Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies. Butow Eric

The charger that sits nicely on a desk or other flat surface. You learn about how to place the Gear S2 on the charger in Chapter 2.

      ❯❯ The travel adapter, which is a black plug that you insert into a wall outlet or, preferably, a surge protector outlet.

      ❯❯ A three-foot cable that connects your charger to the travel adapter. One end of the cable is a USB connector, which means that you can connect your charger to a computer and swap files. You find out more about that cool trick in Chapter 4.

      ❯❯ Teeny, tiny printed books and brochures that provide some important information and a quick reference guide to the watch and with luck, you can read the tiny print.

Figure 1-4 contains a photo of all the stuff in the box that I received with my Gear S2 Classic.

       FIGURE 1-4: All the stuff that comes in the box.

Chapter 2

      Taking the Time to Set Up Gear S2

      IN THIS CHAPTER

      Learning about the hardware features of the Gear S2

      Charging the Gear S2

      Starting up the Gear S2 and performing the initial setup

      Putting the Gear S2 on your wrist and changing wrist straps

      Turning off the Gear S2

      Okay, you’ve taken everything out of the Gear S2 box. It’s time to turn on the watch and start playing, right? Uh, no.

      The Gear S2 battery isn’t fully charged when you take it out of the box because the battery was tested before it was placed in the box. So the first thing you should do is check the watch and make sure that the device looks good. Remove the plastic adhesive coverings and look for scratches or any other outer signs of wear and tear that your brand-new device shouldn’t have.

      In this chapter, I start by reviewing the hardware features of the Gear S2. Next, you learn how to charge the Gear S2 to get the battery life up to 100 percent. Then you find out how to start up the Gear S2 and set up your smartwatch for the first time. Finally, I show you how to put the Gear S2 on your wrist and adjust it for optimum comfort. In case you don’t like the large band, I show you how to swap out the large band for the smaller one that comes in the box.

       If you do find there are scratches or any other defects in your Gear S2 or related components such as the charger, your Gear S2 is covered by a limited warranty. Call Samsung at 1-800-SAMSUNG (that’s 1-800-726-7864) to talk to a real person about your problems, obtain a new Gear S2 or related components, and return the broken equipment to Samsung.

      Inspecting the Gear S2 Hardware

      With the plastic adhesive coverings taken off the watch, hold the smartwatch with the screen toward you. The smartwatch itself is called the case. You know that the watch is right side up when the smaller wrist strap (the one with the buckle) is above the smartwatch case and the larger strap (that’s the strap with the adjustment holes) is below the case.

       By the way, I’m not going to leave you behind with a bunch of dense text. This chapter has plenty of photos that illustrate all the features, instructions, and other good stuff.

I start off with Figure 2-1, which shows the black Gear S2 Classic that I own. This model sports the serrated bezel that borders the watch face. (If you have the standard Gear S2, the bezel is smooth.) Confirm that the bezel moves as it should by placing your index finger and thumb on either side of the bezel and then moving the bezel left and right. If the bezel doesn’t move in one or both directions, it’s time to call Samsung.

       FIGURE 2-1: The bezel appears around the watch face with the smaller strap on top and the larger strap on the bottom.

Now turn the case so that you see the right side of the watch that you see in Figure 2-2. You see two buttons. The button on the top is the Back button: When you press it, you go back to the previous screen.

       FIGURE 2-2: The Back button is on the top and the Power/Home button is on the bottom.

      The bottom button is the one you press to turn the power on as well as to return to the Home screen, which is the screen that shows you the clock with the current time.

      When you turn on the watch, the back of the watch warms up because you own an electronic gadget. The back of the watch contains a pair of sensors that light up on the back of the watch when you have an app that wants to count your heart rate.

For example, if you have the Heart Wave watch face, you can tell this face to take your pulse. As the Gear S2 takes your pulse, the two heart rate sensor lights light up on the back of the watch. Figure 2-3 shows you what these two little sensor lights look like since you can’t see the bottom of the watch when it’s on your wrist.

       FIGURE 2-3: Two sensor lights appear on the back of the watch.

       Samsung recommends that you don’t look at the sensor lights because you can hurt your eyes. If you do look at the lights to ensure that they work, look for just a second or two. Otherwise, I hope that the pain in your eyes and head will compel you to stop.

The charger is a curious thing: It’s shaped roughly in the form of an L. The horizontal part of the L sits on your desk, and you charge the Gear S2 using the vertical bar. One side of the vertical bar, shown in Figure 2-4, is magnetized so that you can place the bottom of the watch against the bar. When you do, the Gear S2 starts charging. Hang tight; I get to charging shortly.

       FIGURE 2-4: Here’s a nice family portrait of the charger, cable, and plug.

      Your smartphone plug and cable look a lot like the plug and cable you find with your smartphone, as you can see in Figure 2-4. The connector on one end of the cable is smaller than the connector on the other end. The small connector plugs into the port on the charger. The other connector is a USB connector, which means that if you’re not close to your power plug, you can charge your Gear S2 by plugging the USB connector into another device, such as a laptop’s USB port.

       If you plug your Gear S2 into a laptop or desktop computer to charge it, remember that the laptop or computer has to be on for the Gear S2 charger to receive power. Your Gear S2 may also take longer to charge from your computer because the power coming into your computer is powering your computer parts as well as your Gear S2 charger.

      Charging Up Your Gear

      Now that you’ve seen your Gear S2 and ensured that not only the smartwatch but also all the parts appear to be in good working order, you can charge your smartwatch. The good people at Samsung test your battery along with the rest of the Gear S2 before they send it off so that some lucky person like you can buy it, which means that the battery is drained.

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