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 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.

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 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 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 ofcial 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-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.

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

Appearance 10

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

Getting Started 15

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

Getting Started 16

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.).

Getting Started 20

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

Getting Started 21

1. Change text case

2. Erase last entered symbol

3. Change input language. To add the lan-

guage (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard

layout go to Conguration > Keyboard.

Getting Started 22

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

on-screen keyboard. By default eld Connection

Getting Started 23

name 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 Net-

work 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 op-

tion, you will need to specify WEP Authentica-

tion 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)

Getting Started 24

• 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 en-

ter 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).

Context menu of a le or folder is opened by con-

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

Main Menu 26

• 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 corre-

sponding 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 correspond-

ing Main menu section

• File – le opearations. To perform le op-

erations with several les/folders, select Mark

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

menu section you can rename, move, delete, copy

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

• View – conguration of Books section ap-

pearance. Files and folders can be displayed as list,

Main Menu 27

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.

Main Menu 28

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.

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.

Main Menu 29

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 up-

date 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.

Main Menu 30

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/For-
ward buttons, or launch slideshow from photo

context menu. To exit view mode, select Back con­text menu option.

Main Menu 31

DICTIONARY

After your start this application, the on-screen key-

board will appear. Type the word you’d like to nd,
and application will nd its entry in the diction-

ary. 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.

Main Menu 32

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 con-

tent horizontally

• long press – to go to the previous page

or next page

Main Menu 33

• Page turning buttons (Backward/Forward)

– to scroll the content of the window vertically

• OK button

• short press – to follow links and acti-

vate 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.

Main Menu 34

Chess

You can play versus your friend or the Device. If
you are playing against the Device, you can se-

lect 10 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!

Main Menu 35

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.

Obreey Sync

ATTENTION! For correct work of Obreey Sync time and

date on the Device should be adjusted properly.

Obreey Sync service provides quick and conveni­ent content download from Obreey Store portal to
your Device.

In order to use Obreey Sync, do the following:

1. Register at the Obreey Store website (htt-

ps://store.obreey.com).

2. Enter your account data at Obreey Store in

the Obreey Sync settings.

Main Menu 36

3. To obtain your activation code, link your
Device with your account by entering the serial
number of the Device on the website.

4. To synchronize the Device with your ac­count, enter the activation code received on the
Obreey Store website by selecting the Settings >

Registration menu option.

How to download content using Obreey Sync:

1. Go to the Obreey Store website (https://
store.obreey.com) using a browser on a PC or your

Device.

2. Enter the system (‘Login’ link), by entering

your account data at Obreey Store.

3. Select content to be downloaded and
press the ‘Download’ button. The selected content
will be moved to the ‘Goods’ section to become ac­cessible for download with Obreey Sync.

4. Activate the Wi-Fi network connection on
your Device.

Main Menu 37

5. In the Obreey Sync widget, press the Up-

date button (if Wi-Fi connection has not been acti-

vated, the Device will either do this automatically
or generate a connection request, depending on

Obreey Sync settings). A list of titles prepared for

download to the Device will be displayed. If con­tent for download is unavailable, the following
message will be displayed: Goods in queue: 0.

6. Press the Download button in the Obreey
Sync.

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\
Device’s internal storage.

Main Menu 38

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.

Main Menu 39

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, touch key

icon with stylus or 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, 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.

Reading Books 42

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.

Reading Books 43

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 the 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

Reading Books 44

table, 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.

Reading Books 45

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

Reading Books 46

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

Reading Books 47

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

• Text – 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.

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Rotate

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

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 Obreey Store online book-

store (www.store.obreey.com). The Device will be
registered automatically during the rst Internet

connection.

Con guration 50

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 Obreey Store 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.

Con guration 51

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 mi-

croSD card). Each prole stores individual books’

status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, fa-

vorites 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-men-

tioned 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.

Con guration 52

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 suit-

able for you or press auto for accelrometer-based

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 dis-

played when the Device is off

• Text rendering – good quality or not an-

tialiased (faster)

• Full page update – select the amount of

page turned before the screen will be updated

Con guration 53

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 indi-

cation 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 up­dated during reading: on page turn, every time or

Con guration 54

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 neces-

sary (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.

Con guration 55

Read more about network connections in Connect-

ing 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 stor-

age, 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.

Con guration 56

CAUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device,

use this feature only, don’t try to format the Device inter-

nal 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 mi­croSD-card 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

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

horizontal surface and press any button

• 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 accord-

ance 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.

Firmware Update 58

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. Se-

lect your country

2. Click the Support button on top menu. Se-

lect 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

Firmware Update 59

7. During boot press and hold both OK and

Forward buttons simultaneously until the mes-

sage 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 60

Troubleshooting

Error Message Reason Correction Method

Try to format your

File SWUPDATE.BIN

No upgrade image

found

Upgrade image is
corrupted or Image
is empty

File read error MicroSD card error

Error. A different
rmware version is

installed on the device

cannot be found on
the microSD card.

Make sure the le is

in the root folder of
the card.

SWUPDATE.BIN le is

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

A rmware le of

an older version is
stored in the device
internal memory.

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.

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.

Try to use another

MicroSD card

Delete the old ver-

sion 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

A book does not open

- the message Book

is probably damaged

or protected appears,

or nothing happens
at all

Html book opens
but is displayed
incorrectly.

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

Battery is low Charge the battery

If the book was
downloaded from the
online store try to

The book is damaged

HTML-les contain

non-text elements

(frames, JAVA-scripts,
ash-elements)

re-load it again. If the

le opens on your PC,

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

Save the page in TXT

format

Troubleshooting 62

Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Book opens but
various symbols,
question marks etc.
are displayed instead
of letters

No response when
you press any key

After connection to
PC disks are not dis-

played in Explorer

Incorrect encoding

Sometimes (e.g.,

when downloading
damaged or too large

books) the Device

may freeze

Your Device is in
the battery charging
mode.

No signal in connec­tion cable

Switch to reading
mode, select Settings
and change encoding

Close the frozen ap­plication by pressing
the Backward key
for 1–2 sec. If this
doesn’t help, press
Reset on the rear
panel to reload your
device.

Check USB mode in

Conguration Main

Menu item. Set Con-

nection to PC or Ask at
Connection

Check USB cable

condition and its
proper connection to
connector. Try to con-

nect the USB-cable

to another port

Troubleshooting 63

Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

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

Delete books, images

and/or music les

that you do not need

Conguration > Clock

in Main Menu. Select

automatic turn off
time in Auto Turn Off

in… item

Bookmarks, settings
and current position

in le cannot be

saved

Battery discharges
too fast

File system damaged

Internal memory
is full

Disabled automatic
turning off

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 512
Brand name: PocketBook 360 Plus

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 essen-

tial 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

Certi cation information 66

EU member states and EFTA countries, except in

France and Italy where restrictive use applies.

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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