User Manual PocketBook Basiс New
Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.................................................... 5 Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 5 Maintenance 6 RF Safety 8 Utilization 8 APPEARANCE....................................................................10 Front View 10 Side View 11 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS..................................12 GETTING STARTED.........................................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 2 Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17 Installing additional dictionaries 19 MAIN MENU.......................................................................20 Recent Events 22 Library 22 Notes 25 Applications 26 Calculator 26 Calendar & Clock 26 Chess 27 Dictionary 27 Klondike 28 Photo 28 Snake 28 Sudoku 28 Status Bar 29 READING BOOKS.............................................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 3 Following References 31 Changing Font Size 31 Reading Menu 32 Contents 32 Go to Page 34 Search 35 Bookmarks 35 Settings 36 Mode 37 Dictionary 38 Rotate 38 Making Notes 39 Closing a Book 40 SETTINGS..........................................................................
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 4 Clock 44 Open at Startup 44 USB Mode 44 Accounts and Synchronization 44 Maintenance 45 Library 46 FIRMWARE UPDATE........................................................47 Troubleshooting 49 TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................50 CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................................52 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°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 6 • 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. 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.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 7 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.) to clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the Device’s surface.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 8 For detailed information about service centres in your region please visit the official website of PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbook-int.com. RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications and other electronic equipment. If you use personal medical Devices (e.g.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 9 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. Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal systems exist).
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. ОК – short press opens an element (e.g.
AAAAAAAAAA 11 SIDE VIEW 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. Reset – reboots the Device 11. On/Off (power) button – continuous pressing turns the Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard. 12. LED Indicator – green light – the Device is in action (pages are loading). During battery charging the indicator is on, when the battery is fully charged, the light turns off.
Technical Characteristics Display 6” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800, 166 dpi, B&W CPU 800 MHz RAM 128MB Storage 2GB * Operating system Linux® Communications USB 2.0 Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB) Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1000 mAh ** PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected); Book formats TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTM, HTML, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TCR, PRC 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 BAT TERY 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 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 will start if corresponding mode is selected only. POWER MANAGEMENT To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button for a few seconds until startup logo will appear. When the Device is ready to operate, an image will be changed to Main menu or last opened book, depending on settings (Settings > At startup, open).
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard after or Power off after, respectively, and set the idle time before locking keyboard or power off. In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys presses and perform no actions for 2-3 minutes), you can restart it by pressing Reset button on side panel with some thin item (e.g. unbent staple).
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 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. AT TENTION 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).
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 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. Page turning buttons Backward/Forward are used to turn list pages. Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10 pages at once in lists and books.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 To navigate through the keyboard use the navigation keys and OK button. To speed up keyboard operations all symbols are divided into 5 zones. The first navigation key press transfers cursor to the middle of the selected zone, and then you can select the required symbol in this zone. OK button press types selected symbol. 1 2 3 1. Change text case 2. Erase last entered symbol 3. Change input language.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 INSTALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES You can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in Book Store (https://store.obreey.com). 1. Copy file with .pbi extension to the Device internal memory 2. Disconnect the Device from PC 3. Loaded file will appear in Last Events 4. Press OK on the copied extension file and it will be launched as an application. 5. Confirm proposed installation.
Main Menu IN THIS CHAPTER... You will learn about basic elements of user interface of the Device. After turning on the Device Main menu will be displayed on the screen (if Settings > Open at startup corresponding option was set). To return to the Main menu from any application, press key Backward. Main menu consists of Recent Events section and application panel.
MMMMMMMMM 22 Main Menu Last Events — list of last opened and downloaded books Last opened Last downloaded Application panel
MMMMMMMMM 22 RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last opened and recently loaded books. After you press OK on recently opened book title, it will be opened on a page you’ve finished reading before. After pressing OK on a message about recently added books, Library will be opened displaying added books. Books will be grouped by creation date. LIBRARY Library is e-books file manager. To open a book, press OK on its title.
MMMMMMMMM 22 Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader program – Open with…) File – file operations • Rename • Move to folder • Delete Add to/Remove from Favorites Mark as read/unread Information – brief information about book/folder.
MMMMMMMMM 22 • Now reading – books were opened and read more than one page • Favorites. Group by – depending on selected grouping next parameters are displayed as folders’ titles: • Folder – real folder name • Author – an alphabet is added at the top of the screen • Series • Genre • Format • Date Added. Sort – performed by following parameters: • File names • Book titles • Last opened • Creation date • Series • Author.
MMMMMMMMM 22 • Simple – in this mode next information is displayed: folder or file format icon; book title and author name (if known); location icon (if file is located on memory card); read percentage. • Detailed – in this mode there are displayed also book thubnails, information about format and file size and status icons: — Read, — Favorite. Find – allows quick books search by the following criteria: by author or title, all books of the author, all books of a series. Exit – to leave a library.
MMMMMMMMM 22 Notes are saved in \system\config\Active Contents\ folder Device’s internal storage. APPLICATIONS This section contains games and additional software. To exit an application, press Backward key. Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations. Calendar & Clock Opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation allows turning over a calendar.
MMMMMMMMM 22 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. 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.
MMMMMMMMM 22 Klondike Classic solitaire. Photo This section opens in the mode of photo view (all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder). You can look through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats. Snake The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and collect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake! Sudoku Popular Japanese puzzle. After pressing OK on an empty field, selection window will appear.
MMMMMMMMM 22 STATUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and displays next service information: • Date and time • Battery charge. In reading mode current page number and total page count is also displayed.
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, EPUB (including DRM-protected); FB2, FB2.zip, TXT, RTF, HTM, HTML, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC. 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. In some book formats (e.g.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 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). A cursor will appear, and you will be able to select a link using Down/Up keys and press OK to follow.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change to smallest/largest. READING MENU To access reader application menu press OK button. Reading menu for books in FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM, EPUB formats Reading menu for books in PDF, Djvu formats Contents Opens structured content of the book if present, otherwise you’ll get message about missing table of contents.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 notes you’ve made during reading. If table of contents has more than one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’ 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.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Go to Page To select a page, move the slider left or right by Left/Right buttons. Press OK to go to a chosen page. If you want to open the exact page press Enter page number, after typing a page number exactly from on-screen keyboard press OK. As you set a slider or enter a page number, a page preview will be opened on a background. If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward, you will stay on a page you was before.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Chapter name is displayed under the scroll bar. NOTE Only the highest level chapters are marked on a scroll bar In Last Opened sections thumbnails of last four opened pages are displayed. 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 OK.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 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 Settings For FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC and CHM books you can set up the most convenient reading settings: font, font size (you can adjust font size with Up/Down navigation keys), line spacing, page margins width or encoding (for TXT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality (default) or High Speed.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 Mode PDF and DjVu books has Mode menu item instead of Settings. Select viewing mode using Left/Right keys.Following modes are available: • Margins croping – allows to decrease margins width or heigth. Define a border, you want to crop by a joystick and press OK. Move arrow buttons by a joystick to set margins width and heigth. After selecting cropping area choose Accept. Then define cropping settings: whole document, odd pages, even pages or current page only.
RRRRRRRRRRRRR 33 in this mode. Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only. Some tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the Reflow mode. Dictionary Single-word translation. By default cursor highlights the word to translate and dictionary looks for translation automatically. OK button press switches to a toolbar. Toggle to text for choosing a word On-screen keyboard to type word to translate Change dictionary Rotate Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with navigation keys.
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 You can look through the notes by choosing Notes section in the main menu. By pressing OK button on the note, you can switch to the initial page, where it was created. CLOSING A BOOK To close a book, select the corresponding reading menu item.
Settings In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the Device for the most comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu section to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. If you will encounter any problems with new 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.
SSSSSSSS 44 After pressing More… button the information about software will be displayed. Language Select the Device’s interface language. Keyboard Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts. Appearance Here you can select the appearance parameters: • Theme – is set by default. If you want to use another theme, download a file in .pbt format to the folder system/themes • Boot logo – image displayed during the Device starts.
SSSSSSSS • Power-off 44 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; • Text Rendering – good quality or high speed; • 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.
SSSSSSSS 44 Clock In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format. Also you can set idle time before locking Device and automatic power off. Open at Startup Here you can set either open last opened book or main menu. USB Mode In this section you can set parameters needed for USB connections. USB mode defines how the Device handles USB connection by default: PC link, charge or ask user. Accounts and Synchronization • Adobe DRM — Remove ADE Authorization.
SSSSSSSS 44 Maintenance This section allows you to configure system parameters. • Update software – the Device will search for updates in the following order: internal storage and microSD card (if installed). • Configure 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 • Format internal memory – this action will erase all data, except system files.
SSSSSSSS 44 • Restore configuration – select the configuration file to restore from a list • 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. Library This section is intended for optimization of Library database.
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. To update software of the Device accomplish the following operations: 1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com on your PC. Select your country. 2. Click the Support button on top menu.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 44 6. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures: connect USB cable to the Device and Press central Key NOTE If the firmware file is located on the SD card, it will have a higher priority in comparison with the file stored in the Device’s root folder during the update process. If the firmware is already in the Device’s internal memory or on the SD card, you can also update software during turning on of the Device.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 44 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 Possible Reason Solution Battery is low Charge the battery The book is damaged If the book was downloaded from the online store try to re-load 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 After connection to PC disks are not displayed in Explorer Bookmarks, settings and current position in file cannot be saved Battery discharges too fast 55 Possible Reason Solution Your Device is in the battery charging mode. Check USB mode in Settings Main Menu item. Set Connection to PC or Ask at Connection No signal in connection cable Check USB cable condition and its proper connection to connector.
Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Telephone 0-800-187-30-03 Deutschland USA 1-877-326-01-96 Российская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34 Україна Қазақстан Беларусь 0-800-304-800 8-800-333-35-13 8-820-0011-02-62 www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ service@pocketbook-int.
Compliance with International Standards Brand name: PocketBook Basic New Model name: PocketBook 613 The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited Power Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Power Source.
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