BOOKEEN CYBFT1X E-book Reader User Manual PocketBook Color Lux

BOOKEEN E-book Reader PocketBook Color Lux

Users Manual

E-book Reader
E-book Reader
Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .....................................................................6
APPEARANCE.......................................................................................11
Front View 11
Side View 12
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .....................................................13
GETTING STARTED ........................................................................... 14
Charging Battery 14
Power Management 15
Loading Files 16
Gestures 17
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 19
Connecting to the Internet 21
Inserting Micro SD Card 24
MAIN MENU ..........................................................................................25
Recent Events 27
Library 29
Book Store 33
Notes 33
Dictionary 33
Music 34
Applications 35
Search 54
Status Bar 54
Task Management 55
Installing Extensions 56
READING BOOKS ............................................................................... 57
Gestures in Reading Mode 58
Social Networks & ReadRate 60
Turning Pages 64
Contents 64
Open Page 65
Bookmarks 67
Following Links 67
Search 68
Scaling 68
Dictionary 71
Notes 72
Screen Orientation 73
Text-to-Speech 73
Closing a Book 74
SETTINGS ..............................................................................................75
Personalize 75
Network 77
Date/Time 78
Languages 78
Accounts and Synchronization 79
Advanced Settings 83
Saving Battery 89
Device Info 89
FIRMWARE UPDATE .........................................................................91
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................95
CUSTOMER SUPPORT ..................................................................... 97
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS .....98
Safety Precautions
Before start working with the Device, please, read this section
carefully. Following these instructions will ensure your safety and
extend service life of the Device.
Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions
Device operating temperature range is 0°C to +40°C, so do not
expose 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 (cigarette, open fire etc.)
• exposure to liquids or damp (do not use the Device in the
rain, in the street at higher humidity, near bodies of water etc.)
• penetration of liquids or moisture
Safety Precautions 7
• exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, electrostatic
charges and artificial sources of UV electromagnetic radiation
• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, connectors
and keys of the Device.
Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly ventilated envi-
ronment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight boxes/packaging.
Neither drop nor try to bend the Device. Protect the screen from
objects that may scratch or damage it. To ensure adequate protec-
tion of the screen, we recommend storing the Device in a protec-
tive and/or hard cover.
Keep away from children.
To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at
high volume levels for long periods.
Maintenance
Safety Precautions 8
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, charger (broken
case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card. If the battery
is damaged (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it
should be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-
made or modified batteries may cause an explosion and/or dam-
age the Device.
Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to
clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the
Device’s surface. Apply a 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.
Safety Precautions 9
By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near-
est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of
security is maintained.
For detailed information about service centers in your region
please visit the official website of PocketBook International: http://
www.pocketbook-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 where it is prohib-
ited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect air-
borne avionics or medical equipment.
Safety Precautions 10
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the
environment and public health. To prevent such consequences fol-
low the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of these
materials helps preserve natural resources. For more information
regarding recycling issues please contact local municipal authori-
ties, your domestic waste collection service, store where you pur-
chased the Device, or the authorized service center.
Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Di-
rective is applicable to the EU and other European coun-
tries where separate waste disposal systems exist). In
other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of
explosion!
1. Frontlight brightness control strip;
2. On/Off (power button) – continuous press turns the Device on/off;
3. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD card (up to 32 GB);
4. Micro-USB connector – connect the Device to a PC or a charger with USB-cable;
5. Page turning buttons - turn page forward and backward;
6. Grooves to attach the cover;
7. Protective cap;
8. 3.5 mm audio jack;
9. Cover locking lever;
Appearance
Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g)Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g
Technical Specifications
Display 8” (20,32 cm) E Ink Pearl™ HD capacitive multi-sen-
sor display, 1200 × 1600, 250 dpi
Frontlight Yes
Processor 1 GHz
RAM 512 MB
Internal Storage 4GB *
Operating system
Micro-USB
Memory slot microSD up to 32Gb
Audio output 3.5 mm earphones jack
Book formats
PDF, EPUB (including Adobe DRM-protected), FB2,
FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU, RTF, HTML, HTM,
CHM, TCR, PRC, MOBI, ACSM
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Audio format MP3
Battery Li-Pol, 2500 mAh (up to 1 month battery life**)
Dimensions 195,5x162,8x7,37mm
Weight 350 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 and settings.
802.11b/g
Getting Started
In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device for
work and will read about its main control features.
CHARGING BATTERY
To extend battery lifetime, it is recommended to charge
the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off
state. You can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable
or from the power line using a charger (optional).
To charge the battery for the first time, do the following:
1. Connect the Device to a computer or charger with
USB-cable. Indicator will glow as soon, as the charging
starts
2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator goes
off. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on for
the first use.
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NOTE The indication can be switched off in Setings > Appear-
ance> LED Indication section.
If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a dia-
log window asking to select action – PC link or Charge—
will appear.
POWER MANAGEMENT
To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button un-
til startup logo will appear. When the Device is ready to
operate, an image will be changed to Main menu or last
opened book, depending on settings (Settings > Personal-
ize > Open at startup).
To turn off the Device, press On/Off button continuously
until the Device goes off. In addition, you can set automat-
ic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Saving Power>
Power off after or Lock Device after respectively, and set
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the idle time before locking the Device or power off. To
unlock the Device, press On/Off button shortly.
In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (does not respond to keys
presses or screen touches and perform no actions for 2-3
minutes), you can restart it by pressing Reset button on
side panel with some thin item (e.g. unbent paper clip).
CAUTION! Don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to press Reset
button to avoid Device case damage! Don’t use this feature fre-
quently, because it affects the electronic components of the Device.
LOADING FILES
Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable.
NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring files.
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You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link or
Charge either. Select PC Link. Operating system of com-
puter will detect Device’s storage as removable disk (if SD
card installed – as two ones). Now you can copy files to
the Device or SD card using Explorer or other file manager.
ATTENTION! After copying files safely remove the Device before
disconnect the cable!
GESTURES
ATTENTION! Touch screen of the Device is sensitive enough and is
a fragile detail. To avoid its damage, please, touch it carefully while
controlling the Device with gestures.
Tap
Opens an element (book, file, folder application or
menu item).
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Touch & hold
Opens context menu of an element (if available).
Slide
Turns pages of a book or a list; moves an image:
slide your finger across the screen.
Flick
Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen
rapidly.
Scaling
Changes the image scale: place two fingers
on a screen and pinch them together to
zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in.
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WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD
On-screen keyboard is used when it is necessary to enter
text information, for example, for search or network con-
nection credentials.
To type a symbol, press a key. To switch to another input
language, press the current language button. To add the
language to the on-screen keyboard layout go to Settings>
Languages > Keyboard Layouts.
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1. Change case
2. Enter the typed text
3. Close the on-screen keyboard
4. Erase last typed symbol
5. Change input language.
As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon
will appear on a text field. Touch it to see typed symbols.
FRONTLIGHT
To switch the frontlight on/off, press and hold the Menu
button for one second. To open a frontlight configuration
window, touch the sign on the status bar. Set the front-
light level that is convenient for you in the opened window
via the slider.
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CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
The Device can be connected to the Internet using
Wi-Fi networks. If you open an application, which requires
Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews) the Device will
open a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network
you select is protected, you will be suggested to enter net-
work key using the on-screen keyboard.
You can pre-configure a connection and set an automatic
connection. To proceed, follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings > Network > Network Access
2. Select On for the Network access checkbox and
then further settings appear: Automatic connection, Con-
nection to a hidden network, and a list of available Wi-Fi
networks.
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NOTE If there are no available networks or the signal strength is
week, Available networks are not displayed and instead replaced
by Scanning — searching for available networks.
3. To set up connection with a hidden network, open
Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from
the on-screen keyboard in the Network name (SSID) field.
4. Select security type in the corresponding list:
• None – for an open network
• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you
will need to specify WEP Authentication type – Open
System or Shared Key either. The Device cannot rec-
ognize authentication type automatically
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to spec-
ify username, password and domain (if necessary)
• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter net-
work key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Open Advanced settings. Select the idle time be-
fore disconnection in the corresponding section
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6. If it is needed to configure network settings manu-
ally, go to Advanced settings, and change IP address
configuration:
• DHCP — get IP address automatically (if DHCP
server is configured)
• Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks pa-
rameters manually from the on-screen keyboard
7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy
server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura-
tion section
8. To check network configuration and connect to a
network, return to the Connection to hidden network sec-
tion and press Connect.
NOTE Wi-Fi connection can be used for connecting to an Internet
network. Transferring data via Wi-Fi connection is unavailable. The
Device can be connected to a Wi-Fi access point with MAC address
filtration applied.
Main Menu
In this chapter you will learn about basic elements of user
interface of the Device.
After turning on the Device Main menu will be displayed
on the screen (if Settings > Personalize > Open at start-
up corresponding option was set). To return to the Main
menu from any application, press key.
NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing button doesn’t close
application or book, it is still running in background. You can switch
back to an application by opening task list on status bar icon
touch.
Main menu consists of Recent Events section and applica-
tion panel. When application panel is hidden, there are two
quick access buttons displayed: Library and Book Store.
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Main menu overview
Recent Events is a list of recently
opened and downloaded books
Collapse
Applications
panel
Last read book
Last downloaded
Applications panel
Events of friends
on ReadRate
Filtration
of events
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RECENT EVENTS
This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last
opened, recently loaded books and your friends’ events on
ReadRate and recommendations (see details in Social net-
works & Readrate). You can configure filtration by pressing
on a sign in the top right corner of the screen:
After you touch recently opened book title, it will be
opened on a page you have finished reading before. After
touching a message about recently added books, Library
will be opened displaying added books. Books will be
grouped by creation date.
Filtration
Set marks opposite news,
you would like to receive
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Library Overview
Exit Menu
Search
Turn Library pages
1
2
3
4
5
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LIBRARY
Library is e-books file manager. To open a book, touch its
title. Library menu allows to filter, group, sort, change ap-
pearance of the section and perform search.
1 Filtration criteria
• All Books – all books on selected storage are
displayed
• Now reading – books were opened and read more
than one page
• Favorites – books chosen by a user by means of
the context menu.
2 Grouping criteria
Depending on selected grouping next parameters are dis-
played as folders’ titles:
• Folder – real folder name
• Author – an alphabet is added at the top of the screen
• Series
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• Genre
• Format
• Date Added.
3 Sorting criteria
• File names
• Book titles
• Last opened
• Creation date
• Series
• Author.
Sorting can be ascending or descending .
4 Books list views
Simple – in this mode next information is displayed:
• Folder or file format icon
• Book title and author name (if known)
• Location icon (if file is located on memory card)
• Read percentage and Read status.
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Detailed – in this mode there are added thumbnails,
information about file format and size, read percentage
and status icons: Read, Favorite.
Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and au-
thor name (if known) and Favorite icon are displayed.
5 Storage-dependent appearance has
three options:
• Internal + memory card
• Internal
• Memory card.
Context menu…
…opened by continuous touch…
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…and allows proceeding with next file and folder
operations:
• Open (if item can be opened with alternative read-
er program — Open with…)
• Information – brief information about book/folder.
• Mark as read/unread
• Add to/Remove from Favorites
• File – file operations
• Rename
• Move to folder
• Delete
• Find — allows quick book search by the following
criteria: by author or title, all books of the author, all books
of the series (if the author or the series is known)
• Exit — exit Library.
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NOTES
In this section you can view all the notes made during
reading. After you select a note, the table of contents of
the book, where it was made, will be opened. Please, read
more about notes creation and editing in Notes.
DICTIONARY
Enter a word by on-screen keyboard, and the application
will find its translation. To change dictionary, press but-
ton or touch icon at the right top corner, and select the
dictionary from a list.
BOOK STORE
Book Store application provides quick and convenient li-
censed content download from Book Store portal to your
Device. The internet connection must be active.
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MUSIC
Music player for playing .mp3 media files.
Repeat once Shuffle
Normal Previous Next Volume
Press to switch Play/Pause
+
-
Press / to switch
CloseCollapse
Application
menu Progress bar Playlist
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In the Application menu you can add audio files and fold-
ers with audio to the playlist, rearrange tracks, and save or
clear playlist. By means of the context menu, opened with
a long press on the track, you can perform the following
operations: view info about track, add to queue, or remove
the file from the list.
APPLICATIONS
This section contains games and additional software. To
exit an application, press key or corresponding menu
item .
Calculator
Engineering calculator supports a wide range of math-
ematical operations, such as different numeric systems,
trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
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Chess
You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are
playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty
levels.
Calendar & Clock
Opens current month calendar 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.
Klondike
Classic solitaire.
PocketNews
Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS
news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed op-
tion. Enter the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.
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To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu and
select Delete command or press the Recycle bin icon .
To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu and se-
lect Edit name or Edit URL command. Edit the RSS feed
name or address using the on-screen keyboard.
To update feed, select Update in the application menu.
Updated content is added to the 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 using
the browser.
To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in
the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed
updates open in browser.
News Archive: by selecting this option you can choose to
read the previously stored updating RSS feeds.
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Scribble
Application for drawing.
To select the drawing tool, use the application control
panel:
Text: select the position and size of the text box. Text is
entered with the on-screen keyboard
Pencil: a tool 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 drawing
New: start new drawing
Delete drawing
Exit application.
To save a picture, touch icon. The current picture will
be saved to the My Pictures folder in the root folder of the
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Device. In addition, Scribble application is used for editing
graphic notes.
Sudoku
Popular Japanese puzzle. Press on an empty cell to select
it. After that 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.
Browser
This is an application for viewing web-pages. As you start
Browser, you are suggested to connect to one of available
wireless networks.
To enter website address, touch address bar, type an ad-
dress from on-screen keyboard appeared and press En-
ter. To follow a link, just touch it. If a web-page doesn’t
fit a screen, you can scroll it: place your finger on the
screen and move a page. Also, you can change scale of
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a web-page using zooming gestures (pinch or spread two
fingers). Hardware buttons / are used to scroll page
vertically: scrolls down and scrolls up, respectively.
Browser supports multiple windows, so you can open a
new window for the corresponding browser menu section
and view all opened windows. Also, from browser menu
you can view history of visited websites, downloads, favor-
ites, adjust scale of displaying web-pages, rotate a screen
and configure the browser from Settings section. Under
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Settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/enable
JavaScript and loading images.
To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser
menu.
Book Store
Book Store application provides quick and convenient li-
censed content download from Book Store portal (http://
www.bookland.com/) to your Device. The internet connec-
tion must be active.
If you are already registered, press I already have an ac-
count BookLand and check if the login and password are
entered correctly at Book Store settings.
In order to use Book Store, do the following:
1. Register at the portal Book Store (http://www.
bookland.com/)
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2. Add your Device to your account by entering a se-
rial number of a device on the site.
3. Enter your account data at Book Store in the sec-
tion Settings > Accounts and Synchronization in your
Device.
Exit Personal room
Land
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If the connection with an account is set properly, you get
access to all the features of a portal.
Press the Personal Room to expand options for work with
a personal account:
Top up the balance – top up the balance on a site Book-
Land or directly on the Device using the bank card (Visa,
MasterCard, Maestro).
Purchase history – the list of goods, purchased at the store
My cards – used bank cards
Exit.
Select the book and press Buy to purchase goods. Choose
the format of a downloading book and press Buy and
download on the page Your purchase. The bought file is
moved to the folder Library > Downloads and is displayed
on the wall of Last events of the Main Menu.
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NOTE If there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to
you to top up the balance on a site BookLand or directly on the
Device using the bank card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro).
PocketBook Sync
PocketBook Sync service allows you to download all books,
chosen on the book store, directly to your Device (or even
to several devices).
PocketBook Sync is convenient because you can choose files
from the store in advance and then download them on your
Device in any time convenient for you.
Usage
NOTE For correct work of PocketBook Sync time and date on the De-
vice should be adjusted properly (Settings > Date/time)
To use PocketBook Sync you need to perform several sim-
ple steps:
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Registration
1. Register at the portal Book Store. (For example, at
the portal www.bookland.com you need to add your De-
vice to your account by entering a serial number of the
Device on the site).
2. Authorize in PocketBook Sync. Do the following:
• launch the PocketBook Sync application and
choose Authorize, or choose Login item in PocketBook
Sync Settings (Settings > Accounts and Synchronization >
PocketBook Sync). If Wi-Fi connection has not been acti-
vated, the Device will generate a connection request).
• choose the store, where you are registered, from
the list of content providers, and enter your account data.
Choosing and Sending Content to Your Device
Choose the books on the Book Store and send them to
the Device. (For example, in the BookLand www.bookland.
com you need to choose content in the Items section and
press Send to PocketBook).
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Downloading Content on the Device
Turn on Wi-Fi connection on your Device or choose Up-
date in PocketBook Sync application (if Wi-Fi connection
has not been activated, the Device will generate the con-
nection request).
If Automatic connection is chosen in PocketBook
Sync settings, Wi-Fi will be activated automatical-
ly every half an hour for checking new links (if the
Device is not powered off/not in sleeping mode).
The list of downloads will be automatically loaded to the
queue after successful setting connection.
If Automatic download is chosen in PocketBook Sync set-
tings, the download will start automatically. If By request
is chosen in PocketBook Sync settings, then a list of titles
prepared for download to the Device will be displayed in
the In queue section. You need to select one, several or all
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items in the list and choose Download (you can also delete
undesirable links by choosing Delete).
You will see downloading and downloaded files in the
Downloads section. Downloaded files are moved to the
Download folder, location of which is defined in the Pock-
etBook Sync settings (Downloads folder by default). The
downloaded file is displayed on the wall of Last events of
the Main Menu.
Photo
Opens Library in the mode of viewing images (downloaded
to the folder Photo). The opened photo is displayed in a
full-screen mode. To set a photo as Boot Logo or Power-
off Logo, to Rotate or view Information about it, touch the
full-screen image to switch 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.
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Dropbox PocketBook
Dropbox application allows to download files, added to
Dropbox from any computer or any device with installed
Dropbox app or from the Dropbox website, to your Device.
And you do not need to install anything to your Pocket-
Book, it is 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 section
‘Settings > 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
Device. The ‘Application > Dropbox PocketBook’ directory
will show up in your Dropbox account, and after synchroni-
zation it will be available from other devices with Dropbox.
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NOTE The application on your device will have access only to files
in the ‘Dropbox PocketBook’ folder on the server
How to synchronize
Automatically:
1. Files, added to the directory ‘Application > Dropbox
PocketBook’ on the server and to the sync folder on your De-
vice, will be automatically synchronized when the internet
connection is on.
2. All synchronized files will be downloaded to the
sync folder 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 Now’, or in the Library choose ‘Synchronize
Now’ in the context menu of the sync folder.
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Send-to-PocketBook
The application allows to send files to the email address of
your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded
to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on.
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.
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• The email with the activation link will be sent to the
specified address. Follow this link to receive the email address
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 for sending books to it, if you want
them to be downloaded to your Device.
After activation update the registration wizard on the De-
vice. After that all applications features will be available 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 De-
vice, will be automatically downloaded to the download
folder in the Device Library, when the internet connection
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is on. Download folder is available after authorization from
the locations:
• Applications > Send-to-PocketBook
• Settings > Accounts and synchronizations > Send-
to-PocketBook > Go to folder of the context menu of the
Download folder
• Library > Send-to-PocketBook.
2. By default, ‘Send-to-PocketBook’ is the download
folder, but 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 download folder
in the Library of the Device.
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The list of trusted senders
Documents can be downloaded on the Device, if they are
sent from the 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-
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.
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SEARCH
After selecting this item the on-screen keyboard will be
opened, so you will be able to type in a search query –
a part from file name, book title or author’s mane. After
entering the query Library, displaying search results, will
open.
STATUS BAR
Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and briefly
displays system info. In reading mode status bar displays
current page and total page count. To switch to a system
status bar, press the icon .
Wi-Fi is connected
Touch to view info
Touch to open
task list
Battery charge
Date & time Frontlight
PocketBook
Status
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TASK MANAGEMENT
Device software supports multitasking, and you can quickly
switch between running applications in several ways:
• by touching status bar icon
• by evoking task manager by continuous press on
the Home button.
Besides task switching, you can force close running appli-
cations: press against an application in the list . You
can also access quickly some Device control features:
• Lock Device. To unlock, press On/Off button
• Open wireless connections list
• Open music player
• Turn off the Device.
NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing button doesn’t close
application, it is still running in background. That causes, for exam-
ple, that read percentage displayed in Library doesn’t change after
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you exit the book by pressing . To close application completely,
touch top left corner of the screen, press button continuously or
the corresponding application menu item.
INSTALLING EXTENSIONS
You can install additional Text-to-Speech packages (avail-
able for download on PocketBook website in Support sec-
tion) and dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in
Book Store).
1. Copy extension file with .pbi extension to the De-
vice internal storage.
2. Disconnect the Device from PC.
3. Loaded file will appear in Last Events.
4. Launch copied extension file as an application and
confirm installation.
Reading Books
In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and configure
reader software for the most comfortable reading. The Device
supports next book formats: PDF, EPUB (including Adobe DRM-
protected); FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU, RTF, HTML, HTM,
CHM, TCR, PRC, MOBI, ACSM.
To open a book, touch its title Last opened 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
opening a book reader application will count pages – this is indi-
cated with ‘…’ sign instead of a page count in a status bar. During
page calculation some features will not be available.
To bring up reading menu, touch the center of the screen.
Pressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu.
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GESTURES IN
READING MODE
Close-
book Book-
mark
Open
reading menu
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Exit book Book name Search Bookmark Expand
reading menu
Content Turning pages Open ReadRate
menu
Reading Menu
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SOCIAL NETWORKS & READRATE
Now you will be able to take advantages of social networks on
your Pocketbook: share 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 infor-
mation about the most popular books.
You need an Internet connection to send events to social net-
works. To open the ReadRate menu, touch the icon in the
reading menu.
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Now reading, Have read, Like, Unlike
1. Touch one of the options (Now reading, Have read, Like
or Unlike).
2. Enter data (E-mail and password) of one of your ac-
counts: in social networks or in the market Book Store.
3. In consequence there will be created the ReadRate pro-
file, you can link another social networks accounts to it. After au-
thorization the window appears:
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4. Select social networks, where you want to send news:
Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter – icons of chosen
networks will become hefted.
5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the Read-
Rate profile, you will be proposed to link them.
6. Confirm your choice by pressing OK.
All actions are displayed by default in your ReadRate profile and in
the news line of chosen social networks.
After activating Now reading, Have read, Like or Unlike statuses,
their icons become colored — , , and .
Share quotation
To share quotation from a book:
1. After continuous touch on the screen in the opened book,
creeper of text selection appear.
2. Select quotation and press Share icon .
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3. After that the scenario Now reading, Have read, Like,
Unlike is performed, beginning from 2 item.
4. All actions of your friends on ReadRate are displayed in
Recent events on your Device:
5. You can Delete or Open event. When you open it all new
friends’ actions on ReadRate will be displayed.
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To delete your social networks accounts information for ReadRate,
go to Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate > Re-
move ReadRate authorization on your PocketBook.
If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functionality, set Off
in Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate > Read-
Rate Status. After this operation all ReadRate options becomes
hidden and inactive.
TURNING PAGES
To turn pages use sliding gesture or
/ Device keys.
CONTENTS
If a book has table of contents, you can open it by selecting the
corresponding reading menu item.
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Content section contains three insets:
• Sections (book’s chapters names);
• Bookmarks (made during reading);
• Notes (graphic or text).
If there’s no content, bookmarks or notes, the corresponding inset is
blank. If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry
will be marked with ‘+’ sign – touch it to expand. ‘+’ sign will be
changed to ‘-‘ – touch it to collapse.
To open contents menu touch and hold your finger on the screen
or press 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.
OPEN PAGE
You can go to the specific page in several ways:
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• By moving the progress bar slider in the reading menu.
< and > buttons are intended for more precise navigation – one
page backward/forward, respectively.
• By touching the slider, which opens a dialog window
where you are able to enter the page number you want to open.
• By touching the page number in the reading mode menu,
then you can input a page number by pressing digits on the screen.
• By touching the current page number on the status bar,
which opens a dialog window, where you will be able to scroll
where you want to go, enter the page number after touching
page number above the scroll, or view thumbnails of recently
opened pages. Chapter name is displayed under the scroll bar.
In Last Opened sections thumbnails of last four opened pages are
displayed.
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BOOKMARKS
To create a bookmark, touch right top corner of the screen. A dog
ear mark will appear. To delete a bookmark, touch this mark again
and confirm deletion.
Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the correspond-
ing reading menu item.
All the bookmarks are displayed in book contents.
FOLLOWING LINKS
To follow a footnote, internal or external link, touch to enter links
mode. To exit this mode, touch top left corner of the screen.
If a link follows to a web-site, it will be opened with Device built-in
browser. To return to reading, press Exit in Browser menu.
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SEARCH
To search in book text touch the icon of the reading menu.
After entering a query from on-screen keyboard, results found will
be highlighted. To move between search results, touch on arrow
buttons at the right bottom corner of the screen.
SCALING
Text Format Books
In text format books (ePub, FB2, DOC etc.) you can change font
size using the scaling gesture: pinch two fingers together to re-
duce font size and spread fingers apart to enlarge. Also you can
change font size by sliding on right side of the screen: upwards to
increase and downwards to decrease.
Settings reader menu section provides more options to configure
reader software: font, font size, spacing, page margins width,
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hyphenations (on/off) encoding, refresh mode (Best Quality or
High Speed).
PDF & DjVu
You can change only the whole page scale only (except Reflow
mode for PDF).
Pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to
zoom in or slide a finger upwards the right side of screen to zoom
in or downwards – to zoom out, respectively.
Under Mode reading menu section you can zoom pages or select
viewing mode:
• Whole page – one page scaling;
• Columns – for reading books with columns. To navigate
the page use navigation buttons. A page will be turned after bot-
tom edge of the sheet reached;
• Reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display com-
pletely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for PDF books
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only. Some tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the Reflow
mode;
• Fit width – scaling page to the screen width;
• Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins width or
heigth. In Mode section of the reading menu, press to extend
Margins cropping menu:
• automatic — margins will be cropped automatically
• manual — Move arrow buttons to set margins width
and heigth of margins. After selecting cropping area, de-
fine cropping settings: for all pages, odd pages, even pages
or current page only. Confirm your choice by clicking Crop
margins.
If the margins cropping is applied for current page, then the mini-
mized view signature is changed by Margins cropping (auto) or Mar-
gins cropping (manual). To cancel margins cropping, mark checkbox
off (by default).
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DICTIONARY
Touch and hold 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 dic-
tionary entry of a selected word appears. Next tools are available:
On-screen keyboard
for typing text for
translation
Change
dictionary
View resembling
words/ Back to word
translation
Fix this window to
the top/bottom of
the screen
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NOTES
Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and make hand-
written 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 will enter Notes, a tooltip window will appear.
Tools:
Marker – use to highlight text: touch the beginning of the
fragment and slide to the end. If you select area, which already
contains marker, they will be merged. Continuous touch opens
context menu, where you can add text comment or remove mark-
er. If the selection already has comment, you will be able to edit it
by selecting View Comment option.
Pencil – use to draw notes in the text.
Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the finger across the
area with note to erase it.
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Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a picture.
Table of Contents – opens the book’s Table of Contents.
Help – opens a window with instructions on using the tools.
Close notes mode.
All notes are visible from Main menu (section Notes).
SCREEN ORIENTATION
To change screen orientation, select Rotate reading menu section
and select orientation you need.
TEXT-TO-SPEECH
Text-to-Speech (TTS) software is designed to transform text into
speech.
To start TTS, open reading menu and select Voice. TTS control
panel will appear:
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Select voice package Play/Pause Volume Exit
CLOSING A BOOK
To close a book, touch left top corner.
Progress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are turned
automatically as you listen.
Initially there are 3 TTS packages are installed on the Device.
Settings
In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface
and software features of the Device for the most
comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu section
to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after
exiting the section.
If you will encounter any problems with new settings, you
will be able to start the Device in safe mode with factory
defaults. To start in a safe mode, press and hold key
during the Device boot.
FRONTLIGHT
You can turn on/off frontlight and configure its brightness.
PERSONALIZE
Open at Startup last opened book or main menu.
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Boot Logo – image displayed during the Device starts.
Logos are stored in system/logo internal storage folder, so
you can copy an image you’d like to be displayed during
startup.
ATTENTION! System folder is hidden by default. Please, change its
parameters on your computer to make it visible.
Power-off Logo — the image will be displayed when the
Device is off. You can set a cover of the last opened book
by setting book cover.
NOTE You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo
application. Read about it in the Photo section.
Font. If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the
system/fonts internal storage folder
Theme is set by default. If you want to use another theme,
download a file in .pbt format to the folder system/themes;
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Key Mapping. In this section you can remap hardware
keys. To change key action, select it from the list and select
action from the list.
NETWORK
In this section you can set parameters needed for network
connection.
Network access — on or off. After network access
activation, the following settings appear:
• Auto connection on or off.
• 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, security,
IP-address, network mask, main gateway, DNS.
NOTE If Scanning is displayed instead of Available Networks, it
means that Device is searching for available networks.
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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.
LANGUAGES
Language Select the Device’s interface language.
Keyboard Layouts Under this section you can add up to
3 keyboard layouts.
Speech Synthesis
In this section you can set parameters for TTS:
• Language and Voice – select the TTS package;
• Speed of Speech.
Configure Dictionaries. Under this section you can
uncheck dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the
list during the translation or in Dictionary application;
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ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION
PocketBook Sync — There are the following settings for
the PocketBook Sync service:
• PocketBook Sync Status: On or off. The service is
turned on automatically at the authorization. If you are not
going to use the service for a long period, you can turn off
to optimize the Device productivity.
• Establishing Connection: Automatically
(connection will be established automatically every half an
hour to check for new links (if the Device is not powered
off/ not in sleeping mode)) or Manually (the connection is
established at updating list of downloads or at choosing
network connection).
• Downloading via Wi-Fi: On demand (you need to
process the list before download) or Automatically (all new
files are downloaded automatically).
• Download folder: location of files. The Downloads
folder is set by default. You can choose another folder or
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create a new one in the internal Device storage or on the
external SD-card.
• Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the
application, the page with a list of book stores will appear
for choosing and authorization. If you are authorized, then
you can logout PocketBook Sync.
• About Service — more detailed about service
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
password, to 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, please, check if your
Device is connected to the Internet.
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• Receive files automatically: On or Off. Files, sent
to the Device address username@pbsync.com, will be
automatically updated in the download folder, if Wi-Fi
connection 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 service — more detailed about service.
Dropbox — In this section the following options are
available:
• Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the
application, 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 directory will be synced. Before syncing
files, please check if your Device is connected to the
Internet and is linked to the proper Dropbox account
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• Autosync: Turn On or off auto synchronization. The
service is turned on automatically at the authorization, so
Dropbox will automatically sync files, if Wi-Fi connection
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 folder on the Device is set by default. You can
choose another folder or create a new one in the internal
Device storage or on the external SD-card.
• About Service — more detailed about service
ReadRate — In this section the following options are
available:
• Remove ReadRate Authorization. After removing
all files of events from ReadRate are deleted. Read more
about ReadRate in “Social networks & ReadRate” section.
• ReadRate Status
• ReadRate authorization
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Adobe DRM
To authorize, input your Login (e-mail address) and
Password. When you are authorized, your login and
Remove Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed.
After removing all protected DRM documents will be
unavailable.
ADVANCED SETTINGS
User Profiles
Here you can configure up to 6 user profiles (5 can be
stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microSD card).
Each profile stores individual books’ status, 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
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current above-mentioned parameters will be stored at this
profile.
To activate profile open the one you need. In profile context
menu you can change avatar, duplicate profile to a new
one (to the SD card or internal storage either), rename or
delete profile.
System
Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data,
except system files;
CAUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device, use this
feature only, don’t try to format the Device internal memory via PC.
Format SD card – this action will erase all data from the
external microSD card;
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Backup & Recovery
• Factory Reset – the Device state will be reset to
factory default settings, erasing user settings. Other data
(e.g. books, photos) won’t be lost;
• Backup Configuration to SD – this action will create
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-screen keyboard;
• Restore Configuration – select the configuration
file to restore from a list;
Library
This section is intended for optimization of Library database.
• Library Data Update – set the parameters for
Library database update:
• Off – database won’t be updated;
• Once – database will be updated after exit from
Configuration section, the parameter will be set to
Off after update;
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• Automatically – database would be update
after each Library opening and copying/removal of
books (including microSD card change).
• Optimise Database – remove old database entries.
To run optimization set the parameter to Once and exit
Settings. The parameter will be set to Off after optimization.
Removing Packages – remove dictionaries. Check items to
uninstall, press Backward to exit the section and confirm
removal in dialog window.
USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection
by default: PC link, charge or ask user
Privacy
Protect Configurations by Password — in this section you
can protect your setting by password. Select Set Password
section and type the password from on-screen keyboard.
Now each time you try to enter Settings section, you will
be asked to enter the password. You can remove or change
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password by 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
information for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can
disable this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic
and Usage section.
Text Rendering
good quality or high speed.
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.
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Large File Warning
If this setting is on, the Device will show a notification
when you try to open file larger than 25 MB.
Status Bar in Reading Mode
You can configure the bottom panel in the reading mode
according to your taste, activating information blocks:
Current page, Date and time, Book title, Battery charge,
Multitask, Wi-Fi, Frontlight.
NOTE You can set not more than four blocks.
Demo mode
switching demo mode for the Device. To activate
demonstration mode check On in the Demo mode item.
SAVING BATTERY
Here you can set parameters, which help to save battery
charge:
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• Battery Percentage,
• LED Indication – you may disable LED indication by
selecting Off in this section.
• Lock Device after — set time of idleness, after
which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min.
• Power off after — set time of idleness, after which
the Device power off: 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes.
DEVICE INFO
The following information about Device will be displayed:
Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform,
Wi-Fi MAC address),
Memory (operative memory, total and available internal
memory and microSD card),
Software
• Firmware Version,
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• Software Update – the Device will search for
updates in the following order: microSD card (if installed),
internal storage and Internet;
• Auto Update – turn on/off automatic check for
updates.
Legal Information — license and information about third-
party applications, used on the Device.
Firmware Update
WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during
which management software of the Device will be changed. In case
of improper execution control program may be damaged and will
require treatment in the service centre. 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 > About
Device > Software > Software Update.
The Device will begin to check available update sources in
the following order:
• MicroSD card (if installed);
• internal memory;
• Internet.
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If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will ask
to connect to one of available wireless networks.
Also you can activate the automatic updates check (Set-
tings > About Device > Software > Auto Update). In this
case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only.
Manual Update
1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. 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 internal Device storage.
5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.
6. Press and hold both Backward and Forward buttons.
7. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off. Hold
both Backward and Forward buttons until the message
Firmware update… is displayed on the screen.
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8. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures:
connect USB cable to the Device and Press Menu Key
NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Set-
tings > About device > Software > Firmware Version
Troubleshooting
Error Message Reason Correction Method
No upgrade image
found
File SWUPDATE.BIN
cannot be found on the
microSD card. Make
sure the file is in the root
folder of the card.
Delete some files from
the Device and copy
SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
one more time. Repeat
the download from www.
pocketbook-int.com.
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
the Device and copy
SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
one more time. Repeat
the download from www.
pocketbook-int.com.
File read error MicroSD card error Try to use another
MicroSD card
Error. A different
firmware version is
installed on the device
A firmware file of an
older version is stored
in the device internal
memory.
Delete the old version of
the firmware file from the
Device’s internal memory
root folder
Troubleshooting
Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution
Device does not turn on or
turns on but only the logo
is loaded
Battery is low Charge the battery
A book does not open
- the message Book is
probably damaged or pro-
tected appears, or nothing
happens at all
The book is damaged
If the book was down-
loaded from the online
store try to re-load it again.
If the file opens on your
PC, but does not open on
the Device, 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
(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 applica-
tion by pressing /
keys simultaneously for
1–2 sec.
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Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution
After connection to PC
disks are not displayed in
Explorer
Your Device is in the bat-
tery charging mode.
Check USB mode in Set-
tings Main Menu item. Set
Connection to PC or Ask at
Connection
No signal in connection
cable
Check USB cable condition
and its proper connec-
tion 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, 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 turn-
ing off
Settings > Date/Time in
Main Menu. Select auto-
matic turn off time in Auto
Turn Off in… item

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