Huawei MediaPad M5 User Manual

Huawei MediaPad M5 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips Camera Tips More Features New Device Pick Up to Unlock Gestures and Operations HiVision Exiting split-screen mode Home Screen Navigation Bar Disable App Notifications Set a Lock Screen Password to Protect Your Privacy Home Screen Management Contacts Managing Business Cards Managing Contacts...
  • Page 3 Multiple Users Set and Use Multiple Users Device Connection Connect Your Tablet to Bluetooth Devices Transfer Data between Your Tablet and Computer One-Touch Printing with Huawei Share Security and Privacy Introduction to Fingerprint Recognition Enable or Disable Location Services PrivateSpace...
  • Page 4 Contents Legal Notice Personal Information and Data Security For More Information...
  • Page 5: Exciting Features

    Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips HiVision: Start Scanning to Learn More Want to stick to a healthy diet and keep fit? Wish you could understand foreign logos, road signs, and restaurant menus while traveling abroad? Want to quickly get product information for comparisons and to make purchases faster? Use HiVision to get all these done fast and easily.
  • Page 6: Camera Tips

    Exciting Features Home: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then release it to go to the home screen. View background apps: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then swipe left or right to view any apps that are running in the background. Camera Tips Use Panorama Mode to Take Panoramic Photos Panoramas provide a wider viewing angle than ordinary photos, letting you take sweeping landscape...
  • Page 7: More Features

    Exciting Features Update shooting modes: To update shooting modes, go to the More screen. The shooting modes with available updates will have red dots next to them. You can follow the onscreen prompts to update them. Delete shooting modes: Go to More > , and touch to delete unneeded shooting modes.
  • Page 8 Exciting Features Enable or disable Password vault: Password vault is enabled by default. After you update your Tablet, enable Password vault by performing the following operations: Enter the lock screen password to access the Password vault settings. Open Settings, and go to Security &...
  • Page 9 Exciting Features Manage Your Home Screen Widgets Want to quickly add widgets such as screen lock, weather, notepad, clock, contacts, or calendar to your home screen? You can add, move or delete home screen widgets to tidy up your home screen and ease your usage experience.
  • Page 10: New Device

    New Device Pick Up to Unlock Open Settings, and go to Security & privacy > Face recognition. When enrolling facial data, select Enable pick up to wake, and set the Face unlock method to Direct unlock. Once the setup is complete, you can simply raise your Tablet to unlock the screen, without a password or fingerprint.
  • Page 11: Gestures And Operations

    Gestures and Operations HiVision HiVision: Start Scanning to Learn More Want to stick to a healthy diet and keep fit? Wish you could understand foreign logos, road signs, and restaurant menus while traveling abroad? Want to quickly get product information for comparisons and to make purchases faster? Use HiVision to get all these done fast and easily.
  • Page 12: Exiting Split-Screen Mode

    Gestures and Operations HiTouch: Find Out More HiTouch offers you more information about the products that you read about on your device. To enable HiTouch, go to Settings > Smart assistance > HiTouch, and enable HiTouch. Spread two fingers over a picture or a QR code to enable HiTouch. Products will be recommended based on the images.
  • Page 13: Home Screen

    Home Screen Navigation Bar Configure Your Navigation Bar Layout Using the navigation bar, you can conveniently access the home screen, return to the previous page, exit an app, or view recent apps used. To configure your navigation bar layout, open Settings, then go to System >...
  • Page 14: Set A Lock Screen Password To Protect Your Privacy

    Home Screen Set a Lock Screen Password to Protect Your Privacy Your Tablet stores a lot of sensitive information, such as personal photos, contact information, banking apps (for example, Alipay). Set a lock screen password so that a password is required each time you unlock your Tablet.
  • Page 15: Home Screen Management

    Home Screen Home Screen Management Manage Home Screen Icons Move an app icon or folder: On the home screen, touch and hold an app or folder icon until your Tablet vibrates, then drag it to any position on the home screen. Delete an app icon: On the home screen, touch and hold the icon of the app you want to uninstall until your Tablet vibrates, then touch Uninstall.
  • Page 16 Home Screen Set Your Home Screen Wallpaper Tired of default wallpapers? Set a photo you like as your home screen wallpaper to personalize your home screen. Open Settings, and then go to Home screen & wallpaper > Wallpaper. You can: Set a picture as your home screen wallpaper: Touch Gallery or select a preset wallpaper in your device, and follow the onscreen instructions to select Lock screen, Home screen or Both.
  • Page 17: Contacts

    Contacts Managing Business Cards Scan Business Cards to Add Them to Contacts Open Contacts, go to Business cards > Scan, and you can: Scan a single business card: Place the business card on a flat surface and adjust the camera's focus frame so that the contents on the business card are clearly displayed in the viewfinder, then touch Scan multiple business cards: Switch to Multiple mode and follow the onscreen instructions to...
  • Page 18: Managing Contacts

    Contacts Share your business card: Open Contacts and touch My card to set your profile picture and enter your name, work address, telephone number, and other information. Then touch and your device will automatically generate your QR code business card. You can share your business card directly using the QR code.
  • Page 19: View A Sender's Job Description

    Contacts Import contacts: Select Import from storage, Import via Bluetooth, or Import from SIM card and follow the onscreen instructions. Export contacts: Select Export to storage or Share contacts and follow the onscreen instructions. By default, .vcf files exported through Export to storage are saved in the root directory of your device's internal storage.
  • Page 20: Dialing

    Dialing Basic Calling Functions Make Emergency Calls In an emergency situation, if your Tablet is powered on and in service, emergency calls can be made even if the screen is locked or there is no reception. Voice calls are not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. The emergency call feature is subject to local regulations and your Internet service provider.
  • Page 21 Dialing Open Phone or Contacts to make a call.
  • Page 22: Camera

    Camera Basic Camera Functions Adjust Camera Settings Open Camera and touch to access the Settings screen. From here you can: Adjust the camera resolution: Touch Resolution and select the desired resolution. This feature is not available in some modes. Enable Location tag: Enable Location tag to tag your location in photos. Disable shutter sound: Enable Mute.
  • Page 23: Use Pro Mode To Shoot Portraits

    Camera Use Pro Mode to Shoot Portraits Go to Camera > More > Pro. Select a Metering mode: mode is recommended for taking portraits. Place your shooting subject (for example, a person's face) in the center of the viewfinder. Adjust brightness based on the shooting environment: Adjust ISO: To avoid excessive image noise, it is recommended that you adjust the ISO to a low level when shooting portraits.
  • Page 24: Light Painting Mode

    Camera Light Painting Mode Light Painting: Shoot Light Trails Light painting mode automatically sets a slow shutter speed to take long-exposure shots of light trails. This mode produces stunning photos that have an ethereal quality. Light painting mode offers four creative shooting modes for different subjects and light conditions: Traffic trails: Captures light trails created by cars at night.
  • Page 25 Camera Open Camera > More > Light painting > Traffic trails. Hold your Tablet steady, and then touch to start shooting. A preview of the image is displayed in the viewfinder. Touch when you are finished. Use Light Graffiti to Create Light Patterns Light graffiti lets you create patterns or write words by moving a light source in front of the camera.
  • Page 26 Camera Capture Rivers and Waterfalls with Silky Water The Silky water feature lets you capture silky smooth photos of waterfalls and rivers. This feature works best with a stream or waterfall with lots of water. Place your device on a tripod or solid surface so that it does not move during the exposure. Go to Camera >...
  • Page 27 Camera Use Star Track to Capture the Beauty of Stars Star track allows you to capture the movement of stars in the night sky. For best results, choose a clear night in a location free of light pollution with an unobstructed view of the sky.
  • Page 28: More Capture Modes

    Camera More Capture Modes Custom Shooting Modes Want to discover new ways of using your camera besides the preset functions? You can download or delete shooting modes based on your needs. Download more shooting modes: Open Camera > More > Download. Select the shooting modes to download, and touch ADD.
  • Page 29 Moving pictures can be shared directly through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Huawei Share, and more. The receiving device must be a Huawei device that supports the capture of moving pictures in order to play the moving picture effect. When you share moving pictures to third-party apps or...
  • Page 30: Gallery

    Gallery Highlights: Bring Your Memories to Life Highlights creates albums of your best photos and videos based on time and location information and generates a short video clip so you can instantly relive the good times. You can edit Highlights albums and share the video clips with your friends.
  • Page 31 Gallery Recover deleted photos and videos: In the Recently deleted album, touch and hold a photo or video until the icon appears. Select the items you want to recover and touch to restore them to their original albums. If the original album has been deleted, a new one will be created.
  • Page 32: Tablet Manager

    Tablet Manager Use Auto-launch to Prevent Unwanted App Activities Worried about third-party apps secretly running, occupying system resources, and consuming power in the background? Use Auto-launch to help you identify and prohibit unwanted app activities. Open Tablet Manager, touch > App launch, and you can: Automatically manage apps: Enable Manage all automatically or toggle on the switches for individual apps.
  • Page 33: Email

    Email Manage Email Accounts You can manage multiple email accounts concurrently on your Huawei Tablet. Open Email. You can: Check emails: On the Inbox screen, touch , and then select an email account to view the list of your emails. Swipe down to refresh the list of emails. Open an email to read, reply, forward, or delete it.
  • Page 34: Check Your Screen Time

    Utilities Check Your Screen Time Digital balance allows you to check the app usage, helps you manage your screen time and guides you towards healthier Tablet usage habits. To check your Tablet usage, open Settings, and go to Digital balance > More. Check today's screen time: Touch Today, and you can check your Screen time, App usage, Unlocks.
  • Page 35 Utilities Open Kids Corner. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a Kids Corner password, enter your child's name, gender, date of birth, and record his or her fingerprint. Once the setup is complete, you can start using Kids Corner. In Kids Corner, you can: Set parental controls: Go to Parental control to control how your child uses his or her Tablet (such as managing the available apps, images, and multimedia your child would have access to,...
  • Page 36: Phone Clone

    Utilities Edit your child's information: Go to Kid's profile > Edit profile to edit your child's name, gender, date of birth, and upload his or her profile picture. Manage apps: Go to Apps management to add the apps you would allow your child to access. When entering Kids Corner again, he or she will only be able to access the allowed apps.
  • Page 37 SETTINGS, and follow the onscreen instructions to reset the settings. Restore all settings: This will restore your device's initial network settings, fingerprint data, face data, and lock screen passwords. It won't reset settings for Find my Tablet or HUAWEI ID, nor will it delete any data or files.
  • Page 38: Multiple Users

    Multiple Users Set and Use Multiple Users Want to have more than one user account on your Tablet to keep your work and personal life separate? You can add multiple users to your Tablet and switch between them with a single touch. Add Users or Guests A maximum of three users and one guest can be added.
  • Page 39 Multiple Users Touch Settings, and go to Users & accounts > Users. Then, touch the user name or profile picture of the desired user. You will be prompted to enter the password to unlock the screen when switching back to the owner from another user.
  • Page 40: Device Connection

    You can also connect your Tablet to Bluetooth wearables to record and manage fitness data. Connecting Bluetooth devices to your Tablet does not increase power consumption significantly. Bluetooth protocols used by Huawei devices and their functions: HFP, HSP Make calls...
  • Page 41: One-Touch Printing With Huawei Share

    Huawei Share now supports one-touch printing for images and PDF files. For a list of supported printers, touch Learn more in the Huawei Share section (access this section by touching the Share icon on the picture or PDF you want to share), swipe left on the...
  • Page 42 Huawei Share's one-touch printing feature is convenient and easy to use. To start using it, swipe down from the status bar to display all shortcuts, and enable Huawei Share, then follow the steps below to pair with different types of printers:...
  • Page 43: Security And Privacy

    Features may vary depending on your carrier. Data services are not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. Huawei only uses location data to provide you with necessary functions and services, not for the purpose of identifying and collecting your private information.
  • Page 44 Security and Privacy private information in a hidden space within your device that can only be accessed with your fingerprint or password. You can add up to three users to Users and PrivateSpace on your Tablet. If you have already added three users under Settings >...
  • Page 45: Enable App Lock

    Security and Privacy Touch MainSpace to PrivateSpace or PrivateSpace to MainSpace. Follow the onscreen instructions to select files and transfer them to the target location. Files stored on your device or NM card can be transferred from your MainSpace to your PrivateSpace.
  • Page 46: Use Password Vault

    Worried that your photos, bank account information, or other private data might get leaked if your Tablet is lost or stolen? Huawei Tablets now feature security chips in addition to the combined protection provided by the trusted root key and lock screen password. Whether your data is stored in a memory card or internal storage, it will receive the highest level of protection.
  • Page 47 Security and Privacy...
  • Page 48: Wi-Fi And Network

    Wi-Fi and Network Wi-Fi Introduction to Wi-Fi+ Wi-Fi+ intelligently connects to Wi-Fi networks to save mobile data consumption. When your device detects a known or free Wi-Fi network, it will automatically turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the network. Your device will also automatically select the optimal network in the area for the best Internet connection.
  • Page 49 Transfer Data Using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows you to rapidly transfer data between Huawei devices. Wi-Fi Direct is faster than Bluetooth and does not require devices to be paired. It is better suited to transferring large files over...
  • Page 50 Wi-Fi and Network Send files with Wi-Fi Direct: Open Files, touch and hold a file you want to send, and go to More > Share > Wi-Fi Direct. When another device is detected, touch its name to establish the connection and begin file transfer. Receive files with Wi-Fi direct: Enable Wi-Fi.
  • Page 51: Apps And Notifications

    Apps and Notifications App Twin: Log In to Two Social Media Accounts at Once Have you ever wished you could log in to two WeChat and Facebook accounts on your Tablet without the hassle of constantly switching between them? App twin lets you log in to two WeChat and Facebook accounts at the same time, allowing you to keep your work and private life separate.
  • Page 52: Sound And Display

    Sound and Display Set Up Do Not Disturb Mode Do not disturb mode blocks calls from strangers and only notifies you when you receive calls and messages from chosen contacts. Open Settings, then go to Sounds > Do not disturb to do the following: Do not disturb: Touch Do not disturb to immediately enable or disable this function.
  • Page 53: Storage

    Storage Enable Memory Cleanup Your Tablet may slow down over time as your storage space gets smaller. Use Memory cleanup to free up storage space, improve system performance, and keep your Tablet running smoothly. Open Tablet Manager, then touch Cleanup to clean up memory and clear the cache to optimize performance.
  • Page 54: Smart Assistance

    Smart Assistance Access Tablet Functions from Anywhere with Navigation Dock In order to close an app or return to the home screen, you must use the navigation bar at the bottom of your Tablet. You can enable the Navigation dock feature on your Tablet to avoid using navigation buttons and to comfortably operate your device with one hand.
  • Page 55: System

    System Change Input Method Change the input method on your Tablet according to your personal preference. Switch input method: Open Settings, go to System > Language & input > Default keyboard, and select an input method. Accessibility Enable Color Correction Color correction enables your device to compensate for color blindness.
  • Page 56 System Set the System Date and Time If you travel abroad or change your SIM card, your Tablet will automatically display the date and time provided by the local mobile network. You can also adjust the date and time manually, change the time format, or set dual clocks on your lock screen.
  • Page 57 System Open Settings, go to Device connectivity > Printing > Default Print Service, and check that Default Print Service is enabled. Select a printer from the search results and follow the onscreen instructions to manually add the printer. You can now print directly from your Tablet: Print an image: Go to Gallery.
  • Page 58 System View Memory and Storage Status Unsure of how much memory and storage you have left after using your Tablet for a long time? You can view your Tablet's memory and storage information to help you monitor your memory and storage use and decide whether to perform a cleanup.
  • Page 59: System Update

    Using unauthorized third-party software to update your Tablet may damage your Tablet or put your personal information at risk. You are advised to update your Tablet online or bring your Tablet and proof of purchase to an authorized Huawei Customer Service Center for updates. Back up important data before updating your Tablet.
  • Page 60: Legal Notice

    Huawei does not own the intellectual property of the third-party software and applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huawei will not provide any warranty of any kind for third party software and applications. Neither will Huawei provide support to customers who use third- party software and applications, nor be responsible or liable for the functions or performance of third- party software and applications.
  • Page 61: Personal Information And Data Security

    Huawei shall not be responsible for the legality, quality, or any other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works in any form, including but not limited to texts, images, videos, or software etc.
  • Page 62: For More Information

    To view important legal information on products, go to Settings > System > About tablet > Legal. Customer service hotline: 800-830-8300 (fixed line only); 400-830-8300 To follow Huawei Club or to download Huawei Vmall, please scan the following QR codes. For more information, please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/.
  • Page 63 All statements, information, and recommendations in this guide do not constitute a warranty of any kind, express or implied. Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recent updated hotline and email address in your country or region. Model: CMR-AL09...

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