PocketBook Basic 611 User Manual
Table of Contents Safety Precautions.......................................... 4 Appearance..........................................................10 Front View 10 Side View 11 Technical Characteristics........................12 Get ting Started...............................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 2 Main Menu.............................................................22 Books 22 News 27 Favorites 29 Photo 29 Dictionary 30 Applications 31 Notes 34 Calendar 35 Status Bar 35 Express Menu 36 Reading Books...................................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 3 Configuration...................................................46 Firmware Update..............................................54 Troubleshooting............................................58 Customer Support..........................................61 Certification Information........................
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°С to 40°С, 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 5 • exposure to liquids or damp (do not use the Device in the rain, in the street at higher humidity, near bodies of water etc.) • penetration of liquids or moisture • 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 environment, e.g.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 6 Keep away from children. Maintenance Do not disassemble or modify the book reader. Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, charger (broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card. If the battery is damaged (cracked case, leakage of 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.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 7 Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen. By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the nearest authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained. For detailed information about service centers in your region please visit the official website of PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbookint.com.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 8 to learn whether or not such medical devices are protected against external RF signals. Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect airborne avionics or medical equipment. Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences follow the devicespecific disposal requirements.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 9 Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal systems exist). In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.
Appearance Front View 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. Up 5. Right 6. Forward – turns page forward 7. LED Indicator – green light – the Device is in action (pages are loading, Wi-Fi connected).
AAAAAAAAAA 11 8. ОК – short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’s context menu (if available) Side View 9. Micro-USB port – for connecting to computer or charger (charger may be optional) 10. MicroSD card slot – for external memory card (Micro SD card may be optional) 11. Reset – reboots the Device 12. On/Off (power) button – continuous touch turns the Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard.
Technical Characteristics Display 6” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800, 166 dpi, B&W CPU 800 MHz RAM 128MB Storage 2GB (up to 1.5 GB available for user) Operating Linux® system Communications USB 2.0 Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n) Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB) Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1000 mAh PDF, EPUB (including DRMprotected), TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, Book formats HTML, PRC (mobi), CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TCR Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF Dimensions 122.6×176.38×9.
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 PC using USB-cable or from the power line using a charger (optional). 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, indicator turns solid. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on for the first use. 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. Charge will start if corresponding mode selected only. Power Management To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button for a few seconds until startup logo will appear.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 will be locked and the key sign will appear in a right top corner of the screen. To unlock the keypad, press On/Off button again. In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard after or Power down after, respectively, and set the idle time before locking keyboard or power off. Loading Files Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable. Note The Device should be kept on while transferring files.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 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. Attention After copying files safely remove the Device before disconnect the cable! 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.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 Page turning buttons Backward/Forward are used to turn list pages. Short Backward button press returns to the previous menu; continuous Backward key press closes an application (Browser, PocketNews, etc.). Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Configuration > Key mapping section. Working with On - Screen Keyboard The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info, for example, WiFi password, search query or website address.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 the required symbol in this zone. OK button press types selected symbol. 1. Change text case 2. Erase last entered symbol 3. Change input language. To add the language (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Configuration > Keyboard.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 Connecting to Internet The Device can connect to Interntet using Wi-Fi networks. If you will 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, you will be suggested to enter network key using the on-screen keyboard. You can pre-configure a connection and set it as preferred one. To proceed, follow next steps: 1.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 22 will turn to the same as Network name (SSID). If you’d like to change connection (for example, Home or Office) press OK and enter connection name as you’d like it to be displayed on the Device Note Connection name field specifies only the display name of the connection. For correct communication Network name (SSID) must be the same as network transmits 4.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 22 • WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter network key (up to 64 symbols) 5. Select the idle time before disconnection in the corresponding section 6. By default Network settings set to DHCP (defined by network). If it’s needed to configure network settings manually, go Network settings, change IP address configuration to Manual and enter network configuration from on-screen keyboard 7.
Main Menu In this chapter you will learn about main interface elements and their functionality. Main menu consists of list of two last opened books and list of applications and menus described below. Books Books is the file manager for books, stored in the Device’s memory and external microSD-card. In a front of a file or folder are located icons, indicating book storage place (internal memory or external microSD-card) and read status (reading now or read).
MMMMMMMMM 22 Context menu of a file or folder is opened by continuous OK button press. Using the context menu you can perform the following actions: • Open/Open with – Open with appears, when a book can be opened with an alternative reader application (e.g. book in PDF format can be opened with AdobeViewer and pdfviewer) • Information – option for files.
MMMMMMMMM 22 or move to SD card or Device storage (depending on original file location) • View – configuration of Books section appearance. Files and folders can be displayed as list, thumbnails or detailed (thumbnail and brief file/folder info). Names can be displayed as file names or book titles.
MMMMMMMMM 22 BookLand You can view and download e-books from online bookstore ‘BookLand’. To enter the online bookstore select ‘BookLand’ in the Books section and browser will open its homepage. Note To enter the BookLand, your Device must be connected to the Internet.
MMMMMMMMM 22 You can navigate by using the following buttons: • Up and Down buttons to switch between active elements on the page (references, text fields, etc.
MMMMMMMMM 22 The browser supports file downloads from the Internet. Downloaded files are saved to the root folder of the Device’s internal storage. To exit the browser, press and hold Backward button. News Opens PocketNews – application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed option. Enter the feed address using the on-screen keyboard. To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu (by continuous OK button press) and select Delete command.
MMMMMMMMM 22 To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu (by continuous OK button press) and select Edit command. Edit the feed address using the on-screen keyboard. 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 using the browser.
MMMMMMMMM 22 Favorites This section displays the books, added to favorites in Books section. To add book to Favorites, select the corresponding book’s context menu option in Books section. To remove a book from the list of favorite books, select the book, open the context menu (press and hold the OK button) and select the Delete option. Photo This section opens Photo folder. You can look through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats.
MMMMMMMMM 33 Dictionary After your start this application, the on-screen keyboard will appear. Type the word you’d like to find, and application will find its entry in the dictionary. To change dictionaries, press Forward button, 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 page-by-page. To turn pages, use Left/ Right keys. To bring up the on-screen keyboard again, press OK.
MMMMMMMMM 33 Applications This section contains games and additional software. To exit an application, press Backward key continuously. Browser You can navigate by using the following buttons: • Up and Down buttons to switch between active elements on the page (references, text fields, etc.
MMMMMMMMM 33 • OK button • short press – to follow links and activate text boxes • long press – to display a context menu. The browser supports file downloads from the Internet. Downloaded files are saved to the root folder of the Device’s internal storage. To exit the browser, press and hold Backward button. Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
MMMMMMMMM 33 difficulty levels. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece. Clock Turns on the full-screen mode clock. Klondike Classic solitaire. PocketNews See the News section of the User Manual. Snake The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and collect bugs.
MMMMMMMMM 33 Sudoku Popular Japanese puzzle. After pressing OK on an empty field, selection window will appear. You can select a digit you think should stand in the cell or set labels – digits, you suggest may stand in the cell. Notes In this section you can view notes made during reading. After your select a book, where you made a note, the book contents with all the notes will be displayed. Select a note, and reader application will open a book at the place the note was made.
MMMMMMMMM 33 Calendar Opens current year calendar. You can change year using Left/Right or Backward/Forward keys. To exit Calendar, press OK. Status Bar Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and displays next service information: • Date and time • Battery charge – Wi-Fi is active. • In reading mode date changes to information about book: current page number/total page count, book title and current read percentage. Battery charge and time are displayed always.
MMMMMMMMM 33 Note In sleep mode the clock is removed from the status bar to save power for screen update. Express Menu By default Express menu opening is not set, but you can set it in Settings > Key mapping section. Using Express menu you can open one of the recently opened books and access quickly some control features: • – Switch off the Device • — return to Main menu • – Lock keyboard. To unlock press On/Off button • – Make screenshot. The images are saved in screens folder.
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: FB2, FB2. zip, TXT, PDF, RTF, HTML, MOBI.PRC, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, TCR. To open a book, select it in Last opened or Books section and press OK. If you opened a book before, it will be opened at the page you finished reading. In some book formats (e.g.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Turning Pages Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pages (while reading books in PDF or DjVU format Up/Down keys also turn pages). Continuous Left/ Right keys press turns 10 pages at once. Following References If a page contains cross-references or footnotes, you can enter links mode on continuous Up key press (otherwise you’ll get a message informing that a page contains no links to follow).
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Making 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.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 Changing Font Size In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys. 5 font size presets are available. When you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change to smallest/largest. Reader 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.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 continuous press of OK button expands/collapses subsection branch. You can tune appearance of contents in context menu. There you can rename or edit note, expand or collapse all subsections branches and set up items to display in contents (under the Settings section): contents, bookmarks, and notes. Please, note that you can edit notes and bookmarks you’ve made while reading on the Device only. Search Search mode works only in books containing text layer.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 Bookmarks Adds current page to bookmarks. After adding a page to bookmarks in a right top corner a dog ear mark will appear. All the bookmarks will be displayed in contents. To delete bookmark, select the correspondent menu item again. Note Bookmarks are not available for DjVu books Open Page Opens dialog window, where you can enter page number to go to.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 width, or encoding (for TXT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality or High Speed (default). Zoom PDF and DjVu books has Zoom menu item instead of Settings. Select zooming mode using Left/Right keys and select value using Up/Down keys. Next zooming modes are available: • Preview – 4 or 9 pages on a screen • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width • Usual mode – one page scaling • Columns – for reading books with columns.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 tables may not display in this mode. Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only • Text – select left to right (by default) or right to left (e.g. for Arabic or Hebrew texts). Dictionary Single-word translation. By default cursor highlights the word to translate and dictionary looks for translation automatically.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 44 Closing a Book To close a book, select the corresponding menu item or press Backward button continuously.
Configuration 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 settings, you will be able to start the Device in safe mode with factory defaults. To start in a safe mode, press and hold Backward button during the Device boot.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 44 Note During the registration only serial number of the Device is sent. Registration is related to the particular Device only and is not related to BookLand account. About device The following information about Device will be displayed: model, serial number, software version, RAM size, E-ink parameters, Wi-Fi MAC address, total and free memory on the internal storage and on SD-card. After pressing More… button the information about software will be displayed.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 44 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 preconfigured network connections. 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 onscreen keyboard.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 44 Appearance Here you can select the appearance parameters: • Theme • Interface font. If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage folder • Screen orientation – select the most suitable for you Note The navigation key map may change as you change orientation from portrait to landscape. • Boot logo – image displayed during the Device starts.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 55 • Full page update – select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely. Always provides the best quality, but consumes the most power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen • Warn if the file is too large – if this setting is on, the Device will show a notification when you try to open file larger than 20 MB • LED indication – you may disable LED indication by selecting off in this section.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 55 updated during reading: on page turn, every time or disabled at all. Also you can set idle time before locking keyboard and automatic power off. Open at Startup Here you can set either open last opened book or main menu. Connectivity In this section you can set parameters needed for network and USB connections. • Device name – set the Device name for other network equipment • Access to network – define, if the network connection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary (e.g.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 55 Read more about network connections in Connecting to Internet section. Maintenance This section allows you to configure system parameters. • Update software – the Device will search for updates in the following order: internal storage, microSD card (if installed) and Internet. • Removing packages – remove dictionaries.
CCCCCCCCCCCCC 55 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 on external microSD-card • Backup configuration to SD – this action will create a backup folder on an external microSDcard and will save there system settings.
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 center. 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 > Maintenance > Update software.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 55 If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will ask to connect to one of available wireless networks. Also you can set period of automatic updates check (Settings > Maintenance > Update interval). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only. Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. 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.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 55 7. During boot press and hold both OK and Forward buttons simultaneously until the message Firmware update… is displayed on the screen 8. Follow the on-screen instructions 9.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 55 Troubleshooting Error Message Reason Correction Method File SWUPDATE.BIN cannot be found on the microSD card. Make sure the file is in the root folder of the card. 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 SWUPDATE.BIN file is damaged or there is no space available on the microSD card.
Troubleshooting Malfunciton Device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded A book does not open - the message Book is probably damaged or protected appears, or nothing happens at all Html book opens but is displayed incorrectly. For example, there are empty pages, some part of the text is missing etc. Possible Reason Solution Battery is low Charge the battery The book is damaged If the book was downloaded from the online store try to reload it again.
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Malfunciton 55 Possible Reason Solution Book opens but various symbols, question marks etc. are displayed instead of letters Incorrect encoding Switch to reading mode, select Settings and change encoding No response when you press any key Sometimes (e.g., when downloading damaged or too large books) the Device may freeze Close the frozen application by pressing the Return key for 1–2 sec. If this doesn’t help, press Reset on the rear panel to reload your device.
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Malfunciton Bookmarks, settings and current position in file cannot be saved Battery discharges too fast 66 Possible Reason Solution File system damaged 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 Internal memory is full Delete books, images and/or music files that you do not need Disabled automatic turning off Configuration > Clock in Main Menu.
Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Telephone Deutschland USA Российская Федерация Україна Қазақстан Беларусь 0-800-183-39-70 1-877-326-01-96 8-800-700-00-34 0-800-304-800 8-800-333-35-13 8-820-0011-02-62 www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ service@pocketbook-int.
Certification Information Model name: PocketBook 611 Brand name: PocketBook Basic 611 Europe – EU Declaration of Conformity This device complies with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The following test methods have been applied in order to prove presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC: • EN 60950-1 • EN 62311 • EN 300 328 • EN 301 489-17 This device is a 2.
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 66 In Italy the end-user should apply for a license at the national spectrum authorities in order to obtain authorization to use the device for setting up outdoor radio links and/or for supplying public access to telecommunications and/or network services. This device may not be used for setting up outdoor radio links in France and in some areas the RF output power may be limited to 10 mW EIRP in the frequency range of 2454 – 2483.5 MHz.
