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Pocketbook Touch HD User Manual

Summary of Touch HD

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    Firmware 5.17.

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    Table of contents safety precautions ............................................ 6 appearance ........................................................ 11 technical specifications ................................. 12 getting started ................................................ 13 charging batter...

  • Page 3: Book Store

    Book store 26 browser 28 calendar & clock 30 scribble 30 calculator 30 gallery 31 games 32 klondike 32 sudoku 32 chess 32 audio-player 33 interactive apps 35 rss news 35 dropbox pocketbook 36 send-to-pocketbook 38 reading books ................................................... 42 gestures in readi...

  • Page 4: Social Networks & Readrate

    Social networks & readrate 45 contents 50 bookmarks 51 dictionary 52 notes 53 text-to-speech (voice) 54 reading settings 57 following links 61 loading files 61 library 67 pocketbook cloud 70 settings .............................................................. 75 wi-fi 75 accounts and synchronizat...

  • Page 5: Software 85

    Software 85 about device 85 firmware update .........................................................86 troubleshooting .........................................................89 customer support .......................................................91 compliance with international standards ........

  • 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 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. Srotect the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it. To ensure adequate protection of the...

  • Page 8

    Safety srecautions 8 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/case. Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the device’s surface. Apply a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt. Up to fiv...

  • Page 9: Rf Safety

    Safety srecautions 9 by the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near- est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained. For detailed information about service centres in your region please visit the official website of socketbook international: h...

  • Page 10: Utilization

    Safety srecautions 10 utilization incorrect disposal of this device may have adverse im- pacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences follow the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of these materials helps pre- serve natural resources. For more information re...

  • Page 11: Appearance

    Appearance 1. Home – return to main menu; 2. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navigation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list; 3. Forward – turns page forward; 4. Menu – open context menu (if avail- able). Continuous press switches the front- light on/off (see front...

  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications display 6” e ink carta infrared touch sensor 1072×1448 display, 300 dpi, b&w frontlight yes cpu freescale i.Mx 6sololite ram 512mb (ddr3) storage 8 gb * operating system linux® communications micro-usb wi-fi (b/g/n) battery li-ion sol, 1500 mah ** memory slot microsd/sdhc up...

  • 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 hour s. You can charge the battery from (1) sc using usb-cable or f...

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    Getting started 14 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 usa...

  • Page 15: Device Management

    Getting started 15 device management turn on sress on/off button. When the device is ready to operate, main menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings. Turn off sress and hold on/off button for about two seconds until the device goes off. Lock you can lock your device in three ways:...

  • Page 16: Main Menu Overview

    Getting started 16 main menu overview slide down to open a notification panel touch to open calendar ‘recent books’ is a list of recently opened books last downloaded books slide up to open an application panel.

  • Page 17: Notification Panel

    Getting started 17 notification panel touch or slide down the icon to open a notifica- tion panel . Note: you can open notification panel also pressing a menu button. Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of wi-fi and frontlight , sync of network services, task man- ager , device ...

  • Page 18: Gestures

    Getting started 18 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 19: Flick

    Getting started 19 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 20: 1.  Change Case;

    Getting started 20 keyboard layout go to settings > languages > keyboard layouts . 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 i...

  • Page 21: Connecting to The Internet

    Getting started 21 connecting to the internet the device can be connected to the internet using wi-fi networks. When you open an application that re- quires an internet connection (eg, browser or bookstore ) wi-fi connection is established automatically. If a known network is not available, the list...

  • Page 22: Advanced Settings

    Getting started 22 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 setti...

  • Page 23: 1.  Select

    Getting started 23 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...

  • Page 24: Inserting Micro Sd Card

    Getting started 24 inserting micro sd card the device already has 8 gb of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro sd card (up to 32 gb). 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...

  • Page 25: Applications

    Applications in this chapter you will learn about applications wich are preinstalled on your device. There is three apps which is brought out to the main menu: • library; • bookstore; • browser. The rest of the apps are available at the application bar. To invoke it touch the icon at the main menu..

  • Page 26: Library

    Applications 26 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 . Book store book store application provides quick and conve- nient licensed content download from store portal (http://www.B...

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    Applications 27 if the connection with an account is set properly, you get access to all the features of a portal. Sress the personal room to expand options for work with a personal account: • top up the balance – top up the balance on a site bookland or directly on the device using the bank card (v...

  • Page 28: Browser

    Applications 28 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 moved to the folder library > downloads and is displayed on the wall of last events of the main menu. Note: if there is n...

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    Applications 29 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, ...

  • Page 30: Calculator

    Applications 30 calculator engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations. Standard apps calendar & clock opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation / allows turning over a cal...

  • Page 31: Gallery

    Applications 31 font: change font and its size; sencil: a tool for drawing thin lines; marker: a tool for drawing thick lines; eraser: a tool for removing lines and text; back: cancel the last operation; current drawing/total number of drawings: change the current drawing; new: start new drawing; de...

  • Page 32: Games

    Applications 32 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. Games klondike classic solitaire. Sudoku sopular japanese puzzle. Sress on an empty cell to select it. After that you can input in the selected cell the digit y...

  • Page 33: Audio-Player

    Applications 33 audio-player music player for playing .Mp3 media files. Shuffle normal previous play/pause close collapse application menu progress bar playlist volume “+“ volume “-“ next repeat once.

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    Applications 34 in the application menu you can add audio files and folders with audio to the playlist, rearrange tracks, and save or clear playlist. By means of the context menu , opened with a long press on the track, you can perform the following operations: view info about track, add to queue, o...

  • Page 35: Interactive Apps

    Applications 35 interactive apps 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 pres...

  • Page 36: Dropbox Pocketbook

    Applications 36 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. Dropbox pocketbook dropbox application ...

  • Page 37: How to Synchronize

    Applications 37 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...

  • Page 38: Send-to-Pocketbook

    Applications 38 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 wi...

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    Applications 39 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. • the email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address. Follow this link to receive the email address of you...

  • Page 40: How to Get Files

    Applications 40 how to get files automatically: 1. Files, sent to the service email address of your device, will be automatically downloaded to the download folder in the device library, when the internet connection is on. Down- load folder is available after authorization from the locations: • appl...

  • Page 41: The List of Trusted Senders

    Applications 41 send-to-pocketbook > receive files now or in library choose receive files now in the context menu of the down- load folder. Received files will be also available in the download folder in the library of the device. The list of trusted senders documents can be downloaded on the device...

  • Page 42: 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, sdf drm, esub, esub drm, djvu, fb2, fb2.Zis, doc, docx, rtf, src, txt, chm, htm, html, mobi, acsm. To open a book, touch its ...

  • Page 43: Gestures In Reading Mode

    Reading books 43 gestures in reading mode close book; make a bookmark; turn pages forward; turn pages backward; pressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu page turning scaling.

  • Page 44: Reading Menu

    Reading books 44 reading menu back book name: touch to see the book info or open readrate menu bookmark pull the slider to turn pages or touch the page number to input the digits of needed page open readrate menu contents search.

  • Page 45: Social Networks & Readrate

    Reading books 45 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 46: Reading Status and Book Rate

    Reading books 46 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 c...

  • Page 47: Recommend

    Reading books 47 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 48: Share Quotation

    Reading books 48 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 . Share quotation to share quotation from a book: 1. After continuous touch on the screen in the opened book, creeper of text selectio...

  • Page 49: 5.  You Can

    Reading books 49 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...

  • Page 50: Contents

    Reading books 50 contents if a book has table of contents, you can open it by select- ing the corresponding reading menu item. Content section contains three insets: • sections (book’s chapters names); • bookmarks (made during reading); • notes (graphic or text). If table of contents has more then o...

  • Page 51: Bookmarks

    Reading books 51 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...

  • Page 52: Dictionary

    Reading books 52 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 53: Notes

    Reading books 53 note: handwritten notes are not available for djvu books. After you will enter notes, a tooltip window will appear. All notes are visible from section notes at application panel . Notes notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and make handwritten records directly in the tex...

  • Page 54: Text-to-Speech (Voice)

    Reading books 54 text-to-speech (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: srogress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are turned automatically as you listen. Init...

  • Page 55: Warning!

    Reading books 55 installation of additional voice packs warning! Before installing new voice packs we recommend checking for a new version of the device software (refer to «software update» section). Installation of the new voice pack 1. Please download the voice pack of your interest (.Pbi file ext...

  • Page 56: Deleting A Voice Pack:

    Reading books 56 internal memory, but not in the external micro sd card. • if there is not enough space in the internal memory to install a new pack, you need to clear a space or delete one of the existing voice packs. 3. When the copy process is completed, disconnect the usb cable. 4. Open the libr...

  • Page 57: Reading Settings

    Reading books 57 reading 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 esub, txt, fb2, doc and other text format books, open the...

  • Page 58

    Reading books 58 screen tab - you can enable or disable page numbering, the status 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 i...

  • Page 59: Pdf & Djvu

    Reading books 59 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 right side of screen to zoom in or downwards – to zoom out, respectively. Under mode reading m...

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    Reading books 60 sdf 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; • manual — move arrow buttons to set margins w...

  • Page 61: Loading Files

    Reading books 61 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 mode: pc link or charge either. Select pc link . Operating system of com- puter will detect device’s storage as removable ...

  • Page 62: Download Via *.Acsm

    Reading books 62 card installed – as two ones). Now you can copy files to the device or sd card 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 requir...

  • Page 63: 4.  Open

    Reading books 63 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...

  • Page 64: Download Books Via Pc

    Reading books 64 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...

  • Page 65: 2.  Select The

    Reading books 65 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, pock...

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    Reading books 66 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 ...

  • Page 67: Library

    Reading books 67 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 sh...

  • Page 68: 2. Sorting Criteria

    Reading books 68 the results of grouping can be displayed as as- cending ( 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...

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    Reading books 69 ...And allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • book info - brief information about book/folder; • readrate; • add to collections; • add to favorites; • all books of author; • delete; • upload to pb cloud/remove from pb cloud; • select - multiple choice of files..

  • Page 70: Pocketbook Cloud

    Reading books 70 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 socketbook cloud account. Note: socketbook cloud stores files i...

  • Page 71

    Reading books 71 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, whe...

  • Page 72: 5.  Then Go Back to

    Reading books 72 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...

  • Page 73: Working With Files

    Reading books 73 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...

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    Reading books 74 open the book on your device, or you can choose upload to pb cloud option in the context menu. • deleting books . Use the context menu to remove a book from socketbook cloud. There are two options – de- lete (from the device’s memory) and remove from cloud . If the file is stored on...

  • Page 75: 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 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 n...

  • Page 76: Accounts and Synchronization

    Settings 76 accounts and synchronization book store — in this section you can enter login and password for authorization in the book store . Send-to-pocketbook — the following options are available: • pocketbook account: your account email. • login/log out : if you are not authorized in the applicat...

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    Settings 77 • 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 or on the external sd-card. • about service — more detailed about service. Dropbox — in this section the fol...

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    Settings 78 • 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 de...

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    Settings 79 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 sock- et...

  • Page 80

    Settings 80 note: you can also set your own picture as a logo from the gallery application. Read about it in the gallery section. 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. ...

  • Page 81: Languages

    Settings 81 to add new profile, open the corresponding item. You will be suggested to set destination (local memory or sd card) and to enter the name from on-screen keyboard. After this current above-mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile. To activate profile open the one you need. In p...

  • Page 82: Date/time

    Settings 82 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 battery here you can see battery level and set parameters, which help to save battery charge: • battery perce...

  • Page 83: Backup & Recovery

    Settings 83 backup & recovery • restore configuration – select the configuration file to restore from a list; • backup configuration to sd – this action will cre- ate a backup folder on an external microsd-card and will save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter the file name from on...

  • Page 84

    Settings 84 this option of statistics gathering in the diagnostic and us- age section. 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. Fo...

  • Page 85: Software

    Settings 85 software firmware version - the current version of firmware is dis- played. Software update – the device will search for updates in the following order: microsd card (if installed), internal storage and internet. Auto update – turn on/off automatic check for updates. Third-party apps — l...

  • Page 86: 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 87: Manual Update

    Firmware update 87 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. Ope...

  • Page 88: Troubleshooting

    Firmware update 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 > software > firmware version troubleshooting error message reason correction method no upgrade image found fi...

  • Page 89: 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 pro- tected appears, or nothing happens at all the book is damaged if the book was dow...

  • Page 90: Malfunciton

    Troubleshooting 90 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 set- tings main menu item. Set connection to pc or ask at connection no signal in connection cable check usb cable condi...

  • Page 91: Customer Support

    Customer support for detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: deutschland 0-800-187-30-03 Česko 800-701-307 france 0805-080277 italia 800-788-913 Österreich 0-800-802-077 polska 0-800-141-0112 switzerland 0-800-898-720 www.Pocketbook-int.Com/support/ help...

  • Page 92: Product Name:

    Compliance with international standards product name: socketbook touch hd model number: sb631 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 voltage: dc...

  • Page 93

    Compliance with international standards 93 important: changes or modifications to this product not authorized could void the emc and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product. This product has demonstrated emc compliance under conditions that included the use of compliant ...

  • Page 94

    Compliance with international standards 94 over 10 grams of tissue. Tests for sar are conducted using stand- ard operating positions with the device transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. The actual sar level of an operating device can be below the maximum v...