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User Guide

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Page 2: ...RANCE 11 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 12 GETTING STARTED 13 Charging Battery 13 Device management 15 Main menu overview 16 Navigation 17 Working with On Screen Keyboard 18 Recent Events 20 Loading Files 20 Inserting Micro SD Card 25 Applications 26 ...

Page 3: ...26 Klondike 27 Gallery 27 Snake Interactive Apps 30 Dropbox PocketBook 30 Send to PocketBook 33 READING BOOKS 37 Context menu 39 Turning Pages 41 Following References 41 Changing Font Size 41 Reading Menu 42 Contents 42 Go to Page 43 Search 44 Bookmarks 45 ...

Page 4: ...5 Mode 47 Dictionary 48 Rotate 48 Notes 49 Closing a Book 49 SETTINGS 50 Wi fi 50 Accounts and Synchronization 51 Personalize 54 Languages 56 Date Time 56 Saving power 57 Maintenance 57 Software 59 About Device 60 FIRMWARE UPDATE 61 ...

Page 5: ...TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 64 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 66 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 67 ...

Page 6: ...ing 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 damaged which could lead to fire or electric shock Try to avoid next impacts Direct sunlight Direct flame or smoke Liquids or damp Strong electro magnetic fields UV electromag netic radiation Electrost...

Page 7: ...tch or damage it To ensure adequate protection of the screen we recommend storing the Device in a protective and or hard cover Keep away from children Do not disassemble or modify the book reader Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or charger bro ken case poor contact broken feed cable If the battery is dam aged cracked case leakage of electrolyte off shape etc it should be replaced by th...

Page 8: ...few drops of distilled water to remove dirt Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and 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 charger let the device charge for 1 hour then disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB ca...

Page 9: ...ook int com RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may in terfere with radio communications and other electronic equip ment If you use personal medical Devices e g a pacemaker or hearing aid please 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 wher...

Page 10: ...formation regarding recycling issues please contact local municipal authorities your domestic waste collection service store where you purchased the Device or the authorized service centre Disposal of electric and electronic components the Directive is ap plicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal systems exist In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to ...

Page 11: ... text menu if available 5 Up 6 Right 7 Forward turns page forward 8 Micro USB port for con necting to computer or charger charger may be optional 9 MicroSD card slot for ex ternal memory card Micro SD card may be optional 10 On Off power button turns the Device on off NOTE You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings Personal ize Key mapping Navigation and page turning buttons mapping dep...

Page 12: ...attery Li Ion Polymer 1300 mAh Book formats PDF PDF DRM EPUB EPUB DRM DJVU FB2 FB2 ZIP DOC DOCX RTF PRC TXT CHM HTM HTML MOBI ACSM Image formats JPEG BMP PNG TIFF Dimensions 174 4 114 6 8 3 mm Weight 170 g The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software configuration of your device Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage mode connectivity...

Page 13: ...e to work and about its main control features CHARGING BATTERY To extend battery lifetime it s recommended to charge the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours You can charge the battery from 1 PC using USB cable or from 2 the power line using a charger optional 1 2 ...

Page 14: ... 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 cable to PC a dialog window asking to select action PC link or Charge will appear Charging starts only if the appropriate mode was selected ...

Page 15: ...lock your Device in three ways 1 Press On Off button 2 You can set automatic key lock or power off go to Settings Saving Power Power off after or Auto screen lock 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 re spond to keys presses you must give the de vice time up to 30 seconds to process com mands If it does not...

Page 16: ...GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 MAIN MENU OVERVIEW Application panel Last downloaded books Last opened Recent Events list of last opened and downloaded books Notification panel ...

Page 17: ...e changed orientation to Press OK button shortly to open selected item Continuous OK press opens context menu of item folder or application if available If a menu item contains several level you can go over them by Left Right buttons Page turning buttons Backward Forward are used to turn list pages Continuous Backward Forward keys press turns 10 pages at once in lists and books Short and contin uo...

Page 18: ...up keyboard operations all sym bols are divided into 5 zones The first navigation key press transfers cursor to the middle of the selected zone and then you can select the required symbol in this zone Press OK button to type the selected symbol or list s page closes an application a context menu and the Library If you are on the first page Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Set ting...

Page 19: ...l 3 Change input language To add the language up to 3 layouts to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Set tings Languages Keyboard Layouts As you type a password e g Wi Fi credentials icon will appear on a text field Select icon and press OK to see typed symbols 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ...u ve finished reading before After pressing OK on a message about recently added books Library will be opened displaying added books Books will be grouped by creation date LOADING FILES Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring files You will be prompted to select USB mode PC Link or Charge either Select PC Link Operating system of compu...

Page 21: ...ter copying files safely remove the Device before disconnect the cable Downloading protected 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 current version of your browser on the Device does not support Flash Player 2 Open Menu Products All products ...

Page 22: ...ppear on the screen The file name should contain the name of the book and the file extension acsm 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 following to open a protected DRM book on the Device 1 Copy the file of the link to a book acsm to your De...

Page 23: ...ersion of the book will be available for reading in the Digital Edition folder The downloaded book is protected 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 prompts you to activate the new device Use your registration data at www adobe com for t...

Page 24: ...GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 22 2 Select the Go to library view icon 3 Click All items 4 Choose a book and copy it to your Device ...

Page 25: ...cro SD card up to 32 GB Insert it to the slot like it is shown on a figure and slightly push until card will be fixed To eject the card slightly press on its edge until it will be unfixed and pull it to get ATTENTION If your SD card get stuck do not try to eject it by yourself and immediately call Customer Support Back view ...

Page 26: ...ferent numeric systems trigono metric logarithm power and logical operations Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device If you are playing against the Device you can select 10 difficulty lev els Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gam ing board and OK to pick and put a piece Dictionary After your start this application the on screen keyboard will appear Type the word you d lik...

Page 27: ...pressing its keys OK or Cancel you will be able to view dictionary page by page To turn pages use Left Right keys To bring up the on screen keyboard again press OK To exit dictionary press Backward button Klondike Classic solitaire Gallery This section opens in the mode of photo view all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder You can look through images in JPG BMP PNG and TIFF formats ...

Page 28: ...avigation keys to move around the grid and bottom panel Click OK button to enter Back ward Forward buttons toggle between the grid and the panel and vice versa Controls To enter a number into a cell of the grid you can choose firstly a number or a cell in which you want to enter a number or a label Cell first 1 Set a frame on the chosen cell and press OK button ...

Page 29: ...d into the se lected cell Number first 1 Press OK on the cell with givens digits known in the beginning of the game and on numbers of the bot tom panel 2 The chosen number will be highlighted on the bot tom panel showing that it is active 3 Press OK on the cell of the grid to enter the high lighted number in a cell NOTE A digit on the bottom panel is highlighted until another one is chosen ...

Page 30: ...ch are not correct for a cell no more a hint about possible labels for a cell Library Library is e books file manager which allows to group sort change appearance of the section and perform search Read more about this app at Library INTERACTIVE APPS Dropbox PocketBook DropBox application allows to download files added to Dropbox from any computer or any Device with installed ...

Page 31: ...Accounts and Synchronization Dropbox Login to authorize Dropbox The Wi Fi connection should be on otherwise you will be asked to turn it on 3 After successful authorization the Dropbox Pock etBook sync folder will be created in the Library of the De vice The Application Dropbox PocketBook directory will show up in your Dropbox account and after synchroniza tion it will be available from other devi...

Page 32: ...er in the Library by default Dropbox PocketBook is the sync folder but you can change it in Settings Ac counts and Synchronization Dropbox Sync folder Manually 1 To synchronize all content in sync folders in Set tings choose Accounts and Synchronization Dropbox Synchronize files now or in the Library choose Synchro nize files now in the context menu of the sync folder 2 After synchronization all o...

Page 33: ... How to start using 1 Register for the Send to PocketBook service for this purpose do the following Launch application from the Applications Send to PocketBook section or from Settings Accounts and Synchroniza tion Send to PocketBook NOTE The Wi Fi connection should be on otherwise you will be asked to turn it on In the opened wizard enter your contact email ad dress and password ...

Page 34: ...o it if you want them to be downloaded to your Device 2 After activation update the registration wizard on the Device After that all applications features will be avail able for you and the download folder for received books will be created in the library Send to PocketBook How to get files Automatically 1 Files sent to the service email address of your Device will be automatically downloaded to t...

Page 35: ...you can change it at registration or in the Set tings Accounts and synchronization Send to Pocket Book Download folder section Manually To update the content of the download folder in Settings choose Accounts and synchronization Send to Pocket Book Receive files now or in Library choose Receive files now in the context menu of the download folder Received files will be also available in the downlo...

Page 36: ...e 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 dress you will receive the letter with a proposal to add a sender to the white list After your confirmation you will receive files from the added address to your Device Thus spam won t get on the Device ...

Page 37: ...VU FB2 FB2 ZIP DOC DOCX RTF PRC TXT CHM HTM HTML MOBI ACSM To open a book press OK on its title in Last events or Library section If you opened a book before it will be opened at the page you ve finished reading LIBRARY Library is e books file manager To open a book press OK while its title is selected Library menu allows to filter group sort change appearance of the section and per form search ...

Page 38: ...terion books are grouping by All Books Authors Genres Collections Favorites Folders Formats Series The results of grouping can be be dispalyd as ascending A Z or descending Z A 2 Sorting criteria By opening date By addition date By title By author ...

Page 39: ...r icon of the book is displayed Detailed in this mode there s added author titele thumbnails information about file format and size read percentage Context menu Context menu evoked by continuous pressing OK allows performing the following operations ...

Page 40: ... Book Info brief information about book folder Mark as read Add to collection Add to Favorites All books of author Copy Move Delete ...

Page 41: ...an enter links mode on continuous OK button press otherwise you ll get a message informing that a page contains no links to follow A cursor will appear and you will be able to select a link using keys and press OK to follow CHANGING FONT SIZE In text format books ePub FB2 etc excluding PDF and DjVu you can change font size with Up Down keys When you will reach the largest smallest one text will ch...

Page 42: ...otherwise you ll get message about missing table of contents Active contents display table of contents bookmarks and notes you ve made during reading If table of contents has more than one level higher level entry will be marked with sign Expanded item is displayed with a sign Buttons Left Right collapse expand selected subsection branch ...

Page 43: ...tes text or graphic either and bookmarks expands collapses selected subsection branch Under Settings sec tion of the context menu you can configure which ele ments to display Contents Bookmarks Notes Go to Page If you want to open the exact page press Go to page af ter typing a page number exactly from on screen keyboard press OK If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward you will stay on a pa...

Page 44: ...you can switch between found instances using Left Right naviga tion keys To exit search mode press Left Right NOTE Search mode is not available for DJVU books Bookmarks Adds current page to bookmarks After adding a page to bookmarks in a right top corner a bookmark will appear All the bookmarks will be displayed in contents To delete bookmark select the correspondent menu item again ...

Page 45: ... can also learn about all the available options and features 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 spacing font size mar gins width and also enable or disable hyphenation Font tab use this tab to se lect font style ...

Page 46: ...ngs If the function is disabled the numbering will display the number of screens It may take 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 after this PDF and DjVu PDF and DjVu books has Mode menu item instead of Set tings Select viewing mode using Le...

Page 47: ...Confirm your choice by clicking Accept Fit width scaling page to the screen width The whole page one page scaling Columns for reading books with columns To navigate the page use navigation buttons A page will be turned after bottom edge of the sheet reached Reflow in this mode text is formatted to display completely on a page You can change font size with Up and Down keys Some images and tables ma...

Page 48: ...lly OK button press switches to a toolbar Rotate Fixes the screen orientation select the suitable one with navigation keys Notes You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option Back to text On screen keyboard to type word to translate Change dictionary View resem bling words Word translation ...

Page 49: ...ht a text fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin of the note The menu that will appear suggests you to save selected frag ment as image or text if available or cancel making note You can look through the notes by choosing Notes section in the main menu By pressing OK button on the note you can switch to the initial page where it was created CLOSING A BOOK To close a book select the corresp...

Page 50: ...n 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 in the Connecting to the Internet section of this manual Available Networks a list of available networks Choose one of them and you ll see parameters of this connection Network name SSID signal strength se...

Page 51: ... address and Pass word When you are authorized your login and Exit from Adobe DRM item are displayed After exit all protected DRM documents will be unavailable Send to PocketBook the following options are available PocketBook account your account email Login Log out if you are not authorized in the application input your contact email address and pass word to authorize If you are authorized the em...

Page 52: ...ddress username pbsync com will be au tomatically updated in the download folder if Wi Fi con nection is on You can turn off automatic receiving files to optimize the Device productivity Download folder location of received files The Send to PocketBook folder is set by default You can choose any other folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage or on the external SD card About servic...

Page 53: ... Turn On or Off auto synchronization The service is turned on automatically at the authorization so Dropbox will automatically sync files if Wi Fi connec tion is on You can turn off autosync to optimize the Device productivity Sync Folder location of synced files You can also move files to Sync folder if you want to sync them with Dropbox Pocketbook directory on the server The Dropbox PocketBook f...

Page 54: ...from the Gallery application Read about it in the Gallery section Complete Page Refresh Select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely Always item provides the best quality but consumes the most power Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen Open at Startup last opened book or main menu LED Indication you can turn on or turn off LED ind...

Page 55: ...atus last opened books bookmarks notes favorites and pre configured network connections To add new profile open the corresponding item You will be suggested to set destination local memory or SD card and to enter the name from on screen keyboard After this current above mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile To activate profile open the one you need In profile context menu you can cha...

Page 56: ...you don t want to be displayed in the list during the translation or in Dictionary application DATE TIME In this section you will be able to set date time time zone and clock format You can also Synchronize Time or set Auto Time Sync to use the network time date SAVING POWER Here you can see battery level and set parameters which help to save battery charge ...

Page 57: ...minutes MAINTENANCE USB Mode set how the Device handles USB connection by default PC link Charge or Ask when connected Backup Recovery Restore Configuration select the configuration file to restore from a list Backup Configuration to SD this action will cre ate a backup folder on an external microSD card and will save there system settings You will be suggested to enter the file name from on scree...

Page 58: ... selecting the corresponding item To proceed you will be asked to enter the password once more Diagnostic and Usage software provides data to PocketBook about some actions performed by a user on the Device for the further improvement of the Device and services to users The serial number and any other in formation for identifying a user isn t saved You can disable this option of statistics gatherin...

Page 59: ...reset to factory default settings erasing user settings Other data e g books photos won t be lost Demo mode switching demo mode for the Device To acti vate demonstration mode check On in the Demo mode item SOFTWARE Software Version the current version of firmware is dis played Software Update the Device will search for updates in the following order microSD card if installed internal storage and I...

Page 60: ...used on the Device ABOUT DEVICE The following information about Device will be displayed Device Model model serial number hardware platform Memory operative memory total and available internal memory and microSD card License license and information about applications used on the Device ...

Page 61: ... perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instruc tions below There are two ways to update the firmware Automatic Update To start automatic software update select Settings Soft ware Software Update The Device will begin to check available update sources in the following order MicroSD card if installed internal memory Internet If default Internet connection is not set the Device will as...

Page 62: ...ok int com on your PC Select your country 2 Click the Support button on top menu Select hard ware model of your Device 3 Download the Firmware to your PC 4 Unpack the content of the archive file SWUPDATE BIN and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD Card or in ternal Device storage 5 Switch off the Device by pressing button On Off 6 Switch on the Device by pressing On Off Hold both Backward and Fo...

Page 63: ...nd copy the file to the root of the empty card If this error persists use another card Upgrade image is corrupted or Image is empty SWUPDATE BIN file is damaged or there is no space available on the microSD card Delete some files from your card and copy SWUPDATE BIN file on it one more time Repeat the download from www pocketbook int com If this error repeats use other card File read error MicroSD...

Page 64: ...L files contain non text elements frames JAVA scripts flash elements Save the page in TXT format Book opens but various symbols question marks etc are displayed instead of letters Incorrect encoding Switch to reading mode select Settings and change encoding No response when you press any key Sometimes e g when downloading damaged or too large books the Device may freeze Close the frozen applicatio...

Page 65: ...e to a PC and check disks To proceed open My Computer right click on the selected disk and select Properties Service Check Disk Internal memory is full Delete books images and or music files that you do not need Battery discharges too fast Disabled automatic turning off Settings Date Time in Main Menu Select automatic turn off time in Auto Turn Off in item ...

Page 66: ...se use contacts below Czech Republic 800 701 307 France 0 805 080 277 Germany 0 800 187 30 03 Italy 800 788 913 Poland 0 0 800 141 0112 Switzerland 0 800 898 720 Россия 8 800 100 6990 Україна 0 800 304 800 Казахстан 8 800 200 69 90 www pocketbook int com support help pocketbook int com ...

Page 67: ...omplied Limited Power Source of personal computer or notebook The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Power Source Rated output voltage DC 5V 1A This equipment is marked with the 0678 symbol and can be used throughout the European community This indicates compliance with the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC France 2 4GHz for Metropolitan France ...

Page 68: ... 10 mW for the 2454 2483 MHz band IMPORTANT Changes or modifications to this product not au thorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product This product has demon strated EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system components It is important that you use compliant perip...

Page 69: ...to assure the protection of all persons regard less of age and health The exposure guidelines for devices employ a unit of measure ment known as the Specific Absorption Rate or SAR The SAR limit stated in the ICNIRP guidelines is 2 0 watts kilogram W kg aver aged over 10 grams of tissue Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions with the device transmitting at its highest certi...

Page 70: ... Recommen dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields 1999 519 EC Pocketbook International SA Crocicchio Cortogna 6 6900 Lugano Switzerland Tel 0 800 187 3003 Made in China Contains Reader Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated ...

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