TCL TAB 8 User Guide

: October 27, 2023
: TCL

Table of Contents

TAB 8
Home screen
Phone call
Contacts
Messaging
Gmail
Getting connected
Support
Documents / Resources

TAB 8 User Guide
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TAB 8

TCL TAB 8 User

Fully charge your device for the first time use. TCL TAB 8 - time
use

Open the slot and insert the SIM & SD cards. TCL TAB 8 - SIM &
SD

Home screen

You can move frequently used items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the Home key to switch to the Home screen. TCL TAB 8 - Home screen

Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Drag down to open the notification panel.
Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.
Favourites tray applications
• Touch to enter the application.
• Long press to move or change applications.

The Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding application icons, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get additional view.

1.1 Status bar
In the status bar, you can see the notifications on the left side and the connection service status on the right side.
Swipe downward from the Status bar to access the Notification panel or the Quick Settings panel. To close the panel, touch and drag upward. TCL TAB 8 -
Status bar

Notification panel
When there are notifications, you can touch them to view more information.

Quick settings panel
Swipe down from the status bar twice to open the Quick settings panel. Then enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.![TCL TAB 8

settings panel](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TCL-TAB-8 -settings-panel.png)

Phone call

2.1 Placing a call
You can easily place a call using the Phone application. Touch the Phone icon on your Favourites Tray.

Call screen
Enter the desired number from the dial pad directly and touch to place the call or select a contact from Favorites or Contactsby touching tabs, then make the call

TCL TAB 8 - Call screen

Dial pad
Enter the desired number from the dial pad and touch the Call icon to place the call. If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching the Delete button. TCL TAB 8 - Dial pad

Answering or rejecting a call

TCL TAB 8 - Answering

When you receive a call:
Slide up the icon to answer;
Slide down the icon to to reject;
Touch to reject the call by sending a preset message.
To mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press the Volume Up/Down key

Call history
You can access your call history by touching the Recents tab from the Call screen to view missed calls, outgoing calls, and incoming calls.

Contacts

Contacts are stored in your tablet with the Contacts app. It allows you to add, delete, or edit your contacts. You can also import or export your contacts from different locations such as a SIM card, an external storage, your Gmail or other email account.

3.1 Adding a contact
Open the Contacts app from applications list, then touch the Plus button on the bottom right of the screen to add a new contact.

3.2 Synchronising contacts in multiple accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your tablet.

Messaging

This tablet comes with a pre-installed Messaging app that allows you to send and receive SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) with your wireless service provider.
To open your Messaging app, swipe upward the Home screen and touch the Messaging icon from the application list.
To check messages stored in your SIM card, touch the button from the Messaging screen, then touch Settings > Advanced > SIM card messages.

4.1 Write message
On the Messaging app screen, touch the new message in the bottom right of the screen to begin.

TCL TAB 8 - Write message

Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the “To” bar and touch the Text message bar to enter the text of the message.
Touch to attach a picture, video, audio, or insert emoticons. When finished, touch the Send button to send the text message.
An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. although the recipient only receive one SMS.
Specific letters (accent) will also increase the size of the SMS.

Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides, and sounds to other compatible phones and email addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached.

Gmail

Gmail is a Google web-based email service. When you first set up your tablet, it is automatically synchronized with your Google account. With this app, you can receive and send email, manage your email, and archive your email, etc.

To open Gmail
From the Home screen, touch the Gmail icon in the Google folder.
Gmail displays messages and conversations from one single Gmail account at a time. If you own more than one account, you can add an account by touching the Menu button ****, then touch Settings > Add account. When finished, you can switch to another account by touching the name of the account you want to view.

To create and send emails

Touch the Edit button from the Inbox screen.
Enter the recipient(s)’s email address in “To” field.
To add Copy or Blind copy, touch the down arrow button and enter the email address in the Cc or Bcc line.
Enter the subject and the content of the message.
Touch the Attach button icon and select Attach file to add an attachment.
Finally, touch the Send button to send.
If you do not want to send the email out right away, you can touch the Menu overflow button and then touch Save draft. To view the draft later, touch the Menu button and select the Drafts folder.
Touch the draft email and then the Edit button to open it.

Getting connected

To connect to the Internet with this tablet, you will need to have an internet connection via Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi The tablet can be connected to a Wi-Fi internet service.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

Go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
Touch the Off switch to turn on Wi-Fi.
Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is a secured network, you will need to enter a password or other credentials. When finished, touch CONNECT.
For hidden network, slide up the screen and select Add network.
Enter the SSID of the network, password and its secured credentials. Then, touch CONNECT.

Support

Enter from your Tablet to the application: SUPPORT CENTER
Check our frequently asked questions or chat with us through https://www.tcl.com in the Support section.
Call the Call Center Locate your number, below:
Argentina- 0810-999-1099
Australia- 1800-21-8730
Canada- 1-855-224-4228
Chile- 800000147
Colombia- 18009520823
Ecuador- 800000635
Mexico- 8008909908
Nueva Zealanda- 0800-451-708
Peru- 80000698
Dominican Republic- 8887600164
Uruguay- 405296624
USA- 1-855-224-4228
Venezuela- 8001005368