Owner’s Manual
X10.com, a Division of
X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.
400 Forge Way, Suite 409-412,
Rockaway, NJ 07866
Model AirPadX
CM005-11/11
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Introduction
Introduction, cont.
Congratulations! You’re now the proud owner of the newest
technology in tablets. Powered by Android 2.3.4, the X10 AirPadX
is equipped with a powerful 1 Ghz ARM Cortex A9 processor,
it has a brilliant color screen, 4 GB onboard memory (plus an
additional 32 GB with microSD card, not included), a built-in
camera/video recording device, and access to thousands of Apps
in the Amazon Market. You’ll find your AirPadX to be extremely
fast, with a very responsive touch screen.
Entertainment
You can get Pandora Radio, free from the Amazon Market. It
lets you select different genres of music and stream them to your
AirPadX. Just go to Amazon Market, search for and download
Pandora Internet Radio, then create and sign in to your account.
Shazam – just tap on the screen and Shazam listens to and
identifies any song it hears. It even tells you who sang it, what
album it’s on, and gives you the opportunity to buy it on-line.
Your AirPadX has all of the features you could want. It’s like
you’re fitting a movie screen, MP3 player, e-book reader, Internet,
video game console and more into your pocket.
Play videos and movies – Download YouTube from Google, watch
Flash content with your Browser.
Now you don’t have to buy a Kindle, you can download the App
FREE from the Amazon Market.
Download the Netflix App and watch streaming videos on your
AirPadX (requires a Netflix account).
Here’s some of the many other things your AirPadX can do:
Install the RedBox App and rent movies that you pick up from any
RedBox kiosk (requires a RedBox account).
Games
There are many free games available on the Amazon Market. Just
a few examples are Angry Birds, Sudoku, Fruit Ninja, and Dragon
Fly. Just go to the Amazon Market, search for the name and
download it.
Transfer movies from your laptop or PC to your AirPadX via a
mini USB cable (included with your AirPadX).
Or purchase a microSD card that you can plug into your PC,
transfer movies to, then plug into your AirPadX.
Productivity
You can connect your AirPadX to a TV, via an HDMI cable (sold
separately) so you can watch video on a big screen.
You can get useful Apps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, DropBox
(file sharing), OpenTable (restaurant reservations), Mapquest,
Wikipedia, Photoshop Mobile – all run very nicely on your
AirPadX and make life on the go easy and fun.
And of course e-mail. If you don’t already have an account just go
to mail.google.com and sign up for a free Gmail account, or get
other e-mail such as Yahoo or AOL via your browser.
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Getting Started
Getting Started, cont.
First charge the battery in your AirPadX, connect the included
power supply to the jack on the side of your AirPadX (next to the
ON/OFF button) and plug the power supply into an AC outlet. It
may take up to 4 hours to fully charge the unit.
The AirPadX does NOT charge via the included USB cable.
For best battery performance leave your AirPadX charging
overnight or when not in use. See also page 20.
The House symbol
takes you to your Home screen. You can also press the “hard” key
to the right of the screen.
at the top left hand corner of the screen
You can read various sections of this manual at any time to learn
how to accomplish specific tasks. You can also visit X10’s Wiki
The back symbol
at the top left hand corner of the screen
Important: If the screen seems unresponsive when you swipe your
finger across it or touch icons, make sure your other hand isn’t
touching the screen while you’re holding the AirPadX.
takes you back one screen each time you touch it. You can also
press the hard key to the right of the screen.
To turn your AirPadX on
Setting the Date and Time
Press and hold the round ON/OFF button on the side of the unit until
theAirPadX logo appears. Release the button and wait while the unit
“boots up.” Then swipe the lock icon with your finger to unlock it.
To Set the Date and Time
To suspend the AirPadX (Sleep mode)
1. On your Home screen, touch on the Settings icon.
Note that this still uses power and can run the battery down quite
quickly if Wi-Fi is turned on. The AirPadX will go to sleep by itself
if you do nothing for a while. To force it to go into sleep mode, press
and release the round ON/OFF button on the side of the unit.
2. Scroll down and touch Date & time. (If you don’t see it, you
might need to touch the Back icon to get to the correct screen).
To turn the AirPadX completely off (shut it down)
Press and hold the round ON/OFF button on the side of the unit until
you see a screen that shows the option to Power off. Touch that button
on the screen. Then touch OK. Next time you power on you will need
to follow the steps above. If however the AirPadX was just “asleep”
then just pressing the ON/OFF button displays a screen where you
can swipe the lock icon with your finger to unlock it.
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Setting the Date and Time, cont.
Using Wi-Fi
3. Uncheck Automatic (to manually set) and then touch Set time.
In order to connect to the Internet you’ll need to turn on Wi-Fi.
(See also Wi-Fi Hotspot on page 19 and Wi-Fi Sleep options on
page 21).
How to Use Wi-Fi on the AirPadX
1. On your Home screen, touch on the Settings icon.
2. Touch Wireless & networks. (If you don’t see it, you might need
to touch the Back icon or hard key to get to the correct screen).
4. Set the correct time and touch Set.
3. Touch Wi-Fi Turn on Wi-Fi.
5. Touch Select time zone. Scroll and select your time zone.
6. Touch Set date. Select the correct date and touch Set.
7. Similarly, set other options such as time and date format.
8. Touch the Home icon
or hard key to the right of the screen
to exit back to your Home screen.
You can also repeatedly touch the back
icon or hard key.
4. Touch Wi-Fi Settings.
5. Available networks will be displayed.
6. Touch your network and enter your password.
7. Touch the Home icon
to exit back to your Home screen.
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Installing Apps
Installing Apps, cont.
You’ll want to install the Amazon Android Appstore so you can
download FREE Apps, and purchase other ones. Note you will first
need to go to amazon.com and set up a free account if you don’t
already have one.
Your AirPadX makes an excellent e-book reader. You can
download and install FREE readers from the Amazon Android
Appstore, including the popular Kindle.
How to install a typical App from Amazon Android Appstore
1. On your Home screen, touch on the Settings icon.
2. Touch Applications, (you might need to touch the back icon to
see the correct screen).
We will use the Kindle App as an example. These basic procedures
work for other Apps too.
3. If unchecked, click Unknown sources. If Unknown sources is
already checked, skip to step 5.
4. Click OK on the Attention dialog box. Unknown sources will
now have a green check mark. Press the Home icon.
The Amazon Android Appstore app will download to your
1. On your Home screen, touch this icon
side of the screen to access the main Apps screen.
2. Touch the Amazon Android Appstore icon.
The screen shown at the bottom of page 10 is displayed.
3. In the Search Market box, type: KINDLE. As you type, various
matches will be displayed. When you see KINDLE FOR
ANDROID TABLET displayed, touch it.
on the right hand
AirPadX. You’ll notice the download arrow
in the left
corner of your notifications bar near the Back icon.
6. Touch and pull down your notifications bar at the top of the
screen and touch Amazon_Appstore-release.apk (see note
below).
7. Touch the INSTALL button.
8. After the installation finishes, touch the OPEN button and sign
into your Amazon account. Below shows the Appstore.
4. Touch the Kindle for Android icon.
5. Touch Install (FREE). Then touch OK. The status bar will
show the App being downloaded and installed. Then “Kindle
successfully installed” will be displayed.
6. Touch the Home icon or hard key to exit back to your Home
screen.
7. Touch the Amazon Kindle icon on the main Apps screen to
launch Kindle.
Note, this might say Amazon_Appstore-release-x.apk (where x is
a number).
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Uninstalling Apps
Moving Apps between screens
Uninstalling Apps
The Home Screen.
1. On your Home screen, touch the Settings icon.
2. Scroll to and touch Applications. (If you don’t see it, you might
need to touch the Back icon to get to the correct screen).
3. Touch Manage applications.
Touch the dots (or
swipe the screen) to
access other screens.
4. Scroll to and then touch the application you want to uninstall.
Here, we demonstrate the uninstallation of a music player.
5. Touch Uninstall.
Touch to access the
main Apps Screen.
Copying App icons from your main Apps screen to your Home
Screen
1. On your Home screen, touch this icon
on the right hand
side of the screen to access the main Apps screen.
2. Find and touch the icon for the App you want to copy to your
Home screen.
3. Hold your finger on the App icon until a dialog box appears,
drag the icon to the right of the screen and hold.
4. Drag to the screen you desire.
6. Touch OK.
5. Release your finger from the icon.
6. A copy of the icon for that App is now duplicated on your
selected screen.
To remove an App icon from a screen, touch and hold the icon
until the trash can appears (on the right side of the screen) and then
drag the icon to the trash.
7. When you see Uninstall Finished, touch OK.
8. Touch the Home icon
Home screen.
or hard key to exit back to your
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Moving Apps between screens, cont.
Transferring files from your PC
Moving Apps between the 5 screens
You will need the included USB A to Mini-USB B cable to do this:
You will notice 5 dots in the top center of the screen. These
represent 5 discrete screens on your AirPadX.
Your Home screen is the screen in the middle of the 5 screens,
and so when the center dot is the solid one you are looking at your
Home screen.
You can access the screens by touching on the dots, or by swiping
your finger across the screen.
To move Apps around on a screen, touch and hold the icon for the
App you want to move. You will notice that you can then drag the
icon around on the screen. Drag it to an open spot on that screen,
or drag it to the trash, then release your finger from the screen.
1. Connect the cable to your PC and to the AirPadX.
2. Hold the AirPadX in a horizontal orientation. You will see a
USB symbol in the notification bar at the top of the screen.
3. Touch the USB symbol and drag it down to bring up the
notification menu.
4. Touch USB Connected.
5. In the window that appears, touch the Turn On USB storage
button.
Some practice might be necessary to get the hang of how to hold
your finger on an icon for an App, and when to release your finger.
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Transferring files from your PC, cont.
How to watch Movies or Videos
6. Touch OK in the window that appears.
1. Download video files from the Internet, or transfer them to your
AirPadX from your PC or laptop. (See Transferring files from
your PC on page 15).
2. On the main Apps screen, find and touch the Video Player icon.
3. Find and touch the movie or video file you want to play.
Using Wallpaper
1. On your Home screen, touch the Menu icon
in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
2. Touch the Wallpaper icon.
Your AirPadX will now appear as two different Removable Storage
Devices in “My Computer” - one for the main device memory, and
one for the MicroSD card.
Transfer files like you would transfer from any drive to another.
3. Select the wallpaper you desire, and touch Set wallpaper.
Note that Live wallpaper consumes battery power.
Once you are finished transferring files, be sure to follow these
steps:
1. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your PC’s System
Tray, next to the clock. Click on Safely Remove USB Mass
Storage Device.
Using a Wi-Fi Hotspot
2. On your AirPadX, touch Turn off USB storage.
3. Touch the Home icon to exit back to your Home screen.
You can connect to the Internet from your AirPadX by Wi-Fi if
you are near a Wi-Fi router, such as in your home or office. (See
turning on Wi-Fi on page 9). Or by using a local Hotspot such
as you can find at Airports, Hotels, and some coffee shops, for
example. Some cell phones act as a Wi-Fi Hotspot, allowing you
to connect your AirPadX to your cell phone via Wi-Fi and then
connect to the Internet via your cell phone. You can also purchase
a stand-alone Wi-Fi Hotspot from many major cell phone service
providers (contract required from your provider). The AirPadX
connects to the Hotspot via Wi-Fi and then the Hotspot connects to
the Internet via 3G or 4G broadband.
How to listen to Music
1. Download a music player from the Amazon Market.
2. Download music files from the Internet, or transfer them to your
AirPadX from your PC or laptop. (See Transferring files from
your PC on page 15).
3. On the main Apps screen, find and touch the Music icon.
4. Find and touch the music file you want to play.
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Connecting to a TV
Managing your AirPadX
How to connect the AirPadX to a TV
Using an external microSD card
First, make sure your TV has an HDMI input, you will also need a
mini HDMI to HDMI cable (sold separately). Connect the AirPadX
to your TV with the cable, then follow the instructions in your
TV’s manual to view the correct HDMI video input.
You can add more memory to your AirPadX by purchasing a
microSD card, they come in various capacities. Hold the card
parallel to the slot (not at an angle) and push it in. You will feel a
slight resistance before it seats itself.
To remove the microSD card: Go to Settings, Storage, and touch
Unmount SD card. Press on the card and it will pop out.
1. On the Home screen, touch
screen.
to access your Main Apps
2. Touch HDMI switch icon.
If you are correctly connected to your TV you will see a dialog box
asking you to choose a resolution, typically you will choose 1080p.
How to move Apps to a microSD Card
After you’ve installed a lot of Apps on your AirPadX, you might
get a message saying that there’s not enough memory left to install
another App. You can free up some memory by moving some Apps
from the main memory to a microSD card:
Note the above dialog box says Hdmi Connected. If is says Hdmi
Disconnected, check your connections and launch the HDMI
Switch App again.
1. On your Home screen, touch the Settings icon.
2. Scroll to and touch Applications.
3. Touch Manage applications.
Once you see the picture on your TV the can use the AirPadX’s
screen as a touch-pad to move the cursor around your TV screen.
Use the AirPadX’s Vol+ button as Enter.
3. Scroll to and touch the App you want to move.
Note that while you can see the image on the TV screen, you will
not see any image on the AirPadX’s screen.
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Managing your AirPadX, cont.
Wi-Fi Sleep Options
How to move Apps to a microSD Card, cont.
When your AirPadX goes to sleep (i.e. the screen turns off) you
might assume that it’s not consuming any battery power. However,
it can still use up a lot of battery power if Wi-Fi is turned on. By
default your AirPadX is set to turn Wi-Fi off when it goes to sleep.
To change this:
4. Touch Move to SD card, the button changes to Moving. After
it’s moved, or if the App is already on the SD card, you will see
an option to Move to Device.
1. On your Home screen, touch on the Settings icon.
(If you don’t see it, you might need to touch the Back icon to get
to the correct screen).
2. Touch Wireless & networks.
5. Touch the Home icon
or hard key to the right of the screen
to exit back to your Home screen.
Battery Performance
3. Touch Wi-Fi Settings.
For best battery performance leave your AirPadX charging
overnight or when not in use.
You can get longer battery life if you don’t use active wallpaper.
See how to change your wallpaper on page 17.
Turn off Wi-Fi when you don’t need it. See also Wi-Fi Sleep
options on the next page.
4. Touch the Menu icon
screen.
in the upper left hand corner of the
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Wi-Fi Sleep Options, cont.
Resetting to Factory Settings
5. Touch Advanced (at the bottom right hand corner of the screen).
If you play around and install a bunch of Apps to get familiar with
your AirPadX you might want to know how to put your AirPadX
back to its factory condition. Follow these instructions to do this:
1. On your Home screen, touch on the Settings icon.
2. Touch Privacy. (If you don’t see it, you might need to touch the
Back icon to get to the correct screen).
6. Touch Wi-Fi sleep policy.
3. Touch Factory data reset.
7. Touch the option you desire - Turn Wi-Fi off when the screen
turns off; never turn Wi-Fi off when the AirPadX is plugged in;
or never turn Wi-Fi off EVER (select this if you want to stream
live music from Pandora, for example).
4. Touch Reset device (at the bottom of the screen).
5. If you really want to reset your AirPadX, touch Erase every-
thing. Be careful since this is not reversible.
6. Wait a few minutes while your AirPadX restarts.
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