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.
© 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. 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
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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
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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
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.
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Getting Started 9
Customizing the screen
After finishing several Android setup optionally, you can customize your tablet's screen as
prompted.
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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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