Obreey Pro 912, Pocketbook Pro 912 User Manual

PocketBook Pro 912

User Manual

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ........................................................... 3

APPEARANCE ............................................................................. 7

Front View 7
Back View 9

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS .........................................10

GETTING STARTED ................................................................11

Charging Battery 11
Turning On 12
Modes of Device Operation 12
Loading Files 13
Navigation 13
Using the Stylus 14
Working with On-Screen keyboard 15

MAIN MENU ..............................................................................16

Main panel 16
Widgets 17
Status Bar 21
Task List 22

READING BOOKS ....................................................................24

Library 24
Library Renewal 26

Table of Contents 2

Loading of the Protected Electronic Books
(Adobe DRM) 27
Reading Mode 29
Using the Stylus 35

SOFTWARE ...............................................................................37

Favorites 37
Notes 37
Applications 37
Dictionary 41
Music 42
Photo 43
Search 44

NETWORK CONNECTIONS ...................................................45

Bluetooth 45

Conguring Wi-Fi Connection 50

Closing Network Connections 51

CONFIGURATION ....................................................................52

FIRMWARE UPDATE ...............................................................58

TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................61

CUSTOMER SUPPORT............................................................64

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ....65

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.)

• 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, electro-

static charges and articial sources of UV electromagnetic

radiation

• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, con-

nectors and keys of the Device.

Safety Precautions 4

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.

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.

Up to ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not

constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.

Safety Precautions 5

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 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 con-

sequences 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

Safety Precautions 6

service, store where you purchased the Device, or the author­ized service center.

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 accord-

ingly to local laws.

Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of
explosion!

Appearance

FRONT VIEW

1. Touch screen

2. Home – returns to Main Menu

3. Menu – opens context menu

4. Forward – turns page forward

5. Backward – turns page backward

6. Speakers – 2×0.5 W speakers

7. ОК – conrms selection

8. Up

9. Right

10. Down

11. Left

navigation keys

Appearance 8

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

Appearance 9

BACK VIEW

18. Zoom - button

19. Zoom + button

20. Volume - button

21. Volume + button

22. Stylus

23. On/Off – long press switches the Device on/off, short

one – opens express menu

24. Wi-Fi on/off - enabling/disabling wireless Wi-Fi

connection

25. Battery compartment cover button

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

> Key mapping.

Technical

Characteristics

Display

9.7’’ E Ink Vizplex™ 1200×825, 155 dpi, black/

white

Touch Panel EMR (E-Writing, pen touch module)

Processor 533 МHz

RAM 256 МB

Internal Storage 2 GiB

Operating system Linux®

Communications

Wi-Fi™ (b/g)

Bluetooth™ 2.1

USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)

Memory slot microSD up to 32 GiB

Audio output

3.5 mm stereo jack

2×0.5 W speakers

Accelerometer Yes

Book formats

PDF, EPUB (including DRM), PDF, EPUB, FB2,

TXT, DJVU, RTF, HTML, CHM, DOC, TCR, FB2.ZIP,

PRC, DOCX

Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

Audio format MP3

Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1530 mAh

Dimensions 193×263×11.5 mm

Weight 565 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

2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator turns

solid orange. 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.

Getting Started 12

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, depending on settings (Conguration > At

startup, open).

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 13

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 ei-

ther. Select PC Link. Operating system of computer will detect

Device’s storage as removable 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, 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gura-

tion > Key mapping section.

Getting Started 14

USING THE STYLUS

To calibrate the stylus initially, go to Conguration > Mainte-

nance > 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, con-

tinuous 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.

For the most precise De-

vice 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 15

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.

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.

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 ele-

ments (main panel and widgets) displayed after turning on and
launching the Device (if the corresponding option in Congura-

tion > At startup, open is selected). To access Main menu from

other application, press Home button or press several times
Back button. Appearance of Main menu can be changed in cor-

respondent Conguration section.

MAIN PANEL

This Main menu section contains Device’s main software

elements:

• Library

• Favorites

• Notes

• Applications

• Dictionary

• Photo

• Music

• Search

• Conguration

Main Menu 17

Detailed information about each Main Panel section see in

Software section of the Manual.

WIDGETS

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

cation. 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

Displays recent month calendar. In full-screen mode displays
recent year calendar.

Sudoku

Quick launch of Sudoku – popular Japanese puzzle.

Dictionary

Opens Dictionary application

Main Menu 18

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).

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

Main Menu 19

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.

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

Main Menu 20

Parameter

Name

Format Description Example

Serial num­ber transfer

ag

1 or 0 Sends Device se-

rial 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 trans-

fer ag

1 or 0 Sends informa-

tion about con­nection type

(either Wi-Fi or

3G)

0

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).

Main Menu 21

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 run-

ning tasks list

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

nection info

• – Bluetooth is active: touch it with stylus to view

connection info

• – 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.