Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..............6 APPEARANCE..................11 Front View Side View TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .............13 GETTING STARTED ................14 Charging Battery Power Management Loading Files Gestures Working with On-Screen Keyboard Connecting to the Internet Inserting Micro SD Card...
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MAIN MENU ..................25 Recent Events Library Book Store Notes Dictionary Music Applications Search Status Bar Task Management Installing Extensions READING BOOKS ................57 Gestures in Reading Mode Social Networks & ReadRate Turning Pages Contents Open Page...
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Bookmarks Following Links Search Scaling Dictionary Notes Screen Orientation Text-to-Speech Closing a Book SETTINGS ....................75 Personalize Network Date/Time Languages Accounts and Synchronization Advanced Settings Saving Battery Device Info...
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FIRMWARE UPDATE .................91 TROUBLESHOOTING ...............95 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ..............97 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..98...
Safety Precautions Before start working with the Device, please, read this section carefully. Following these instructions will 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 do not expose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures.
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Safety Srecautions • 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 envi- ronment, e.g.
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Safety Srecautions 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.
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Safety Srecautions By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near- est 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 SocketBook International: http:// www.pocketbook-int.com.
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Safety Srecautions Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences fol- low the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more information regarding recycling issues please contact local municipal authori- ties, your domestic waste collection service, store where you pur- chased the Device, or the authorized service center.
Appearance 1. F rontlight brightness control strip; 2. On/Off (power button) – continuous press turns the Device on/off; 3. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD card (up to 32 GB); 4. Micro-USB connector – connect the Device to a SC or a charger with USB-cable; 5.
Getting Started In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device for work and will read about its main control features. CHARGING BATTERY To extend battery lifetime, it is recommended to charge the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state.
Getting Started NOTE The indication can be switched off in Setings > Appear- ance > LED Indication section. If the Device is on when you connect the cable to SC, a dia- log window asking to select action – PC link or Charge —...
Getting Started the idle time before locking the Device or power off. To unlock the Device, press On/Off button shortly. In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (does not respond to keys presses or screen touches 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.
Getting Started You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link Charge either. Select Link. Operating system of com- puter 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.
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Getting Started Touch & hold Opens context menu of an element (if available). Slide Turns pages of a book or a list; moves an image: slide your finger across the screen. Flick Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen rapidly.
Getting Started WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD On-screen keyboard is used when it is necessary to enter text information, for example, for search or network con- nection credentials. To type a symbol, press a key. To switch to another input language, press the current language button. To add the language to the on-screen keyboard layout go to Settings >...
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Getting Started 1. Change case 2. Enter the typed text 3. Close the on-screen keyboard 4. Erase last typed symbol 5. Change input language. As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon will appear on a text field. Touch it to see typed symbols. FRONTLIGHT To switch the frontlight on/off, press and hold the Menu button for one second.
Getting Started CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi networks. If you 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 net- work key using the on-screen keyboard.
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Getting Started NOTE If there are no available networks or the signal strength is week, Available networks are not displayed and instead replaced Scanning — searching for available networks. 3. To set up connection with a hidden network, open Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from the on-screen keyboard in the Network name (SSID)
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Getting Started 6. If it is needed to configure network settings manu- ally, go to Advanced settings, and change IP address configuration: • DHCP — get IS address automatically (if DHCS server is configured) • Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks pa- rameters manually from the on-screen keyboard 7.
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 > Personalize > Open at start- corresponding option was set). To return to the Main menu from any application, press key.
Main Menu Main menu overview Recent Events is a list of recently Filtration opened and downloaded books of events Events of friends on ReadRate Last read book Last downloaded Collapse Applications panel Applications panel...
Main Menu RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last opened, recently loaded books and your friends’ events on ReadRate and recommendations (see details in Social net- works & Readrate). You can configure filtration by pressing on a sign in the top right corner of the screen: Filtration...
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Main Menu Library Overview Exit Search Menu Turn Library pages...
Main Menu LIBRARY Library is e-books file manager. To open a book, touch its title. Library menu allows to filter, group, sort, change ap- pearance of the section and perform search. 1 Filtration criteria • All Books – all books on selected storage are displayed •...
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Main Menu • Genre • Format • Date Added. 3 Sorting criteria • File names • Book titles • Last opened • Creation date • Series • Author. Sorting can be ascending or descending 4 Books list views 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)
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Main Menu Detailed – in this mode there are added thumbnails, information about file format and size, read percentage and status icons: Read, Favorite. Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and au- thor name (if known) and Favorite icon are displayed.
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Main Menu …and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • Open (if item can be opened with alternative read- er program — Open with…) • Information – brief information about book/folder. • Mark as read/unread • Add to/Remove from Favorites •...
Main Menu BOOK STORE Book Store application provides quick and convenient li- censed content download from Book Store portal to your Device. The internet connection must be active. NOTES In this section you can view all the notes made during reading.
Main Menu MUSIC Music player for playing .mp3 media files. Application Collapse Close menu Progress bar Playlist Normal Repeat once Shuffle Next Previous Volume Play/Pause Press to switch Press to switch...
Main Menu In the Application menu you can add audio files and fold- ers with audio to the playlist, rearrange tracks, and save or clear playlist. By means of the context menu, opened with a long press on the track, you can perform the following operations: view info about track, add to queue, or remove the file from the list.
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Main Menu Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty levels. Calendar & Clock Opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation allows turning over a calendar. The button returns you to the current month.
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Main Menu To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu and select Delete command or press the Recycle bin icon To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu and se- lect Edit name Edit URL command. Edit the RSS feed name or address using the on-screen keyboard.
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Main Menu Scribble Application for drawing. To select the drawing tool, use the application control panel: Text: select the position and size of the text box. Text is entered with the on-screen keyboard Sencil: a tool for drawing thin lines Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text Back: cancel the last operation...
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Main Menu Device. In addition, Scribble application is used for editing graphic notes. Sudoku Sopular Japanese puzzle. Sress on an empty cell to select it. After that you can input in the selected cell the digit you think should be in the cell or set labels — digits that you suggest may be in the cell.
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Main Menu a web-page using zooming gestures (pinch or spread two fingers). Hardware buttons are used to scroll page vertically: scrolls down and scrolls up, respectively. Browser supports multiple windows, so you can open a new window for the corresponding browser menu section and view all opened windows.
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Main Menu Settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/enable JavaScript and loading images. To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser menu. Book Store Book Store application provides quick and convenient li- censed content download from Book Store portal (http:// www.bookland.com/) to your Device.
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Main Menu 2. Add your Device to your account by entering a se- rial number of a device on the site. 3. Enter your account data at Book Store in the sec- tion Settings > Accounts and Synchronization in your Device.
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Main Menu If the connection with an account is set properly, you get access to all the features of a portal. Sress the Personal Room to expand options for work with a personal account: Top up the balance – top up the balance on a site Book- Land or directly on the Device using the bank card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro).
Main Menu NOTE If there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to you to top up the balance on a site BookLand or directly on the Device using the bank card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro). PocketBook Sync PocketBook Sync service allows you to download all books, chosen on the book store, directly to your Device (or even...
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Main Menu Registration 1. Register at the portal Book Store. (For example, at the portal www.bookland.com you need to add your De- vice to your account by entering a serial number of the Device on the site). 2. Authorize in PocketBook Sync.
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Main Menu Downloading Content on the Device Turn on Wi-Fi connection on your Device or choose date in SocketBook Sync application (if Wi-Fi connection has not been activated, the Device will generate the con- nection request). Automatic connection is chosen in SocketBook Sync settings, Wi-Fi will be activated automatical- ly every half an hour for checking new links (if the Device is not powered off/not in sleeping mode).
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Main Menu items in the list and choose Download (you can also delete undesirable links by choosing Delete). You will see downloading and downloaded files in the Downloads section. Downloaded files are moved to the Download folder, location of which is defined in the Sock- etBook Sync settings (Downloads folder by default).
Main Menu Dropbox PocketBook Dropbox application allows to download files, added to Dropbox from any computer or any device with installed Dropbox app or from the Dropbox website, to your Device. And you do not need to install anything to your Socket- Book, it is enough to authorize in the service.
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Main Menu NOTE The application on your device will have access only to files in the ‘Dropbox PocketBook’ folder on the server How to synchronize Automatically: 1. Files, added to the directory ‘Application > Dropbox PocketBook’ on the server and to the sync folder on your De- vice, will be automatically synchronized when the internet connection is on.
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Main Menu Send-to-PocketBook The application allows to send files to the email address of your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on. How to start using 1. Register for the Send-to-SocketBook service, for this purpose do the following: • Launch application: • from the...
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Main Menu • The email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address. Follow this link to receive the email address of your Device (for example, username@pbsync.com). NOTE: The contact email address is used only for the authoriza- tion of the application, and the service address of the Device user- name@pbsync.com is used for sending books to it, if you want them to be downloaded to your Device.
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Main Menu is on. Download folder is available after authorization from the locations: • Applications > Send-to-PocketBook • Settings > Accounts and synchronizations > Send- to-PocketBook > Go to folder of the context menu of the Download folder • Library > Send-to-PocketBook.
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Main Menu The list of trusted senders Documents can be downloaded on the Device, if they are sent from the address, contained in the ‘white list’ (a list of the trusted senders). The address, specified at registration, is contained in the list by default.
Main Menu SEARCH After selecting this item the on-screen keyboard will be opened, so you will be able to type in a search query – a part from file name, book title or author’s mane. After entering the query Library, displaying search results, will open.
Main Menu TASK MANAGEMENT Device software supports multitasking, and you can quickly switch between running applications in several ways: • by touching status bar icon • by evoking task manager by continuous press on the Home button. Besides task switching, you can force close running appli- cations: press against an application in the list .
Main Menu you exit the book by pressing . To close application completely, touch top left corner of the screen, press button continuously or the corresponding application menu item. INSTALLING EXTENSIONS You can install additional Text-to-Speech packages (avail- able for download on SocketBook website in Support sec- tion) and dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in...
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: SDF, ESUB (including Adobe DRM- protected); FB2, FB2.ZIS, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, SRC, MOBI, ACSM.
Reading Books SOCIAL NETWORKS & READRATE Now you will be able to take advantages of social networks on your Socketbook: share quotations from books, add comments, tell what you are reading or have read, like or don’t like. ReadRate also allows you watching the friends’ events and obtaining infor- mation about the most popular books.
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Reading Books Now reading, Have read, Like, Unlike 1. Touch one of the options (Now reading, Have read, Like or Unlike). 2. Enter data (E-mail and password) of one of your ac- counts: in social networks or in the market Book Store. 3.
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Reading Books 4. Select social networks, where you want to send news: Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter – icons of chosen networks will become hefted. 5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the Read- Rate profile, you will be proposed to link them. 6.
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Reading Books 3. After that the scenario Now reading, Have read, Like, Unlike is performed, beginning from 2 item. 4. All actions of your friends on ReadRate are displayed in Recent events on your Device: 5. You can Delete Open event.
Reading Books To delete your social networks accounts information for ReadRate, go to Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate > Re- move ReadRate authorization on your SocketBook. If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functionality, set Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate > Read- Rate Status.
Reading Books Content section contains three insets: • Sections (book’s chapters names); • Bookmarks (made during reading); • Notes (graphic or text). If there’s no content, bookmarks or notes, the corresponding inset is blank. If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’...
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Reading Books • By moving the progress bar slider in the reading menu. < and > buttons are intended for more precise navigation – one page backward/forward, respectively. • By touching the slider, which opens a dialog window where you are able to enter the page number you want to open. • By touching the page number in the reading mode menu, then you can input a page number by pressing digits on the screen.
Reading Books BOOKMARKS To create a bookmark, touch right top corner of the screen. A dog ear mark will appear. To delete a bookmark, touch this mark again and confirm deletion. Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the correspond- ing reading menu item.
Reading Books SEARCH To search in book text touch the icon of the reading menu. After entering a query from on-screen keyboard, results found will be highlighted. To move between search results, touch on arrow buttons at the right bottom corner of the screen. SCALING Text Format Books In text format books (eSub, FB2, DOC etc.) you can change font...
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Reading Books hyphenations (on/off) encoding, refresh mode (Best Quality High Speed). PDF & DjVu You can change only the whole page scale only (except Reflow mode for SDF). Sinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in or slide a finger upwards the right side of screen to zoom in or downwards –...
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Reading Books only. Some tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the Reflow mode; • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width; • Margins cropping – allows to decrease margins width or heigth. In Mode section of the reading menu, press to extend Margins cropping menu:...
Reading Books DICTIONARY Touch and hold a word to open a panel allowing you to search for translation using one of installed dictionaries or find a word in Google. Also after selecting Dictionary item, a window with dic- tionary entry of a selected word appears. Next tools are available: View resembling Change Fix this window to...
Reading Books NOTES Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and make hand- written records directly in the text. All the notes will be displayed in book’s table of contents. To enter notes mode, select Note reading menu section. After you will enter Notes, a tooltip window will appear.
Reading Books Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a picture. Table of Contents – opens the book’s Table of Contents. Help – opens a window with instructions on using the tools. Close notes mode. All notes are visible from Main menu (section Notes). SCREEN ORIENTATION To change screen orientation, select Rotate...
Reading Books Select voice package Exit Slay/Sause Volume Srogress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are turned automatically as you listen. Initially there are 3 TTS packages are installed on the Device. CLOSING A BOOK To close a book, touch left top corner.
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.
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Settings Boot Logo – image displayed during the Device starts. Logos are stored in system/logo internal storage folder, so you can copy an image you’d like to be displayed during startup. ATTENTION! System folder is hidden by default. Slease, change its parameters on your computer to make it visible.
Settings Mapping. In this section you can remap hardware keys. To change key action, select it from the list and select action from the list. NETWORK In this section you can set parameters needed for network connection. Network access — on or off. After network access activation, the following settings appear: •...
Settings DATE/TIME In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format. You can also Synchronize Time or set Auto Time Sync to use the network time/date. LANGUAGES Language Select the Device’s interface language. Keyboard Layouts Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts.
Settings ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION PocketBook Sync — There are the following settings for the SocketBook Sync service: • PocketBook Sync Status: or off. The service is turned on automatically at the authorization. If you are not going to use the service for a long period, you can turn off to optimize the Device productivity.
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Settings create a new one in the internal Device storage or on the external SD-card. • Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the application, the page with a list of book stores will appear for choosing and authorization. If you are authorized, then you can logout SocketBook Sync.
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Settings • Receive files automatically: or Off. Files, sent to the Device address username@pbsync.com, will be automatically updated in the download folder, if Wi-Fi connection is on. You can turn off automatic receiving files to optimize the Device productivity. • Download folder: location of received files.
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Settings • Autosync: Turn auto synchronization. The service is turned on automatically at the authorization, so Dropbox will automatically sync files, if Wi-Fi connection is on. You can turn off autosync to optimize the Device productivity. • Sync Folder: location of synced files. You can also move files to Sync folder, if you want to sync them with Dropbox Pocketbook directory on the server.
Settings Adobe DRM To authorize, input your Login (e-mail address) and Password. When you are authorized, your login and Remove Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed. After removing all protected DRM documents will be unavailable. ADVANCED SETTINGS User Profiles Here you can configure up to 6 user profiles (5 can be stored on the internal storage and 1 –...
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Settings current above-mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile. To activate profile open the one you need. In profile context menu you can change avatar, duplicate profile to a new one (to the SD card or internal storage either), rename or delete profile.
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Settings Backup & Recovery • 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; • Backup Configuration to SD – this action will create a backup folder on an external microSD-card and will save there system settings.
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Settings • Automatically – database would be update after each Library opening and copying/removal of books (including microSD card change). • Optimise Database – remove old database entries. To run optimization set the parameter to Once and exit Settings. The parameter will be set to after optimization.
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Settings password by selecting the corresponding item. To proceed, you will be asked to enter the password once more. Diagnostic and Usage — Software provides data to SocketBook about some actions, performed by a user on the Device for the further improvement of the Device and services to users.
Settings Large File Warning If this setting is on, the Device will show a notification when you try to open file larger than 25 MB. Status Bar in Reading Mode You can configure the bottom panel in the reading mode according to your taste, activating information blocks: Current page,...
Settings • Battery Percentage, • LED Indication – you may disable LED indication by selecting in this section. • Lock Device after — set time of idleness, after which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min. • Power off after —...
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Settings • Software Update – the Device will search for updates in the following order: microSD card (if installed), internal storage and Internet; • Auto Update – turn on/off automatic check for updates. Legal Information — license and information about third- party 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. Slease perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below.
Firmware Update If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will ask to connect to one of available wireless networks. Also you can activate the automatic updates check (Set- tings > About Device > Software > Auto Update). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only.
Firmware Update 8. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures: connect USB cable to the Device Press Menu Key NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Set- tings > About device > Software > Firmware Version Troubleshooting Error Message Reason Correction Method...
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Troubleshooting Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution Device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo Battery is low Charge the battery is loaded If the book was down- loaded from the online A book does not open store try to re-load it again. - the message Book is If the file opens on your...
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Troubleshooting Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution Check USB mode in Set- Your Device is in the bat- tings Main Menu item. Set tery charging mode. Connection to PC Ask at Connection After connection to SC disks are not displayed in Check USB cable condition Explorer and its proper connec- No signal in connection...
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EN 301489-1/-17; EN 300328, EN 60950-1; EU Declaration of Conformity Hereby, BOOKEEN declares that this smart phone is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Manufacturer: Shenzhen YITOA Digital Appliance Co., Ltd. Address: 5th Floor, Yitoa Building, High-tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District,...
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the 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 a residential installation.
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