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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ........... 5 Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 5 Maintenance RF Safety Utilization APPEARANCE ..............10 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........11 GETTING STARTED ............12 Charging Battery Power Management Loading Files Gestures Working with On-Screen Keyboard Connecting to the Internet...
  • Page 3 Installing Additional Dictionaries Inserting Micro SD Card MAIN MENU ..............22 Recent Events Library Book Store Notes Dictionary Favorites Applications Calculator Chess Calendar & Clock Klondike PocketNews Scribble Sudoku Browser Book Store...
  • Page 4 PocketBook Sync Photo Dropbox PocketBook Search Status Bar Task Management READING BOOKS ............48 Social networks & ReadRate Turning Pages Contents Open Page Bookmarks Following Links Search Scaling Dictionary Notes Screen Orientation...
  • Page 5 Closing a Book SETTINGS................65 Personalize Network Date/Time Languages Accounts and Synchronization Advanced Settings Saving Battery Device Info FIRMWARE UPDATE ............79 TROUBLESHOOTING .............82 CUSTOMER SUPPORT............84 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..............85...

  • 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°С to 40°С, so don’t ex- pose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures.

  • Page 7: Maintenance

    Safety Srecautions • exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, electrostatic charges and artificial sources of UV electromagnetic radiation • excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, connec- tors and keys of the Device. Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly ventilated envi- ronment, e.g.
  • Page 8 By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near- est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained. For detailed information about service centres in your region please visit the official website of PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbook-int.com.

  • Page 9: Rf Safety

    Safety Srecautions RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications and other electronic equipment. If you use personal medical Devices (e.g. a pacemaker or hearing aid) please contact your doctor or the manufacturer to learn whether or not such medical devices are protected against external RF signals.
  • Page 10 Safety Srecautions domestic waste collection service, store where you purchased the Device, or the authorized service centre. Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other European countries where sepa- rate waste disposal systems exist). In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.

  • Page 11: Appearance

    Appearance 1. Home – return to Main menu 2. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navi- gation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list 3. Forward – turns page forward 4. Menu – open context menu (if available).

  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor Display 800×600 display, 200 dpi, B&W CPU 1000 MHz RAM 256MB Storage 4 GB * Operating system Linux® Micro-USB Communications Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1300 mAh ** Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32 GB PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected);...

  • 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 BAT TERY To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to charge the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state.

  • Page 14: Power Management

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

  • Page 15: Loading Files

    Getting Started In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys presses or screen touches, you must give the device time (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. for process- ing you can restart it by pressing Home button for 1-2 seconds.

  • Page 16: Gestures

    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 &...

  • Page 17: Working With On-Screen Keyboard

    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.
  • Page 18 Getting Started 1. Change case 2. Enter the typed text 3. Close the on-screen keyboard 4. Erase last typed symbol 5. Change input language. As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon will appear on a text field. Touch it to see typed symbols.

  • Page 19: Connecting To The Internet

    Getting Started CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET The Device can connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi net- works. If you will open an application, which requires Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews) the Device will open a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network you select is protected, you will be suggested to enter network key using the on-screen keyboard.
  • Page 20 Getting Started 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. Select security type in the corresponding list: • None – for open network •...

  • Page 21: Installing Additional Dictionaries

    Getting Started configuration Manual and enter network configuration from on-screen keyboard 7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura- tion section 8. To check network configuration press Test connection.

  • Page 22: Inserting Micro Sd Card

    Getting Started 4. Launch copied extension file as an application and confirm installation. INSERTING MICRO SD CARD The Device already has 4 GB of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro SD card. Insert it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push until card will be fixed.

  • Page 23: Main Menu

    Main Menu In this chapter you will learn about basic elements of user interface of the Device. After turning on the Device Main menu will be displayed on the screen (if Settings > Personalize > Open at start- corresponding option was set). To return to the Main menu from any application, press key.

  • 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

    Main Menu RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last opened, recently loaded books and your friends events on ReadRate and recommendations (see details in Social net- works & ReadRate). You can configure filtration by pressing on a sign in the tor right corner of the screen: Filtration...
  • 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 filter, group, sort, change appearance of the section and perform search. 1 Filtration criteria • All Books – all books on selected storage are displayed • Now reading –...
  • Page 28 Main Menu • Genre • Format • Date Added. 3 Sorting criteria • File names • Book titles • Last opened • Creation date • Series • Author. Sorting can be ascending or descending 4 Books list views Simple – in this mode next information is displayed: • Folder icon • Book title and author name (if known) • Location icon (if file is located on memory card)
  • Page 29 Main Menu Detailed – in this mode there’s added thumbnails, in- formation about file format and size, read percentage and status icons: Read, Favorite. Thumbnails – in this mode book cover, book and au- thor name (if known) and Favorite icon are displayed.
  • Page 30 Main Menu ...and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader program – Open with…) • Information — brief information about book/folder • Mark as read/unread • Add to/Remove from Favorites •...

  • Page 31: Book Store

    Main Menu BOOK STORE Book Store application provides quick and convenient li- censed content download from Book Store portal to your Device. The internet connection must be active. NOTES In this section you can view all the notes made during reading.

  • Page 32: Favorites

    Main Menu FAVORITES Selecting this section opens Library, displaying the books, added to Favorites. 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.

  • Page 33: Calendar & Clock

    Main Menu 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. Klondike Classic solitaire. PocketNews Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup.

  • Page 34: Scribble

    Main Menu To update feed, select Update in the application menu. Updated content is added to the file with .hrss extension, and the file will be accessible for reading after updating. The news downloading status is displayed while updat- ing. After the update file is available for reading off-line using the browser.

  • Page 35: Sudoku

    Main Menu Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text Back: cancel the last operation Current drawing/total number of drawings: change the current drawing New: start new drawing Delete drawing Exit application. To save a picture, touch icon.

  • Page 36: Browser

    Main Menu Browser This is an application for viewing web-pages. As you start Browser, you are suggested to connect to one of available wireless networks. 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.

  • Page 37: Book Store

    Main Menu Under Settings you can clear history and cookies, disable/ enable JavaScript and loading images. To exit Browser, touch the corresponding item in browser menu. Book Store Book Store application provides quick and convenient li- censed content download from Book Store portal (http://...
  • Page 38 Main Menu www.bookland.com/) to your Device. The internet connec- tion must be active. If you are already registered at the portal http://www. bookland.com/, press I already have an account BookLand and check if the login and password are entered correctly at Book Store settings.
  • Page 39 Main Menu Personal room Exit My cards – used bank cards Exit. Select the book and press to purchase goods. Choose the format of a downloading book and press Buy and download on the page Your purchase. The bought file is...

  • Page 40: Pocketbook Sync

    NOTE If there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to you to top up the balance on a site BookLand or directly on the Device using the bank card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro). PocketBook Sync PocketBook Sync service allows you to download all books, chosen on the book store, directly to your Device (or even to several devices).
  • Page 41 Main Menu To use PocketBook Sync you need to perform several sim- ple steps: Registration 1. Register at the portal Book Store. (For example, at the portal www.bookland.com you need to add your Device to your account by entering a serial nuvber of the Device on the site).
  • Page 42 PocketBook). Downloading Content on the Device Turn on Wi-Fi connection on your Device or choose Update in PocketBook Sync application (if Wi-Fi connection has not been activated, the Device will generate the connec- tion request). Automatic connection is chosen in SocketBook Sync...

  • Page 43: Photo

    Main Menu In queue section. You need to select one, several or all items in the list and choose Download (you can also delete undesirable links by choosing Delete). You will see downloading and downloaded files in the Downloads section. Downloaded files are moved to the Download folder, location of which is defined in the Pock- etBook Sync settings...

  • Page 44: Dropbox Pocketbook

    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) 3.
  • Page 45 Main Menu THE application on your device will have access only to files in the ‘PocketBook reader’ folder How to synchronize Automatically: 1. Files, added to the directory ‘Application > Pocket- Book reader’ and to the sync folder on your Device, will be automatically synchronized when the internet connection is on.

  • Page 46: Search

    Main Menu 2. After synchronization all obtained files will be also available in the sync folder in the Library on the Device. SEARCH After selecting this item the on-screen keyboard will be opened, so you will be able to type in a search query – a part from file name, book title or author’s mane.

  • Page 47: Status Bar

    Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and briefly displays system info. In reading mode status bar displays current page and total page count. To switch to a system status bar, press the icon PocketBook Touch to open Date & time Status...
  • Page 48 Main Menu Besides task switching, you can force close running ap- plications: press against an application in the list You can also access quickly some Device control features: • Lock Device. To unlock, press On/Off button • Open wireless connections list •...

  • Page 49: Reading Books

    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: (in- PDF, EPUB cluding Adobe -protected); FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, PRC (MOBY) To open a book, touch its title Last opened Library...
  • Page 50 Reading Books Close Book- mark book GESTURES IN READING MODE Open reading menu Sressing in the center of the screen evokes the reading menu.

  • Page 51: Reading Menu

    Reading Books Reading Menu Exit book Book name Search Bookmark Expand reading menu Turning pages Open ReadRate Content menu...

  • Page 52: Social Networks & Readrate

    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’...
  • Page 53 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 accounts: in social networks or in the market Book Store. 3.
  • Page 54 Reading Books 4. Select social networks, where you want to send news: Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter – icons of chosen networks will become hefted. 5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the ReadRate profile, you will be proposed to link them. 6.
  • Page 55 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 56: 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 function- ality, set Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate >...

  • Page 57: Open Page

    Reading Books Content section contains three insets: • Sections (book’s chapters names); • Bookmarks (made during reading); • Notes (graphic or text). If there’s no content, bookmarks or notes, the corresponding inset is blank. If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’...
  • Page 58 Reading Books • By moving the progress bar slider in the reading menu. < and > buttons are intended for more precise navi- gation – one page backward/forward, respectively. • By touching the slider, which opens a dialog win- dow where you are able to enter the page number you want to open.

  • Page 59: Bookmarks

    Reading Books BOOKMARKS To create a bookmark, touch right top corner of the screen. A dog ear mark will appear. To delete a bookmark, touch this mark again and confirm deletion. Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the cor- responding reading menu item.

  • Page 60: Search

    Reading Books SEARCH To search in book text touch the icon of the reading menu. After entering a query from on-screen keyboard, re- sults found will be highlighted. To move between search results, touch on arrow buttons at the right bottom corner of the screen.
  • Page 61 Reading Books margins width, hyphenations (on/off) encoding, refresh mode (Best Quality High Speed). PDF & DjVu You can change only the whole page scale only (except Reflow mode for Pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in or slide a finger upwards the right side of screen to zoom in or downwards –...
  • Page 62 Reading Books • Reflow – in this mode text is formatted to display completely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for SDF books only. Some tables and pictures cannot be dis- played in the Reflow mode; • Fit width –...

  • Page 63: Dictionary

    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.

  • Page 64: Notes

    Reading Books NOTES 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. NOTE Handwritten notes are not available for DjVu books. After you will enter Notes, a tooltip window will appear.

  • Page 65: Screen Orientation

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

  • Page 66: Settings

    Settings In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the Device for the most comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu section to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section. If you will encounter any problems with new settings, you will be able to start the Device in safe mode with factory defaults.

  • Page 67: Network

    Settings NOTE You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo application. Read about it in the Photo section. Font. If you’d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage folder ATTENTION! System folder is hidden by default.

  • Page 68: Date/Time

    Settings Network access — on or off. After network access activation, the following settings appear: • Auto connection on or off. • Connection to hidden networks — Read more in the Connecting to the Internet section of this manual • Available Networks —...

  • Page 69: Languages

    Dictionary application; ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION PocketBook Sync — There are the following settings for the SocketBook Sync service: • PocketBook Sync Status: or off. The service is turned on automatically at the autorization.
  • Page 70 Settings • Establishing Connection: Automatically (connection will be established automatically every half an hour to check for new links (if the Device is not powered off/ not in sleeping mode)) or Manually (the connection is estab- lished at updating list of downloads or at choosing net- work connection).
  • Page 71 Sync Folder: location of synced files. You can also move files to Sync folder, if you want to sync them with Pocketbook reader directory. The Dropbox PocketBook fold- er is set by default. You can choose another folder or cre- ate a new one in the internal Device storage or on the external SD-card.
  • Page 72 Settings • About Service — more detailed about service ReadRate — In this section the following options are available: • Remove ReadRate Authorization. After removing all files of events from ReadRate are deleted. Read more about ReadRate in Social networks & ReadRate section.

  • Page 73: Advanced Settings

    Settings ADVANCED SET TINGS 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 74 Settings System – this action will erase all data, Format Internal Memory except system files; 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 –...
  • Page 75 Settings Library This section is intended for optimization of Library database. • Library Data Update – set the parameters for Library database update: • – database won’t be updated; • Once – database will be updated after exit from Configuration section, the parameter will be set to after update;...
  • Page 76 Settings Lock Device after — set time of idleness, after which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min. Removing Packages – remove dictionaries. Check items to uninstall, press Backward to exit the section and confirm removal in dialog window.
  • Page 77 Settings Diagnostic and Usage — Software provides data to SocketBook about some actions, performed by a user on the Device for the further improvement of the Device and services to users. The serial number and any other information for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can disable this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Usage...

  • Page 78: Saving Battery

    Settings Status Bar in Reading Mode 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, Wi-Fi. NOTE You can set not more than four blocks. Demo mode switching demo mode for the Device.

  • Page 79: Device Info

    Settings • Power off after — set time of idleness, after which the Device power off: 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes. DEVICE INFO 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 and microSD-card),...

  • Page 80: Firmware Update

    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.
  • Page 81 (Set- tings > About Device > Software > Auto Update). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only. Manual Update 1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. Select your country. 2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select hardware model of your Device.
  • Page 82 Repeat sure the file is in the the download from www. root folder of the card. pocketbook-int.com. Delete some files from SWUPDATE.BIN file is the Device and copy Upgrade image is damaged or there is no SWUPDATE.BIN file on it...

  • Page 83: Troubleshooting

    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 from the A book does not open online store try to re- - the message Book is load it again.
  • Page 84 Troubleshooting Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution Check USB mode in Your Device is in the Settings Main Menu item. battery charging mode. Connection to PC Ask at Connection After connection to SC disks are not displayed Check USB cable in Explorer condition and its proper No signal in connection connection to connector.

  • Page 85: Customer Support

    Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: 800-701-307 Česko 0-800-187-30-03 Deutschland 0805-080277 France 0-0-800-141-0112 Polska 0-800-606-676 Slovensko 1-877-910-1520 USA/Canada 8-800-100-6990 Россия 0-800-304-800 Україна 8-800-333-35-13 Казахстан Беларусь 8-820-0011-02-62 საქართველო 995-706-777-360 www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ help@pocketbook-int.com...

  • Page 86: Standards

    Compliance with International Standards Product name: SocketBook Basic Touch Model number: PocketBook 624 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.

  • Page 87: Compliance With International Standards

    Compliance with International Standards France – 2.4GHz for Metropolitan France. In all Metropolitan departments, wireless LAN frequencies can be used under the following conditions, either for public or pri- vate use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.5 MHz frequency band • Outdoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the 2400-2454 MHz band and with maximum power (EIRP*) of...
  • Page 88 Compliance with International Standards Certification information (SAR) The device meets guidelines for exposure to radio waves. Your device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international guidelines. These guidelines were developed by the independent scientific organization ICNIRP and include safety margins designed to assure the protection of all persons, regardless of age and health.
  • Page 89 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 S.A. Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland Tel. 0800-187-3003 Designed by Obreey Products. Assembled in PRC Contains Reader®...

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