Obreey Pro 603, Pocketbook Pro 603 User Manual

User Manual

PocketBook Pro 603

Table of Contents

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

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

Front View 10
Back View 12

CARACTERISTIQUES TECHNIQUES .................14

GETTING STARTED ..............................................15

Charging Battery 15
Turning On 16
Modes of Device Operation 17
Loading Files 18
Navigation 19
Using the Stylus 20
Working with On-Screen keyboard 22
Installing USIM Card for
3G-connection Usage 24

Table of Contents 2

MAIN MENU ............................................................25

Main panel 26
Widgets 27
Status Bar 31
Task List 33

READING BOOKS ..................................................35

Library 35
Library Renewal 40
Loading of the Protected Electronic Books
(Adobe DRM) 40
Reading Mode 45
Using the Stylus 56

SOFTWARE .............................................................58

Favorites 58
Notes 58
Applications 59
Dictionary 65
Music 66

Table of Contents 3

Photo 68
Search 69

NETWORK CONNECTIONS .................................70

Bluetooth 71

Conguring Wi-Fi Connection 77
Conguring 3G Connection 80

Closing Network Connections 82

CONFIGURATION ..................................................83

FIRMWARE UPDATE .............................................93

TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................97

CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................... 100

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL

STANDARDS ........................................................ 101

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 ex-

plosion 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 to

Safety Precautions 8

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 com-

ponents (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. Touch screen

2. Forward – turns page forward

3. Backward – turns page backward

4. Home – returns to Main Menu

5. Menu – opens context menu

6. Speakers – 2×0.5 W speakers

Appearance 11

7. ОК – conrms selection

8. Up

9. Right

10. Down

11. Left

12. Return – goes back to the previous menu

13. Reset button – restarts the Device

14. 3.5 mm audio jack

15. LED indicator – indicates the Device’s power

mode. Flashing orange – charging, solid orange –
charged, solid green – power consumption

16. Micro-USB port – designed for connecting

your Device to either PC or charger (optional) via
the micro-USB cable

1 7. Micro SD card slot – used to insert an

external microSD memory card

navigation keys

Appearance 12

BACK VIEW

Appearance 13

18. Stylus

19. On/Off – long press switches the Device on/

off, short one – opens express menu

20. 3G on/off - enabling/disabling wireless 3G

connection

21. Battery compartment cover button

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

Conguration > Key mapping.

Caracteristiques techniques

Ecran 6’’ E Ink Vizplex™ 800×600, 166 dpi

Panneau tactile

EMR (E-écriture, le module de toucher un
stylo)

Processeur 533 MHz

RAM 256 Мo

Stockage Interne 2 Go

Système opérationnel Linux®

Connexions

3G

Wi-Fi™ (b/g)
Bluetooth™ 2.1
USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)

Mémoire Slot MicroSD jusqu’à 32 Go

Sortie Audio

Prise casques 3.5 mm
2 enceintes de 0.5 W

Capteur de position Oui

Formats de livre

PDF, EPUB (compris DRM), FB2, TXT, DJVU,
RTF, HTML, CHM, DOC, TCR, FB2.ZIP, PRC,
DOCX

Formats d’image JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

Formats audio MP3

Batterie Polymère Litium, 3.7 V, 1530 mАh

Dimentions 132x182x10.6 mm

Poids 280 g

Getting Started

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn how to prepare the Device to work
and about main control features.

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 charger (optional).

To charge the battery for the rst time, do the

following:

1. Connect the Device to a computer or charger

with USB-cable. Indicator will start blinking orange

as soon, as charging starts

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2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator

turns solid orange. Now you can disconnect the De-

vice 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.

TURNING ON

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, de-

pending on settings (Conguration > At startup, open).

Getting Started 17

MODES OF DEVICE OPERATION

Normal operating mode is the main mode of Device
operation. Green light of indicator signalizes about

power consumption (e.g. screen refresh, network
connection or music playback).

Sleep mode is the power-saving mode of operation.
The Device actually switches off during user idle
time to save battery charge. No power is required
for E Ink screen to maintain a displayed image. Run­ning applications are saved in RAM of the Device.

Safe mode – service mode for Device load with
manufacturer’s settings. To load the Device in this
mode, hold the Home button while turning it on.

Getting Started 18

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 remov-

able 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!

Getting Started 19

NAVIGATION

Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to
select required item (e.g. book, media le, applica­tion, widget or menu item). Press OK button shortly

to open selected. Continuous OK press opens item
context menu (if available) Press Return button to
return to the previous menu, Home button to return
to Main menu. Continuous Return press opens short
task list, short On/Off button press — full one. To
open section’s menu, press Menu button.

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

Conguration > Key mapping section.

Getting Started 20

USING THE STYLUS

To calibrate the stylus initially, go to Conguration

> Maintenance > Calibrate Touch panel. Touch the

crosses appearing on the screen. It’s recommended

to calibrate touch panel periodically to keep accu­rate Device control with stylus.

The stylus can be used as follows:

• for navigation – touch selected item to open

it, continuous touch opens item’s context menu (if
available)

• for making graphic notes while reading (see

more in Notes section)

• for turning pages and zooming in reading

mode

• for playback control while listening to the

music (by touching playback buttons)

• for drawing in Scribble application.

Getting Started 21

For the most precise Device control by stylus, it’s
recommended to hold it perpendicularly to the

screen (within 15 degrees), as it shown on a gure.
Using the stylus on a scratched or dirty touch screen

can cause error of positioning up to 10%.

Getting Started 22

WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD

On-screen keyboard is used when it’s necessary to
enter text information, for example, for search or
network connection credentials.

To type a symbol, select it with navigation keys and
press OK, or press symbol or control key with stylus.

To switch to another input language, press the cur­rent language button. To add the language to the
onscreen keyboard layout go to Conguration >

Keyboard.

Getting Started 23

1. An eye icon appears when keyboard is used

to type in some kind of password (e.g. Wi-Fi). Touch

this icon to display the entered text.

2. Close the on-screen keyboard

3. Erase last typed symbol

4. Enter the typed text

5. Change input language

6. Change case.

Getting Started 24

INSTALLING USIM CARD FOR 3G-CONNEC­TION USAGE

The Device has 3G-module allows you to connect

to the Internet at any place covered by your 3G­connection provider’s network. To install USIM card,

take off back cover of the Device, screw off battery

mount, take off the battery and put USIM card to the
slot opened. About 3 G-connection congurations,

please, read in 3G Wireless Connection Conguration
section.

Main Menu

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn about basic elements of user inter­face of the Device.

Main menu contains main functional and control

software elements (main panel and widgets) dis­played after turning on and launching the Device (if

the corresponding option in Conguration > At start-

up, open is selected). To access Main menu from oth-

er application, press Home button or press several
times Back button. Appearance of Main menu can
be changed in correspondent Conguration section.

Main Menu 26

MAIN PANEL

This Main menu section contains Device’s main soft­ware elements:

• Library

• Favorites

• Notes

• Applications

• Dictionary

• Photo

• Music

• Search

• Conguration

Detailed information about each Main Panel section
see in Software section of the Manual.

Main Menu 27

WIDGETS

Widget is a brief view of a particular application.
To bring up an application in full screen, open the
widget as usual application. Context menu allows

changing or conguring widget.

Last opened books

Displays recently opened books list. Number of dis­played books depends on Main menu appearance
settings. Widget settings allow toggle view between
list and thumbnails. You cannot change this widget.

Clock

Digital or analog clock (toggles in widget context
menu).

Calendar

Main Menu 28

Displays recent month calendar. In full-screen mode

displays recent year calendar.

Sudoku

Quick launch of Sudoku – popular Japanese puzzle.

Dictionary

Opens Dictionary application

Music player

Displays current track and provides basic music
playback control: play/pause, previous/next track.

Calculator

Simple calculator allows you to perform 4 arith­metic operations, calculate per cent, and take the
square root. By pressing the button in the right
bottom corner of the widget you can switch to full-

screen application Engineering Calculator (to see

more in Applications).

Main Menu 29

eBook

Quick access to online bookstores. You can switch
between stores in widget context menu.

You can set up several stores in settings le eBook.
cfg. This is a text le, located on internal Device
storage in folder \system\cong\widgets\eBook

and containing widget parameters, separated by
commas.

Example:

Bookland,bookland.bmp,http://bookland.net/go,1,1,1

Libri.de,libri.bmp,http://ers.libri.de/home,1,1,1

To change settings copy le eBook.cfg to PC and
edit it with any text editor (e.g. Windows Notepad).

Widget parameters are described below.

Main Menu 30

Parameter

Name

Format Description Example

Store name

String

(up to 12
symbols)

Displayed as
widget title

BookLand

Logo le name string

.bmp le should be

located in folder

\system\cong\

widgets\eBook.
The image should
have resolution
235×205

Bookland.bmp

Web-site
address

string

Link to web page
opens after widget
activation

http://book­land.net/go

Serial number

transfer ag

1 or 0

Sends Device
serial number.
Can be used by
some stores for
automatic log in

1

Device model

transfer ag

1 or 0

Sends Device’s
model and manu­facturer info

1

Connection type

transfer ag

1 or 0

Sends information
about connection

type (either Wi-Fi
or 3G)

0

Main Menu 31

After editing le, copy it to the internal Device stor­age to \system\cong\widgets\eBook folder.

PocketNews

Launches PocketNews application (see Software >

Applications > PocketNews).

STATUS BAR

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

• Date and time

• Battery charge

• – Multitasking icon – touch this icon to

open running tasks list

• – 3G connection is active

• – Wi-Fi is active: touch it with stylus to

open connection info

• – Bluetooth is active: touch it with stylus

to view connection info

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• – Bluetooth headset is connected

• – Music player is on.

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.

NOTE In sleep mode, the clock is removed from the status

bar to save power for screen update.

After touching status bar clock with stylus, calendar
and calculator will appear. To hide them, touch sta­tus bar one more time or press Back button.

Main Menu 33

TASK LIST

Device software supports multitasking, and you can
quickly switch between running applications in sev­eral ways:

• by touching status bar icon with stylus

• by opening short task list with continuous

Back button press

• by calling extended Task list with short On/

Off button press.

Except task switching, you can force close running
applications: select an application, bring up context
menu by pressing Menu button and select Delete

task. Besides task management, you can also access

quickly some Device control features:

• – Lock keyboard. To unlock, touch key icon

with stylus or press On/Off button

• – Turn on/off Bluetooth

• – Open wireless connections list

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• – Make screenshot. The images are saved

in screens folder

• – Open music player

• – Switch off the Device.

You can force close applications via extended Task
list only, short task list doesn’t support this feature.

NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing Home button

doesn’t close application; it is still running in background.

That causes, for example, that read percentage displayed

in Library doesn’t change after you exit the book by press-

ing Home. To close application completely, press Back

button.

Reading Books

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn how to use reading software, ll in
your library and congure the Device for the most

comfortable reading.

LIBRARY

Library is e-books le manager. To open a book,

touch its title with stylus or select it using naviga-

tion keys and press OK. Library menu allows to lter,

group, sort, change appearance of the section and
perform search.

Reading Books 36

Filtration criteria

• All Books – all books on selected storage are

displayed

• Now reading – books were opened and read

more than one page

• Favorites.

Grouping criteria

Depending on selected grouping next parameters
are displayed as folders’ titles:

• Folder – real folder name

• Author – an alphabet is added at the top of

the screen

• Series

• Genre

• Format.

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Sorting criteria

• File names

• Book titles

• Last opened

• Creation date

• Series

• Author

Sorting can be ascending or descending.

Books list views

Simple – in this mode next information is

displayed:

• Folder or le format icon

• Book title

• Location icon (if le is located on memory

card)

• Status icons and read percentage:

• Now reading

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• Read

• Favorite

Detailed – in this mode information about au-

thor and le size added

Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, status

icons and le size are displayed

Storage-dependent appearance has three options:

• Internal + memory card

• Internal

• Memory card.

Information block at the bottom of the screen dis­plays read books and storage status.

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Context menu allows proceeding with next le and

folder operations:

• Open (if item can be opened with alternative

reader program – Open with…)

• File – le operations

• Rename

• Move to folder

• Delete

• Add to/Remove from Favorites

• Mark as read/unread

• Send to… – send book via Bluetooth

• Information – brief information about book/

folder.

Reading Books 40

LIBRARY RENEWAL

You can copy books into internal storage of the De­vice or to external SD-card like it described in Load-

ing Files section, or download it directly from online

bookstores.

NOTE Books, downloaded from online bookstores are

saved to root folder of internal storage of the Device.

LOADING OF THE PROTECTED ELECTRONIC
BOOKS (ADOBE DRM

)

You must register on the www.adobe.com site to

be able to use the book protected format (Sign

in>Create an Adobe Account).

Reading Books 41

Downloading Book Using the *.acsm Link

1. Visit the www.adobe.com site using a PC

browser.

NOTE The current browser version does not support

Flash Player

2. Go the Products section

3. Follow the Digital Editions link in the alpha-

betical index of products

4. Open the Sample eBook library link at the

bottom of the page to enter the library

5. Select the book and click Download item

button

6. The le download window will appear on

the screen. The le name with .acsm extension is
indicated in the le name. Click Save button

7. The URLLink.acsm link will appear after sav-

ing on your PC

NOTE The same sequence of actions also allows you to

download a link to a protected book of any online book

shop.

Reading Books 42

Take the following actions to open a protected book

(DRM) on your Device:

1. Copy the book link le (*.aсsm) to the Device.

2. Find and open this le on your Device.

3. Follow on-screen instructions to activate

your Device. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter

login and password of your account into the Device
activation form at www.adobe.com to proceed. Then
you will be able to download the book.

4. Download a book.

The full version of the book will be available in the

Digital Edition folder after download is completed.

The downloaded book is protected with DRM and it
cannot be opened by an unregistered user.

Reading Books 43

Book downloading via PC

1. Open the Adobe Digital Editions application

NOTE You will be prompted to activate new Device, when

it’s connected to PC for the rst time. If the Device is not

activated, it will be impossible to copy a book from PC

to Device using Adobe Digital Editions. If you have pre-

viously used registration data in a rmware version ear-

lier than 2.0.4 in the Device for opening protected books

then, when upgrading the software version, you will have

to enter registration data of www.adobe.com once more

to open such books again.The Adobe Digital Edition au-

thorization can be deleted in the section Settings > Main-

tenance > Delete the ADE authorization.

2. Select the Go to library view icon

3. Click All items

4. Find the desired book and copy it to your De-

vice. To open it, use your registration data at www.
adobe.com.

Reading Books 44

Book Borrowing

A registered user can borrow a book from online
bookstores (e.g. www.adobe.com). A borrowed book
will be placed in the Borrowed books section of the
user’s account and becomes available for reading.
The book can be opened on a PC or the Device using
the account data on the www.adobe.com site.

Every time you open a book the Device will prompt
you to return book. After the borrowing period or
after reading the book completely it becomes una­vailable for reading.

Reading Books 45

READING MODE

The Device supports next book formats: FB2, FB2.

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

If you was reading the book already, it will be
opened on a page you nished reading.

Status bar in reading mode displays current page
number/total page count, book title, read percent­age, current time and battery charge. To turn pages,
press Forward/Backward hardware buttons. Contin­uous press of these buttons will turn 10 pages for­ward or backward, respectively. Menu button opens

book’s table of contents (if available).

If a book contains external links, cross-references

or footnotes, you can switch to a links mode by

Reading Books 46

continuous Down key press (if a current page con-
tain links, otherwise you’ll get a message about

links absence). A cursor will appear in the right top

corner. Select the link to follow using Up and Down
keys and press OK to go to a link. If a link is exter-
nal one, the browser will open it; to return to read­ing press Return key. If a link is a footnote, you will
be redirected to it; to return to an original place in
a book, enter the links mode again and select the
footnote’s number or symbol.

Reader menu by default is brought up by OK but­ton press. Menu functions depend on the reader
program.

Reading Books 47

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.

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, con­tinuous press of OK button expands/collapses sub­section branch.

Reading Books 48

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, markers, comments, pens or
snapshots. Please, note that you can edit notes and
bookmarks you’ve made while reading on the De­vice only.

Voice

Text-to-Speech (TTS) software is designed to trans­form text into speech. After you turn on this feature,
a progress bar will appear in a top left corner. Press
OK to start playback. Progress bar indicates a frag­ment read currently, pages are turned automatically
as you listen.

Reading Books 49

To control TTS playback you can use either TTS
menu brought up on OK keypress, or hardware
buttons:

• Volume control: Volume +/-, Up/Down

• Pause/play: Left

• Exit TTS mode: Return.

Initially there are 4 TTS packages are installed on

the Device.

NOTE Operating system of the Device can use only 4 TTS

packages. To install the new one you need to uninstall one

of existing. To proceed, go to Conguration > Maintenance

> Removing Packages, select packages to delete, exit the

section by pressing Back and conrm deletion

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To install TTS package, do the following:

• Download package (.pbi extension le) from

website http://pocketbook-int.com/download/tts/

• Connect the Device to PC and copy TTS pack-

age le to applications folder of the internal storage

• Open Main panel Applications section, run

package le and conrm installation

• After install open Conguration > Speech Syn-

thesis > Language and Voice and select package to

use. Also in this section you can set up speed and
tone of speech.

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.

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NOTE Bookmarks are not available for DjVu books

Open Page

Opens dialog window, where you can enter
page number to go to or select one of the recent
transitions.

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

width, or encoding (for txt and html books). FB2

books has two refresh modes: Best Quality or High

Speed (default).

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Zoom

Pdf and DjVu books has Zoom menu item instead of

Settings.

Next zooming modes are available:

• 4, 9 page – preview mode, several 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 ta-

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

supported for pdf books only.
To display correctly documents with right-to-left
writing, check the corresponding box.

Reading Books 53

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 or press OK for automatic ac­celerometer-based page rotation.

ATTENTION! Screen rotation changes navigation keys

mapping! For example, after 90° screen rotation pages

will be turned with Up/Down keys.

Reading Books 54

Notes

Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments
and make handwritten records directly in the text.
All the notes will be displayed in book’s table of
contents.

NOTE Handwritten notes are not available for DjVu books.

After you will enter Notes, a tooltip window will
appear.

Tools:

Marker – use to highlight text: touch the begin-

ning of the fragment and slide to the end. If you

select area, which already contains marker, they will
be merged. Continuous stylus touch opens context
menu, where you can add text comment or remove

marker. If the selection already has comment, you

will be able to edit it by selecting Show Comment
option.

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Pencil – use to draw notes in the text.

Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the sty-

lus across the area with note to erase it.

Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a

picture.

Table of Contents – opens the book’s Table of

Contents.

Help – opens a window with instructions on us-

ing the tools.

Close notes mode.

All notes are visible from Main Menu (section Notes).

Press OK on the note being viewed to get to the ex­act place in the book where this note was created.

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USING THE STYLUS

You can use the stylus while reading books.

Turning Pages

To turn page forward, slide the stylus from the right
to the left on a bottom edge of screen, similar to
turn pages in paper book. To go one page back slide
stylus from the left to the right, respectively.

Zooming

You can also zoom using the stylus: to increase
slide the stylus bottom-up on the right edge of the
screen; to decrease, respectively, slide the stylus
down. Zooming mode depends on chosen earlier.

Menu

To call reader’s menu, touch the center of the screen
with the stylus.

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Bookmarks

Touch with the stylus the right top corner of the
screen to create bookmark. To remove bookmark,
touch the bookmark sign.

Table of Contents

To expand/collapse the hidden branches of struc-

tured table of contents, touch +/- sign with the

stylus, respectively. Continuous touch on the TOC’s
item opens the context menu.

Following Links

To follow a link, just touch it with the stylus.

Software

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn about additional software features of
the Device.

FAVORITES

After selecting this section Library opens, displaying
the books, added to Favorites.

NOTES

In this section you can view all the notes made

during reading. After you select a note, the table of
contents of the book, where it was made, will open.
After opening the note, you will be able to edit it as
described above.

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APPLICATIONS

This section contains games and additional software.

BookLand

Opens the web browser on the BookLand online
bookstore web-page. About web browser see below.

Calculator

You can also launch this application via Calculator
widget. The calculator provides a wide range
of mathematical operations, such as: numerical
notations, as well as logical, constant, and
trigonometric functions. The engineering calculator
can be used to perform extremely complicated
calculations.

Chess

Classic chess game. You can play against either the
computer or another person.

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Klondike

Classic solitaire

Clock

This application turns your Device to a useful digital
bracket clock.

Sudoku

Popular Japanese puzzle.

Snake

The game.

PocketNews

An 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.

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To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu
(by pressing the Menu button) and select the Delete
command.

To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu (by

pressing the Menu button) and select Edit command.
Edit the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.

To update feed, select Update in the application
menu. When updating RSS feeds, 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

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News Archive: by selecting this option you can

choose to read the previously stored updating RSS
feeds.

Browser

Application for viewing web-pages. After opening
the browser, you will be asked to connect to one of
the available networks.

To navigate the browser use the stylus, to enter
web-addresses and other text information – on­screen keyboard.

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Scribble

Application for drawing. To use this application
your touch screen must be precisely calibrated.
You must draw on the screen with the stylus held
perpendicular to the screen surface.

ATTENTION You can only draw with the stylus on your

device when the touchscreen is active (the device is in

normal mode marked by green LED light).

To select the drawing tool, use the application
control panel:

Text: select the position and size of the text box.

Text is entered with the on-screen keyboard

Pencil: a tool for drawing thin lines

Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines

Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text

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Back: cancel the last operation

Current drawing/total number of drawings:

change the current drawing

New: start a new drawing

Delete drawing

Exit application.

To save a picture, click the New Picture icon. The
current picture will be saved to the My Pictures
folder in the root folder of the Device.

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DICTIONARY

Enter a word from on-screen keyboard, and the

application will nd its translation. To hide/show

the on-screen keyboard, press OK button. To change
dictionary, press Menu button or touch the icon
at the right top corner with the stylus, select the
dictionary from the list and press OK.

Installation of Free *.dic Dictionaries

1. Open on your PC www.pocketbook-int.com

website and select your language

2. Find your Device model under Support

section

3. Under Dictionaries subsection nd needed

dictionary and download it

4. Unpack the archive to your PC

5. Connect the Device to PC and copy dictionary

(*.dic les) to the Device into folder system >

dictionaries.

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MUSIC

This Main Menu item is designed for you to listen to
your favorite MP3 music.

ATTENTION Music player is the most energy-consuming

application. If the music player is enabled, a note icon is

displayed at the status bar.

To listen to music on your Device:

• Download МР3 audio les into the Device

memory or internal microSD-card

• Open Music section from Main Menu. The

application will automatically scan memory for MP3

les

• Select a track to play at rst and press OK.

The top part of the player displays the name of the

le that is being played back and the playlist.

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The bottom part of the player displays the playback
control panel.

Player Controls

• OК button – Play/Pause

• Left/Right buttons:

• Short press – next/previous track in the

playlist

• Long press – fast-forward/rewind track

• Menu button – change playback mode

• One track

• All tracks in order

• Shufe.

• Forward/Backward and Volume +/- – adjust

volume

• Press Return to exit the player.

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PHOTO

In this mode the Photo folder opens. You can view
image in other folders by going up to one level and
selecting a folder.

Section menu (hardware Menu button) allows
sorting les by name or by creation date, adjusting
section appearance (short/full/thumbnails) and
displaying les depending on their location (all
memory/internal storage/external micro SD card).

File context menu allows opening, renaming, moving

to folder, deleting or sending le via Bluetooth.

Use the navigation keys or Forward/Backward keys
to turn the images. In addition, you can launch a

slide-show by selecting the corresponding context
menu item.

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SEARCH

After you open this Main menu section, the on-

screen keyboard will appear. Enter text in le name,

title or author name, and application will open
found books list.

Using the context menu of the list, you will be able

to open a book, view its info, mark as read/unread,
add to favorites; send book via Bluetooth, rename,

move to another folder, copy/move to SD card (if the
le is stored on the internal storage) or delete book;
congure appearance and sorting of the list and go
to le location.

Network Connections

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn how to precongure network

connections to go online or communicate with
other devices.

To congure connection, enter the section

Conguration > Connectivity.

Enter the Device name, visible to other network
equipment, under the Device name section. To select
network access mode, press Access to network and
choose on, off, or Ask user. Under Preferred connection

section select one of the precongured connections

to be used by default.

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BLUETOOTH

The access by Bluetooth option serves to transfer

les between devices via the wireless network.

The Device visibility is set in Bluetooth connections

section (off/hidden/visible). Bluetooth connection is
also used to access the Internet via a cell phone.

1. Select Conguration > Connectivity > Bluetooth

connections > Bluetooth GPRS. Select the connection

you want to congure. By default, non-preset

connections are named Connection No…

2. Press Connection Name and enter name from

the on-screen keyboard appeared

3. Press Connect via. The Device will search for

available Bluetooth devices. Select the device to
connect to from the list

4. Set an access point name (APN), username

and password under the corresponding sections

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NOTE APN, username and password can be provided by

your mobile operator. Your cell phone (or other device)

should have precongured GPRS connection

5. Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a

value from the drop-down list

6. Preset a proxy server (if necessary):

select Proxy conguration and enter connection
parameters (proxy server name, port, username and
password) from the on-screen keyboard

7. Press Test connection to check network

conguration. The message Connecting will appear.
If connection fails you can look through the event

log.

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Connecting Bluetooth Audio Device

You can connect a Bluetooth audio device to listen
to the music or Text-to-Speech.

NOTE You can connect a Bluetooth audio device that

uses the A2DP Bluetooth-prole. Conventional Bluetooth

headset for mobile phones works using the headset and

hands free prole.

To connect an A2DP audio device, create a

connection prole:

1. Select Conguration > Connectivity > Bluetooth

connections > Bluetooth Audio Devices. Select the

connection you want to congure. By default, non-

preset connections are named Connection No…

2. Press Connection Name and enter name from

the on-screen keyboard appeared

3. Press Connect via. The Device will search for

available Bluetooth devices. Select the device to
connect to from the list

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NOTE A list of all Bluetooth devices that are compatible

with your Device will be displayed (all nearby Bluetooth

devices that are enabled will be displayed, not only A2DP).

4. Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a

value from the drop-down list

5. To link to an A2DP audio device, you must

enable the connection by pressing the Turn on?
option.

Upon completing the connection it will be necessary
to enter a Bluetooth PIN, it should be provided by
the audio device manufacturer. PIN is required for
the rst connection only.

After the connection and icons will appear in
status bar.

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NOTE Playback control with A2DP device (e.g. play/pause,

next/previous track device buttons) is not supported

recently.

To disconnect audio device, return to the prole
conguration and select off in Turn on? section.

Alternatively, you can touch icon with stylus and

select Disconnect in dialog window appeared (not
applicable for 602 and 902 models).

Connecting Bluetooth Keyboard

You can connect a Bluetooth keyboard to simplify
navigation and entering text.

1. Select Conguration > Connectivity >

Bluetooth connections > Bluetooth Keyboard. Select

the connection you want to congure. By default,

non-preset connections are named Connection No…

2. Press Connection Name and enter name from

the on-screen keyboard appeared

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3. Press Connect via. The Device will search for

available Bluetooth devices. Select the device to
connect to from the list

NOTE A list of all Bluetooth devices that are compatible

with your Device will be displayed (all nearby Bluetooth

devices that are enabled will be displayed, not only

keyboard).

4. Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a

value from the drop-down list

5. To link to a keyboard, enable the connection

by pressing the Turn on? option.

Upon completing the connection enter PIN from the

on-screen keyboard and re-type it on the Bluetooth

one. PIN is required for the rst connection only.

After the connection and Kb icons will appear
in status bar.

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To disconnect audio device, return to the prole
conguration and select off in Turn on? section.

Alternatively, you can touch Kb icon with stylus and

select Disconnect in dialog window appeared (not
applicable for 602 and 902 models).

CONFIGURING WI-FI CONNECTION

1. Select Conguration > Connectivity > Bluetooth

connections > Bluetooth Audio Devices. Select the

connection you want to congure. By default, non-

preset connections are named Connection No…

2. Press Network name (SSID) and select the

access point from the list

3. Connection name will turn to the network

name. If you want to rename the connection, press

Connection Name and enter name from the on-

screen keyboard appeared

4. Set encryption type from the Security drop-

down list

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NOTE After selecting WEP encryption it’s necessary to

select WEP Authentication type: either Open System or

Shared Key. System cannot recognize authentication

method automatically.

Encryption is not set by default. When selecting the
type of encryption, the box for entering an access
code will be displayed

NOTE You can use up to 64 characters in your password

for WEP-PSK encoding.

5. Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a

value from the drop-down list

6. Select Network Settings, and press OK on

IP-address Conguration and select from the drop-

down menu:

a) DHCP (if a DHCP server is congured in the

network)

b) Manual – set the network parameters

manually

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7. Preset a proxy server (if necessary): select

Proxy conguration and enter connection parameters

(proxy server name, port, username and password)

from the on-screen keyboard

8. Press Test connection to check network

conguration. The message Connecting will appear.
If connection fails you can look through the event

log.

NOTE You can use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet. You

cannot transfer les over the Wi-Fi network. The Device

can connect to a Wi-Fi access point with a hidden SSID

network name. The Device can connect to a Wi-Fi access

point with enabled ltering of MAC addresses.

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CONFIGURING 3G CONNECTION

In order to use 3G connection, you need to insert
the activated SIM card of your 3G-provider into a

slot under the battery. There is a communication

prole already set by default for 3G connection:
when the Device tries to connect to the Internet,
in the window to select connection proles there
is a 3G connection prole added by default. This is
an empty prole. When you select this prole, the
device attempts to connect to the Internet via the
3G network without pre-conguring the connection.
This prole assumes that the provider, when
manufacturing the USIM card, has embedded all

the required network settings into it, including APN,
login, password, etc. This depends on the mobile

services provider. To congure 3G connection

manually, follow the next steps.

1. Select Conguration > Connectivity > CDMA/3G

connections. Select the connection you want to

Network Connections 81

congure. By default, non-preset connections are

named Connection No…

2. Press Connection Name and enter name from

the on-screen keyboard appeared

3. Set an access point name (APN), username

and password under the corresponding sections

NOTE APN, username and password can be provided by

your mobile operator.

4. Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a

value from the drop-down list

5. Preset a proxy server (if necessary):

select Proxy conguration and enter connection
parameters (proxy server name, port, username and
password) from the on-screen keyboard

6. Press Test connection to check network

conguration. The message Connecting will appear.
If connection fails you can look through the event

log.

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CLOSING NETWORK CONNECTIONS

To terminate all the network connections, go to

Conguration > Connectivity >Access to network and

set this parameter to off.

Conguration

IN THIS CHAPTER…

You will learn how congure the interface and soft­ware features of the Device for the most comfort-

able usage. Changes you’ve made in Conguration

will be applied after you will exit this section.

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 auto-

matically during the rst Internet connection.

NOTE During the registration only serial number of the

Device is sent. Registration is related to the particular De-

vice only and is not related to BookLand account.

Con guration 84

About device

The following information about Device will be dis­played: model, serial number, software version, RAM
size, E-ink parameters, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth MAC ad­dresses, 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 and set the keyboard layout switching for
Bluetooth keyboard.

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User Proles

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

be stored in the internal storage and 1 – on micro

SD 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 pa-

rameters will be stored at this prole.

To active prole open the prole 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

• Main menu – select Main menu elements

layout

• Screen orientation – select the most suitable

for you or select auto for accelerometer-based

NOTE The navigation key map may change as you change

orientation from portrait to landscape.

• Boot logo – startup image. If you’d like use

your own, copy it to system/logo internal storage
folder

• Power-off logo – the image will be displayed

when the Device is off

• Text rendering – good quality or not antiali-

ased (faster)

Con guration 87

• 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

• 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.

Key mapping

In this section you can remap hardware keys actions
in general, for reading pdf and DjVu books, or for

reading other format books. 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 up­dated during reading: on page turn, every time or

Con guration 88

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 paramteres 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)

• Preffered connection – the connection will be

used by default

• Bluetooth access – turn on/off Bluetooth mod-

ule, and set visisbility for other Bluetooth devices

• Bluetooth connections

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• Wireless connections

• CDMA/3G connections (903 and 603 models

only)

• Change PIN for SIM card

• Turn off PIN request

• Pre-congure wireless connections. See

more in Network Connections chapter.

• USB mode – set how the Device handles USB

connection: PC link, charge or ask user.

Speech Synthesis

In this section you can set parameters for TTS:

• Language and voice – select the TTS package

• Speed of Speech

• Tone.

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Maintenance

This section allows you to congure system

parameters.

• Update software – the Device will search for

updates in the following order: internal storage, mi-

croSD card (if installed) and Internet.

• Removing packages – remove dictionaries

and TTS packages. Check items to uninstall, press
Back to exit the section and conrm removal in di-
alog 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 Dic-

tionary application

• Format internal memory – this action will

erase all data, except system les.

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.

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• Clean state – the Device state will be reset to

factory default settings, erasing user settings. Other

data (e.g. books, music, photos) won’t be lost

• Update interval – set the interval to check for

updates

• Calibrate g-sensor – put the Device on a at

horizontal surface and press any button

• Remove ADE authorization.

Library

This section is intended for optimization of Library
databased.

• Library Data Update – set the parameters for

Library database update:

• Off – database won’t be updated

• Once – database will be updated after exit

from Conguration section, the parameter will
be set to Off after update

• Automatically – database would be up-

date after each Library opening and copying/

Con guration 92

removal of books (including microSD card
change).

• Optmize Database – remove old database en-
tries. To run optimization set the parameter to Once
and exit Conguration. The parameter will be set to

Off after optimization.

Protect congurations by password

In this section you can protect your setting by pass­word. Select Set password section and type the pass-
word from on-screen keyboard. Now each time you
try to enter Conguration section, you will be asked
to enter the password. You can remove or change
password by selecting the corresponding item. To
proceed, you will be asked to enter the password
once more.

Firmware Update

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation,

during which management software of e-book 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 accord-

ance with the instructions below.

There are 2 ways to update the Device 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

• Micro SD card

• Internet.

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If default Internet connection is not set, the De-

vice 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 SWUP-

DATE.BIN and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD-

Card or internal Device storage

5. Switch off PocketBook Pro by pressing but-

ton On/Off

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6. Switch on PocketBook Pro by pressing On/

Off

7. During boot press and hold both Backward

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

PocketBook Pro
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 96

Troubleshooting

Error Message Reason Correction Method

No upgrade image
found

le SWUPDATE.BIN

cannot be found on
the Micro SD 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
Micro SD 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

Incorrect Micro SD

card

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 and
delete task from task

list. 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
connector

Troubleshooting 99

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

Music player is in
background mode.
The music player
is one of the most
energy-consuming
application. A
tone icon in the
right lower corner
indicates that the
player is active

Turn off the player