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Pocketbook Basic Touch User Manual
Summary of Basic Touch
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Touch user manual tap here to open.
Page 2: Table of Contents
Table of contents safety precautions .....................................................................4 appearance..........................................................................................9 front view 9 side view 10 technical specifications ..........................................
Page 3: Recent Events
Ttttt tt tttttttt 2 main menu ..........................................................................................22 recent events 24 library 26 favorites 29 notes 30 dictionary 30 music 31 applications 32 search 39 status bar 39 task management 40 installing extensions 41 reading books .........
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Ttttt tt tttttttt 3 bookmarks 53 following links 53 search 54 scaling 54 dictionary 57 notes 58 screen orientation 59 text-to-speech 60 closing a book 60 settings ..............................................................................................61 firmware update ...........................
Page 5: Safety Precautions
Safety precautions before start working with the device, please, read this sec- tion carefully. Following these instructions will help you en- sure 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 e...
Page 6: Maintenance
Safety srecautions 5 • exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, electro- static charges and artificial sources of uv electromagnetic radiation • excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, con- nectors and keys of the device. Do not leave the device for a long time in poorly venti- lated environm...
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Safety srecautions 6 do not use the device with a damaged battery, charger (broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or sd card. If the battery is damaged (cracked case, leakage of electro- lyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made or modified b...
Page 8: Rf Safety
Safety srecautions 7 for detailed information about service centers in your re- gion please visit the official website of socketbook interna- tional: http://www.Pocketbook-int.Com. Rf safety the device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications and other ele...
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Safety srecautions 8 consequences follow the device-specific disposal require- ments. 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 pur...
Page 10: Appearance
Appearance front view 1. Home – return to main menu 2. Backward – turn page backward 3. Led indicator – displays device powering 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 et...
Page 11: Side View
Aaattattat 11 side view 6. 3.5 mm audio jack 7. Micro-usb port – connect the device to a sc 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..
Page 12: Technical Specifications
Technical specifications display 6” e ink searl™ capacitive multi-sensor display, 600×800, 166 dpi, black/white processor 800 Мhz ram 128 Мb internal storage 2gb * operating system linux® communications wi-fi™ (802.11 b/g/n) usb 2.0 (up to 480 mb/s, micro-usb port) memory slot microsd/sdhc up to 32g...
Page 13: Getting Started
Getting started in this chapter you will learn how to prepare the device to work and about its main control features. Charging battery to extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to charge the device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state. You can charge the battery from sc using us...
Page 14: Power Management
Getting started 13 if the device is on when you connect the cable to sc, a dia- log 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 appears. When the device is ready to operate, an image is chan...
Page 15: Loading Files
Getting started 14 you can restart it by pressing reset button on side panel with some thin item (e.G. Unbent paper clip). Caution! To avoid device case damage, don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to press reset button! Don’t use this feature fre- quently, because it affects the electronic compo...
Page 16: Gestures
Getting started 15 attention after copying files safely remove the device before disconnecting the cable! 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...
Page 17: Flick
Getting started 16 flick scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen rapidly. 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 en...
Page 18: 1. Change Case
Getting started 17 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 field. Touch it to see typed symbols..
Page 19: 1. Go to
Getting started 18 connecting to the internet the device can be connected to the internet using wi-fi networks. If you open an application, which requires inter- net access (e.G. Browser , pocketnews ), the device displays a list of available wi-fi connections. If the network you select is protected...
Page 20: Note
Getting started 19 connection name (for example, home or office) enter it as you’d like it to be displayed on the device note connection name field specifies only the display name of the connection. For correct communication network name (ssid) must be the same as network transmits 4. Select securit...
Page 21: 6. By Default
Getting started 20 6. By default network settings are set to dhcp (de- fined by network). If it’s needed to configure network set- tings manually, go network settings , change ip address con- figuration to manual and enter network configuration from on-screen keyboard 7. If the network you need to c...
Page 22: Inserting Micro Sd Card
Getting started 21 inserting micro sd card the device already has 2 gb of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro sd card. Insert it to the slot, like it shown on a figure, and slightly push until card will be fixed. To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be unfix...
Page 23: Main Menu
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 > open at startup corresponding option was set). To return to the main menu from any ap- plication, press key. Note return...
Page 24: Applications Panel
Main menu 23 recent events is a list of recently opened and downloaded books collapse applications panel last read book last downloaded applications panel main menu overview events of friends on readrate filtration of events.
Page 25: Recent Events
Main menu 24 recent events this section displays last actions on the device, namely last opened, recently loaded books and your friends events on readrate and recommendations (see details in social net- works & readrate ). You can configure filtration by pressing on a sign in the tor right corner of...
Page 26: Library Overview
Main menu 25 exit menu search turn library pages library overview 1 2 3 4 5.
Page 27: Library
Main menu 26 library library is e-books file manager. Library menu allows to fil- ter, group, sort, change appearance of the section and per- form search. 1 filtration criteria • all books – all books on selected storage are displayed • now reading – books, which were opened and read (more than one ...
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Main menu 27 • genre • format • creation date . 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 (...
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Main menu 28 detailed – in this mode there’s added thumbnails, infor- mation about file format and size and status icons: • read • favorite. Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and author name (if known) and favorite icon are displayed. 5 storage-dependent appearance has three options: • inte...
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Main menu 29 ...And allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • open (if item can be opened with alternative reader program – open with …) • file – file operations: • rename • move to folder • delete • add to/remove from favorites • mark as read/unread • information — brief information...
Page 31: Notes
Main menu 30 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. Slease, read more about notes creation and editing in reading > notes section of this manual. Dictionary enter a word by on-scr...
Page 32: Music
Main menu 31 music music player for playing .Mp3 media files. After opening player, internal storage of the device and external microsd card will be scanned for music files. Files found will be displayed as playlist. Repeat once shuffle normal previous next volume press to switch play/pause + - pres...
Page 33: Applications
Main menu 32 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 l...
Page 34: Klondike
Main menu 33 to the current month. Read about date and time setting in settings > clock 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 option. Enter the feed address using the on-sc...
Page 35: Scribble
Main menu 34 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. The news downloading status is displayed while updating. After the update file is available for reading off-line ...
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Main menu 35 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 sencil: a tool for drawing thin lines marker: a tool for drawing thick lines eraser: a tool for removing lines and text back: ca...
Page 37: Sudoku
Main menu 36 sudoku sopular japanese puzzle. After pressing on an empty field, selection window will appear. You can select a digit you think should stand in the cell or set labels — digits, you suggest may stand in the cell. Browser this is an application for viewing web-pages. As you start browser...
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Main menu 37 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, favor- ites, adjust scale of displaying web-pages, rotate a screen and con...
Page 39: Photo
Main menu 38 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 an...
Page 40: Search
Main menu 39 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 file name, book title or author’s mane. After enter- ing the query library , displaying search results, will open. Status bar status bar is located at the ...
Page 41: Task Management
Main menu 40 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 applica- ...
Page 42: Installing Extensions
Main menu 41 example, that read percentage displayed in library doesn’t change after you exit the book by pressing . To close application com- pletely, touch top left corner of the screen, press button continu- ously or the corresponding application menu item. Installing extensions you can install a...
Page 43: Reading Books
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: sdf, esub (in- cluding adobe drm -protected); fb2, fb2.Zis, doc, docx, txt, djvu, rtf, html, htm, chm, tcr, src (moby) . To open a...
Page 44: Gestures In
Reading books 43 sressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu. There are two views of a reading menu — graphical and textual (set it in settings > appearance > reading menu type on the device) gestures in reading mode close book book- mark open reading menu.
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Reading books 44 exit book book name search bookmark expand reading menu content turning pages open readrate menu graphical type of reading menu.
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Reading books 45 textual type of reading menu.
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Reading books 46 social networks & readrate now you will be able to take advantages of social networks on your socketbook: share quotations from books, add comments, tell that you are reading or have read, like or don’t like. Readrate also allows you watching the friends’ events and obtaining inform...
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Reading books 47 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 ac- counts: in social networks or in the market book store. 3. In consequence there will be created the readrate profile, ...
Page 49: Share Quotation
Reading books 48 4. Select social networks, where you want to send news: facebook, Вконтакте, Одноклассники, twitter – icons of chosen networks will become hefted. 5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the readrate profile, you will be proposed to link them. 6. Confirm your choice by pres...
Page 50: 5. You Can
Reading books 49 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 wil...
Page 51: Turning Pages
Reading books 50 to delete your social networks accounts information for readrate, go to settings > accounts and synchroniza- tion > readrate > remove readrate authorization on your socketbook. If you want turn off temporarily the readrate functionality, set off in settings accounts and synchronizat...
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Reading books 51 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 wit...
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Reading books 52 • by using scroll bar in the reading menu ( graphical ); • by selecting the open page item of reading menu ( textual ). That opens a dialog window, where you will be able to enter the page number or move scroll you want to go to and view recent opened pages thumbnails; • by pressing...
Page 54: Bookmarks
Reading books 53 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 displayed i...
Page 55: Search
Reading books 54 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. 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 mo...
Page 56: Pdf & Djvu
Reading books 55 side of the screen: upwards to increase and downwards to decrease. Settings reader menu section provides more options to configure reader software: font, font size, spacing, page margins width, hyphenations ( on/off ) encoding, refresh mode ( best quality or high speed ). Pdf & djvu...
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Reading books 56 • 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 • reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display completely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for sdf books only • fit widt...
Page 58: Dictionary
Reading books 57 dictionary after selecting dictionary item, a window with dictionary entry of a selected word. Next tools are available: on-screen keyboard for typing text for translation change dictionary view resembling words/ back to word translation fix this window to the top/bottom of the scre...
Page 59: Notes
Reading books 58 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. Afte...
Page 60: Screen Orientation
Reading books 59 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 instruction...
Page 61: Text-to-Speech
Reading books 60 text-to-speech 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: srogress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are turned automatically as you listen. Initially the...
Page 62: Settings
Settings in this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the device for the most comfort- able usage. Select settings main menu section to configure the device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. If you will encounter any problems with new sett...
Page 63: About Device
Settings 62 note during the registration only serial number of the device is sent. About device the following information about device will be displayed: model, serial number, hardware type, software version, ram size, e-ink parameters, wi-fi mac address, total and free memory on the internal storag...
Page 64: User Profiles
Settings 63 user profiles here you can configure up to 6 user profiles (5 can be stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microsd card). Each profile stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections. To add new profile, open the ...
Page 65: Appearance
Settings 64 appearance here you can select the appearance parameters: • theme – is set by default. If you want to use another theme, download a file in .Pbt format to the folder system/ themes; • interface font . If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage...
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Settings 65 • complete page refresh – select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely. Al- ways provides the best quality, but consumes the most power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from pre- vious pages on a screen; • large file warning – if this setting is o...
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Settings 66 • led indication – you may disable led indication by selecting off in this section. 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. Clock in this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone ...
Page 68: Connectivity
Settings 67 connectivity in this section you can set parameters needed for network and usb connections. • device name – set the device name for other net- work equipment • network access – define, if the network connection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary (e.G. For browser) • default conn...
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Settings 68 channels are «invisible», so some wi-fi networks may be unavailable; • other countries – according to a etsi ( european telecommunications standards institute) document, there are supported 12 and 13 frequence channels, which are banned in some countries, for example usa and canada. Acco...
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Settings 69 • speed of speech • tone. Maintenance this section allows you to configure system parameters. • update software – the device will search for up- dates in the following order: internal storage, microsd card (if installed) and internet. • removing packages – remove dictionaries. Check item...
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Settings 70 • format sd-card – this action will erase all data on external microsd-card • backup configuration to sd – this action will create a backup folder on an external microsd-card and will save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter the file name from on-screen keyboard • resto...
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Settings 71 • off – database won’t be updated • once – database will be updated after exit from configuration 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). • ...
Page 73: Firmware Update
Firmware update official firmware updates for device are published on of- ficial socketbook website (www.Pocketbook-int.Com). Installation of official firmware updates is recommended, because they contain fixes and additions improving the efficiency of the device. Official firmware update does not i...
Page 74: Automatic Update
Firmware update 73 automatic update to start automatic software update select settings > main- tenance > update software. The device will begin to check available update sources in the following order: internal memory, microsd card, internet. If default internet connection is not set, the device wil...
Page 75: 2. Click The
Firmware update 74 2. Click the support button on top menu. Select hard- ware model of your device 3. Download the firmware to your sc 4. Unpack the content of the archive, file swusdate. Bin and copy it to the root folder of microsd-card or inter- nal device storage 5. Switch off the device by pres...
Page 76: Troubleshooting
Firmware update 75 troubleshooting error message reason correction method no upgrade image found file swusdate.Bin cannot be found on the microsd card. Make sure the file is in the root folder of the card. Try to format your microsd card (make a backup copies of all its content prior to format- ting...
Page 77: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting malfunction possible reason solution device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded battery is low charge the battery a book does not open - the message book is probably damaged or protected appears, or nothing happens at all the book is damaged if the book was downl...
Page 78: Malfunction
Troubleshooting 77 malfunction possible reason solution book opens but various symbols, question marks etc. Are displayed instead of letters incorrect encoding switch to reading mode, select settings and change encoding no response when you press any key sometimes (e.G., when downloading damaged or ...
Page 79: Malfunction
Troubleshooting 77 malfunction possible reason solution bookmarks, settings and current position in file cannot be saved file system damaged connect the device to a sc and check disks. To proceed, open my computer , right-click on the selected disk and select properties >service > check disk interna...
Page 80: Customer Support
Customer support for detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: deutschland 0-800-187-30-03 usa 1-877-326-01-96 Российская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34 Україна 0-800-304-800 Казахстан 8-800-333-35-13 Беларусь 8-820-0011-02-62 www.Pocketbook-int.Com/support/ se...
Page 81: Standards
Compliance with international standards model name socketbook 622 product name socketbook touch the eut should be supplied by usb port from complied limited sower source of personal computer or notebook. The eut should be supplfied by adapter from complied limited sower source. Rated output voltage:...
Page 82: En 300 328 V1.7.1
Compliance with international standards 81 this indicates compliance with the r&tte directive 1999/5/ ec and meets the relevant parts of following technical specifications: en 300 328 v1.7.1 electromagnetic compatibility and ra- dio spectrum matters (erm); wideband transmission systems; data transpo...
Page 83: En60950-
Compliance with international standards 82 en60950- 1:2006+a11:2009 information technology equipment – safety – sart 1: general requirements en 62311: 2008 assessment of electronic and electrical equipment related to human exposure restrictions for electromagnetic fields (0 hz-300 ghz) france – 2.4g...
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Compliance with international standards 83 compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system components. It is important that you use compliant peripheral de- vices and shielded cables between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios, televisions, a...
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Compliance with international standards 84 the sar limit stated in the icnirs 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 certified power level in all tested freq...
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Compliance with international standards 85 exposure of the general sublic to electromagnetic fields [1999/519/ec]. Designed by obreey. Assembled in china contains reader® mobile technology by adobe systems incorporated.