Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Owners Manual

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Activating Alarms
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  Alarm.
2.Touch  
Tu r n  a l a r m  o n to activate the alarm. A gray 
alarm means the alarm is deactivated.
3.Touch an alarm to change any of its settings and then 
touch 
Done to save the updates.
Deactivating and Deleting Alarms
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔ Alarm.
2.Touch and hold an alarm and then touch one of the 
following options:
 Delete alarm: Delete the alarm.
 Deactivate alarm: Turn off the alarm.
– or –
Touch an existing alarm and touch 
 Delete. The 
Delete alarm pop-up displays. Touch 
OK.
Alarm Settings
To configure general alarm settings:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Alarm.
2.To u c h  
 Settings.
The following options display:
 Alarm in silent mode: Enable alarms to play even if the tablet 
is in Silent mode.
 Alarm volume: Touch and drag the slider to set Alarm volume.
 Snooze duration: Set the snooze delay time to 3, 5, 10, 15, or 
30 minutes.
 Snooze repeat: Indicate how many times to repeat the snooze 
alarm: 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 times.
 Side button settings: Set what action the side buttons should 
take during an alarm: None, Snooze, or Dismiss.
 Set default ringtone: Choose a ringtone to play as a default, if 
the Ringtone is not defined for an alarm. Touch the button next 
to the ringtone you want to set and touch 
OK. 
						

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Alarm Volume
Alarm volume can also be set by using the Settings app.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Settings 
➔
Sound ➔ Volume.
2.Touch and drag the slider to set 
Alarm volume.
Another method of setting the alarm volume is to:
1.Press the 
Volume key .
2.Touch   on the pop-up.
3.Touch and drag the slider next to the   
Alarm.
AllShare
AllShare allows your tablet to stream photos, music, and 
videos from its memory to other Digital Living Network 
Alliance (DLNA) certified devices. Your tablet can also play 
digital content streamed from other DLNA certified devices.
Note: To view more information about DLNA certified products 
visit 
http://www.dlna.org/home.
Configuring AllShare
Connect to Wi-Fi, configure AllShare settings to identify your 
device as a server, and set treatment of copied files.
1.Connect to a Wi-Fi network. For more information, refer 
to “Scanning and Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network”  on 
page 136.
2.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔AllShare.
3.To u c h   
Settings to configure these settings:
 Media server name: Use the keyboard to enter a new media 
server name, if desired (the default is your device’s default 
name), then touch 
Save.
: Allows you to restrict what is shared from your 
device. Touch the items you want to share and touch 
OK.
 Access point network: Turn on your Wi-Fi service and 
connect to an available Wi-Fi Access Point.
 Upload from other devices: Set your device’s treatment of 
files copied from other devices. Choose from 
Always accept, 
Always ask, or Never allow, then touch OK.
: Set the AllShare default memory. Options 
are: Device and Memory card. 
						

							Applications and Widgets       148 4.Touch one of the device entries on the left of the 
AllShare screen. 
My device lists the Videos, Photos, and 
Music files on your device.
5.Touch a file to play it.
The Select device pop-up displays. Touch the playback 
device.
6.Touch and hold a file to view details about the file, such 
as, Title, Date created, File location, and so on.
Amazon Kindle
Use the Amazon KindleTM application to download books for 
reading, right on your device.
Note: You must be registered with Amazon to use the Kindle 
application.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔Amazon Kindle.
Calculator
The calculator provides the basic arithmetic functions to 
solve simple arithmetic problems and advanced operators to 
solve more complex problems.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
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.
7.Touch   to clear the result.
8.For more advanced problems, rotate your device to 
landscape mode and use the advanced operators 
sin, 
ln, cos, log, tan, and so on, just as you would on a 
pocket calculator.
9.Touch and hold the Calculator’s display to copy or cut 
the contents of the display.
Copied to clipboard displays. Paste the copied value in 
another app. 
						

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Calendar
Your device includes a powerful planner to help you organize 
your schedules more conveniently and effectively. Learn to 
create and manage events and tasks, and set alarms to 
remind yourself of important events and tasks.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Calendar.
2.Touch a tab to choose a calendar view:
: Display all twelve months of this year. Sweep across the 
years at the bottom of the screen to display another year.
: Display the current month. Touch a month and year at 
the bottom of the screen to display another month.
 Week: Display the current week. Touch a week at the bottom of 
the screen to display another week.
: Display today’s schedule by hour. Touch day at the bottom 
of the screen to display another day.
: Display only event and task names and dates for a 
selected year. Touch a year at the bottom of the screen to 
display another year. Touch a date to hide or show the event or 
task name.
: Display your list of tasks. Touch the sort field to change 
how your tasks are sorted. Tasks can be sorted by due date, 
priority, date, week, month, or group.
3.Swipe left or right across the screen to view other days 
or other weeks. Swipe up or down the screen to view 
other events.
4.To find an event or task, touch   
Search.
Use the on-screen keyboard to enter a search term. 
Possible events display as you type.
Touch   on the keyboard to remove it.
Touch an event to send, edit, or delete the event.
5.To u c h   
Add event / Add task and then touch Done to 
add a new event to your calendar. For more 
information, refer to “Creating an Event or Task”  on 
page 150.
6.To u c h
  Menu for these options:
: In the Week and Day views, increase the size of the 
area being viewed.
 Zoom out: In the Week and Day views, decrease the size of the 
area being viewed. 
						

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: Use the Set date pop-up to enter a date and then touch 
Set to display that date on your calendar.
: Delete events for the year, month, week, day, week, 
month, before today, or all events, depending on the Calendar 
view.
: Manually synchronizes the calendar entries among all of 
your current accounts, for example, Gmail, Exchange, and so 
on.
: Customize the calendar. For more information, refer 
to 
“Calendar Settings”  on page 151.
 / Hide controls: Show or hide a small month 
calendar and a list of events in landscape mode.
7.Touch To d a y to return to the current date.
8.Touch 
Calendars to configure which events to display. 
Touch 
Add account ➔  Add account to add 
additional accounts from which calendar events can be 
synced.
Creating an Event or Task
To create an event or task:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Calendar.2.Double-tap the date for which you want to enter an all 
day event or task.
Touch the Add event or Add task tab.
Touch the My calendar field and touch a calendar to which the 
even or task should be added.
Use the keyboard to enter the event or task name.
– or –
Touch the date for which you want to enter an event or 
task.
Touch .
Touch the Add event or Add task tab.
Enter the event or task information.
3.To u c h  Save.
Managing Events
You can delete, send, and edit events on your mobile device:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Calendar.
2.Touch an event.
A pop-up displays event information.
3.To u c h  
Delete and then touch OK to delete the event. 
						

							151Touch 
 Menu ➔ Send via and then touch Bluetooth, 
Email, or Wi-Fi Direct to share the event.
Touch 
Edit to update the event details.
– or –
Touch  
Options and then touch   Delete, 
Send, or   Edit.
Add Additional Calendar Accounts
To add additional accounts:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Calendar ➔Calendars ➔ Add account.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Settings 
➔Accounts and sync.
The Accounts and sync screen displays.
2.Touch  
Add account to display the Add account 
option.
3.Touch an account type and enter your account 
information.
Calendar Settings
To set up Calendar preferences:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Calendar.
2.To u c h  
 Menu ➔ Settings.
The following options display:
View settings
 First day of week
: Choose a day to begin each week.
 Hide declined events: Enable or disable display of events.
: 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.
 Show week number: Show the week number to the left of 
each week in the Month view.
: Enable calendars for your various accounts. 
						

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Event notification
 Set alerts & notifications
: Touch to select, which allows you to 
set the Alert, Status bar notification, or Off.
 Select ringtone: Choose a tone for calendar notifications.
: Enable or disable vibration mode.
 Default reminder time: Set the default time for a notification 
before an event is to occur.
 Notifications while screen is off: Enable or disable the display 
of notifications on the full screen while the screen is turned off.
Sync settings
 Sync events/tasks
: Displays the General sync settings. For 
more information, refer to 
“Accounts and Sync”  on 
page 187.
(Accounts): Touch an account and then touch the check 
box to enable or disable the calendar sync for that 
account.
Camera
Take photos and record video with your device’s built in 
Camera. 
For more information, refer to “Camera”  on page 117.
Tip: A shortcut to Camera displays on the main Home screen by default.
  From the Home screen, touch   Camera.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Camera.
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 56.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Contacts. 
						

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Downloads
Files, apps, and other items you download in Internet, 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   
Apps 
➔
Downloads.
2.Touch an item to open it.
3.Touch headings for earlier downloads to view them.
4.Touch items you want to send, to check them, and then 
touch  
Share. Touch an option to share the item. 
Options are: AllShare, Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, 
Google+, Photo editor, Picasa, YouTube, Social Hub, or 
Wi-Fi Direct.5.Touch items you want to delete, to check them, and 
then touch   
Delete.
The items are deleted from your tablet.
6.To u c h  
Sort by size or Sort by date, at the bottom of the 
Downloads pop-up, to switch back and forth.
Dual Clock
Display the time for two different locations.
To add the Dual clock widget to a Home screen, see “Adding 
Widgets to a Home screen” on page 32.
1.From a Home screen, locate the 
Dual clock widget.
The Dual clock widget is actually two widgets. Each 
widget displays the time, a city name, and the   
Daylight Saving Time setting, if it is set.
2.Touch either widget to choose a different city than the 
one currently displayed. 
						

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eBook
This application lets you access and read books on your 
device.
To open eBook for the first time and download and install the 
latest version:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  eBook.
Note: You may be asked to create or sign on to your Google 
account. For more information, refer to “Setting Up Your 
Gmail Account”  on page 66.
A pop-up displays a link to the Google Play Terms of 
Service. 
2.Read the document and touch 
Accept.
The eBook app information on Play Store displays.
3.Touch 
Update and then touch Accept & Download.
The current version of the eBook app downloads and 
installs on your device.
Tip: To u c h  Allow automatic updating to make sure you always have the current version of the eBook app.4.To u c h  
Open.
The eBook app Disclaimer screen displays.
5.Read the disclaimer and touch 
Confirm.
The eBook main screen displays.
Options While Reading a Book
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  eBook.
2.Touch the cover of a book or PDF to start reading.
Once the book displays, sweep across the screen to 
turn the page.
3.Touch the screen to display options that can be used 
while reading a book.
There are options on the top, left that let you highlight text, 
draw on the page, erase drawings, and configure the pen and 
highlighting.
There are options on the top, right that let you set the font and 
theme, set the speed and pitch of text-to-speech, search the 
book, and bookmark pages in the book. 
						

							1554.Touch and hold a word in a book to display the 
following options: 
Copy, Highlight, Memo, and Search. 
Touch and drag either     tab to select more or less 
text. Select 
Memo and use the keyboard to create a 
memo about the selected text.
5.While reading a book or PDF, touch 
 Menu for these 
options:
 Table of contents: Displays a table of contents for the book. 
Touch an entry to display that page in the book.
: Displays bookmarked pages. Touch an entry to 
display that page in the book.
 Highlights: Displays pages on which highlights have been 
made.
: Displays pages on which memos have been created 
and the memo text.
: Displays pages on which drawings have been 
made.
 Information: Displays various information about the book, 
such as author, format, size, and download date.
Note: For Bookmarks, Highlights, Memos, and Drawings, 
touch  Delete and then touch entries or Select all to 
delete entries.
6.To u c h  
 Back to return to the eBook main screen.
Managing Your Books
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  eBook.
2.In the Application bar, on the upper left of the eBook 
main screen, touch 
All to display all books and PDFs, 
Book to display only books, and PDF to display only 
PDFs.
3.To find a book by title or author name, touch   
Search, use the keyboard to enter a key word or phrase 
to search for, and touch 
Go on the keyboard to search.
4.To u c h   
List to view your books in a list mode. Then 
touch 
Recent, Title, Authors, or Categories to view your 
books in a different way. Touch   to return to the 
bookshelf mode.