Acer Theft Shield. Acer Aspire V5-552P-85556G50aii, Aspire V5-552P-85556G50amm, Aspire V5-552P-10576G50aii, Aspire V5-552P-10576G50amm

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Note: This feature is only available on certain models.

Acer Theft Shield is a tool for your computer that helps prevent theft by alerting you if your computer is moved out of range of your Android cellphone or the selected wireless network.

To start Acer Theft Shield, double-click the Acer Theft Shield icon on

Desktop , or from Start simply start typing ’Acer Theft Shield’ to open

Search and list the results.

Note: Acer Theft Shield needs a Windows Log On password. If you have not set a password, you will be reminded to set one.

Once Acer Theft Shield is running, you will be asked to select the type of detection you wish to use. You may select:

• Use an Android phone .

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• Use a Wi-Fi network .

If you select Use an Android phone , you will be shown a QR (Quick

Reference) code that you can scan using your phone. The QR contains a link that will allow you to download the Android app to your phone.

Tip: If you do not select to use an Android phone at this stage, you can select to use an Android phone at any time from

"Settings" on page

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Note: If your phone does not have a barcode reader installed, you will need to download one before you can scan the QR code.

Once you have downloaded the Android app to your phone, click Next to start setting up Acer Theft Shield. Click Start to turn on your notebook’s

Wi-Fi hotspot feature, this will allow your phone to detect the notebook.

Using Acer Theft Shield

General

Once you have selected the method to use, you will be shown the General page which allows you to activate Acer Theft Shield and select a hotkey combination to activate Acer Theft Shield.

You can press the hotkey combination to protect your computer at any time.

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Settings

The Settings page allows you to change alarm settings and also set up notifications on your Android phone.

Tap Edit under Configure your notebook’s Wi-Fi hotspot network to change the SSID that your notebook will broadcast while linking to your

Android cellphone.

You can also change the alarm notification duration from the drop-down menu under Alarm mode settings .

Tip: To view the QR code to download the Android app again, click the

icon.

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