PocketBook Basic Lux 2 Operating Guide

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

Table of Contents 3

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

Table of Contents 4

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 ex-

pose 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 fi re or

electric shock.

Try to avoid next impacts:

Electrostatic

charges

Excessive mechani-

cal pressure

Strong electro­magnetic fi elds

Direct

sunlight

UV electromag-

netic radiation

Liquids or

damp

Direct fl ame

or smoke

Safety Precautions 6

Maintenance

Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly venti-

lated 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 (bro-

ken case, poor contact, broken feed cable). If the battery is dam-

aged (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should

be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made

Safety Precautions 7

or modifi 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 fi ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not

constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.

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.

Safety Precautions 8

By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near-

est 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: http://

www.pocketbook-int.com.

RF Safety

The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may in-

terfere with radio communications and other electronic equip-

ment. 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 prohib-

ited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals — this may affect air-

borne avionics or medical equipment.

Safety Precautions 9

Utilization

Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse im-

pacts on the environment and public health. To prevent

such consequences follow the device-specific disposal

requirements. Recycling of these materials helps pre-

serve 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 ap-

plicable 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 con­necting to computer or charger
(charger may be optional);

9. MicroSD card slot – for ex­ternal 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 > Personal-

ize> 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

CPU

Linux®
1 GHz

Cover sensor Ye s

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).

1 2

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 discon-

nect 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

Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready

Turn

to operate, Main menu or last opened book

on

will appear, depending on settings.

Press and hold On/Off button for about two

Turn

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

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 contin-

uous 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 confi gure key mapping to your own in Set-

tings > 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 sym-

bols are divided into 5 zones. The fi rst 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.

1 2 3

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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 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 com-

puter 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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Do the following to open a protected (DRM) book on the

Device:

1. Copy the file of the link to a book (*.acsm) to your

Device.

2. Find and open the file on your Device.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate your

Device. To do this, use the on-screen keyboard to enter the

login and password of your account on www.adobe.com
into the Device Activation form. Then you will be able to

download the book.

4. Download the book. After the download is com-

plete, a full version of the book will be available for reading
in the Digital Edition folder.

The downloaded book is protected (DRM) and cannot be

opened by a non-registered user.

Download books via PC

1. Open the Adobe Digital Editions application.

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NOTE: When connecting your Device to PC for the fi rst time, Ado-

be Digital Editions prompts you to activate the new device. Use

your registration data at www.adobe.com for this. If the Device is

not activated, it will be impossible to copy a book from PC to device

using Adobe Digital Editions.

2. Select the Go to library view icon.

3. Click All items.

4. Choose a book and copy it to your Device.

FRONTLIGHT

To adjust the frontlight level, please use the Left/Right

button and move a Slider in the notifi cation bar.

MIN

MAX

Getting Started 22

INSERTING MICRO SD CARD

The Device already has 8 GB of internal storage, but you

can extend it by using micro SD card (up to 32 GB). Insert

it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push

until card will be fixed.

To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be

unfixed, and pull it to get.

ATTENTION! If your SD card get stuck, do not try to eject it by

yourself and immediately call Customer Support.

Applications

This section contains games and additional software.

Calculator

Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathemati-

cal operations, such as different numeric systems, trigono-

metric, logarithm, power and logical operations.

Chess

You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are

playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty lev-

els. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gam-

ing 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 find, and ap-

plication will find its entry in the dictionary. To change

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dictionaries, press Forward button twice, select the dic-

tionary 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.

Klondike

Classic solitaire.

Gallery

This section opens in the mode of photo view (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

collect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake!

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Sudoku

Popular Japanese puzzle.

Navigation: Use the navigation keys to move around the

grid and bottom panel. Click OK button to enter. Back-

ward/Forward buttons toggle between the grid and the

panel and vice versa.

Controls: To enter a number into a cell of the grid, you

can choose firstly a number or a cell, in which you want to

enter a number or a label.

Cell first:

1. Set a frame on the chosen cell and press OK button.

2. Press Backward or Forward to move to the

bottom panel to choose correspondingly a number

(left) or labels (right) for the specified cell. Press ОК to

enter;

3. The chosen number will be entered into the se-

lected cell.

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Number first:

1. Press OK on the cell with “givens“ (digits known

in the beginning of the game) and on numbers of the bot-

tom panel.

2. The chosen number will be highlighted on the bot-

tom panel, showing that it is active.

3. Press OK on the cell of the grid to enter the high-

lighted number in a cell.

NOTE: A digit on the bottom panel is highlighted until another

one is chosen.

Bottom panel:

— Step Back (Cancel previous action);

— Step forward (active after “step back”);

— Clear cell.

Hints:

— a hint by highlighting instances of the chosen numeral.

— hiding labels, which are not correct for a cell no more

— a hint about possible labels for a cell.

Applications 27

Library

Library is e-books file manager, which allows to group, sort,

change appearance of the section and perform search.
Read more about this app at Library.

INTERACTIVE APPS

Dropbox PocketBook

DropBox application allows to download files, added to

Dropbox from any computer or any Device with installed

Dropbox app or from the Dropbox website, to your Device.

And you do not need to install anything to your Pocket-

Book, it is enough to authorize in the service.

How to start using

1. Register in the Dropbox service (www.dropbox.com);

2. Input your Dropbox account data (email address

and password) on your PocketBook Device in the section

Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > Dropbox >

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Login to authorize Dropbox. (The Wi-Fi connection should

be on, otherwise you will be asked to turn it on);

3. After successful authorization, the Dropbox Pock-

etBook sync folder will be created in the Library of the De-

vice. The Application > Dropbox PocketBook directory will

show up in your Dropbox account, and after synchroniza-

tion it will be available from other devices with Dropbox.

NOTE: The application on your device will have access only to files

in the Application > Dropbox PocketBook folder on the server

How to synchronize

Automatically:

1. Files, added to the directory Application > Drop-

box PocketBook on the server and to the sync folder on

your Device, will be automatically synchronized when the

internet connection is on.

2. All synchronized files will be downloaded to the

sync folder in the Library (by default, Dropbox PocketBook
is the sync folder, but you can change it in Settings> Ac-

counts and Synchronization > Dropbox > Sync folder).

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Manually:

1. To synchronize all content in sync folders, in Set-

tings choose ‘Accounts and Synchronization > Dropbox>
Synchronize files now’, or in the Library choose ‘Synchro­nize files now’ in the context menu of the sync folder.

2. After synchronization all obtained files will be also

available in the sync folder in the Library on the Device.

Send-to-PocketBook

The application allows to send files to the email address of

your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded

to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on.

How to start using

1. Register for the Send-to-PocketBook service, for

this purpose do the following:

• Launch application:

• from the Applications > Send-to-PocketBook section;

• or from Settings > Accounts and Synchroniza-

tion> Send-to-PocketBook.

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NOTE: The Wi-Fi connection should be on, otherwise you will be

asked to turn it on.

• In the opened wizard enter your contact email ad-

dress and password.

• The email with the activation link will be sent to the

specified address. Follow this link to receive the email address

of your Device (for example, [email protected]).

NOTE: The contact email address is used only for the authoriza-

tion of the application, and the service address of the Device user-

[email protected] is used for sending books to it, if you want

them to be downloaded to your Device.

2. After activation update the registration wizard on

the Device. After that all applications features will be avail-

able for you, and the download folder for received books
will be created in the library — Send to PocketBook.

How to get files

Applications 31

Automatically:

1. Files, sent to the service email address of your Device,

will be automatically downloaded to the download folder in

the Device Library, when the internet connection is on. Down-

load folder is available after authorization from the locations:

• Applications > Send-to-PocketBook;

• Settings > Accounts and synchronizations > Send-

to-PocketBook > Go to folder of the context menu of the
Download folder;

• Library > Send-to-PocketBook.

2. By default, ‘Send-to-PocketBook’ is the download

folder, but you can change it at registration or in the Set-

tings > Accounts and synchronization > Send-to-Pocket­Book> Download folder section.

Manually:

To update the content of the download folder, in Settings

choose Accounts and synchronization > Send-to-Pocket-

Book> Receive files now or in Library choose Receive files
now in the context menu of the download folder.

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Received files will be also available in the download folder

in the Library of the Device.

The list of trusted senders

Documents can be downloaded on the Device, if they are

sent from the address, contained in the ‘white list’ (a list of

the trusted senders).

The address, specified at registration, is contained in the

list by default.

If the mail is sent to your Device from the unknown ad-

dress, you will receive the letter with a proposal to add a

sender to the ‘white list’. After your confirmation you will

receive files from the added address to your Device. Thus,

spam won’t get on the Device.

Reading Books

In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and con-

figure reader software for the most comfortable reading.

The Device supports next book formats: PDF, PDF (DRM),

EPUB, EPUB (DRM), DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC,

TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM.

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 finished reading.

LIBRARY

Library is e-books file manager. To open a book, press

OK while its title is selected. Library menu allows to filter,

group, sort, change appearance of the section and per-

form search.

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1. Grouping criteria

Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by:

• All Books;

• Authors;

• Genres;

• Collections;

• Favorites;

• Folders;

• Formats;

• Series.

The results of grouping can be dispalyed as as­cending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A).

2. Sorting criteria

• By opening date;

• By addition date;

• By title;

• By author.

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3. Books list views

Simple – in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed.
Detailed – in this mode there’s added author, titele,

thumbnails, information about fi le format and size, read

percentage.

List - in this mode next information is displayed:

• Folder or book icon;

• Book title and author name (if known);

• Read percentage and Read status.

Context menu

Context menu, evoked by continuous pressing OK, allows

performing the following operations:

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• Book Info - brief information about book;

• Mark as read;

• Add to collection;

• Add to Favorites;

• All books of author;

• Copy;

• Move;

• Delete.

TURNING PAGES

Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pag-

es. Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10

pages at once.

FOLLOWING REFERENCES

If a page contains cross-references or footnotes, 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 keys and press OK to follow.

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CHANGING FONT SIZE

In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and

DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys.

READING 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 display table of contents, bookmarks and notes

you’ve made during reading. If table of contents has more

than one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’

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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 selected book chapter, continuous press of OK but-

ton opens the context menu.

Using this menu you can open contents entry, edit or de-

lete notes (text or graphic either) and bookmarks, expands/
collapses selected subsection branch. Under Settings sec-

tion of the context menu you can configure which ele-

ments to display:

• Contents;

• Bookmarks;

• Notes.

Go to Page

If you want to open the exact page press Go to page, af-

ter typing a page number exactly from on-screen keyboard
press OK. If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward,

you will stay on a page you was before.

Reading Books 39

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 Backward/Forward.

NOTE: Search mode is not available for DJVU books.

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.

Reading Books 40

Settings

In this section you can fi nd out how to confi gure your read-

ing settings for different book formats. You can also learn

about all the available options and features in this menu.

EPUB, FB2, etc.

To confi gure EPUB, TXT, FB2, DOC and other text format
books, open the Reading menu and select Settings.

Page tab - you can choose

line spacing, font size, margins

width and also enable or disable

hyphenation.

Font tab - use this tab to select

font style.

Screen tab - you can enable or dis-

able page numbering and on\off

Status bar.

Reading Books 41

Built-in page numbering displays the number of pages in

the book’s original layout. One page can cover one or sev-

eral screens, depending on reading settings.

If the function is disabled, the numbering will display the

number of screens. It may take a while to calculate the

number of screens when you first open the book, or after

the reading settings have been changed. The number of

screens won’t be calculated again whenever the book is

opened after this.

PDF and DjVu

PDF and DjVu books has Settings. Select viewing mode us-

ing Left/Right keys. Following modes are available:

• Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins

width or heigth. Define a border, you want to crop by a

joystick and press OK. Move arrow buttons by a joystick

to set margins width and heigth. After selecting cropping
area choose Accept. Then define cropping settings: whole

document, odd pages, even pages or current page only.
Confirm your choice by clicking Accept.

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• 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

• Refl ow – 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. Refl ow mode is supported for PDF books only. Some
tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the Refl ow mode.

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.

Word
translation

Back to text

View resembling
words

On-screen
keyboard to type
word to translate

Change dictionary

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Rotate

Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with

navigation keys.

Notes

You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con-

tinuously 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. 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 configure the interface and

software features of the Device for the most comfortable
usage. Select Settings at Main menu panel to configure the

Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section.

WI-FI

In this section you can set parameters needed for network

connection.

Network access — on or off. After network access

activation, the following settings appear:

• Connection to hidden networks — read more in

the Connecting to the Internet section of this manual.

• Available Networks — a list of available networks.

Choose one of them and you’ll see parameters of this

connection: Network name (SSID), signal strength, security,

IP-address, network mask, main gateway, DNS.

NOTE: If Scanning is displayed instead of Available Networks, it

means that Device is searching for available networks.

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ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION

Adobe DRM

To authorize, input your Login (e-mail address) and Pass-

word. When you are authorized, your login and Exit from
Adobe DRM item are displayed. After exit all protected

DRM documents will be unavailable.

Send-to-PocketBook — the following options are

available:

• PocketBook account: your account email.

• Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the

application, input your contact email address and pass-

word, to authorize. If you are authorized, the email, to

which you can send books, is displayed. You can logout

Send-to-PocketBook.

• Receive files now: The content of the Download

folder will be updated. Before update, please, check if your

Device is connected to the Internet.

• Receive files automatically: On or Off. Files, sent

to the Device address [email protected], will be

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automatically updated in the download folder, if Wi-Fi con-

nection is on. You can turn off automatic receiving files to

optimize the Device productivity.

• Download folder: location of received files. The

Send-to-PocketBook folder is set by default. You can

choose any other folder or create a new one in the internal

Device storage or on the external SD-card.

• About service — more detailed about service.

Dropbox — In this section the following options are

available:

• Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the ap-

plication, input your Dropbox account data to authorize. If

you are authorized, then you can logout Dropbox.

• Synchronize Now: Files in the Sync folder and

Pocketbook device directory will be synced. Before syncing

files, please check if your Device is connected to the Inter-

net and is linked to the proper Dropbox account

• Autosync: Turn On or Off auto synchronization.

The service is turned on automatically at the authorization,

Settings 47

so Dropbox will automatically sync files, if Wi-Fi connec-

tion is on. You can turn off autosync to optimize the Device

productivity.

• Sync Folder: location of synced files. You can also

move files to Sync folder, if you want to sync them with

Dropbox Pocketbook directory on the server. The Dropbox
PocketBook folder on the Device is set by default. You can

choose another folder or create a new one in the internal

Device storage or on the external SD-card.

• About Service — more detailed about service.

PERSONALIZE

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.

NOTE: You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Gallery

application. Read about it in the Gallery section.

Settings 48

Complete Page Refresh. Select the amount of page turned

before the screen will be updated completely. Always item

provides the best quality, but consumes the most power.

Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous

pages on a screen.

Open at Startup last opened book or main menu.
LED Indication – you can turn on or turn off LED indicator.
Key Mapping. In this section you can remap hardware

keys. To change key action, select it from the list and select

action from the list.

User Profiles - can be configured on bith internal storage and

microSD card; number of profiles is not limited. Each profile

stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks,

notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections.

To add new profile, 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-mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile.

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To activate profile open the one you need. In profile context

menu you can change avatar, rename or delete profile.

LANGUAGES

Language. Select the Device’s interface language.

Keyboard Layouts. Under this section you can add up to

3 keyboard layouts.

Available Dictionaries. Under this section you can un-

check dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the
list during the translation or in Dictionary application.

DATE/TIME

In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone
and clock format. You can also Synchronize Time or set

Auto Time Sync to use the network time/date.

Settings 50

SAVING POWER

Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which

help to save battery charge:

• Battery Percentage;

• Lock device after — set time of idleness, after

which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min.

• Power off after — set time of idleness, after

which the Device power off: off, 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes.

MAINTENANCE

USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection
by default: PC link, Charge or Ask when connected.

Backup & Recovery

• Restore Configuration – select the configuration

file to restore from a list;

• Backup Configuration to SD – this action will cre-

ate a backup folder on an external microSD-card and will

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save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter

the file name from on-screen keyboard;

Privacy

• Protect Configurations by Password — in this sec-

tion you can protect your setting by password. Select Set

Password section and type the password from on-screen

keyboard. Now each time you try to enter Settings section,

you will be asked to enter the password. You can remove or

change password by selecting the corresponding item. To

proceed, you will be asked to enter the password once more.

• 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 to users. The serial number and any other in-

formation for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can disable
this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us-

age section.

Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data,

except system files.

Settings 52

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 from the

external microSD card.

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;

Demo mode - switching demo mode for the Device. To acti­vate demonstration mode check On in the Demo mode item.

SOFTWARE

Software Version - the current version of firmware is dis-

played;

Software Update – the Device will search for updates in

the following order: microSD card (if installed), internal
storage and Internet.

Auto Update – turn on/off automatic check for updates.

Settings 53

Third-Party Apps — license and information about third-

party applications, used on the Device.

ABOUT DEVICE

The following information about Device will be displayed:

Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform);
Memory (operative memory, total and available internal

memory and microSD-card);

License - license and information about applications, used

on the Device.

Firmware Update

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which man-

agement software of the Device will be changed. In case of improper execu-

tion control program may be damaged and will require treatment in the service

centre. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instruc-

tions below.

There are two ways to update the firmware.

Automatic Update

To start automatic software update select Settings > Soft-

ware > Software Update. The Device will begin to check

available update sources in the following order:

• MicroSD card (if installed);

• internal memory;

• Internet.

If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will ask

to connect to one of available wireless networks.

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Also you can activate the automatic updates check (Set-

tings > Software > Auto Update). In this case, the Device

will use Wi-Fi connection only.

NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Settings > Software > Firm-

ware Version

Manual Update

1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com on your PC.

Select your country.

2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hard-

ware model of your Device

3. Download the Firmware to your PC

4. Unpack the content of the archive, file SWUPDATE.

BIN, and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD-Card or in-

ternal Device storage

5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.

6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off. Hold

both Backward and Forward buttons until the message

Firmware update… is displayed on the screen.

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NOTE: If the firmware file is located on the SD card, it will have

a higher priority in comparison with the file stored in the Device’s

root folder during the update process.

Troubleshooting

Error Message Reason Correction Method

File SWUPDATE.BIN

No upgrade image
found

Upgrade image
is corrupted or
Image is empty

File read error MicroSD card error

Error. A different
firmware version
is installed on the
device

cannot be found on
the microSD card.
Make sure the file is
in the root folder of
the card.

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

A firmware file of an
older version is stored
in the device internal
memory.

Try to format your Micro SD
card (make a backup copies
of all its content prior to
formatting) and copy the
file to the root of the empty
card. If this error persists,
use another card.

Delete some files from your
card and copy SWUPDATE.
BIN file 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 version of
the firmware file 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.

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 displayed in
Explorer

Battery is low Charge the battery

If the book was downloaded
from the online store try to re-

The book is damaged

HTML-files contain
non-text elements
(frames, JAVA-scripts,
flash-elements)

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

load it again. If the file 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 / keys simul­taneously for 1–2 sec.

Check USB mode in Set-

tings 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

Troubleshooting 58

Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Bookmarks, settings and
current position in file
cannot be saved

Battery discharges too
fast

File system damaged

Internal memory is full

Disabled automatic
turning off

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 files that you do
not need

Settings > Date/Time in Main

Menu. Select automatic turn
off time in Auto Turn Off

in… item

Customer Support

country please use contacts below:

For detailed information about service centers in your

country please use contacts below:

Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03
Česko 800-701-307
France 0805-080277
Italia 800-788-913
Österreich 0-800-802-077
Polska 0-800-141-0112
Switzerland 0-800-898-720

www.pocketbook-int.com/support/

[email protected]

Compliance with International Standards

Product name: PocketBook Basic Lux 2

Model name: PB616W

Firmware: 5.17

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 equipment is marked with the symbol and can be used

throughout the European community. This indicates compliance

with the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. France – 2.4GHz for Metro-

politan France. In all Metropolitan departments, wireless LAN

frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either

for public or private use:

• Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the

entire 2400-2483.5 MHz frequency band

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• Outdoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the

2400-2454 MHz band and with maximum power (EIRP*) of 10

mW for the 2454-2483 MHz band.

IMPORTANT: Changes or modifications to this product not au-

thorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate

your authority to operate the product. This product has demon-

strated EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of

compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system

components. It is important that you use compliant peripheral de-

vices and shielded cables between system components to reduce

the possibility of causing interference to radios, televisions, and

other electronic devices.

Certification information (SAR)

The device meets guidelines for exposure to radio waves.

Your device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not

to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended

by international guidelines. These guidelines were developed

by the independent scientific organization ICNIRP and include

safety margins designed to assure the protection of all persons,

Compliance with International Standards 62

regardless of age and health. The exposure guidelines for devices

employ a unit of measurement known as the Specifi c Absorp-

tion Rate or SAR. The SAR limit stated in the ICNIRP guidelines

is 2.0 watts/kilogram (W/kg) averaged over 10 grams of tissue.

Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions

with the device transmitting at its highest certifi ed power level in

all tested frequency bands. The actual SAR level of an operating

device can be below the maximum value because the device is

designed to use only the power required to reach the network.

This equipment complies with the European Council Recommen-

dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen-

eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC].

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