Dell Venue 7 User 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

Venue 7/8

User's Manual

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.

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. is strictly

forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and Venue™are trademarks of Dell Inc.

Bluetooth®is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under

license. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either

the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary

interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

2013 – 10 Rev. A00

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Customizing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Locking and unlocking your tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Touch tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Screen orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Keys and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Apps and widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using Your Tablet ..............................13

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Managing your tablet's storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Internet .......................................15

Connecting to the Internet using Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting to the Internet using mobile

broadband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the airplane mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

4 

Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Customizing Your Tablet .......................19

Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Sound settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Date, time, and time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Protecting Your Tablet .........................20

Screen-unlock pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Face unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Protecting your SIM card with the SIM lock

password (LTE/HSPA+ models only). . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Apps ..........................................23

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Copying files to and from the tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Troubleshooting ...............................26

Specifications ..................................28

Features 5

Features

4 5

8 9 10

Part 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. MicroSD-card slot Insert a microSD card to expand the storage on your tablet.

7. Micro-SIM card slot

(HSPA+ models

only)

Insert a micro-SIM card to access mobile broadband.

8. Power button •Press and hold to turn on your tablet.

•Press and release to lock or unlock the screen.

•In standby mode, press and hold to open the options menu.

9. Microphone Use for recording sound or inputting voice in other

voice-based apps.

10. Headset connector Connect headphones or headset.

11. Rear camera Capture pictures and videos.

6 Charging the Battery

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. While disconnecting the cable, unplug the power adapter from the power outlet and

then the micro-USB end of the USB cable from the USB port of your tablet.

Inserting the MicroSD Card and Micro-SIM Card (optional) 7

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.

SIM

8 Getting Started

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.

You can configure settings such as language, date and time, connect to your Wi-Fi network,

sign-in to your Google account, enable Google location services, and so on.

→

Getting Started 9

Customizing the screen

After finishing several Android setup optionally, you can customize your tablet's screen as

prompted.

→

10 Getting Started

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. You can use the touch screen as follows:

Tap Touch the screen once to access a menu or select an item.

Tap and hold Touch and hold your finger in place.

Slide Switch between different home screens.

Drag Tap and hold an icon and then move the icon to the target position.

Two-finger zoom Place two fingers on the screen and move the fingers apart to

zoom-in or bring the fingers close to zoom out. You can use zoom-in

and zoom-out in maps, photos, web pages, and so on.

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