User Guide
Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................. 5 APPEARANCE......................................................... 10 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS.............................. 11 GETTING STARTED................................................. 12 Charging Battery 12 Device management 13 Main menu overview 14 Navigation 15 Working with On-Screen Keyboard 16 Recent Events 17 Loading Files 18 Inserting Micro SD Card 19 APPLICATIONS.............................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 3 Calculator 21 Chess 21 Dictionary 21 Klondike 22 Gallery 22 Snake 22 READING BOOKS....................................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 4 Notes 36 Closing a Book 36 SETTINGS............................................................... 37 Personalize 37 Languages 39 Date/Time 39 Saving power 39 Maintenance 40 Software 42 About Device 43 FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................... 44 TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................... 47 CUSTOMER SUPPORT.................................................. 49 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS....
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 expose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures. Never leave cables near heat sources. Heated cables or their insulation may become deformed or damaged, which could lead to fire or electric shock.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 6 Maintenance Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly ventilated environment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight boxes/ packaging. Neither drop nor try to bend the Device. Protect the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it. To ensure adequate protection of the screen, we recommend storing the Device in a protective and/or hard cover. Keep away from children. Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 7 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 five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 8 leave marks or scratches on it. To decrease the risk of damaging the device and its screen it is recommended to keep and transport it in a Pocketbook protection cover. If the device has not been used for a long time, the battery charge indicator may not work when the charger is connected. In this case, connect the charger, let the device charge for 1 hour, then disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB cable. The device can then be used as normal.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 9 Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences follow the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more information regarding recycling issues please contact local municipal authorities, your domestic waste collection service, store where you purchased the Device, or the authorized service centre.
Appearance 1. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navigation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list; 2. Left; 3. Down; 4. OK – short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’s context menu (if available); 5. Up; 6. Right; 7. Forward – turns page forward; 8. Micro-USB port – for connecting to computer or charger (charger may be optional); 9. MicroSD card slot – for external memory card (Micro SD card may be optional); 10.
Technical Characteristics 6” (15.24 cm) E-Ink CartaTM 1024×758, 212 dpi, B&W CPU 1 GHz RAM 256 MB Storage 8 GB * Operating system Linux® 3.0.35 Communications Micro-USB Memory slot MicroSD (up to 32 GB) Battery Li-Ion Polymer, 800 mAh CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB Book formats (DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF, TXT Display Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF Dimensions 161.
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. You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or from (2) the power line using a charger (optional). 1 2 To charge the battery for the first time, do the following: • Connect the Device to a computer or charger with USB-cable.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 • When the battery is fully charged, you can disconnect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage. If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a dialog window asking to select action – PC link or Charge – will appear. Charging starts only if the appropriate mode was selected. DEVICE MANAGEMENT Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready Turn to operate, Main menu or last opened book on will appear, depending on settings.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys presses, you must give the device time Restart (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. If it does not help, you can restart it by pressing On/Off button for 10 seconds.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 NAVIGATION Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to select required item (e.g. book or menu item). ATTENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation and page turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to the side you’ve changed orientation to. Press OK button shortly to open selected item. Continuous OK press opens context menu of item, folder or application (if available). If a menu item contains several level, you can go over them by Left/Right buttons.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key mapping section. WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info, for example, search query. To navigate through the keyboard use the navigation keys and OK button. To speed up keyboard operations all symbols are divided into 5 zones.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 1. Change text case 2. Erase last entered symbol 3. Change input language. To add the lan- guage (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Settings > Languages > Keyboard Layouts. As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon will appear on a text field. Select icon and press OK to see typed symbols. RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last opened and recently loaded books.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 LOADING FILES Connect the Device to the PC 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 computer will detect Device’s storage as removable disk (if SD card installed – as two ones). Now you can copy files to the Device or SD card using Explorer or other file manager.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 Download books via PC 1. Open the Adobe Digital Editions application. NOTE: When connecting your Device to PC for the first time, Adobe Digital Editions prompts you to activate the new device. Use your registration data at www.adobe.com for this. If the Device is not activated, it will be impossible to copy a book from PC to device using Adobe Digital Editions. 2. Select the Go to library view icon. 3. Click All items. 4. Choose a book and copy it to your Device.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 22 To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be unfixed, and pull it to get. ATTENTION! If your SD card get stuck, do not try to eject it by yourself and immediately call Customer Support.
Applications This section contains games and additional software. Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations. Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty levels. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 22 dictionaries, press Forward button twice, select the dictionary you need from the list and press OK. After you close the on-screen keyboard (by pressing its keys OK or Cancel), you will be able to view dictionary pageby-page. To turn pages, use Left/Right keys. To bring up the on-screen keyboard again, press OK. To exit dictionary, press Backward button. Klondike Classic solitaire. Gallery This section opens in the mode of photo view (all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder).
AAAAAAAAAAAA 22 Sudoku Popular Japanese puzzle. Navigation: Use the navigation keys to move around the grid and bottom panel. Click OK button to enter. Backward/Forward buttons toggle between the grid and the panel and vice versa. Controls: To enter a number into a cell of the grid, you can choose firstly a number or a cell, in which you want to enter a number or a label. Cell first: 1. Set a frame on the chosen cell and press OK button. 2.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 22 3. The chosen number will be entered into the selected cell. Number first: 1. Press OK on the cell with “givens“ (digits known in the beginning of the game) and on numbers of the bottom panel. 2. The chosen number will be highlighted on the bottom panel, showing that it is active. 3. Press OK on the cell of the grid to enter the highlighted number in a cell. NOTE: A digit on the bottom panel is highlighted until another one is chosen.
AAAAAAAAAAAA 22 Hints: — a hint by highlighting instances of the chosen numeral. — hiding labels, which are not correct for a cell no more — a hint about possible labels for a cell. 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.
Reading Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and configure reader software for the most comfortable reading. The Device supports next book formats: PDF, PDF (DRM), EPUB, EPUB (DRM), DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI. To open a book, press OK on its title in Last events or Library section. If you opened a book before, it will be opened at the page you’ve finished reading. LIBRARY Library is e-books file manager.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 1. Grouping criteria Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by: • All Books; • Authors; • Genres; • Collections; • Favorites; • Folders; • Formats; • Series. The results of grouping can be dispalyed as ascending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A). 2. Sorting criteria • By opening date; • By addition date; • By title; • By author.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 22 3. Books list views Simple – in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed. Detailed – in this mode there’s added author, titele, thumbnails, information about file format and size, read percentage. List - in this mode next information is displayed: • Folder or book icon; • Book title and author name (if known); • Read percentage and Read status.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 22 • Book Info - brief information about book; • Mark as read; • Add to collection; • Add to Favorites; • All books of author; • Copy; • Move; • Delete. TURNING PAGES Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pages. Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10 pages at once. FOLLOWING REFERENCES If a page contains cross-references or footnotes, you can enter links mode on continuous OK button press (otherwise you’ll get a message informing that a page contains no links to follow).
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 CHANGING FONT SIZE In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys. READING MENU To access reader application menu press OK button. Contents Opens structured content of the book if present, otherwise you’ll get message about missing table of contents. Active contents display table of contents, bookmarks and notes you’ve made during reading.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 sign. Expanded item is displayed with a sign ‘-‘. Buttons Left/Right collapse/expand selected subsection branch. Use navigation keys to move across the table, OK button opens selected book chapter, continuous press of OK button opens the context menu. Using this menu you can open contents entry, edit or delete notes (text or graphic either) and bookmarks, expands/ collapses selected subsection branch.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Search Search mode works only in books containing text layer. To search text through the book enter it using the on-screen keyboard. Found text would be highlighted, and you can switch between found instances using Left/Right navigation keys. To exit search mode press Backward/Forward. NOTE: Search mode is not available for DJVU books. Bookmarks Adds current page to bookmarks. After adding a page to bookmarks in a right top corner a bookmark will appear.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Settings In this section you can find out how to configure your reading settings for different book formats. You can also learn about all the available options and features in this menu. EPUB, FB2, etc. To configure EPUB, TXT, FB2, DOC and other text format books, open the Reading menu and select Settings. Page tab - you can choose line spacing, font size, margins width and also enable or disable hyphenation. Font tab - use this tab to select font style.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Built-in page numbering displays the number of pages in the book’s original layout. One page can cover one or several screens, depending on reading settings. If the function is disabled, the numbering will display the number of screens. It may take a while to calculate the number of screens when you first open the book, or after the reading settings have been changed. The number of screens won’t be calculated again whenever the book is opened after this.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width • The whole page – one page scaling • 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 a page. You can change font size with Up and Down keys. Some images and tables may not display in this mode. Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Rotate Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with navigation keys. Notes You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button continuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option. On the top of the display separate area will appear. Use the buttons Up, Down to choose the place where your note will begin and press OK to set up the top margin of the note. Use navigation buttons to highlight a text fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin of the note.
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 Main menu panel to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. PERSONALIZE Power-off Logo — the image will be displayed when the Device is off. You can set a cover of the last opened book by setting book cover. NOTE: You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Gallery application.
SSSSSSSS 33 Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen. Open at Startup last opened book or main menu. LED Indication – you can turn on or turn off LED indicator. 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. User Profiles - can be configured on bith internal storage and microSD card; number of profiles is not limited.
SSSSSSSS 33 LANGUAGES Language. Select the Device’s interface language. Keyboard Layouts. Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts. Available Dictionaries. Under this section you can uncheck dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the list during the translation or in Dictionary application. DATE/TIME In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format.
SSSSSSSS 44 • Battery Percentage; • Lock device after — set time of idleness, after which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min. • Power off after — set time of idleness, after which the Device power off: off, 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes. MAINTENANCE USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection by default: PC link, Charge or Ask when connected.
SSSSSSSS 44 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 you try to enter Settings section, you will be asked to enter the password. You can remove or change password by selecting the corresponding item. To proceed, you will be asked to enter the password once more.
SSSSSSSS 44 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 PC. Format SD card – this action will erase all data from the external microSD card. Factory Reset – the Device state will be reset to factory default settings, erasing user settings. Other data (e.g. books, photos) won’t be lost; Demo mode - switching demo mode for the Device. To activate demonstration mode check On in the Demo mode item.
SSSSSSSS 44 Third-Party Apps — license and information about thirdparty applications, used on the Device. ABOUT DEVICE The following information about Device will be displayed: Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform); Memory (operative memory, total and available internal memory and microSD-card); License - license and information about applications, used on the Device.
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. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below. There are two ways to update the firmware. Automatic Update To start automatic software update select Settings > Software > Software Update.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 44 Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook.ch on your PC. Select your country. 2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hardware model of your Device 3. Download the Firmware to your PC 4. Unpack the content of the archive, file SWUPDATE. BIN, and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD-Card or internal Device storage 5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off. 6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 44 Troubleshooting Error Message Reason File SWUPDATE.BIN cannot be found on No upgrade image the microSD card. found Make sure the file is in the root folder of the card. Correction Method Try to format your Micro SD card (make a backup copies of all its content prior to formatting) and copy the file to the root of the empty card. If this error persists, use another card. Upgrade image is corrupted or Image is empty Delete some files from your card and copy SWUPDATE. SWUPDATE.
Troubleshooting Malfunciton Device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded Possible Reason Solution 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 downloaded from the online store try to reload it again. If the file opens on your PC, but does not open on the Device, save the book in another format (TXT, DOC, PDF).
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Malfunciton Bookmarks, settings and current position in file cannot be saved 44 Possible Reason File system damaged Internal memory is full Battery discharges too fast Disabled automatic turning off Solution Connect the device to a PC and check disks. To proceed, open My Computer, right-click on the selected disk and select Properties > Service > Check Disk Delete books, images and/ or music files that you do not need Settings > Date/Time in Main Menu.
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 Österreich 0-800-802-077 Polska 0-800-141-0112 Switzerland 0-800-898-720 www.pocketbook.ch help@pocketbook.
Compliance with International Standards Product name: PocketBook Basic 4 Model name: Firmware: PB606 5.17 The EUT should be charged by USB port from compatible Limited Power Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be charged by Power Adapter (Optional) from compatible Limited Power Source. Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1A This equipment is marked with the CE symbol and can be used throughout the European community.
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 55 the possibility of causing interference to radios, televisions, and other electronic devices. This equipment complies with the European Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. Pocketbook International SA Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland Tel.
