The USB 2.0-compliant connector allows you to connect USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, or printer.
optical drive —
Allows you to use CD and DVD media.
Right View
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USB connector
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Tablet-PC release lever
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security cable slot
USB connector
The USB 2.0-compliant connector allows you to connect USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, or printer.
Tablet-PC release lever —
Releases the Tablet-PC from the media base if the media base is not secured by an antitheft device.
security cable slot —
Lets you attach a commercially available antitheft device to the media base. Instructions for installing antitheft devices are usually included with the device. For more information, see Securing the Media Base.
Connects an AC adapter to the media base and to AC power to convert AC power to the DC power required by the media base. You can connect the AC adapter with your media base either turned on or off. For more information, see Setting Up Your Media Base.
CAUTION: If you are using a multiple-outlet power strip, use caution when you plug the AC adapter power cable into the power strip. Some power strips may allow you to insert the connector incorrectly. Incorrect insertion of the power connector could result in permanent damage to your media base as well as electric shock and/or fire. Ensure that you insert the ground prong of the power plug into the mating ground contact of the power strip.
NOTICE: When you disconnect the AC adapter from the media base, hold the adapter cable connector, not the cable itself, and pull firmly to avoid damaging the cable.
audio connector
Connect headphones or speakers. The connector is a stereo output connector.
IEEE 1394 connector
Connect FireWire devices such as a camera, external hard drive, or external CD-ROM drive. Supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and time-based data transfer, providing bandwidth for multimedia operation.
VGA video connector
Connects an external VGA monitor.
NOTE: When your Tablet-PC is docked, use the video connector on the media base.
digital-video interface (DVI) connector
Connects an external DVI-compatible monitor, such as a flat-panel monitor. With an adapter cable, you can also connect an external VGA-compatible monitor to the DVI connector.
serial connector
Connects a serial device, such as a serial mouse or a handheld device.
USB connector
Connect USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, or printer.
powered USB connector
Connect optional external D/Bay device, or standard USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, or printer.
network connector
Connects the computer to a network. The solid light on the connector provides link status information. Off indicates no link, green indicates a 10-Mb/sec link, orange indicates a 100-Mb/sec link, and yellow indicates a 1000-Mb/sec link. The blinking yellow light on the connector indicates activity on the wired network connection.
For information on using the network adapter, see the network adapter documentation supplied with your computer under Windows Help and Support. To access Help and Support, see Windows Help and Support.
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 the media base. If you use any other commercially available AC adapter—or the AC adapter from earlier models of Dell computers—you may damage the media base or the Tablet-PC.
NOTICE: When you disconnect the Dell AC adapter cable from the Tablet-PC or media base, 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 the media base
and to an electrical outlet.
Before you dock your Tablet-PC to the media base for the first time, the
Tablet-PC operating system must have completed its setup process. Do
the following:
Ensure that the Tablet-PC is not connected to the media base or to
the battery slice (docked).
Turn on the Tablet-PC.
Verify that the Microsoft® Windows® desktop appears.
NOTE: If the Tablet-PC is docked to the media base and an antitheft device is attached to the security cable slot on the media base, you cannot undock the Tablet-PC without first removing the antitheft device.
Attach a commercially available antitheft device to the security cable slot on the media base.
Antitheft devices usually include a segment of metal-stranded cable with an attached locking device and associated key. For instructions on installing this kind of antitheft device, see the documentation that accompanied the device.
Docking Your Tablet-PC to the Media Base
NOTE: If you are docking your Tablet-PC for the first time and have not completed the steps in Setting Up Your Media Base, complete them before proceeding to the next step.
NOTE: After docking the Tablet-PC for the first time, the Tablet-PC battery or the Tablet-PC AC adapter connection can power the media base if the media base is not connected to an AC adapter.
NOTE: Your Tablet-PC should be turned off when you dock it to the media base for the first time.
Ensure that your Tablet-PC is turned off if this is the first time it is being
docked to the media base.
Align the back of the Tablet-PC with the back of the media base at an
approximately 30-degree angle, and lower the front of the Tablet-PC onto
the media base.
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Tablet-PC
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media base
Press the Tablet-PC onto the media base until it clicks and the Tablet-PC
is firmly seated.
Turn on the Tablet-PC.
The operating system recognizes the media base.
Undocking Your Tablet-PC From the Media Base
NOTICE: Never undock the Tablet-PC without first preparing the Tablet-PC for undocking. If you undock before preparing the Tablet-PC, you will lose data and the Tablet-PC may not recover normal operation for several minutes, if at all.
Before you undock your Tablet-PC, 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:
Click the Windows Power icon in the Notification area to display
the Power icon pop-up window.
Click More power options.
Under the When I close the lid drop-down menu, select Do nothing.
NOTICE: If the Tablet-PC does not have a charged battery in the battery bay, you must shut down the Tablet-PC through the Windows Start menu and then undock the Tablet-PC. If you undock the Tablet-PC without a battery before shutting it down, you will lose data and the Tablet-PC may not recover normal operation for several minutes, if at all.
If your media base is secured, remove the lock.
Remove the AC adapter connector from the media base
Pull the Tablet-PC release lever forward (see Right View) to release the
Tablet-PC from the media base.
Lift the back of the Tablet-PC up and slide the Tablet-PC out towards the
back of the media base.
