug the USB cable after disconnecting. Getting Started 2 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

keyboard will appear automatically. Note: This machine supports an external USB keyboard, but when using an external USB keyboard, some keys may not work properly. 3.2 Touch Screen Note: Please do not place objects on the touch screen surface, it may be scratched or crushed. Touch Screen senses the finger trajectory and can do the following: Click: Select an icon to click, and then you can select the icon or option; Long press: Select a single icon and do long press and then you can drag it to the desktop display. Drag and Drop: Drag the desktop you can switch between the three interfaces. In the process of using the screen process you can use a pencil instead. Input Operation 3 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

The status bar is located at the top of the screen and displays icons as shown below: 4.2 Shortcuts On the desktop, press the Shortcut Menu Icon, and the short cut menu will pop up at the bottom of the screen. Menu items include: Add, wallpaper, search, notification, settings and more, as shown below: Desktop 4 Battery Status Bar Time Display Volume Decrease Volume Increase Shortcut menu icon Back icon Desktop Icon Wi-fi Status Picture Capture Rotating Screen Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

The desk top has 3 interfaces and each interface is represented by a dot. When an interface is in use, the dot will be displayed as green. If the indicator shows like, 4.4 A Quick Way To Add Gadgets Shortcuts To add a shortcut to the main screen, press MENU > Add >Shortcut. Select the shortcut and then it can be added to the main screen. After adding you can click the shortcut icon on the main screen go to the corresponding shortcuts. Desktop 4 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Users can connect to the Internet through a browser. Click the browser icon on the Desktop, , and then you can open the Web browser. Press menu and the shortcut menu will pop-up at the bottom of the screen. Menu items incude: Go, Bookmarks, Windows, Refresh, Forward and More. Web Browsing 5 Web Browsing Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Install To install third-party software, please enter file browser first. Then find the APK file from the memory card, like the following picture: Click iReader.apk like the above picture to pop up the install interface: Click install button, and then the device will begin to install iReader. It shows like the follow- ing picture after installing: Application Management 6 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

back to the file browser. Uninstall To uninstall third-party software installed, press MENU > Settings > Application > manage- ment application. Like the following picture A: A. B. Click the application you want to uninstall, like iReader on the above picture. The uninstall option button will pop up as shown in picture B: Click Uninstall to enter the confirmation uninstall interface: (Picture C) C. D. Click OK to uninstall the application. When completed, the screen will dispaly as below Application Managment 6 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Click Apps Market icon to enter the following interface: You can click on the Featured, Categories, Top, Search and History to see the relevant infor- mation. Press MENU to pop-up shortcut menu as follows: Click login, it shows like: If you do not have an account, select register, and you need to enter E-mail, Account Name and password. The registration interface as it shows above. Application Managment 6 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

You can choose to change password, change Email and save password. If you want to down- load the application software, click the icon. For example: click featured to enter the next interface: Click the application you want to download to enter the details interface. Click download, it will pop up enter account password. Enter your account password after the start the download. After the download is complete it will pop up installation tips automatically, click install the application can be installed on the device. Application Managment 6 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

The actions available for applications are: comment, open and uninstall. Click comment to comment on the application; click open to open the application; click uninstall to uninstall the application from the device. Application Managment 6 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

You can download the chat tools such as FRING, QQ and MSN. 7.2 E-mail Click the E-mail icon to enter the e-mail, and then you can proceed as follows: 1. Set e-mail account; 2. Open a new e-mail; 3. Send and receive e-mail. Note: Press MENU to pop-up shortcut menu. 7.3 File Browser Click the file browser icon to enter file browser interface: In the file browser, you can access local disk, memory card, Udisk and create a new folder. Typical Applications 7 Local Disk Icon Email Icon File Browser Icon Memory Card Icon Udisk Icon New Folder Icon Back Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

card named “sdcard”; and the external U disk named “udisk”. If you want to copy files among memory card, U disk and internal device storage, please refer to the following actions: Example: copy files from external U disk to the internal device storage. 1. Enter the file browser and click the memory card icon to enter the sdcard folder. 2. Select the file you want to copy and press the icon for 2 seconds, then it will pop up the following list: In the file browser, the internal device storage named “LocalDisk”; the memory card named “sdcard”; and the external U disk named “udisk”. If you want to copy files among memory card, U disk and internal device storage, please refer to the following actions: Example: copy files from external U disk to the internal device storage. 1. Enter the file browser and click the memory card icon to enter the sdcard folder; 2. Select the file you want to copy and press the icon for 2 seconds, then it will pop the following list: 3. Click copy; 4. Click the internal device storage icon to enter the LocalDisk folder 5. Press on the blank space in the target folder until the pop-up appears. 6. Click paste to paste this file into the current directory. Typical Applications 7 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

up as shown below. Select delete to pop up the following confirmation delete dialog: 7.4 My Photo Click My Photo icon to browse pictures, Click on any picture to enter slideshow mode. The mode can be full-screen pictures, rotate pictures, select the picture effect, change the picture arrangement, operation and slideshow. Filter folder: Press MENU button or click MENU in My Photo and the following short cut menu will pop up: Typical Applications 7 Myphoto Icon Switchable Aragement Icon Delete & Properties Icon Slideshow Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

If “Select/Clear All” is selected, all the photos will be displayed; and if “Select/Clear All” is not selected, no photo will be be displayed. If you don’t select a folder with “Select/Clear All” the selected photos in this folder will not be displayed; and if you select one folder with “Select/Clear All”it will only displayed the photos in this folder. The picture format can be supported: JPEG, BMP and PNG. 7.5 My Video Click My Video icon (See Below) to open the list of the videos Click a video to view. User can adjust the volume during playback, fast forward, rewind, pause, adjusting brightness and return. Typical Applications 7 My Video Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Click filter folder and then you can filter all the folders with videos, like the following picture: Search: You can input a search.Hot Video: Including by featured, most viewed, most discussed, top favorited, most_recent, top rated, Folders containing videos will only be displayed if select / clear all is selected. The video format can be supported: H263, MPEG4 and 3GP. It supports QVGA (500kbps). 7.6 YouTube Click YouTube video icon (See Below) Search: You can input a search. Hot Video: Including by featured, most viewed, most discussed, top favorited, most_recent, top rated, responded and on mobile. Click the video on the list to play Typical Applications 7 Youtube Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Click Magic album icon (See Below) into the magic album interface. It can display weather, date and time, My Photo, my music, brightness adjustment and alarm clock. Click the mail icon to enter my photo to view all of the pictures in the Email. Press MENU to pop up the shortcut menu, including refeshing the weather, setting and on. Setting: Can choose the city, date and time, the background image and open the screen- saver settings. Photo Mail: When photo mail is received and you are in the magic album, the mail icon will become green. Click the mail icon into my photo to check the picture of e-mail. 7.8 My Music Click My Music icon (See Below) to enter and click to play songs. Typical Applications 7 My Music Icon Magic Album Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Click filter folder and then you can filter all the folders with music, like the following picture: Folders containing music will only be displayed if select / clear all is selected. Typical Applications 7 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

volume. To rewind or fastforward, rotate the disc image to FF or rewind the track. (Picture A) To view lyrics, click the lyrics button in the top right hand corner. (Picture B) A. B. If there are no relevant lyrics, it will display as below: (Picture C) To achieve best match lyrics, input the artists name, song name, check the ‘best match auto download’ box and click search (Picture D) C. D. The Audio format can be supported: MP3, WAV, AAC and AMB. Typical Applications 7 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

including Gallery and Settings. Click the Gallery in My Photo to view all photos taken with the camera. Click on Settings to enter the camera settings interface, to adjust camera settings. including Store location in pictures, Select picture size, Select picture quality and Select focus mode. Typical Applications 7 Camera Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Home screen > Click Home Icon (Please Refer to 4.1) Adusting the volume> Volume Buttons (Please Refer to 4.1) 8.2 Convenient Settings Information Wi-Fi settings: Click Wi-Fi settings icon (Image Below) to enter the Wi-Fi settings. The interface to the fol- lowing figure shows: Ethernet: Click Ethernet icon (See Below) to enter the Ethernet. You can set IP manually. The interface to the following figure shows: Tips & Tricks 8 WI-Fi Settings Icon Ethernet Icon Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Click gravity sensor setting icon (See Below) to enter, and you can set the gravity sensor to normal or game mode. Picture Capture: Click picture capture icon to do picture setting. You can set select delay time to capture the screen and also select the default storage device. Picture storage: The pictures captured are saved in the Internal Flash (ROM) default, you can select the default storage device to be Mini SD card and USB storage. Delay capture: if you need to delay capture, please click picture capture icon on the desktop to enter first, and then select “Select delay time to capture the screen (seconds)” to enter the next inter- face like the following picture: Tips & Tricks 8 Gravity Settings Icon Picture Capture Icon Select the delay time and then the device will begin timing. The method applies to the full screen interface don’t have the status bar to the desktop. Immediate capture: click the picture capture icon on the status bar to capture the current screen display. The method applies to the interface have the status bar to the desktop. Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

As the device has a large screen, it will consume a lot of power. To extend the battery life, you can reduce the frequency of use of the following features: 1. Recording or watching videos, listening to music or take photographs; 2. Display brightness: Please press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Display Settings) > Brightness (reduce the brightness); 3. Web Search: Please press MENU >Settings > Wireless controls > Wi-Fi settings > Network notification; 4. Wi-Fi use: Please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls > Wi-Fi (turn off Wi-Fi). Tips & Tricks 8 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Manage the Wi-Fi and airplane mode controls: Wi-Fi: If you want to open and close the Wi-Fi, please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls > Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Settings: If you want to set up and manage the wireless access point, please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls > Wi-Fi settings. Airplane mode: If you want to set airplane mode and disable all wireless connections, please press MENU > Settings > Wireless controls > Airplane mode. 9.2 Pppoe Settings Connect broadband connection: Press MENU > Settings > Pppoe settings to enter. Input user name and password and then click connect to connect broadband connection. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Set the tones, notification, and screen brightness. Silent mode: To make changes to the media and the alarm clock, all located to mute the sound, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Silent mode. Notification volume: To set the volume of the notifications, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Notification volume. Media volume: To set the volume of music and video, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Media volume. Notification ringtone: To set the ringtone of the default notification, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Notification ringtone. Audible selection: To make sound preferences for the screen, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > operation sound choice. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

To change the Mini SD card notification, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Mini SD card notifications. Orientation: Press MENU > Settings > Sound & display (Sound settings) > Orientation, you can switch orientation automatically when rotating. If you choose “switch orientation automatically when rotating”, the interface will switch automatically when the device has been rotated. If you don’t choose “switch orientation automatically when rotating”, there will display a rotat- ing screen icon (Please refer to 4.1) on the status, and the interface will switch following the device only if you click the rotating screen icon. Animation To open and close the window to display animation, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display(Display settings) > Animation. Brightness To adjust the brightness of the screen, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display(Display settings) > Brightness. Screen timeout To adjust the screen automatically turns off before the delay, press MENU > Settings > Sound & display(Display settings) > Screen timeout. 9.4 Data synchronization Select which applications are synchronized If you don’t sign in Google account, press MENU > Settings > Data synchronization to enter the next interface: Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Synchronizing Applications: If you don’t sign in Google account, press MENU > Settings > Data synchronization to enter the next interface > Click “Next” > If you already have an account, please click “Sign in” and input “Username” and “Password” to login in. If you don’t have an account, click “Create”: Input “First name”, “Last name” and “Username” > click “Next” > Input and confirm the pass- word > click “Next”: Input and confirm the password and click “Next” Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

agree, Next.” to enter the next interface: Click “I agree, Next.” to enter the next interface. Type the characters you see in the picture and then click “Next” to enter the next interface: You can select which applications are synchronized in the above picture. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

market. Manage applications To manage and remove the installed applications, press MENU > Settings > Applications > Management applications. Development To set options for application development, please press MENU > Settings > Applications > Development. 9.6 Mini SD card & Device storage Remove Mini SD card, view available storage: Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

total amount of local disk storage and Mini SD card . Available space: Press the MENU > Settings > Mini SD card &device storage > Available space, you can view the available space of localdisk storage , Mini SD card and internal device storage. Unmount SD Card: To remove the Mini SD card in a safe remove, press the MENU > Settings > Mini SD card &device storage > Unmount Mini SD card. Format SD Card: To format the (clear) SD card, press the MENU > Settings > Mini SD card &device storage > Formatted Mini SD card. Factory data reset: To restore factory settings, press MENU > Settings > Mini SD card &device storage > Factory data reset. 9.7 Date and Time To set the date, time, time zone, time and format of the system, press MENU > Settings > Date and Time. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Set local (language and region), text input and auto-correction options Select local To select the language and region, press MENU > Settings > Local &text > Select local. Android keyboard To choose Android keyboard and do Android keyboard settings, press MENU > Settings > Local & Text > Android keyboard. Google Pinyin Input Method To select the Google Pinyin input method, and to set up Google Pinyin input method, press MENU > Settings > Local & Text > Google Pinyin input method. User dictionary To add words to the user dictionary and remove the word from the user dictionary, press the MENU > Settings > Local &text > User dictionary. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Status To view the battery status, battery power, WIFI address and boot time, press MENU > Set- tings > About device > Status. Battery use To view the power situation, press MENU > Settings > About device > Battery use. Legal information To view the relevant legal information, press MENU > Settings > About device > Legal information. Model number To view the model number, press MENU > Settings > About device > Model number. Firmware version To view the firmware version, press MENU > Settings > About device > Firmware version. Kernel version To see the kernel version, press MENU > Settings > About device > Kernel version. Build number To view the build number, press MENU > Settings > About device > Build number. 9.10 Touchpanel Calibration If you want to calibrate the touch screen, press MENU > Settings > Touchpanel calibra- tion. Follow the prompts touch screen calibration, the calibration is complete there will be prompt and returns the corresponding list of settings. Personalized settings 9 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Screen / device lock: 1. When screen idle (do not press any buttons), the device will lock the screen automatically in accordance with the system; 2. Press the power button in any system interface can turn off the screen light and lock the screen. Screen / device unlock: 1. Press Back or Menu to display unlock screen requirements; 2. If you have a set pattern or password locked, the system will ask you to enter the informa- tion. MID Locked 10 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Press and hold the Power key for 5 seconds, device will force the shutdown. 11.2 Restore default settings To restore the device to factory settings and clear all information, press MENU > Settings > Mini SD card & device storage > Factory data reset. Warning: Resetting the MiPal will delete Google accounts, system and application data and settings, downloading applications, please use this carefully. Troubleshooting 11 Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

1x USB 2.0 Samsung 2GB NANO Flash (up to 8GB) 800*480 In Built Speaker In Built 0.3MP Camera 1400 mAh (2.5 Hours Battery Life) Supports (1GB-32GB) 9V/1.5A In Built Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]

Giani Limited River House, Unit 17, Shepley Industrial Estate South, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5DW TEL: 0161 336 2200 FAX: 0161 336 2280 Emial: [email protected] Please consider the enviroment by disposing of this product resposibly. The wheelie bin sybol indicates the product must not be disposed of with general houshold waste as it contains substances that can damaging to the enviroment. Please visit www.direct.gov.uk to find your nearest recycling centre. Contact Customer Service Line: 0845 680 9950 Email: [email protected]