XPS 10 Tablet
User's Manual
COMMENT
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your tablet PC.
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.
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November 2012 Rev. A00
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This tablet PC complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1)this tablet PC may not cause harmful interference and
2)this tablet PC must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the tablet PC.
Contents
1 XPS 10 Tablet Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Setting Up Your XPS 10 Tablet . . . . . . . . . . |
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Getting Your Tablet Ready for Use . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Charging the tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Turning On Your Tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Turning Off Your Tablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Inserting a Micro-SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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4 Using Your XPS 10 Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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The Windows 8 Start Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Managing Your Tablet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Synchronizing Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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6Using XPS 10 Tablet
Keyboard Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tablet Keyboard Dock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Docking Your Tablet to the Keyboard Dock . . . . . . 27
Undocking Your Tablet from the
Keyboard Dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Charging the tablet and dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7 Cleaning Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
9Locating Your Service Tag and Express Service
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10 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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This section provides information about the features available on your tablet.
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1 Camera ambient-light sensor |
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2 Camera-status light |
Indicates the camera activity. |
3 Camera |
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• Make video calls with web applications, |
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4 Microphone 1 |
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• Records voice for calls made from web |
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applications, such as Skype. |
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5 Slot cover |
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6 Microphone 2 |
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• Records voice for calls made from web |
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applications, such as Skype. |
7 Power and Sleep/Wake button • Press and hold to turn the tablet on or off.
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• Press to turn the touchscreen display on |
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8 Battery-status light |
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9 Touchscreen display |
Touch the display to use on-screen |
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controls including buttons, menu items, |
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10 Windows button |
• Press to open the Windows Start screen. |
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recently used application or most |
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recently viewed screen. |
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Regulatory model: J42A
Regulatory type: J42A001
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1 Audio port (3.5 mm) |
Connect headphones, microphones, and |
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other audio equipment to listen to stereo |
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sound, record audio or make calls. |
2 Volume-up button |
• Press to increase volume by one level. |
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• Press and hold to continuously increase |
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the volume. |
3 Volume-down button |
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decrease the volume. |
4 Speaker |
Provides audio output for video and music |
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playback. |
5 Removable docking-port cover |
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tablet keyboard dock (sold separately). |
6 Power-adapter/docking port |
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provide power to the tablet and charge |
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the battery. |
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• Connect a Dell tablet keyboard dock |
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7 Micro-USB port |
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your computer for transferring or |
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synchronizing data, music, photos, |
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videos, contacts, and so on. |
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battery. |
8 Removable docking-port cover • Protects the docking port.
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• Remove the cover to connect a Dell |
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tablet keyboard dock (sold separately). |
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9 Speaker |
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playback. |
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8XPS 10 Tablet Features
Your XPS 10 Tablet Package includes the following accessories:
30 W AC power adapter and power cable: Provides power to your tablet and charges the battery.
Micro-USB to standard USB conversion cable: Provides connection between your tablet and USB devices.
Mini-HDMI to HDMI cable: Provides connection between your tablet and devices supporting audio/video signals in HDMI format.
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This section provides information about how to set up the XPS 10 Tablet for first time use.
WARNING: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, read the safety information that shipped with your tablet. For additional best practices information, see www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
1Connect the supplied power cable into the supplied power adapter.
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CAUTION: Charge the battery in an ambient temperature of 0 °C to 35 °C.
CAUTION: Use only the supplied power adapter and power cable to charge your tablet. Using unauthorized power adapters or power cables may cause severe damage to your tablet.
NOTE: The battery is not fully charged when you unpack your tablet.
1Connect the power adapter to the 40-pin power-adapter port on the tablet.
2Connect the power adapter to an electrical outlet and charge the tablet until the battery is fully charged.
NOTE: The tablet battery requires about 4 hours to fully charge.
NOTE: You can also trickle charge the tablet via USB connection. The battery requires about 7.5~24 hours to fully charge depending on the power output of the USB port.
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You can check the tablet battery charge status from:
• Battery-charge light located on the front of the tablet:
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Battery is at low level. |
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• Battery icon displayed on the screen:
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battery is detected, or the battery isn't |
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working correctly. |
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Battery is at low level. |
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NOTE: Use this tablet in an ambient temperature between 0 °C and 35 °C.
1Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button for at least 4 seconds to turn on your tablet.
2If the lock screen image is displayed, swipe your finger from the bottom of the display to switch to the login screen, and then enter password to log in to Windows.
The tablet is ready for use when the Windows Start screen is displayed.
NOTE: If the login screen is not enabled in Windows 8, you will be taken directly from the lock screen to the Start screen.
NOTE: The lock screen is only displayed when returning from a sleep state.
NOTE: The first time you turn on your tablet, you need to enter the Serial Number to register your tablet, followed by a Welcome Message, finger gesture tutorial and then the Start screen.
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•Using power button:
Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button for at least 4 seconds to turn off the tablet.
•Using Charms:
1 Swipe from the right edge of the display to access Charms.
2 Touch Setting → Power → Shut down to turn off the tablet.
•Using power button:
Press the Power and Sleep/Wake button for 1 second to turn off the screen.
•Using Charms:
1 Swipe from the right edge of the display to access Charms.
2 Touch Setting → Power → Sleep to turn off the screen.
NOTE: If your tablet is in a sleep state (tablet is on, but screen is off),
press the Power and Sleep/Wake button or Windows button once to turn on the screen.
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