Intro
1 Introduction
Preface
Please read this user manual carefully to help you get the most out of your eBook. Also
please observe the safety warnings so you do not damage your device or more importantly
yourself. A full support site is available at www.elonex.com/support
1.1. Package Contents
Before using your 621EB eBook Reader, please check your package contents to ensure
there aren’t any items missing. If any of the listed items are missing, please contact your
point of purchase for assistance.
The package includes:
1. eBook Reader*1
2. USB cable (for data and power)*1
3. Quick start guide*1
If you have any problems or questions please DO NOT take
your eBook back to the store – contact us for some helpful
advice.
Tel – 0871 222 3456
eMail – support@elonex.com
Web – www.elonex.com/support
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Intro
CE Mark Warning
This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility,
EN 55022 Class B for ITE, the essential protection requirement of Council Directive
89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
electromagnetic compatibility.
Company has an on-going policy of upgrading its products and it may be possible that
information in this document is not up-to-date. Please check with your local distributors for
the latest information. No part of this document can be copied or reproduced in any form
without written consent from the company.
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1. Power Button
7. SDHC Memory Card Slot
2. Favourites
8. Volume/Font Adjust
3. Rotate Screen (Landscape/Portrait)
9. Reset Button
4. Return Button (go back)
10. Headphone Port
5. Menu
11. USB Port (Data and Power)
6. Cursor Key & Select Button
FRONT VIEW
BACK VIEW
1.2. Physical Details
Chapter 1: Introduction
Control Button
2
Function/Operation
HomePage
Reading Page
1
Select Button
Menu / Select
2
Move cursor up
Previous item
3
Move cursor down
Next item
4
Move cursor left
Previous page
5
Move cursor right
Next page
Function
hot key
Volume/
Font
Adjust
NA
Adjust volume or font size
Favourit
e
Add/remove to my favourite list
from Library, Reading History,
Favorites and Music Page.
Add/Remove Bookmark
Rotate
Screen
NA
Rotates the screen
(landscape / portrait)
Return
Back to previous
Back to library
Menu
Setting Menu:
Power, Date/Time, Language,
Default, About and Owner.
Reader Menu:
Bookmark, Contents, Rotate,
Search, Page.
Function & Basic Operation
Chapter 1: Introduction
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BACK VIEW
BACK VIEW
STEP 1
STEP 2
Insert until you
feel the CLICK!
1.3. Using a Memory Card
The 621EB eBook Reader supports SD memory cards, up to 32GB. Please follow the steps
to properly insert/remove the SDHC card to the device.
TO INSERT MEMORY CARD
Insert the card into the device with the metallic connectors facing upwards as shown in the
picture.
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Insert the memory card until it clicks into place.
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BACK VIEW
BACK VIEW
STEP 1
STEP 2
Push
inwards
Until you
feel the click
then remove
TO REMOVE SDHC CARD
Gently push in the memory card. It will click and then push back out.
Remove the memory card carefully from the slot.
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1.4. Charging the Battery
The 621EB eBook Reader has an internal, non-removable battery. The battery is charged
via USB and takes around 4 Hours to charge. If you use an optional mains charger the
charge time will be less.
Elonex recommends that the first time you charge the eBook you charge it for 8 Hours to
achieve the best battery life for your unit.
To charge the battery via computer:
Connect eBook Reader to your computer with the USB cable in the package. When eBook
reader connects to the computer, the LED indicator in the top right corner turns red
automatically and the screen shows “USB Link” status.
Important Advice:
The computer must be turned on and not in sleep mode during charging.
If the battery icon on the top-right corner of the eBook screen changes to , it means
the battery is charging.
Battery Power Status:
When the device is not connected to a power source, a battery icon on the top-right corner
of the eBook screen shows the battery status.
For example: this icon shows the battery has a half full battery.
Low Battery Warning:
This device provides a low battery warning system.
Less than 20%: Battery low.
Less than 10%: Battery Critical.
Less then 5%: Battery empty, Power off in 2 seconds.
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Chapter 2: Content
Preparing your PC and eBook
The process of downloading, managing and transferring eBooks is a simple 3 step process.
The first time you set-up your eBook you must complete a few procedures to prepare
your computer.
Setup 1: Install Adobe Digital Editions
Adobe Digital Editions is the industry standard software for downloading and managing
your eBook collection. The best bit about it is that it is free and easy to use.
To download Adobe Digital Editions go online to
www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions
Find the installer which will look like the box shown to the
right. Click Install.
You will be asked to confirm the install. Click Install
Click YES to continue the installation
A pop-up installer will appear. Follow the installer
procedures choosing the install options and path you
require.
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When the install has completed, please agree to the User Agreement and Digital
Editions will automatically open.
You can alternatively open it by pressing Start > All Programs > Adobe > Adobe
Digital Editions > Adobe Digital Editions
For Help on using Digital Editions press F1 on your keyboard.
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Setup 2: Getting an Adobe ID
In order to use Digital Editions you must create an Adobe ID which allows you to protect
your eBook investments. This is also free and only takes a second.
When Digital Editions opens for the first time Setup Assistance will ask you to enter
your Adobe ID credentials.
If you don’t have an Adobe ID click on 'Get an Adobe ID online” and follow the online
procedure to get your Adobe ID credentials
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Setup 3: Authorising your Hardware
Once you are logged into Adobe Digital Editions you must authorise your computer as well
as your eBook hardware. This is so the hardware recognises you as the owner of the
eBook Reader and the eBook content.
Authorising your Computer
When Digital Editions opens for the first time you
will be asked to enter your Adobe ID credentials.
Enter these and press Authorise.
Once activated press Finish
Authorising your eBook
Plug your USB cable into your eBook and the USB
port in your PC.
Once the eBook has automatically installed itself
with your operating system Digital Editions will
automatically detect the eBook as a Mobile
Device. Press Authorise Device.
When the eBook is authorised it will appear as a
Bookshelf in your list of Bookshelves as the
Elonex 600EB
You have now completed the necessary steps to
start downloading and reading eBooks. If you have any problems with this process
please call the technical support helpdesk on 0871 222 3456 (national rate)
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Downloading and transferring eBooks
The process of downloading, managing and transferring eBooks is a simple 3 step process.
If you have completed the previous instructions you should have
Adobe Digital Editions software installed on your PC,
An Adobe ID and be logged into Digital Editions
An authorised PC and eBook
If you can answer yes to all of these you are ready to start adding to your eBook collection.
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Step 1: Downloading an eBook
Once you have chosen and purchased your eBook you
will be asked to Download Item. Press this button.
In the popup that appears press open and your eBook
will download.
It will automatically load into “Purchased eBooks” in
Digital Editions ready for you to transfer to your eBook reader.
Step 2: Transferring eBooks into Digital Editions
NOTE: When downloading an eBook if you press open the eBook will automatically save
into Digital Editions and My Documents and you will not have to complete this step.
Elonex recommends that you use Digital Editions to manage your eBooks. Digital Editions
is the only way to use DRM* protected eBooks on your eBook.
Transfer the eBooks into Digital Editions
In the top left corner of Digital Editions click Library and a
pop-up menu will appear.
A file browser will appear. Select the eBook you wish to add to
the Library and select Open
The eBook will automatically get added to your Digital Editions
Library
Digital Editions gives you various ways to organise and use your eBooks. Please see the
Adobe website (www.adobe.com) for more information or press F1.
*DRM is a rights protection method used by publishing houses to protect content privacy /
piracy.
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Step 3: Transferring eBooks onto your eBook
Once you have your eBooks imported into Digital Editions transferring them into your
eBook is a simple drag and drop process.
Plug your USB cable into your eBook and the USB port in your
PC. If the eBook is ready for transfer the eBook screen will
show “connected via USB” and it will show up in the list of
Bookshelves in Digital Editions as the Elonex 600EB.
Find the eBook you want to copy.
Drag and drop the eBook icon into your Elonex 600EB Bookshelf
(Over the eBook icon click and hold your left hand mouse button and drag the file to
over the top of the Elonex 600EB Bookshelf and drop it)
The file will copy across to the eBook Reader. You can then unplug the USB cable,
open the eBook and start reading.
NOTE: You will only be able to transfer DRM protected eBooks to a total of 6 authorised
computers or eBooks.
NOTE: If you transfer an eBook outside of Digital Editions it will not decrypt the DRM
encoding and you will not be able to read the eBook.
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Icons
Information
Favourites
A collection of your favourite eBooks/Songs.
Library
View your collection of eBooks
Music
Music Player (optional Headphones required)
Explorer
A File explorer of all your files
(on the onboard memory or SD card if you have one inserted)
Reading
History
Opens a list of the 5 most recently opened files
Sudoku
Play Sudoku.
Dictionary
Look up words inside the pre-loaded dictionary database.
Picture
View your JPEG photos (grey scale)
Settings
Device settings includes Power, Date/Time, Language, Default,
About and Owner, etc.
Please refer to 3.9 Settings for more information of this function.
Chapter 3: Homepage
The Homepage shows on the device as the main page. The following table lists the
information and items of the Homepage.
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3.1. Favourite
Favourite List keeps all the files marked favourite. You can designate any file by marking
the tag on library page or in reading statement.
Please refer to 3.2 Library for more information of favourite page.
3.2. Library
Library keeps all the files in PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, RTF, MOBI, PRC, or DOC formats
inside the device and SDHC card.
Please refer to 4.1 Reading eBooks for more information while reading.
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Item
Function/Operation
Favourite
Add/remove files to/from my favourite list.
Filter
1. Filter the files by file type.
2. The library list displays the style as you wish.
Sort
1. Sort the files by date, name, file type, ascend, descend and
size.
2. The device refreshes the page according to the sorting type
you have selected.
3. Sorting type displays on the top-right corner of the screen.
View
View all the files of eBook reader and SDHC card in list/thumbnail
mode.
Library Menu：
On library page, press the [Menu Button] to open [Library Menu].
The following table lists the information and items of [Library Menu].
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3.3. Music
Music page lists all the MP3 formats inside the device and SDHC card.
Please refer to 4.4 Listening to Music for more information while listening to music.
3.4. Explorer
Explorer lists all the files in all kind of formats, categorised by flash or SDHC card.
3.5. Reading History
Reading History records 5 files you have read or open recently.
3.6. Game
eBook Reader provides SUDOKU game.
Please also refer to 4.3 Playing Games to know more information of this function.
3.7. Dictionary
e-Reader provides dictionary for you to look up words inside the pre-loaded dictionary
database.
3.8. Picture
In Picture file, it keeps the all images in JPG format of the device or SDHC card.
Please also refer to 4.2 Watching Pictures and Comics for more information of this function.
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Items
Function/Operation
Power
Automatic power off with time regulation from 0 to 20 minutes while
there is no operating on the device for a certain period of time.
Date/Time
Date and time setting.
Language
Select user interface language.
Default
Clean up the Digital Right Manager files created by users and reset
the device.
About
The information of this device.
owner
Configure owner’s name.
Dictionary
Select the dictionary type and language.
3.9. Settings
Device setting includes Power, Date/Time, Language, Default, About and Owner.
Please follow the table below for more information.
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Item
Function/Operation
Bookmark
Add/delete bookmarks.
Contents
List the table of content in the reading book.
Rotate
Switch the screen orientation.
Search
Provide Soft keyboard to key in and search a certain word in
the whole books.
After searching, the target words will be highlighted.
Page
Go to the appointed page.
Font
Configure font size.
Back
Back to the reading page.
More
Enter Reader Menu Sub-category.
Chapter 4: What You Can Do With eBook Reader
On [Library] / [Reading History] / [Favourites] page, select the files and enter to
reading page.
On reading page, press the [Select /Menu Button] to open [Reader Menu].
The following table lists the information and items of Reader Menu.
Reader Menu：
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Item
Function/Operation
Annotation
Display the Bookmark list.
You can select any Bookmark file to re-open the reading page
and keep reading.
Font Family
Change the font type.
Full Screen
Change the reading screen into a full page mode.
Property
Show the information of the file you are reading.
Favourite
Add/Delete the file to/from my favourite list.
Delete
Delete the file.
Alignment
Rearrange the reading page.
PS: This function only supports TXT, HTML files.
Back
Back to main [Reader Menu].
Reader Menu subcategory:
On Reader Menu, enter [ more].
Open Reader Menu subcategory.
The following table lists the information and items of the Reader Menu Subcategory.
Subcategory:
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Item
Function/Operation
Original
Zoom in/out the pictures.
Rotate
Rotate the image to vertical or horizontal.
Sliding
Sliding pictures with time regulation from 0 to 20 seconds.
About
The information of the image file.
4.1. Viewing Pictures and Comics
On image page, press [Select /Menu Button] to open the [picture menu].
The following table lists the information and items of the Picture Menu.
Picture Menu:
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Function/Operation
New game window:
1. From the main menu, press SUDOKU to open the new game window.
2. Select game level and press enter to start playing.
Or select [Exit Menu] item to leave the game.
How to play:
1. On the plan grid, press enter to open the [Number Menu].
2. Select to confirm the number;
to mark the possible number.
to refill the number.
to open the new game window and restart the game.
to close the [Number Menu].
4.2. Playing Sudoku
This eBook includes a SUDOKU game.
In the game, you need to fill out the correct number to complete the grid.
The digits from 1 to 9 can only appear one time in each column, row, and each of
the nine 3x3 boxes.
Please refer to the following table for more information and basic operations.
Playing Game:
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Item
Function/Operation
Music On
Music Off
Turn on/off the background music.
Play Mode
Select playing mode: repeat single, repeat all or random.
Exit Menu
Close [music setting].
4.3. Listening to Music
On homepage, enter Music list.
Use cursor key to select the file and press enter to start playing music.
While listening to music, easily adjust the volume by pressing the [+/–] buttons.
You can also press [Select or Menu button] to open [Music Setting].
Please refer to the following table to reach more information of [Music Setting].
Music Setting:
Note:
1. By turning on background music, you can listen to music and read the files at the same
time.
2. When listening to music, press [+/–] buttons only can adjust the volume.
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BACK VIEW
PUSH!
Appendix
Appendix A: Reset
You can reset the 621EB eBook by using a small pin or clip and gently pushing the reset
button which is located through a small hole in the rear of the eBook until you feel/hear a
click.
The contents stored on the eBook are not affected by resetting, and no information is
erased. The reset performs a manual reset of the operating system in the unlikely event of it
freezing.
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Important Safety Instructions
All safety and operating instructions
should be read before the product is
operated. Always adhere to these
instructions and follow the proper
working procedures for the device. Shut
the eReader down properly and do not
forget to save your work often.
Remember to periodically back-up your
data as Elonex accepts no
responsibility for data loss. Failure to
adhere to these Safety Instructions may
invalidate your warranty.
Peripherals
Take care when using peripheral devices.
Always check compatibility with your
device and follow the manufacturer
guidelines for installation and proper use.
Cleaning
Unplug the product from the wall outlet
before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners,
volatile chemicals or aerosol cleaners as
these may cause damage to your ebook
chassis or internal components. Use a
damp cloth for cleaning.
Water and Moisture
Do not use this product near water, for
example near a kitchen sink etc. Any liquid
entry into the internal workings of this unit
may damage your ebook.
Heat
The product should be situated away from
heat sources such as radiators, heat
stoves or other products that produce heat.
Power Sources
This product should be operated only from
the type of power source indicated on the
marking label and only using an Elonex
authorised power adapter.
Grounding
This product should only be used with
proper electrical grounding. Please only
use power supplies supplied by Elonex
otherwise this may cause damage to the
electronics or injury to yourself.
Power Cord Protection
Power supply cords should be routed so
that they are not likely to be walked on or
pinched by items placed upon or against
them. If your power cord is damaged in any
way please contact customer services.
Lightning
For added protection for this product during
a lightning storm or when it is left
unattended and unused for long periods of
time, please unplug it from the power
socket. This will prevent damage to the
product due to lightning and power line
surges.
Overloading
Do not overload wall outlets, extension
cords or integral convenience receptacles
as this can result in a risk of fire or electric
shock.
Object Entry
Never push objects of any kind into your
ebook through openings as they may touch
dangerous voltage points or short-out parts
that could result in a fire or electric shock.
Servicing
Do not attempt to service this product
yourself as opening or removing covers
may expose you to dangerous voltage or
other hazards. Refer all servicing to
qualified service personnel.
Damage Requiring Service
If your ebook is damaged or behaving
abnormally, unplug this product from the
wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified
service personnel. Please refer all warranty
claims to Elonex Warranty Service.
Replacement Parts
Only use replacement parts specified by
Elonex. Unauthorised substitutions may
result in damage to your unit.
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Avoid EM interference
The product should be situated
away from all sources of Electro
Magnetic radiation, ie microwaves,
Appendix
amplifiers, speakers etc. These can
hinder proper performance and
damage your data.
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Operating System
Linux 2.6.28
CPU
ARM11, 532 MHz
Interface
1 x USB Client v2.0 - Mini USB connector
1 x 2.5mm stereo earphone connector
1 x SDHC card slot
Buttons: 4 functional hot keys +2 volume adjust buttons +5
way buttons + Power button
Screen
6" E Iink® Vizplex Screen ﹝4.8” x 3.6” – 122 x 91mm﹞
Resolution
600 x 800 pixels, 16 grayscale
Daylight readable, no backlight
Power Source
Built-in rechargeable Li-Polymer battery: 1000mAh
Adapter: DC 5V 1000mA
Battery Life
Approx. 8000 pages (when battery is full charged)
Internal Storage Size
1 GB
Expandability
SD type SDHC, up to 32GB
Support Language
English, Deutsch, French, Españoles, Pyccknñ, Netherland,
Traditional Chinese and Simple Chinese
Dimensions
118 x 190 x 9.5 mm – 4.7” x 7.5” x 0.37”
Weight
180g (battery included)
Temperature
Operating: 0° ~ 45°C
Storage: –10° ~ 60°C
Humidity
10%~95% RH, non condensing
Regulatory
Certification
FCC, CE Class B, Adobe Reader Mobile 9
Appendix C: Specifications
Appendix
Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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Notice
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Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe System Incorporated
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