Poketbook Touch User Manual
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Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ......................................... 4
APPEARANCE .........................................................10
Front View 10
Side View 11
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS .......................12
GETTING STARTED ..............................................13
Charging Battery 13
Power Management 14
Loading Files 16
Gestures 17
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 19
Connecting to the Internet 21
Table of Contents 2
MAIN MENU ............................................................24
Recent Events 26
Library 26
Favorites 32
Notes 32
Dictionary 33
Applications 33
Music 38
Search 39
Status Bar 39
Task Management 40
Installing Extensions 41
READING BOOKS ..................................................43
Reading Gestures 44
Turning Pages 45
Contents 45
Bookmarks 47
Following Links 48
Table of Contents 3
Search 48
Scaling 49
Dictionary 51
Notes 52
Screen Orientation 54
Text-to-Speech 55
Closing a Book 56
CONFIGURATION ..................................................57
FIRMWARE UPDATE .............................................68
TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................72
CUSTOMER SUPPORT..........................................75
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS ...........................................................76
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, lighter,
open re etc.)
Safety Precautions 5
• 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
• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds,
electrostatic charges and articial sources of UV
electromagnetic radiation
• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen,
connectors and keys of the Device.
Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly
ventilated environment, e.g. in a car or in closed
tight boxes/packaging.
Neither drop nor try to bend the Device. Protect the
screen from objects that may scratch or damage it.
To ensure adequate protection of the screen, we recommend storing the Device in a protective and/or
hard cover.
Safety Precautions 6
Keep away from children.
Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, char-
ger (broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable)
or SD card. If the battery is damaged (cracked case,
leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should be
replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of
home-made or modied batteries may cause an ex-
plosion and/or damage the Device.
Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth
to remove dust from the Device’s surface. Apply a
few drops of distilled water to remove dirt.
Safety Precautions 7
Up to ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen
and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the
screen.
By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the nearest authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained.
For detailed information about service centers in
your region please visit the ofcial website of PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbook-int.
com.
RF Safety
The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications
and other electronic equipment. If you use personal
medical Devices (e.g. a pacemaker or hearing aid)
please contact your doctor or the manufacturer to
Safety Precautions 8
learn whether or not such medical devices are protected against external RF signals.
Do not use wireless communication in places where
it is prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect airborne avionics or medical
equipment.
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse
impacts on the environment and public health.
To prevent such consequences follow the device-
specic disposal requirements. Recycling of these
materials helps preserve natural resources. For
more information regarding recycling issues please
contact local municipal authorities, your domestic
waste collection service, store where you purchased
the Device, or the authorized service center.
Safety Precautions 9
Disposal of electric and electronic compo-
nents (the Directive is applicable to the EU
and other European countries where sepa-
rate waste disposal systems exist). In other coun-
tries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the
danger of explosion!
Appearance
FRONT VIEW
1. Home – return
to Main menu
2. Backward –
turn page backward
3. LED Indicator –
displays Device powerfng it
glows green, when battery is
charged, it turns off. During
the Device usage green light
indicates power consuming
(screen refresh, music play-
back, Wi-Fi connection etc.)
4. Forward – turn
page forward
5. Menu – open
context menu (if available)
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SIDE VIEW
6. 3.5 mm audio jack
7. Micro-USB port – connect the Device to a PC or a charger using
USB-cable
8. Reset – restart the Device
9. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD/SDHC card (up
to 32 GB)
10. On/Off (power button) – continuous press turns the Device on/
off.
Technical Characteristics
Display 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor
Processor 800 МHz
Internal Storage 2GB (up to 1,5GB available for user)
Operating system Linux®
Communications Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n)
Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32Gb
Audio output 3.5 mm earphones jack
Book formats PDF, EPUB (including Adobe DRM-
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Audio format MP3
Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1100 mAh
Dimensions 175×114.5×9.5 mm
Weight 195 g
display, 600×800, 166 dpi, black/white
RAM 128 МB
USB 2.0 (up to 480 Mb/s, micro-USB
port)
protected), FB2, TXT, DjVU, RTF, HTML,
CHM, DOC, TCR, FB2.ZIP, PRC, DOCX
Getting Started
In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the
Device to work and about its main control features.
CHARGING BATTERY
To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to
charge the Device for the rst time from 8 to 12
hours in the off state. You can charge the battery
from PC using USB-cable or from the power line using a charger (optional).
To charge the battery for the rst time, do the
following:
• Connect the Device to a computer or charger
with USB-cable. Indicator will glow green as soon,
as the charging starts
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• When the battery is fully charged, indicator
goes off. Now you can disconnect the Device and
turn it on for the rst use.
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
until startup logo will appear. When the Device is
ready to operate, an image will be changed to Main
menu or last opened book, depending on settings
(Settings > Open at startup).
To turn off the Device, press On/Off button continuously until the Device goes off. In addition, you can
set automatic key lock or power off: go to Settings
Getting Started 15
> Clock > Lock keyboard after or Power down after,
respectively, and set the idle time before locking
keyboard or power off.
In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys
presses or screen touches and perform no actions
for 2-3 minutes), you can restart it by pressing Reset button on side panel with some thin item (e.g.
unbent paper clip).
CAUTION! Don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to
press Reset button to avoid Device case damage! Don’t
use this feature frequently, because it affects the elec-
tronic components of the Device.
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LOADING FILES
Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB 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. Operating system
of computer will detect Device’s storage as remov-
able disk (if SD card installed – as two ones). Now
you can copy les to the Device or SD card using
Explorer or other le manager.
ATTENTION After copying les safely remove the Device
before disconnect the cable!
Getting Started 17
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).
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Slide
Turns pages of a book or a list; moves
an image: slide your nger across the
screen.
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.
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WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD
On-screen keyboard is used when it’s necessary to
enter text information, for example, for search or
network connection credentials.
To type a symbol, press a key.
To switch to another input language, press the current language button. To add the language to the
onscreen keyboard layout go to Conguration >
Keyboard.
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1. Change input language
2. Change case
3. Enter the typed text
4. Close the on-screen keyboard
5. Erase last typed symbol.
As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials)
icon will appear on a text eld. Touch it to see typed
symbols.
Getting Started 21
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
The Device can connect to the Internet using WiFi networks. If you will open an application, which
requires Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews)
the Device will open a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network you select is protected, you
will be suggested to enter network key using the
on-screen keyboard.
You can pre-congure a connection and set it as
preferred one. To proceed, follow next steps:
1. Go to Settings > Connectivity > Wireless
Connections
2. Select a slot to ll. Empty slots are named as
<connection #>
3. Press Network name (SSID) and select one of
the available networks or enter its SSID from onscreen keyboard. By default eld Connection name
Getting Started 22
will turn to the same as Network name (SSID). If you’d
like to change connection name (for example, Home
or Ofce) enter it as you’d like it to be displayed on
the Device
NOTE Connection name eld species only the display
name of the connection. For correct communication Net-
work name (SSID) must be the same as network transmits
4. Select security type in the corresponding list:
• None – for open network
• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option,
you will need to specify WEP Authentication
type – Open System or Shared Key either. The
Device cannot recognize authentication type
automatically
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to
specify username, password and domain (if
necessary)
Getting Started 23
• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter
network key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Select the idle time before disconnection in
the corresponding section
6. By default Network settings are set to DHCP
(dened by network). If it’s needed to congure network settings manually, go Network settings, change
IP address conguration to Manual and enter network
conguration from on-screen keyboard
7. If the network you need to connect to has a
proxy server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy
conguration section
8. To check network conguration press Test
connection.
You can select one of pre-congured connections to
be used by default. To proceed, select Preferred con-
nection and select one from the list.
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 dis-
played on the screen (if Settings > Open at startup
corresponding option was set). To return to the Main
menu from any application, press key.
Main menu consists of Recent Events section and ap-
plication panel.
See the gure on next page.
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