Start Exhibition

Do one of the following:

•When the screen is off and the keyboard is closed, place your smartphone on a Touchstone. Exhibition starts automatically.

•If you place your smartphone on a Touchstone while the screen is on, or when the screen is off but the keyboard is open, Exhibition starts when the smartphone has been inactive for the period defined in the Screen Lock settings (see Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically). The screen does not lock.

•Open Exhibition and tap Start Exhibition. This starts Exhibition whether or not your smartphone is on a Touchstone.

NOTE If you place your smartphone on a Touchstone when you are on a call or watching a video in the Videos or YouTube app, Exhibition does not start.

Exit Exhibition

Do any of the following:

•Tap the centre of the gesture area.

•Flick up from the gesture area to the screen.

•If your smartphone is on a Touchstone, remove the smartphone from the Touchstone.

When you exit Exhibition, the last used item on the smartphone is displayed: the Launcher, Card view or an app window.

Use Exhibition

Here are some key features of using Exhibition.

•When Exhibition starts, the last-used app is displayed. To switch to another app, tap the top left-hand corner of the screen and tap the app you want.

•When Exhibition starts, notifications appear as usual, and tapping a notification performs the same action as usual.

•If your smartphone is on a Touchstone but Exhibition is turned off, Exhibition starts automatically when the smartphone has been inactive for the period defined in the Screen Lock settings (see Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically). The screen does not lock.

•If you have Secure Unlock turned on, you must enter your PIN or password to use the smartphone when Exhibition starts.

Use your smartphone as a clock

The Exhibition Time app provides a convenient way to use your smartphone as a clock while the smartphone is sitting on a Touchstone.

•In Exhibition, tap the top left-hand corner of the screen and tap Time.

View a picture slideshow

When your smartphone is in Exhibition, you can set it to play a continuous slideshow of pictures from any album in the Photos app.

1In Exhibition, tap the top left-hand corner of the screen and tap Photos. Playback of the currently selected album starts automatically. The default album is Photo Roll.

2To pause the slideshow and display playback controls, tap the screen.

3When the playback controls are displayed, do any of the following:

•To use pictures from a different album for the slideshow: Tap the currently displayed album in the top right-hand corner of the screen and then tap the new album.

•To play the album's pictures in random order: Tap .

•To resume playback: Tap .

•To change the timing of the slideshow: Tap and tap a time interval. This interval sets how long a picture is displayed before it transitions to the next picture.

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