Venue 7 User's Manual Tablet model: Venue 7 3736 Regulatory model: Venue 7 3736 Regulatory type: Venue 7 3736
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.
Contents Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Inserting the MicroSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turning on/off the tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Customizing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customizing Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Date, time, and time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Protecting Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Screen-unlock pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Features 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Part 1. 9 10 Functionality Micro-USB port Connect the USB cable to charge your tablet or to connect to your computer. 2. MicroSD-card slot Insert a microSD card to expand the storage on your tablet. 3. Microphone Use for recording sound or provide sound input in other voice-based apps. 4. Volume button • Press to increase or decrease the volume by one level. • Press and hold to continuously increase or decrease the volume. 5.
Charging the Battery NOTE: Your tablet may not be fully charged when you receive it. It is recommended 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.
Inserting the MicroSD Card NOTE: Make sure the microSD card is correctly aligned and inserted all the way.
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. Customizing the screen After finishing Android setup, follow the instructions on the screen to customize your home screen.
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 lock automatically if you do not use your tablet for 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.
Status bar The status bar at the top of the screen displays notifications, time, and the states of devices such as battery, Bluetooth, and so on. 1 2 1. Notification Panel — Displays notification icons for new emails, messages, and so on. Slide the panel down to view the notifications and then tap a notification icon to view details of the notification. Tap to clear all the notifications from the notifications panel. 2.
Keys and functions 1 2 3 1. Back key • Tap to return to the previous screen and exit the running application. • Tap to close the on-screen keyboard in text input mode. 2. Home key Tap to return to the main screen. 3. Menu key Tap to open the recently-used apps list. Apps and widgets • Apps: Software that allows you to perform a specific task. Your tablet is preloaded with a variety of applications, and additional applications can be downloaded from the Play Store.
Using Your Tablet Contacts To view and manage your contacts, tap Creating a contact 1. Tap → People. → People→ Create a new contact. 2. Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard and then tap Done to save the contact. Searching for a contact To locate a contact: 1. Slide the contact list until you find the desired contact. 2. Tap to open the search bar, and then type either the contact’s full or partial name in the Find contacts box. A list of matching contacts is displayed.
Text entry You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. To open the on-screen keyboard, tap a text box. To close the keyboard, tap the back key . 1 2 3 5 4 1. Tap to type letters. 2. Tap to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space to the left of the cursor. Tap and hold to quickly delete text to the left of the cursor. 3. Tap once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing a capital letter. Tap twice to enable the Caps Lock mode. While in Caps Lock mode, tap to change back to the lowercase mode.
Managing your tablet's storage Checking storage space Tap → Settings → Storage. The used, unused, and total space on the tablet's internal storage and microSD card is displayed. Erasing app data and cache 1. Tap → Settings → Apps→ Downloaded/All. 2. From the Apps list, tap the application whose cache or data you want to remove. 3. In the application screen, tap Clear cache or Clear data. Un-mounting the microSD card 1. Tap → Settings → Storage. 2. Tap Unmount→ OK to remove the microSD card.
Accessing Internet You can connect your tablet to Wi-Fi networks to access the Internet. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network NOTE: The range and quality of the Wi-Fi signal is affected by the distance between the tablet and the wireless router, the number of connected devices, infrastructure, and objects through which the signal is transmitted. 1. Tap the Wi-Fi icon in the status panel or tap networks→ Wi-Fi. → Settings → Wireless & 2. Enable Wi-Fi by moving the slider to On position.
Browsing the Internet Opening the browser Tap → Browser to open the browser app. Using the browser controls bar Enter the webpage address Setting up your home page 1. On the browser screen, tap View bookmarks, history and save pages → Settings → General→ Set homepage→ Other. 2. Enter the address of the website you want to use as your homepage and then tap OK. Viewing web pages Slide your finger horizontally or vertically on the screen to scroll and view desired areas of a web page.
Email You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange email accounts from web-based email services on your tablet. Opening the email app Tap → Email . Setting up an email account 1. On the email screen, enter the email address and password of the email account 2. Tap Next. 3. Configure your email options and tap Next to add the email account and access the emails. Adding other email accounts In an email screen, tap → Settings → ADD ACCOUNT to set up another email account.
Customizing Your Tablet Using the Settings screen, you can configure settings such as display, sound, network, security, and so on, Display settings → Settings Tap Brightness → Display and then select the desired item under Display settings. Move the slider to the right to increase brightness. Move the slider to the left to decrease brightness. Tap OK to save the changes.
Protecting Your Tablet You can protect your tablet against unauthorized access by setting a pattern, a PIN, or a password. After you configure any of these security options, your must enter the unlocking information before you can use the tablet. Screen-unlock pattern This security method requires you to create a pattern that you need to draw every time to unlock the tablet. If incorrect unlock patterns are drawn five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay before you can try again.
Disabling or changing PIN 1. Tap → Settings → Security→ Screen lock→ PIN. 2. Enter your existing PIN. 3. Select None to disable the PIN or select PIN to change the PIN. Password This security method requires you to enter a password that you need to enter every time to unlock the tablet. If incorrect unlock passwords are entered five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay before you can try again. Creating a password 1. Tap → Settings → Security→ Screen lock→ Password. 2.
Apps Camera Your tablet has a fixed-focus camera that allows you to capture and share high-quality pictures and videos. Using the camera app Tap → Camera . 2 1 3 4 1. Viewfinder screen. 2. Tap to open or close the camera settings. 3. Tap to capture a picture or to record videos when the camera is in video mode. 4. Tap to switch between the camera mode for capturing pictures and the video mode for recording videos.
Copying files to and from the tablet You can transfer pictures between your tablet and computer using the tablet’s internal storage or the optional microSD card. To transfer files, connect the tablet to your computer using the micro-USB cable. Setting the microSD card or the internal device storage as a USB drive 1. Connect the micro-USB cable to the tablet and the computer. The USB connected screen appears and the USB connected banner flashes in the status bar.
Turning on Bluetooth and making the tablet discoverable 1. Tap → Settings → Wireless & networks→ Bluetooth. 2. Enable Bluetooth by moving the slider to ON position. 3. Tap Visible only to paired devices to make the tablet discoverable by other nearby Bluetooth devices. Pairing and connecting to a Bluetooth device 1. While Bluetooth is turned on, your tablet scans for Bluetooth devices within range and displays all detected devices under Available devices.
Browsing picture and video 1. Tap an album to display the thumbnails of all pictures and videos in the folder. 2. To browse the pictures or videos, scroll through the thumbnails until the desired thumbnail is located. 3. To select a thumbnail, tap and hold it until the options appear. 4. To select more images, tap their thumbnails. • To share the selected album or videos using Bluetooth, email, and so on, tap .
Clock Use the clock to set alarms, use countdown, and stopwatch. Opening the clock app Tap → Clock. Setting an alarm: 1. On the Clock main screen, tap 2. On the alarms screen, tap → to enter the alarm main screen. to add an alarm. 3. Configure settings such as the alarm time, alarm tone, snooze duration, and so on. 4. Tap OK to add the alarm. Troubleshooting System problems Possible causes Possible solutions Battery does not charge. The battery or power adapter is damaged. Contact Dell.
Specifications Tablet model Venue 7 3736 Regulatory model Venue 7 3736 Regulatory type Venue 7 3736 Temperature range 0 °C - 35 °C (30 °F - 95 °F) Battery 3500 mAh Dimensions: Height 7.85 in (199.45 mm) Width 4.75 in (120.68 mm) Depth 0.43 in (10.
