Dell Venue 7040 User Manual
Venue 10
7000 Series
User’s Manual
Tablet model: Venue 7040 Regulatory model: T13G
Regulatory type: T13G001
Notes, cautions, and warnings
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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2015 - 05 Rev. A00
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Features........................................................................... |
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Tablet features............................................................................... |
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Keyboard features....................................................................... |
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Accessories...................................................................... |
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Setting up your tablet................................................. |
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Charging your tablet................................................................. |
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Connecting your tablet to the keyboard............................... |
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Disconnecting your tablet from the keyboard..................... |
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Modes........................................................................................... |
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Turning on your tablet............................................................... |
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Turning off your tablet............................................................... |
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Locking your tablet.................................................................... |
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Unlocking your tablet................................................................ |
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Inserting microSD card............................................................. |
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Removing microSD card........................................................... |
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Using headphones.................................................................... |
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Using your tablet.......................................................... |
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Home screen............................................................................... |
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Gestures...................................................................................... |
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Screen orientation..................................................................... |
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Wi Fi............................................................................................. |
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Bluetooth..................................................................................... |
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Intel RealSense Snapshot......................................................... |
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Synchronizing your tablet........................................................ |
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Resetting your tablet................................................................. |
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Using the keyboard..................................................... |
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Pairing a keyboard with your tablet....................................... |
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Connecting to the keyboard in Airplane mode.................. |
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Shortcut keys.............................................................................. |
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Cleaning your tablet and keyboard.......................... |
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Troubleshooting........................................................... |
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Locating your Service Tag and |
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Express Service Code.................................................. |
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Contacting Dell............................................................ |
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Specifications............................................................... |
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Glossary......................................................................... |
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4 | Contents
Features
Tablet features
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Front camera |
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• Use to make video calls. |
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Ambient-light sensor |
Automatically adjusts the brightness |
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of the display’s backlight based on the |
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surrounding light intensity. |
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Microphones (2) |
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Record sound. |
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Provide sound input. |
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Power button |
• Press and hold to turn the tablet on |
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or off. |
•Press to turn the display on or off.
•In standby mode, press and hold to display the options menu.
5 Volume buttons |
• Press to increase or decrease volume. |
•Press and hold to continuously increase or decrease the volume.
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6 Microphone |
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Records sound. |
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Provides sound input. |
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7 Speakers (2) |
Provide audio output. |
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8 Keyboard slots (2) |
Connect the Venue 10 keyboard. For more |
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information, see “Connecting your tablet |
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to the keyboard”. |
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9 Headset port |
Connect a headset, headphone, |
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microphone, or other audio equipment |
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to listen to sound, record audio, or make |
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calls. |
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10Micro-USB/Charging port |
• Connect the supplied power adapter |
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and micro-USB cable to charge |
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the tablet. |
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• Connect the micro-USB cable to a |
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computer to transfer documents, |
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music, photos, and videos, or trickle |
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charge the battery. |
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• Connect USB devices, using an optional |
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USB On-The-Go (OTG) dongle, for |
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transferring documents, music, photos, |
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videos, and so on. |
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11 MicroSD-card slot |
Insert a microSD card to expand the |
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tablet’s storage capacity. Your tablet |
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supports a microSD card with capacity up |
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to 512 GB. |
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12 Service Tag label |
Use the Service Tag and Express Service |
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Code when contacting Dell for customer |
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service or technical support. |
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13 Intel RealSense Snapshot |
Captures pictures or records videos. |
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For more information, see |
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“Intel RealSense Snapshot”. |
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6 | Features
NOTE: The front camera supports zoom, but does not support face tracking, continuous auto-focus, or touch-to-focus feature.
NOTE: The Intel RealSense Snapshot supports continuous auto focus, touch to focus, and zoom, but does not support face tracking.
NOTE: The micro-USB/charging port supports connecting to a computer and power sharing to connected USB devices.
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Keyboard features
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Tablet connectors (2) |
Connect your tablet to the keyboard. |
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“Connecting your tablet to the keyboard”. |
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Shortcut keys |
Provides quick access to the features |
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you use most frequently. For more |
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information, see “Shortcut keys”. |
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Touchpad and click area |
Provides the function of a mouse. |
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NOTE: The keyboard is powered by your tablet. To activate the keyboard, ensure your tablet is properly connected to the
keyboard. For more information, see “Connecting your tablet to the keyboard”.
NOTE: The keyboard shipped with your tablet is already paired with the tablet. For pairing instructions, see “Pairing a keyboard with your tablet”.
8 | Features
Accessories
Your tablet supports the following accessories:
Venue 10 keyboard
Provides traditional typing option within the Android interface, as well as various convenient navigation options, such as built-in shortcut keys and touchpad.
Accessories | 9
Setting up your tablet
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Charging your tablet
CAUTION: Charge the battery in an ambient temperature of 0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F).
CAUTION: Use only the supplied power adapter to charge your tablet. Using unauthorized power adapters or micro-USB cables may severely damage your tablet.
NOTE: The battery may not be fully charged when you unpack your tablet.
1 Connect the micro-USB cable into the power adapter.
2Connect the micro-USB cable to the micro-USB/charging port on the tablet.
10 | Setting up your tablet
3Connect the power adapter to an electrical outlet and charge the tablet battery until it is fully charged.
NOTE: A fully discharged battery takes up to 7 hours to fully charge when the tablet is not in use.
NOTE: You can also trickle charge the tablet by connecting your tablet to a computer using the micro-USB cable. When connected to a computer, the battery charges slowly as the charge time depends on the power output of the USB port. The tablet may not charge if it is connected to a USB hub, or if the computer is switched off or in sleep mode.
You can check the tablet’s battery charge status from the battery icon displayed at the top of the screen:
Battery icon |
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The battery is fully charged. |
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Tablet is connected to a power supply and the battery is |
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charging. |
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Tablet is running on the battery power and the battery is |
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discharging. |
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Tablet is running on the battery power and the battery |
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charge is low. |
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Tablet is running on the battery power and the battery |
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charge is critically low. |
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Connecting your tablet to the keyboard
NOTE: The keyboard communicates to your tablet using Bluetooth. Before using your keyboard, ensure that Bluetooth is enabled on your tablet. For more information, see “Turning on/ off Bluetooth”.
1Align the keyboard slots with the tablet connectors.
2Insert the tablet into the keyboard until it magnetically clicks into place.
12 | Setting up your tablet
After your tablet successfully connects to the keyboard, the keyboard backlight and the Caps Lock light turn on, and the
Bluetooth keyboard is connected message is displayed briefly on the screen.
NOTE: When a keyboard is connected to your tablet, the on screen keyboard does not appear when a text input field is selected.
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Disconnecting your tablet from the keyboard
CAUTION: Do not try to forcefully disconnect your tablet from the keyboard. Disconnect your tablet from the keyboard by following these instructions.
CAUTION: To prevent the tablet from accidentally falling over, ensure that you hold the tablet firmly with one hand while disconnecting from the keyboard.
1 Open the tablet to the widest possible angle.
2Hold down the keyboard, and push the center of the tablet outwards.
14 | Setting up your tablet
Modes
Laptop mode
Connect the tablet to the keyboard with the display facing toward the keyboard.
Tent mode
Connect the tablet to the keyboard with the display facing away from the keyboard.
NOTE: The keyboard is disabled in this mode.
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Turning on your tablet
When you turn on the tablet for the first time, you must finish Android setup. For more information, see the Quick Start Guide that shipped with your tablet.
1Press and hold the power button for 7 seconds to turn on your tablet.
The lock screen appears.
2Swipe the lock screen up to display the Android Home screen.
NOTE: Swipe the lock screen left to launch the Camera app.
NOTE: If the lock screen is set to PIN, Pattern or Password, you need to unlock the tablet first to access the Home screen. For more information, see “Unlocking your tablet”.
The tablet is ready for use when the Android Home screen is displayed.
Turning off your tablet
To turn off your tablet, press and hold the power button until the options menu is displayed and then tap Power off.
16 | Setting up your tablet
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