Dell STREAK 7- User Manual

6 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features This section provides information about the features available on your device. Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality 1 Headphone connector Connects to headphones. 2 Speaker Provides audio output for video and music playback. 3 Volume up ...

Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 11 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Getting Your Device Ready for Use Insert the SD card 1 Pull out the slot door. 2 Hold the SD card with the metal contacts facing down, and follow the SD card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SD card into th...

Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 13 Turning On Your Device NOTE: Use this device in an environmental temperature between -10°C and 55°C. 1 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button to turn on your device. 2 If the lock screen appears, flick the icon up to unlock the screen. The device is re...

14 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Out-Of-Box Wizard To view the on-screen Out-Of-Box Wizard for basic controls of your device, touch the Home button  the Launcher button  welcome , and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. You can play...

Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 17 Screen Orientation For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes automatically to portrait or landscape format depending on how you hold the device. NOTE: Applications downloaded from the Android Market may not support automatic screen rota...

18 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Shortcut — A link that you can create on your Home Screen to provide quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks. The Dell™ Stage Desktop The Dell Stage desktop is composed of multiple screens including the Home screen. The...

20 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet • To view the Home screen thumbnails: • To control the Home screens using the thumbnails, either: – Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired screen. 1 Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons, as illustrated in red. 2 Touch an...

Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 21 – To quickly pan through the Home screens, drag your finger horizontally across the thumbnails, until the desired Home screen appears. Dell ™ Stage Widgets The Dell ™ Stage widgets give you direct access to your most recently used applications, e-mails, pho...

22 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 5 From the Select Stage Widget menu, touch to select the Stage widget you want to add to the screen. Deleting a Stage Widget 1 Touch and hold the Stage widget. 2 Drag the widget over the icon. 3 When the widget turns red, release your finger from the screen...

24 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet To use the WEB Stage Widget The WEB Stage widget shows your recently-visited websites and bookmarks. Touch the website you want to visit, or touch MORE BOOKMARKS to select a website to visit. To find information on the Internet, you can also: • Touch the Go...

30 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet NOTE: Widgets and folders cannot be moved inside a folder. To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder 1 Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents. 2 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable. The shortcut pops out and the folder closes a...

Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 33 Quick Buttons The quick buttons at the bottom of the Home screen allow you to quickly access the application drawer and some main functions. 1 Home screen dots • Touch the dots at the bottom left of the screen to display the Home screen thumbnails. • Double...

34 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Navigating the Applications You can find applications available on your device in these screen elements: Application Drawer The application drawer can be accessed from any home screen and contains all of the applications installed on the device, including t...

Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 35 Application Shortcuts To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to the folder that you created on the Home screen. For more information, see "Customizing Your Home scr...

36 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet The Screen Lock Wallpaper You can set the display to turn off automatically after a timeout period of inactivity, or turn it off manually by pressing the power button . When you press the power button to wake up the display, the screen lock wallpaper appear...

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 37 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Managing Contacts To view and manage your contacts, touch  Contacts . To add a new contact 1 Touch the Menu button  New contact . 2 Select the account where you want to add this contact, such as your Gmail account. 1 This area show...

40 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Pop-up Menu Touch the Menu button to open or close the pop-up menu that lists available options for the current application, or actions that you can perform on the current screen. To select an option or item on the pop-up menu 1 Touch the Menu button to open the po...

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 43 Create your personal dictionary The keyboard uses the default dictionary to display suggested words as you type. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not found in the main dictionary. The keyboard will also look at the words that are added to your ...

44 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Swype Keyboard The Swype keyboard allows you to enter text by drawing a path through the letters of a word, instead of touching each key to type the word. To set the Swype keyboard as the input keyboard You can select the Swype keyboard as the input keyboard in eit...

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 47 Google Search You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and information on Google, applications installed on your device or available from Android Market, and contacts stored in your Contacts list. To search by typing 1 From the Google Search widget ...

48 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet NOTE: You can also access the Voice Search function by touching the Launcher button  Voice Search . Power Control Widget NOTE: To use the Power Control widget, you need to add it on the Home screen of your device. For information on adding widgets to the Home scre...

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 49 Managing Your Device Settings To check storage spaces Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  SD card & Device storage . The screen displays the total and available space on the device and on the SD card. To erase unwanted application data to free stor...

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 51 To force power off your device 1 Pull out the slot door. 2 Push the force power-off button using a paper clip or other similar pointed objects. 3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button to turn on your device. Force power-off button LG7_bk0.book Page 51 Tues...

52 Internet Internet Connecting to the Internet Setting up a Wi-Fi Connection To browse the Internet and access web-based utilities such as instant messaging, you need to set up a Wi-Fi connection. To connect your device to a Wi-Fi network, you need access to a wireless point or “hotspot” within a d...

54 Internet Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode Selecting the Airplane mode disables all Wi-Fi connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane. Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Wireless & networks  Airplan...

Internet 55 To set up your home page To manually enter a home page: 1 Touch the Menu button  More  Settings  Set home page . 2 Enter the address of the website you want to use as your home page and then touch OK . To set the current page as the home page: 1 Go to the web page that you want to se...

58 Internet To allow download of web applications CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect your device and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market. To download web applications, enable your device’s downloadin...

Internet 61 E-mail You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange e-mail accounts from web-based e-mail services on your device. To open the e-mail application Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button  Email . To set up an e-mail account 1 On the Set up email screen, type the e-mail address a...

62 Internet To view your e-mails To select an account as default for sending e-mail 1 Touch an account  Menu button  Account settings , or touch and hold the account, then touch Account settings from the context menu. 2 Touch Default account to select the check box. 1 The Combined Inbox contains a...

Internet 63 To compose and send e-mail 1 Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button  Email . 2 Select an email account to use if you have set up more than one account on your device. NOTE: If you do not select an account, the account marked as default by a check symbol will be the one us...

64 Internet To delete or edit an e-mail account on your device 1 Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button  Email . 2 Touch the Menu button  Accounts . • To delete an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you want to remove under the Accounts bar and then touch Remove account on t...

68 Internet Twitter Touch the Launcher button  Twitter . Twitter is a social networking service application that allows you to view short messages called Tweets posted by Twitter users. You can also post your own Tweets for others to read. To sign in to Twitter You must have a Twitter account to us...

72 Internet Gmail Gmail is a web-based e-mail service provided by Google. To open Gmail Touch the Launcher button  Gmail . To set up your Google account You need to sign in to a Google account to use Google applications and services such as Gmail, Google Talk, and Android Market. Signing in to your...

Internet 75 To create and send an e-mail 1 Touch the Menu button  Compose . 2 Type the contact’s e-mail address in the To field. To send e-mail to multiple contacts, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. To send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc), touch the Menu button  Add Cc...

Internet 79 To sign out from Google Talk In the friends list, touch the Menu button  Sign out . Maps Google Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also use the search tool to locate addresses or places of interes...

80 Internet To find a location on the map 1 On the Maps screen, touch the Menu button  Search . 2 To search by typing: a Type the place you want to find in the search box. You can enter an address, a city or country, or a type of business or organization such “restaurant” or “school”. b Touch the s...

82 Internet To move around a map 1 Flick or drag the map in any direction on the screen to view desired areas. 2 If you spot a place of interest while navigating the map, touch and hold the place to display the address (a picture thumbnail is also displayed if the street view for the location is ava...

Internet 83 To view a map in street view You can switch to street view for the location that you found on the map. The street view is composed of imagery captured from the streets. 1 Locate a place of interest on the map. For more information, see "To find a location on the map" on page 80 a...

84 Internet NOTE: By default, your current location is the starting point, and the place you found on the map is your destination. 3 Touch Go . The directions to your destination are listed. 4 Touch Show on map , or touch a direction instruction on the list to show the directions or routes on the ma...

Internet 89 Places Touch the Launcher button  Places . Places automatically detects your current location and offers guide to nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, hotels, attractions, ATMs, gas stations, and more. 1 Touch to select a category. 2 From the list of places, touch the desired place t...

90 Internet Navigation NOTE: Google Maps Navigation is only available for use in the United States at this time. WARNING: It is your sole responsibility to use this application in a safe and responsible manner. You must obey local traffic laws, posted road signs, and safety regulations. Do not opera...

94 Internet News and Weather Touch the Launcher button  News and Weather . Weather The Weather service automatically detects your current location and shows the local weather information. If your current location is temporarily unavailable, you need to set your location manually as follows. 1 Touch...

96 Internet YouTube YouTube is an Internet video streaming service that allows you to view videos uploaded by YouTube members. NOTE: Browsing and watching videos does not require you to sign in to a YouTube account. However, to use full YouTube features, such as commenting on videos, adding videos t...

Internet 99 Android Market You can use Android Market to download and install applications and games on your device. NOTE: Applications downloaded from Android Market may not support automatic screen rotation to portrait or landscape. To open Android Market 1 Touch the Launcher button  Market . 2 S...

100 Internet 4 The Android Market screen opens. 1 • Touch Apps to view the application categories. All applications available for download are sorted by these categories. • Touch Games to view the game categories. All games available for download are sorted by these categories. 2 The Market screen d...

Internet 101 When a category is selected, for example, touch the Games tab  Brain & Puzzle : To download and install an application or game 1 Scroll and browse listed applications or games to locate the desired application or games. 2 Touch the application or game you want to download and inst...

102 Internet NOTE: During installation, the icon appears in the notification area of the status bar. Touch the notification area of the status bar to open the Notifications panel and check the status of the download. NOTE: To stop downloading an application, touch Cancel download on the application’...

Internet 103 Synchronizing Your Google Data Through a web connection, your device can synchronize your Google data including Gmail, calendar, and contacts with your computer or any other device that you use to access your Google account. To select the applications to synchronize 1 Touch Home button ...

104 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet You can customize your device, using the options available in the Settings menu. Power Management Settings To conserve battery charge, you can set the device to automatically disconnect from a data network when the scree...

Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 105 Display Settings To change the display settings: 1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Display , or touch the Launcher button  Settings icon  Display . 2 Touch the desired item under Display settings . 3 To enable a setting, touch the setting ...

106 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Sound and Ringtone Settings To change the sound and ringtone settings: 1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Sound , or touch  Settings icon  Sound . Use the options under Sound settings , and then touch a desired option. 2 Flick the list to l...

Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 109 Language Settings To set the language of the display text: 1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Language & keyboard  Select language , or touch  Settings icon  Language & keyboard  Select language . 2 Select a language of your choic...

112 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet To change unlock pattern settings 1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Location & security , or touch the Launcher button  Settings icon  Location & security . 2 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ; t...

Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 113 To disable or change PIN 1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings  Location & security  Change screen lock , or touch the Launcher button  Settings icon  Location & security  Change screen lock . 2 Enter the PIN you have enabled. 3 Select...

114 Applications Applications Camera Your device has a camera with auto-focus feature that allows you to capture and share high-quality pictures and videos. To start the camera in picture mode Touch the Launcher button  Camera . Camera controls 1 Viewfinder screen. 2 Camera setting indicator. Touch...

Applications 115 Additional camera settings Touch the Menu button . To start the camcorder mode Touch the Menu button  Switch to video , or touch to switch to the camcorder screen. Camcorder controls 4 Drag this on-screen switch to toggle between the camera mode for capturing pictures, and the camc...

116 Applications Copying Files to and From the Device To exchange pictures, videos, music, and other files between your device and a computer, you can use the internal device storage or the SD card as a USB drive, by connecting the device to a computer with the included USB cable. NOTE: To copy file...

Applications 117 5 Copy the desired files such as music or pictures from another drive/folder to one of the removable drives, or vice versa. To turn off USB storage The device will not recognize the SD card and the internal device storage when they are being used as a USB drive. You will not be able...

120 Applications Gallery To view and manage the pictures and videos stored on your device, touch the Launcher button  Gallery . The Gallery application displays not only the pictures and videos stored on your SD card, but also those uploaded to the Picasa web album of your Gmail account which you s...

122 Applications • Touch or drag the playback progress bar at the bottom to rewind or fast-forward the video. Music To open Music Touch the Launcher button  Music . The Music library screen opens, which is organized by Artists , Albums , Songs , and Playlists tabs. You can touch a tab to display yo...

124 Applications NOTE: Press the volume up button or volume down button to adjust the playback volume. NOTE: On the Music library screen, touch Shuffle all to play all songs in your library in random order. The first randomly selected song starts to play. To create a playlist 1 On the Music screen, ...

Applications 125 Calendar Use the calendar to schedule and manage your events, meetings, and appointments. To open the calendar Touch the Launcher button  Calendar . To set up an event 1 On any calendar view, touch the Menu button  More  New event to open the Event details screen. 2 Type the even...

126 Applications To view the calendar You can display the calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view. To change the calendar view, touch the Menu button  Day / Week / Month / Agenda / Today . While viewing the calendar you can: • In day or week views, touch an event to open a quick view win...

Applications 127 3 Touch OK . Event reminders If you set a reminder for an event, the upcoming event icon appears in the notifications area of the status bar when the reminder time arrives. To view, dismiss, or snooze a reminder 1 Drag the notification area of the status bar to open the Notification...

128 Applications Clock Your device can work as a desk alarm clock to display current time and date, local weather, and play picture slideshow and music. Touch the Launcher button  Clock . 1 Displays the first active alarm time. 2 The current time and date. 3 Touch to set the alarm. 4 Touch to play ...

130 Applications To temporarily disable an alarm On the Alarms screen, clear the green bar of the alarm time you want to disable. To delete an alarm 1 On the Alarms screen, touch the alarm time you want to delete. 2 On the Set alarm screen, touch Delete . To enable the alarm in silent mode You can c...

Applications 131 Sound Recorder Open this application to record voice and sounds and then play them back. You can also set the recording as a ringtone for your device. NOTE: The sound recorder only supports recording in the amr format. • Touch the Launcher button  Sound Recorder . • Touch to start ...

Connect and Sync with a Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync 133 3 If the Dell Mobile Sync installer does not start automatically: a Double-click the new Removable Disk that appears on your computer. b Navigate to the Dell Mobile Sync folder on the removable disk. c Double-click the InstallDellMSync.exe ...

134 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes Possible solutions System problems Battery does not charge The battery or battery charger is damaged. Contact the dealer. The environmental temperature is below 0°C or higher than 45°C. Ensure that the environmental temperature is between 0...

Troubleshooting 135 Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode If you find your device does not work as expected because of an application you installed, try to start your device in the Safe mode. In the Safe mode, all third-party applications are disabled and you can remove any problematic applications ...

136 Troubleshooting • Factory reset (User data only) : Restores the device to the factory default state and erases all your user data including contacts, settings, and downloaded applications from the internal application storage. • Factory reset (User data and internal tablet storage) : Restores th...

Troubleshooting 137 7 Press the power button to confirm and start upgrading the software package. 8 Wait for the device to load the files and restart. LG7_bk0.book Page 137 Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:47 PM

138 Index Index A A i r p l a n e M o d e , 5 4 A l a r m C l o c k , 1 2 8 A n d r o i d k e y b o a r d , 4 0 A n d r o i d M a r k e t , 9 9 A p p l i c a t i o n s Definition, 1 7Erase data, 4 9Navigate, 3 4Recently used, 3 5Shortcuts, 3 5 B B a t t e r y Charge, 1 2 B l u e t o o t h , 1 1 7 B ...

Index 141 U U S B s t o r a g e , 1 1 6 V Vo i c e S e a rc h , 4 7 W We b Applications, 6 4Bookmarks, 5 8 Wi d g e t s Add, 2 6Definition, 1 7Google Search, 4 7 Wi -F i , 5 2 Y Yo uTu b e , 9 6 LG7_bk0.book Page 141 Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:47 PM