PocketBook 360 Plus Operating Guide
360° Plus
User Manual
Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ...................................... 4
APPEARANCE ........................................................ 9
TECHNICAL СHARACTERISTICS .................... 12
GETTING STARTED ........................................... 13
Protective Cover Usage 13
Charging Battery 14
Power Management 15
Loading Files 18
Navigation 19
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 20
Connecting to Internet 22
Table of Contents 2
MAIN MENU ......................................................... 25
Books 25
News 28
Favorites 30
Photo 30
Dictionary 31
Applications 32
Notes 37
Calendar 38
Status Bar 38
Express Menu 39
READING BOOKS ............................................... 40
Turning Pages 41
Following References 41
Making Notes 42
Changing Font Size 43
Reader Menu 43
Closing a Book 48
Table of Contents 3
CONFIGURATION ...............................................49
FIRMWARE UPDATE .......................................... 57
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................ 61
CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................... 64
CERTIFICATION INFORMATION .................... 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 dam-
aged, 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 De-
vice in the rain, in the street at higher humidity, near
bodies of water etc.)
• penetration of liquids or moisture
• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds, elec-
trostatic charges and articial 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.
Keep away from children!
Safety Precautions 6
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 modied
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 7
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 ofcial website of PocketBook International: 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 De-
vices (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.
Safety Precautions 8
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. To prevent
such consequences follow the device-specic 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.
Disposal of electric and electronic components
(the Directive is applicable to the EU and other
European countries where separate waste dis-
posal 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
1. On/Off (power button) – switch the Device
On/Off (long pressure)
2. Up
3. Down
4. Left
5. Right
navigation keys
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6. ОК – short press opens selected element;
long press – opens context menu (if available)
7. Turning pages buttons (Forward/Back-
ward) – turn pages over in the reading mode to the
next/previous page. The long press of the lower
(Backward) button closes a book or an application
8. LED indicator – green light – the Device is
consuming energy (turning pages, connecting to
Wi-Fi network etc.). Red or orange light – the bat-
tery is charging. When the battery gets charged,
the indicator will turn green
9. Micro-USB port – for connecting to com-
puter or charger (charger may be optional)
10. MicroSD card slot – slot for external mem-
ory card (Micro SD-card may be optional)
11. Screen – 5’’ screen based on E Ink® Vizplex
technology, with 600×800 resolution
12. Protective cover – protects the screen from
mechanical damage
Appearance 11
13. Reset button is located under the battery cover. The Device restarts after pressing this
button.
NOTE The G-sensor (accelerometer) is built in the De-
vice, allowing automatically determine the position of
the device and rotate display text accordingly. You may
use the Device in any of four display positions. The G-
sensor may be disabled in Settings > Appearance > Screen
orientation menu by setting the display position manually,
or in the context menu while reading. Since using the
G-sensor leads to accelerated battery consumption, it is
recommended to turn the Device off after use or lock the
buttons.
Technical Сharacteristics
Display 5” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800, 200 dpi, B&W
CPU 800 MHz
RAM 128 MB
Flash-memory 2 GB (up to 1.5 GB available for
Storage
user)
Operating system Linux®
Communications
Card slot MicroSD/SDHC
Accelerometer Ye s
Book formats
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
USB 2.0
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
PDF, EPUB, TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, PRC
(mobi), CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TCR
Battery Li-Polymer (1000 mAh)
With the protective cover 146.2×123.2×13.8 mm
Size
Without the cover 145×123.1×13.1 mm
With the protective cover 180g
Weight
Without the cover 145g
Getting Started
In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the
Device to work and about its main control features.
PROTECTIVE COVER USAGE
To open the protective cover, hold the Device with
both hands and slightly push the projections on
the top and bottom edges of the cover.
Taking off the protective cover
To put on the protective cover, hold the Device
with one hand, attach the cover’s internal surface
to the Device with other hand and push carefully
until it clicks slightly.
Getting Started 14
To take off the protective cover, slightly push on
one of the projections.
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).
Connecting the Device to a PC
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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 glow
ing red
• When the battery is fully charged, indica-
tor turns solid green. 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 im-
age will be changed to Main menu or last opened
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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 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.
In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to
keys presses and perform no actions for 2-3 minutes), you can restart it by pressing Reset. To pro-
ceed, take it in one hand with its screen facing
down, press down on the lower part of its body
Getting Started 17
and pull it with the other hand, as shown on a
gure.
Open back cover
Close back cover
Press Reset button
Take off the cover and press the recessed Reset key
with some thin item, e.g. a straightened paper clip.
CAUTION! Don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to
press Reset button to avoid Device case damage! Don’t
use this feature frequently, because it affects the elec-
tronic components of the Device.
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 se-
lect required item (e.g. book or menu item).
ATTENTION! If you change screen orientation, naviga-
tion 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).
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.).
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Also you can congure key mapping to your own in
Conguration > 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 the required symbol in this zone. OK button
press types selected symbol.
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