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  • Page 1 User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..........6 APPEARANCE ............11 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS ......12 GETTING STARTED ..........13 Charging Battery Device management Main menu overview Navigation Working with On-Screen Keyboard Recent Events Loading Files Frontlight Inserting Micro SD Card...
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Applications Calculator Chess Dictionary Klondike Gallery Snake Interactive Apps Dropbox PocketBook Send-to-PocketBook READING BOOKS ........... 37 Turning Pages Following References Changing Font Size Reading Menu Contents Go to Page Search...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Bookmarks Settings Dictionary Rotate Notes Closing a Book SETTINGS .............. 50 Accounts and Synchronization Personalize Languages Date/Time Saving power Maintenance Software About Device FIRMWARE UPDATE ............61...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents TROUBLESHOOTING ............64 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ............66 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..67...

  • Page 6: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Before start working with the Device, please, read this section carefully. Following these instructions will help you ensure your safety and extend service life of the Device. Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions Device operating temperature range is 0°C to 40°C, so don’t ex- pose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures.
  • Page 7 Safety Precautions Maintenance Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly venti- lated 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.
  • Page 8 Safety Precautions or modified batteries may cause an explosion and/or damage the Device. Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the Device’s surface. Apply a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt. Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.
  • Page 9 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 in- terfere with radio communications and other electronic equip- ment.
  • Page 10 Safety Precautions Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse im- pacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such consequences follow the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of these materials helps pre- serve 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.

  • Page 11: Appearance

    Appearance 1. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navi- gation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list; 2. Left; 3. Down; 4. OK – short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one –...

  • Page 12: Technical Characteristics

    Technical Characteristics Display 6” E-Ink Carta 1024×758, 212 dpi, B&W CPU 1 GHz Frontlight Yes RAM 256 MB Storage 8 GB * Operating system Linux® CPU 1 GHz Micro-USB Communications Wi-Fi(b/g/n) Memory slot MicroSD (up to 32 GB) Battery Li-Ion Polymer, 1300 mAh ** PDF, PDF (DRM), EPUB, EPUB (DRM), DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, Book formats...

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    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.
  • Page 14 Getting Started To charge the battery for the first time, do the following: Connect the Device to a computer or charger with USB-cable. The device will turn on as soon as charging starts. When the battery is fully charged, you can discon- nect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage.

  • Page 15: Device Management

    Getting Started DEVICE MANAGEMENT Press On/Off button. When the Device is Turn on ready to operate, Main menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings. Press and hold On/Off button for about two Turn off seconds until the Device goes off. You can lock your Device in three ways: 1.

  • Page 16: Main Menu Overview

    Getting Started MAIN MENU OVERVIEW Recent Events — list of last Last opened opened and downloaded books Notification panel Last downloaded books Application panel...

  • Page 17: Navigation

    Getting Started NAVIGATION Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to select required item (e.g. book or menu item). ATTENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation and page turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to the side you’ve changed orientation to. Press OK button shortly to open selected item.

  • Page 18: Working With On-Screen Keyboard

    Getting Started (or list’s page), closes an application, a context menu and the Library (If you are on the first page). Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Set- tings > Personalize > Key mapping section. WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info, for example, search query.
  • Page 19 Getting Started 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 Set- tings > Languages > Keyboard Layouts. As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon will appear on a text field.

  • Page 20: Recent Events

    Getting Started 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.
  • Page 21 Getting Started detect Device’s storage as removable disk (if SD card in- stalled – as two ones). Now you can copy files to the De- vice or SD card using Explorer or other file manager. ATTENTION! After copying files safely remove the Device before disconnect the cable! Downloading protected e-books (Adobe DRM) Registration at www.adobe.com is required to use e-books...
  • Page 22 Getting Started 3. Follow the link Digital Editions in the alphabetical index of products. 4. Open Visit the sample eBook library at the bottom of the page to enter the library; 5. Choose a book and click Download item. 6. A download window will appear on the screen. The file name should contain the name of the book and the file extension .acsm.
  • Page 23 Getting Started 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate your Device. To do this, use the on-screen keyboard to enter the login and password of your account on www.adobe.com into the Device Activation form. Then you will be able to download the book.

  • Page 24: Frontlight

    Getting Started 2. Select the Go to library view icon. 3. Click items. 4. Choose a book and copy it to your Device. FRONTLIGHT Tj adjust the frontlight level, please use the Left/Right but- ton and move a Slider in the notification bar.

  • Page 25: Inserting Micro Sd Card

    Getting Started INSERTING MICRO SD CARD The Device already has 8 GB of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro SD card (up to 32 GB). Insert it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push until card will be fixed.

  • Page 26: Calculator

    APPLICATIONS This section contains games and additional software. Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathemati- cal operations, such as different numeric systems, trigono- metric, logarithm, power and logical operations. Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty lev- els.

  • Page 27: Klondike

    dictionaries, press Forward button twice, select the dic- tionary you need from the list and press OK. After you close the on-screen keyboard (by pressing its keys 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.
  • Page 28 Sudoku Popular Japanese puzzle. Navigation: Use the navigation keys to move around the grid and bottom panel. Click OK button to enter. Back- ward/Forward buttons toggle between the grid and the panel and vice versa. Controls: To enter a number into a cell of the grid, you can choose firstly a number or a cell, in which you want to enter a number or a label.
  • Page 29 3. The chosen number will be entered into the se- lected cell. Number first: 1. Press OK on the cell with “givens“ (digits known in the beginning of the game) and on numbers of the bot- tom panel. 2. The chosen number will be highlighted on the bot- tom panel, showing that it is active.

  • Page 30: Dropbox Pocketbook

    Read more about this app at Library. INTERACTIVE APPS 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.
  • Page 31 How to start using 1. Register in the Dropbox service (www.dropbox.com); 2. Input your Dropbox account data (email address and password) on your PocketBook Device in the section Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > Dropbox > Login to authorize Dropbox. (The Wi-Fi connection should be on, otherwise you will be asked to turn it on);...
  • Page 32 2. All synchronized files will be downloaded to the sync folder in the Library (by default, Dropbox PocketBook is the sync folder, but you can change it in Settings > Ac- counts and Synchronization > Dropbox > Sync folder).

  • Page 33: 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-PocketBook service, for this purpose do the following: Launch application: from the Applications >...
  • Page 34 Device. After that all applications features will be avail- able for you, and the download folder for received books will be created in the library — Send to PocketBook. How to get files Automatically: 1. Files, sent to the service email address of your Device, will be automatically downloaded to the download folder in the Device Library, when the internet connection is on.
  • Page 35 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. 2. By default, ‘Send-to-PocketBook’ is the download folder, but you can change it at registration or in the Set- tings ...
  • Page 36 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. If the mail is sent to your Device from the unknown ad- dress, you will receive the letter with a proposal to add a sender to the ‘white list’.

  • Page 37: Reading Books

    Reading Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and con- figure reader software for the most comfortable reading. The Device supports next book formats: PDF, PDF (DRM), EPUB, EPUB (DRM), DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM To open a book, press OK on its title in Last events...
  • Page 38 Reading Books 1. Grouping criteria Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by: All Books; Authors; Genres; Collections; Favorites; Folders; Formats; Series. The results of grouping can be dispalyed as as- cending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A). 2. Sorting criteria By opening date; By addition date;...
  • Page 39 Reading Books 3. Books list views Simple – in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed. Detailed – in this mode there’s added author, titele, thumbnails, information about file format and size, read percentage. Context menu Context menu, evoked by continuous pressing OK, allows performing the following operations: Book Info - brief information about book;...

  • Page 40: Turning

    Reading Books Add to Favorites; All books of author; Copy; Move; Delete. TURNING PAGES Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pag- es. 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).

  • Page 41: Changing Font Size

    Reading Books CHANGING FONT SIZE In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys. READING MENU To access reader application menu press OK button. Contents Opens structured content of the book if present, otherwise you’ll get message about missing table of contents.

  • Page 42: Contents

    Reading Books 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 but- ton opens the context menu. Using this menu you can open contents entry, edit or de- lete notes (text or graphic either) and bookmarks, expands/ collapses selected subsection branch.

  • Page 43: Search

    Reading Books 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 naviga- tion keys. To exit search mode press Backward/Forward. NOTE: Search mode is not available for DJVU books.

  • Page 44: Reading Menu

    Reading Books Settings In this section you can find out how to configure your read- ing settings for different book formats. You can also learn about all the available options and features in this menu. EPUB, FB2, etc. To configure EPUB, TXT, FB2, DOC and other text format books, open the Reading menu and select Settings.

  • Page 45: Settings

    Reading Books Screen tab - you can enable or disable page numbering and on\off Status bar. Built-in page numbering displays the number of pages in the book’s original layout. One page can cover one or sev- eral screens, depending on reading settings. If the function is disabled, the numbering will display the number of screens.
  • Page 46 Reading Books Margins cropping – 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.

  • Page 47: Dictionary

    Reading Books 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. Word translation Change Back to text View resem- dictionary bling words On-screen keyboard to type word to translate Rotate...

  • Page 48: Notes

    Reading Books 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.
  • Page 49 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 panel to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. WI-FI In this section you can set parameters needed for network connection.

  • Page 50: Settings

    Adobe DRM item are displayed. After exit all protected DRM documents will be unavailable. Send-to-PocketBook — the following options are available: PocketBook account: your account email. Login/Log out: if you are not authorized in the application, input your contact email address and pass-...
  • Page 51 Settings which you can send books, is displayed. You can logout Send-to-PocketBook. Receive files now: The content of the Download folder will be updated. Before update, please, check if your Device is connected to the Internet. Receive files automatically: or Off. Files, sent to the Device address username@pbsync.com, will be au-...
  • Page 52 Dropbox. Synchronize Now: Files in the Sync folder Pocketbook device directory will be synced. Before syncing files, please check if your Device is connected to the Inter- net and is linked to the proper Dropbox account Autosync: Turn auto synchronization.

  • Page 53: Personalize

    Settings PERSONALIZE Power-off Logo — the image will be displayed when the Device is off. You can set a cover of the last opened book by setting book cover. NOTE You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Gallery application.

  • Page 54: Languages

    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. User Profiles - can be configured on bith internal storage and microSD card; number of profiles is not limited. Each profile stores individual books’...

  • Page 55: Date/Time

    Settings Keyboard Layouts. Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts. Available Dictionaries. Under this section you can un- check dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in the list during the translation or in Dictionary application. DATE/TIME In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format.

  • Page 56: Maintenance

    Settings Battery Percentage; Lock device after — set time of idleness, after which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min. Power off after — set time of idleness, after which the Device power off: off, 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes. MAINTENANCE USB Mode —...

  • Page 57: Software

    Diagnostic and Usage — software provides data to PocketBook about some actions, performed by a user on the Device for the further improvement of the Device and services to users. The serial number and any other in- formation for identifying a user isn’t saved.
  • Page 58 Settings CAUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device, use this feature only, don’t try to format the Device internal memory via PC. Format SD card – this action will erase all data from the external microSD card. Factory Reset –...

  • Page 59: About Device

    Settings Third-Party Apps — license and information about third- party applications, used on the Device. ABOUT DEVICE The following information about Device will be displayed: Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform); Memory (operative memory, total and available internal memory and microSD-card); License - license and information about applications, used on the Device.
  • Page 60 Firmware Update WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which man- agement software of the Device will be changed. In case of improper execu- tion control program may be damaged and will require treatment in the service centre. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instruc- tions below.

  • Page 61: Firmware Update

    Wi-Fi connection only. NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Settings > Software > Firm- ware Version Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com on your PC. Select your country. 2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hard- ware model of your Device 3.
  • Page 62 BIN file on it one more time. damaged or there is is corrupted or Repeat the download from no space available on Image is empty www.pocketbook-int.com. the microSD card. If this error repeats, use other card. Try to use another MicroSD File read error...
  • Page 63 Troubleshooting Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution Device does not turn on or turns on but only the Battery is low Charge the battery logo is loaded If the book was downloaded A book does not open — from the online store try to re- the message Book is load it again.
  • Page 64 Troubleshooting Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution Connect the device to a PC and check disks. To proceed, open Computer, right-click File system damaged on the selected disk and Bookmarks, settings and select Properties > Service > current position in file Check Disk cannot be saved Delete books, images and/ Internal memory is full...
  • Page 65 Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03 Česko 800-701-307 France 0805-080277 Italia 800-788-913 Österreich 0-800-802-077 Polska 0-800-141-0112 Switzerland 0-800-898-720 www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ help@pocketbook-int.com...
  • Page 66 Compliance with International Standards Product name: PocketBook Basic Lux Model name: PB615W Firmware: 5.17 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.
  • Page 67 Compliance with International Standards Outdoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the 2400-2454 MHz band and with maximum power (EIRP*) of 10 mW for the 2454-2483 MHz band. IMPORTANT: Changes or modifications to this product not au- thorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product.
  • Page 68 This equipment complies with the European Council Recommen- dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen- eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. Pocketbook International SA Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland Tel. 0 800 187 3003 Made in China Contains Reader®...

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