Samsung Galaxy Player 5 User Guide

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 Play file from server on other player via my phone: You can 
enjoy multimedia content saved on your PC or laptop using other 
devices like your TV or Hi-Fi. You can then use your device like a 
remote control.
4.Follow the on-screen instructions.
Calculator
The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions: addition, 
subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can also use this as 
a scientific calculator.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Calculator .
2.Enter the first number using the numeric keys.
3.Enter the operation for your calculation by touching the 
+(add), - (subtract), × (multiply), or ÷ (divide) key.
4.Enter the next number.
5.To view the result, touch the = (equals) key.
6.Repeat steps 3 through 5 as many times as required.
Rotate your device to display the scientific calculator in 
landscape mode. 
Calendar
Record events and appointments to manage your schedule.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Calendar.
2.Touch a tab to choose a calendar view:
: Display the current month and scroll to other months.: Display the current week and scroll to other weeks.: Display today’s schedule and scroll to other days.: Display events in a chronological list.
3.Touch the Menu Key   for these options:
: Search the calendar for a particular word or words.: Create a new event for any day or time period.: Display a specific date.: Displays today’s date, if it is not already being displayed. Delete: Delete an event. Settings: Customize the calendar. For more information, refer to “Customizing the Calendar”  on page 88. 
						

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Creating a Calendar Event
To create a calendar event:
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Calendar.
2.Touch the date for which you want to enter an event.
3.Enter the event information in the Create event screen, 
then touch 
Save.
Customizing the Calendar
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Calendar.
2.Touch the Menu Key   ➔ Settings to configure settings:
View settings

: View all your calendars.
 Calendar sync: Synchronize calendars from multiple accounts.
 Default view: Set the view to display when you open the Calendar.
 View days as: Set how the Day views should be formatted, either Time grid or Event list.
 First day of week: Choose whether Sunday or Monday is the first 
day of the week.
 Hide declined events: Enable or disable display of events.
 Lock time zone: Allows you to lock event times and dates based 
on your selected time zone, which is defined by the following field.
 Select time zone: If Lock time zone is enabled, used this option to 
select a time zone to lock event times and dates.
Notification settings
 Set alerts & notifications
: Set alert behavior for calendar 
notifications.
: Set vibration behavior for calendar notifications.
 Select ringtone: Choose a tone for calendar notifications.
Sending Calendar Events
Send events as vCalendar files by using Bluetooth or as 
attachments to Email.
Note: Depending on the type of event, the Send via option may not be available.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Calendar.
2.Touch an event, then touch the Menu Key   ➔ Send via. 
						

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Choose a sending method:
 Bluetooth: For more information about Bluetooth pairing and 
sending, see “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 82.
: This option is displayed once an email account has been 
added. For more information, refer to “Email”  on page 50. 
Camera
Take photos and record video with your device’s built in Camera. 
For more information, refer to “Camera”  on page 71.
Tip: A shortcut to Camera appears on the main Home screen by default. For 
information about adding shortcuts to a Home screen, see “Adding 
Shortcuts from a Home Screen” on page 22.
From the Home screen, touch Camera .
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Camera.
Clock
Use Clock to set an alarm, view the World clock, or access the 
Stopwatch or Timer.
Alarm
Set alarms for reminders or for wake-up times.
Setting Alar ms
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch the Alarm tab at the top of the Clock screen.
3.Touch Create alarm or touch the Menu Key  ➔ Create.
4.Touch fields to configure the alarm:
: Set a time for the alarm to sound.
: Choose One-time event, days, Daily, Every weekday 
(Mon-Fri), or Weekly for the alarm to repeat.
: Enter a name for the alarm.
Notification

: Set a snooze duration of 3, 5,10, 15, or 30 minutes or a 
snooze repeat of 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 times.
 Smart alarm: Set an alarm duration of 3,5,10,15, or 30 minutes 
and a tone. Tone possibilities are: Morning, Breeze, Mist, Forest, 
Light, and Rain. 
						

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Sound
 Alarm type
: Choose an alarm type of Melody, Vibration, Vibration 
and melody, or Voice.
 Alarm tone: Set an alarm tone from Sounds or Go to My files.
: Use the slider to hear and set the alarm volume.
5.Touch Save to save the alarm.
Editing an Alar m
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch an alarm in the list of alarms.
3.Touch and edit the desired fields as described in “Setting 
Alarms” on page 89.
Deleting Alar ms
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch the Menu Key  ➔ Delete.
3.Touch alarms to mark them for removal or touch Select All.
4.Touch Delete to remove the selected alarms.
Wor ld Clock
View the date and time in any time zone.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch the World clock tab at the top of the Clock screen.
3.Touch Add city or touch the Menu Key  ➔Add.
4.Choose a city by typing a city name or scrolling through the 
list.
5.Touch the Menu Key  for the these additional options:
 Delete: Select cities to remove from the display.
 DST settings: Touch   for a city to set daylight savings time.
 Change order: Touch the buttons   on an entry and drag the 
entry to a new position in the list. Touch Save to change the order.
6.Touch and hold a city in the for these options:
 Delete: Remove the city from the display.
 DST settings: Set daylight savings time to Off, 1 hour, or 2 hours. 
						

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Stopwatch
You can use this option to measure intervals of time.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch the Stopwatch tab at the top of the Clock screen.
3.Touch Start to start the stopwatch and touch Lap to mark a 
unit of time per lap. 
4.Touch Stop to stop the stopwatch.
5.Touch Restart to continue or touch Reset to erase all times 
recorded.
Timer
You can use this option to set a countdown timer. Use a timer to 
count down to an event based on a preset time length (hours, 
minutes, and seconds).
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Clock.
2.Touch the Timer tab at the top of the Clock screen.
3.The min field is highlighted and set to 1 minute. Use the 
keypad to set the number of minutes you want.
4.Touch the hr field to set hours, if desired. As you touch 
different fields, they are highlighted.
5.Touch the sec field to set seconds.
6.Touch Start to begin the timer and touch Stop to pause the 
timer.
After stopping, touch 
Restart to continue or touch Reset to set the 
timer back to 1 minute.
Contacts
Store contact information for your friends, family and colleagues, 
to quickly access information or to send a message. For more 
information, refer to “Contacts”  on page 40.
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Contacts.
Downloads
Files, apps, and other items you download in Browser, Gmail, 
Email, or in other ways, are stored on your tablet’s internal 
storage. Use the Downloads app to view, reopen, or delete what 
you have downloaded.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Downloads .
2.Touch the Internet downloads or Other downloads tab. 
						

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Touch a download item to open it.
4.Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them.
5.To delete items, touch the check box to the left of each 
item you want to delete. Then touch 
Delete. Touch Deselect 
all
 to remove all check marks.
Warning!: When you delete an item, it is deleted from your device’s storage or SD card.
Touch the Menu Key  and the touch Sort by size or Sort by 
time to switch back and forth.
Dual Clock
Display the date and time for two different locations.
1.Navigate to the desired Home screen, then touch and hold 
on the screen to display the 
Add to Home screen menu.
2.Touch Widgets ➔ Dual clock .
The Dual clock widget displays, which is actually two 
widgets. Each widget displays the digital time, the date, 
and a city name.
3.Touch either widget to choose a different city than the one 
currently displayed.
Email
Send and receive email using popular email services. For more 
information, refer to “Email”  on page 50.
From a Home screen, touch Applications   
➔
Email.
FM Radio
The built-in FM radio in your device provides free music from 
your local FM radio stations. For more information, refer to “FM 
Radio”  on page 69.
Tip: A shortcut to FM radio appears on the Main Home screen by default.
From the Home screen, touch FM radio .
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔FM radio.
Galler y
Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage photos and videos. For 
more information, refer to “Gallery”  on page 76.
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Gallery.
FMFM
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Gmail
Send and receive email with Gmail, Google’s web-based email. 
For more information, refer to “Gmail”  on page 47.
Tip: A shortcut to Gmail appears on the Main Home screen by default.
From the Home screen, touch Gmail.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Gmail.
Google Search
Search the internet, and your device, using the GoogleTM search 
engine. For more information, refer to “Google Search”  on 
page 64.
Tip: The Google Search widget appears by default on the main Home screen.
From the Home screen, touch Google Search .
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Google Search .
InternetYour device includes a full HTML Browser, to access the internet. 
For more information, refer to “Internet”  on page 55.
Tip: By default, Internet appears as a Primary Shortcut on Home screens.
From a Home screen, touch Internet .
Latitude
With Google Latitude, you can see the location of all of your 
friends on a map or on a list. You can also share or hide your 
location.
You must first set up your device to use wireless networks to help 
pinpoint your location. Also, Latitude works best when Wi-Fi is 
enabled.
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Latitude. 
						

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Maps
Use Google Maps to find your current location, get directions, and 
other location-based information. For more information, refer to 
“Maps”  on page 60.
Tip: A shortcut to Google Maps appears on the Main Home screen by default.
From the Home screen, touch Maps .
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Maps.
Note: You must enable location services to use Maps. Some features require 
Standalone or Google location services. For more information, refer to 
“Location and Security”  on page 111.
Market
Browse for new Android applications, games, or downloads for 
your device. You must have a Google account set up on your 
device to download a new application.
Tip: A shortcut to Market appears on the Main Home screen by default.
1.From the Home screen, touch Market.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Market.
2.The first time you open Market, read the Terms of Service, 
then touch Accept to continue.
3.Browse for items to install Apps, Games, Books, and 
Movies, which includes new downloads and updates to 
applications already installed on your device.
4.Touch the FEATURED tab to view featured items. Touch the 
CATEGORIES tab to narrow your search. Touch tabs such as 
TOP SELLING, TOP PAID, and TOP FREE to view items in 
order of popularity.
5.While browsing, touch the Menu Key  for the following 
options:
 My Apps / Books / Movies: Displays Apps, Games, Books, and 
Movies already on your device. Touch an item for more information 
about the item and to install, open, update, or uninstall it.
 Settings: Display settings for the Market app.
 Accounts: Touch the account you want to use.
: Get help for using Android Market. 
						

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Memo
Create and manage text memos and use Bluetooth to send 
memos to paired Bluetooth devices.
Composing a Memo
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Memo.
2.Touch Create memo.
– or –
Touch the Menu Key  ➔ Create.
3.Compose the memo, then touch Save.
For more information, refer to “Entering Text Using the Samsung 
Keypad”  on page 32.
Memo List Options
While viewing the list of Memos:
1.Touch the Menu Key  for the following options:
: Create a new memo.
 / Minimize: Show a maximum or minimum number of 
lines for each memo.
 Delete: Select one or all memos and touch Delete.
: Find a word or words in your memos.
2.Touch and hold a memo in the list to display the following 
option:
 Send via: Touch Bluetooth or Email to send the memo by the 
selected method. For more information, refer to “Bluetooth”  on 
page 81.
3.Touch Edit   on a memo in the list to open and edit the 
memo.
4.Touch Delete   on a memo to display the Delete option. 
Touch 
OK to delete the selected memo.
Memo Options
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Memo.
2.Touch Edit   on a memo in the list to open and edit the 
memo.
3.Touch one of the color examples at the bottom of the 
screen to change the color of the memo being displayed. 
Touch 
Save to accept the color.
4.Touch the Menu Key  for the following option:
 Send via: Touch Bluetooth or Email to send the memo by the 
selected method. For more information, refer to “Bluetooth”  on 
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Mini Diar y
Use Mini Diary to record daily happenings.
Note: Mini Diary includes weather information for your location. Sending 
location details to get weather information requires connection to the 
network.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Mini Diary.
The Select city screen displays.
2.Touch Add, enter a city to search for, touch the desired city, 
and touch 
Add.
3.Touch Create diary.
4.Touch Tap to add photo to add a photo, then touch Camera 
to take a new picture or touch 
Images to choose a picture 
from the Gallery.
5.Touch Add location to enter a location. Touch Done to save 
the location or 
Cancel exit without saving.
6.Touch Tap to create memo to enter a text memo. Touch 
Done to save the memo or Cancel exit without saving.
7.Touch AccuWeather.com to check the latest weather data 
or touch the weather icon   in the upper left corner and 
select a weather condition from the list.
8.Touch Save to save your diary entry.
Tip: Mini Diary is also available through the Days Samsung Widget, to display 
diary entries right on the Home screen. For information about displaying 
widgets on the Home screen, see “Adding Widgets to the Home screen” 
on page 21.
Publishing a Diar y Entr y
You can publish your diary entries to Facebook.
1.From a Home screen, touch Applications  
➔Mini Diary.
2.Touch a diary entry to display it, then touch Menu Key   
➔ Publish.
3.Choose Facebook or MySpace, then follow the prompts to 
update your status.
Note: If you have not set up your Facebook or MySpace account, you will be asked to do so before you can publish your diary entries.