PocketBook Basic 611 User Manual
User Manual
PocketBook Basiс
Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................... 5
Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 5
Maintenance 6
RF Safety 8
Utilization 8
APPEARANCE ...................................................................10
Front View 10
Side View 11
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .....................................12
GETTING STARTED ........................................................13
Charging Battery 13
Power Management 14
Loading Files 15
Navigation 16
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17
Table of Contents 2
Connecting to Internet 19
Installing additional dictionaries 22
MAIN MENU ......................................................................23
Recent Events 25
Library 25
Notes 28
Applications 29
Calculator 29
Calendar & Clock 29
Chess 30
Dictionary 30
Klondike 31
Photo 31
Snake 31
Sudoku 31
News 32
Browser 33
Book Store 34
Status Bar 35
Table of Contents 3
READING BOOKS ............................................................36
Turning Pages 37
Following References 37
Changing Font Size 37
Reading Menu 38
Contents 38
Go to Page 39
Search 41
Bookmarks 41
Settings 41
Mode 42
Dictionary 43
Rotate 44
Making Notes 44
Closing a Book 45
SETTINGS..........................................................................46
About device 46
Language 47
Keyboard 47
Table of Contents 4
User Proles 47
Appearance 48
Key mapping 49
Clock 50
Open at Startup 50
Connectivity 50
Accounts and Synchronization 51
Maintenance 51
Library 53
FIRMWARE UPDATE .......................................................55
Manual Update 56
Troubleshooting 58
TROUBLESHOOTING .....................................................59
CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................................61
COMPLIANCE WITH ..........................................................
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ...................................62
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.)
Safety Precautions 6
• 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.
Safety Precautions 7
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.
Safety Precautions 8
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
Safety Precautions 9
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
(charger may be optional)
10. MicroSD card slot – for external memory card (Micro SD
card may be optional)
11. Reset – reboots the Device
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.
1 2 3
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