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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Touch User Manual Tap here to open...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..............4 APPEARANCE..................9 Front View Side View TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .............11 GETTING STARTED ................12 Charging Battery Power Management Loading Files Gestures Working with On-Screen Keyboard Connecting to the Internet Inserting Micro SD Card...

  • Page 3: Ttttt Tt Tttttttt

    TTTTT TT TTTTTTTT MAIN MENU ..................22 Recent Events Library Favorites Notes Dictionary Music Applications Search Status Bar Task Management Installing Extensions READING BOOKS ................42 Gestures in Reading Mode Social networks & ReadRate Turning Pages Contents Go to Page...

  • Page 4: Ttttt Tt Tttttttt

    TTTTT TT TTTTTTTT Bookmarks Following Links Search Scaling Dictionary Notes Screen Orientation Text-to-Speech Closing a Book SETTINGS ....................61 FIRMWARE UPDATE .................72 TROUBLESHOOTING ...............76 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ..............79 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..80...

  • Page 5: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions Before start working with the Device, please, read this sec- tion carefully. Following these instructions will help you en- sure your safety and extend service life of the Device. Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions Device operating temperature range is 0°С to +40°С, so don’t expose the Device to excessively high or low tem- peratures.
  • Page 6 Safety Srecautions • exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, electro- static charges and artificial sources of UV electromagnetic radiation • excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, con- nectors and keys of the Device. Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly venti- lated environment, e.g.
  • Page 7 Safety Srecautions 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 electro- lyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the authorized personnel.
  • Page 8 Safety Srecautions For detailed information about service centers in your re- gion please visit the official website of SocketBook Interna- tional: http://www.pocketbook-int.com. RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications and other elec- tronic equipment.
  • Page 9 Safety Srecautions consequences follow the device-specific disposal require- ments. Recycling of these materials helps preserve 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 center. Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other Eu- ropean countries where separate waste disposal...

  • Page 10: Appearance

    Appearance FRONT VIEW 1. Home – return to Main menu 2. Backward – turn page backward 3. LED Indicator – displays Device powering it glows green, when battery is charged, it turns off. During the Device usage green light indicates power consuming (screen refresh, music play- back, Wi-Fi connection etc.) 4.

  • Page 11: Side View

    AAATTATTAT SIDE VIEW 6. 3.5 mm audio jack 7. Micro-USB port – connect the Device to a SC or a charger using USB-cable 8. Reset – restart the Device 9. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD/SDHC card (up to 32 GB) 10.

  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Display 6” E Ink Searl™ capacitive multi-sensor display, 600×800, 166 dpi, black/white Processor 800 МHz RAM 128 МB Internal Storage 2GB * Operating system Linux® Communications Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n) USB 2.0 (up to 480 Mb/s, micro-USB port) Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32Gb Audio output 3.5 mm earphones jack Book formats SDF, ESUB (including Adobe DRM-protect- ed);...

  • 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 in the off state. You can charge the battery from SC using USB-cable or from the power line using a charger (optional).

  • Page 14: Power Management

    Getting Started If the Device is on when you connect the cable to SC, a dia- log window asking to select action – PC link Charge – will appear. POWER MANAGEMENT To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button until startup logo appears.

  • Page 15: Loading Files

    Getting Started you can restart it by pressing Reset button on side panel with some thin item (e.g. unbent paper clip). CAUTION! To avoid Device case damage, don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to press Reset button! Don’t use this feature fre- quently, because it affects the electronic components of the Device.

  • Page 16: Gestures

    ATTENTION After copying files safely remove the Device before disconnecting the cable! 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.

  • Page 17: Working With On-Screen Keyboard

    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.
  • Page 18 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.

  • Page 19: Connecting To The Internet

    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 Inter- net access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews), the Device displays a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network you select is protected, you will be suggested to enter network key using the on-screen keyboard.
  • Page 20 Getting Started connection name (for example, Home or Office) enter it as you’d like it to be displayed on the Device NOTE Connection name field specifies only the display name of the connection. For correct communication Network name (SSID) must be the same as network transmits 4.
  • Page 21 Getting Started 6. By default Network settings are set to DHCP (de- fined by network). If it’s needed to configure network set- tings manually, go Network settings, change IP address con- figuration Manual and enter network configuration from on-screen keyboard 7.

  • Page 22: Inserting Micro Sd Card

    Getting Started INSERTING MICRO SD CARD The Device already has 2 GB of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro SD card. Insert it to the slot, like it shown on a figure, and slightly push until card will be fixed. To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be unfixed, and pull it to get.

  • Page 23: Main Menu

    NOTE Return to Main menu by pressing button doesn’t close application or book, it is still running in background. You can switch back to an application by opening task list on status bar icon touch. Main menu consists of Recent Events section and applica- tion panel.

  • Page 24: Main Menu Overview

    Main Menu Main menu overview Recent Events is a list of recently Filtration of events opened and downloaded books Events of friends on ReadRate Last read book Last downloaded Collapse Applications panel Applications panel...

  • Page 25: Recent Events

    Filtration Set marks opposite news, you would like to receive After you touch recently opened book title, it will be opened on a page you’ve finished reading before. After touching a message about recently added books, Library will be opened displaying added books.
  • Page 26 Main Menu Library Overview Exit Search Menu Turn Library pages...

  • Page 27: Library

    Main Menu LIBRARY Library is e-books file manager. Library menu allows to fil- ter, group, sort, change appearance of the section and per- form search. 1 Filtration criteria • All Books – all books on selected storage are displayed • Now reading –...
  • Page 28 Main Menu • Genre • Format • Creation date. 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 icon • Book title and author name (if known) • Location icon (if file is located on memory card)

  • Page 29: Context Menu

    Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and author name (if known) and Favorite icon are displayed. 5 Storage-dependent appearance has three options: • Internal + memory card • Internal • Memory card. Context menu..opened by continuous touch...

  • Page 30: Favorites

    Main Menu ...and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader program – Open with…) • File – file operations: • Rename • Move to folder • Delete • Add to/Remove from Favorites •...

  • Page 31: Notes

    Reading > Notes section of this Manual. DICTIONARY Enter a word by on-screen keyboard, and the application will find its translation. To change dictionary, press but- ton or touch icon at the right top corner, and select the dictionary from a list.

  • Page 32: Music

    Main Menu MUSIC Music player for playing .mp3 media files. After opening player, internal storage of the Device and external microSD card will be scanned for music files. Files found will be displayed as playlist. Normal Repeat once Shuffle Previous Next Volume Play/Pause...

  • Page 33: Applications

    Main Menu APPLICATIONS This section contains games and additional software. To exit an application, press key or corresponding menu item Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of math- ematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations. Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device.
  • Page 34 Main Menu to the current month. Read about date and time setting in Settings > Clock manual’s chapter. Klondike Classic solitaire. PocketNews Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed option.
  • Page 35 Archive: by selecting this option you can choose to read the previously stored updating RSS feeds. Scribble Application for drawing. To use this application your touch screen must be precisely calibrated. You must draw on the screen with the stylus held perpendicular to the screen...
  • Page 36 Current drawing/total number of drawings: change the current drawing New: start new drawing Delete drawing Exit application. To save a picture, touch icon. The current picture will be saved to the My Pictures folder in the root folder of the Device.
  • Page 37 To enter website address, touch address bar, type an ad- dress from on-screen keyboard appeared and press Enter. To follow a link, just touch it. If a web-page doesn’t fit a screen, you can scroll it: place your finger on the screen and move a page.
  • Page 38 Settings section. Under Settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/enable JavaScript and loading images. To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser menu.
  • Page 39 Rotate or view Information about it, touch the full-screen image to switch to the editing mode and press menu sign in the right top corner of the screen. In the editing mode you can zoom a photo by zooming gestures and set the se- lected area as a logo.

  • Page 40: Search

    To switch to a system status bar, press the icon Touch to open Date & time task list Wi-Fi is connected Music is played Battery charge Touch to view info Touch to open player...

  • Page 41: Task Management

    . You can also access quickly some Device control features: • Lock keyboard. To unlock, touch the lock icon or press On/Off button • Open wireless connections list • Open music player •...

  • Page 42: Installing Extensions

    Library doesn’t change after you exit the book by pressing . To close application com- pletely, touch top left corner of the screen, press button continu- ously or the corresponding application menu item. INSTALLING EXTENSIONS You can install additional Text-to-Speech packages (avail-...

  • Page 43: Reading Books

    – this is indicated with ‘ … ’ sign instead of a page count in a status bar. During page calculation some features will not be available. To bring up reading menu, touch the center of the screen.

  • Page 44: Gestures In Reading Mode

    Reading Books Close Book- book mark GESTURES IN READING MODE Open reading menu Sressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu. There are two views of a reading menu — Graphical Textual (set it in Settings > Appearance > Reading Menu Type on the Device)
  • Page 45 Reading Books Graphical Type of Reading Menu Exit book Book name Search Bookmark Expand reading menu Turning pages Open ReadRate Content menu...
  • Page 46 Reading Books Textual Type of Reading Menu...

  • Page 47: Social Networks & Readrate

    ReadRate also allows you watching the friends’ events and obtaining information about the most read, commented and bought books. You need an Internet connection for sending events to so- cial networks. To open the ReadRate menu, touch the icon in the reading menu.
  • Page 48 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.
  • Page 49 Have read, Like Unlike sta- tuses, their icons become colored — 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...
  • Page 50 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 dis- played in Recent events on your Device: 5. You can Delete Open event.

  • Page 51: Turning Pages

    Reading Books To delete your social networks accounts information for ReadRate, go to Settings > Accounts and Synchroniza- tion > ReadRate > Remove ReadRate authorization on your SocketBook. If you want turn off temporarily the ReadRate functionality, Settings Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate >...
  • Page 52 If there’s no content, bookmarks or notes, the inset is blank. 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.
  • Page 53 • by pressing current page number on status bar. To select a page, touch and move the slider to the left or to the right or touch a scroll bar at approximate place you want to go to.

  • Page 54: Bookmarks

    Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the cor- responding reading menu item. All the bookmarks are displayed in book contents. FOLLOWING LINKS To follow a footnote, internal or external link, touch to enter links mode. To exit this mode, touch top left corner of the screen.

  • Page 55: Search

    Search reading menu section. 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, etc.) you can change...
  • Page 56 Reading Books side of the screen: upwards to increase and downwards to decrease. Settings reader menu section provides more options to configure reader software: font, font size, spacing, page margins width, hyphenations (on/off) encoding, refresh mode (Best Quality High Speed). PDF &...
  • Page 57 Reading Books • Columns – for reading books with columns. To navigate the page use navigation buttons. A page will be turned after bottom edge of the sheet reached • Reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display completely on the screen.

  • Page 58: Dictionary

    Reading Books DICTIONARY After selecting Dictionary item, a window with dictionary entry of a selected word. Next tools are available: Change View resembling Fix this window to On-screen keyboard words/ Back to word dictionary the top/bottom of the for typing text for translation screen translation...

  • Page 59: Notes

    If you select area, which already contains marker, they will be merged. Continuous touch opens context menu, where you can add text com- ment or remove marker. If the selection already has com-...

  • Page 60: Screen Orientation

    Reading Books Pencil – use to draw notes in the text. Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the stylus across the area with note to erase it. Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a picture. Table of Contents –...

  • Page 61: Text-To-Speech

    Initially there are 4 packages are installed on the Device. Select voice package Exit Play/Pause Volume CLOSING A BOOK To close a book, touch left top corner or choose the corre- sponding reading menu item.

  • Page 62: Settings

    Settings In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the Device for the most comfort- able usage. Select Settings Main menu section to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section.

  • Page 63: About Device

    Settings NOTE During the registration only serial number of the Device is sent. About device The following information about Device will be displayed: model, serial number, hardware type, software version, RAM size, E-ink parameters, Wi-Fi MAC address, total and free memory on the internal storage and on SD-card. After pressing More…...
  • Page 64 Settings User Profiles Here you can configure up to 6 user profiles (5 can be stored on the internal storage and 1 – on microSD card). Each profile stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections.
  • Page 65 Settings Appearance Here you can select the appearance parameters: • Theme – is set by default. If you want to use another theme, download a file in .pbt format to the folder system/ themes; • Interface Font. If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage folder;...
  • Page 66 — you can configure the bottom panel in the reading mode according to your taste, activating information blocks: Current page, Date and time, Book title, Battery charge, Multitask, PocketBook Sync, Wi-Fi, Music; NOTE You can set not more than four blocks.

  • Page 67: Key Mapping

    Settings • LED Indication – you may disable LED indication by selecting in this section. Key mapping In this section you can remap hardware keys. To change key action, select it from the list and select action from the list. Clock In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone and clock format.
  • Page 68 Settings Connectivity In this section you can set parameters needed for network and USB connections. • Device Name – set the Device name for other net- work equipment • Network Access – define, if the network connection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary (e.g. for browser) •...
  • Page 69 Settings channels are «invisible», so some Wi-Fi networks may be unavailable; • Other countries – according to a ETSI ( European Telecommunications Standards Institute) document, there are supported 12 and 13 frequence channels, which are banned in some countries, for example USA and Canada.
  • Page 70 Settings • Speed of Speech • Tone. Maintenance This section allows you to configure system parameters. • Update Software – the Device will search for up- dates in the following order: internal storage, microSD card (if installed) and Internet. • Removing Packages –...
  • Page 71 Settings • this action will erase all data on Format SD-card – external microSD-card • Backup Configuration to SD – this action will create backup folder on an external microSD-card and will save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter the file name from on-screen keyboard •...
  • Page 72 Settings • – database won’t be updated • Once – database will be updated after exit from Configuration section, the parameter will be set to after update. • Automatically – database would be update after each Library opening and copying/removal of books (including microSD card change).

  • Page 73: Firmware Update

    Firmware Update Official firmware updates for Device are published on of- ficial SocketBook website (www.pocketbook-int.com). Installation of official firmware updates is recommended, because they contain fixes and additions improving the efficiency of the Device. Official firmware update does not influence the warranty conditions. Warranty does not cover software installed from other sources except SocketBook official website.

  • Page 74: Automatic Update

    Also you can set period of automatic updates check (Set- tings > Maintenance > Update interval). In this case, the De- vice will use Wi-Fi connection only. Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. Select your country...
  • Page 75 Firmware Update 2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hard- ware model of your Device 3. Download the Firmware to your SC 4. Unpack the content of the archive, file SWUSDATE. BIN and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD-Card or inter- nal Device storage 5.
  • Page 76 Repeat corrupted or Image space available on the the download from www. is empty microSD card. pocketbook-int.com. If this error repeats, use other card. Try to use another Mi- File read error MicroSD card error croSD card Error.

  • Page 77: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Malfunction Possible Reason Solution Device does not Battery is low Charge the battery turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded A book does not open The book is damaged If the book was - the message Book downloaded from the is probably damaged...
  • Page 78 Troubleshooting Malfunction Possible Reason Solution Book opens but Incorrect encoding Switch to reading various symbols, mode, select Settings question marks etc. and change encoding are displayed instead of letters No response when Sometimes (e.g., Close the frozen ap- you press any key when downloading plication by pressing damaged or too large...
  • Page 79 Troubleshooting Malfunction Possible Reason Solution Bookmarks, settings File system damaged Connect the device to and current position a SC and check disks. in file cannot be saved To proceed, open Computer, right-click on the selected disk and select Properties >Service > Check Disk Internal memory Delete books, images is full...

  • Page 80: Customer Support

    Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: 0-800-187-30-03 Deutschland 1-877-326-01-96 8-800-700-00-34 Российская Федерация 0-800-304-800 Україна 8-800-333-35-13 Казахстан 8-820-0011-02-62 Беларусь www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ service@pocketbook-int.com...

  • Page 81: Compliance With International Standards

    International Standards Model name SocketBook 622 Product name SocketBook Touch The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited Sower Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be supplfied by Adapter from complied Limited Sower Source.

  • Page 82: Specifications

    Compliance with International Standards This indicates compliance with the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/ EC and meets the relevant parts of following technical specifications: Electromagnetic compatibility and Ra- dio spectrum Matters (ERM); Wideband Transmission Systems; Data transport equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM EN 300 328 V1.7.1 band and using wide band modulation techniques;...
  • Page 83 Compliance with International Standards EN60950- Information technology equipment – 1:2006+A11:2009 Safety – Sart 1: General requirements Assessment of electronic and electrical equipment related to human exposure EN 62311: 2008 restrictions for electromagnetic fields (0 Hz-300 GHz) France – 2.4GHz for Metropolitan France. In all Metropolitan departments, wireless LAN frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either for pub- lic or private use:...
  • Page 84 Compliance with International Standards compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system components. It is important that you use compliant peripheral de- vices and shielded cables between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios, televisions, and other electronic devices.
  • Page 85 Compliance with International Standards The SAR limit stated in the ICNIRS guidelines is 2.0 watts/ kilogram (W/kg) averaged over 10 grams of tissue. Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions with the device transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands.
  • Page 86 Compliance with International Standards Exposure of the General Sublic to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. Designed by Obreey. Assembled in China Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated...

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