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Tablet User’s Guide
Regulatory model: P08T Regulatory type: P08T001
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your tablet. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. __________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any man
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Contents Contents About Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Set Up the Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using Your Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Touch Screen Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Wireless Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About Your Tablet Your Inspiron duo notebook can also be used as a tablet. In the Tablet mode, you can access the duo Stage interface to: • listen to music, watch movies and videos • view photos on your tablet and upload your photos on your Facebook, Flickr, or Shutterfly accounts • read e-books • play touch-enabled games along with the default operating system games • stay connected to the Internet and browse the web 5
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Set Up the Tablet Mode Set Up the Tablet Mode 1. Open the display. 6
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Set Up the Tablet Mode 2. Push the display panel from the top and rotate it 180 degrees clockwise. 7
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Set Up the Tablet Mode 3. Close the display. The duo Stage interface is activated automatically in Tablet Mode. 8
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Using Your Tablet Using Your Tablet Using the Touch Screen The touch screen feature on your tablet allows you to interact with the tablet without the use of additional devices such as a mouse or keyboard. Opening Applications Touch the application tile to open the applications. For more information on the different applications, see “Applications in the duo Stage Interface” on page 14. 9
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Using Your Tablet Touch Screen Gestures The multi-touch screen on your tablet allows you to use your finger to move the screen content, scroll through menus, view photos, and so on. Zoom Dwell Allows you to access additional information Allows you to increase or decrease the by simulating a right-click. magnification of the screen content. Press and hold a finger on Pinch — Allows you to zoom in or zoom out the touch screen, to open by moving two fingers apart or bringing them context-
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Using Your Tablet Scroll Horizontal — Allows you to scroll left Scroll or right on the active window. Allows you to scroll through content. The Move a finger to the left or scroll features include: right to activate horizontal Pan — Allows you to move the focus on the scrolling. selected object when the entire object is not visible. Move two fingers in the desired direction to pan Rotate scroll the selected object. Allows you to rotate the active content on the screen. Twist — All
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Using Your Tablet Screen Orientation The orientation on your tablet changes depending on the way you hold the tablet. Rotate the tablet sideways to change the orientation of the screen from portrait to landscape mode, and vice versa. In landscape mode, the screen content expands to fit the screen and is suitable for viewing pages on your web browser. 12
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Using Your Tablet On-Screen Keyboard You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. The on-screen keyboard appears when you touch anywhere on the screen. The keyboard automatically changes to either the portrait or landscape mode based on the orientation of your tablet. To use the on-screen keyboard 1. Touch anywhere on the screen. A portion of the on-screen keyboard appears on the top left of the screen. 2. Touch and drag the portion of the keyboard that appears to view the entire keyboa
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duo Stage Interface duo Stage Interface The duo Stage interface launches as soon as you set your laptop to tablet mode. This interface provides access to your favorite media and multi-touch applications. 14
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duo Stage Interface If you do not want the duo Stage interface to launch every time you set your laptop to Tablet mode, touch the settings icon and clear the Show duo Stage when entering tablet mode check box. The Windows 7 desktop will display as soon as you close the duo Stage interface. To manually launch the duo Stage interface, click Start → All Programs→ Dell Stage→ duo Stage. 15
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duo Stage Interface Applications in duo Stage Interface This section gives an introduction about the different tiles available in the duo Stage interface. NOTE: The default tiles are pre-installed on your computer. You can download the latest duo Stage software from support.dell.com. Listen to music or radio View, organize, or edit your stations from across the photos. You can create slide globe. You can also browse shows and albums to upload through your music files by them to Facebook, F
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duo Stage Interface Play movies, videos, or watch Browse the web, send e-mail, TV shows using the Internet. download music and books. You can use the optional CinemaNow application to purchase or rent movies and Play touch-enabled games. TV shows using the Internet. Read e-books available on your tablet. You can download books using the Internet. Draw and edit photos. 17
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Music Music Touch the Music tile to: • view and listen to the recently played music available in your tablet • view and browse your music collection in your library by album, artists, or genres • download songs using Napster • listen to the radio using RadioTime 18
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Music Playing Recently Added Songs 1. Touch the Music tile to view the MusicStage home page. 2. On the MusicStage page, touch the desired thumbnail to play the song. Playing Songs Available on Your Tablet 1. Touch the Music tile to view the MusicStage home page. 2. Touch the Library tab and browse the songs by albums, artists, or genres. ALBUMS — Touch to view and play a song from the albums available on your tablet. The ALBUMS tab is selected by default. NOTE: The recently viewed albums appe
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Music Controlling Music Playback 1 2 3 4 5 1 Touch to play the previous song. This option is enabled only if there is more than one song in the selected album. Touch to pause playback; touch to resume playback. 2 3 Touch to play the next song. This option is enabled only if there is more than one song in the selected album. 4 Touch the playback control to jump to any part of the song. 5 Touch the volume control to increase, decrease, or mute the volume. 20
