CAUTION: The AC adapter works with electrical outlets worldwide. However, power connectors and power strips vary among countries. Using an incompatible cable or improperly connecting the cable to the power strip or electrical outlet may cause fire or equipment damage.
NOTICE: Always use the Dell AC adapter that came with your Tablet-PC. If you use any other commercially available AC adapter—or the AC adapter from earlier models of Dell computers—you may damage the battery slice or the Tablet-PC.
NOTICE: When you disconnect the Dell AC adapter cable from the Tablet-PC, grasp the connector, not the cable itself, and pull firmly but gently to avoid damaging the cable. When you wrap the AC adapter cable, ensure that you follow the angle of the connector on the AC adapter to avoid damaging the cable.
Connect the AC adapter to the AC adapter connector on your Tablet-PC and to an electrical outlet.
Docking Your Tablet-PC to the Battery Slice
NOTE: After docking the Tablet-PC to the battery slice, the Tablet-PC AC adapter will also charge the battery slice.
Align the back of the Tablet-PC with the back of the battery slice at
approximately a 30-degree angle, and lower the front of the Tablet-PC
onto the battery slice.
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Tablet-PC
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battery slice
Press the Tablet-PC onto the battery slice until you feel a click and the
Tablet-PC is firmly seated.
Turn on the Tablet-PC.
The operating system recognizes the battery slice.
Undocking Your Tablet-PC From the Battery Slice
Before you undock your Tablet-PC from the battery slice, save and close
any open files, and exit any open programs.
Set your Tablet-PC power management settings so that the Tablet-PC
does not enter sleep, standby, or hibernate mode when you close (lower)
the display:
Windows Vista
Click Start® Control Panel® Mobile PC®Power Options®Change what closing the lid does.
Under the When I close the lid drop-down menu, select Do nothing.
Windows XP
Click Start® Control Panel® Performance and Maintenance®Power Options®Advanced.
Under the When I close the lid of my portable computer, select Do
nothing.
Pull the Tablet-PC release lever (see Bottom View) to release the
Tablet-PC from the battery slice.
Lift the back of the Tablet-PC up and slide the Tablet-PC out towards the
back of the battery slice.
Charging Your Battery Slice
You can recharge your battery slice independent of the Tablet-PC using the AC adapter that shipped with your Tablet-PC. Your battery slice will also recharge whenever it is docked to the Tablet-PC and the Tablet-PC is attached to the electrical outlet using the AC adapter. See Battery Slice Power Status LED Codes for more information on the battery-slice power-status codes.
Battery-Slice Power-Status LED
Your battery slice includes a power status LED that can indicate the following states:
Battery Slice Power Status LED Codes
LED Codes
Status
Blinking amber, off, blue, off, amber, off, blue, off
You are trying to use an unsupported, non-Dell AC adapter to power your tablet-PC.
Blinking amber, off, amber, off, amber, off, amber, off, long blue, long off
Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present.
Blinking amber, off, amber, off, amber, off, amber, off
Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present.
LED off
Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present.
