Obreey Pocketbook Basic 611 User Manual

User Manual

PocketBook Basic 611

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ......................................... 4

APPEARANCE .........................................................10

Front View 10
Side View 11

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS .......................12

GETTING STARTED ..............................................13

Charging Battery 13
Power Management 14
Loading Files 15
Navigation 16
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17
Connecting to Internet 19

Table of Contents 2

MAIN MENU ............................................................22

Books 22
News 27
Favorites 29
Photo 29
Dictionary 30
Applications 31
Notes 34
Calendar 35
Status Bar 35
Express Menu 36

READING BOOKS ..................................................37

Turning Pages 38
Following References 38
Making Notes 39
Changing Font Size 40
Reader Menu 40
Closing a Book 45

Table of Contents 3

CONFIGURATION ..................................................46

FIRMWARE UPDATE .............................................54

TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................58

CUSTOMER SUPPORT..........................................61

CERTIFICATION INFORMATION .......................62

Safety Precautions

Before start working with the Device, please, read
this section carefully. Following these instructions
will help you ensure your safety and extend service
life of the Device.

Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions

Device operating temperature range is 0°С to 40°С,

so don’t 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

re or electric shock.

Try to avoid next impacts:

• direct sunlight

• direct ame or smoke (cigarette, lighter,

open re etc.)

Safety Precautions 5

• 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

• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds,

electrostatic charges and articial 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 environment, 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 protection of the screen, we
recommend storing the Device in a protective and/
or hard cover.

Safety Precautions 6

Keep away from children.

Maintenance

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 modied batteries may cause an

explosion and/or damage 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.

Safety Precautions 7

Up to ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen

and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the
screen.

By the end of product guarantee term, please
contact the nearest authorized service facility for
examination on the subject of security is maintained.

For detailed information about service centers

in your region please visit the ofcial website of
PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbook-

int.com.

RF Safety

The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies
and may interfere with radio communications and

other electronic equipment. If you use personal
medical Devices (e.g. a pacemaker or hearing aid)

please contact your doctor or the manufacturer

Safety Precautions 8

to learn whether or not such medical devices are
protected against external RF signals.

Do not use wireless communication in places where
it is prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals
– this may affect airborne avionics or medical
equipment.

Utilization

Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse

impacts on the environment and public health.
To prevent such consequences follow the device-

specic disposal requirements. Recycling of these

materials helps preserve natural resources. For
more information regarding recycling issues please
contact local municipal authorities, your domestic
waste collection service, store where you purchased
the Device, or the authorized service center.

Safety Precautions 9

Disposal of electric and electronic

components (the Directive is applicable
to the EU and other European countries

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!

Appearance

FRONT VIEW

1. Backward – in

reading mode turns page
backward; in navigation
mode – goes to the
previous menu or page
of the list

2. Left

3. Down

4. Up

5. Right

6. Forward – turns

page forward

7. LED Indicator – green light – the Device is in
action (pages are loading, Wi-Fi connected). During
battery charging the indicator is ashing, when the

battery is fully charged, the light turns solid

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8. ОК – short press opens an element (e.g.
book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’s
context menu (if available)

SIDE VIEW

9. Micro-USB port – for connecting to computer

or charger (charger may be optional)

10. MicroSD card slot – for external memory

card (Micro SD card may be optional)

11. Reset – reboots the Device

12. On/Off (power) button – continuous touch

turns the Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard.

NOTE You can congure key mapping to your own in

Conguration > Key mapping. Navigation and page turning

buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.

Technical Characteristics

Display

6” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800, 166
dpi, B&W

CPU 800 MHz

RAM 128MB

Storage

2GB (up to 1.5 GB available for
user)

Operating

system

Linux®

Communications

USB 2.0
Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n)

Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1000 mAh

Book formats

PDF, EPUB (including DRM­protected), TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF,
HTML, PRC (mobi), CHM, DJVU, DOC,
DOCX, RTF, TCR

Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

Dimensions 122.6×176.38×9.7 mm

Weight 175 g

CHARGING BATTERY

To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to

charge the Device for the rst 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 rst time, do the

following:

• Connect the Device to a computer or charger

with USB-cable. Indicator will start ashing as soon,

as the charging starts

Getting Started

In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the

Device to work and about its main control features.

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• When the battery is fully charged, indicator

turns solid. Now you can disconnect the Device and

turn it on for the rst use.

If the Device is on when you connect the cable to

PC, a dialog window asking to select action – PC

link or Charge – will appear. Charge will start if

corresponding mode selected only.

POWER MANAGEMENT

To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button
for a few seconds until 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 > At startup, open).

To turn off the Device, press On/Off button

continuously until the Device goes off. If you will

press power button shortly, the keypad of the Device

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will be locked and the key sign will appear in a right
top corner of the screen. To unlock the keypad, press
On/Off button again.

In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power

off: go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard after or

Power down after, respectively, and set the idle time

before locking keyboard or power off.

LOADING FILES

Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable.

NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring

les.

You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link

or Charge either. Select PC Link. Operating system of
computer will detect Device’s storage as removable

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disk (if SD card installed – as two ones). Now you can
copy les to the Device or SD card using Explorer or
other le manager.

ATTENTION After copying les safely remove the Device

before disconnect the cable!

NAVIGATION

Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to
select required item (e.g. book or menu item).

ATTENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation

and page turning keys mapping will be also changed

accordingly to the side you’ve changed orientation to.

Press OK button shortly to open selected. Continuous

OK press opens item context menu (if available).

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Page turning buttons Backward/Forward are used to
turn list pages. Short Backward button press returns
to the previous menu; continuous Backward key

press closes an application (Browser, PocketNews,
etc.).

Also you can congure key mapping to your own in

Conguration > Key mapping section.

WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD

The on-screen keyboard appears when it is

necessary to enter some text info, for example, Wi-

Fi password, search query or website address.

To navigate through the keyboard use the navigation
keys and OK button. To speed up keyboard
operations all symbols are divided into 5 zones.

The rst navigation key press transfers cursor to the

middle of the selected zone, and then you can select

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the required symbol in this zone. OK button press
types selected symbol.

1. Change text case

2. Erase last entered symbol

3. Change input language. To add the language

(up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go

to Conguration > Keyboard.

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CONNECTING TO INTERNET

The Device can connect to Interntet using Wi-Fi
networks. If you will 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 network key using
the on-screen keyboard.

You can pre-congure a connection and set it as

preferred one. To proceed, follow next steps:

1. Go to Settings > Connectivity > Wireless

Connections

2. Select a slot to ll and press OK. Empty slots
are named as <connection #>

3. Press Network name (SSID) and select one of

the available networks or enter its SSID from on­screen keyboard. By default eld Connection name

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will turn to the same as Network name (SSID). If

you’d like to change connection (for example, Home
or Ofce) press OK and enter connection name as

you’d like it to be displayed on the Device

NOTE Connection name eld species only the display

name of the connection. For correct communication

Network name (SSID) must be the same as network

transmits

4. Select security type in the corresponding list:

• None – for 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 recognize authentication type
automatically

• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to

specify username, password and domain (if
necessary)

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• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter

network key (up to 64 symbols)

5. Select the idle time before disconnection in
the corresponding section

6. By default Network settings set to DHCP

(dened by network). If it’s needed to congure

network settings manually, go Network settings,
change IP address conguration to Manual and enter

network conguration from on-screen keyboard

7. If the network you need to connect to has a

proxy server, you can specify its pararmeters in Proxy

conguration section

8. To check network conguration select Test

connection and press OK.

You can select one of pre-congured connections

to be used by default. To proceed, select Preffered

connection and select one from the list.

Main Menu

In this chapter you will learn about main interface

elements and their functionality. Main menu
consists of list of two last opened books and list of
applications and menus described below.

BOOKS

Books is the le manager for books, stored in the

Device’s memory and external microSD-card.

In a front of a le or folder are located icons,
indicating book storage place (internal memory or
external microSD-card) and read status (reading
now or read).

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Context menu of a le or folder is opened by

continuous OK button press. Using the context
menu you can perform the following actions:

• Open/Open with – Open with appears, when

a book can be opened with an alternative reader

application (e.g. book in PDF format can be opened
with AdobeViewer and pdfviewer)

• Information – option for les. File name,

format, title, size, and creation date are displayed

• Mark as read/unread – adds the corresponding

icon in a front of book name

• Add to favorites – after checking this option
le will be displayed in Favorites section. You’ll be
able to remove it from favorites in the corresponding
Main menu section

• File – le opearations. To perform le
operations with several les/folders, select Mark

group and select les and/or folders. Using File

menu section you can rename, move, delete, copy

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or move to SD card or Device storage (depending on
original le location)

• View – conguration of Books section
appearance. Files and folders can be displayed as

list, thumbnails or detailed (thumbnail and brief
le/folder info). Names can be displayed as le
names or book titles. Filter is congured depending
on le location: all, internal memory or SD-card

• Sort – sorting is adjusted by title, author,
series or creation time

• Find book – opens on-screen keyboard, where

you can type text in le name, title or author name.

To exit Books section, press Backward or Left key

while you are on a rst page of the list.

About reading books read in Reading Books section
of this Manual.

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BookLand

You can view and download e-books from online
bookstore ‘BookLand’. To enter the online bookstore
select ‘BookLand’ in the Books section and browser
will open its homepage.

NOTE To enter the BookLand, your Device must be

connected to the Internet.

Main functions:

• log on to/user registration in the library

• browse, manage book shelves/content

• access to new books and bestsellers in store

or the free library

• book search in the catalog

• overview of popular authors

• overview of ways to replenish your balance.

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You can navigate by using the following buttons:

• Up and Down buttons to switch between

active elements on the page (references, text elds,
etc.); continous Up key press activates an address

bar and opening the on-screen keyboard to enter
website address

• Left/Right buttons

• short press – to scroll the window content

horizontally

• long press – to go to the previous page or

next page

• Page turning buttons (Backward/Forward) –

to scroll the content of the window vertically

• OK button

• short press – to follow links and activate

text boxes

• long press – to display a context menu.

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The browser supports le downloads from the
Internet. Downloaded les are saved to the root

folder of the Device’s internal storage.

To exit the browser, press and hold Backward button.

NEWS

Opens PocketNews – application for adding and

reading RSS feeds.

To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the

Add RSS feed option. Enter the feed address using

the on-screen keyboard.

To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu
(by continuous OK button press) and select Delete
command.

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To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu
(by continuous OK button press) and select Edit
command. Edit the feed address using the on-screen
keyboard.

To update feed, select Update in the application

menu. Updated content is added to the le with .hrss
extension, and the le will be accessible for reading

after updating. The news downloading status is

displayed while updating. After the update le 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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FAVORITES

This section displays the books, added to favorites
in Books section. To add book to Favorites, select the
corresponding book’s context menu option in Books
section.

To remove a book from the list of favorite books,

select the book, open the context menu (press and

hold the OK button) and select the Delete option.

PHOTO

This section opens Photo folder. You can look

through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats.

To turn photos use Left/Right or Backward/Forward
buttons, or launch slideshow from photo context
menu. To exit view mode, select Back context menu
option.

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DICTIONARY

After your start this application, the on-screen
keyboard will appear. Type the word you’d like

to nd, and application will nd its entry in the

dictionary. To change dictionaries, press Forward
button, select the dictionary you need from the list
and press OK.

After you close the on-screen keyboard (by pressing

its keys OK or Cancel), you will be able to view
dictionary page-by-page. To turn pages, use Left/
Right keys. To bring up the on-screen keyboard
again, press OK. To exit dictionary, press Backward
button.

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APPLICATIONS

This section contains games and additional
software. To exit an application, press Backward key
continuously.

Browser

You can navigate by using the following buttons:

• Up and Down buttons to switch between

active elements on the page (references, text elds,
etc.); continuous Up key press activates an address

bar and opening the on-screen keyboard to enter
website address

• Left/Right buttons

• short press – to scroll the window content

horizontally

• long press – to go to the previous page or

next page

• Page turning buttons (Backward/Forward) –

to scroll the content of the window vertically

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• OK button

• short press – to follow links and activate

text boxes

• long press – to display a context menu.

The browser supports le downloads from the
Internet. Downloaded les are saved to the root

folder of the Device’s internal storage.

To exit the browser, press and hold Backward button.

Calculator

Engineering calculator supports a wide range of
mathematical operations, such as different numeric
systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical
operations.

Chess

You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you

are playing against the Device, you can select 10

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difculty levels. Use the navigation keys to move

cursor over the gaming board and OK to pick and
put a piece.

Clock

Turns on the full-screen mode clock.

Klondike

Classic solitaire.

PocketNews

See the News section of the User Manual.

Snake

The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake

and collect bugs. Beware of the walls and other
snake!

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Sudoku

Popular Japanese puzzle. After pressing OK on an
empty eld, selection window will appear. You can

select a digit you think should stand in the cell or
set labels – digits, you suggest may stand in the cell.

NOTES

In this section you can view notes made during

reading. After your select a book, where you made
a note, the book contents with all the notes will be
displayed. Select a note, and reader application will
open a book at the place the note was made.

Notes are saved in \system\cong\Active Contents\
folder Device’s internal storage.

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CALENDAR

Opens current year calendar. You can change year

using Left/Right or Backward/Forward keys. To exit

Calendar, press OK.

STATUS BAR

Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen
and displays next service information:

• Date and time

• Battery charge

• – Wi-Fi is active.

In reading mode date changes to information about

book: current page number/total page count, book
title and current read percentage.

Battery charge and time are displayed always.

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NOTE In sleep mode the clock is removed from the status

bar to save power for screen update.

EXPRESS MENU

By default Express menu opening is not set, but you
can set it in Settings > Key mapping section.

Using Express menu you can open one of the

recently opened books and access quickly some
control features:

• – Switch off the Device

• — return to Main menu

• – Lock keyboard. To unlock press On/Off

button

• – Make screenshot. The images are saved
in screens folder.

If user proles are activated on the Device, you will

be able to switch between them using Express menu.

Reading Books

In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books
and congure reader software for the most

comfortable reading.

The Device supports next book formats: FB2, FB2.

zip, TXT, PDF, RTF, HTML, MOBI.PRC, CHM, DJVU,
DOC, DOCX, EPUB, TCR.

To open a book, select it in Last opened or Books
section and press OK. If you opened a book before,

it will be opened at the page you nished reading.

In some book formats (e.g. ePub) after opening a

book reader application will count pages – this is
indicated with ‘…’ sign instead of a page count in a
status bar. During page calculation some features
will not be available.

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TURNING PAGES

Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn
pages (while reading books in PDF or DjVU format

Up/Down keys also turn pages). Continuous Left/
Right keys press turns 10 pages at once.

FOLLOWING REFERENCES

If a page contains cross-references or footnotes, you

can enter links mode on continuous Up key press

(otherwise you’ll get a message informing that
a page contains no links to follow). A cursor will

appear, and you will be able to select a link using
Left/Right keys and press OK to follow.

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MAKING NOTES

You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button
continuously or by pressing the corresponding
menu option.

On the top of the display separate area will appear.
Use the buttons Up, Down to choose the place

where your note will begin and press OK to set up

the top margin of the note. Use navigation buttons

to highlight a text fragment and press OK to set
the bottom margin of the note. The menu, that will
appear, suggests you to save selected fragment as

image or text (if available) or cancel making note.

You can look through the notes by choosing Notes
section in the main menu. By pressing OK button on
the note, you can switch to the initial page, where
it was created.

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CHANGING FONT SIZE

In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF
and DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down
keys. 5 font size presets are available. When you will

reach the largest/smallest one, text will change to
smallest/largest.

READER MENU

To access reader application menu press OK button.

Contents

Opens structured content of the book if present,

otherwise you’ll get message about missing table of
contents. Active contents displays table of contents,
bookmarks and notes you’ve made during reading.

Use navigation keys to move across the table,

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continuous press of OK button expands/collapses
subsection branch.

You can tune appearance of contents in context
menu. There you can rename or edit note, expand or
collapse all subsections branches and set up items

to display in contents (under the Settings section):

contents, bookmarks, and notes. Please, note that
you can edit notes and bookmarks you’ve made
while reading on the Device only.

Search

Search mode works only in books containing text
layer. To search text through the book enter it
using the on-screen keyboard. Found text would
be highlighted, and you can switch between found
instances using Left/Right navigation keys. To exit
search mode press OK.

NOTE Search mode is not available for DJVU books.

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Bookmarks

Adds current page to bookmarks. After adding a
page to bookmarks in a right top corner a dog ear
mark will appear.

All the bookmarks will be displayed in contents. To
delete bookmark, select the correspondent menu
item again.

NOTE Bookmarks are not available for DjVu books

Open Page

Opens dialog window, where you can enter page

number to go to.

Settings

For FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC and CHM books you

can set up the most convenient reading settings:

font, font size (you can adjust font size with Up/
Down navigation keys), spacing, page margins

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width, or encoding (for TXT and HTML books). FB2

books has two refresh modes: Best Quality or High

Speed (default).

Zoom

PDF and DjVu books has Zoom menu item instead of

Settings. Select zooming mode using Left/Right keys

and select value using Up/Down keys.

Next zooming modes are available:

• Preview – 4 or 9 pages on a screen

• Fit width – scaling page to the screen width

• Usual mode – one page scaling

• Columns – for reading books with columns.

To navigate the page use navigation buttons. A
page will be turned after bottom edge of the sheet
reached

• Reow – in this mode text is formatted to

display completely on a page. You can change font
size with Up and Down keys. Some images and

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tables may not display in this mode. Reow mode is

supported for PDF books only

• Tex t – select left to right (by default) or right
to left (e.g. for Arabic or Hebrew texts).

Dictionary

Single-word translation. By default cursor highlights
the word to translate and dictionary looks for
translation automatically. OK button press switches
to a toolbar:

• – exit dictionary

• – toggle dictionary to list view

• – toggle to single-word view

• – brings up on-screen keyboard to type in

the word to translate

• – change dictionary.

Rotate

Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one
with navigation keys.

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CLOSING A BOOK

To close a book, select the corresponding menu
item or press Backward button continuously.

Conguration

In this chapter you will learn how congure the

interface and software features of the Device for the
most comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu

section to congure 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 Backward button during the Device
boot.

Registration

This menu item is displayed only if the Device
is not registered at BookLand online bookstore

(www.bookland.net). The Device will be registered
automatically during the rst Internet connection.

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NOTE During the registration only serial number of the

Device is sent. Registration is related to the particular

Device only and is not related to BookLand account.

About device

The following information about Device will be
displayed: model, serial number, software version,

RAM size, E-ink parameters, Wi-Fi MAC address,

total and free memory on the internal storage and
on SD-card.

After pressing More… button the information about
software will be displayed.

Language

Select the Device’s interface language.

Keyboard

Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard

layouts.

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UserProles

Here you can congure up to 6 user proles (5 can

be stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microSD

card). Each prole stores individual books’ status,

last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and

precongured network connections.

To add new prole, open the corresponding item.
You will be suggested to set destination (local
memory or SD card) and to enter the name from on-

screen keyboard. After this current above-mentioned

parameters will be stored at this prole.

To activate prole open the one you need. In prole

context menu you can change avatar, duplicate

prole to a new one (to the SD card or internal
storage either), rename or delete prole.

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Appearance

Here you can select the appearance parameters:

• Theme

• Interface font. If you’d like to use your own

font, copy its les to the system/fonts internal
storage folder

• Screen orientation – select the most suitable
for you

NOTE The navigation key map may change as you change

orientation from portrait to landscape.

• 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

• Power-off logo – the image will be displayed

when the Device is off

• Text rendering – good quality or not

antialiased (faster)

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• Full page update – select the amount of page

turned before the screen will be updated completely.

Always provides the best quality, but consumes

the most power. Less frequency may cause some
artifacts from previous pages on a screen

• Warn if the le is too large – if this setting is

on, the Device will show a notication when you try
to open le larger than 20 MB

• LED indication – you may disable LED
indication by selecting off in this section.

Key mapping

In this section you can remap hardware keys. To

change key action, select it from the list, press OK
and choose action from the list.

Clock

In this section you will be able to set date, time,

time zone and clock format. Update clock item

denes how often the clock at status bar will be

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updated during reading: on page turn, every time
or disabled at all. Also you can set idle time before
locking keyboard and automatic power off.

Open at Startup

Here you can set either open last opened book or
main menu.

Connectivity

In this section you can set parameters needed for
network and USB connections.

• Device name – set the Device name for other

network equipment

• Access to network – dene, if the network

connection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary

(e.g. for browser)

• Preferred connection – the connection will be

used by default

• USB mode – set how the Device handles USB

connection by default: PC link, charge or ask user.

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Read more about network connections in Connecting

to Internet section.

Maintenance

This section allows you to congure system

parameters.

• Update software – the Device will search for
updates in the following order: internal storage,

microSD card (if installed) and Internet.

• Removing packages – remove dictionaries.

Check items to uninstall, press Backward to exit the

section and conrm removal in dialog window

• Congure 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

• Format internal memory – this action will
erase all data, except system les.

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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 on external microSD-card

• Backup conguration to SD – this action will
create a backup folder on an external microSD­card and will save there system settings. You will

be suggested to enter the le name from on-screen

keyboard

• Restore conguration – select the

conguration le to restore from a list

• Clean state – the Device state will be reset to

factory default settings, erasing user settings. Other
data (e.g. books, photos) won’t be lost

• Update interval – set the interval to check for
updates automatically

• Remove ADE authorization.

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 center. Please perform the upgrade procedure in

accordance with the instructions below.

There are two ways to update the rmware.

Automatic Update

To start automatic software update select Settings >

Maintenance > Update software.

The Device will begin to check available update
sources in the following order:

• internal memory

• microSD card

• 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 set period of automatic updates check

(Settings > Maintenance > Update interval). 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

hardware model of your Device

3. Download the Firmware to your PC

4. Unpack the content of the archive, le

SWUPDATE.BIN and copy it to the root folder of

MicroSD-Card or internal Device storage

5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/

Off

6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off

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7. During boot press and hold both OK and

Forward buttons simultaneously until the message

Firmware update… is displayed on the screen

8. Follow the on-screen instructions

9. Wait for the message on the screen: Please

connect power cable, and then connect USB cable to

the Device

Wait until you Press central Key… on the screen

NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Main menu

> Conguration > About device

NOTE If the rmware le is located in the Device’s root

folder, it will have a higher priority in comparison with

the le stored on the SD card during the update process.

Firmware Update 57

Troubleshooting

Error Message Reason Correction Method

No upgrade image
found

File SWUPDATE.BIN

cannot be found on
the microSD card.

Make sure the le is

in the root folder of
the card.

Try to format your

Micro SD card (make

a backup copies of all
its content prior to

formatting) and copy
the le to the root

of the empty card.

If this error persists,

use another card.

Upgrade image is
corrupted or Image is
empty

SWUPDATE.BIN le is

damaged or there is
no space available on
the microSD card.

Delete some les

from your card and

copy SWUPDATE.BIN
le on it one more

time. Repeat the
download from www.
pocketbook-int.com.

If this error repeats,

use other card.

File read error MicroSD card error

Try to use another
MicroSD card

Error. A different
rmware version is
installed on the device

A rmware le of

an older version is
stored in the device
internal memory.

Delete the old
version of the

rmware le 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 protected appears,

or nothing happens
at all

The book is damaged

If the book was

downloaded from the
online store try to re-

load it again. If the
le opens on your PC,

but does not open
on the Device, save
the book in another
format.

Html book opens
but is displayed
incorrectly.

For example, there
are empty pages,
some part of the text
is missing etc.

HTML-les contain

non-text elements

(frames, JAVA-scripts,
ash-elements)

Save the page in TXT

format

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Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

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
application by
pressing the Return

key for 1–2 sec. If

this doesn’t help,
press Reset on the
rear panel to reload
your device.

After connection
to PC disks are not
displayed in Explorer

Your Device is in
the battery charging
mode.

Check USB mode in

Conguration Main

Menu item. Set

Connection to PC or
Ask at Connection

No signal in
connection cable

Check USB cable

condition and its
proper connection
to connector. Try to

connect the USB-

cable to another port

Troubleshooting 60

Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Bookmarks, settings
and current position

in le cannot be

saved

File system damaged

Connect the device to
a PC and check disks.
To proceed, open My

Computer, right-click

on the selected disk
and select Properties

>Service > Check Disk

Internal memory

is full

Delete books, images

and/or music les

that you do not need

Battery discharges
too fast

Disabled automatic
turning off

Conguration > Clock

in Main Menu. Select
automatic turn off
time in Auto Turn Off

in… item

Customer Support

For detailed information about service centers in
your country please use contacts below:

Telephone

Deutschland 0-800-183-39-70
USA 1-877-326-01-96
Российская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34
Україна 0-800-304-800
Қазақстан 8-800-333-35-13
Беларусь 8-820-0011-02-62

www.pocketbook-int.com/support/

[e-mail]

Certication Information

Model name: PocketBook 611
Brand name: PocketBook Basic 611

Europe – EU Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with the essential requirements
of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The following
test methods have been applied in order to prove
presumption of conformity with the essential
requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC:

• EN 60950-1

• EN 62311

• EN 300 328

• EN 301 489-17

This device is a 2.4 GHz wideband transmission
system (transceiver), intended for use in all EU

member states and EFTA countries, except in France

and Italy where restrictive use applies.

Certi cation Information 63

In Italy the end-user should apply for a license

at the national spectrum authorities in order to
obtain authorization to use the device for setting
up outdoor radio links and/or for supplying public
access to telecommunications and/or network
services.

This device may not be used for setting up outdoor
radio links in France and in some areas the RF

output power may be limited to 10 mW EIRP in
the frequency range of 2454 – 2483.5 MHz. For

detailed information the end-user should contact
the national spectrum authority in France.

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