User`s guide

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Docking Your Computer

You must attach an AC adapter to the APR before you dock and turn on the computer. The AC adapter powers the APR

and the computer at the same time. Any battery installed in the computer charges while you are using the APR.

NOTICE: To avoid the possibility of losing data, save any open files before you dock the computer.

NOTICE: Always use the Dell AC adapter that came with the APR. If you use any other commercially available

AC adapter, you may damage the APR or the computer.

AC adapter

AC adapter connector

1. Complete the steps in Before You Dock for the First Time.

2. Save and close any open files and exit any open programs.

3. If you have not already done so, connect the AC adapter to the AC adapter connector on the APR, and plug the

AC adapter power cable in to an electrical outlet.

4. Place the APR so that there is enough flat space in front of it to completely support the computer when the

computer is docked.

5. Ensure that the slide lock is in the unlocked position (toward the back of the APR).

6. Hold the computer by its sides and center it against the backstop at the front of the APR.

7. Lower the computer and move it slightly from side to side until you feel it seated on the alignment posts.

NOTICE: To avoid damaging the computer display, press down only over the hinges.

8. Push over the hinges until the docking connector clicks into place.

NOTICE: Do not pick up the computer or the APR when the computer is docked. Doing so can damage the

connectors on the computer and on the APR.

After docking, if the computer is turned on, the power button light on the APR turns from amber to green. See

the following table for more information on docking control lights. If the light behavior does not match the table,

perform the undock process and then dock the computer again.

Docking Control Light Activity