Venue 7/8 User's Manual Tablet model: Venue 7, Venue 8, Venue 7 3730, Venue 7 HSPA+, Venue 8 3830, Venue 8 HSPA+ Regulatory model: T01C/T02D Regulatory type: T01C001, T02C002/T02D001, T02D002
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your tablet. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Inserting the MicroSD Card and Micro-SIM Card (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turning on/off the tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Finishing Android setup . . . . . . . .
Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Customizing Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Date, time, and time zone . . . . . . .
Features 8 9 10 1 2 11 3 7 6 4 Part 5 Functionality 1. Front camera Use to make video calls or to capture front photos and videos. 2. Micro-USB port Connect the USB cable to charge your tablet or to connect to your computer. 3. Volume button • Press to increase or decrease the volume by one level. • Press and hold to continuously increase or decrease the volume. 4. Service Tag label Provide the Service Tag when contacting Dell for support. 5. Speaker Outputs sound. 6.
Charging the Battery NOTE: Your tablet may not be fully charged when you receive it. It is recommend to charge the tablet for 4 hours for the first time. 1. Connect the micro-USB end of the USB cable to the USB port of the tablet. 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the power adapter. 3. Connect the power adapter to a power outlet. An animated icon appears on the screen while the battery is being charged. When the battery is fully charged, the icon is static. 4.
Inserting the MicroSD Card and Micro-SIM Card (optional) Open the card-slot door, insert the cards into their respective slots, and close the card-slot door. NOTE: Make sure the cards are correctly aligned and are inserted all the way.
Getting Started Turning on/off the tablet To turn on your tablet, press and hold the power button for about 3 seconds. To turn off your tablet, press and hold the power button to open the options menu, and then select Power off→ OK. Finishing Android setup After you turn on your tablet for the first time, follow the prompts on the screen to finish Android setup.
Customizing the screen After finishing several Android setup optionally, you can customize your tablet's screen as prompted.
Locking and unlocking your tablet Press the power button to turn off the screen and lock your tablet. You can also configure your tablet to automatically lock after a certain period of time. Tap → Settings→ Display→ Sleep to set the time after which you want the tablet to enter sleep state and lock itself. To unlock the screen, press the power button to wake up the screen and then slide the lock icon in any direction. Touch tips Your tablet has a multi-touch sensitive screen.
Status bar The status bar at the top of the screen displays notifications from various apps, time, and the states of various devices such as battery, SIM card, Bluetooth, and so on. 1 2 1. Notification panel displays notification icons to inform you of new email, messages, and so on. Slide the panel down to view the notifications and then tap a notification icon to view details of the notification. Tap to clear all the notifications from the notifications panel. 2.
Keys and functions 1 2 3 1. Back key • Tap to return to the previous screen and exit the running application. • Tap to close the on-screen keyboard in text input mode. 2. Home key • Tap to return to the main screen. • Tap and hold to open the Google search. 3. Menu key Tap to open the applications list used recently. Apps and widgets • Apps: Software that allows you to perform a specific task.
Using Your Tablet Contacts To view and manage your contacts, tap → People. Sign in to an existing Google account or create a new Google account to back up your contacts online. Creating a contact 1. Tap → People→ Create a new contact. 2. Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard and then tap Done to save the contact. Searching for a contact To locate a contact: 1. Slide the contact list until you find the desired contact. 2.
Text entry You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. To open the on-screen keyboard, tap a text box. To close the keyboard, tap the back key. 1 2 3 5 4 1. Tap to type letters. 2. Tap to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space to the left of the cursor. Tap and hold to quickly delete text to the left of the cursor. 3. Tap once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing a capital letter. Tap twice to enable the Caps Lock mode. Tap to change back to the lowercase mode. 4. Tap to use voice input.
Un-mounting the SD card 1. Tap → Settings→ Storage. 2. Tap Unmount→ OK to remove the SD card. CAUTION: It is ecommended that you unmount the SD card before removing it. Removing the SD card while it is in use may cause data loss or result in application errors. Erasing all data from your tablet CAUTION: Performing these steps erases all data, including your personal information and downloaded applications from your tablet. Make sure that you back up all the required data before you proceed. 1.
NOTE: To connect to a secured Wi-Fi network, you must provide the security key. If you do not have the security key, contact the person who manages your Wi-Fi network or contaqct the router manufacturer. NOTE: To start a new search for available Wi-Fi networks, on the Wi-Fi screen, tap → Scan. Connecting to the Internet using mobile broadband 1. Tap → Settings→ Wireless & networks→ Wi-Fi, then touch Wi-Fi to disable it. 2.
Using the airplane mode Putting the tablet in Airplane mode disables all mobile and Wi-Fi connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane. Tap → Settings→ Wireless & networks→ More→ Airplane mode to enable it. Browsing the Internet Opening the browser Tap → Browser to open the browser app. Using the browser controls bar Enter the webpage address Setting up your home page 1.
Email You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange email accounts from web-based email services on your tablet. Opening the email app Tap → Email . Setting up an email account 1. On the email screen, enter the email address and password of the email account (the same as the account on your personal computer). 2. Tap Next to enter the account options screen to configure your email options. 3. After configuring the account options, tap Next to access your email.
Creating and sending emails 1. Tap → Email. 2. Select an email account to use if you have set up more than one account on your tablet. 3. In an email account screen, tap to compose a new mail. 4. Type the recipient’s email address in the To field. If you are sending the email to multiple recipients, separate their email addresses with a comma. 5. Type the subject in the Subject field. 6. Compose your email content. 7. Tap SEND to send the email.
Sound settings To change the sound and ringtone settings: Tap → Settings→ Sound, and then select the desired item under Sound settings. Volumes Adjust the volume for music, videos, games, notification, and alarms. Default notification sound Select a default ringtone for notifications. Touch sounds Configure whether a sound is played every time you touch the screen. Screen lock sound Configure whether a sound is played when the screen is locked.
Disabling or changing the screen unlock pattern 1. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Pattern. 2. Draw your existing pattern. 3. Select None to disable screen unlock security or select Pattern to draw a new unlock pattern. PIN This security method requires you to enter a PIN that you need to enter every time to unlock the tablet. If incorrect unlock PINs are entered for five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay before you can try again. Creating a PIN 1.
Disabling or changing the password 1. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Password. 2. Enter the password you have enabled. 3. Select None to disable the password or select Password to change password. Face unlock This security method requires you to look at your tablet to unlock it. Creating a face unlock 1. Tap → Settings→ Security→ Screen lock→ Face unlock. 2. After reading the warning, tap Set it up. 3. Find an indoor spot that is not too bright or too dim.
Apps Camera Your tablet has a camera with auto-focus feature that allows you to capture and share high-quality pictures and videos. Using the camera app → Camera. Tap 2 1 3 4 1. Viewfinder screen. 2. Tap to open or close the camera setting options. 3. Tap to capture a picture or to record videos when the camera is in video mode. 4. Tap to switch between the camera mode for capturing pictures and the video mode for shooting videos.
4. Open My Computer on your computer to locate two removable drives, which represent the SD card installed in your tablet and the internal device storage. 5. Copy the desired files such as music or pictures from another drive/folder to one of the removable drives, or vice versa. NOTE: The steps above are applicable to Microsoft Windows. Turning off media storage mode The tablet does not recognize the SD card and the internal device storage when they are being used as USB drives.
Ending a Bluetooth connection → Disconnect to end the Bluetooth connection. On the Bluetooth connection page, tap Terminating a pairing partnership → Unpair to erase all pairing information with that On the Bluetooth connection page, tap device. Gallery To view and manage the pictures and videos stored on your tablet, tap → Gallery . Sharing or deleting albums All pictures and videos are grouped in separate albums according to their dates, sources, or folders in which they are stored.
Calendar Use the calendar to schedule and manage your events, meetings, and appointments. Opening the calendar Tap → Calendar. Adding a new event 1. On the Calendar screen, tap to open the new event details screen. 2. Type the event name, location, description and configure options such as time period, repetition, reminders and so on. 3. Tap Done to save the event. Clock Use the clock to set alarms, countdown, stopwatch, and so on. Opening the clock Tap → Clock. Setting an alarm: 1.
Shortened standby time. The duration of standby time is affected by your service provider’s system configuration. The same tablet used with different service providers' systems does not have the same duration of standby time (LTE/HSPA+ only). If you are located in an area where the network signal is weak, move your location to the area where the network signal is strong or temporarily turn off your tablet if needed.
Specifications Marketing model • Venue 7 3730, Venue 7 HSPA+. • Venue 8 3830, Venue 8 HSPA+ Regulatory model T01C/T02D Regulatory type T01C001, T02C002/T02D001, T02D002 Temprature range 0 °C - 35 °C (30 °F -95 °F) Battery 4100 mAh Venue 7 Dimensions: Venue 8 Height 193 mm 212 mm Width 118.20 mm 130 mm Depth 9.5 mm 28 Specifications 9.
