- DL manuals
- Pocketbook
- eBook Reader
- Basic Touch
- User Manual
Pocketbook Basic Touch User Manual
Summary of Basic Touch
Page 1
User manual.
Page 2: Table of Contents
Table of contents safety precautions ............................................ 5 appearance ........................................................ 10 technical specifications ................................. 11 getting started ................................................ 12 charging batter...
Page 3: Recent Events
Main menu.......................................................... 23 recent events 25 library 27 book store 31 notes 31 dictionary 31 favorites 32 applications 32 calculator 32 chess 32 calendar & clock 33 klondike 33 pocketnews 33 scribble 34 sudoku 35 browser 36 book store 37 pocketbook sync 40 ...
Page 4: Send-to-Pocketbook 46
Send-to-pocketbook 46 search 49 status bar 50 task management 50 reading books ................................................... 52 social networks & readrate 55 turning pages 59 contents 59 open page 60 bookmarks 62 following links 62 search 63 scaling 63 dictionary 66 notes 67 screen orientation...
Page 5: Frontlight 69
Settings .............................................................. 69 frontlight 69 personalize 69 network 71 date/time 72 languages 72 accounts and synchronization 73 advanced settings 77 saving battery 83 device info 83 firmware update .............................................. 85 trouble...
Page 6: Safety Precautions
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- po...
Page 7: Maintenance
Safety srecautions 7 • exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, electrostatic charges and artificial 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 envi- ronment,...
Page 8
Safety srecautions 8 (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. Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.G. Benzoyl etc.) to clean the screen/ca...
Page 9: Rf Safety
Safety srecautions 9 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 ...
Page 10
Safety srecautions 10 collection service, store where you purchased the device, or the authorized service centre. Disposal of electric and electronic components (the directive is ap- plicable to the eu and other european countries where separate waste disposal systems exist). In other countries disp...
Page 11: Appearance
Appearance 1. Home – return to main menu 2. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navi- gation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list 3. Forward – turns page forward 4. Menu – open context menu (if available). 5. Micro-usb port – connect the device to a sc or a charger usi...
Page 12: Technical Specifications
Technical specifications display 6” e ink searl™ capacitive multi-sensor 800×600 display, 166 dpi, b&w cpu 1000 mhz ram 256mb storage 4 gb * operating system linux® communications micro-usb wi-fi (802.11 b/g/n) battery li-solymer, 3.7 v, 1300 mah ** memory slot microsd/sdhc up to 32 gb book formats ...
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 dialog window asking to select action – pc link or charge – will appear. Power management to turn on the device, press on/off button. When the device is ready to operate, main menu or last opened book will appear, depending o...
Page 15: Loading Files
Getting started 14 (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. If it does not help, you can restart it by pressing on/off button for 10 seconds. Loading files connect the device to the sc using microusb cable. Note the device should be kept on while transferring files. You will be prompted to select usb...
Page 16: Gestures
Getting started 15 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...
Page 17: Scaling
Getting started 16 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- nec...
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: Connecting to The Internet
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 internet access (e.G. Browser , pocketnews ) the device will open a list of available wi-fi connections. If the network you select is protected, ...
Page 20: •
Getting started 19 3. To set up connection with a hidden network, open connection to a hidden network and enter its ssid from the on-screen keyboard in the network name (ssid) field. 4. Select security type in the corresponding list: • none – for an open network • simple (wep) – after you select thi...
Page 21: •
Getting started 20 • manual (for skilled users) — enter networks pa- rameters manually from the on-screen keyboard 7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy server, you can specify its parameters in proxy configura- tion section 8. To check network configuration and connect to a network, ...
Page 22
Getting started 21 installing additional dictionaries you can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in book store). 1. Copy extension file with .Pbi extension to the de- vice internal storage. 2. Disconnect the device from sc. 3. Loaded file will appear in last events . 4. L...
Page 23: Inserting Micro Sd Card
Getting started 22 inserting micro sd card the device already has 4 gb of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro sd card. Insert it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push until card will be fixed. To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be un...
Page 24: 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 > personalize > open at start- up corresponding option was set). To return to the main menu from any application, press ke...
Page 25: Main Menu Overview
Main menu 23 main menu overview ‘recent events’ is a list of recently opened and downloaded books collapse applications panel last read book last downloaded applications panel events of friends on readrate filtration of events.
Page 26: 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 27: Library Overview
Main menu 25 library overview exit menu search turn library pages 1 2 3 4 5.
Page 28: Library
Main menu 26 library library is e-books file manager. Library menu allows to filter, group, sort, change appearance of the section and perform search. 1 filtration criteria • all books – all books on selected storage are displayed • now reading – books, which were opened and read (more than one page...
Page 29: •
Main menu 27 • genre • format • date added . 3 sorting criteria • file names • book titles • last opened • creation date • series • author. Sorting can be ascending or descending . 4 books list views simple – in this mode next information is displayed: • folder icon • book title and author name (if ...
Page 30: •
Main menu 28 detailed – in this mode there’s added thumbnails, in- formation about file format and size, read percentage and status icons: read, favorite. Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and au- thor name (if known) and favorite icon are displayed. 5 storage-dependent appearance has three...
Page 31: •
Main menu 29 ...And allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • open (if item can be opened with alternative read- er program – open with …) • information — brief information about book/ folder • mark as read/unread • add to/remove from favorites • file – file operations: • rename • mo...
Page 32: 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 notes . Dictionary enter a word by on-screen keyboard, and the applicatio...
Page 33: Applications
Main menu 31 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 mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and log...
Page 34: Calendar & Clock
Main menu 32 calendar & clock opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation / allows turning over a calendar. The button returns you to the current month. Read about date and time setting in date/time manual’s chapter. Klondike classic solitaire. Pocketnews application for adding and reading rs...
Page 35: Scribble
Main menu 33 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 ...
Page 36: Sudoku
Main menu 34 marker: a tool for drawing thick lines eraser: a tool for removing lines and text back: cancel the last operation current drawing/total number of drawings: change the current drawing new: start new drawing delete drawing exit application. To save a picture, touch icon. The current pictu...
Page 37: Browser
Main menu 35 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 ...
Page 38: Book Store
Main menu 36 settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/enable javascript and loading images. To exit browser, touch the corresponding item in browser menu. Book store book store application provides quick and convenient licensed content download from book store portal.
Page 39
Main menu 37 (http://www.Bookland.Com/) to your device. The internet connection must be active. If you are already registered at the portal http://www.Bookland.Com/, press i already have an ac- count bookland and check if the login and password are entered correctly at book store settings. Enter you...
Page 40
Main menu 38 my cards – used bank cards exit . Select the book and press buy to purchase goods. Choose the format of a downloading book and press buy and download on the page your purchase . The bought file is exit personal room.
Page 41: Pocketbook Sync
Main menu 39 moved to the folder library > downloads and is displayed on the wall of last events of the main menu. Note if there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to you to top up the balance on a site bookland or directly on the device using the bank card (visa, mastercard, maestro). ...
Page 42: Registration
Main menu 40 to use pocketbook sync you need to perform several sim- ple steps: registration 1. Register at the portal book store. (for example, at the portal www.Bookland.Com you need to add your de- vice to your account by entering a serial number of the device on the site). 2. Authorize in pocket...
Page 43
Main menu 41 www.Bookland.Com you need to choose content in the items section and press send to pocketbook ). Downloading content on the device turn on wi-fi connection on your device or choose up- date in socketbook sync application (if wi-fi connection has not been activated, the device will gener...
Page 44: Photo
Main menu 42 the in queue section. You need to select one, several or all items in the list and choose download (you can also delete undesirable links by choosing delete ). You will see downloading and downloaded files in the downloads section. Downloaded files are moved to the download folder , loc...
Page 45: Dropbox Pocketbook
Main menu 43 dropbox pocketbook dropbox application allows to download files, added to dropbox from any computer or any device with installed dropbox app or from the dropbox website, to your device. And you do not need to install anything to your socket- book, it is enough to authorize in the servic...
Page 46: How to Synchronize
Main menu 44 note the application on your device will have access only to files in the ‘ application > dropbox pocketbook’ folder on the server how to synchronize automatically: 1. Files, added to the directory ‘ application > drop- box pocketbook’ on the server and to the sync folder on your device...
Page 47: Send-to-Pocketbook
Main menu 45 2. After synchronization all obtained files will be also available in the sync folder in the library on the device. Send-to-pocketbook the application allows to send files to the email address of your device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded to your device, if the wi-fi is tu...
Page 48: How to Get Files
Main menu 46 • in the opened wizard enter your contact email ad- dress and password. • the email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address. Follow this link to receive the email address of your device (for example, username@pbsync.Com). Note: the contact email address is used on...
Page 49: •
Main menu 47 the device library, when the internet connection is on. Down- load folder is available after authorization from the locations: • applications > send-to-pocketbook • settings > accounts and synchronizations > send- to-pocketbook > go to folder of the context menu of the download folder •...
Page 50: The List of Trusted Senders
Main menu 48 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 t...
Page 51: Status Bar
Main menu 49 status bar status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and briefly displays system info. In reading mode status bar displays current page and total page count. To switch to a system status bar, press the icon . Wi-fi is connected touch to view info touch to open task list battery ...
Page 52: •
Main menu 50 besides task switching, you can force close running appli- cations: press against an application in the list . You can also access quickly some device control features: • lock device. To unlock, press on/off button • open wireless connections list • take a screenshot. • turn off the dev...
Page 53: Reading Books
Reading books in this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and con- figure reader software for the most comfortable reading. The device supports next book formats: sdf, esub (includ- ing adobe drm -protected); fb2, fb2.Zis, doc, docx, txt, djvu, rtf, html, htm, chm, tcr, src, mobi, acsm . To o...
Page 54: Gestures In
Reading books 49 sressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu. Gestures in reading mode close book book- mark open reading menu.
Page 55: Reading Menu
Reading books 50 exit book book name search bookmark expand reading menu content turning pages open readrate menu reading menu.
Page 56: Social Networks & Readrate
Reading books 51 social networks & readrate now you will be able to take advantages of social net- works on your socketbook: 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 info...
Page 57
Reading books 52 now reading, have read, like, unlike 1. Touch one of the options ( now reading , have read, like or unlike ). 2. Enter data (e-mail and password) of one of your accounts: in social networks or in the market book store. 3. In consequence there will be created the readrate profile, yo...
Page 58: Share Quotation
Reading books 53 4. Select social networks, where you want to send news: facebook, vkontakte, odnoklassniki, twitter – icons of chosen networks will become hefted. 5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the readrate profile, you will be proposed to link them. 6. Confirm your choice by pres...
Page 59: 5. You Can
Reading books 54 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 60: Turning Pages
Reading books 55 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 synchroniz...
Page 61: •
Reading books 56 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 corresponding inset is blank. If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry will...
Page 62
Reading books 57 • move the progress bar slider in the reading menu. Buttons are intended for more precise navigation – one page backward/forward, respectively. • touch the slider, that opens a dialog window where you are able to enter the page number you want to open. • touch the page number in the...
Page 63: Bookmarks
Reading books 58 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 64: Search
Reading books 59 search to search in book text touch the icon of the reading menu. After entering a query from on-screen keyboard, re- sults found will be highlighted. To move between search results, touch on arrow buttons at the right bottom corner of the screen. Scaling text format books in text f...
Page 65: Pdf & Djvu
Reading books 60 margins width, hyphenations ( on/off ) encoding, refresh mode ( best quality or high speed ). Pdf & djvu you can change only the whole page scale only (except reflow mode for sdf ). Sinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in or slide a finger upwards the ...
Page 66: •
Reading books 61 • reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display completely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for sdf books only. Some tables and pictures cannot be dis- played in the reflow mode; • fit width – scaling page to the screen width; • margins cropping – allows to decrease marg...
Page 67: Dictionary
Reading books 62 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: on-screen ...
Page 68: Notes
Reading books 63 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 69: Screen Orientation
Reading books 64 pencil – use to draw notes in the text. Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the finger 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 70: Settings
Settings in this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the device for the most comfortable 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 settin...
Page 71: Attention!
Settings 66 note you can also set your own picture as a logo from the photo application. Read about it in the photo section. Font . If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage folder attention! System folder is hidden by default. Slease, change its paramet...
Page 72: •
Settings 67 network access — on or off. After network access activation, the following settings appear: • auto connection on or off. • connection to hidden networks — read more in the connecting to the internet section of this manual • available networks — a list of available networks. Choose one of...
Page 73: Languages
Settings 68 languages language select the device’s interface language. Keyboard layouts under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts. Configure dictionaries. Under this section you can un- check dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the list during the translation or in dictionar...
Page 74: •
Settings 69 going to use the service for a long period, you can turn off to optimize the device productivity. • establishing connection : automatically (connec- tion will be established automatically every half an hour to check for new links (if the device is not powered off/ not in sleeping mode)) ...
Page 75: •
Settings 70 • information 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. • s...
Page 76: •
Settings 71 pocketbook folder on the device is set by default. You can choose another folder or create a new one in the internal device storage or on the external sd-card. • about service — more detailed about service readrate —in this section the following options are available: • remove readrate a...
Page 77: Advanced Settings
Settings 72 advanced settings 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 ...
Page 78: System
Settings 73 system 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 sc. Format sd card – this action will erase all data from the external mic...
Page 79: •
Settings 74 library this section is intended for optimization of library database. • library data update – set the parameters for library database update: • off – database won’t be updated; • once – database will be updated after exit from configuration section, the parameter will be set to off afte...
Page 80: Privacy
Settings 75 usb mode — set how the device handles usb connection by default: pc link , charge or ask user privacy protect configurations by password — in this section you can protect your setting by password. Select set password section and type the password from on-screen keyboard. Now each time yo...
Page 81: Text Rendering
Settings 76 text rendering good quality or high speed. Complete page refresh select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely. Always item provides the best quality, but consumes the most power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen. Lar...
Page 82: Demo Mode
Settings 77 demo mode switching demo mode for the device. To activate demon- stration mode check on in the demo mode item. Saving battery here you can see battery level and set parameters, which help to save battery charge: • battery percentage • led indication – you may disable led indication by se...
Page 83: Device Info
Settings 78 device info 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 and microsd-card), software • firmware version , • software update – the device w...
Page 84: Firmware Update
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. Slease perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with ...
Page 85: Manual Update
Ffffffff ffffff 88 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 > about device > software > auto update ). In this case, the device will use wi-fi connection only. Manua...
Page 86: Troubleshooting
Ffffffff ffffff 88 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 > about device > software > firmware version troubleshooting error message reason correction method no upgrade...
Page 87: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting malfunciton 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 down-...
Page 88: Malfunciton
Tfttttfttttfftt 88 malfunciton possible reason solution after connection to sc disks are not displayed in explorer your device is in the bat- tery charging mode. Check usb mode in settings main menu item. Set connection to pc or ask at connection no signal in connection cable check usb cable condi- ...
Page 89: Customer Support
Customer support for detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Česko 800-701-307 deutschland 0-800-187-30-03 france 0805-080277 polska 0-0-800-141-0112 slovensko 0-800-606-676 usa/canada 1-877-910-1520 Россия 8-800-100-6990 Україна 0-800-304-800 Казахстан ...
Page 90: Standards
Compliance with international standards product name: socketbook basic touch model number: socketbook 624 the eut should be supplied by usb port from complied limited sower source of personal computer or notebook. The eut should be supplied by adapter from complied limited sower source. Rated output...
Page 91
Ctfftfftcf ffft ctffftfffttft cfftfffft 88 france – 2.4ghz for metropolitan france. In all metropolitan departments, wireless lan frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either for public or private use: • indoor use: maximum power (eirs*) of 100 mw for the entire 2400-2483.5 mhz fre...
Page 92
Ctfftfftcf ffft ctffftfffttft cfftfffft 88 certification information (sar) the device meets guidelines for exposure to radio waves. Your device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international guidelines. These guid...
Page 93
Ctfftfftcf ffft ctffftfffttft cfftfffft 88 this equipment complies with the european council recommen- dation of 12 july 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the gen- eral sublic to electromagnetic fields [1999/519/ec]. Pocketbook international s.A. Crocicchio cortogna, 6, 6900, lugano, switzerland...