eBook Reader Instructional Manual | AEBK08FB mnl M10201 Copyright © 2011 Aluratek, Inc. All Rights Reserved. aluratek.
FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Safety Precautions This symbol means that the unit complies with European safety and electrical interference directives. On Battery Charge the battery only in temperature that ranges from 0 to 35 degree Celsius. Do not charge reader if the battery is found damaged or leaking. On Operation Never subject reader to extremes of light, temperature, moisture or vibration. Do not use or store the reader in a location subject to: A. Extremely high temperatures, such as inside a sun-heated car B.
Contents FCC INFORMATION AND COPYRIGHT .................. I SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................ II CONTENTS .................................................................. III CHPATER 1 BASICS ..................................................... 1 BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS ...... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. PACKET LIST ............................................................. 2 POWER ON AND OFF THE READER ................................ 2 HOME SCREEN ..
READING BOOKS ............... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. PLAYING MUSIC ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. WATCHING VIDEOS ........... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. VIEWING PHOTOS.............. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. USING THE WEB BROWSER .. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. E-MAIL............ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. MORE APPLICATIONS ......... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. IMPORTING DRM CONTENT ...................................... 32 MANAGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS .............
SD CARD & INTERNAL MEMORY ...ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. DATE & TIME ... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. REGION AND TEXT ............. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION .......ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. MEDIA LIBRARY UPDATE ..... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. DELETE THE AUTHORIZED INFORMATION ............ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. ABOUT THE LIBRE TOUCH ... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................ 35 CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX..............................
Chapter 1: Basics The Libre Touch is an e-book reader with touch-screen display that supports WIFI function and third-party software.
Chapter 1: Basics blue light will flash to indicate reader activity; while the reader is charging, the red light remain on; when fully charged, blue light will remain on. 12 Built-in microphone Package Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Libre Touch eBook reader USB cable Power Adapter Quick Start Guide Warranty/Registration Card Power On and Off the Reader Press and hold the Power button for 3 seconds to turn the reader on. It may take a moment for the reader to turn on and load.
Chapter 1: Basics Home Screen When the reader is turned on, it will display the Home screen, Press anytime to return to the Home screen. Tap any icon on the Home screen to get started.
Chapter 1: Basics 1. Home button—Press to return to the home screen. 2. USB connection —Show USB connection status. 3. WIFI display 4. Battery Indicator 5. Time display 6. Options menu 7. Return button 8. Calendar 9. RSS News Feed 10. Shortcut menus for the applications 11. Reading history 12. Ebook library 13. Main Menu Press to show all built-in or third-party applications, such as music player, photo viewer, Wi-Fi function and so on. You can manually install other third party applications.
Chapter 1: Basics Touch screen or buttons Open an application: Tap an icon. Tap Tap anytime to return to Home screen. Tap anytime to display Option Menu. anytime to return to previous screen. Scrolling Drag up or down to scroll. On some screens such as webpages, you can also scroll side to side. Onscreen keyboard Use the onscreen keyboard as shown below to enter text, such as text messages, or web addresses. Tap a text field to bring up the keyboard.
Chapter 1: Basics Connecting to the Internet Libre Touch can join available Wi-Fi networks and connect to the Internet. Turn on Wi-Fi: From Home screen, open the Main Menu and choose Wi-Fi. Join a Wi-Fi network: Select from a list of available Wi-Fi networks. If necessary, enter a password and tap Connect button. (networks that require a password appear with a lock icon).
Chapter 1: Basics Changing Screen orientation You can change screen orientation to either portrait or landscape by rotating the unit. The screen rotates will automatically rotate and adjust to fit the screen. Charging the Reader You need to charge the Libre Touch prior to using it for the first time or when battery power is low. Charge the reader using the Power adapter (output 5V, 1.2A). You may also charge the Libre Touch through the PC using the USB cable.
Chapter 1: Basics remains idle for 60 seconds. Press the Power button to wake the Libre Touch from Standby mode. The battery status is displayed at the top of the screen Importing content From Computer The Libre Touch supports USB Mass Storage Device function. To import content (ebooks, video, audio, photo, etc.) onto the Libre Touch, connect it to your PC via the supplied USB cable. Upon successful connection to your PC, the Libre Touch will enter USB mode and all operations will be halted.
Chapter 1: Basics To remove the MicroSD card, push the MicroSD card until it clicks and it will eject from the card slot. When a MicroSD card is inserted in or ejected from the Libre Touch, it may take few seconds for the Libre Touch to update the content. Please avoid inserting or ejecting the MicroSD card when other operation is running as this may cause the system to hang. Do not remove the MicroSD card if the content inside the card is being played.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Reading Books On the Home screen, tap on the ebook icon to start reading. You can also tap the or button to scroll the list of e-books Tap History to view your recently read e-book, tap My Library to view all e-books.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Browsing by category You can browse the e-books list by different sorting method, such as author, title, and file size. 1. Tap History or My Library to enter into ebook list screen. 2. Tap on the tab to choose a sorting method.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Continue Reading Tap Continue Reading to read e-books: Page turning On reading page screen, slide your finger from left to right or right to left to turn the page. You may also tap the left or right side of the page to turn to the next or previous page. Zooming In/Out Zooming buttons on the lower left corner of the page to enlarge page image (available on ePub & PDF ebooks only). Tap Zoom+ or Zoom- to Zoom in/Zoom out.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Using Option Menu in Reading While reading, tap the button to display e-book menu. Change font size Tap to adjust the font size. Skip page : 1. On the options menu, tap to skip to a specific page, 2. Enter the page number and tap OK to go to the desired specific page. Using Bookmarks Tap to show, add, or delete bookmarks. View book information Tap to display book information, including Title, Author, and publication date.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Playing Music Playing songs 1)In the song list, slide your finger up and down to scroll list of songs. 2)Tap the selected songs to start playback Controlling Song Playback Pause or play songs. Play previous or next song Rewind or fast forward Tap / Tap / Press and hold Skip to any point in a song / Tap anywhere or Drag the playhead on the progress bar Adjust the volume level. Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on the bottom of Libre Touch.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Display the lyrics and ID3 Tap information Add the current song to the Tap playlist To return to the Media Library Tap Additional control To set a customized sound effects, Tap . To search the related information about the song from the Internet, tap on the ID3 information bar Using Playlists: Use the playlist to manage the songs in the unit.
Chapter 2: Getting Started 1) In the media library, tap to add a new playlist. 2) Tap on the right to edit the new playlist, and you can start to add songs into the playlist. 3) Tap your desired songs and a check mark will appear to the left of the songs. 4) After selecting all the songs to be added, tap the addition. And the list will be created. to complete Edit List: You can edit an existing list to add or remove songs from a playlist. 1) In the media library, tap the button to show playlist. .
Chapter 2: Getting Started Watching Videos Playing videos In the Video mode, see all the video files stored in the memory card and on Libre's internal memory. To view the video list, slide your finger up and down to scroll through the list. Tap to select a video file for playback. Controlling Video Playback During video playback, tap on the screen to show the toolbar.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Pause or play video Play previous or next chapter Rewind or fast forward Tap / Tap / Press and hold / Skip to any point in a video Tap anywhere or drag the playhead on the progress bar Adjust the volume level Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on the bottom of Libre Touch Adjust screen brightness Tap Set the screen aspect ratio Tap Display video menu Tap Return to the video browser Tap screen Additional control To set a bookmark in the current playback po
Chapter 2: Getting Started Notice: Video player does not support subtitle file, you cannot load the subtitle file to be displayed on the current video, unless the video itself is with the subtitles. Using video Playback menu 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Viewing Photos Open the Main Menu and tap on the "Photo Viewer" button to view photos. Thumbnail View When you open the Photo Viewer, small thumbnail images will appear of the photos on the Libre Touch. Tap on the thumbnail image to view the photo in the full screen view. Start to View photo Tap on the screen to show or hide the control bar.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Controlling the Photo Viewer Start / stop slide show View the previous / next photo Rotate the photo by 90 degrees Tap / Tap / Tap / clockwise/ counterclockwise Adjust brightness Tap Zoom In or Zoom Out Tap Return to thumbnail View / Tap Note: In Zoom in or Zoom Out mode, slide your finger up and down to move photo.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Using the Web Browser Open a webpage: After opening the Browser, tap to display options menu, then tap "Go" to bring up the address field. Tap the address field (on the left side of the title bar, then type theweb address and tap "Go". Tap on a link listed on the search results to open a webpage. Slide your finger up and down to scroll left and right on the page. To return to the previous page, tap the button.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Bookmarks 1)Bookmarks: Lists all current bookmarks; tap a bookmark to open the page. You can edit, rename or delete bookmarks. On the bookmark screen, select the “Add Bookmark” button to add new bookmarks. Tap the Menu button to take last visited webpage as bookmark. 2) Most visited sites: Tap to display a list of the most frequently visited websites. 3)History: Tap to access the history list. Tap the Clear the history list.
Chapter 2: Getting Started windows. Tap on one of the small windows to enlarge to full screen mode. Tap the "X" button to close a window. Refresh/Stop Tap the "Refresh" to refresh on the current page, tap "Stop" to stop loading the current page. Forward Tap forward to go to the next visited webpage.
Chapter 2: Getting Started 1. You can use Libre Touch to receive or send e-mail. In Main menu, tap the "Email." button 2. You will be prompted to set mail account, tap "Next" to begin to setting. 3. Enter your email address and password, tap "Next" to continue. 4. Set mail P03/IMAP server, you can obtain the required information from your network administrator.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Search Mail 1. In the mailbox, you can slide your finger up and down to scroll list. 2. You can tap to open the mail you want to read. 3. On the mail list, press and hold on the mail until it pops up a menu. You can select open, reply, forward, delete and other operations on the menu. Mail menu In the mail list, tap the button to display a mail menu. 1. Refresh:Refresh Mail 2. Write:Write a new mail 3. Accounts:Browse all e-mail accounts 4.
Chapter 2: Getting Started More Applications Alarms Set multiple alarms. Set each alarm to repeat on days you specify, or to sound only once. On the Home screen, tap the button to display the applications, then tap Alarm Clock icon to start clock alarm setting. Set an alarm: 1 On clock setting screen, tap the button to display clock menu, tap “Add alarm” to start to alarm setting.
Chapter 2: Getting Started To set the alarm time, tap + or + button to adjust the desired hours and minutes. Then tap the Set button to confirm. To set the alarm to repeat on certain days, tap Repeat, choose the days and then click OK. To choose the ringtone that sounds when the alarm goes off, tap Ringtones. To give the alarm a description, tap Label. The label will be displayed when the alarm sounds.
Chapter 2: Getting Started From the Home Screen, tap button to bring up Main Menu. Then tap the Calculator icon to use calculator function. Tap numbers and functions in Calculator just as you would with a standard calculator. CLEAR button: Tap CLEAR to erase any displayed numbers. File Explorer From Home Screen, tap button to bring up the Main Menu. Then tap the Explorer button to view the Explorer menu. To select, tap Internal Memory or SD card memory to view the contents of each memory source.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Tool bar A: Home screen: return to Explorer Home screen B: Level Up: return to the previous directory. C: Multi: choose more than one item D: Editor: Copy, Delete, Move, Paste or Rename a file or folder E: Back: return to previous directory F: Next: go to next directory Browse a file or folder You can slide your finger down the list of files to scroll through the list to select the file. Tap the " Tap the Tap the Tap the Home screen. ”button to return to the previous folder.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Copy / move the file or folder In the file list, touch and hold your finger on the desired file or folder to be moved or copied until Editor File menu appears. 1) Select "Move" or "Copy". 2) Locate the target folder that you want to put the selected file or folder. 3) Touch and hold your finger on the target folder until the Editor File Menu appears and then tap Paste.
Chapter 2: Getting Started 2) Tap the file name area and use virtual keyboard to enter a new file name. 3) Tap OK button to complete the rename operation. Select multiple folders: You can select multiple files or folders at the same time. On the Tool bar, select "Multi" and then tap all of the desired files or folders the will be highlighted in purple. On the last selected file or folder you selected, touch it again and hold your finger on the file folder until the Editor File menu appears.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Enter your email address and complete the online form as instructed. Authorizing PC/Mac and Libre Touch Upon registration, return to the ADE program window. Enter the username and password to activate your Adobe account. After activation, connect the Reader to PC/Mac. ADE will detect your Libre Touch and you will be prompted to authorize device. After authorization, your Libre Touch will appear as a small icon in ADE program window under Bookshelves, as shown below.
Chapter 2: Getting Started Select the icon of the ebook you wish to transfer and drag & drop the icon of the selected ebook on top of the icon of your Libre Touch, as illustrated below. Notes for using ADE Each Adobe ID supports only 6 devices, this include your Libre Touch and your PC/Mac. When your Libre Touch is restored to its default settings, ALL DRM activation records and data (including your purchased ebooks) will be erased from the Libre Touch.
Chapter 2: Getting Started You may request an extension of the number of device authorizations from Adobe. If you have not exceeded the number of device authorizations, you may submit a request to reset the number of device authorizations. Go to http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/ and submit a web case to Adobe's support. You will be required to enter your Adobe ID and password to submit a web case.
Chapter 2: Getting Started 6. Upon completion, you will see the Applications installed. Uninstall application 1. Tap the Main menu, then tap "Settings" to display setting screen. 2. Tap Applications and then "Manage applications". 3. Select the application you want to uninstall and then tap the Uninstall button.
Chapter 3: Settings These setting items allow you to customize applications on your Libre Touch, set the date and time, configure your network connection, and enter other preferences for the unit.
Chapter 3: Settings From the Main Menu, choose Settings, then tap the desired items to be configured to display the Setting screen. Network/Wi-Fi Setting The Network controls allow you turn Wi-Fi on and join Wi-Fi networks. Turn on Wi-Fi: Tap Wi-Fi to turn it on. Join a Wi-Fi network: Tap on Wi-Fi Settings, select a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Connect button (networks that require a password appear with a lock icon).
Chapter 3: Settings Allows you to set your network location and password for security purposes. Applications Manage the applications installed on Libre Touch, including unknown source applications, and installed applications. SD card & internal storage Allows you to format SD card memory and restore to default factory setttings, you can also view the memory status of SD card and internal storage. Date & Time Allows you to set date, clock, time zone and display format.
Chapter 3: Settings Update Media Library Update media library manually. Erase Activation record Allows you to delete the authorized information. About the Libre Touch Displays the information about the Libre Touch, such as product number, software version and so on.
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting If the Libre Touch does not function as it is expected, please try the following steps. The Libre Touch is not responding or can’t be turned on. Reset the reader by pressing and holding the power button for 6 seconds. The reader will be forced shutdown if it is on and you are required to restart the reader again. Battery has been fully depleted. Please charge the reader via the USB cable or USB AC Adapter. Battery Life seems short The operating temperature is below 5oC.
Chapter 5: Appendix Maintenance If the reader gets wet, turn it off immediately. Wait for reader to dry completely before turning on again. Clean the screen with a soft cloth; be careful not to wipe it with anything abrasive. When carrying your reader in bag, keep reader in the protecting case supplied to avoid scratches If reader needs service, please consult Aluratek's Service Support Department through the contact information provided in the warranty card. Faulty service may void the warranty.
Chapter 5: Appendix Video*: rm/rmvb, avi, mkv (xvid/h.264), mpg, mp4, 3gp, dat, mov, flv Connectivity Data transfer: Micro USB 2.0 High Speed Audio: 3.5mm audio jack Storage: MicroSD Card Miscellaneous Built in stereo speaker Clock / Date Real time battery indication Battery life Reading – up to 8 hours Music – up to 10 hours (with backlight off) Charging Power: DC 5.0V, 1.2A Duration: 6 hours (approx) Minimum system requirement (USB Mass Storage) Windows: 98, 2K, XP, Vista, 7 Mac: 10.
Chapter 5: Appendix Disposal and Recycling Information Your Libre Touch must be disposed of properly according to local laws and regulations. Because this product contains a battery, it must be disposed of separately from household waste. When your Libre Touch reaches its end of life, contact your local authorities to learn about recycling options. Battery Replacement: The Libre Touch's rechargeable battery must only be replaced by an authorized service provider.