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Reading Books

VOICE

Text-to-Speech (

TTS

) software is designed to transform text

into speech.

To start

TTS

, open reading menu and select

Voice

TTS

con-

trol panel will appear:

Srogress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are
turned automatically as you listen.

Initially there is 1

TTS

packages is installed on the Device.

If you want to add a new TTS package, tap on Downlad
New Voices in the menu and choose the package you
want.

Exit

Select voice package

Slay/Sause

Volume

Minimize
window

Speed

Add voice

Summary of Contents for Touch HD 3

Page 1: ...User Manual...

Page 2: ...ARANCE 12 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 13 GETTING STARTED 14 Charging Battery 14 Device management 16 Main menu overview 17 Gestures 19 Working with On Screen Keyboard 20 Frontlight 22 Connecting to the I...

Page 3: ...e 29 Browser 31 General 33 Calendar Clock 33 Calculator 33 Gallery 34 RSS News 34 Music Player 36 Audiobooks 37 Games 39 Klondike 39 Sudoku 39 Chess 39 Scribble 40 Services 41 Dropbox PocketBook 41 Se...

Page 4: ...ust brightness in reading mode 50 Social networks ReadRate 51 Contents 55 Bookmarks 56 Dictionary 57 Notes 59 Voice 60 Settings 63 Following Links 67 Loading Files 67 Library 73 PocketBook Cloud 76 SE...

Page 5: ...rsonalize 87 Languages 90 Date Time 90 Saving Power 90 Maintenance 91 Software 93 About Device 93 FIRMWARE UPDATE 95 TROUBLESHOOTING 98 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 100 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STAN DARDS 10...

Page 6: ...ng temperature range is 0 C to 40 C so don t ex pose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures Never leave cables near heat sources Heated cables or their insulation may become deformed or da...

Page 7: ...re adequate protection of the screen we recommend storing the Device in a protective and or hard cover Do not disassemble or modify the book reader Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or char...

Page 8: ...nd do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen If the device has not been used for a long time the battery charge indicator may not work when the charger is connected In this case connect the...

Page 9: ...t pressure on the screen surface and any other ac tions that might break or damage the glass base Also the screen does not have any special protective layer so please avoid any contact between its sur...

Page 10: ...ease contact your doctor or the manufacturer to learn whether or not such medical devices are protected against external RF signals Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib ited...

Page 11: ...ore where you purchased the Device or the author ized service centre Disposal of electric and electronic components the Directive is ap plicable to the EU and other European countries where separate w...

Page 12: ...ntext menu if available Continuous press switches the frontlight on off See Frontlight section of the manual 5 Micro USB connect the De vice to a PC or charge using USB cable 6 On Off power button con...

Page 13: ...Book formats ACSM CBR CBZ CHM DJVU DOC DOCX EPUB EPUB DRM FB2 FB2 ZIP HTM HTML MOBI PDF PDF DRM PRC RTF TXT Image formats JPEG BMP PNG TIFF Audio format MP3 via micro USB adapter and Bluetooth Audio b...

Page 14: ...his chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to work and about its main control features CHARGING BATTERY You can charge the battery from 1 PC using USB cable or from 2 the power line using a...

Page 15: ...The device will turn on as soon as charging starts When the battery is fully charged you can discon nect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage If the Device is on when you connect the cab...

Page 16: ...Power off after or Lock device after and set the idle time before power off or locking Device Unlock Press On Off button Restart In case if your Device freezes don t respond to keys presses or screen...

Page 17: ...GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 MAIN MENU OVERVIEW Slide down to open a Notification panel Touch to open Calendar Home screen list of recently opened and newly added books Bestsellers Application menu...

Page 18: ...g a Menu button Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of Wi Fi Bluetooth Task Manager Flight Mode Sync of net work services and Frontlight Also the news on ReadRate are displayed on...

Page 19: ...touch it carefully while controlling the Device with gestures Tap Opens an element book file folder application or menu item Touch hold Opens context menu of an element if available Slide Turns pages...

Page 20: ...ssary to enter text information for example for search or network con nection credentials To type a character tap a dedicated button To type a spe cial character long press a dedicated button Select t...

Page 21: ...cebar If necessary you can enable disable the preview of special characters in the top right corner of the keyboard To do so go to Settings Languages Keyboard layouts Key shortcut preview 1 3 5 4 2 1...

Page 22: ...slider NOTE To turn the frontlight on or off without opening the Notifi cation bar hold the Menu button for one second 2 SMARTlight frontlight temperature control By de fault this function is in auto...

Page 23: ...he device should have the correct time to ensure that it works correctly in automatic mode To adjust the time setting en able Automatic time synchronization Settings Date time or set the time manually...

Page 24: ...s con nections opens If the network to which you want to con nect is secured enter the network password using the on screen keyboard Also Wi Fi connection can be enabled disabled by clicking the icon...

Page 25: ...has a proxy server you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura tion section Connection to a hidden network 1 Select Settings Wi Fi 2 Open Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from t...

Page 26: ...you to connect wireless Bluetooth devices such as headsets speakers and car au dio systems to play audio files and use the Text to Speech feature You can pair your Bluetooth device with your e book in...

Page 27: ...name Option 2 1 Go to Settings Bluetooth and set the switch to ON 2 The system will automatically display a list of de vices available for pairing 3 Find the name of the Bluetooth device to connect to...

Page 28: ...on your device The default home screen contains four applications Library Audiobooks Music player Store Other apps are available in the application menu To open the application menu click on the icon...

Page 29: ...provides access to high quality licensed content at the PocketBook bookstore portal from your device You just need an active Internet connection to use the app To access all of the PocketBook portal f...

Page 30: ...atures In order to manage the account the following sections are available in the Personal Account My purchases a list of purchased goods Wish List a list of desired books Book language select the lan...

Page 31: ...it at any time When the download is complete the file will be moved to the Library Downloads folder and appear on the Recent Events wall of the Main menu BROWSER This is an application for viewing web...

Page 32: ...ngers Hardware buttons are used to scroll page vertically scrolls down and scrolls up respectively From browser menu you can view history of visited web sites downloads favorites adjust scale of displ...

Page 33: ...and clock Navigation allows turning over a calendar The button returns you to the current month Read about date and time setting in Date Time manual s chapter Calculator Engineering calculator support...

Page 34: ...ch to the editing mode and press menu sign in the right top corner of the screen In the editing mode you can zoom a photo by zooming gestures and set the selected area as a logo RSS News Application f...

Page 35: ...file with hrss extension and the file will be accessible for reading after updating The news downloading status is displayed while updating After the update file is available for reading off line usi...

Page 36: ...AAAAAAAAAAAA 33 Music Player Music player for playing mp3 media files Shuffle Normal Previous Play Pause Exit Collapse Playlist Volume Volume Next Repeat once...

Page 37: ...ns view info about track add to queue or remove the file from the list Audiobooks This application plays audio books in the following formats m4a m4b ogg and mp3 In addition audio books in containers...

Page 38: ...AAAAAAAAAAAA 33 Volume Bookmark Volume Play Pause Book List Set your preferred playback speed and voice tone using the Playback Control menu...

Page 39: ...you can input in the selected cell the digit you think should be in the cell or set labels digits that you suggest may be in the cell Digits and labels should be chosen from the bottom selection panel...

Page 40: ...l for drawing thin lines Marker a tool for drawing thick lines Eraser a tool for removing lines and text Back cancel the last operation Current drawing total number of drawings change the current draw...

Page 41: ...s enough to authorize in the service How to start using 1 Register in the Dropbox service www dropbox com 2 Input your Dropbox account data email address and password on your PocketBook Device in the...

Page 42: ...PocketBook folder on the server How to synchronize Automatically 1 Files added to the directory Application Drop box PocketBook on the server and to the sync folder on your Device will be automatical...

Page 43: ...also available in the sync folder in the Library on the Device Send to PocketBook Send to PocketBook allows to send files to the email ad dress of your Device Sent books will be automatically downloa...

Page 44: ...of your Device for example username pbsync com NOTE The contact email address is used only for the authoriza tion of the application and the service address of the Device user name pbsync com is used...

Page 45: ...pplications Send to PocketBook Settings Accounts and synchronizations Send to PocketBook Go to folder of the context menu of the Download folder Library SendToPb 2 By default Send to PocketBook is the...

Page 46: ...e address contained in the white list a list of the trusted senders The address specified at registration is contained in the list by default If the mail is sent to your Device from the unknown ad dre...

Page 47: ...PRC RTF To open a book touch its icon on Recent Books or Library section If you opened a book before it will be opened at the page you ve finished reading In some book formats e g fb2 or ePub after op...

Page 48: ...RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 GESTURES IN READING MODE Close book Make a bookmark Turn pages forward Turn pages backward Pressing in the center of the screen evokes the Reading Menu Page turning Scaling...

Page 49: ...RRRRRRRRRR 44 READING MENU Back Book name touch to see the book info Bookmark Pull the slider to turn pages or touch the page number to input the digits of needed page Open ReadRate menu Contents Sear...

Page 50: ...re using gestures To change brightness or the colour temperature without leaving your book just swipe your finger across the screen as shown in the illustration If the Frontlight and SMAR Tlight autom...

Page 51: ...quotations from books add comments tell what you are reading or have read like or don t like ReadRate also allows you watching the friends events and obtaining information about the most popular books...

Page 52: ...read Recommend or Rate with stars from 1 to 5 2 Enter data E mail and password of one of your accounts in social networks or in the market Book Store 3 In consequence there will be created the ReadRa...

Page 53: ...ne of chosen social networks After activating Now reading Have read or Plan to read statuses their icons become colored and Recommend 1 Touch Recommend option 2 After that the scenario Reading status...

Page 54: ...opened book creeper of text selection appear 2 Select quotation and press Share icon 3 After that the scenario Reading status and Book Rate is performed beginning from 2 item 4 All actions of your fri...

Page 55: ...rily the ReadRate functionality set Off in Settings Accounts and Synchronization Read Rate ReadRate Status After this operation all ReadRate options becomes hidden and inactive CONTENTS If a book has...

Page 56: ...key Using the menu you can open contents entry edit or delete notes and bookmarks In addition you can expand or collapse all the table of contents entries BOOKMARKS To create a bookmark touch right to...

Page 57: ...a word to open a panel allowing you to search for translation using one of installed dictionaries or find a word in Google Also after selecting Dictionary item a window with dictionary entry of a sele...

Page 58: ...translation Change dictionary Exit Change font size Fix window Do the following to download new dictionaries to your device 1 Click the Change Dictionary icon 2 In the newly opened window click Add N...

Page 59: ...ve favorite book fragments and make handwritten records directly in the text All the notes will be displayed in book s table of contents To enter notes mode select Note reading menu section After you...

Page 60: ...anel will appear Progress bar indicates a fragment read currently pages are turned automatically as you listen Initially there is 1 TTS packages is installed on the Device If you want to add a new TTS...

Page 61: ...update section Installation of the new voice pack 1 Please download the voice pack of your interest pbi file extension from the Support section at www pocketbook int com 2 Connect the device to the PC...

Page 62: ...olders and find the recorded voice pack 5 Click the file icon and confirm the installation 6 When installation of the voice pack is completed go to Settings Languages Speech Synthesis and select the i...

Page 63: ...s in this menu EPUB FB2 etc To configure EPUB TXT FB2 DOC and other text format books open the Reading menu and select Settings Page tab you can choose line spac ing font size margins width and also e...

Page 64: ...a while to calculate the number of screens when you first open the book or after the reading settings have been changed The number of screens won t be calculated again whenever the book is opened aft...

Page 65: ...page will be turned after bottom edge of the sheet reached 4 Reflow in this mode text is formatted to display completely on the screen Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only Some tables and pictu...

Page 66: ...sktop to select a program You can also select the pro gram in the reading settings You can open EPUB files with PB Reader EPUB2 EPUB3 PDF files can be opened with PB Reader quick and PB Reader univers...

Page 67: ...k or Charge either Select PC Link Operating system of com puter will detect Device s storage as removable disk Now FOLLOWING LINKS To follow a footnote internal or external link touch to en ter links...

Page 68: ...otected e books Adobe DRM Registration at www adobe com is required to use e books in protected format Sign in Create an Adobe Account Download via acsm 1 Visit www adobe com via your browser NOTE the...

Page 69: ...csm Click Save 7 After the file is saved on your PC a link as URLLink acsm will appear NOTE The same sequence of actions allows downloading a link to a protected book from any online bookstore Do the...

Page 70: ...DRM and cannot be opened by a non registered user Download books via PC 1 Open the Adobe Digital Editions application NOTE When connecting your Device to PC for the first time Ado be Digital Editions...

Page 71: ...y with personal accounts of network services Send to PocketBook PocketBook Cloud and Dropbox Variant 1 Open Settings Accounts and Synchronization Select the appropriate network service Send to PocketB...

Page 72: ...on Synchronization status can be viewed on the Notification panel During uploading or downloading files an animated icon displays at the status bar Touch the icon to open a window with the synchroniza...

Page 73: ...hange appearance of the section and perform search 1 Grouping criteria Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by All Books Authors Genres Collections create your own shelves with books dep...

Page 74: ...title By author 3 Books list views Simple in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed Detailed in this mode there s added author titele thumbnails information about file format and size read...

Page 75: ...ows proceeding with next file and folder operations Book Info brief information about book folder Mark as read ReadRate Add to Collection Add to Favorites All books of author Delete Upload to PB Cloud...

Page 76: ...d reading progress will be saved You can access your books from any device logged into your PocketBook Cloud account NOTE PocketBook Cloud stores files in PDF PDF DRM EPUB EPUB DRM DJVU FB2 FB2 ZIP DO...

Page 77: ...your PocketBook Cloud account or if possible you will be automatically registered If you have skipped this step a prompt to sign in to your PocketBook Cloud account will appear in the notification pan...

Page 78: ...w the instructions to create a new account 5 Then go back to Settings Accounts and Syn chronization PocketBook Cloud and enter the account credentials you used to create your partner s bookstore ac co...

Page 79: ...e synced If an error occurred during synchronization please check your internet connection If your internet connection is working try to sync your books later Working with files File storage A dotted...

Page 80: ...ud option in the context menu Deleting books Use the context menu to remove a book from PocketBook Cloud There are two options De lete from the device s memory and Remove from Cloud If the file is sto...

Page 81: ...FI In this section you can set parameters needed for network connection Network access on or off After network access activation the following settings appear Connection to hidden networks read more...

Page 82: ...ontrols Bluetooth ON OFF Used to enable and disable the function Visible to all BT devices nearby By default the e book is not visible to other devices If you want to make it visible to other devices...

Page 83: ...authorize If you are authorized the email to which you can send books is displayed You can logout Send to PocketBook Receive files now The content of the Download folder will be updated Before update...

Page 84: ...re not authorized in the ap plication input your Dropbox account data to authorize If you are authorized then you can logout Dropbox Synchronize Now Files in the Sync folder and Pocketbook device dire...

Page 85: ...Dropbox PocketBook folder on the Device is set by default You can choose another folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage About Service more detailed about service ReadRate In this se...

Page 86: ...you are not signed into the ap plication enter your PocketBook Cloud account data to log in If you are signed in then you can log out Sync Now Files in the Download folder and Pock etbook device direc...

Page 87: ...settings configurations and manage them New settings allows you to create your own custom settings for automatic Frontlight adjustment Default factory settings for automatic Frontlight adjustment You...

Page 88: ...h hour If you want to apply the new configuration immediately exit the graph parameters and confirm the new settings When a configuration is pressed a context menu will appear that will allow you to m...

Page 89: ...s frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen Open at Startup last opened book or main menu User Profiles can be configured Each profile stores individual books status last open...

Page 90: ...e s interface language Keyboard Layouts Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts DATE TIME In this section you will be able to set date time time zone and clock format You can also Sync...

Page 91: ...s USB connection by default PC link Charge or Ask when connected Privacy Protect Configurations by Password in this sec tion you can protect your setting by password Select Set Password section and ty...

Page 92: ...disable this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us age section Format Internal Memory this action will erase all data except system files CAUTION If you need to erase all data on th...

Page 93: ...reen SOFTWARE Firmware Version the current version of firmware is dis played Software Update the Device will search for updates in the following order internal storage and Internet Auto Update turn on...

Page 94: ...Device Model model serial number hardware platform Wi Fi MAC address Memory operative memory total and available internal memory Legal Information license and information about applica tions used on...

Page 95: ...ntre Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below There are two ways to update the firmware Automatic Update To start automatic software update select Settings Soft w...

Page 96: ...rmware to your PC 4 Unpack the content of the archive file SWUPDATE BIN and copy it to the root folder of internal Device storage 5 Switch off the Device by pressing button On Off 6 Press and hold the...

Page 97: ...at the download from www pocketbook ch Upgrade image is corrupted or Image is empty SWUPDATE BIN file is damaged or there is no space available on the card Delete some files from the Device and copy S...

Page 98: ...save the book in another format TXT DOC PDF Html book opens but is displayed incorrectly For example there are empty pages some part of the text is missing etc HTML files contain non text elements fr...

Page 99: ...on to connector Try to connect the USB cable to another port Bookmarks settings and current position in file can not be saved File system damaged Connect the device to a PC and check disks To pro ceed...

Page 100: ...in your country please use contacts below Deutschland 0 800 187 30 03 0 800 183 39 70 esko 800 701 307 France 0 805 080 277 sterreich 0 800 802 077 0 800 281 770 Polska 0 800 141 01 12 Switzerland 0...

Page 101: ...Limited Power Source Rat ed output voltage DC 5V 1A This equipment is marked with the CE symbol and can be used throughout the European community This indicates compliance with the R TTE Directive 19...

Page 102: ...les between system components It is important that you use compliant periph eral devices and shielded cables between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios telev...

Page 103: ...highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands The ac tual SAR level of an operating device can be below the maximum value because the device is designed to use only the power required to...

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