PocketBook Era User guide

User Manual

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................ 6

APPEARANCE ........................................................ 12

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................. 13

GETTING STARTED ................................................ 14

Charging Battery 14

Device management 16

Main menu overview 17

Gestures 19

Working with On-Screen Keyboard 20

Frontlight 22

Connecting to the Internet 24

Configuring Bluetooth pairing 26

APPLICATIONS ...................................................... 28

Store 29

Browser 31

General 33

Calendar & Clock 33

Calculator 33

Gallery 33

RSS News 34

Music Player 35

Audiobooks 37

Games 39

Klondike 39

Sudoku 39

Chess 39

Scribble 39

Services 40

Dropbox PocketBook 40

Send-to-PocketBook 43

READING BOOKS ................................................... 47

Gestures in Reading Mode 48

Reading Menu 49

Adjust brightness in reading mode 50

Social networks & ReadRate 51

Contents 55

Bookmarks 56

Dictionary 57

Note 59

Voice 60

Settings 62

Following Links 66

Loading Files 66

Library 72

PocketBook Cloud 75

SETTINGS .............................................................. 80

Wi-Fi 80

Bluetooth 81

Accounts and Synchronization 82

Personalize 86

Languages 89

Date/Time 90

Saving Power 90

Maintenance 91

Software 92

About Device 93

FIRMWARE UPDATE .............................................. 95

TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................. 98

CUSTOMER SUPPORT .......................................... 100

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STAN-

DARDS ................................................................ 101

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 fire or

electric shock.

Try to avoid next impacts:

Electrostatic

charges

Excessive mechani-

cal pressure

Strong electro­magnetic fields

Direct

sunlight

UV electromag-

netic radiation

Liquids or

damp

Direct flame

or smoke

Safety Precautions 7

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.

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 or

modified batteries may cause an explosion and/or damage the

Device.

Safety Precautions 8

Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to

clean the screen/case.

Keep away from children.

Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the Device’s surface. Apply

a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt.

Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not

constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.

If the device has not been used for a long time, the battery charge

indicator may not work when the charger is connected. In this

case, connect the charger, let the device charge for 1 hour, then

disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB cable. The

device can then be used as normal.

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

est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of

security is maintained.

Safety Precautions 9

For detailed information about service centres in your region

please visit the official website: http;//www.pocketbook.ch.

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at

high volume levels for long periods.

Warning

The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To avoid damage,

make sure not to drop, bend, or apply pressure to the device, do

not allow point pressure on the screen surface and any other ac-

tions that might break or damage the glass base. Also, the screen

does not have any special protective layer so please avoid any

contact between its surface and objects that might leave marks or

scratches on it. To decrease the risk of damaging the device and its

screen it is recommended to keep and transport it in a Pocketbook

protection cover.

Attention! The device cannot be used under water or when wet.

If your device was immersed underwater, first allow the water to

flow out through the holes in the case, then shake the device

Safety Precautions 10

while holding it firmly and then leave it to dry for 24 hours. Do not

immerse the device in sea water.

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.

Utilization

Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse

impacts on the environment and public health. To

prevent such consequences follow the device-specific disposal

requirements. Recycling of these materials helps preserve natural

Safety Precautions 11

resources. For more information regarding recycling issues please

contact local municipal authorities, your domestic waste collec-

tion service, store where you purchased the Device, or the author-

ized 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. Menu | On/Off –

open menu (if available).

Continuous press turns the

Device on/off.

2. Forward – turns

page forward.

3. Backward – in

reading mode turns page
backward.

4. Home – return to

Main menu.

5. LED indicator.

6. USB Type-C – connect the Device to a PC or charge

using USB-cable.

7. Decorative lid.

8. Speaker.

NOTE: You can configure key mapping to your own in

ping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.

Settings > Personalize > Key map-

Technical Specifications

7’’ (17.8 cm) E Ink Carta™ 1200, Capacitive (multi-

Display

Frontlight Ye s

SMARTlight Ye s

Processor Dual Core (2×1 GHz)

Operating system Linux® 3.10.65

Communications

Audio output

G-sensor Ye s

Cover sensor Ye s

Book formats

Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

Audio format MP3, OGG (via micro USB adapter and Bluetooth)

Audio book

Dimensions 134,3 x 155 x 7,8 mm

Water protection IPX8

* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software
configuration of your device.
** Up to one month of battery life (may vary depending on usage mode, connectivity
and settings).

sensor), 1264 × 1680 display, 300 dpi, B&W

RAM 1 GB

Storage 16 / 64 GB *

USB Type-C, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n 2,4 GHz), Blue­tooth 4.0

Built-in mono speaker (0.8W), 3.5mm audio jack
to USB Type-C adaptor or Bluetooth

Battery Li-Ion Pol, 1700 mAh **

ACSM, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB,
EPUB(DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF,
PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF, TXT.

M4A, M4B, OGG, OGG.ZIP, MP3, MP3.ZIP

format

Weight 228 g

Getting Started

In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to

work and about its main control features.

CHARGING BATTERY

You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or

from (2) the power line using a charger (optional).

Getting Started 15

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.

• 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.

Getting Started 16

DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready to operate, Main

Turn on

menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings.

Press and hold On/Off button for about two seconds until the

Turn off

Device goes off.

You can lock your Device in three ways:

1. Press On/Off button.

Lock

Unlock Press On/Off button.

Restart

Task

Manager

3. You can set automatic key lock or power off: go to

Settings> Saving Power> Power off after or Lock device after, and

set the idle time before power off or locking Device.

In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys presses or
screen touches) you can restart it by pressing On/Off button for
10 seconds.

You can invoke

Task Manager gives quick access to some Device control features:

application in the list.

2. Invoke

Device.

Task Manager. Touch icon to block your

Task Manager in two ways:

• by touching at the notification bar icon;

• by continuous press on the Home button.

• close running applications: press against an

• Lock Device. To unlock, press On/Off button.

• Open wireless connections list.

• Take a screenshot.

• Turn off the Device.

Getting Started 17

MAIN MENU OVERVIEW

Touch to open Calendar

Slide down to open a

Notification panel

Bestsellers

Home screen - list of

recently opened and
newly added books

Application menu

Getting Started 18

Notification panel

Touch or slide down the icon to open a Notification

panel.

NOTE: You can open Notification panel also pressing a Menu button.

Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Task Manager, Flight Mode, Sync of net-

work services and

Frontlight.

Also the news on ReadRate are displayed on it.

NOTE: To see the ReadRate news, please, authorize to the service

first. Go Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate and

Log in the service.

Getting Started 19

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, file, 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 finger across the screen.

Flick

Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen

rapidly.

Getting Started 20

Scaling

Changes the image scale: place two fingers

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 character, tap a dedicated button. To type a spe-

cial character, long press a dedicated button. Select the

required special character in the drop-down list.

To switch from alphabet to numeric keyboard, tap

. To

switch from numeric to alphabet keyboard, tap .

To add a new keyboard language, go to Settings > Lan-

guages > Keyboard layouts.

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To switch to a different keyboard language, tap . The

selected language is displayed on the spacebar.

If necessary, you can enable/disable the preview of special

characters in the top-right corner of the keyboard. To do
so, go to Settings > Languages > Keyboard layouts > Key

shortcut preview.

1

3

5

1. Change case;

2. Enter the typed text;

3. Switching keyboard modes;

4. Erase last typed symbol;

5. Change input language.

4

2

Getting Started 22

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

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

FRONTLIGHT

Open the Notification bar to display the Frontlight control

menu. The Frontlight control menu has two parts:

1. General frontlight control. This includes an ON/OFF

switch to turn the light on and off and a brightness slider.

NOTE: To turn the frontlight on or off without opening the Notifi-

cation bar, hold the Menu button for one second.

2. SMARTlight frontlight temperature control. By de-

fault, this function is in automatic mode (the switch is in

Getting Started 23

the ON position). This means that the device determines

the optimal temperature depending on the time of day

(from neutral white in the morning to warmer hues in the

evening).

When the automatic mode is off (the switch is in the OFF

position), the slider on the screen is activated and you can

manually select the frontlight temperature.

NOTE: The device should have the correct time to ensure that it

works correctly in automatic mode. To adjust the time setting, en-

able “Automatic time synchronization” (Settings – Date/time) or

set the time manually.

You can adjust the Frontlight brightness and SMARTlight

frontlight temperature of your display by tapping the

Frontlight brightness and SMARTlight icons respectively.

The brightness and colour temperature are raised/lowered

by one per cent per tap.

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CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET

The Device can be connected to the Internet using

Wi-Fi networks. When you open an application that re­quires an Internet connection (eg, Browser or BookStore)

Wi-Fi connection is established automatically. If a known

network is not available, the list of available wireless con-

nections opens. If the network to which you want to con-

nect is secured, enter the network password using the on-

screen keyboard.

Also, Wi-Fi connection can be enabled/disabled by clicking

the icon on the notification panel. If a known network

is available, the connection is established automatically,

otherwise - opens a list of available networks.

Advanced Settings

If it is needed to configure network settings manually se-

lect

Settings > Wi-Fi, go to the selected network and click

More… at the bottom of the screen:

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• You can change IP address configuration:

• DHCP — get IP address automatically (if DHCP

server is configured);

• Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks

parameters manually from the on-screen keyboard.

• If the network you need to connect to has a proxy

server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura-

tion section.

Connection to a hidden network

1. Select Settings > Wi-Fi.

2. Open Connection to a hidden network and enter

its SSID from the on-screen keyboard in the Network name

(SSID) field.

3. Select 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 either.

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

work key (up to 64 symbols).

4. To check network configuration and connect to a

network, return to the Connection to hidden network sec­tion and press Connect.

CONFIGURING BLUETOOTH PAIRING

This type of connection allows you to connect wireless

Bluetooth devices (such as headsets, speakers, and car au-

dio systems) to play audio files and use the Text-to-Speech

feature.

You can pair your Bluetooth device with your e-book in

two ways.

ATTENTION! When connecting for the first time:

• activate Bluetooth on the notification panel of your e-book;

• switch your Bluetooth device to pairing mode;

• when connecting for the first time, your Bluetooth device may request

permission to pair. Please confirm this action.

Getting Started 27

Option 1

A list of available Bluetooth devices for pairing will appear

as soon as you launch an audio file or the Text-to-Speech

feature. In the list that appears, click your headset’s name.

Option 2

1. Go to Settings -> Bluetooth and set the switch to

ON.

2. The system will automatically display a list of de-

vices available for pairing.

3. Find the name of the Bluetooth device to connect

to and click on it.

4. If the target Bluetooth device is not listed, click on

Find BT device at the bottom of the screen.

The next time you turn on the device, the connection will

be established automatically.

Applications

In this section, you can review the applications installed on

your device.

The default home screen contains four applications:

• Library;

• Audiobooks;

• Store;

• Notes.

Other apps are available in the application menu. To open

the application menu, click on the icon .

To move, replace, or delete apps in the Main menu, use the

context menu.

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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.

STORE

The Store application provides access to high-quality licensed

content at the PocketBook bookstore portal from your device.

You just need an active Internet connection to use the app.

To access all of the PocketBook portal features, you will need

to log in to an existing account or create one. In order to au-

thorize a current account or to register a new one, enter the

authorization center and click on

“Login / Create Account.”

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Then follow the onscreen instructions. If the connection to

the account has been set up correctly, you will have access to

all of the PocketBook portal features.

In order to manage the account, the following sections are

available in the Personal Account:

Personal Account

• My purchases — a list of purchased goods.

• Wish List — a list of desired books.

• Book language — select the language for the dis-

played books.

•

Choose Store — select from the available Pocket-

Book stores.

• Settings — general settings menu.

• Log out — log out of the account.

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To purchase the selected product, click Buy. Afterward, a

window with a list of available payment options will appear.

Choose the one that suits you and provide payment.

The purchased file will appear in the “My purchases” section,

where you can download it at any time. When the download

is complete, the file will be moved to the Library> Downloads

folder and appear on the Recent Events wall of the Main

menu.

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 ad-

dress from on-screen keyboard appeared and press

Enter.

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

screen, you can scroll it: place your finger on the screen

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

page using zooming gestures (pinch or spread two fingers).

Hardware buttons / are used to scroll page vertically:

scrolls down and scrolls up, respectively.

From browser menu you can view history of visited web-

sites, downloads, favorites, adjust scale of displaying web-

pages, rotate a screen and configure the browser from

Settings section. Under Settings you can clear history and

cookies, disable/enable JavaScript and loading images.

To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser

menu.

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GENERAL

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.

Calculator

Engineering calculator supports a wide range of

mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems,

trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.

Gallery

Opens Library in the mode of viewing images (downloaded

to the folder

Gallery). The opened photo is displayed in a full-

screen mode. To set a photo as 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

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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.

RSS News

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 .

To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu and se­lect Edit name or Edit URL command. Edit the RSS feed

name or address using the on-screen keyboard.

To update feed, select

Update in the application menu.

Updated content is added to the file with .hrss extension,

and the file will be accessible for reading after updating.

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The news downloading status is displayed while updating.

After the update file 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.

Music Player

Music player for playing .mp3 media files.

In the

Application menu you can add audio files and fold-

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

clear playlist.

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CollapsePlaylist

Exit

once

Repeat

Nor

mal

Shuffle

Previous Next

Play/Pause

Volume “-“

Volume “+“

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By means of the context menu, opened with a

long press on the track, you can perform the

following operations: view info about track,

add to queue, or remove the file from the list.

Audiobooks

This application plays audio books in the following formats:

.m4a, .m4b, .ogg, and .mp3. In addition, audio books in

containers are supported: .mp3.zip, .zip. Audio books with

files located in a directory can also be played.

Using the corresponding menu options you

can add/remove audio books to/from the play-

list, manage the list of books, and sort the list

according to basic parameters.

Set your preferred playback speed and

voice tone using the Playback Control

menu.

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Book List

Bookmark

Play/Pause

Volume “-”

Volume “+”

Applications 39

GAMES

Klondike

Classic solitaire.

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.

Chess

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

playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty

levels.

Scribble

Application for drawing. To select the drawing tool, use

the application control panel:

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

entered with the on-screen keyboard;

Font: change font and its size;

Pencil: a tool for drawing thin lines;

Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text;

Back: cancel the last operation;

New: start new drawing;

Delete drawing.

To save a picture, touch icon. The current picture will be
saved to the My Pictures folder in the root folder of the Device.
In addition, Scribble application is used for editing graphic notes.

SERVICES

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.

Applications 41

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 > 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.

Applications 42

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).

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 ‘Synchro-

nize 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.

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Send-to-PocketBook

Send-to-PocketBook allows to send files to the email ad-

dress 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.

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.

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• 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, [e-mail]).

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

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

[e-mail] 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 — SendToPb.

How to get files

Automatically:

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

vice, will be automatically downloaded to the download

folder in the Device Library, when the internet connection is

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on. Download 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 > SendToPb.

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.

Received files will be also available in the download folder

in the Library of the Device.

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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

configure reader software for the most comfortable read-

ing. The Device supports next book formats: ACSM, CBR, CBZ,

CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB (DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, TXT,

HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF.

To open a book, touch its icon on Recent Books or Library

section. If you opened a book before, it will be opened at

the page you’ve finished 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

or press Menu button.

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GESTURES IN READING MODE

C ;

M  ;

T  ;

T  ;

Pressing in the center
of the screen evokes

the Reading Menu

Page turning Scaling

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READING MENU

Book name: touch to see the book

Contents

Back Search

info or open ReadRate menu

Bookmark

Open ReadRate
menu

Pull the slider to turn pages or touch the page number to

input the digits of needed page

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Adjust SMARTlight and Frontlight brightness in read-

ing mode

You can adjust the Frontlight brightness and the SMART-

light colour temperature using gestures.

To change brightness or the colour temperature without

leaving your book, just swipe

your finger across the screen as

shown in the illustration.

If the Frontlight and SMAR-

Tlight automatic adjustment

mode is enabled, then the de-

vice will ask if you want to dis-

able it and configure the settings

manually, without interrupting

your reading.

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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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Reading status and Book Rate

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

Plan to read, Recommend or Rate with stars from 1 to 5).

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 ReadRate

profile, you can link another social networks accounts to it.

After authorization the window appears:

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4. Confirm your choice by pressing OK.

All actions are displayed by default in your ReadRate profile.

After activating Now reading, Have read or Plan to read

statuses, their icons become colored — , and .

Recommend

1. Touch Recommend option.

2. After that the scenario Reading status and Book

Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.

3. Choose a friend from a list or enter user email to

send a recommendation to him/her.

4. Enter a comment and confirm sending by pressing

Recommend.

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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 .

3. After that the scenario Reading status and Book

Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.

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

played in Notification panel of your Device:

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

all new friends’ actions on ReadRate will be displayed.

To delete your social networks accounts information for
ReadRate, go to Settings > Accounts and Synchronization>

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ReadRate > Remove ReadRate authorization on your

PocketBook.

If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functionality,
set Off in Settings > Personalize > Widget settings. After

this operation all ReadRate options becomes hidden and

inactive.

CONTENTS

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

ing the corresponding reading menu item.

Content section contains four insets:

•

Sections (book’s chapters names);

• Bookmarks (made during reading);

• Notes (graphic or text):

• Book Info.

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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 finger on the

screen or press Menu key. 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.

BOOKMARKS

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

A dog ear mark will appear. To delete a bookmark, touch

this mark again and confirm deletion.

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

responding reading menu item. All the bookmarks are dis-

played in book contents.

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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

find a word in Google. Also after selecting Dictionary item,

a window with dictionary entry of a selected word appears.

Next tools are available:

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Speech

synthesis

On-screen key-

board for typing

text for translation

Save trans-

lation as a

note

Change

dictionary

Fix

window

Context

menu

Do the following to download new dictionaries to your

device:

1. Click the “Change Dictionary” icon;

2. In the newly opened window, click “Add New

Dictionaries...”;

3. Select a dictionary and click “Download”.

Exit

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NOTE

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.

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

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VOICE

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

into speech.

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

trol panel will appear:

Select voice package

Add voice

Play/Pause

Speed

Volume

Minimize
window

Exit

Progress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are

turned automatically as you listen.

Initially there is 1 TTS packages is installed on the Device.

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If you want to add a new TTS package, tap on Downlad

New Voices in the menu and choose the package you

want.

You can install additional voice packs from the same menu.

To do so:

1. Tap Download New Voices;

2. Select the voice packs to download;

3. Tap Download.

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SETTINGS

In this section you can find out how to configure 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 configure 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 size and font style.

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Screen

tab - you can enable or

disable page numbering, the sta-

tus bar and set how the pages

are numbered.

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 & DjVu

You can change only the whole page scale only (except

Reflow mode for PDF).

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Pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them

apart to zoom in.

Under Mode reading menu section you can zoom pages or

select viewing mode:

1. Fit width – scaling page to the screen width;

2. Whole page – one page scaling;

3. 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;

4. Reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display

completely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for

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

played in the

Reflow mode;

5. Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins

width or heigth:

• off — turn off margins cropping;

• automatic — margins will be cropped

automatically;

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• manual — move arrow buttons to set margins

width and heigth of margins.

6. Fullscreen mode – turn on or turn off the fullscreen

mode during reading:

• pages — turn on or turn off pages numbering;

• status bar — turn on or turn off the display of sta-

tus bar during reading.

NOTE: This device can display books using dier-

ent reading programs. Long press on a book in the

Library or on the desktop to select a program. You

can also select the program in the reading settings.

You can open EPUB les with PB Reader (EPUB2/EPUB3);

PDF les can be opened with PB Reader (quick) and PB

Reader (universal). If you are not happy with the playback

quality, long press on a book in the Library, on the desktop,

or in the reading settings to change the playback software.

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Adjustment

ness and gamma are automatically

adjusted when you rst open a book.

In this tab, you can adjust these settings to your preference.

tab - Contrast, bright-

FOLLOWING LINKS

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

ter 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.

LOADING FILES

Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable.

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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. Now

you can copy files to the Device 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

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

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

support Flash Player.

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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.

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.

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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

NOTE: When connecting your Device to PC for the first 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

Adobe Digital Editions application.

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

device using Adobe Digital Editions. Authorization of Adobe Digital

Edition can be deleted in section Settings > Service > Delete ADE

authorization.

2. Select the Go to library view icon.

3. Click All items.

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

Sync your device with network services

You can also upload files to the Device synchronizing de-

vice memory with personal accounts of network services

- Send-to-PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud and Dropbox.

Variant 1

• Open

Settings > Accounts and Synchronization;

• Select the appropriate network service (Send-to-

PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud or Dropbox);

• Select the synchronization option.

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For detailed information about work with network services
see sections Send-to-PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud and

Dropbox PocketBook. Read more about configuring net-

work services at the section Accounts and Synchronization.
Synchronization status can be viewed on the Notification

panel.

During uploading or downloading files an animated

icon displays at the status bar. Touch the icon to open

a window with the synchronization status of all services.

The icon in the status bar changes to

if the error oc-

curred during synchronization of one of the services. If all

synchronization processes are completed without errors,

the icon in the status bar disappears.

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LIBRARY

Library is e-books file manager. Library menu allows to filter, group,

sort, change appearance of the section and perform search.

1. Grouping criteria

Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by:

• All Books;

• Authors;

• Genres;

• Collections - create your own

shelves with books depending on your
interests and preferences;

• Favorites;

• Folders;

• Formats;

• Series;

• PocketBook Cloud.

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

2. Sorting criteria

• By opening date;

• By addition date;

• By title;

• By author.

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 file 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.

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Context menu...

...opened by continuous touch...

...and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations:

• Book Info - brief information about book/folder;

• Mark as read;

• ReadRate;

• Add to Collection;

• Add to Favorites;

• All books of author;

• Delete;

• elect - multiple choice of files;

• Open with.

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PocketBook Cloud

You can read your books on different devices and be confi-

dent that all your books, favorites, collections and reading

progress will be saved. You can access your books from any

device logged into your PocketBook Cloud account.

NOTE: PocketBook Cloud stores files in PDF, PDF (DRM), EPUB,

EPUB DRM, DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM,

HTM, HTML, MOBI and ACSM formats. However, syncing reading

position is currently only available for PDF and EPUB formats.

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How to sign in

You can sign into the PocketBook Cloud service through a

website, the PocketBook Reader mobile app (for Android

and IOS) or from your PocketBook e-ink reader.

When you first set up your Device, you will be asked to sign
into your PocketBook Cloud account or, if possible, you will

be automatically registered.

If you have skipped this step, a prompt to sign in to your

PocketBook Cloud account will appear in the notification

panel.

To sign in:

1. Tap on this notification or go to

Settings > Ac-

counts and Synchronization > PocketBook Cloud.

2. You will be redirected to the login form, where you

can sign in using your bookstore account or you can tap on

Don’t have an account? Create! link.

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3. A list of partners bookstores will open in the

Browser app. To continue, choose one of the suggested

bookstores by tapping on its name.

4. You will be redirected to the partner’s bookstore

website. Go to the Sign in form and follow the instructions

to create a new account.

5. Then go back to Settings > Accounts and Syn-

chronization > PocketBook Cloud and enter the account

credentials you used to create your partner’s bookstore ac­count and tap Log in.

Sync process

Your book list and reading position automatically sync

when you:

•

log into your PocketBook Cloud account,

• open a book,

• close a book,

• add to a Collection / remove from a Collection,

• add to Favorites / remove from Favorites.

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To force synchronization, click on the sync icon on the

notification panel.

If your Device isn’t connected to the internet, you will only

have access to the books which are already on your Device.

Once the device is connected to the internet all your books

will be synced.

If an error occurred during synchronization, please check

your internet connection. If your internet connection is

working, try to sync your books later.

Working with files

•

File storage. A dotted frame line around the book

on the PocketBook e-ink reader means that the book has

not been loaded yet to the device’s memory and is only
stored in your PocketBook Cloud account.

• Uploading new books. You can upload new books

to your PocketBook Cloud via website, PocketBook e-ink

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reader or Android/IOS PocketBook Reader app. After syn-

chronization, all new books are automatically stored in
your PocketBook Cloud account. The book will be auto­matically uploaded to your PocketBook Cloud after you
open the book on your Device, or you can choose Upload

to PB Cloud option in the context menu.

File stored both in Device
memory and in PB Cloud

File stored only in PB Cloud

File stored only in Device
memory

• Deleting books. Use the context menu to remove a

book from PocketBook Cloud. There are two options – De-

lete

(from the device’s memory) and Remove from Cloud.

If the file is stored on PocketBook Cloud and is only de-

leted from the device’s memory, it will appear again after

the next synchronization. If the file was deleted from the

Cloud, it cannot be restored.

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 Notification 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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BLUETOOTH

This section is designed for setting up Bluetooth connec-

tions and contains the following controls:

Bluetooth (ON/OFF). Used to enable and disable the

function.

Visible to all BT devices nearby. By default, the e-book is

not visible to other devices. If you want to make it visible

to other devices, set the switch to ON.

Read more about pairing methods in the Configuring Blue-

tooth pairing.

You can also assign the buttons of HID-compatible Blue-

tooth devices (keyboard, mouse, joystick, tripod, selfie

stick, etc.) to remotely control the e-book. To do this, go

to

Settings > Personalize > Key mapping, add a new Blue-

tooth button and assign an action to it, for example, “page

forward”.

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ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION

PocketBook Store. You can use your PocketBook Store

account to log in to any of the PocketBook services.
Store — in this section you can enter Login and Password

for authorization in the Store.

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.

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

to the Device address [e-mail], will be au-

tomatically 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.

• 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

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• Autosync: Turn On or Off auto synchronization.

The service is turned on automatically at the authorization,

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.

• About Service — more detailed about service.

ReadRate — In this section the following options are

available:

•

Remove ReadRate Authorization. After removing

all files of events from ReadRate are deleted. Read more
about ReadRate in Social networks & ReadRate section.

Settings 85

• ReadRate Status;

• ReadRate authorization.

Adobe DRM

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

word. When you are authorized, your login and Remove­Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed. After re-

moving all protected DRM documents will be unavailable.

PocketBook Cloud — In this section the following op-

tions are available:

• Login/Log out: if you are not signed into the ap-

plication, enter your PocketBook Cloud account data to log

in. If you are signed in, then you can log out.

•

Sync Now: Files in the Download folder and Pock-

etbook device directory will be synced. Before syncing files,

check if your Device is connected to the internet and is
linked to the correct PocketBook Cloud account.

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• Download Folder: the location of synced files. You

can choose another folder or create a new one in the in-

ternal Device storage.

• About Service — more information about the

service.

PERSONALIZE

Frontlight — this section allows you to set up the

Frontlight and SMARTlight extended settings.

Frontlight – use the ON\OFF switch to turn the Frontlight

on or off.

Advanced Frontlight Settings – you can create your own

settings configurations and manage them.

• New settings – allows you to create your own cus-

tom settings for automatic Frontlight adjustment.

• Default – factory settings for automatic Frontlight

adjustment.

Your custom settings will be displayed in this section as you

create them.

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When a new settings configuration

is created, a graph will be displayed

on the screen where you can set

the Frontlight brightness and its

SMARTlight colour temperature. To

define a parameter, position the

cursor at the required time on the

graph, and by moving the sliders

under the graph define the comfortable brightness and

temperature for each hour.

If you want to apply the new configuration immediately,

exit the graph parameters and confirm the new settings.

When a configuration is pressed, a context menu will

appear that will allow you to manage custom Frontlight

settings:

• Activate;

• Edit;

• Copy;

• Rename;

• Delete.

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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.

LED indication — you can turn on or off an LED indicator.

The LED indicator is on if the device processor is active and

off if the device processor switches to the sleep mode to

save power.

When connecting to a charger or a PC via a USB port, the

LED indicator of the device is on when the battery is charg-

ing and turns off when charging completes.

Complete Page Refresh. Select the amount of page

turned before the screen will be updated completely.

Al-

ways item provides the best quality, but consumes the

most power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from

previous pages on a screen.

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Open at Startup last opened book or main menu.

User Profiles can be configured. 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) and to enter

the name from on-screen keyboard. After this current above-

mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile. 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.

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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.

SAVING POWER

Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which

help to save battery charge:

• Battery Percentage;

• Auto screen lock — 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: 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes.

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MAINTENANCE

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

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

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this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us-

age section.

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.

Screen calibration - calibrate screen for more accurate tap

gesture. After starting the function follow the instructions

on the screen.

SOFTWARE

Firmware Version - the current version of firmware is

displayed.

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Software Update – the Device will search for updates in

the following order: internal storage and Internet.

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

ABOUT DEVICE

The following information about Device will be displayed:

Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform,

Wi-Fi MAC address),

Memory (operative memory, total and available internal

memory):

Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data,

except system files.

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.

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License – license and information about applications,

used on the Device.

Third-Party Apps — license and information about third-

party applications, used on the Device.

Firmware Update

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during

which management software of the Device will be changed. In case

of improper execution control program may be damaged and will

require treatment in the service centre. Please perform the upgrade

procedure in accordance with the instructions below.

There are two ways to update the 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:

• Internal memory;

• Internet.

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

to connect to one of available wireless networks.

Also you can activate the automatic updates check (Set-

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

will use Wi-Fi connection only.

Manual Update

1. Open site www.pocketbook.ch. 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 internal Device storage.

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

6. Press and hold both Backward and Forward buttons.

7. 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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8. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures:

connect USB cable to the Device and Press Menu Key

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

tings > Software > Firmware Version

Troubleshooting

Error Message Reason Correction Method

File SWUPDATE.BIN

No upgrade image
found

Upgrade image is
corrupted or Image is
empty

cannot be found on the
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 card.

File read error Memory card error

Error. A different

firmware version is
installed on the device

A firmware file of an
older version is stored

in the device internal
memory.

Delete some files from
the Device and copy
SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
one more time. Repeat
the download from www.
pocketbook.ch.
Delete some files from
the Device and copy
SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
one more time. Repeat
the download from www.
pocketbook.ch.

Please contact service
center

Delete the old version of
the firmware file 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

probably damaged or pro­tected

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

Book is

appears, or nothing

Battery is low Charge the battery

If the book was down­loaded from the online
store try to re-load it again.

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

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
encoding

Close the frozen applica-

tion by pressing
simultaneously for 1–2 sec.

Settings and change

/ keys

Troubleshooting 99

Malfunction Possible Reason Solution

Your Device is in the bat-

After connection to PC
disks are not displayed in
Explorer

Bookmarks, settings and
current position in file can­not be saved

Battery discharges too fast

tery charging mode.

No signal in connection
cable

File system damaged

Internal memory is full

Disabled automatic turn­ing off

Check USB mode in

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
right-click on the selected
disk and select

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

Turn Off in

Set-

My Computer,

Properties >

… item

Auto

Customer Support

For detailed information about service centers in your

country please use contacts below:

Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03

0-800-183-39-70

Česko 800-701-307
France 0805-080277
Österreich 0-800-802-077

0-800-281-770

Polska 0-800-141-0112
Switzerland 0-800-898-720

לארשי 1-809-494-246

Україна 0-800-304-800

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