Dell Venue Pro- Manuals

6 Package Contents Package Contents Check the contents of your package to verify that you have the following: NOTE: The contents of your package may vary based on your region. U.S.A Dell Venue Pro phone Battery Getting Started Guide Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information Warranty and Supp...

Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro 11 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro This section provides information on setting up your Dell Venue Pro phone for the first time. Getting Your Phone Ready for Use 1 Remove the back cover a Slide the back cover up towards the top of the phone. b Lift the back cover off ...

12 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro 2 Insert the SIM card 3 Insert the battery Align the angled corner of the SIM card with the angled corner in the card holder and insert the card. If the card does not fit in the card holder easily, check to ensure that you have aligned the corner on the card with t...

Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro 13 4 Close the back cover a Align the tabs on the back cover with the slots on the phone. b Place the cover onto the back of the phone, and then slide the cover towards the bottom of the phone to secure the cover in place. bk0.book Page 13 Monday, November 8, 2010 4:2...

14 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro 5 Charge the phone NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between 0°C and 45°C. Turning On Your Phone NOTE: Use this phone in an environmental temperature between -10°C and 55°C. 1 Press the power and sleep/wake button to turn on your phone. 2 The...

Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro 15 Turning Off Your Phone Press and hold the power and sleep/wake button. Turning On the Screen If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the power and sleep/wake button to turn on the screen. First-Time Setup After the first-time cold boot, touch the get star...

16 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Physical QWERTY Keyboard You can use the physical QWERTY keyboard to type text into a text field in your phone. To access the keyboard Slide the phone up to access the keyboard. NOTE: The on-screen keyboard closes automatically when the physic...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 17 Keyboard controls 1 Press to type alphabets in the text field. 2 • Press the key to switch between the uppercase and lowercase typing modes. in the status bar indicates that the lowercase typing mode is active; indicates that the uppercase typing mode is active. • Press...

18 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Start Screen The Start screen is the starting point for your phone activities, and is made up of customizable “tiles”—shortcuts or links that provide easy access to your favorite or frequently used features, applications, contacts, web pages, and media playlists. Tiles ...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 19 To add a tile to the Start screen You can “Pin” an application, media item, or favorite contact to add it as a tile on the Start screen. 1 Touch and hold an application that you would like to pin as a tile on the Start screen. 2 From the context menu that appears, touch...

20 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To change the tile color You can change the tile color by changing the accent color. 1 Touch Start → applications → Settings . 2 Under system , select theme . 3 Touch the Accent color text box. 4 Touch a desired color sample from the ACCENTS list. To change the backgrou...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 21 Touch Screen Gestures Your phone has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the screen to navigate and control the phone. The following touch screen gestures are supported on your phone: Touch Gestures Allows you to: Touch Touch gently on the screen with your fin...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 25 Screen Orientation Your phone supports two types of orientation: portrait and landscape. For optimal viewing experience, the screen rotates automatically to portrait or landscape view depending on how you hold the phone. Portrait orientation In portrait-mode, the screen...

26 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Applications list The Applications list contains the list of all the applications available on your phone. NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other applications tha...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 27 Status Bar At the top of your smart phone screen, there is a thin bar known as the Status bar. The Status bar displays icon indicators for current time, battery power, signal strength, network connectivity, ringtone settings, and other system information. NOTE: The Stat...

28 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Wallpaper The display turns off automatically after a time-out period of inactivity. The wallpaper then appears after you wake up the display by pressing the power and sleep/wake button, or when you slide open the QWERTY keyboard. The wallpaper helps prevent unintention...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 29 4 Flick to view a picture collection such as all or Wallpapers . Touch the desired collection. 5 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to display the picture. 6 Pan the picture using the cropping frame to decide which portion of the picture you would like to use as the ...

30 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To set the date and time manually, touch or flick the Set automatically toggle switch to disable the function, then type the date and time values into the respective text boxes. 4 Touch or flick the 24-hour clock toggle switch to enable or disable the 24-hour format. Na...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 31 On-Screen Controls Application Bar The application bar displays frequently used task buttons. The bar is aligned along the bottom of the screen. Application bar menu The application bar displays the sequential dots if additional tasks or commands are organized into an a...

32 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Context Menu Contains specific commands for items selected. Touch and hold an item such as a picture or contact to display the context menu. To close the context menu, touch the item, the back button , or anywhere outside the context menu. Push Button Touch a push butto...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 33 Check Box Allows you to select one or more options from a multi-selection list. Touch the check box or the accompanying text label to select or clear an option. Radio Button Represents a set of related, but mutually exclusive options. Touch a radio button or the accompa...

34 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Text Box Allows you to type or edit text into your phone. Touch the text box to activate the on-screen keyboard and to type the text. Using the Cursor To move the cursor between letters To highlight a word or move the cursor between words 1 Touch and hold anywhere withi...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 35 List Box Displays a list of choices. Touch a desired item and the list box highlights the item selected from the list. On-Screen Keyboard To open the on-screen keyboard You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. When you touch a field that requires text input, the ...

Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 37 To configure the keyboard settings 1 Touch the Start → applications → Settings . 2 Under system , select keyboard . 3 Touch the settings you want to enable or disable. 6 • Touch to start a new line of text. • Touch to confirm your text input. 7 • Touch to delete a typed...

38 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other applications that are not pinned to your Sta...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 39 To configure your account settings or to create a new account 1 Touch Start → applications → Settings . 2 Under system , select email & accounts → add an account → advanced setup . 3 Type the user name and password, and touch Next . To conf...

40 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro Using E-mail NOTE: You require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data network connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) to be able to send and receive your e-mail. For more information about configuring your phone for Internet connectivity, see Connectivity...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 41 To read e-mails 1 Touch the e-mail tile for example on the Start screen. 2 Touch the e-mail thread to read the content. To quickly find an e-mail Other than flicking the list of e-mails, touch search and type the name of the sender in the text ...

42 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To compose and send an e-mail 1 Touch the e-mail tile on the Start screen. 2 Touch the new button to send a new message. 3 You may do either: • In the To: text box, touch , and then choose a contact. • Touch in the To: text box, and type the co...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 43 Calling To call by dialing 1 Touch Start → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications → Phone . 2 Touch from the application bar at the bottom to access the on-screen keypad. 3 Type the phone number to call using the on-screen dialpad. 4 Touch ...

44 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro NOTE: To select a contact from previous calls, flick to the recent section and touch a contact tile. 3 From the profile screen of the contact, touch the call [ number , mobile , work , home , etc.] to call the contact. To manage missed, outgoin...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 45 To reject an incoming call Touch the ignore button. To listen to your voicemail 1 Touch Start → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications → Phone . 2 Touch the voicemail icon on the application bar at the bottom. NOTE: If no voicemail number i...

46 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To adjust call settings You can change call settings to suit your personal needs, or enable the call services available from your network service provider. 1 Touch Start → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications → Phone . 2 Touch or drag the...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 49 Managing Contacts Using the PeopleApplication Touch Start → People tile , or touch Start → applications → People to open the People application, where you can manage your contacts and communicate with them through calls, text messages, e-mails,...

50 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To find a contact 1 Touch Start → People tile , or touch Start → applications → People . 2 Flick to the all section containing all the contacts, or to the recent section to find the contact tiles from the call history. 3 Flick the contacts and ...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 51 • Touch the call [ number , mobile , work , home , etc.] to call the contact. • Touch text number [ mobile ] to send a text or multimedia message to the contact. • Touch send email to send an e-mail to the contact. To pin a contact to the Start...

52 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To edit a contact 1 Touch Start → People tile , or touch Start → applications → People . 2 To edit a contact: • From the all section or the recent section, touch and hold a contact to view the context menu, then touch edit . • If you have opene...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 53 To post a quick message to your account To post a quick message to let your friends know your current status: 1 Touch the Me tile. 2 Touch the quick message area located to the right of your profile picture. 3 Type your message into the text bo...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 55 NOTE: To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging, you can continue to compose and send messages to the same recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you and recipient(s) appear in the form of conversatio...

56 Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro To forward the message 1 Touch Start → Messaging tile , or touch Start → applications → Messaging . 2 Touch a conversation to view the messages exchanged with a contact. 3 Touch and hold a message text box . 4 Touch forward from the context men...

Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro 57 4 To delete all the messages with the contact, touch or drag the application bar upward to bring up the application bar menu. Touch delete conversation → delete button to confirm deletion. bk0.book Page 57 Monday, November 8, 2010 4:26 PM

58 Internet Internet NOTE: To connect to the Internet using your phone, you require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). For more information about configuring your phone for Internet connectivity, see Connectivity settings. Using bing Search You can use the bing sear...

Internet 59 Browsing the Internet To open the browser Touch Start → Internet Explorer tile , or touch Start → applications → Internet Explorer . NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other applicat...

60 Internet To use the browser NOTE: For information on the touch gestures used for viewing a web page, see Touch Screen Gestures. 1 Touch to reload the current page. 2 Touch the add button to add the current web page to your favorites list. 3 Touch the favorites button , and flick to view your favo...

62 Internet Using Maps Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also locate addresses or places of interest on a map. NOTE: To connect to the Internet using your phone, you require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data con...

Internet 63 To find a location on the map 1 Touch Start → applications → Maps . 2 On the Maps screen, touch search . 3 To search by typing, type the name of the place you want to find in the search box and touch . You can enter an address, a city or country, or a type of business or organization suc...

Internet 65 To view the details of a place 1 Touch Start → applications → Maps . 2 Find a desired location on the map (see To find a location on the map). 3 Touch the name of the place. To get directions to your destination 1 Touch Start → applications → Maps . 2 When viewing a map or when a place i...

Internet 67 Marketplace Use Marketplace to download music and install applications and games on your phone. CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the Internet can be from unknown sources. To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Marketplace. NO...

68 Internet 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed with the installation. To download music from Marketplace The Marketplace downloader allows you to browse, search, purchase, download, and play music available from its music store. 1 Touch Start → Marketplace tile , or touch Start → app...

Internet 69 8 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete downloading. Games and Xbox LIVE All of the games you downloaded from Marketplace are stored in the Games application. You can also play on-line games on Xbox LIVE using an Internet connection. To open Games Touch Start → applications →...

70 Customizing Your Dell™ Venue Pro Customizing Your Dell™ Venue Pro You can customize how your phone works to suit your individual needs. 1 Touch Start → applications → Settings . 2 Flick to the system section to choose from the following settings. Display settings theme • Background : Change the b...

Customizing Your Dell™ Venue Pro 71 Sound and ringtone settings lock & wallpaper • Password : Lock the wallpaper with a password. 1 Touch or drag the toggle switch to turn on Password . 2 Type a password of at least 4 digits into the New password text box. 3 Touch the Confirm password text box a...

72 Customizing Your Dell™ Venue Pro Connectivity settings airplane mode Turning on the airplane mode disables all mobile, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane. • To enable the airplane mode, touch or drag t...

76 Customizing Your Dell™ Venue Pro Disability settings To check for operating software version and storage spaces 1 Touch Start → applications → Settings . 2 Under system , touch about . To reset your phone to the default state CAUTION: The following steps will restore your phone to the default sta...

Applications 77 Applications NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go to the applications list to access them. Camera T...

78 Applications On-screen camera controls To capture pictures 1 Ensure that the camera mode is enabled as indicated. 2 Focus on the object in the viewfinder screen. If necessary, touch + or - to zoom in or zoom out the viewfinder. 3 To start the auto-focus mode, half-press and hold the camera button...

80 Applications Pictures Touch Start → applications → Pictures . Use the pictures application to view pictures captured using the phone camera, downloaded from visited websites, or posted by your on-line friends to your web accounts such as Hotmail. To view pictures 1 Flick to browse the thumbnails ...

Applications 81 Playing Music and Video Using Zune NOTE: Zune will only work on PCs that support Windows 7, XP, or Vista. The Zune software is a media player platform developed by Microsoft. It combines the Zune Marketplace to provide music, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and music videos available for...

82 Applications To play music 1 Touch Start → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start → applications → Music + Videos . 2 From the Zune main screen, touch music under zune . 3 Flick to the category such as artists or albums to find your song. 4 Touch a desired song to open the music playback screen and...

84 Applications Listening to FM Radio Using Zune 1 Touch Start → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start → applications → Music + Videos . 2 Flick to the zune section and touch radio . NOTE: Your phone uses headphones as an FM radio antenna. To listen to FM radio, connect headphones to your phone. 1 To...

Applications 85 Calendar Use the calendar to schedule and manage your events and appointments. You can also send meeting notices to others using e-mail. To open the calendar Touch Start → applications → Calendar . To use the calendar Touch Start → applications → Calendar . 1 Flick to day to view the...

86 Applications The calendar view 1 Touch Start → applications → Calendar . 2 Touch month to view the calendar. 5 Touch to enable or disable the Windows Live calendar, and choose the display color for the color bar and text of an appointment. 6 Touch to create a new appointment. 7 Touch to display t...

Applications 87 To view appointment details 1 Touch Start → applications → Calendar . 2 Touch an appointment on the calendar to view the details. Event reminders If you set a reminder for an event, the upcoming appointment tile appears in the notifications area of the status bar when the reminder ti...

88 Applications Alarms Touch Start → applications → Alarms . Your phone can work as an alarm clock. You can set as many alarms as you require. To set an alarm 1 From the application bar touch . 2 Enter the following settings: 3 Touch to set the alarm. To enable or disable an alarm Touch or drag the ...

Applications 89 Voice Recognition From anywhere on your phone, touch and hold Start to view the voice recognition application, which lets you use speech commands to call people, start applications, and search the Internet without using your hands. • To call the mobile of someone named John, use this...

90 Applications OneNote OneNote Mobile lets you take notes with pictures or voice memos using your phone. You can also sync your notes to your Windows Live SkyDrive account and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, so that you can use your phone and your computer to access the same files you created. To...

Applications 91 The note is saved automatically when you touch Back or Start . To open a note 1 Touch Start → applications → Office . 2 Flick to the OneNote section. 3 Touch the tile of the note, or touch all and then touch the note. To delete a note 1 Touch Start → applications → Office . 2 Flick t...

92 Applications Editing tools and commands for a Word document 1 • Touch text and type using the on-screen keyboard or the physical keyboard. • Double-tap, pinch, or stretch on the editing screen to zoom text in or out. 2 Touch or drag the application bar upward to: • undo — undo the previous step o...

94 Applications Editing tools and commands for an Excel worksheet 1 To enter numbers and text into a selected cell using the on-screen keyboard or the physical keyboard: a Touch the formula bar next to fx . b Type a number or text, and then touch Enter . 2 Touch a cell to select it. 3 Touch to view ...

96 Applications To view a PowerPoint file Touch a PowerPoint file that you can access on your phone. The PowerPoint application opens automatically. 1 • You can flick to the slide you want to view. • Double-tap the picture to switch between fixed zoomed-in and zoomed-out views. • Stretch or pinch on...

Applications 97 To edit a PowerPoint file SharePoint Microsoft Office SharePoint is a server program that is part of the Microsoft Office system. SharePoint allows you to view, edit, and download documents stored on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. For information on using SharePoint, visit Windows...

98 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes Possible solutions Call-related problems SIM card error SIM card malfunction or damage. Take the SIM card to your service provider for testing. The SIM card is inserted improperly. Insert the SIM card properly. Dirt or dust on the SIM card’s...

104 Index Index A A c c o u n t s e t u p , 3 8 A i r p l a n e m o d e , 7 2 A l a r m s , 8 8 A p p l i c a t i o n List, 2 6 A p p l i c a t i o n s , 7 7 Navigate, 3 0 B B a c k c o v e r Close, 1 3Remove, 1 1 B a t t e r y Charge, 14Insert, 1 2 b i n g S e a rc h , 5 8 B l u e t o o t h , 74 B ...

Index 107 Lock, 7 1 We b Browse, 5 9 Wi -Fi , 7 2 X X b o x L I V E , 6 9 Z Z u n e FM Radio, 8 4Music and video, 8 1 bk0.book Page 107 Monday, November 8, 2010 4:26 PM