Dell E16WD01, 0HPCH, E16WD01001 User Manual

Dell™ Wireless Dock

User Manual

Model Name: E16WD01 Model Type: E16WD01001

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instructions are not followed.

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Model E16WD01

September 2009 P/N 0HPCH Rev. A00

Contents

1 About Your Dell Wireless Dock . . . . . . . . . 5

Front and Back View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock . . . . 7

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning Your Dell Wireless Dock On

Associating Your Dell Wireless Dock

Associating Your Dell Wireless Dock Using Cable Association

Associating Your Dell Wireless Dock Using PIN Association

Setting Up Your Dell Wireless Dock

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3 Using the Dell Wireless

USB Manager

Connection Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

UWB Radio and Host Settings

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4 Resetting the Dell Wireless Dock . . . . . . 29

Contents 3

5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Video Output

Audio Output

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6 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

7 General Safety Information

General Power Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Earphone and Headphone Safety

Ergonomic Instructions

Environmental Information

Recycling Information

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive

Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)

Finding Additional Information

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4 Contents

Export Regulations

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Additional Country-Specific Safety, Regulatory, and Environmental Information

Korea (Korean)

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China (S. Chinese)

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About Your Dell Wireless Dock

The Dell™ Wireless Dock enables you to connect USB peripherals such as external storages, printers, keyboards, mice, etc. to your notebook through the wireless USB technology. You can also extend your notebook’s audio and video support by connecting an external display and speakers.

NOTE: The Dell Wireless Dock supports a screen resolution of

up to 1680x1050 (wide screen) or 1600x1200 (standard screen) through a DVI-I connector. If you need to connect a VGA display, you must use a DVI to VGA adapter.

Wireless USB technology performs best within a one-meter range; generally within a single room environment. The technology is different from Wi-Fi

You can associate up to sixteen different notebooks with the Dell Wireless Dock. However, you can connect the Dell Wireless Dock to only one of the associated hosts at a given time.

NOTE: When the seventeenth host is associated, the first associated host

technology and is not discoverable by any Wi-Fi device.

will no longer be associated with the Dell Wireless Dock.

NOTE: The Dell Wireless Dock provides integrity checking along with

AES-128/CCM encryption.

About Your Dell Wireless Dock 5

Front and Back View

1 power light

2 wireless link and

activity light

3 line out (speaker)

4 line in (microphone)

5 USB connectors (2)

6 antenna

7 reset button

8 mini-USB connector for

cable association

9 USB connectors (2)

10 DVI-I connector

11 DC-IN connector

6 About Your Dell Wireless Dock

Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock

Installing the Software

The Drivers and Utilities media that ships with your Dell™ Wireless Dock contains the software required for installing and associating your Dell Wireless Dock.

NOTE: You must install the software and drivers before you begin to use your

Dell Wireless Dock.

NOTE: Ensure your notebook’s video card drivers are installed before continuing

with the installation.

Insert the your notebook’s CD/DVD drive. The installation wizard appears.

Click

Drivers and Utilities

to continue.

media for Dell Wireless Dock into

Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock 7

Select

UWB Card and Wireless Dock drivers

The Dell Wireless USB card installation begins. This may take several minutes.

and click

to continue.

8 Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock

Click

to install the Dell Wireless USB card.

The Dell Wireless USB card installation continues. This may take several minutes.

Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock 9

The Dell Wireless USB card firmware update wizard appears.

NOTE: The installer will skip this step if your firmware is already up to date.

Scroll and read the

Click

to continue.

General Notes

section and then click

Click

to update the Wireless USB card firmware.

CAUTION: Do not disconnect your AC adapter during the firmware update.

10 Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock

Click OK.

The firmware update for the Wireless USB card begins. This may take several minutes.

Click

Finish

to close the firmware update wizard.

Click

Finish

to continue.

Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock 11

The Dell Wireless USB installation continues. This may take several minutes.

Click

to install the Dell Wireless Dock software.

12 Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock

The Dell Wireless Dock installation begins. This may take several minutes.

NOTE: Your notebook’s display may flicker or go blank for a few seconds

during the installation of the Dell Wireless Dock device drivers.

The

Dell Wireless Dock Firmware Upgrade Utility

Connect the AC adapter to the Dell Wireless Dock and the notebook.

appears.

Then connect the USB cable, shipped with the Dell Wireless Dock, from the mini-USB connector of the Dell Wireless Dock to the USB connector of the notebook.

If you have the latest Dell Wireless Dock firmware, click

Configuring Your Dell Wireless Dock 13

Finish

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