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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.)
• 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.)
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• 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.
Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
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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 elec-
trolyte, 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.
By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the
nearest authorized service facility for examination on the
subject of security is maintained.
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For detailed information about service centres in your region please visit the ofcial 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 consequences follow
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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 centre.
Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other European countries
where separate waste disposal systems exist). In other
countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of explosion!
Appearance
FRONT VIEW
1. Backward – in reading
mode turns page backward;
in navigation mode – goes to
the previous menu or page of
the list
2. Left
3. Down
4. Up
5. Right
6. Forward – turns page
forward
7. LED Indicator – green
light – the Device is in action
(pages are loading, Wi-Fi connected). During battery charging
the indicator is ashing, when the battery is fully charged, the
light turns solid
8. ОК – short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu
item), continuous one – opens item’s context menu (if available)
Navigation keys
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SIDE VIEW
9. Micro-USB port – for connecting to computer or charger
12. On/Off (power) button – continuous pressing turns the
Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard.
NOTE You can congure key mapping to your own in Settings > Key map-
ping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen
orientation.
Technical Specications
Display
6” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800,
166 dpi, B&W
CPU 800 MHz
RAM 128MB
Storage 2GB *
Operating system Linux®
Communications
USB 2.0
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB)
Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1000 mAh **
PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected);
Book formats
TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM,
DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC, TCR
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions 122.6×176.38×9.7 mm
Weight 175 g
* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software
conguration of your device.
** Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage mode,
connectivity and settings.
Getting Started
In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to
work and about its main control features.
CHARGING BATTERY
To extend battery lifetime, it is recommended to charge
the Device for the rst time from 8 to 12 hours in the off
state. You can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable
or from the power line using a charger (optional).
To charge the battery for the rst time, do the following:
• Connect the Device to a computer or charger with
USB-cable. Indicator will start ashing as soon, as the
charging starts
• When the battery is fully charged, indicator turns
solid. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on
for the rst use.
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If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a dialogue window asking to select action – PC link or Charge
– will appear. Charging will start if corresponding mode is
selected only.
POWER MANAGEMENT
To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button for
a few seconds until startup logo will appear. When the
Device is ready to operate, an image will be changed to
Main menu or last opened book, depending on settings
(Settings > At startup open).
To turn off the Device, press On/Off button continuously
until the Device goes off. If you will press power button
shortly, the keypad of the Device will be locked and the
lock sign will appear in a centre of the screen. To unlock
the keypad, press On/Off button again.
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In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off:
go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard after or Power off
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 button on side panel with
some thin item (e.g. unbent staple).
CAUTION! Don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to press Re-
set button to avoid Device case damage! Don’t use this feature
frequently, because it affects the electronic components of the
Device.
LOADING FILES
Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable.
NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring les.
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You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link or
Charge either. Select PC Link. Operating system of com-
puter 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 re-
quired item (e.g. book or menu item).
ATTENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation and
page turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to
the side you’ve changed orientation to.
Press OK button shortly to open selected item. Continuous OK press opens context menu of item, folder or
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application (if available). If a menu item contains several
level, you can go over them by Left/Right buttons.
Page turning buttons Backward/Forward are used to turn
list pages. Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns
10 pages at once in lists and books. Short and continuous
Backward button press returns to the previous menu (or
list’s page), closes an application, a context menu and the
Library (If you are on the rst page).
Also you can congure key mapping to your own in Set-
tings > 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 web-address.
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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.
123
1. Change text case
2. Erase last entered symbol
3. Change input language. To add the language (up
to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Set-
tings > Keyboard.
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CONNECTING TO INTERNET
The Device can connect to Internet 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 se-
lect is protected, you will be suggested to enter network
key using the on-screen keyboard.
You can pre-congure 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 key-
board. By default eld Connection name will turn to the
same as Network name (SSID). If you’d like to change connection (for example, Home or Ofce) press OK and enter
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connection name as you’d like it to be displayed on the
Device
NOTE Connection name eld species only the display name of
the connection. For correct communication Network name (SSID)
must be the same as network transmits
4. Select security type in the corresponding list:
• None – for open network
• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you
will need to specify WEPAuthentication type – Open
System or Shared Key either. The Device cannot rec-
ognize authentication type automatically
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to specify
user name, password and domain (if necessary)
• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter net-
work key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Select the idle time before disconnection in the
corresponding section
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6. By default Network settings set to DHCP (dened
by network). If it’s needed to congure network settings
manually, go Network settings, change IP address congu-
ration to Manual and enter network conguration from
on-screen keyboard
7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy
server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy congura-
tion section
8. To check network conguration select Test connec-
tion and press OK.
You can select one of pre-congured connections to be
used by default. To proceed, select Default connection and
select one from the list.
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INSTALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES
You can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase
dictionaries in Book Store (https://store.obreey.com).
1. Copy le with .pbi extension to the Device inter-
nal memory
2. Disconnect the Device from PC
3. Loaded le will appear in Last Events
4. Press OK on the copied extension le and it will
be launched as an application.
5. Conrm proposed installation.
Main Menu
IN THIS CHAPTER...
You will learn about basic elements of user interface of
the Device. After turning on the Device Main menu will be
displayed on the screen (if Settings > Open at startup corresponding option was set). To return to the Main menu
from any application, press key Backward.
Main menu consists of Recent Events section and applica-
tion panel.
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Main Menu
Last opened
Last
downloaded
Application
panel
Last Events — list of last opened and down-
loaded books
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RECENT EVENTS
This section displays last actions on the Device, namely
last opened and recently loaded books.
After you press OK on recently opened book title, it will be
opened on a page you’ve nished reading before.
After pressing OK on a message about recently added
books, Library will be opened displaying added books.
Books will be grouped by creation date.
LIBRARY
Library is e-books le manager. To open a book, press
OK on its title. Library menu allows to lter, group, sort,
change appearance of the section and perform search.
Context menu, evoked by continuous pressing OK on the
book title, allows performing the following operations:
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Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader pro-
gram – Open with…)
File – le operations:
• Rename
• Move to folder
• Delete
Add to/Remove from Favourites
Mark as read/unread
Information – brief information about book/folder.
Filter:
• All Books – all books on selected storage are displayed
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• Now reading – books were opened and read more
than one page
• Favourites.
Group by – depending on selected grouping next param-
eters are displayed as folders’ titles:
• Folder – real folder name
• Author – an alphabet is added at the top of the screen
• Series
• Genre
• Format
• Date Added.
Sort – performed by following parameters:
• File names
• Book titles
• Last opened
• Creation date
• Series
• Author.
View – the list of books has two viewing modes:
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• Simple – in this mode next information is dis-
played: folder or le format icon; book title and author
name (if known); location icon (if le is located on mem-
ory card); read percentage.
• Detailed – in this mode there are displayed also
book thubnails, information about format and le size
and status icons: — Read, — Favorite.
Search – allows quick books search by following criteria:
• By an author or a name;
• All books of the author;
• All books of the series.
Exit – to leave a library.
NOTES
In this section you can view notes made during reading.
After selecting a book, where you made a note, the book
contents with all the notes will be displayed. Select a
note, and a reader will open a book at the place the note
was made.
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Notes are saved in \system\cong\Active Contents\ folder
of the Device’s internal storage.
APPLICATIONS
This section contains games and additional software.
Press Backward key to exit an application.
Calculator
Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems,
trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
Calendar & Clock
Opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation /
allows turning over a calendar. The button returns you
to the current month. Read about date and time setting in
Clock manual’s chapter.
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Chess
You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are
playing against the Device, you can select 10 difculty
levels. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the
gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece.
Dictionary
After your start this application, the on-screen keyboard
will appear. Type the word you’d like to nd, and application will nd its entry in the dictionary. To change diction-
aries, press Forward button (press Forward button twice, if
the on-screen keyboard is displayed), select the dictionary
you need from the list and press OK.
After you close the on-screen keyboard (by pressing its
keys OK or Cancel), you will be able to view dictionary
page-by-page. To turn pages, use Left/Right keys. To bring
up the on-screen keyboard again, press OK. To exit dictionary, press Backward button.
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Klondike
Classic solitaire.
Photo
This section opens Library in the mode of photo viewing
(all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder). You
can look through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats.
Snake
The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and col-
lect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake!
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.
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News
PocketNews is an application for adding and reading RSS
feeds.
To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select 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 con-
tinuous OK button press) and select Edit command. Edit
the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.
To update feed, select Update in the application menu. Up-
dated content is added to the le with .hrss extension and
will be accessible for reading after updating. The news
downloading status is displayed while updating. After
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updating the le is available for reading off-line in the
browser.
To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in
the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed
updates can be opened in browser.
You can open the previously stored RSS feeds for reading
by choosing the News Archive option.
Browser
You can navigate by using the following buttons:
• Up/Down/Left/Right buttons:
• short press — to scroll the window content
horizontally and vertically, to switch between
active elements on the page (references, text elds,
etc.);
• long press — to scroll the window content hor-
izontally and vertically with acceleration;
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• Backward/Forward buttons — to go to the previ-
ous page or next page
• OK button:
• short press – to follow links and activate text
boxes; to display/hide a context menu; to open the
on-screen keyboard for entering a website address
• long press – to activate an address bar.
The browser supports le downloading from the Internet.
Downloaded les are saved to the root folder of the De-
vice’s internal storage.
To exit the browser, press the corresponding menu item.
Book Store
Book Store application provides quick and convenient licensed content download from Book Store portal to your
Device. The internet connection must be active.
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STATUS BAR
Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and displays next service information:
• Date and time
• Battery charge.
In reading mode current page number and total page
count is also displayed.
Reading Books
In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and
congure reader software for the most comfortable
reading.
The Device supports next book formats: PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected); FB2, FB2.zip, TXT, RTF, HTML,
HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC.
To open a book, press OK on its title in Last events or
Library section. If you opened a book before, it will be
opened at the page you’ve nished reading.
In some book formats (e.g. FB2 or ePub, opened by FB-
reader) 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.
Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10 pages
at once.
FOLLOWING REFERENCES
If a page contains footnotes, internal or external references, you can enter links mode on continuous OK button
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 Down/Up keys and
press OK to follow. If a link follows to a web-site, it will be
opened with Device built-in browser.
CHANGING FONT SIZE
In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and
DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys. When
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you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change
to smallest/largest.
READING MENU
To access reader application menu press OK button.
Reading menu for books in FB2, Epub,
TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM formats
Reading menu for books
in PDF, Djvu formats
Contents
Opens a content of the book if it is present, otherwise
you get a message about missing table of contents. Active
contents display table of contents, bookmarks and notes
you’ve made during reading. If table of contents has more
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than one level, higher level entry is marked with ‘+’ sign.
Expanded item is displayed with a sign ‘-‘. Buttons Left/Right collapse/expand selected subsection branch.
Use navigation keys to move across the table, OK button
opens a selected book chapter, continuous press of OK
button opens the context menu.
Using this menu you can open contents entry, edit or delete notes and bookmarks, expands/collapses selected
subsection branch. Under Settings section of the context
menu you can congure which elements to display:
• Contents
• Notes
• Bookmarks.
Go to Page
To select a page, move the slider left or right by Left/Right
buttons. Press OK to go to a chosen page. If you want to
open the exact page press Enter page number, after typing
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a page number exactly from on-screen keyboard press OK.
As you set a slider or enter a page number, a page preview
will be opened on a background. If you will exit the menu
by pressing Backward, you will stay on a page you was
before.
Chapter name is displayed under the scroll bar.
NOTE Only the highest level chapters are marked on a scroll bar
In Last Opened sections thumbnails of last four opened
pages are displayed.
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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 naviga-
tion keys. To exit search mode press OK.
NOTE Search mode is not available for DJVU books, where there
is no text layers.
Bookmarks
Adds current page to bookmarks. After adding a page to
bookmarks in a right top corner a bookmark will appear.
All the bookmarks will be displayed in contents. To delete
bookmark, select the correspondent menu item again.
Settings
For FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC and CHM books you can
set up the most convenient reading settings: font, font
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size (you can adjust font size with Up/Down navigation
keys), line spacing, page margins width or encoding (for
TXT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes:
Best Quality (default) or High Speed.
You can select left to right (by default) or right to left (e.g.
for Arabic or Hebrew texts) text direction.
Mode
PDF and DjVu books has Mode menu item instead of Set-
tings. Select viewing mode using Left/Right keys. Follow-
ing modes are available:
• Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins
width or height. Dene a border, you want to crop by a
joystick and press OK. Move arrow buttons by a joystick
to set margins width and height. After selecting cropping
area choose Accept. Then dene cropping settings: whole
document, odd pages, even pages or current page only.
Conrm your choice by clicking Accept.
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• Zoom — zoom in or zoom out a page from 75%
to 400%
• Fit width – scaling page to the screen width
• The whole page – 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
• Reow – 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 tables may not display
in this mode. Reow mode is supported for PDF books
only. Some tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the
Reow mode.
Dictionary
Single-word translation. By default cursor highlights the
word to translate and dictionary looks for translation
automatically. Pressing OK button switches to a toolbar.
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On-screen
Toggle to text
for choosing
a word
keyboard to type
word to translate
Change
dictionary
Rotate
Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with
navigation keys.
Making Notes
You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con-
tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option.
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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
creating 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.
CLOSING A BOOK
To close a book, select the corresponding reading menu
item.
Settings
In this chapter you will learn how to congure the interface and software features of the Device for the most
comfortable usage. Select Settings in the Main menu pro-
gram panel to congure the Device. All changes will be
applied after exiting Settings 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.
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.
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After pressing More… button the information about soft-
ware will be displayed.
Language
Select the Device’s interface language.
Keyboard
Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts.
User Proles
Here you can congure up to 6 user proles (5 can be
stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microSD card).
Each prole stores individual books’ status, last opened
books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and precongured net-
work connections.
To add new prole, 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
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this current above-mentioned parameters will be stored
at this prole.
To activate prole open the one you need. In prole con-
text menu you can change avatar, duplicate prole to a
new one (to the SD card or internal storage either), rename or delete prole.
Appearance
Here you can select the appearance parameters:
• Theme – is set by default. If you want to use an-
other theme, download a le in .pbt format to the folder
system/themes
• Hourglass – turn on/off hourglass displaying
while request processing
• Boot logo – image displayed during the Device
starts. Logos are stored in system/logo internal storage
folder, so you can copy an image (.bmp, 256 colors) you’d
like to be displayed during startup
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NOTE You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo
application. Read about it in the Photo section.
• Power-off logo – the image will be displayed
when the Device is off. You can set a cover of the last
opened book by setting book cover;
• Text Rendering – good quality or high speed;
• Full page update – select the amount of page
turned before the screen will be updated completely. Al-
ways provides the best quality, but consumes the most
power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen
• LED indication – you may disable LED indication
by selecting off in this section.
Key mapping
In this section you can remap hardware keys. To change
key action, select it from the list, press OK and choose
action from the list.
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Clock
In this section you will be able to set date, time, time
zone and clock format. Update clock item denes how of-
ten the clock at status bar will be updated during reading:
on page turn, every time or disabled at all. Also you can
set idle time before locking Device and automatic power
off. You can also Synchronize Time or set Auto Time Sync to
use the network time/date.
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 net-
work equipment
• Access to network – dene, if the network connection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary (e.g. for
browser)
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• Default connection – the connection will be used
Read more about it in Connecting to Internet section.
• USB mode – set how the Device handles USB con-
nection by default: PC link, charge or ask user.
Read more about network connections in Connecting to
Internet section.
Accounts and Synchronization
• Adobe DRM — Remove ADE Authorization. After
de-authorizing ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) your DRM-
protected documents will be unavailable.
Maintenance
This section allows you to congure system parameters.
• Update software – the Device will search for up-
dates in the following order: internal storage and mi-
croSD card (if installed).
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• Congure 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.
CAUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device, use this
feature only, don’t try to format the Device internal memory via PC.
• Format SD-card – this action will erase all data on
external microSD-card
• Backup conguration 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 conguration – select the conguration
le to restore from a list
• Factory reset – the Device state will be reset to
factory default settings, erasing user settings. Other data
(e.g. books, photos) won’t be lost
Settings 53
• Update interval – set the interval to check for up-
dates automatically
• Diagnostic and Usage — Software provides data
to PocketBook about some actions, performed by a user
on the Device for the further improvement of the Device
and services, rendered by PocketBook to users. The serial
number and other information, allowing to identify a user,
isn’t saved. You can turn off this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Usage section on the Device.
Library
This section is intended for optimization of Library
database.
• Library Data Update – set the parameters for Li-
brary database update:
• Off – database won’t be updated;
• Once – database will be updated after exit
from Conguration section, the parameter will be
set to Off after update;
Settings 54
• Automatically – database would be update af-
ter each Library opening and copying/removal of
books (including microSD card change).
• OptimizeDatabase – remove old database entries.
To run optimization set the parameter to Once and exit Set-
tings. The parameter will be set to Off after optimization.
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 centre. Please perform the
upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below.
There are two ways to update the rmware.
Automatic Update
To start automatic software update select Settings > Main-
tenance > Update software.
The Device will begin to check available update sources
in the following order:
• microSD card
• internal memory
• Internet.
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If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will
ask to connect to one of available wireless networks.
Also you can set period of automatic updates check (Set-
tings > Maintenance > Update interval). In this case, the De-
vice will use Wi-Fi connection only.
Manual Update
1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. Select your
country.
2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select
hardware model of your Device.
3. Download the Firmware to your PC.
4. Unpack the content of the archive, le SWUPDATE.
BIN, and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD-Card or internal Device storage.
5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.
6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off.
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7. During boot press and hold both OK and Forward
buttons simultaneously until the message Firmware up-
date… is displayed on the screen
8. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures:
connect USB cable to the Device and Press central Key
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.
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Troubleshooting
Error MessageReasonCorrection Method
Try to format your Mi-
File SWUPDATE.BIN
No upgrade image
found
Upgrade image is
corrupted or Image is
empty
File read errorMicroSD 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.
cro 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
MalfuncitonPossible ReasonSolution
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.
Book opens but various
symbols, question marks
etc. are displayed instead
of letters
No response when you
press any key
Battery is lowCharge the battery
If the book was
downloaded from the
online store try to re-
The book is damaged
HTML-les contain
non-text elements
(frames, JAVA-scripts,
ash-elements)
Incorrect encoding
Sometimes (e.g., when
downloading damaged
or too large books) the
Device may freeze
load it again. If the le
opens on your PC, but
does not open on the
Device, save the book
in another format (TXT,
DOC, PDF).
Save the page in TXT
format
Switch to reading mode,
select Settings and
change encoding
Close the frozen
application by pressing
the Return key for 1–2
sec. If this doesn’t help,
press Reset on the rear
panel to reload your
device.
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MalfuncitonPossible ReasonSolution
Check USB mode in
Settings Main Menu item.
Set Connection to PC or
Ask at Connection
Check USB cable
condition and its proper
connection to connector.
Try to connect the USB-
cable to another port
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
Settings > Clock in Main
Menu. Select automatic
turn off time in Auto Turn
Off in… item
After connection to PC
disks are not displayed
in Explorer
Bookmarks, settings and
current position in le
cannot be saved
Battery discharges
too fast
Your Device is in the
battery charging mode.
No signal in connection
cable
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 0-800-187-30-03
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/
service@pocketbook-int.com
Compliance with International Standards
Brand name: PocketBook Basic
Model name: PocketBook 611
The EUT should be supplied by USB port from
complied Limited Power Source of personal
computer or notebook.
The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied
Limited Power Source.
Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1A
This indicates compliance with the R&TTE Directive
1999/5/EC and meets the relevant parts of following
technical specications:
Compliance with International Standards 63
1:2006+A11:2009+
EN60950-
A1:2010+A12:2011
EN 55022: 2010
Class B
EN 55024: 2010
Information technology equipment
– Safety – Part 1: General
requirements
Information technology equipment
- Radio disturbance characteristics Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment Immunity characteristics - Limits and
methods of measurement
This equipment complies with the European Council
Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of
Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Fields
[1999/519/EC].
PocketBook International SA
Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland
Tel. 0 800 187 3003
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