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  • Page 1 Tablet 10.1” ® User Guide Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 2 Screenshots and product images are simulated; they may differ from the actual product and are subject to change. Use of NOOK is subject to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy located in the Settings area of your NOOK and at www.NOOK.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Profiles –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 42 NOOK Settings ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 43 NOOK Search –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 45 Adding More Storage to Your NOOK Applications & Customizing Your NOOK Home Screen –––––––––––––––––––––––– 47 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 48 App Drawer –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 48 NOOK Apps –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 50 Google Apps –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 52 Customizing Your NOOK Home Screen Android Settings –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your NOOK Tablet 10.1”. ® Contact Us If you have questions about your NOOK that this guide doesn’t answer, be sure to visit the ®...

  • Page 5: Getting To Know Your Nook

    Getting to Know Your NOOK Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 6: Buttons & Ports

    Buttons & Ports Front View Front Camera Power Button Volume Button Quick Connector Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 7 Back View Headphone Jack Reset Button Microphone Micro USB/ microSD Card Slot Charger Port Rear Camera Speakers Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 8: Charge The Battery

    1. Insert the Micro USB Cable into your NOOK Tablet’s Micro USB Port. 2. Connect the Micro USB Cable to the Power Adapter provided with your NOOK Tablet 10.1”, then plug the Power Adapter into a standard AC power outlet. 3. When charging is complete, unplug the Power Adapter from the power outlet and remove the Micro USB Cable from your NOOK.
  • Page 9 NOOK. Airplanes When using your NOOK on an airplane, be sure to follow the instructions of the flight crew. To turn your NOOK’s wireless networking on or off, do this: 1. Drag down the status bar to reveal the Quick Settings menu.
  • Page 10 Caring for the Touchscreen You should clean the touchscreen on your NOOK from time to time. Clean the screen with a damp soft cloth, such as a micro-fiber cloth. Micro-fiber cloths are available from Barnes &...

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    To lock your NOOK manually, press the Power Button. Secure Your NOOK Use your NOOK’s screen lock features to secure your NOOK. Set Up a Secure Screen Lock The default Screen lock is Swipe, which offers no security. To choose a more secure screen lock, see Set a Screen Lock.

  • Page 12: Initial Setup Of Your Nook

    You have to connect to a Wi-Fi network to set up your NOOK. Selecting a Language When you first turn on your NOOK, it displays a NOOK Tablet welcome screen. Select your preferred language and tap the yellow arrow to continue.
  • Page 13 If you do not know the password, ask the network administrator. Once you have entered the password in the password dialog box, tap Connect. Setting up Google Account Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 14 Your NOOK prompts you to sign in to your Google account or to create a Google account if you do not have one. Your NOOK uses your Google Account to fully utilize its Android features, including Gmail, Google Hangouts, and the Google Play Store.
  • Page 15 If you sign into a Google account there is also an option to set it up similar to any Phone/Tablet device your Google account is logged into, this shows up as a screen during OOBE post login with Google account. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 16 Options to protect your NOOK. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 17: Setting Up Your Nook Account

    Setting Up Your NOOK Account NOOK Account Use your existing NOOK account or create a new one to make the best use of the NOOK features on your NOOK. For more information, see Setting Up Your NOOK. For more information about the NOOK features, see NOOK.
  • Page 18 • A password • A security question 2. Tap Submit. Your NOOK opens a dialog box with links to legal notices, including the NOOK Device Terms of Service, the Bookstore Terms of Service, and the NOOK Privacy Policy. To read any of these notices, tap its link.

  • Page 19: Home Screen

    Swipe up on the Home screen to open the App Drawer and access all your downloaded apps. Return Home Multitask Go back to the Return to the Switch between previous screen. Home screen. your open apps. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 20 Wi-Fi available: A Wi-Fi network is active and acquiring a signal. available. App updates available: App updates are available from the Google Play store. App updates complete: App installation or updates are complete. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 21 Notifications Panel To display the Notification Panel, swipe down from the top edge of the screen. Notification Panel Swipe down Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 22 Quick Settings Panel Quick Settings The Quick Settings Panel provides quick access to your NOOK functions such as Wi-Fi, allowing you to quickly turn them on or off. To display the Quick Settings Panel, tap the clock area shown below.
  • Page 23 App Drawer The App Drawer displays apps that are installed on your NOOK. To access the App Drawer, tap swipe upward on the homescreen. Home Screen App Drawer NOOK apps swipe upward on the home screen Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 24: Nook By Barnes & Noble

    NOOK by Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 25: Home Screen

    Home Screen The Home screen features widgets and app shortcuts that provide quick and easy access to your Library and to new NOOK Content. Recent Purchases Swipe right and left to view more content. Current Read Bookstore Favorite NOOK B&N Readouts...
  • Page 26 B&N Readouts ® Enjoy a daily dose of discovery with quick, compelling excerpts and articles from B&N editors. Search Quickly find an item in your Library or Bookstore. Search by title, author, or keyword. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 27 NOOK Navigation While in any of the NOOK apps found on Home, navigate the different sections available using the tabs along the top. For example, visit Recent, All Titles, and Shelves within Library. Plus, use the navigation menu along the bottom to easily jump to Library, Bookstore, Readouts, Profile, or open your Current Read.

  • Page 28: How To Read A Book

    Search a Book 1. Tap the center of the page. 2. Tap to open the options menu. 3. Tap Find in Book. 4. Type the word or phrase you want to find. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 29 To display the Status Bar in books: Change the Page Turn Effect Your NOOK offers a choice of three animated effects when you turn a page in a NOOK Book or other EPUB-formatted ebook or magazine. The page can curl as though you were turning a paper page, one page can slide smoothly to the other, or there can be no special effect at all as the one page simply flashes to the next.
  • Page 30 • Tap Table of Contents to see a scrollable table of contents for the publication. Comics Your NOOK supports comics. Zoom View Letterboxing is a feature that lets you move from frame to frame, even if the frames are different sizes.

  • Page 31: Bookstore

    Browse curated collections of Dive into the extensive books from B&N booksellers, NOOK catalog to explore books and periodicals by recommended based on your genre and subject. reading habits. Plus, find special offers and seasonal promotions. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 32 2. Tap the green Buy button, and then tap Confirm. Add an Item to Your Wishlist Save items for later by adding them to your Wishlist. Your NOOK Wishlist is also accessible on bn.com. 1. In Bookstore, tap an item’s cover to open its Details page.
  • Page 33 3. Tap the green Try for Free button. If the periodical offers a choice of annual or monthly subscriptions, tap the type of subscription. 4. Tap Start My Free Trial. View Your Wishlist 1. From the Home screen, tap Bookstore. 2. Tap > Wishlist. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 34: Library

    Tap the cover of the item. If the item isn’t downloaded to your device, the download will be- gin. Once the download is complete, tap the cover of the item again to open it. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 35 Organize Library Items into Shelves You can create custom shelves to organize your Library content. Items added to shelves re- main visible in all areas of Library by default. To change this, visit NOOK Settings. Create a Shelf 1. In Library > Shelves tab, tap +.
  • Page 36 2. Tap Move to Cloud. Remove an Item from Your NOOK You can remove an item such as a book from your NOOK. An image of the item remains in your Library, so that you can download it again later if you like.

  • Page 37: Profiles

    View Account Information 1. In Profile > Account tab, tap Account on the left sidebar. You will see: • The email address associated with the owner’s Barnes & Noble NOOK account. • The name associated with the account owner. • The country of residence.
  • Page 38 • Primary NOOK Profile: This is the profile created by default when you register your NOOK. This profile can view all the content on your NOOK an. It can also create and edit profiles for other users and manage those profiles’ access to content. All purchases made on the NOOK are processed using the payment method associated with this profile.
  • Page 39 Create a Child NOOK Profile Using NOOK Profile, you can limit the types of content that child profiles can view and purchase. You set up parental controls when you create a child profile. You can adjust them later if you like by editing the child profile.
  • Page 40 The same content can be shared by multiple profiles. Each profile may need to download the content independently to access it. For example, if the Primary Profile owns a particular NOOK Book and grants another profile access to it, the book may appear in the other profile’s Library with a download icon, indicating that the book is available for download.
  • Page 41 3. Use the toggles to turn permissions on or off for this child profile. 4. Tap done. NOTE: NOOK parental controls do not control non-NOOK apps, such as apps in the Google Play store. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 42: Nook Settings

    DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, a system for managing publication and distribution rights for digital content. To gain authorized access to content protected with Adobe DRM on your NOOK, you need to obtain a free Adobe ID from Adobe and to enter that ID on your NOOK.

  • Page 43: Nook Search

    NOOK Search NOOK Search lets you quickly search for items in your Library and in Bookstore. By default, you will find a shortcut to NOOK Search on the Home screen. It is also accessible from the App Drawer. 1. From the Home screen, NOOK Search.
  • Page 44 Nook/copy folder location in internal storage. 7. Once you finish sideloading the files you want to transfer, disconnect your NOOK from your computer by using your computer’s file system to eject your NOOK as if you are ejecting a disk.

  • Page 45: Adding More Storage To Your Nook

    Adding More Storage to Your NOOK Expanding the storage Your NOOK supports microSD cards up to 256GB (not included). To install a microSD card, carefully insert the card as shown below into the card slot until it clicks and locks into place.
  • Page 46 App Drawer > Nook Settings. 2. Select “Download & Storage” and check “Download to SD card”. Eligible NOOK Content will be stored on the microSD. Digital Rights Management and Publishers guidelines will affect the list of content eligible for downloading on an SD card.

  • Page 47: Applications & Customizing Your Nook Home Screen

    Applications & Customizing Your NOOK Home Screen Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 48: App Drawer

    Profile Manage your account information and create new Profiles for family members. NOOK Search Use NOOK Search to quickly find an item in your Library or Bookstore. Search by title, author, or keyword. NOOK Settings NOOK Settings provides access to the configuration settings for Library, Bookstore, and other NOOK features.
  • Page 49 The latest NOOK Device Terms of Service, NOOK Store Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy are located here:http://NOOK.com/legal NOOK Audiobooks Opens the NOOK Audiobooks app where you can shop for and listern to digital audiobooks. Browsery Talk about books and get recommendations for new ones from a community of fellow readers.

  • Page 50: Google Apps

    Send and receive email with Gmail, Google’s web-based email service. Visit gmail.com to learn more. Google Search not only the Internet, but also the apps and contents of your NOOK. Hangouts Meet friends and family online, share photos, host video calls, and send SMS and Hangouts messages.
  • Page 51 NOOK. Visit play.google.com/store/movies to learn more. Play Music Play music and audio files on your NOOK. Visit play.google.com/music to learn more. Play Store Find new apps, movies and TV shows, music, books, magazines, and games in Google Play store.

  • Page 52: Customizing Your Nook Home Screen

    2. Touch and hold an app, and drag it to the Home screen and release it. Remove a Shortcut Press and hold the shortcut, and drag it to “X Remove”. Removing a shortcut does not delete the app, it just removes the shortcut from the Home screen. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...
  • Page 53 5. To add more apps, touch and hold an app shortcut and drag it to the folder. Remove a Folder from the Home screen 1. Press and hold the folder, and drag it into “X Remove”. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 54: Android Settings

    Android Settings Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 55: Access Settings

    • When Wi-Fi is connected, active, and communicating with a wireless Access Point, Wi-Fi active is displayed in the Status bar. • If a Wi-Fi access point is available, but your NOOK is not connected to it, Wi-Fi available is displayed. It may also be displayed if there is a communication issue with the target wireless Access Point.
  • Page 56 5. Tap “SAVE” to store the new information and connect to your target wireless Access Point. Wi-Fi Options The Wi-Fi settings menu allows you to set up many of your NOOK’s advanced Wi-Fi services. 1. From the Home screen, tap App Drawer >...
  • Page 57 - Network Rating Provider - WPS PIN entry: View the PIN used by your NOOK to set up a PIN-secured connection to a Wi-Fi router or other equipment (not configurable). - MAC address: View your NOOK’s MAC address, which is required when connecting to some secured networks (not configurable).
  • Page 58 3. Tap on “+ Pair new device” • Make sure that the target device is discoverable so that your NOOK can find it. Refer to the instructions that came with the device to find out how to set it to discoverable mode.
  • Page 59 Settings next to the paired device, and then tap Forget to delete the paired device. Airplane Mode Airplane mode disconnects your NOOK from all networks and turns off connectivity features, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. While in Airplane mode, you can use other features such as playing music, watching videos, and other offline applications.
  • Page 60 Accessibility Accessibility services are special features that make using your NOOK easier for those with certain physical disabilities. You can download additional accessibility applications from the Google Play store. 1. From the Home screen, tap App Drawer > Settings. 2. Tap Accessibility for options: Vision •...
  • Page 61 2. Tap User & Accounts > [Account type]. 3. Tap an account to configure that account’s sync settings. 4. Tap other available options for the account type. Remove an Account You can remove accounts from your NOOK. 1. From the Home screen, tap App Drawer > Settings.
  • Page 62 Google Account. Backup and Reset Back up your data to Google servers. You can also reset your NOOK to its factory defaults. Backup and Restore • Back up my data: Enable back up of application data, Wi-Fi passwords, and other settings to Google servers.
  • Page 63 3. Tap About device, and then tap items for more details: • Software update: Check for and install available software updates. • Status: View the status of the battery, network, and other information about your NOOK. • Legal information: View legal notices and other legal information.

  • Page 64: Legal Information

    Legal Information Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 65: One Year Limited Warranty

    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Warranty, barnesandnoble.com llc (“B&N”) warrants to the original retail purchaser only (“you”) that your NOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under nor- mal consumer use for a period of one (1) year from the date of original retail purchase (the “Warranty Period”).
  • Page 66 Before you send your NOOK to B&N, it is your responsibility to back up any data, software or files stored on your NOOK because B&N will only return your NOOK to you if it is not covered by this Limited Warranty and B&N has not provided an advance replacement. B&N is not responsi- ble for any loss of your data, software or files or for the cost of backing up your data, software or files.
  • Page 67 • replace your NOOK with a new or refurbished model; or • refund the purchase price you paid for your NOOK. If B&N replaces your NOOK, B&N will bear the cost of sending a replacement NOOK to you, freight prepaid.
  • Page 68 B&N or from a B&N authorized reseller of certified pre-owned NOOKs. This Limited Warranty will be void if the Serial Number on your NOOK has been removed, tam- pered with or defaced or if your NOOK has been opened or serviced without authorization, tampered with, altered or modified.

  • Page 69: Trademarks And Copyrights

    CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM, RELATING TO OR CONNECTED WITH YOUR PURCHASE OR USE OF YOUR NOOK, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE OR LOST DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION ON WHICH THE CLAIM...
  • Page 70 The microSD and microSDHC marks and logos are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. Additional Information Additional copyright, trademark, and other notices may be found in the NOOK Terms of Service: http://NOOK.com/support Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 71: Fcc Notices

    à proximité d’une autre antenne ou d’un autre émetteur, ni être utilisée de pair avec de tels autres appareils à moins de se conformer aux procédures relatives aux émetteurs multiples de la FCC/IC. Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide...

  • Page 72: Terms Of Service

    Terms of Service To read the NOOK Device Terms of Service, the Book NOOK Store Terms of Service, and the NOOK Privacy Policy, open the NOOK Settings app and tap Legal. Your NOOK displays links to pop-up windows with each of these documents.

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