PocketBook Basic Lux2 User Manual

User Guide

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................	6
APPEARANCE........................................................	11
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS..............................	12
GETTING STARTED.................................................	13
Charging Battery	13
Device management	14
Main menu overview	15
Navigation	16
Working with On-Screen Keyboard	17
Recent Events	18
Loading Files	19
Frontlight	22
Inserting Micro SD Card	23

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APPLICATIONS.......................................................	24
Calculator	24
Chess	24
Dictionary	24
Klondike	25
Gallery	25
Snake	25
Interactive Apps	28
Dropbox PocketBook	28
Send-to-PocketBook	30
READING BOOKS...................................................	34
Turning Pages	37
Following References	37
Changing Font Size	38
Reading Menu	38
Closing a Book	44
SETTINGS...............................................................	45

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Accounts and Synchronization	46
Personalize	48
Languages	50
Date/Time	50
Saving power	51
Maintenance	51
Software	53
About Device	54
FIRMWARE UPDATE....................................................	55
TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................	58
CUSTOMER SUPPORT.................................................	60
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.... 61

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°C to 40°C, so don’t expose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures. Never leave cables near heat sources. Heated cables or their insulation may become deformed or damaged, which could lead to fire or electric shock.

Try to avoid next impacts:

Electrostatic	Excessive mechani-	Strong electro-	Direct	UV electromag-	Liquids or	Direct flame
charges	cal pressure	magnetic fields	sunlight	netic radiation	damp	or smoke

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Maintenance

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.

Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.

Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or charger (broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable). 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

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or modified 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 five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.

Warning: The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To avoid damage, make sure not to drop, bend, or apply pressure to the device, do not allow point pressure on the screen surface and any other actions that might break or damage the glass base. Also, the screen does not have any special protective layer so please avoid any contact between its surface and objects that might

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leave marks or scratches on it. To decrease the risk of damaging the device and its screen it is recommended to keep and transport it in a Pocketbook protection cover.

If the device has not been used for a long time, the battery charge indicator may not work when the charger is connected. In this case, connect the charger, let the device charge for 1 hour, then disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB cable. The device can then be used as normal.

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 centres in your region please visit the official website of PocketBook International: www. pocketbook.ch.

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Utilization

Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences follow the device-specific 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

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.OK – short press opens an

element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’s context menu (if available);

5. Up;

6. Right; 7. Forward – turns page

forward;

8. Micro-USB port – for con-

necting to computer or charger (charger may be optional);

9. MicroSD card slot – for ex-

ternal memory card (Micro SD card may be optional);

10. On/Off (power) button – turns the Device on/off.

NOTE: You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key mapping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.

Technical Characteristics

Display	6” E-Ink CartaTM 1024×758, 212 dpi, B&W
CPU	1 GHz
Frontlight	Yes
RAM	256 MB
Storage	8 GB *
Operating system	Linux®
CPU	1 GHz
Cover sensor	Yes
Communications	Micro-USB, Wi-Fi(b/g/n)
Memory slot	MicroSD (up to 32 GB)
Battery	Li-Ion Polymer, 1300 mAh **
	PDF, PDF (DRM), EPUB, EPUB (DRM),
Book formats DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC,
	TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions	161,3 × 108 × 8 mm.
Weight	155 g

*The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software configuration 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’s recommended to charge the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours.

You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or from (2) the power line using a charger (optional).

To charge the battery for the first time, do the following:

• Connect the Device to a computer or charger with USB-cable. The device will turn on as soon as charging starts.

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• When the battery is fully charged, you can disconnect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage.

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. Charging starts only if the appropriate mode was selected.

DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Turn	Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready
Turn	to operate, Main menu or last opened book
on	will appear, depending on settings.

Turn	Press and hold On/Off button for about two
off	seconds until the Device goes off.

	You can lock your Device in three ways:
	1. Press On/Off button.
Lock	2. You can set automatic key lock or
Lock	power off: go to Settings > Saving Power >
	Power off after or Auto screen lock, and set the
	idle time before power off or locking Device.

Unlock	Press On/Off button.

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In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys presses, you must give the device time Restart (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. If it does not help, you can restart it by pressing

On/Off button for 10 seconds.

MAIN MENU OVERVIEW

Last opened	Recent Events — list of last
	opened and downloaded books

Notification

panel

Last downloaded books

Application panel

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NAVIGATION

Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to select required 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 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 first page).

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Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key mapping section.

WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD

The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info, for example, search query.

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 first navigation key press transfers cursor to the middle of the selected zone, and then you can select the required symbol in this zone. Press OK button to type the selected symbol.

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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 Settings > Languages > Keyboard Layouts.

As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon will appear on a text field. Select icon and press OK to see typed symbols.

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 finished 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.

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LOADING FILES

Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable.

NOTE: The Device should be kept on while transferring files.

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 removable disk (if SD card installed – as two ones). Now you can copy files to the Device or SD card using Explorer or other file manager.

ATTENTION! After copying files safely remove the Device before

disconnect the cable!

Downloading protected e-books (Adobe DRM)

Registration at www.adobe.com is required to use e-books in protected format (Sign in > Create an Adobe Account).

Download via *.acsm

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1. Visit www.adobe.com via your browser;

NOTE: the current version of your browser on the Device does not

support Flash Player

2.Open Menu > Products > All products;

3.Follow the link Digital Editions in the alphabetical index of products.

4.Open Visit the sample eBook library at the bottom of the page to enter the library;

5.Choose a book and click Download item.

6.A download window will appear on the screen. The file name should contain the name of the book and the file extension .acsm. Click Save.

7.After the file is saved on your PC, a link as URLLink. acsm will appear.

NOTE: The same sequence of actions allows downloading a link to

a protected book from any online bookstore.

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