Barnes & Noble Nook Tour 1.5 User Manual
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Contents
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How to Use this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
More Information Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
In the Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Charge your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Learn the Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Register your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Explore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power and Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Device States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Low Charge Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Battery Charge and Charging Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Charging your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wall Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
USB Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Charging Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hard Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hardware Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
NOOK Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Back Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Built-in Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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International Use and Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using your NOOK abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Use on Airplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Caring for Your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Warranty Coverage and the B&N Protection Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operating the Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Home Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turning Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Page Indicators for Lists and Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Color Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Navigation on the Reading Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Form Navigation and Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Keyboards and Typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
D-pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sorting Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Filtering Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Viewing a Gallery of Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
B&N Fast & Free Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dropped Connections and Lost Wi-Fi Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
In Areas with No Wireless Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Registering your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Account Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Initial Library Synchronization and Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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An Unregistered NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Unregistering your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Re-registering your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Personalizing your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wallpaper Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Screensaver Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reader Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Message Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Procedures for The Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shopfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Magazines and Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Browsing the Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Searching the Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Result Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Browsing a Gallery of Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Viewing Item Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Password Protection for Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Making Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ordering from your NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Content Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
eWish List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
In-Store Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shopfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Read in Stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
My B&N Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Reading Something . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Library Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Downloading Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Organizing Your Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Finding What You Want to Read in My B&N Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Searching My B&N Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Browsing a Gallery of Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Viewing Item Details for B&N Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Archiving B&N Digital Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Managing Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Managing Periodical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deleting B&N Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
My Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adobe Digital Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Supported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Ergonomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Beginning Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Resuming Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Turning Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Navigating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reader Text Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reader Text Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Opening DRM-secured Digital Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Opening Password-Secured PDF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reading Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reading Progress and Page Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Page Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Synchronizing Reading Across Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Finding Words and Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Looking up Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Lending eBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Determining Whether an eBook Can Be Lent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Lending an eBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Borrowing an eBook on a NOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Bookmarks, Highlights, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Highlights and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Rating eBooks and Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Web Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using a Browser on Two Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Choosing a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Managing Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Browser Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sudoku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
USB Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Connecting your NOOK to your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Disconnecting your NOOK from your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
One Drive or Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Protection from Viruses and Other Malware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Speaker and Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Supported File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Managing Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Playing an Audio File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Viewing what is Currently Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Audio Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Where You Can Put Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
USB Access and microSD Card Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Managing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Adding Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Wireless Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
USB Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Update Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Settings Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
All Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Procedures for Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Resetting to Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
NOOK™ Terms of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
One Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
FCC Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
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Getting Started
This section gives an overview of what you need to do to start using your NOOK.
In the Package
The package your NOOK comes in contains four things:
• Your NOOK
• A power adapter that can be plugged into an electrical outlet. It has a nonpolarized type-A
plug for use in North America. The standard-A plug on the USB cable (the big end) fits into the
power adapter to connect the power adapter to your NOOK.
• A USB cable for transferring files to and from a personal computer, and for charging from a
wall outlet or computer. The USB cable has a micro-B plug on the NOOK end and a standard-A
plug on the computer end. It is a shielded USB 2.0 cable.
• A printed Quick Start Guide
The battery is preinstalled in your NOOK.
You can save the package as a convenient place to store your NOOK when not in use, and as an
inner shipping box in the event you need to send your NOOK in for repairs or replacement.
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Charge your NOOK
Wall
Charge your NOOK with the supplied power adapter and USB cable until the yellow charging
indicator light goes out. Your NOOK will turn on when you plug it in. Do not turn it o. A typical
charging time using a wall outlet is 3.5 hours.
Outlet
Learn the Controls
These are the main controls for your NOOK:
USB
Cable
Power Button
Reading Screen
Page Turn Buttons
Power
Adapter
Home Button
Color Touchscreen
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• Power button: Press and release the power button to turn on your NOOK. When your NOOK
is on, tap the power button to awaken it and to cause it to sleep. Press and hold the power
button for 5 seconds to turn o your NOOK fully.
• Reading screen: This is where you read your eBooks, magazines, and newspapers. The
reading screen is a 600 x 800, 3.57 x 4.82 inch (6-inch diagonal), reflective high-resolution E Ink
electronic paper display. The reading screen is not a touchscreen; you navigate on the reading
screen using the color touchscreen.
• Page turn buttons: Press the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to turn pages in digital
content and in a paginated list.
• Home button: Tap the Home button to display the Home menu and Home screen, which
displays your wallpaper. If you have new periodical issues or lending oers, a bubble on the
Home screen tells you. If the touchscreen is dark, tap the Home button or touchscreen to light
up the touchscreen.
• Color touchscreen: Tap an icon on the Home menu to display The Daily, your library, the
Shop, what you are reading now, games, Wi-Fi® settings, the audio player, the web browser,
or settings. Swipe the Home menu to the left and right to see all of the icons. Tap menu items
to do things like buying an eBook and selecting something to read. Swipe the touchscreen to
browse a gallery of covers, and to turn pages in an eBook or periodical when the touchscreen is
not lit.
Here are a few pointers about using the touchscreen:
• To light it up: The touchscreen dims to save power, and because you do not need to look
at it while reading. When you are reading and the touchscreen is not lit, you can turn pages by
swiping your finger on the touchscreen. To light up the touchscreen, tap it. If your NOOK is
sleeping (you will see a screensaver image); press and release the power button to wake it.
• Tap: Most of the time, when you choose things in menus and touch buttons on the
touchscreen, you “tap”: touch a menu or button and then immediately raise your finger.
• Swipe and scroll: To browse the gallery of covers, swipe your finger from left to right and
from right to left. Touch the touchscreen, move your finger to the left or right, and then raise
your finger. If there are more than four menu choices, a scrollbar is displayed. To scroll, touch a
menu choice (not the scrollbar), move your finger up or down, and then raise your finger. When
you swipe to turn pages while reading, your finger should already be moving to the left or right
when it first touches the touchscreen.
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• Navigating on the reading screen: Use the Up and Down buttons to move a
highlight, often indicated by a symbol, up and down on the reading screen. This is an example:
• Selecting an item on the reading screen: Tap the Select button to select the
highlighted item on the reading screen. The result is an action that depends on the context, for
example, opening an eBook or displaying item details.
• Backing up: In some places in the menus, there is a Back button: . Tap the Back button to
back up a step. You can also use the Back button to return to the jumping-o page when you
navigate using a link.
Register your NOOK
Registration is associating your NOOK with a Barnes & Noble online account, an account on the
BN.com website (www.barnesandnoble.com or www.BN.com). If you do not have a Barnes &
Noble online account, create one online at BN.com. You should register your NOOK, because
doing so allows you to buy digital content from the Barnes & Noble eBookstore and provides other
benefits.
To register your NOOK, you need a wireless connection.
You register from your NOOK, not on the Barnes & Noble website. When you first turn on your
NOOK, your NOOK leads you through registration. If you defer registration, you can register later
by tapping settings > Device > Register your nook.
Explore
Now that your NOOK is charged and registered, you can explore its features. For example:
• Visit The Daily: Tap the Home button and then tap the daily. The Daily is a message center
for daily B&N feeds and notifications. Check back daily to read feeds and to learn about special
oers, deliveries to your Library, subscriptions, lending oers, and software updates.
• Shop: Tap the Home button and then tap shop. With your NOOK, it is easy to buy eBooks,
magazines, and newspapers from the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. Some content is even free!
You can also download eBooks to your NOOK from your personal computer.
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• Visit your library: Tap the Home button and then tap my library. Your library provides access
to your B&N eBooks, magazines, and newspapers. It also provides access to your other eBooks.
For B&N content, you have a unified view of the content on your NOOK and in your online
digital library. You can browse and search for content in your library.
• Read: On your new NOOK, you will find some eBooks are already in your library. You can read
those, eBooks and periodicals you purchase from the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and digital
content you copy to your NOOK from a personal computer. Navigate to an item in your library
and tap Select to read it.
• Read in stores: While in Barnes & Noble Bookstores, you can read many eBooks free of
charge. These are not samples, but are entire eBooks. Read an eBook for up to one hour per
day.
• Browse the World Wide Web: When connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can browse the
World Wide Web on your NOOK.
• Play games: Play games on your NOOK. Play chess and Sudoku.
• Add personal content and music: You are not limited to B&N content on your NOOK.
You can download digital content to your NOOK from your personal computer. To download
personal content to your NOOK, connect it to a personal computer using the USB cable. Put
your own eBooks and digital reading content in the folder my documents. Put music in the
folder my music.
• Listen to music: You can listen to music while reading. Tap audio on the Home menu or
Open Audio Player in the Reader to listen to music.
• Personalize your NOOK: You can download screensaver and wallpaper images to your NOOK
and choose among several text fonts and six text sizes for reading. Put screensaver images in
first-level subfolders of the folder my screensavers. Put wallpaper images in the top-level
folder my wallpapers. You can also set settings to your liking. Tap settings.
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Power and Charging
This section explains your NOOK’s power management and charging.
Device States
Your NOOK is in one of five states:
O:
Your NOOK is o. Nothing is running.
When you first take your NOOK out of the package, it is o. We recommend that you also turn
your NOOK o when in checked baggage on an airplane. After 72 hours of sleep, your NOOK turns
o automatically to conserve battery charge.
To turn your NOOK o, press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds, until the reading
screen is white and the touchscreen is dark. Then release the power button.
Do not turn o your NOOK while it is plugged into a power adapter or USB. If you do, it
will not charge.
On:
Your NOOK is on. When your NOOK is on, everything works. The main and touch screens are both
lit, and you can read content and listen to music or audiobooks. If Airplane mode is on, you cannot
do things that require the radio, such as shopping at the B&N eBookstore.
To turn your NOOK on, press the power button briefly (for a second or so) and release it, connect
your NOOK to a personal computer using the USB cable, or begin charging your NOOK using a wall
outlet.
When your NOOK powers on, it takes you to the Home screen. It also connects to the network
and scans the microSDTM card to check for changes in content.
If you are just charging your NOOK and don’t need it to be on, don’t worry. It will go to sleep.
Touchscreen backlight dimmed and then turned o:
To save power, your NOOK automatically dims the touchscreen and then turns it o when the
touchscreen is not being used. Everything else is still on. You can continue turning pages with the
Next Page and Previous Page buttons, or by swiping your finger on the unlit touchscreen. You
can continue listening to music or an audiobook. Configure the touchscreen timer in Settings. Tap
settings > Display > Touchscreen timer.
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When the touchscreen is dimmed, you can still use it. Tap a menu choice or button, that action will
be carried out, and the touchscreen will brighten.
To light up the touchscreen, tap the touchscreen, tap the Home button, or press and release the
power button.
Sleep:
To save power, your NOOK sleeps after a period of inactivity. It turns o its touchscreen and
wireless circuitry. While your NOOK is sleeping it displays a screensaver image on the reading
screen. Configure the sleep timer in Settings. Tap settings > Display > Sleep timer.
Do not rely on sleep mode when you should turn on Airplane mode (for example, on an
airplane).
To wake your NOOK from sleep, press the power button briefly (for a second or so) and release it.
When your NOOK awakens from sleep, you are right where you were when it went to sleep.
After 72 hours of sleep, your NOOK turns o automatically to conserve battery charge.
For normal use, because the reading screen does not consume power, just let your NOOK
sleep. It takes longer for your NOOK to turn on from o than it does to wake from sleep.
Also, by letting it sleep instead of turning it o, your NOOK wakes up periodically to
perform tasks like downloading new content.
USB drive mode:
When you plug your NOOK into a personal computer, it connects to USB. This puts your NOOK in
USB drive mode. In this mode, you can access files on your NOOK from your personal computer,
but your NOOK is locked until you disconnect it from USB.
Power Button
The shiny metal strip at the top of your NOOK is the power button:
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To turn your NOOK on, display the touchscreen, awaken your NOOK from sleep, or cause your
NOOK to sleep, press the power button for about 1 second and then release it.
To turn your NOOK o, press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds, until the reading
screen is white and the touchscreen is dark. Then release the power button.
Power Management
Your NOOK uses quite modest amounts of power compared to a laptop computer. It uses a small
amount of power to turn a page on the reading screen, but no power to keep the page displayed.
The touchscreen does use power when it is lit. After 72 hours of sleep, your NOOK turns o
automatically to conserve battery charge.
To allow you to manage power use, and to give you the experience that suits your reading habits,
you can configure two inactivity periods:
• Touchscreen timer: Time from last touchscreen activity until the touchscreen backlight
is turned o. You can choose among 10, 30 (the default), and 60 seconds. The touchscreen
backlight is dimmed by 50% after half of this time period (5, 15, or 30 seconds). To set the
touchscreen timer, tap settings > Display > Touchscreen timer.
• Sleep timer: Time from last activity (touchscreen or button presses) until your NOOK sleeps.
During sleep, a screensaver image is displayed on the reading screen and the touchscreen is unlit.
You can choose among 2, 5 (the default), 10, 15, and 20 minutes. To set the sleep timer, tap
settings > Display > Sleep timer.
Low Charge Alerts
Your NOOK has two low-charge alerts:
Low charge alert:
When the battery charge is rather low (about 15% charge), your NOOK displays a message to
charge it. You can dismiss the message and continue using your NOOK, but you should charge it as
soon as possible. To extend the time that the charge lasts, you can turn Airplane mode on, which
disables all wireless connectivity. If you turn Airplane mode on, you cannot access your online digital
library, The Daily, the Shop, or browse the web.
After your NOOK displays the low charge alert, it might turn o wireless connectivity.
When it does, you will not be able to access the your online digital library, The Daily, the
Shop, or browse the web until you charge your NOOK.
Critically low charge alert:
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When the battery charge is critically low (too low for continued operation), your NOOK displays a
message to charge it and shuts down. The critically low battery level is about 5%.
You must charge your NOOK before using it. It will charge faster using the power adapter. When
your NOOK has enough charge to run, it will start, but remember that it still has very little charge.
You can use it, but should continue charging it.
Battery Charge and Charging Indicators
Your NOOK ships with a partially charged battery. We recommend that you charge your NOOK
before using it.
Your NOOK has the following indicators of the battery charge and charging.
Battery Charge Indicators
Your NOOK indicates in two places the amount of charge remaining in the battery:
• With an icon in the status bar:
Battery charge levels when your NOOK is not charging (from low to full charge):
Battery charge levels when your NOOK is charging (from low to high):
• With a percentage of full charge on the Settings page. The percentage is updated when
the battery charge changes.
In some cases, the Battery Charge on the Settings summary reads Not available. This is normal.
It means that the software that reads the charge got some readings that it could not interpret.
After a few minutes, your NOOK will get more readings and display the battery charge.
Charging Indicators
Your NOOK indicates in two places when it is charging the battery:
• With a charging indicator light next to the data/charging port. When your NOOK
is charging, the charging indicator light to the left of the USB port lights up yellow. When the
device is not charging or is fully charged, the charging indicator light is not lit.
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Charging
Indicator Light
If the charge in your NOOK’s battery is very low, it can take up to about 15 minutes before
the charging indicator light turns on. If it does not turn on after half an hour, make sure the
USB cable is firmly seated.
• With a plus sign in the battery charge icon in the status bar (shown above)
It can take up to about 15 seconds before the battery charge icon in the status bar is
updated to reflect plugging in or unplugging your NOOK.
Charging your NOOK
Charge your NOOK using:
• A power adapter. Use the supplied power adapter connected to your NOOK through the
supplied USB cable.
• A USB cable (the supplied one or a dierent one)
Wall charging is faster than USB charging. Approximate charging times from fully discharged to fully
charged are:
• Wall charging: 3.5 hours
• USB charging: 6 hours
A fully discharged NOOK will turn on after charging for about 15 minutes or less in most cases, but
the charge is still low. When your NOOK does turn on, it will charge most quickly if you do not use
it while it charges. However, you can use it if you keep it plugged in and charging while you do. If
the battery charge is very low, it can take an hour before your NOOK turns on.
Your NOOK must be on or sleeping to charge. When your NOOK is o and you plug it in
to charge it, your NOOK turns on. Do not turn it o again; it needs to be on to charge. If
you are not using your NOOK, it will sleep and continue to charge.
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Wall Charging
Wall
Wall charging is the recommended way to charge your NOOK, because it is faster than USB
charging. You can charge your NOOK when it is on or sleeping. If your NOOK is o, it turns on
when you plug it in. You can use your NOOK while it is charging.
Only use the supplied NOOK power adapter. Other power adapters might damage your
battery and NOOK.
Outlet
USB
Cable
To charge your NOOK using the power adapter:
1 Assemble the power adapter and USB cable. Insert the large end of the USB cable into the
matching receptacle on the power adapter.
2 Plug the NOOK end of the USB cable into your NOOK.
3 Plug the power adapter into a compatible electrical outlet. If your NOOK was o, it turns on.
Do not turn it o again. Your NOOK charges.
4 When charging, the charging indicator light to the left of the USB port lights up yellow.
5 When your NOOK is fully charged, the charging indicator light goes out.
6 Unplug the power adapter from the electrical outlet and unplug the USB cable from your NOOK.
Power
Adapter
USB Charging
While your NOOK is charging through USB, you can use it as a USB drive, or you can eject/
unmount the NOOK drive and a supplemental microSD card drive if present and use your
NOOK for reading. We recommend that you do not shop or download content while USB
charging.
You can charge your NOOK from a USB port on a personal computer. This is convenient if you are
using USB drive mode on your NOOK to transfer files, or if you are using a personal computer for
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other things. It is not, however, the fastest way to charge your NOOK. You can charge your NOOK
Computer / USB
through USB when it is on or sleeping. If your NOOK is o, it will not charge, so it turns on when
you plug it in.
If your personal computer sleeps or hibernates, it will probably stop charging your NOOK.
To charge your NOOK, adjust the settings on your computer so that it does not sleep or
hibernate.
We recommend that you turn your NOOK on before plugging it into USB. If you plug your NOOK
into USB when it is o, your personal computer might have trouble recognizing your NOOK while it
is starting. Your computer should recognize your NOOK after your NOOK has completed its startup.
The first time you connect your NOOK to a personal computer, your NOOK should be
on. The computer will install USB drivers for your NOOK, and display a message that this
operation is in progress. It will also display a message when it completes installing drivers.
You can ignore these messages. They do not aect charging.
USB
Cable
To charge your NOOK using USB:
1 Power on your personal computer.
2 Plug the smaller end of the USB cable into the USB/charging port on your device.
3 Plug the larger end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer. The USB cable
connections are shown in the drawing above.
What happens now depends on power state your NOOK is in:
O: Your NOOK turns on and charges. Do not turn it o again. After it starts, it displays a pop-
up message that indicates USB is available.
While your NOOK is starting, your computer might try to recognize your NOOK as
a USB device and fail. When this happens, your computer displays a message about an
unrecognized USB device. You can ignore and dismiss the message.
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Sleeping: Your NOOK charges and enters USB drive mode.
On (including when the touchscreen backlight is o ): If the touchscreen backlight is o, it is
turned on. Your NOOK charges and enters USB drive mode.
When charging, the charging indicator light to the left of the USB port lights up yellow. You can
use your NOOK for reading while it is charging by ejecting/unmounting the NOOK drive, and a
supplemental drive if present. For more information, see “USB Connectivity” on page 155.
4 When your NOOK is fully charged, the charging indicator light goes out.
5 If you have not already ejected/unmounted the NOOK drive from your computer, and a
supplemental drive if present, do so now.
6 Unplug both ends of the USB cable.
Charging Recommendations
Your NOOK contains a lithium polymer battery. To maximize battery life:
• Partially discharge the battery rather than fully discharging it. For example, charge
your NOOK when you see the low charge alert, rather than continuing to use it until it turns
itself o.
• Avoid high temperatures if possible for charging, use, and storage. For more information,
see “Temperature Ranges” on page 40.
• Charge the battery half way before storing your NOOK for a week or more.
• Turn your NOOK o for storage. If you are going to store your NOOK for more than a
week, turn it o.
Hard Reset
A hard reset is a more aggressive way of turning o your NOOK. It is not resetting your
NOOK to factory settings, which is explained in “Security Settings” on page 180.
A hard reset turns your NOOK o. It also clears some state information. No content or metadata is
deleted. You should generally not need to perform a hard reset of your NOOK.
You might want to perform a hard reset in these circumstances:
• If your NOOK is not charging
• If your NOOK is on but not responsive
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• When asked to do so by Customer Service
To perform a hard reset:
1 Get a clock or watch that shows seconds.
2 Press and hold the power button of your NOOK for 20 seconds, then release the power button.
3 Press and release the power button to turn on your NOOK.
If you remove the battery and leave it out for 10 seconds, put it back in, and then turn on your
NOOK, your NOOK also performs a hard reset.
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Your NOOK
This section explains your NOOK hardware. It also summarizes key features and explains the Home
menu.
Hardware Highlights
Your NOOK has:
• Reading screen: This is where you read your eBooks, magazines, and newspapers. The
reading screen is a 600 x 800, 3.57 x 4.82 inch (6-inch diagonal), reflective high-resolution E Ink
electronic paper display. The reading screen displays 16 levels of gray. The reading screen is not
a touchscreen; you navigate on the reading screen using the color touchscreen.
Reading Screen
Touchscreen
the daily my library shop reading now
• Color touchscreen: A 480 x 144 color touchscreen is used for menu navigation, D-pad
navigation, a keyboard, and display of cover thumbnail graphics. The touchscreen supports
gestures (for example, tapping your finger to choose a menu item and swiping your finger to
scroll through eBook covers). The screen brightness is controlled by an ambient-light sensor (or
you can set a fixed level). When you are reading and the touchscreen is not lit, you can turn
pages by swiping your finger on the touchscreen.
• Wireless connectivity: Your NOOK or NOOK Wi-Fi can use Wi-Fi connectivity to connect
to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, to synchronize with your online digital library, and for
games
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other tasks that require Wi-Fi (for example, using the web browser or downloading large files,
including software updates). Your NOOK or NOOK Wi-Fi can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots in
Barnes & Noble Bookstores, AT&TTM hotspots in the United States, and many other Wi-Fi
hotspots. The NOOK (Wi-Fi + 3G model) can also use B&N Fast & Free Wireless (a fast cellular
data network) for all connectivity that does not require a Wi-Fi hotspot connection.
• Speakers and a headphone jack: Your NOOK has a speaker for audio. For better sound
quality, you can use headphones.
• A USB socket: Your NOOK has a micro-B USB socket for managing files from a personal
computer. It is also used for charging.
Speaker
Headphone
Jack
Charging
Indicator Light
USB Port
NOOK Models
There are two NOOK models:
• A NOOK Wi-Fi can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots only.
• A NOOK (Wi-Fi + 3G model) can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots and the B&N Fast & Free
Wireless network (a cellular data network).
Most of the time when this guide refers to a NOOK, it means any NOOK (both models).
When there is a need to distinguish between a NOOK (meaning any NOOK) and a NOOK
(meaning the Wi-Fi + 3G model), we add “Wi-Fi + 3G model” to the latter.
Feature Highlights
What can you do with your NOOK? Here are some highlights:
• The Daily: The Daily is a message center for daily B&N feeds and notifications. Check
back daily to read issues of feeds and to learn about special oers, deliveries to your library,
subscriptions, lending oers, and software updates.
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• Shopping: With your NOOK, it is easy to buy eBooks, magazines, and newspapers from the
Barnes & Noble eBookstore. Some digital content is even free! You can also download eBooks
to your NOOK from your personal computer.
• In-Store content and merchandising: When you bring your NOOK into a Barnes & Noble
Bookstore, you can access in-store content and merchandising. Merchandising content includes
in-store, exclusive editorial content, promotion coupons, and information about in-store events.
• Library: Your library provides access to your B&N eBooks, magazines, and newspapers. It also
provides access to your other eBooks. For B&N content, you have a unified view of the content
on your NOOK and in your online digital library. You can browse and search for content in your
library. The My Documents part of your library provides access to your other eBooks in ePub,
PDB, and PDF formats.
• Lending eBooks: You can lend many eBooks in your library to friends. You can lend a book
that can be lent one time for 14 days.
• Reading: You can read eBooks, newspapers, magazines, and feeds in The Daily on your
NOOK. Your NOOK supports ePub and PDB files (like those you’ll get from the Barnes & Noble
eBookstore), as well as PDF files. You can load reading matter from your computer using the
included USB cable. In addition to reading on your NOOK, you can read the same content on
B&N eReader applications on a wide range of platforms.
• In-store reading: While in Barnes & Noble Bookstores, you can read many eBooks free of
charge. These are not samples, but are entire eBooks. Read an eBook for up to one hour per
calendar day.
• Browsing: When connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can browse the World Wide Web on
your NOOK.
• Games: Play games on your NOOK. Play chess and Sudoku.
• Bookmarking, highlighting, and annotating: While reading an eBook, you can bookmark
pages, highlight text, and add notes.
• Ratings: Are you reading a good eBook or periodical? You can rate the eBook or periodical
from your NOOK.
• Personal content and audio: You are not limited to B&N content on your NOOK. You can
download digital content to your NOOK from your personal computer using USB.
• Music and audiobooks: You can listen to music while reading. You can also listen to
audiobooks.
• Personalize your NOOK: You can download screensaver and wallpaper images to your
NOOK and choose among several text fonts and six text sizes for reading.
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Home Menu
The starting point for everything is the Home menu. You see the Home menu when you first power
on your NOOK, and can reach at other times by tapping the Home button between the reading
screen and touchscreen (it has the NOOK logo on it: ).
The Home menu looks like this:
the daily my library shop reading now
web
settingsaudiogames wi-fi
The Home menu has 9 buttons. The black frame above indicates the part of the Home menu you
can see without scrolling. Scroll the Home menu to the left and right to reveal all of the buttons.
From the Home menu, choose one of the main areas of your NOOK and follow the menus to
accomplish your goal:
• the daily: Receive exclusive new content in The Daily. Daybook presents a digest of B&N
review content, an article of the day, and a significant event that occurred on this date in literary
history. Unbound is a NOOK and B&N eReader blog. Look for daily posts on great new
eReads, bestselling eBooks, and eBook oers (including free downloads). The Daily is also a
message center. You receive notifications about delivery of periodical issues, oers from friends
to lend you eBooks, and free software updates and enhancements.
• my library: Your library gives you easy access to your eBooks, magazines, and newspapers.
Your NOOK has lots of space for eBooks (about 1500), which can be expanded by adding your
own microSD card. Your library keeps online back-up copies of all of the eBooks you have
previously purchased from BN.com or your NOOK.
• shop: Access the eBookstore at Barnes & Noble.com from your NOOK anytime. The
eBookstore has the world’s largest selection of electronic books and periodicals. You can
wirelessly purchase and download eBooks, subscribe to newspapers and magazines, purchase
single issues of newspapers and magazines, and download free samples of eBooks so you can
try before you buy. When in a Barnes & Noble Bookstore, select eBooks and current issues of
periodicals to read in the store.
• reading now: Your NOOK remembers where you are reading in each eBook or periodical. Tap
reading now on the Home menu to pick up right where you left o.
• web: When connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can browse the World Wide Web on your
NOOK.
• wi-fi: Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.
• games: Play games on your NOOK. Play chess and Sudoku.
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• audio: Listen to music, audiobooks, and other audio files such as podcasts.
• settings: Personalize your NOOK to suit your taste. Choose your own wallpaper and
screensavers. Store email addresses of friends and family to help you share great books easily.
Register your NOOK to take advantage of its full functionality. You’ll want to connect your
NOOK to your BN.com account so that you can make purchases and download free samples.
Home Screen
The Home screen is on the reading screen when the Home menu is on the touchscreen. The Home
screen displays your wallpaper.
A tip bubble might be displayed in the lower left corner of the reading screen. The tip bubble gives:
• The number of new periodical issues, that is, the number of periodical issues delivered to your
online digital library during the last 48 hours that you have not opened and read.
• The number of new oers to lend you eBooks, that is, the number of oers to lend you eBooks
received during the last 48 hours that you have neither accepted nor declined.
Back Cover
This section explains how to remove and re-attach the back cover of your NOOK.
You should almost never have to remove the back cover. The only times when you need to remove
the back cover are:
• To insert a microSD card to add storage capacity to your NOOK
• To replace the battery
Removing the Back Cover
The first time you do this, you might want to do it over a soft surface such as a sofa
cushion, in case you drop your NOOK. The back cover is biased toward staying on, rather
than toward coming o.
To remove the back cover:
1 Unplug your NOOK from the power adapter or USB cable.
2 Press the power button for about 5 seconds to turn o your NOOK.
3 Hold your NOOK in one hand with the front facing your hand and the bottom edge up.
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4 Locate the tab protruding from near the center of the bottom of the back cover, adjacent to the
USB port (see the drawing below).
5 Place a finger of your other hand on the tab and pull the tab away from the device, as shown.
The back cover will start to separate from your NOOK. The tab will move away from your
NOOK, as will one or both of the adjacent corners of the back cover. As the back cover
separates from your NOOK, you will hear unsnapping sounds.
6 Separate the other adjacent corner if it did not already separate.
7 Move the fingers holding the cover 1/3 of the distance down the cover. Apply outward pressure
(away from your NOOK) on the cover. You can insert your fingers between your NOOK and
back cover as you do this. You will hear more unsnapping sounds and the cover will come free.
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Attaching the Back Cover
This section explains how to attach the back cover of your NOOK.
To attach the back cover:
1 Place your NOOK face down with the bottom facing you on a hard, flat surface, for example on
a table or desk.
2 Line up the bottom of the cover with the bottom of your NOOK, as shown in the drawing
below.
3 Moving your hands up the edges of the back cover (where the raised parts of the back are),
press down gently in the places shown. You should hear snapping sounds.
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