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Вайнюнский Иван
May 18, 2025
Как вывести оглавление книги?спасибо.
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Mr. Anderson
May 23, 2025
To display the table of contents on the PocketBook Touch Lux 4, open a book and then open the menu. From the menu, select the option for the table of contents.
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rick tangedahl
February 16, 2025
how do you listen to audio books?
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Mr. Anderson
May 14, 2025
To listen to audiobooks on the Pocketbook Touch Lux 4, long press on a book in the Library, on the desktop, or in the reading settings to change the playback software. This allows you to adjust the playback quality as needed.
Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..........6 APPEARANCE ............11 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ......... 12 GETTING STARTED ..........13 Charging Battery Device management Main menu overview Gestures Working with On-Screen Keyboard Frontlight Connecting to the Internet Inserting Micro SD Card...
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APPLICATIONS ............26 Store Browser General Calendar & Clock Calculator Gallery RSS News Games Klondike Sudoku Chess Scribble Services Dropbox PocketBook Send-to-PocketBook READING BOOKS ........... 42 Gestures in Reading Mode...
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Reading Menu Adjust brightness in reading mode Social networks & ReadRate Contents Bookmarks Dictionary Note Settings Following Links Loading Files Library PocketBook Cloud SETTINGS .............. 73 Wi-Fi Accounts and Synchronization Personalize Languages Date/Time...
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Saving power Maintenance Software About Device FIRMWARE UPDATE ..........84 TROUBLESHOOTING ..........87 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ..........89 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STAN- DARDS ..............90...
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.
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Safety Srecautions 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. Srotect the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it.
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Safety Srecautions Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to clean the screen/case. Keep away from children. 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.
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Safety Srecautions For detailed information about service centres in your region www.pocketbook.ch please visit the official website: Warning The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To avoid damage, make sure not to drop, bend, or apply pressure to the device, do not allow point pressure on the screen surface and any other ac- tions that might break or damage the glass base.
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Safety Srecautions Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib- ited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals — this may affect air- borne avionics or medical equipment. Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse im- pacts on the environment and public health.
Appearance 1. Home – return to Main menu; 2. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navigation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list; 3. Forward – turns page forward; 4. Menu – open context menu (if avail- able).
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.
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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.
Getting Started DEVICE MANAGEMENT Sress On/Off button. When the Device is ready to operate, Main Turn on menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings. Sress and hold On/Off button for about two seconds until the Turn off Device goes off.
Getting Started MAIN MENU OVERVIEW Touch to open Calendar Slide down to open a Notification panel Home screen - list of re- cently opened and newly added books Bestsellers Slide up to open an Application panel...
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Getting Started Notification panel Touch or slide down the icon to open a Notification panel. NOTE: You can open Notification panel also pressing a Menu button. Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of Wi-Fi, Task Manager, Flight Mode, Sync, Search of network services and Frontlight.
Getting Started GESTURES CAUTION! Touch screen of the Device is sensitive enough and is a fragile detail. To avoid its damage, please, touch it carefully while controlling the Device with gestures. Opens an element (book, file, folder application or menu item). Touch &...
Getting Started Flick Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen rapidly. Scaling Changes the image scale: place two fingers on a screen and pinch them together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. WORKING WITH ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD On-screen keyboard is used when it’s necessary to enter text information, for example, for search or network con- nection credentials.
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Getting Started To switch from alphabet to numeric keyboard, tap . To switch from numeric to alphabet keyboard, tap To add a new keyboard language, go to Settings > Lan- guages > Keyboard layouts. To switch to a different keyboard language, tap .
Getting Started 1. Change case; 2. Enter the typed text; 3. Switching keyboard modes; 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 turn on/off the frontlight, press and hold the Menu but- ton for 1 second.
Getting Started You can adjust the Frontlight brightness of your display by tapping the Frontlight brightness icons respectively. The brightness and colour temperature are raised/lowered by one per cent per tap. CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi networks.
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Getting Started Advanced Settings If it is needed to configure network settings manually se- lect Settings > Wi-Fi, go to the selected network and click More… at the bottom of the screen: • You can change IP address configuration: • DHCP —...
Getting Started • Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you will need to specify WEP Authentication type – Open System Shared Key either. • WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter net- work key (up to 64 symbols). 4.
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Getting Started To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be unfixed, and pull it to get. ATTENTION! If your SD card get stuck, do not try to eject it by yourself and immediately call Customer Support. For more information about formatting the SD card, see Maintenance section.
Applications In this section, you can review the applications installed on your device. The default home screen contains four applications: • Library; • Notes; • Store • Browser. Other apps are available in the application menu. To open the application menu, click on the icon To move, replace, or delete apps in the Main menu, use the context menu.
PocketBook bookstore portal from your device. You just need an active Internet connection to use the app. To access all of the PocketBook portal features, you will need to log in to an existing account or create one. In order to au-...
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Then follow the onscreen instructions. If the connection to the account has been set up correctly, you will have access to all of the PocketBook portal features. In order to manage the account, the following sections are available in the...
Applications To purchase the selected product, click Buy. Afterward, a window with a list of available payment options will appear. Choose the one that suits you and provide payment. The purchased file will appear in the “My purchases” section, where you can download it at any time. When the download is complete, the file will be moved to the Library>...
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Applications and move a page. Also, you can change scale of 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. From browser menu you can view history of visited web- sites, downloads, favorites, adjust scale of displaying web- pages, rotate a screen and configure the browser from Settings...
Applications GENERAL Calendar & Clock Opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation allows turning over a calendar. The button returns you to the current month. Read about date and time setting in Date/Time manual’s chapter. Calculator Engineering calculator supports wide range mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
Applications top corner of the screen. In the editing mode you can zoom a photo by zooming gestures and set the selected area as a logo. RSS News Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed tion.
Applications The news downloading status is displayed while updating. After the update file is available for reading off-line using the browser. To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed updates open in browser.
Applications you think should be in the cell or set labels — digits that you suggest may be in the cell. Digits and labels should be chosen from the bottom selection panel. Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty levels.
In addition, Scribble application is used for editing graphic notes. SERVICES 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.
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Dropbox Pock- etBook sync folder will be created in the Library of the De- vice. The Application > Dropbox PocketBook directory will show up in your Dropbox account, and after synchroniza- tion it will be available from other devices with Dropbox.
Applications 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). Manually: 1.
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Applications How to start using 1. Register for the Send-to-SocketBook service, for this purpose do the following: • Launch application: • from the Applications > Send-to-PocketBook section; • or from Settings > Accounts and Synchroniza- tion > Send-to-PocketBook. NOTE: The Wi-Fi connection should be on, otherwise you will be asked to turn it on.
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Device Library, when the internet connection is on. Down- load 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 > SendToPb.
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Applications 2. By default, ‘Send-to-PocketBook’ is the download folder, but you can change it at registration or in the Set- tings > Accounts and synchronization > Send-to-Pocket- Book > Download folder section. Manually: To update the content of the download folder, in...
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Applications 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’. After your confirmation you will receive files from the added address to your Device.
Reading Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and configure reader software for the most comfortable read- ing. The Device supports next book formats: ACSM, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, ESUB, ESUB (DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIS, HTM, TXT, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), SRC, RTF.
Reading Books GESTURES IN READING MODE Close book; Make a bookmark; Turn pages forward; Turn pages backward; Pressing in the center of the screen evokes the Reading Menu Page turning Scaling...
Reading Books READING MENU Book name: touch to see the book info or open ReadRate menu Contents Back Search Bookmark Open ReadRate menu Pull the slider to turn pages or touch the page number to input the digits of needed page...
Reading Books ADJUST FRONTLIGHT BRIGHTNESS IN READING MODE You can adjust the Frontlight brightness a using gestures. To change brightness without leaving your book, just swipe your finger across the screen as shown in the illustration. If the Frontlight automatic adjustment mode is enabled, then the device will ask if you want to disable it and con- figure the settings manually, without interrupting your reading.
Reading Books SOCIAL NETWORKS & READRATE Now you will be able to take advantages of social net- works 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’...
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Reading Books Reading status and Book Rate 1. Touch one of the options (Now reading, Have read, Plan to read, Recommend Rate with stars from 1 to 5). 2. Enter data (E-mail and password) of one of your accounts: in social networks or in the market Book Store. 3.
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Reading Books 4. Confirm your choice by pressing All actions are displayed by default in your ReadRate profile. After activating reading, Have read Plan to read statuses, their icons become colored — Recommend 1. Touch Recommend option. 2. After that the scenario Reading status and Book Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.
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Reading Books Share quotation To share quotation from a book: 1. After continuous touch on the screen in the opened book, creeper of text selection appear. 2. Select quotation and press Share icon 3. After that the scenario Reading status and Book Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.
Reading Books ReadRate > Remove ReadRate authorization on your SocketBook. If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functionality, Settings > Personalize > Widget settings. After this operation all ReadRate options becomes hidden and inactive. CONTENTS If a book has table of contents, you can open it by select- ing the corresponding reading menu item.
Reading Books If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’ sign – touch it to expand. ‘+’ sign will be changed to ‘-‘ – touch it to collapse. To open contents menu touch and hold your finger on the screen or press Menu key.
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 dictionary entry of a selected word appears. Next tools are available:...
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Reading Books On-screen keyboard for Change Change typing text for translation dictionary font size Fix window Exit Do the following to download new dictionaries to your device: 1. Click the “Change Dictionary” icon; 2. In the newly opened window, click “Add New Dictionaries...”;...
Reading Books NOTE Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and make handwritten 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 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 ESUB, TXT, FB2, DOC and other text format books, open the Reading menu and select Settings.
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Reading Books Screen tab - you can enable or disable page numbering, the sta- tus bar and set how the pages are numbered. 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.
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Reading Books Sinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. Under Mode reading menu section you can zoom pages or select viewing mode: Fit width – scaling page to the screen width; Whole page –...
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Reading Books • manual — move arrow buttons to set margins width and heigth of margins. Fullscreen mode – turn on or turn off the fullscreen mode during reading: • pages — turn on or turn off pages numbering; • status bar —...
Reading Books tab - Contrast, bright- Adjustment ness and gamma are automatically adjusted when you first open a book. In this tab, you can adjust these set- tings to your preference. FOLLOWING LINKS To follow a footnote, internal or external link, touch to en- ter links mode.
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Reading Books NOTE: The Device should be kept on while transferring files. 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. Now you can copy files to the Device using Explorer or other file manager.
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Reading Books 2. Open Menu > Products > All products. 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.
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Reading Books 2. Find and open the file on your Device. 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.
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4. Choose a book and copy it to your Device. Sync your device with network services You can also upload files to the Device synchronizing de- vice memory with personal accounts of network services Send-to-PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud and Dropbox. Variant 1 • Open Settings >...
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Reading Books For detailed information about work with network services see sections Send-to-PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud Dropbox PocketBook. Read more about configuring net- work services at the section Accounts and Synchronization. Synchronization status can be viewed on the Notification panel. During uploading or downloading files an animated icon displays at the status bar.
Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by: • Books; • Authors; • Genres; • Collections - create your own shelves with books depending on your interests and preferences; • Favorites; • Folders; • Formats; • Series; • PocketBook Cloud.
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Reading Books The results of grouping can be displayed as ascending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A). 2. Sorting criteria • By opening date; • By addition date; • By title; • By author. 3. Books list views Simple – in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed. Detailed –...
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Reading Books ...opened by continuous touch..and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • Book Info - brief information about book/folder; • Mark as read; • ReadRate; • Add to Collection; • Add to Favorites; • All books of author; •...
Reading Books PocketBook Cloud You can read your books on different devices and be confi- dent that all your books, favorites, collections and reading progress will be saved. You can access your books from any device logged into your SocketBook Cloud account.
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To sign in: 1. Tap on this notification or go to Settings > Ac- counts and Synchronization > PocketBook Cloud. 2. You will be redirected to the login form, where you can sign in using your bookstore account or you can tap on Don’t have an account? Create!
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Sync process Your book list and reading position automatically sync when you: • log into your PocketBook Cloud account, • open a book, • close a book, •...
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A dotted frame line around the book on the SocketBook e-ink reader means that the book has not been loaded yet to the device’s memory and is only stored in your PocketBook Cloud account. • Uploading new books. You can upload new books...
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Reading Books reader or Android/IOS SocketBook Reader app. After syn- chronization, all new books are automatically stored in your PocketBook Cloud account. The book will be auto- matically uploaded to your PocketBook Cloud after you open the book on your Device, or you can choose...
Settings In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the Device for the most comfortable usage. Select Settings Notification 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.- Network access...
Settings ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION PocketBook Store. You can use your SocketBook Store account to log in to any of the SocketBook services. Book Store — in this section you can enter Login Password for authorization in the Book Store. Send-to-PocketBook — the following options are available: •...
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You can turn off automatic receiving files to optimize the Device productivity. • Download folder: location of received files. The Send-to-PocketBook folder is set by default. You can choose any other folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage. •...
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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. The Dropbox PocketBook folder on the Device is set by default. You can choose another folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage.
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Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed. After re- moving all protected DRM documents will be unavailable. PocketBook Cloud — In this section the following op- tions are available: • Login/Log out: if you are not signed into the ap- plication, enter your...
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.
Settings Open at Startup last opened book or main menu. User Profiles can be configured. Each profile stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections. To add new profile, open the corresponding item. You will be suggested to set destination (local memory) and to enter the name from on-screen keyboard.
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. SAVING POWER Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which help to save battery charge: •...
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Settings Privacy • Protect Configurations by Password — in this sec- tion you can protect your setting by password. Select Password section and type the password from on-screen keyboard. Now each time you try to enter Settings section, you will be asked to enter the password. You can remove or change password by selecting the corresponding item.
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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 SC. Format SD card – this action will erase all data from the external microSD card. To format the SD card select Settings >...
Settings SOFTWARE Firmware Version - the current version of firmware is dis- played. Software Update – the Device will search for updates in the following order: internal storage and Internet. Auto Update – turn on/off automatic check for updates. Third-Party Apps —...
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.
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Also you can activate the automatic updates check (Set- tings > Software > Auto Update). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only. Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook.ch Select your country. 2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hard- ware model of your Device.
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Repeat sure the file is in the root the download from www. folder of the card. pocketbook.ch. Delete some files from SWUSDATE.BIN file is the Device and copy Upgrade image is damaged or there is no SWUSDATE.BIN file on it...
Troubleshooting Malfunction 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 Malfunction 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...
Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03 0-800-183-39-70 Česko 800-701-307 France 0-805-080-277 Österreich 0-800-802-077 0-800-281-770 Polska 0-800-141-01-12 Switzerland 0-800-898-720 ישראל 1-809-494-246 www.pocketbook.ch help@pocketbook.ch...
Compliance with International Standards Product name: SocketBook Touch Lux 4 Model number: SB627 Firmware: The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited Sower Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Sower Source.
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Compliance with International Standards IMPORTANT: Changes or modifications to this product not authorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product. This product has demonstrated EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system components.
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This equipment complies with the European Council Recommen- dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen- eral Sublic to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. Pocketbook International SA Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland Tel. 0800-187-3003 Made in China...
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Как вывести оглавление книги?спасибо.
To display the table of contents on the PocketBook Touch Lux 4, open a book and then open the menu. From the menu, select the option for the table of contents.
This answer is automatically generated
how do you listen to audio books?
To listen to audiobooks on the Pocketbook Touch Lux 4, long press on a book in the Library, on the desktop, or in the reading settings to change the playback software. This allows you to adjust the playback quality as needed.
This answer is automatically generated