PocketBook Color Lux User Manual

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Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .....................................................................5

APPEARANCE.......................................................................................10

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .....................................................12

GETTING STARTED ...........................................................................13

Charging Battery 13

Power Management 14

Loading Files 15

Gestures 16

Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17

Frontlight 19

Connecting to the Internet 19

Inserting Micro SD Card 22

MAIN MENU ..........................................................................................23

Recent Events 25

Library 27

Notes 31

Applications 31

Dictionary 43

Book Store 43

Search 43

Music 44

Status Bar 45

Task Management 46

Installing Extensions 47

READING BOOKS ...............................................................................48

Gestures in Reading Mode 49

Social networks & ReadRate 51

Turning Pages 55

Contents 55

Open Page 56

Bookmarks 58

Following Links 58

Search 59

Scaling 59

Dictionary 62

Notes 63

Screen Orientation 64

Text-to-Speech 64

Closing a Book 65

SETTINGS ..............................................................................................66

Frontlight 66

Personalize 66

Network 68

Date/Time 69

Languages 69

Accounts and Synchronization 70

Advanced Settings 71

Saving Battery 77

Device Info 77

FIRMWARE UPDATE .........................................................................79

TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................83

CUSTOMER SUPPORT .....................................................................85

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS .....86

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 damaged, which could lead to re or

electric shock.

Try to avoid next impacts:

• direct sunlight

• direct ame or smoke (cigarette, open re etc.)

• exposure to liquids or damp (do not use the Device in

the rain, in the street at higher humidity, near bodies of water etc.)

• penetration of liquids or moisture

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• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds, electrostatic

charges and articial sources of UV electromagnetic radiation

• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, connec-

tors and keys of the Device.

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

ronment, 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 pro-

tection of the screen, we recommend storing the Device in a pro-

tective and/or hard cover.

Keep away from children.

Maintenance

Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.

Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, charger (broken

case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card. If the battery is

Safety Precautions 7

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

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

made or modied batteries may cause an explosion and/or dam-

age 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 near-

est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of

security is maintained.

For detailed information about service centers in your region

please visit the ofcial website of PocketBook International:

http://www.pocketbook-int.com.

Safety Precautions 8

RF Safety

The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may

interfere 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 pro-

hibited, 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 consequenc-

es follow the device-specic disposal requirements. Recycling of

these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more infor-

mation regarding recycling issues please contact local municipal

Safety Precautions 9

authorities, your domestic waste collection service, store where

you purchased the Device, or the authorized service center.

Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Di-

rective is applicable to the EU and other European

countries where separate waste disposal systems ex-

ist). In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.

Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of

explosion!

Appearance

Appearance 11

1. Home – return to Main menu

2. Backward – turn page backward

3. Forward – turn page forward

4. Menu – open context menu (if available). Continuous press

switches on/off the frontlight (See Frontlight section of the manual).

5. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD/SDHC card (up

to 32 GB)

6. Micro-USB port – connect the Device to a PC or a charger using

USB-cable

7. Frontlight control strip

8. On/Off (power button) — continuous press turns the Device on/off.

9. 3.5 mm audio jack

TechnicalSpecications

Display 8” E Ink capacitive multi-sensor display,

Frontlight Ye s

Processor 800 МHz

Internal Storage 4GB *

Operating system Linux®

Communications Wi-Fi™ (b/g/n)

Memory slot microSD up to 32Gb

Audio output 3.5 mm earphones jack
Book formats PDF, EPUB (including Adobe DRM-protect-

Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

Audio format MP3

Dimensions 170×202×9 mm

* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the
software conguration of your device.

** Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage

mode, connectivity and settings.

800×600

RAM 256 МB

USB (micro-USB port)

ed); FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU,
RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, PRC, MOBI,
ACMS

Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 3000 mAh**

Weight 300 g

Getting Started

In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device

for work and will read about its main control features.

CHARGING BATTERY

To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to charge the

Device for the rst time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state.

You can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable or

from the power line using a charger (optional).

To charge the battery for the rst time, do the following:

1. Connect the Device to a computer or charger with

USB-cable. Indicator will glow red as soon, as the charg-

ing starts

2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator will

glow green. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn

it on for the rst use.

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NOTE Indication can be disabled in Settings > Saving Battery >

LED indication.

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.

POWER MANAGEMENT

To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button.

When the Device is ready to operate, an image is changed

to Main menu or last opened book, depending on settings

(Settings > Personalize > Open at startup).

To turn off the Device, press On/Off button continu-

ously until the Device goes off. In addition, you can set

automatic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Saving

Battery> Power off after or Settings > Advanced Settings >

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System > Lock keyboard after respectively, and set the idle

time before locking keyboard or power off.

LOADING FILES

Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable.

NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring les.

You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link or

Charge either. Select PC Link. Computer’s operating sys-

tem will detect Device’s storage as a 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

disconnecting the cable!

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GESTURES

CAUTION! Touch screen of the Device is sensitive enough and

is a fragile detail. To avoid its damage, please, touch it carefully

while controlling the Device with gestures.

Tap

Opens an element (book, le, folder application or
menu item).

Touch & hold

Opens context menu of an element (if available).

Slide

Turns pages of a book or a list; moves an image:

slide your nger across the screen.

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Flick

Scrolls lists: move your nger across the screen

rapidly.

Scaling

Changes the image scale: place two ngers

on a screen and pinch them together to

zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in.

WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD

On-screen keyboard is used when it’s necessary to enter

text information, for example, for search or network con-

nection credentials.

To type a symbol, press a key. To switch to another in-

put language, press the current language button. To add
the language to the on-screen keyboard layout go to Set-

tings> Languages > Keyboard Layouts.

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1. Change case

2. Enter the typed text

3. Close the on-screen keyboard

4. Erase last typed symbol

5. Change input language.

As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon

will appear on a text eld. Touch it to see typed symbols.

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FRONTLIGHT

To swith on/off the frontlight, press and hold the Menu

button for one second. Swipe your nger on the frontlight

control strip on the top panel to set the frontlight bright-

ness that is convenient for you. You can also adjust the
frontlight brightness in Settings > Frontlight section.

CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET

The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi-

Fi networks. If you open an application, which requires
Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews), the Device dis­plays a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network

you select is protected, you will be suggested to enter

network key using the on-screen keyboard.

You can pre-congure a connection and set an automatic

connection. To proceed, follow these steps:

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1. Go to Settings > Network > Network Access

2. Select On for the Network access checkbox and then

further settings appear: Automatic connection, Connection

to a hidden network, and a list of available Wi-Fi networks.

NOTE If there are no available networks or the signal strength is

week, Available networks aren’t displayed and instead replaced by

Scanning — searching for available networks

3. To set up connection with a hidden network, open

Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from

the on-screen keyboard in the Network name (SSID) eld.

4. Select the security type in the corresponding list:

• None – for an open network

• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you

will need to specify WEP Authentication type – Open

System or Shared Key. The Device cannot recognize

the type of authentication automatically

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• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to specify

username, password and domain (if necessary)

• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter a net-

work key (up to 64 symbols)

5. Open Advanced settings. Select the idle time be-

fore disconnection in the corresponding section

6. If it is needed to congure network settings

manually, go to Advanced settings, and change IP address

conguration:

• DHCP — get IP address automatically (if DHCP

server is congured)

• Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks pa-

rameters manually from the on-screen keyboard

7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy

server, you can specify its parameters in the Proxy congu-

ration section

8. To check network conguration and connect to

network, return to the Connection to hidden network sec-
tion and press Connect.

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NOTE Wi-Fi connection can be used for connecting to an Inter-

net network. Transferring data via Wi-Fi connection is unavailable.

The Device can be connected to a Wi-Fi access point with MAC

address ltration applied.

INSERTING MICRO SD CARD

The Device already has 4 GB of internal storage, but you
can extend it by using micro SD card. Insert it to the slot,
like it is shown on a gure, and slightly push until card
will be xed.

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

unxed, and pull it to get.

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 > Personalize > Open at start-

up corresponding option was set). To return to the Main

menu from any application, press Home.

NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing Home button doesn’t

close application or book, it is still running in background. You

can switch back to an application by opening task list on status

bar icon touch.

Main menu consists of Recent Events section and applica-

tion panel.

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Main menu overview

Recent Events is a list of recently
opened and downloaded books

Filtration

of events

Last read book

Events of friends

on ReadRate

Last downloaded

Applications panel

Application
quick access button

Main Menu 25

RECENT EVENTS

This section displays last actions on the Device, name-

ly last opened, recently loaded books and your friends

events on ReadRate and recommendations (see details in

Social networks & ReadRate). You can congure ltration

by pressing on a sign in the tor right corner of the screen:

Filtration

Set marks opposite news,
you would like to receive

After you touch recently opened book title, it will be

opened on a page you’ve nished reading before. After

touching a message about recently added books, Library

will be opened displaying added books. Books will be

grouped by creation date.

Main Menu 26

Library Overview

Exit

Search

Menu

1

2

3

4

5

Turn Library pages

Main Menu 27

LIBRARY

Library is e-books le manager. Library menu allows to
lter, group, sort, change appearance of the section and

perform search.

1 Filtration criteria

• All Books – all books on selected storage are

displayed

• Now reading – books, which were opened and

read (more than one page)

• Favorites – books chosen be a user by means of

the context menu.

2 Grouping criteria

Depending on selected grouping next parameters are dis-

played as folders’ titles:

• Folder – real folder name

• Author – an alphabet is added at the top of the screen

• Series

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• Genre

• Format

• Date Added.

3 Sorting criteria

• File names

• Book titles

• Last opened

• Creation date

• Series

• Author.

Sorting can be ascending or descending .

4 Books list views

Simple – in this mode next information is displayed:

• Folder icon

• Book title and author name (if known)

• Location icon (if le is located on memory card)

• Read percentage and Read status.

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Detailed – in this mode there’s added thumbnails, in-

formation about le format and size, read percentage and

status icons: Read, Favorite.

Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and au-

thor name (if known) and Favorite icon are displayed.

5 Storage-dependent appearance has

three options:

• Internal + memory card

• Internal

• Memory card.

Context menu...

.. .opened by continuous touch...

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.. .and allows proceeding with next le and folder

operations:

• Open (if item can be opened with alternative

reader program – Open with…)

• Information — brief information about book/folder

• Mark as read/unread

• Add to/Remove from Favorites

• File – le operations:

• Rename

• Move to folder

• Delete

• Find — allows quick book search by the follow-

ing criteria: by author or title, all books of the author, all

books of the series (if the author or the series is known)

• Exit — exit Library.

Main Menu 31

NOTES

In this section you can view all the notes made during

reading. After you select a note, the table of contents of

the book, where it was made, will open. Please, read more
about notes creation and editing in Notes.

APPLICATIONS

This section contains games and additional software. To

exit an application, press key or corresponding menu

item .

Calculator

Engineering calculator supports a wide range of math-

ematical operations, such as different numeric systems,

trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.

Main Menu 32

Chess

You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are play­ing against the Device, you can select 10 difculty levels.

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

Date/Time manual’s chapter.

Klondike

Classic solitaire.

PocketNews

Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS
news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed op-

tion. Enter the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.

To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu and
select Delete command or press the Recycle bin icon .

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To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu and se­lect Edit command. Edit the feed address using the on-

screen keyboard.

To update feed, select Update in the application menu.

Updated content is added to the le with .hrss extension,
and the le will be accessible for reading after updating.

The news downloading status is displayed while updat-

ing. After the update le is available for reading off-line

using the browser.

To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in

the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed

updates open in browser.

News Archive: by selecting this option you can choose to

read the previously stored updating RSS feeds.

Main Menu 34

Scribble

Application for drawing. To use this application your

touch screen must be precisely calibrated.

To select the drawing tool, use the application control

panel:

Text: select the position and size of the text box. Text

is entered with the on-screen keyboard

Pencil: a tool for drawing thin lines

Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines

Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text

Back: cancel the last operation

Current drawing/total number of drawings: change

the current drawing

New: start new drawing

Delete drawing

Exit application.

To save a picture, touch icon. The current picture will
be saved to the My Pictures folder in the root folder of the

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Device. In addition, Scribble application is used for editing

graphic notes.

Sudoku

Popular Japanese puzzle. Press on an empty cell to select

it. After that you can input in the selected cell the digit

you think should be in the cell or set labels — digits that

you suggest may be in the cell. Digits and labels should

be chosen from the bottom selection panel

Browser

This is an application for viewing web-pages. As you start

Browser, you are suggested to connect to one of available

wireless networks.

To enter website address, touch address bar, type an ad­dress from on-screen keyboard appeared and press En-

ter. To follow a link, just touch it. If a web-page doesn’t

t a screen, you can scroll it: place your nger on the

screen and move a page. Also, you can change scale of a

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web-page using zooming gestures (pinch or spread two
ngers). Hardware buttons / are used to scroll page

vertically: scrolls down and scrolls up, respectively.

Browser supports multiple windows, so you can open a

new window for the corresponding browser menu section

and view all opened windows. Also, from browser menu

you can view history of visited websites, downloads, fa-

vorites, adjust scale of displaying web-pages, rotate a
screen and congure the browser from Settings section.

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Under Settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/

enable JavaScript and loading images.

To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser

menu.

Book Store

Book Store application provides quick and convenient li­censed content download from Book Store portal (http://
www.bookland.com/) to your Device. The internet connec-

tion must be active.

If you are already registered at the portal http://www.
bookland.com/, press I already have an account Book Store

and check if the login and password are entered correctly

at PocketBook Sync settings.

ATTENTION! For correct work of PocketBook Sync time and date

on the Device should be adjusted properly (Settings >Date/time).

Main Menu 38

In order to use PocketBook Sync and Book Store, do the

following:

1. Register at the portal Book Store (http://www.

bookland.com/)

2. To receive the activation code, add your Device to

your account by entering a serial number of a device on

the site.

3. Enter your account data at Book Store in the sec-

tion Settings > Accounts and Synchronization in your Device

If the connection with an account is set properly, you get

access to all the features of a portal.

Press the Personal Room to expand options for work with

a personal account:

Top up the balance – move to the site Book Store in order

to top up the balance by one of the proposed ways.

Purchase history – the list of goods, purchased at the store
Exit.

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Exit

Personal room

Select the book and press Buy to purchase goods. Choose
the format of a downloading book and press Buy and

download on the page Your purchase. The bought le is

moved to the folder Library > Downloads and is displayed
on the wall of Last events of the Main Menu.

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NOTE If there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to

you to top up the balance on a site Book Store after pressing Buy

(It is recommended to top up the balance using PC).

PocketBook Sync

To download content using PocketBook Sync:

1. Go to the Book Store website (http://www.book-

land.com/) using a browser on a PC or your Device.

a) Enter the system by inputting your account

data at Book Store.

b) Select content to be downloaded in the list of

already bought Goods and press the Sync with de-

vices button. After this the selected le is moved to

download queue.

NOTE If there is no Sync with devices button, go to PocketBook

Devices and set check in box Auto sync opposite the Device’s

serial number.

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2. Connect Your Device to wireless network.

3. Press the PocketBook Sync icon (arrow at the

bottom of the page on a status bar) or get PocketBook

Sync from Applications (if Wi-Fi connection has not been

activated, the Device will either do this automatically or

generate a connection request, depending on PocketBook

Sync settings).

a) Press the Update button in the PocketBook Sync

widget Press the Download button in the Pock-

etBook Sync widget. A list of titles prepared for

download to the Device will be displayed.
b) Content will be downloaded to the Device au-
tomatically or after pressing Download button in
the PocketBook Synс widget, depending on Pock-

etBook Sync settings

4. Downloaded le is moved to the folder Library >

Downloads and is displayed on the wall of Last events of

the Main Menu.

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Photo

Opens Library in the mode of viewing images (download­ed to the folder Photo). The opened photo is displayed in
a full-screen mode. To set a photo as Boot Logo or Power-

off Logo, to Rotate or view Information about it, touch the

full-screen image to switch to the editing mode and press
menu sign in the right top corner of the screen. In the

editing mode you can zoom a photo by zooming gestures

and set the selected area as a logo.

Coloring

Choose the coloring picture and touch the sections to

color them.

Mp3 Player

Application for listening audioles (Music)

Main Menu 43

DICTIONARY

Enter a word by on-screen keyboard, and the application
will nd its translation. To change dictionary, press but-

ton or touch icon at the right top corner, and select the

dictionary from a list.

BOOK STORE

Book Store application provides quick and convenient li­censed content download from Book Store portal (http://
www.bookland.com/) to your Device. See more detailed
about it in the Book Store section.

SEARCH

After selecting this item the on-screen keyboard will be

opened, so you will be able to type in a search query – a
part from le name, book title or author’s mane. After enter­ing the query Library, displaying search results, will open.

Main Menu 44

MUSIC

Music player for playing .mp3 media les.

Application
menu

Progress bar Playlist

CloseCollapse

Repeat once

Normal

Shufe

Press to switch

Previous

Play/Pause

-

Next

Volume

Press / to switch

+

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In the Application menu you can add audio les and fold-

ers with audio to the playlist, rearrange tracks, and save

or clear playlist. By means of the context menu, opened

with a long press on the track, you can perform the fol-

lowing operations: view info about track, add to queue, or

remove the le from the list.

STATUS BAR

Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and

briey displays system info. In reading mode status bar

displays current page and total page count. To switch to a

system status bar, press the icon .

Date & time

Touch to open

task list

Wi-Fi is connected
Touch to view info

Battery charge

Main Menu 46

TASK MANAGEMENT

Device software supports multitasking, and you can quick-

ly switch between running applications in several ways:

• by touching status bar icon

• by evoking task manager by continuous press on

the Home button.

Besides task switching, you can force close running ap-

plications: press against an application in the list .

You can also access quickly some Device control features:

• Lock Device. To unlock, press On/O button

• Open music player

• Open wireless connections list

• Turn off the Device.

NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing Home button doesn’t

close application, it is still running in background. That causes, for

example, that read percentage displayed in Library doesn’t change

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after you exit the book by pressing Home button. To close ap-

plication completely, touch top left corner of the screen, press

button continuously or the corresponding application menu item.

INSTALLING EXTENSIONS

You can install additional Text-to-Speech packages (avail­able for download on PocketBook website in Support sec-

tion) and dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in
Book Store).

1. Copy extension le with .pbi extension to the De-

vice internal storage.

2. Disconnect the Device from PC.

3. Loaded le will appear in Last Events.

4. Launch copied extension le as an application

and conrm installation.

Reading Books

In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and
congure reader software for the most comfortable read-

ing. The Device supports next book formats: PDF, EPUB (in-
cluding Adobe DRM-protected); FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT,

DjVU, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, PRC, MOBI, ACSM.

To open a book, touch its title Last opened or Library sec-

tion. 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) 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.

To bring up reading menu, touch the center of the screen.

Reading Books 49

Close
book

GESTURES IN

READING MODE

Open

reading menu

Bookmark

Pressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading

menu.

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Reading Menu

Exit book Book name Search Bookmark Expand

reading menu

Content

Turning pages Open ReadRate

menu

Reading Books 51

SOCIAL NETWORKS & READRATE

Now you will be able to take advantages of social net-

works on your Pocketbook: share quotations from books,

add comments, tell what you are reading or have read,

like or don’t like. ReadRate also allows you watching the
friends’ events and obtaining information about the most

popular books.

You need an Internet connection to send events to social

networks. To open the ReadRate menu, touch the icon

in the reading menu.

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Now reading, Have read, Like, Unlike

1. Touch one of the options (Now reading, Have read,

Like or Unlike).

2. Enter data (E-mail and password) of one of your

accounts: in social networks or in the market Book Store.

3. In consequence there will be created the Read-

Rate prole, you can link another social networks ac-

counts to it. After authorization the window appears:

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4. Select social networks, where you want to send

news: Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter – icons

of chosen networks will become hefted.

5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the

ReadRate prole, you will be proposed to link them.

6. Conrm your choice by pressing OK.

All actions are displayed by default in your ReadRate pro-

le and in the news line of chosen social networks.

After activating Now reading, Have read, Like or Unlike sta-

tuses, their icons become colored — , , and .

Share quotation

To share quotation from a book:

1. After continuous touch on the screen in the

opened book, creeper of text selection appear.

2. Select quotation and press Share icon .

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3. After that the scenario Now reading, Have read,

Like, Unlike is performed, beginning from 2 item.

4. All actions of your friends on ReadRate are dis-

played in Recent events on your Device:

5. You can Delete or Open event. When you open it

all new friends’ actions on ReadRate will be displayed.

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To delete your social networks accounts information

for ReadRate, go to Settings > Accounts and Synchroniza-

tion > ReadRate > Remove ReadRate authorization on your

PocketBook.

If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functional­ity, set Off in Settings Accounts and Synchronization > Read-

Rate > ReadRate Status. After this operation all ReadRate

options becomes hidden and inactive.

TURNING PAGES

To turn pages use sliding gesture or

/ Device keys.

CONTENTS

If a book has table of contents, you can open it by select-

ing the corresponding reading menu item.

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Content section contains three insets:

• Sections (book’s chapters names);

• Bookmarks (made during reading);

• Notes (graphic or text).

If there’s no content, bookmarks or notes, the inset is
blank. If table of contents has more then one level, higher
level entry will be marked with ‘+’ sign – touch it to ex­pand. ‘+’ sign will be changed to ‘-‘ – touch it to collapse.

To open contents menu touch and hold your nger on the

screen or press Menu button. Using the menu you can

open contents entry, edit or delete notes and bookmarks.

In addition, you can expand or collapse all the table of

contents entries.

OPEN PAGE

You can go to the specic page in several ways:

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• By moving the progress bar slider in the reading

menu. < and > buttons are intended for more precise navi-

gation – one page backward/forward, respectively.

• By touching the slider, which opens a dialog win-

dow where you are able to enter the page number you

want to open.

• By touching the page number in the reading

mode menu, then you can input a page number by means

of the on-screen keyboard.

• By touching the current page number on the sta-

tus bar, which opens a dialog window, where you will be

able to scroll where you want to go, enter the page num-

ber after touching page number above the scroll, or view

thumbnails of recently opened pages. Chapter name is

displayed under the scroll bar.

In Last Opened sections thumbnails of last four opened

pages are displayed.

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BOOKMARKS

To create a bookmark, touch right top corner of the screen.

A bookmark will appear. To delete a bookmark, touch it

again and conrm deletion.

Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the cor-

responding reading menu item.

All the bookmarks are displayed in book contents.

FOLLOWING LINKS

To follow a footnote, internal or external link, touch to

enter links mode. To exit this mode, touch top left corner

of the screen.

If a link follows to a web-site, it will be opened with De­vice built-in browser. To return to reading, press Exit in

Browser menu.

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SEARCH

To search in book text open Search reading menu section.

After entering a query from on-screen keyboard, results

found will be highlighted. To move between search re-

sults, touch on arrow buttons at the right bottom corner

of the screen.

SCALING

Text Format Books

In text format books (ePub, FB2, DOC etc.) you can change
font size using the scaling gesture: pinch two ngers
together to reduce font size and spread ngers apart to

enlarge. Also you can change font size by sliding on right

side of the screen: upwards to increase and downwards

to decrease.

Settings reader menu section provides more options to

congure reader software: font, font size, spacing, page

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margins width, hyphenations (on/off) encoding, refresh
mode (Best Quality or High Speed).

PDF & DjVu

You can change only the whole page scale only (except

Reow mode for PDF).

Pinch two ngers together to zoom out or spread them
apart to zoom in or slide a nger upwards the right

side of screen to zoom in or downwards – to zoom out,

respectively.

Under Mode reading menu section you can zoom pages or

select viewing mode:

• 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;

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• Reow – in this mode text is formatted to display

completely on the screen. Reow mode is supported for

PDF books only. Some tables and pictures cannot be dis-

played in the Reow mode;

• Fit width – scaling page to the screen width;

• Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins

width or heigth. In Mode section of the reading menu,

press to extend Margins cropping menu:

• automatic — margins will be cropped

automatically

• manual — Move arrow buttons to set margins

width and heigth of margins. After selecting crop-

ping area, dene cropping settings: for all pages,
odd pages, even pages or current page only. Con­rm your choice by clicking Crop margins.

If the margins cropping is applied for current page, then

the minimized view signature is changed by Margins crop-

ping (auto) or Margins cropping (manual). To cancel margins

cropping, mark checkbox off (by default).

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DICTIONARY

Touch and hold a word to open a panel allowing you to

search for translation using one of installed dictionaries

or nd a word in Google. Also after selecting Dictionary

item, a window with dictionary entry of a selected word

appears. Next tools are available:

View resembling

words/ Back to word

translation

Fix this window to

the top/bottom of the

screen

On-screen keyboard

for typing text for

translation

Change

dictionary

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NOTES

Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and

make handwritten records directly in the text. All the

notes will be displayed in book’s table of contents. To

enter notes mode, select Note reading menu section.

NOTE Handwritten notes are not available for DjVu books.

After you will enter Notes, a tooltip window will appear.

Tools:

Marker – use to highlight text: touch the beginning

of the fragment and slide to the end. If you select area,
which already contains marker, they will be merged. Con-

tinuous touch opens context menu, where you can add

text comment or remove marker. If the selection already

has comment, you will be able to edit it by selecting View

Comment option.

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Pencil – use to draw notes in the text.

Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the stylus

across the area with note to erase it.

Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a picture.

Table of Contents – opens the book’s Table of Contents.
Help – opens a window with instructions on using the

tools.

Close notes mode.

All notes are visible from Main menu (section Notes).

SCREEN ORIENTATION

To change screen orientation, select Rotate reading menu

section and select orientation you need.

TEXT-TO-SPEECH

Text-to-Speech (TTS) software is designed to transform

text into speech.

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To start TTS, open reading menu and select Voice. TTS con-

trol panel will appear:

Select voice package

Play/Pause

Volume

Exit

Progress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages

are turned automatically as you listen.

Initially there are 3 TTS packages are installed on the

Device.

CLOSING A BOOK

To close a book, touch left top corner.

Settings

In this chapter you will learn how congure the interface

and software features of the Device for the most
comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu section

to congure the Device. All changes will be applied after

exiting the section.

If you will encounter any problems with new settings, you

will be able to start the Device in safe mode with factory

defaults. To start in a safe mode, press and hold Home

button during the Device boot.

FRONTLIGHT

You can turn on/off frontlight and congure its brightness.

PERSONALIZE

Open at Startup last opened book or main menu.

Settings 67

Boot Logo – image displayed during the Device starts.

Logos are stored in system/logo internal storage folder, so

you can copy an image you’d like to be displayed during

startup.

ATTENTION! System folder is hidden by default. Please, change

its parameters on your computer to make it visible.

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 Photo

application. Read about it in the Photo section.

Font. If you’d like to use your own font, copy its les to the

system/fonts internal storage folder

Theme is set by default. If you want to use another theme,

download a le in .pbt format to the folder system/themes;

Settings 68

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.

NETWORK

In this section you can set parameters needed for network

connection.

Network access — on or off. After network access activation,

the following settings appear:

• Auto connection on or off.

• 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.

Settings 69

DATE/TIME

In this section you will be able to set date, time, time

zone and clock format. Also you can set idle time before

locking keyboard and automatic power off. You can also

Synchronize Time or set Auto Time Sync to use the network

time/date.

LANGUAGES

Language Select the Device’s interface language.

Keyboard Layouts Under this section you can add up to 3

keyboard layouts.

Speech Synthesis

In this section you can set parameters for TTS:

• Language and Voice – select the TTS package;

• Speed of Speech;

• Tone

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Congure Dictionaries. Under this section you can un­check dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the
list during the translation or in Dictionary application;

ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION

Book Store — in this chapter you can congure PocketBook

Sync and Book Store:

• PocketBook Sync Status:

• On

• Off

• By Schedule — allows to set time when the

service starts and stops

• Login — registered e-mail address

• Password

• Establishing connection — automatically and

manually

• Downloading via Wi-Fi — automatically or on

demand.

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ReadRate — In this section the following options are

available:

• Remove ReadRate Authorization. After removing

all les of events from ReadRate are deleted. Read more

about ReadRate in Social networks & ReadRate section.

• ReadRate Status

• ReadRate authorization

Adobe DRM

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

word. When you are authorized, your login and Remove

Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed. After remov-

ing all protected DRM documents will be unavailable.

ADVANCED SETTINGS

UserProles

Here you can congure up to 6 user proles (5 can be
stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microSD card).
Each prole stores individual books’ status, last opened

Settings 72

books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-congured

network connections.

To add new prole, open the corresponding item. You will
be suggested to set destination (local memory or SD card)

and to enter the name from on-screen keyboard. After

this current above-mentioned parameters will be stored

at this prole.

To activate prole open the one you need. In prole
context menu you can change avatar, duplicate prole
to a new one (to the SD card or internal storage either),
rename or delete prole.

System

Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data,

except system les. TTS packages will be also removed;

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.

Settings 73

Format SD card – this action will erase all data from the

external microSD card;

Backup & Recovery

• 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;

• Backup Conguration to SD – this action will cre-

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

save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter

the le name from on-screen keyboard;

• Restore Conguration – select the conguration

le to restore from a list;

Library

This section is intended for optimization of Library

database.

• Library Data Update – set the parameters for

Library database update:

• Off – database won’t be updated;

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• Once – database will be updated after exit

from Conguration section, the parameter will be
set to Off after update;

• Automatically – database would be update

after each Library opening and copying/removal of

books (including microSD card change).

• Optimise Database – remove old database

entries. To run optimization set the parameter to Once
and exit Settings. The parameter will be set to Off after

optimization.

Lock Device after — set time of idleness, after which the

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

Removing Packages – remove dictionaries. Check items to

uninstall, press Backward to exit the section and conrm
removal in dialog window.

USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection

by default: PC link, charge or ask user

Settings 75

Privacy

Protect Congurations by Password — in this section 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

information for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can

disable this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic

and Usage section.

Text Rendering

good quality or high speed.

Settings 76

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.

Large File Warning

If this setting is on, the Device will show a notication
when you try to open le larger than 25 MB.

Status Bar in Reading Mode

You can congure the bottom panel in the reading mode

according to your taste, activating information blocks:

Current page, Date and time, Book title, Battery charge,
Multitask, Wi-Fi, PocketBook Sync.

NOTE You can set not more than four blocks.

Settings 77

Demo mode

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

SAVING BATTERY

Here you can set parameters, which help to save battery

charge:

• Battery level,

• LED Indication – you may disable LED indication

by selecting Off in this section.

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

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

DEVICE INFO

The following information about Device will be displayed:

Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform,

Wi-Fi MAC address),

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Memory (operative memory, total and available internal

memory and microSD-card),

Software

• Firmware Version,

• 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.

Legal Information — license and information about third-

party applications, used on the Device.

Firmware Update

Ofcial rmware updates for Device are published on of­cial PocketBook website (www.pocketbook-int.com). In­stallation of ofcial rmware updates is recommended,
because they contain xes and additions improving the
efciency of the Device. Ofcial rmware update does
not inuence the warranty conditions. Warranty does not

cover software installed from other sources except Pock-

etBook ofcial website.

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during

which management software of the Device will be changed. In

case of improper execution control program may be damaged and

will require treatment in the service center. Please perform the

upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below.

There are two ways to update the rmware.

Firmware Update 80

Automatic Update

To start automatic software update select Settings > De-

vice Info > Software > Software Update.

The Device will begin to check available update sources

in the following order: microSD card, internal memory,

Internet.

If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will

ask to connect to one of available wireless networks.

Also you can set automatic updates check (Settings > De-

vice Info > Software > Software Update). In this case, the

Device will use Wi-Fi connection only.

Manual Update

1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. Select your

country

Firmware Update 81

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 SWUP-

DATE.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

7. During boot press and hold both and but-

tons simultaneously until the message Firmware update…

is displayed on the screen

8. Follow the on-screen instructions in pictures:

Connect USB cable to the Device and Press menu key.

NOTE You can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Set-

tings > Device Info > Software. If the rmware le is located in the

Device’s root folder, it will have a higher priority in comparison

with the le stored on the SD card during the update process.

Firmware Update 82

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
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.

Try to format your

MicroSD card (make a

backup copies of all its
content prior to format-

ting) 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 version

of the rmware le from
the Device’s internal

memory root folder

Troubleshooting

Malfunction 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

Battery is low Charge the battery

The book is
damaged

HTML-les con­tain non-text el-

ements (frames,
JAVA-scripts,
ash-elements)

Incorrect

encoding

If the book was downloaded

from the online store try to

re-load it again. If the le
opens on your PC, but does

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

Save the page in TXT format

Switch to reading mode,
select Settings and change
encoding

Troubleshooting 84

Malfunction Possible Reason Solution

No response when
you press any key

After connection to
PC disks are not dis­played in Explorer

Bookmarks, settings
and current position

in le cannot be

saved

Battery discharges
too fast

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

File system
damaged

Internal memory

is full

Disabled
automatic turn­ing off

Close the frozen application

by pressing Home key 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

Connect the device to a PC

and check disks. To proceed,
open My Computer, right­click on the selected disk
and select Properties>Service

> Check Disk

Delete books, images and/

or music les that you do

not need

Settings > Saving Battery in

Main Menu. Select automatic
turn off time in Auto Turn Off

in… item

Customer Support

For detailed information about service centers in your

country please use contacts below:

Česko 800-701-307

Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03
France 0805-080277
Polska 0-0-800-141-0112
Slovensko 0-800-606-676

USA/Canada 1-877-910-1520
Россия 8-800-100-6990
Україна 0-800-304-800
Казахстан 8-800-333-35-13
Беларусь 8-820-0011-02-62

საქართველო 995-706-777-360

www.pocketbook-int.com/support/

[e-mail]

Compliance with International Standards

Model name PocketBook 801

Product name PocketBook Color Lux

Europe

The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited

Power Source of personal computer or notebook.

The EUT should be suppled by Adapter from complied Limited

Power Source.

Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1.5A

This equipment is marked with the 0678 symbol and can be

used throughout the European community.

This indicates compliance with the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.

France – 2.4GHz for Metropolitan 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

Compliance with International Standards 87

• 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 modications to this product not authorized could

void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate

the product. This product has demonstrated EMC compliance under conditions

that included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables be-

tween system components. It is impor tant that you use compliant peripheral

devices and shielded cables between system components to reduce the possi-

bility of causing interference to radios, televisions, and other electronic devices.

Certication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 scientic organization ICNIRP and include

safety margins designed to assure the protection of all persons,

regardless of age and health.

Compliance with International Standards 88

The exposure guidelines for devices employ a unit of measure-

ment known as the Specic Absorption 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 certi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 compies with the European Council Recom-

mendation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the

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

PocketBook International S.A.

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