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Acer ICONIA TAB User Guide Acer recommends... Productivity Software Work Great with Microsoft® Office 2010 - Express your ideas, solve problems and simplify everyday projects with Office 2010. Photo editing - Easily edit and print your photos with Windows Live Photo Gallery. Then share them on - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 2
© 2011 All Rights Reserved. Acer ICONIA TAB User Guide Original Issue: 03/2011 Model number Serial number Date of purchase Place of purchase - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 3
can help you to be more productive, please refer to the ICONIA TAB Generic User Guide. This guide contains detailed information on such subjects as system utilities, data recovery, expansion options and troubleshooting. In addition it contains warranty information and the general regulations and - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 4
iv First things first Basic care and tips for using your computer Turning your computer on and off To turn on the computer, simply press and release the power button in the right-hand hinge. Please refer to the setup poster for the location of the power button. To turn the power off, do any of - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 5
Basic care and tips for using your computer v on the plug. • The total ampere ratings of the equipment plugged in should not exceed the ampere rating of the cord if you are using an extension cord. Also, the total current rating of all equipment plugged into a single wall outlet should not exceed - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 6
vi First things first Cleaning and servicing When cleaning the computer, follow these steps: 1 Turn off the computer and remove the battery pack. 2 Disconnect the AC adapter. 3 Use a soft, moist cloth. Do - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 7
vii Information for your safety and comfort Safety instructions Read these instructions carefully. Keep this document for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Turning the product off before cleaning Unplug this product from the wall outlet before - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 8
on power cord requirements, contact an authorized reseller or service provider. Protecting your hearing Warning: Permanent hearing loss volume for prolonged periods of time. To protect your hearing, follow these instructions. • Increase the volume gradually until you can hear clearly and comfortably. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 9
parts. Keep them out of the reach of small children. Product servicing Do not attempt to service this product yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you in performance, indicating a need for service. • The product does not operate normally after following the operating instructions. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 10
Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions, since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage than normal, contact your reseller. Use only Acer approved batteries, and recharge your battery only with Acer approved chargers designated for this device. Use - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 11
interference xi Note: Please refer to www.acer.com for battery shipping documents. Replacing the battery be delayed until such a connection is available. Ensure that the above separation distance instructions are followed until the transmission is completed. Parts of the device are magnetic. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 12
your device in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may be using with some hearing aids. If interference occurs, consult your service provider. Vehicles RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 13
at refueling points such as near gas pumps at service stations. Observe restrictions on the use of radio phone or other telephone call system. Disposal instructions Do not throw this electronic device into the WEEE) regulations, visit www.acer-group.com/public/Sustainability/sustainability01. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 14
xiv Information for your safety and comfort If you have these symptoms, or any other recurring or persistent discomfort and/or pain related to computer use, consult a physician immediately and inform your company's health and safety department. The following section provides tips for more - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 15
Tips and information for comfortable use xv • Using a task light. • Changing the display's viewing angle. • Using a glare-reduction filter. • Using a display visor, such as a piece of cardboard extended from the display's top front edge. • Avoid adjusting your display to an awkward viewing angle. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 16
xvi Information for your safety and comfort - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 17
guides iii Basic care and tips for using your computer iv Turning your computer on and off iv Taking care of your computer iv Taking care of your AC adapter iv Cleaning and servicing vi Information for your safety and comfort vii Safety instructions 8 Environment 8 Acer Ring 9 Sync - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 18
keyboard 22 SocialJogger 23 Sharing content 25 Settings 26 Acer Backup Manager 27 Power management 29 Recovering your system service 37 Locating the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity37 International Travelers Warranty 38 Before you call 38 Troubleshooting 39 Troubleshooting - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 19
communication devices (RSS-210) 44 Exposure of humans to RF fields (RSS-102) 44 - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 20
PC tour After setting up your computer as illustrated in the setup poster, let us show you around your new Acer computer. You can enter information into you new computer via the touchscreen or with the keyboard dock. Note: The keyboard dock is optional. Tablet PC - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 21
English 2 Your Acer tablet PC tour No. Item 4 Windows key / power status indicator Description Press once to open the Start menu or wake tablet from Sleep mode. Press - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 22
Top view Tablet PC 3 English No. Item 1 Ventilation slot Bottom view 1 Description Provides adequate air flow to maintain a safe operating temperature. 12 No. Icon 1 Item USB 2.0 port 2 Lock switch 3 Dock connector 4 SIM card slot 3 4 Description Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 23
key Ventilation slot 2-in-1 card reader HDMI port Description Connects to audio devices (e.g., speakers, headphones). Supports compatible 3.5 mm headsets with built-in microphone (e.g. Acer smart handheld headsets). Indicates the computer's battery status. 1. Charging: Amber. 2. Fully charged: Blue - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 24
: 1 Quick boot: Press the power button; no external USB keyboard support before Windows boots; always boots from the SSD; overrides BIOS settings. supplied recovery discs. Please refer to Recovering your system in the User Guide. Key functions for boot menus For menus displayed before Windows boots: - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 25
6 Your Acer tablet PC tour Secure the tablet to the keyboard dock Place the tablet on the dock, ensuring you hear two clicks. Use the latch to - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 26
English Keyboard dock 7 No. Item Description 3 Acer FineTrack pointing device Pointing device to control cursor movement. 4 Latch Secures the tablet to the keyboard dock when closed. 5 Left and right buttons Function like - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 27
8 Your Acer tablet PC tour Right view English No. Icon 1 Item USB 2.0 port 1 Description Connect to USB 2.0 devices (e.g., USB mouse, USB camera). Environment • Temperature: • Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C • - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 28
Clean Opens the disk cleaning tool. Device Control Adjust settings for your computer (please refer to Device Control on page 20). On one side of Acer Ring you can see a selection of AppCards. You can scroll through the applications and tap on a card to open the application. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 29
Ring Sync function Press to run all existing sync/backup jobs, including sync jobs created in the Migration and Synchronization Wizard. Please refer to Acer Backup Manager on page 27. Clean Disk function The Clean Disk functions lists files that have not been used recently and have been successfully - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 30
English 11 TouchBrowser TouchBrowser is specifically designed to offer you a more comfortable web surfing experience when using touch input. Open Acer Ring and tap the TouchBrowser AppCard to launch the browser. The toolbar at the top of the screen gives you easy control over the open page. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 31
keyboard and enter text, or use handwriting to enter the URL. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 No. Item 1 Back 2 Forward 3 Home 4 Tabs 5 Open new tab 6 URL bar 7 Refresh 8 Add to favorites 9 Favorites 10 Web Clip 11 Print 12 Help 13 Minimize 14 Close Description Go back one - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 32
English 13 Adding a page to your Favorites To add a page to your Favorites, tap the Add to Favorites icon, give the page a name (the page title will be used by default) and select a folder to save the URL to. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 33
from a number of sources on a single, easy-to-view page. Open Acer Ring and scroll through the AppCards to My Journal. Tap the AppCard to Website content is automatically updated each time you open the journal page. Use the tabs along the top of the screen to switch between your journal pages, or tap - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 34
want. You can also move web clips to other pages by dragging the web clip to the tab for the page you want to move the clip to. Tap the name of a tab to rename the tab. You can use either the virtual keyboard or the keyboard on the dock. When you have - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 35
English 16 My Journal Tap the browser screen to select the area you want to crop; tap and drag on any of the circles on the corner of the crop window to expand it to include all the information you want to capture. When you have finished selecting the area you want to crop, tap the area to open a - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 36
Web Clip 17 In My Journal, tap a clip to select it, then you can position it on the page and stretch it by dragging the corners to the desired size. English To delete a web clip, tap the clip in My Journal and tap the trash can icon. Note: If the web clip comes from a site that requires a login, - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 37
you to browse media content, such as music, photos, or videos, on devices that are on the same network. Media content types When you launch Acer clear.fi, you can choose the media content type. There are three types defined: Video, Music, and Photo. DMS (Digital Media Server) devices DMS devices - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 38
. Search media If you want to search your media content, you need to choose the media type first; then enter a keyword in the search bar. Acer clear.fi will list the media content that matches the keyword. Media sharing settings You can adjust settings according to your requirements. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 39
English 20 Device Control Device Control Device Control is a convenient way for you to control the screen brightness and adjust the volume to suit your needs. It also indicates the location of each port on your computer and allows you to turn your connectivity devices on or off, select a power - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 40
English 21 inserted a storage device into a USB port, you may tap the USB icon to open a context menu. Tap Open to view the files in Windows Explorer. To safely remove the device, select Eject from the menu. There is also a context menu available for the HDMI connector. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 41
. To use the keyboard, tap a text box to display the keyboard icon. Tap the icon to open the keyboard. Alternatively, tap and drag the keyboard tab displayed on the left-hand side of the screen. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 42
English 23 SocialJogger Open Acer Ring and tap the SocialJogger AppCard. SocialJogger gives you one-touch access to popular social networking sites: Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 43
English 24 SocialJogger Tap Log In to open the login wizard. You can log into all three supported services from a single login wizard. If you don't already have an account with the supported services, you can create an account from the wizard. Tap Continue to log into your account(s): Facebook - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 44
English YouTube Flickr Sharing content 25 Sharing content You can upload content to each service by tapping the Share on icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page. This will open a file browser above the - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 45
English 26 SocialJogger three service pages. Drag and drop the content you want to share to the desired service. Settings You can adjust the settings for each service by tapping the Settings icon. This opens the settings window with a tab for each service. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 46
English 27 Acer Backup Manager Acer Backup Manager includes a Migration and Synchronization Wizard which runs after Windows 7 PC will be kept synchronized with their shadows on the other PC. Acer Backup Manager also includes the Disk Clean function (please refer to Clean Disk function on page 10.) - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 47
English 28 Screen orientation and G-sensor Your computer has a built-in accelerometer that detects the tablet's orientation and automatically rotates the screen to suit the orientation. You can lock the screen orientation by using the lock switch. The orientation may also be locked at other times, - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 48
energy. This computer employs a power management scheme that supports the advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI), which allows and power button simultaneously to turn on the system. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process. You will be reminded to remove the - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 49
technology standards. • Delivers a battery-low warning. The battery is recharged whenever you connect the computer to the AC adapter. Your computer supports charge-in-use, enabling you to recharge the battery while you continue to operate the computer. However, recharging with the computer turned - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 50
English Charging the battery 31 Follow these steps again until the battery has been charged and discharged three times. Use this conditioning process for all new batteries, or if a battery hasn't been used for a long time. Warning: Do not expose battery packs to temperatures below 0° C (32° F) - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 51
32 Battery pack Battery low warning When using battery power pay attention to the Windows power meter. English Warning: Connect the AC adapter as soon as possible after the battery-low warning appears. Data will be lost if the battery becomes fully depleted and the computer shuts down. When the - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 52
computing experience. Connectivity options Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC. For instructions on how to connect different external devices to the computer, read the following section. Network feature Note: The network feature is a part - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 53
USB peripherals without taking up system resources. High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 54
your computer's BIOS. Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run it. To activate the BIOS utility, connect a USB keybaord to your tablet PC and press during the POST - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 55
English 36 Frequently asked questions Frequently asked questions The following is a list of possible situations that may arise during the use of your computer. Easy solutions are provided for each one. I turned on the power, but the computer does not start or boot up. Look at the power indicator: • - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 56
connected securely to a USB port and the printer. Requesting service Locating the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity The Microsoft Certificate of is placed on a slide-out tab located just above the SD Card slot. To view the COA, you will need to pull out the tab. 1 Place the tablet screen down - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 57
you call Please have the following information available when you call Acer for online service, and please be at your computer when you call. With your support, we can reduce the amount of time a call takes and help solve your problems efficiently. If there are error messages or beeps reported by - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 58
to open the computer yourself; contact your dealer or authorized service center for assistance. Troubleshooting tips This computer incorporates an advanced design that delivers onscreen error message reports to help you solve problems. If the system reports an error message or an error symptom - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 59
installation. This device 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 - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 60
devices (such as wireless LAN and/or Bluetooth modules). Below information is for products with such devices. Declaration of Conformity for EU countries Hereby, Acer, declares that this computer is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 61
English 42 Regulations and safety notices Wireless operation channels for different domains N. America Japan Europe ETSI 2.412-2.462 GHz 2.412-2.484 GHz 2.412-2.472 GHz Ch01 through Ch11 Ch01 through Ch14 Ch01 through Ch13 France: Restricted wireless frequency bands Some areas of France have - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 62
potential for human contact during normal operation is minimized as follows: 1 Users are requested to follow the RF safety instructions on wireless option devices that are included in the user's manual of each RF option device. 2 This device is restricted to indoor use due to its operation in the - Acer Iconia W500 | User Manual - Page 63
B est conforme à la norme NMB-003, No. 4, et CNR-210, No 4 (Dec 2000) et No 5 (Nov 2001). "To prevent radio interference to the licensed service, this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment (or its transmit antenna) that is installed
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Acer ICONIA TAB
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