User Manual PocketBook SURFpad
Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 4 Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 4 Maintenance 4 RF Safety 5 Utilization 5 APPEARANCE 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 7 GET TING STARTED 8 Charging The Battery 8 Unlock Your Device 9 Home Screen 9 Display Views 10 Finger Gestures 11 Extended Home Screen 11 Using the On-screen Keyboard 12 Menus 12 Establishing Wi-Fi 13 OTG-Cable Usage 13 3G USB Modem 14 USB Tethering 15 SOFTWARE 16 Manage Data Application Launching Creating folders on the Home Screen Ap
Gallery 24 Camera 25 Photo and Video Modes 25 Browser 25 Email 26 Setting Up the Account 26 Inbox 26 SET TINGS 27 Language & Input 28 Sound Settings 30 Display Settings 31 Storage 32 Connecting Devices to Your Tablet 32 Unmounting External Memory and Devices 32 Location Services and Security 33 Date & Time 33 Restore Your Tablet to Factory Settings 34 Battery Charge State 35 Wi-Fi Connection 36 Connecting to Wi-Fi Network with Automatically Obtained IP-address Connection to Wi-Fi Network w
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.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 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. By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the nearest authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained.
Appearance 1 1. Camera 1. Camera port 2. Micro-USB 2. Micro-USB 3. Headphone jack 3. Headphone jack 4. Microphone 4. Microphone 5. MicroSD card slot 5. Micro-USB 6. Speaker 6. Speaker 7. Power button On/Off button 8. Volume Volume ++ 9. Volume 9.
Technical Specifications Display 7” 800×480 touch screen Processor 1 GHz RAM 512 МB Internal Storage 4 GB * Platform Android™ 4.0.4 Input/Output Ports 1×micro USB, 3.
Getting Started CHARGING THE BATTERY The battery of your Device is not fully charged as you unpack it, so you need to charge it for 8-10 hours. It’s strongly recommended to keep the Device off during the first charge, otherwise power consumption may be more, than charging, especially when you charge it from PC. Follow next steps to charge the battery: 1. Make sure the Device is off. In opposite case, press On/Off button for a few seconds and select Power Off in menu appeared. The Device will shut down. 2.
GETTING STARTED UNLOCK YOUR DEVICE Tap and drag the lock out of the circle to one of icons to unlock your Device.
GETTING STARTED DISPLAY VIEWS The screen orientation is changed automatically when you hold the Device horizontally to vertically, and vice versa. To enable/disable screen auto-rotation, go to Settings > Device > Display.
GETTING STARTED FINGER GESTURES Tap Short soft touch on an item (e.g. file, application, folder or menu item) opens it. Press and Hold This gesture calls context menu with available options for an item. While you at Home Screen, it allows to move an item. Slide Slide means move finger across the screen vertically or horizontally. Drag To drag an item, press and hold it until you reach final position. Flick Flicking is similar to sliding, but you need to move your finger more rapidly.
GETTING STARTED USING THE ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD To access the on-screen keyboard, touch any textbox. Enter your text by touching the keys of the on-screen keyboard. 3 4 5 1 2 6 7 1. Switches between upper and lower case; 2. Switches to symbol mode; 3. Field for text typing; 4. Backspace – delete a previous sign; 5. Input text; 6. Settings and additional features; continuous press changes input languages; 7. Go to the next text field.
GETTING STARTED ESTABLISHING WI - FI If you skipped Wi-Fi configuration during the initial setup, you can configure it later. 1. Go to Settings > Wireless & networks. Check Wi-Fi checkbox 2. The list of available networks will be displayed. 3. The Device automatically detects security type, and if there’s no need to specify additional data (e.g. pre-shared key), connection would be established. 4. Otherwise, you need to specify password and other security settings (if required) manually.
GETTING STARTED 3G USB MODEM You can connect 3G USB modem via OTG cable. AT TENTION! The Device uses the services, which don’t notify user about Internet connection by default (i.e., synchronization). Payment of traffic depends on the tariffs of your mobile operator. Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks and turn on Wi-Fi. To connect to the mobile network, connect a modem to the Device and wait for a few seconds.
GETTING STARTED USB TETHERING Direct Tethering To share Internet connection from device to computer via USB connection do the following: 1. Plug your Device into your PC via USB. 2. Go to Settings > More… > USB tethering and put a mark USB tethering. AT TENTION! Check the box of the USB debugging mode. To turn it off go to Settings > Developer options and remove the tick in the box USB debugging. 3. Download drivers on your PC from the portal http://www.pocketbook-int.com/us/support and install them. 4.
Software MANAGE DATA Use File Manager to operate with files, stored in internal Device memory and external microSD card. To open File Manager, press on its icon in the list of applications. 3 4 5 6 2 1 1. Bookmarks – opens a list of files and folders added to Bookmarks 2. Root folder – returns to the highest level of file hierarchy; 3. Path to folder location; 4. Search – opens search textbox; 5. Create folder; 6. Select several files/folders; 7. File Manager settings.
SOFTWARE APPLICATION LAUNCHING The application can be launched by short press on the icon on the Homescreen or from the list of available applications. You can create a shortcut to an application at any desktop. Scroll Home Screen to the desktop you need, then open the application list. Button for opening lists of applications and widgets Touch and hold desired application icon until the desktop appears. After you release a finger, an icon remains on a desktop. To launch application tap on its icon.
SOFTWARE CREATING FOLDERS ON THE HOME SCREEN The icons on the desktop can be grouped into folders. To create a folder, touch and hold the icon and drag it to the icon to which you want to merge, then release. You can add the icons of other programs to this folder in a similar way. To rename a folder, touch to its name and type the new name on the appeared keyboard. To open an application, located in a folder, touch the icon of a folder and choose the application in the displayed list.
SOFTWARE APPLICATION REMOVING After continuous touch on icon or widget Sign of application removing is activated. To delete element from the home screen or a folder, drag-and-drop it to this sign and release after it highlights in red. Sign of application removing LIST OF OPENED APPLICATIONS Opened applications are displayed in the list of opened applications (button for invoking a list is located on the left bottom corner of the screen). You can close application: 1.
SOFTWARE 2) Press and hold on the application in the list 3) Press ‘Remove from list’ 1) Button for invoking opened applications PREINSTALLED APPLICATIONS Supports functions for comfortable web-pages viewing Calculator Simple Android calculator Browser Calendar Events calendar with Google synchronizing Camera Standard Android (photo/video) camera application Clock Clock with alarm and screen saving function Download tool for music, documents, video and other files Email Email client supporting POP3, IM
SOFTWARE Settings Set your options and preferences Music Diary Book Store Office Suite Pro v.
SOFTWARE PBI PACKAGES SUPPORT Sometimes the distribution of several programs is stored in one pbi package. To install these programs open the package and mark the programs you want to install. Pre-installed pbi package is located in the mnt/sdcard/PB System.pbi2 folder. To install it manually, go to the File manager and launch PB System. pbi2 file.
SOFTWARE LISTEN TO THE MUSIC Music Library In Music Library you can see all the music, stored in the Device’s memory. Music library Shuffle Albums Replay (one track, all, off) Tracks Playlists Now Playing To create new playlist, bring up song’s context menu, select Add to playlist, and select New. Volume is controlled by Volume +/- hardware buttons on a side panel and by buttons on the bottom of the screen.
SOFTWARE GALLERY Gallery is an application for images and video management. To open an image in full screen, just touch it. To scroll the collection use sliding gesture. To zoom an image, use scaling gestures (pinch/spread). From Gallery menu you can delete, crop, set as wallpaper or contact avatar, or rotate image. Application supports almost all video formats. You can view file information in the application menu .
SOFTWARE CAMERA Photo and Video Modes Last made photo or video.
SOFTWARE EMAIL Setting Up the Account 1. At the first run you will be suggested to enter from on-screen keyboard your account information: email address and password. 2. If application isn’t able to detect incoming and outgoing server settings automatically, you would need to specify these settings manually (they should be given by your email service provider). 3. Next step is to specify account name, as it will be stored in the Device (e.g.
Settings In this chapter you will learn how to configure the Device for the most comfortable usage and make it truly yours. You can open settings in several ways: • press the menu button in the bottom of the screen; • open all available applications (button in the top right corner of the screen) and select the System settings icon; • press the Settings icon on the tablet display.
SETTINGS Slide the list of settings upward to view all settings. LANGUAGE & INPUT To change interface language, go to Language and input > Language section and select the one you need. Personal dictionary section stores words, added by user for auto-completion.
SETTINGS In Android keyboard section you can turn on/off the following settings: • Auto-capitalization; • Sound on key-press; • Show settings key – define, whether show settings key on a keyboard or not; • Auto-correction – spacebar and punctuation correct mistyped words automatically; • Show correction suggestions; • Advanced settings.
SETTINGS SOUND SETTINGS Multimedia volume is adjusted with volume control buttons. Under section Settings > Device > Sound you can adjust multimedia and alarm volume separately, and also set keypress, screen touch and screen lock sounds.
SETTINGS DISPLAY SETTINGS Under section Settings > Device > Display you can set next parameters: • Brightness; • Wallpaper; • Auto-rotate screen – turn on or off; • Sleep – set the delay before the screen goes down to save battery charge; • Font size; • Accelerometer coordinate system; • Screen adaption – (800x480 by default).
SETTINGS STORAGE Storage section displays information about the Device storage (internal and external SD-card (EXTSD) memory): total, occupied, available space. In this section you can also clean internal or external memory. Set automatic scanning on SD-card Press before ejecting SD-card Internal storage CONNECTING DEVICES TO YOUR TABLET USB devices are supported through the USB port, such as a keyboard, mouse, USB-3G modem, game controller, digital camera, or storage device.
SETTINGS LOCATION SERVICES AND SECURITY In these Settings items you can set: • different ways of screen locking and unlocking; • owner info; • encryption; • administrators and passwords. DATE & TIME In this chapter you can set date, time, time zone, time and date display format (12 or 24 hour) or check Automatic to determine time and date settings using wireless network data.
SETTINGS RESTORE YOUR TABLET TO FACTORY SETTINGS Select Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset menu item, in opened window press Reset tablet and Erase everything. It will restore your tablet to the factory settings and erase all your personal information: downloaded applications, system settings, google account.
SETTINGS BAT TERY CHARGE STATE It displays battery charge level (in percents), information whether the Device is charging via network or working from battery. In Battery section you can view info about applications, consuming the power.
WI - FI CONNECTION SETTINGS Connecting to Wi-Fi Network with Automatically Obtained IP-address 1. Go to Settings > Wireless & networks and slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. The device scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. 2. Touch a network name to connect to it and type a password if necessary. Press Connect. At this network tapping IP-address will be obtained automatically. You can view advanced network options, ticking Show advanced options.
SETTINGS Connection to Wi-Fi Network with Manual Configuring Network Settings Tick it to view advanced options Settings by default 1. To set parameters for Wi-Fi network access manually, press Add network in Settings, specify a network name, security protocol, password in the opened window and press Save. Add network 2. Touch & hold a network in the list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve added. Touch Modify network in the dialogue, which appears. Select Show advanced options. 3.
SETTINGS ADVANCED OPTIONS Advanced options allow turning on/off notifications when an open network is available. To envoke them, open Settings > Wi-Fi and press the application menu button on the right top corner of the screen and touch Advanced. Button for evoking advanced options Sign of wireless network TURN OFF WI - FI To turn off Wi-Fi module slide the Wi-Fi switch to the Off position in the Settings > Wireless &networks section.
SETTINGS TRANSFERRING DATA To transfer data between PC and the Device, connect micro-USB cable. After you connect the cable, a notification window suggesting to turn on USB storage will popup. Press Turn on USB storage and the Device memory and microSD card (if present) will be displayed as USB storages in your PC Explorer or other file manager. Now you can copy data to the Device’s internal memory or microSD card.
SETTINGS After pressing the application’s title, you’ll be able to view its detailed information, stop it if it’s running and erase application data.
Firmware Update Official firmware updates for the Device are published on the official PocketBook website (www.pocketbook-int.com/us). Installation of official firmware updates is recommended, as they contain fixes and additions improving the efficiency of the Device. Official firmware updates do not influence the warranty conditions. The warranty does not cover software installed from sources other than the official PocketBook website. You can update firmware in several ways.
FIRMWARE UPDATE 4. Select SD card. In the list appeared select the firmware version to install and press OK. Variant 2 1. Download to your PC firmware version you’d like to install 2. Connect your Device to PC and copy firmware file (.upkg extension) to an external microSD-card AT TENTION! In this variant you can install firmware from external card only! 3. If the Device is on, turn it off by continuous power button press and selecting the corresponding choice in switch off menu 4.
FIRMWARE UPDATE TROUBLESHOOTING Issue Solution The Device doesn’t re- Restart the Device: press and hold power spond on screen touches button for 10 seconds until the Device or keys pressing goes off. If you will continue holding power button for 5 more seconds, the Device’s power management system will completely reboot. To switch the Device on, press again the power button as usual.
Compliance with International Standards 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. AC Power: Manufacturer: PENGSHENGYE ELECTRONIC Model: SAPA05010EU U Rated output voltage: DC 5.0V 2.0A IMPORTANT: Changes or modifications to this product not authorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product.
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ETSI EN 301 489-7 – Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 7: Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecom munications systems (GSM and DCS) EN 301 489-17 – Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); EMC standard for radio equipment and services; Part 17: Specific conditions for
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS Marking by the symbol indicates that usage restrictions apply. France - 2.4GHz for Metropolitan France: In all Metropolitan departments, wireless LAN frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either for public or private use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.
