ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 7 (01) PDF MANUAL

Before inserting/removing SIM or microSD card, you should ensure the tablet is off, to protect it from corruption or damage. In addition, regularly removing or inserting the SIM card or SD card may cause the tablet to restart.

To charge the tablet, connect supplied USB cable and charger to tablet micro USB port and plug into electrical outlet. When using your tablet for the first time, fully charge the battery (approximately 5 hours). You are advised to fully charge the battery. Charging status () is indicated by the percentage on screen while the tablet is powered off. The percentage increases as the tablet is charged. To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when the battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock your tablet (Swipe, Pattern, PIN, Password) if necessary and confirm. The Home screen is displayed. If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not store PIN code within your tablet, store information in a safe and accessible place.

The first time you power on the tablet, you will be prompted to set the following options:

• On Welcome screen, select language and touch next icon →
• Next, select Wi-Fi connection and setup, then touch NEXT or touch SKIP.
• Then enter your user name. You can also touch NEXT to get the next step.
• Then touch MORE->NEXT.
• Touch FINISH to complete the setup.

When the tablet is powered on, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use features.

Hold down the Power key until the pop-up menu appears, select Shut down to confirm.

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and hold the Home screen to get wallpapers, widgets and settings options.

Place your finger on any item to drag it to another location.

Swipe the screen up and down or left and right to navigate through notifications panel, application screens, home screens, etc.

Flick your finger left and right across screens to move through screens faster.

Place your index finger and thumb on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the tablet sideways to have a better view.

Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Notifications panel. Touch the notifications to view details or touch on the bottom of Notifications panel to clear all notifications (ongoing notifications will remain).

Touch and hold to open a list of thumbnail images of applications you’ve worked with recently.

While on any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.

Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options menu, the notification panel, etc.

• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen
• Press and hold: Power on or pop up the menu to get more options, such as Power off, Airplane mode, etc.
• Press and hold Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot.

In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjust the media volume.

• Touch Search bar from the Home screen.
• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.
• Touch on the keyboard to begin search.
• Use bottom menu bar with filters to view search results from Web, Images, News, Maps, Shopping, Videos, Books, Apps, or Phone.

• Touch from Search bar to display a dialog screen.
• Speak the word/phrase you want to search for. A list of search results will display for you to select from.
• Use bottom menu bar with filters to view search results from Web, Images, News, Maps, Shopping, Videos, Books, Apps, or Phone.

• Drag down the Status bar and open the Settings shortcut panel then touch the settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Security/Screen lock/Pattern.
• Draw your own pattern.

• Touch Settings/Security/Screen lock /PIN or Password.
• Set your PIN or password.

Press the Power key once to lock the screen.

Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to unlock the screen. If you have chosen Slide as the screen lock, slide the Home screen up with your finger to unlock the screen.

Adding Apps and Widgets To add an application shortcut to Home screen touch the Applications icon , touch and hold an application to activate the Move mode, and drag the item to preferred Home screen. To add a widget touch and hold an empty area on home screen and select WIDGETS from bottom menu. Touch and hold widget to activate the Move mode and drag the item to preferred Home screen. While adding an application or widget shortcut to a Home screen, drag it to the top App info to view detailed information. If the application or widget is downloaded, drag it to the top Uninstall to unmount it directly. Repositioning Apps and Widgets Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen. Removing Apps and Widgets Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag the item up to the top of “x Remove ‘, and release after the item turns red. Creating folders To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screens and the Favorite applications tray, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another. To rename a folder, open folder, touch the folder’s title bar and input new name. Wallpaper customization Touch and hold an empty area on the Home screen, then touch WALLPAPERS from bottom menu to view available wallpapers. Touch Set Wallpaper at top of screen to set new wallpaper image. To access other images on tablet for wallpaper, while in wallpaper menu touch Pick image to access Gallery, Photos, File Manager and other options.

Using volume keys Press Volume keys to adjust the volume. To activate the Silent mode, press the Volume down key until the volume bell icon is gray you will be prompted to choose silent mode indefinitely or for set time. Using Settings menu Drag down the status bar to open the Settings shortcut panel and touch the settings icon to enter Settings, then touch Sound & notification, you can set media, alarm and notification volumes.

You can edit the text you have entered.

• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.
• Drag the tabs to change the high-lighted selection.
• Following options will show: SELECT ALL, CUT COPY PASTE

Touch the Menu key to display contacts options menu:

• Contacts to display: Choose to show contacts from all locations on tablet or specific locations (e.g. tablet, Google, SD, etc.).
• Import/Export: Import or export contacts between Storage, SIM card, and SD card.
• Accounts: Manage the synchronization settings for different accounts.
• Settings: Set contacts display options.
• Delete: Select and delete unwanted contacts.
• Share visible contacts: Share visible with other contacts.

Touch the icon + to create a new contact. You are required to enter the contact’s name and other contact information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another easily. If you want to add more information, touch ADD ANOTHER FIELD to add a new category. When finished, touch to save. To exit without saving, you can touch Back key to return the previous menu. To add a contact to Favorites, you can touch a contact to view details, then touch to add the contact to Favorites (the star will get becoming). To remove a contact from favorites, touch the star on contact details screen.

Touch the GROUPS to view local groups. To create a new group, touch to open options menu and select Add group, enter the new name and touch Done to confirm. If you have added accounts to your tablet, touch the GROUPS to view groups in accounts.

To edit contact information, touch to choose a contact, then touch on top of the screen, When finished, touch. To delete contacts, touch the Menu key and select Delete from contacts screen, select the contacts you want to delete and then touch done. The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the tablet or web the next time you synchronize your tablet.

From Contacts screen, touch to open options menu, touch Import/Export, then select to import/export contacts from/to storage, Accounts, etc. To import/export a single contact from/to mirco SD Card, choose an account and target SD card, select the contact you want to import/ export, and touch the icon to confirm. You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact’s vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc. Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key, and select Share from menu options, then select the application to perform this action.

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet. To add an account, drag down the status bar to open the Settings shortcut panel and touch to enter Settings, then touch Accounts/Add account. You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, Email, etc. As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc. To remove an account from tablet open Settings, touch Accounts then touch account you want to delete to access options under that account. Next touch the email address linked to account, once in account Sync menu, touch Menu key and select Remove account, then confirm. Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated, all changes to information on the tablet or online will be automatically synchronized to each other. You can also synchronize an account manually on Accounts screen, touch an account in the list, then touch the Menu key and select Sync now.

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.
• Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary, touch to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.
• Enter the subject and the content of the message.
• Touch to add an attachment.
• Finally, touch the icon to send.
• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch the Menu key and select Save draft. To view the draft, touch the icon then select Drafts.

If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the Menu key and then select Discard. To add a signature to emails, touch the Menu key and select Settings from inbox screen, choose an account, then touch Signature.

When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon will appear on Status bar. Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, touch the new email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to read it. You can search for an email by sender, receiver, subject, etc.

• Touch the icon from Inbox screen.
• Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and touch in the soft keyboard.

• Reply: When viewing an email, touch to reply the sender of this mail.
• Reply all: Touch and select “Reply all” to send message to all people in a mail loop.
• Forward: Touch to forward the received mail to other people.
• To assign a star or remove the star from the conversation.

To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize them using a Label. To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, touch the icon and select the label to assign to the conversation. To view conversations by labels when viewing your inbox or another conversation list, touch the icon , then touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label. To manage labels, touch MANAGE LABELS from Labels screen. Mark the checkbox to select email to activate batch mode, and generate the following option:

• Touch to archive the email message. To display the archived messages, you can touch in Inbox screen then touch All mail.

To manage Gmail settings, touch the Menu key and select Settings in Inbox screen. General settings

• Gmail default action: Touch to Archive/delete message actions.
• Swipe actions: Mark the checkbox to archive when you swipe the screenshot in conversation list.
• Sender image: Mark the checkbox to show beside name in conversation list.
• Reply all: Mark the checkbox to make the default responding to messages.
• Auto-fit messages: Mark the checkbox to zoom in/out the messages to fit the screen.
• Auto-advance: Touch to select which screen to show after you delete or archive a conversation.
• Confirm before deleting: Mark the checkbox to confirm before deleting emails.

Touch Menu icon from Alarm screen and touch Settings. The following options can now be adjusted:

• Style: Touch to select the clock style: Analog or Digital.
• Automatic home clock: Mark the checkbox to activate Automatic home clock feature.
• Home time zone: Touch to choose a home time zone.
• Silence after: Touch to set the duration of alarms.
• Snooze length: Touch to set temporary turn off time of an alarm
• Alarm volume: Touch to set the alarm volume.
• Volume buttons: Touch to set side Volume up/down key behaviors when alarm sounds: Snooze, Dismiss or Do nothing.

• Touch on Settings shortcut panel to get to Settings.
• Touch the switch beside Wi-Fi turn on/off Wi-Fi.
• Touch Wi-Fi, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi networks is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.
• Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is secured, you are required to enter a password or other credentials (you may contact your network operator for details). When finished, touch Connect.

When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon will appear on the status bar whenever the tablet detects an available wireless network within range. The following steps activate the notification function when Wi-Fi is on:

• Drag down notification panel and touch to access Settings.
• Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch the Menu key and select Advanced from Wi-Fi screen.
• Touch to activate/deactivate Network notification function.

When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your preference.

The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which you no longer wish to use.

• Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
• In the Wi-Fi screen, touch & hold the name of the connected network.
• Touch Forget network in the dialog that opens.

On Chrome screen, touch the URL box at the top, enter the address of the web page, then touch Go to confirm.

• Touch the Menu key from Chrome screen to display options menu, touch Settings/Home page.
• Unmark the checkbox of the Default, enter the URL of the website you want to set as your homepage.
• You can turn Homepage off by touching the icon at the top right of the Homepage setting screen.

When opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want to view. To zoom in/out of a web page Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page. To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section you want to view. To return to normal zoom level, double-tap again.

• Touch the Menu key from web page screen, then select Find on page.
• Enter the text or phrase you want to find.
• The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the screen, and subsequent matches will be boxed.
• Touch the up or down arrow to switch to the previous or next matching items.
• When finished, you can touch or the Back key to close the search bar.

You can copy, share or search the text from a web page:

• Touch and hold the text to highlight the text.
• Move the two tabs to select the text.
• Touch SELECT ALL to select all words in this web screen.

To manage a link, address displayed on a web page

• Link: Touch the link to open the web page. Touch and hold the link to open options for further operation, like open in new window, save link, copy link URL, etc.
• Address: Touch to open Google Maps and locate the address.

Touch the icon from Browser screen, then select History to view the history page.

Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your tablet to install web applications (touch the Menu key from the Home screen, touch Settings/Security, turn on Unknown sources, finally touch OK to confirm). To download an item, touch the item or the link you want to download. To view items you have downloaded, touch the application Downloads.

To bookmark a web page

• Open the web page you want to bookmark.
• Touch the star on the right of link.
• Enter the name and the location if needed and touch Save to confirm.

To open a bookmark Touch then select Bookmarks to enter the Bookmarks screen.

• Touch the bookmark you want to open.
• You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then touch Open or Open in new tab.

To edit a bookmark Touch then select Bookmarks to enter the Bookmarks screen.

• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit.
• Touch Edit bookmark, and input your changes.
• When finished, touch Save to confirm.

To access this function, drag down the status bar to open the Settings shortcut panel and touch to access Settings. Then touch Bluetooth, Other available ones will display on the screen when the Bluetooth is on.

• Touch Settings in the Home screen.
• Touch to activate/deactivate Bluetooth function.