Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............6 APPEARANCE..............12 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..........13 GETTING STARTED ............14 Charging Battery Device management Main menu overview Gestures Working with On-Screen Keyboard Frontlight Connecting to the Internet Configuring Bluetooth pairing Inserting Micro SD Card...
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APPLICATIONS ..............29 Store Browser General Calendar & Clock Calculator Gallery RSS News Music Player Audiobooks Games Klondike Sudoku Chess Coloring Scribble Services Dropbox PocketBook Send-to-PocketBook...
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READING BOOKS ............. 48 Gestures in Reading Mode Reading Menu Adjust Frontlight brightness in reading mode 51 Social networks & ReadRate Contents Bookmarks Dictionary Note Voice Settings Following Links Loading Files Library PocketBook Cloud SETTINGS ................81 Wi-Fi Bluetooth...
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Accounts and Synchronization Personalize Languages Date/Time Saving Power Maintenance Software About Device FIRMWARE UPDATE ............94 TROUBLESHOOTING ............97 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ............99 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..100...
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: To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Warning The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To avoid damage,...
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Safety Srecautions If you use personal medical Devices (e.g. a pacemaker or hear- ing aid) please contact your doctor or the manufacturer to learn whether or not such medical devices are protected against exter- nal RF signals. Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib- ited, e.g.
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Safety Srecautions Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is ap- plicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal systems exist). In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws. Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of explosion.
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 for- ward; 4. Menu – open context menu (if available).
Getting Started In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to work and about its main control features. CHARGING BATTERY You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or from (2) the power line using a charger (optional).
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Getting Started To charge the battery time, do the following: for the first • 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 Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready to operate, Turn on Main menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings. Press and hold On/Off button for about two seconds until Turn off the Device goes off. You can lock your Device in three ways: 1.
Getting Started MAIN MENU OVERVIEW Touch to open Calendar Slide down to open a Notification panel Home screen - list of recently opened and newly added books Bestsellers Application menu...
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Getting Started Notification panel Touch or slide down the icon to open a Notification panel. NOTE: You can open also pressing a Menu button. Notification panel Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of of network Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Task Manager, Flight Mode, Sync 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 con- trolling the Device with gestures. Opens an element (book, file, folder application or menu item).
Getting Started 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 to a different keyboard language, tap . The selected language is displayed on the spacebar. If necessary, you can enable/disable the preview of special characters in the top-right corner of the keyboard. To do so, go to Settings >...
Getting Started 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. Also you can adjust the frontlight level using the slider in the notification bar.
Getting Started CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi networks. When you open an application that re- quires an Internet connection (eg, or BookStore) Browser Wi-Fi connection is established automatically. If a known network is not available, the list of available wireless con- nections opens.
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Getting Started Advanced Settings If it is needed to configure network settings manually se- lect Wi-Fi, go to the selected network and click Settings > at the bottom of the screen: More… • You can change IP address configuration: • —...
Getting Started 3. Select security type in the corresponding list: • – for an open network; None • – after you select this option, you Simple (WEP) will need to specify – WEP Authentication type Open either. System Shared Key •...
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Getting Started ATTENTION! When connecting for the first time activate Bluetooth on the notification panel of your e-book; • switch your Bluetooth device to pairing mode; • when connecting for the first time, your Bluetooth device may request • permission to pair. Slease confirm this action. Option 1 A list of available Bluetooth devices for pairing will appear as soon as you launch an audio file or the Text-to-Speech...
Getting Started 3. Find the name of the Bluetooth device to connect to and click on it. 4. If the target Bluetooth device is not listed, click on at the bottom of the screen. Find BT device The next time you turn on the device, the connection will be established automatically.
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Getting Started 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 section. Maintenance...
Applications In this section, you can review the applications installed on your device. The default home screen contains four applications: Library; • Audiobooks; • Notes; • Store. • 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 move a page. Also, you can change scale of a web-page us- ing zooming gestures (pinch or spread two fingers). Hard- ware 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 section.
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 manual’s chapter. Date/Time Calculator Engineering calculator supports wide range mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
Applications the editing mode and press menu sign in the right top cor- ner 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.
Applications news downloading status is displayed while updating. Af- ter the update file is available for reading off-line using the browser. To read latest feeds, select option in Read the latest news the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed updates open in browser.
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Applications Playlist Collapse Exit Repeat once Volume “+“ Next Previous Volume “-“ Normal Shuffle Play/Pause...
Applications By means of the menu, opened with a context 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. Audiobooks This application plays audio books in the following for- mats: .m2a, .m2b, .ogg, and .mp2.
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Applications Book List Volume “-” Volume “+” Play/Pause Bookmark...
Applications GAMES Klondike Classic solitaire. Sudoku Popular Japanese puzzle. Press 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.
Applications Coloring This is a classic Coloring app where you can use different colors to transform black and white images. Colored im- ages will be automatically saved on your device. Scribble Application for drawing. To select the drawing tool, use the application control panel: Palette —...
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,...
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Library of the Device. Book directory will show up Application > Dropbox PocketBook in your Dropbox account, and after synchronization it will be available from other devices with Dropbox. NOTE: The application on your device will have access only to files in folder on the server.
Library on the Device. Send-to-PocketBook Send-to-PocketBook allows to send files to the email ad- dress of your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on.
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Applications NOTE: The Wi-Fi connection should be on, otherwise you will be asked to turn it on. • In the opened wizard enter your contact email ad- dress and password. • The email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address.
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• 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-PocketBook > section. Download folder Manually: To update the content of the download folder, in Settings choose Accounts and synchronization >...
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Applications Received files will be also available in the download folder in the Library of the Device. 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).
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 adjust- ment mode is enabled, then the device will ask if you want to disable it and configure 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 VOICE Text-to-Speech ( ) software is designed to transform text into speech. To start , open reading menu and select Voice. con- trol panel will appear: Add voice Speed Minimize window Select voice package Exit Volume Slay/Sause Srogress bar indicates a fragment read currently, pages are turned automatically as you listen.
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Reading Books If you want to add a new TTS package, tap on Downlad New Voices in the menu and choose the package you want. You can install additional voice packs from the same menu. To do so: 1. Tap Download New Voices;...
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 Context menu..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 to configure the Settings “Notification panel” Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. WI-FI In this section you can set parameters needed for network connection.- —...
Settings BLUETOOTH This section is designed for setting up Bluetooth connec- tions and contains the following controls: (ON/OFF). Used to enable and disable the function. Bluetooth nearby. By default, the e-book is not Visible to all BT devices visible to other devices. If you want to make it visible to other devices, set the switch to ON.
Settings ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION PocketBook Store. You can use your PocketBook Store ac- count to log in to any of the PocketBook services. Book Store — in this section you can enter Login Pass- for authorization in the word Book Store.
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Device productivity. folder: location of received files. The Download • folder is set by default. You can choose Send-to-PocketBook any other folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage. — more detailed about service. About service •...
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(e-mail address) and Login Pass- word. When you are authorized, your login and RemoveAdo- item are displayed. After removing all be DRM Authorization protected DRM documents will be unavailable. PocketBook Cloud — In this section the following options are available:...
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Login/Log • cation, enter your account data to log in. PocketBook Cloud If you are signed in, then you can log out. Now: Files in the and Pocket- Sync Download folder •...
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 application.
Settings When connecting to a charger or a PC via a USB port, the LED indicator of the device is on when the battery is charg- ing and turns off when charging completes. Open at Startup last opened book or main menu. User Profiles can be configured.
Settings Keyboard Layouts. Under this section you can add up to 2 keyboard layouts. DATE/TIME In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format. You can also or set Synchronize Time Auto to use the network time/date. Time Sync SAVING POWER Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which...
— software provides data to Diagnostic and Usage • 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 infor- mation for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can disable...
Settings this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us- section. 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; Demo mode — switching demo mode for the Device. To ac- tivate demonstration mode check in the item.
Settings 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. ABOUT DEVICE The following information about Device will be displayed: Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform, Wi-Fi MAC address), Memory (operative memory, total and available internal memory):...
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Settings — this action will erase all data from the Format SD card external microSD card. To format the SD card select Settings > Maintenance > For- mat SD card. Legal Information — license and information about appli- cations, used on the Device. 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. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accord- ance with the instructions below.
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(Settings Update). In this case, the Device will use > Software > Auto Wi-Fi connection only. Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook.ch. Select your country. 2. Click the button on top menu. Select hard- Support ware model of your Device.
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Make sure the file one more time. Repeat found is in the root folder of the download from www. the card. pocketbook.ch Delete some files from SWUPDATE.BIN file is the Device and copy Upgrade image is damaged or there is SWUPDATE.BIN file on it...
Troubleshooting Malfunction 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 from the A book does not open online store try to re- - the message load it again.
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Troubleshooting Malfunction Possible Reason Solution Check USB mode in Set- Your Device is in the Main Menu item. tings battery charging mode. Connection to PC After connection to PC Ask at Connection disks are not displayed Check USB cable condi- in Explorer tion and its proper con- No signal in connection...
Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: 0-800-187-30-03 Deutschland 0-800-183-39-70 800-701-307 Česko 0-805-080-277 France 0-800-802-077 Österreich 0-800-281-770 0-800-141-01-12 Polska 0-800-898-720 Switzerland 1-809-494-246 ישראל www.pocketbook.ch help@pocketbook.ch...
Compliance with International Standards Product name: PocketBook InkPad Color Model number: PB121 Firmware: The EUT should be charged by USB port from compatible Limited Sower Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be charged by Sower Adapter (Optional) from compatible Limited Sower Source.
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Compliance with International Standards In all Metropolitan departments, wireless LAN frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either for public or private use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRS*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.5 MHz frequency band. •...
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Compliance with International Standards 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]. FCC ID: 2AUVWPB741 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interfer-...
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Compliance with International Standards protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fre- quency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
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Compliance with International Standards Specific absorption rate (SAR): This SocketBook Color meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. The guidelines are based on standards developed by independent scientific organizations through peri- odic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a margin of safety designed to ensure the safety of all people regardless of their age or health.
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Compliance with International Standards Functioning in the body This device was tested for typical operations of use in the body. To comply with RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0mm must be maintained between the user’s body and the telephone, including the antenna. Third-party accesso- ries such as belt clips.
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