Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions Maintenance RF Safety Utilization APPEARANCE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS GET TING STARTED Charging The Battery Unlock Your Device Home Screen Display Views Finger Gestures Extended Home Screen Using the On-screen Keyboard Menus Establishing Wi-Fi Inserting Micro SD Card Mobile Networks Connection SOFTWARE...
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CONTENTS Music Library Gallery MX Player Camera Photo and Video Modes Browser Email Setting Up the Account Inbox SET TINGS Language & Input Sound Settings Display Settings Storage Connecting Devices to Your Tablet Unmounting External Memory and Devices Location Access and Security Date &...
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CONTENTS FIRMWARE UPDATE Automatic Update Manual Update Troubleshooting CUSTOMER SUPPORT COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS...
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 expose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures.
Device can be used safely. For detailed information about service centers in your region please visit the official website of PocketBook International: http://www.pocketbook- int.com/support/. RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may interfere with radio communications and other electronic equipment.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect airborne avionics or medical equipment. Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the en- vironment and public health.
Getting Started CHARGING THE BATTERY The battery of your Device is not fully charged as you unpack it, so you need to charge it for 8-10 hours. It’s strongly recommended to keep the Device off during the first charge, otherwise power consumption may be more, than charging, especially when you charge it from PC.
GETTING STARTED UNLOCK YOUR DEVICE Tap and drag the lock out of the circle to one of icons to unlock your Device. HOME SCREEN Search in Google Applications or Yandex Application/section Notification area menu Open a list of applications and widgets Last opened applications Return to Home Screen Back - return to the previous screen...
GETTING STARTED DISPLAY VIEWS The screen orientation is changed automatically when you hold the De- vice horizontally to vertically, and vice versa. To enable/disable screen auto-rotation, go to Settings > Device > Display. Landscape view Portrait view...
GETTING STARTED FINGER GESTURES Short soft touch on an item (e.g. file, application, folder or menu item) opens it. Press and Hold This gesture calls context menu with available options for an item. While you at Home Screen, it allows to move an item. Slide Slide means move finger across the screen vertically or horizontally.
GETTING STARTED The Home screen consists of 5 desktops. To scroll the Home screen, move your finger across the screen or tip the counter icon in the left or right corner of the screen. USING THE ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD To access the on-screen keyboard, touch any textbox.
GETTING STARTED MENUS Most applications have two types of menu: application/section menu and context one. Application/section menu is brought up by pressing Menu button . Context menu is called by continuous touch on a screen or item, depending on application. NOTE Application/section menu is available not for all applications.
GETTING STARTED INSERTING MICRO SD CARD The Device already has 16 GB of internal storage, but you can extend it up to 2 TB by using micro SD card. Insert it to the slot, like it shown on a figure, and Sim slot slightly push until card will SD card slot...
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GETTING STARTED NOTE In case when Lock SIM card parameter is on, you will be asked for PIN every time when you’re unlocking the screen. Usually mobile network operators pre-configure connection settings (such as APN) on a SIM-card, so the Device will connect to the network automatically.
Software MANAGE DATA File Manager to operate with files, stored in internal Device memory and external microSD card. To open File Manager, press on its icon in the list of applications. Root folder – returns to the highest level of file hierarchy; Path to folder location;...
SOFTWARE APPLICATION LAUNCHING The application can be launched by short press on the icon on the Homescreen or from the list of available applications. You can create a shortcut to an application at any desktop. Scroll Home Screen to the desktop you need, then open the application list.
SOFTWARE CREATING FOLDERS ON THE HOME SCREEN Desktop icons can be grouped into folders. To create a folder, tap and hold the icon and drag it to the icon which you want to merge with, and then release your finger. You can add the icons of other programs to this folder in a similar way.
SOFTWARE APPLICATION REMOVING After continuous touch on icon or widget Sign of application removing is activated. To delete element from the home screen or a folder, drag- and-drop it to this sign and release after it highlights in red. Sign of application removing LIST OF OPENED APPLICATIONS Opened applications are displayed in the list of opened applications (but- ton for invoking a list is located on the left bottom corner of the screen).
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SOFTWARE 3) Press ‘Remove from list’ 2) Press and hold on the application in the list 1) Button for invoking opened applications...
Search Search by Google-in Internet or within content Settings Set your options and preferences Music Music player, supporting MP3, WMA, AAC Diary Organize your study schedule and homework Reader from Pocketbook EPUB (DRM), PocketBook PDF(DRM), FB2, TXT, HTML,RTF, CHM, DJVU Book Store Book store application...
After unpacking and installing selected applications press Finish. All installed applications will appear on the Home screen. Some applications (KidRead, PocketBook) should be downloaded from the online store by means of the home screen icon, which redirects to the online...
SOFTWARE LISTEN TO THE MUSIC Music Library In Music Library you can see all the music, stored in the Device’s memory. Replay (one Shuffle Music library track, all, off) Artists Playlists Albums Tracks Now Playing To create new playlist, bring up song’s context menu, select Add to playlist, and select New.
SOFTWARE GALLERY Gallery is an application for images and video management. To open an image in full screen, just touch it. To scroll the collection use sliding gesture. To zoom an image, use scaling gestures (pinch/spread). From Gallery menu you can delete, crop, set as wallpaper or contact avatar, or rotate image.
SOFTWARE CAMERA Photo and Video Modes A panel of record Last made photo or video. Touch to open Gallery and photo modes. Toggle between front and rear cameras Press to choose one of them. Take a photo Start/stop video recording Camera settings GPS location info Face Detection...
SOFTWARE • Find on page; • Request desktop site; • Save for offline reading; • Page info; Settings. EMAIL Setting Up the Account At the first run you will be suggested to enter from on-screen keyboard your account information: email address and password. If application isn’t able to detect incoming and outgoing server settings automatically, you would need to specify these settings manually (they should be given by your email service provider).
Settings In this chapter you will learn how to configure the Device for the most comfortable usage and make it truly yours. You can open settings in sev- eral ways: • press the menu button in the bottom of the screen; •...
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SETTINGS Slide the list of settings upward to view all settings.
SETTINGS LANGUAGE & INPUT To change interface language, go to Language and input > Language sec- tion and select the one you need. Personal dictionary section stores words, added by user for auto-completion. Android keyboard section you can turn on/off the following settings: •...
SETTINGS SOUND SET TINGS Multimedia volume is adjusted with volume control buttons. Under section Settings > Device > Sound you can adjust multimedia and alarm volume separately, and also set keypress, screen touch and screen lock sounds.
SETTINGS DISPLAY SET TINGS Under section Settings > Device > Display you can set next parameters: • Brightness; • Wallpaper; • Auto-rotate screen; • Daydream: clock, colors, photo frame or photo table • Font size • Sleep – set the delay before the screen goes down to save battery charge;...
SETTINGS STORAGE Storage section displays information about the Device storage (internal and external SD-card memory): total, occupied, available space. In this section you can also clean internal or external memory. Press before Internal storage ejecting SD-card CONNECTING DEVICES TO YOUR TABLET USB devices are supported through the USB port, such as a keyboard, mouse, game controller, digital camera, or storage device.
SETTINGS LOCATION ACCESS AND SECURITY In these Settings items you can set: • determining your location by network coordinates; • detecting GPS satellites; • different ways of screen locking and unlocking; • owner info; • encryption; • administrators and passwords; •...
SETTINGS RESTORE YOUR TABLET TO FACTORY SETTINGS Select Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset menu item, in opened window press Reset tablet Erase everything. It will restore your tablet to the factory settings and erase all your personal information: downloaded applications, system settings, google account.
SETTINGS • Android system recovery Vol- menu will appear. Now you can release ume + button • Volume +/- Select wipe data/factory reset using hardware keys and press On/Off key to confirm choice. • Select yes – delete all user data and press Menu •...
SETTINGS WI - FI CONNECTION Connecting to Wi-Fi Network with Automatically Obtained IP-address Go to Settings > Wireless & networks and slide the Wi-Fi switch to the position. The device scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Touch a network name to connect to it and type a password if neces- sary.
SETTINGS Connection to Wi-Fi Network with Manual Configuring Network Settings Tick it to view advanced options Settings by default To set parameters for Wi-Fi network access manually, press Add net- work in Settings, specify a network name, security protocol, password in the opened window and press Save.
SETTINGS ADVANCED OPTIONS Advanced options allow turning on/off notifications when an open network is available. To envoke them, open Settings > Wi-Fi and press the applica- tion menu button on the right top corner of the screen and touch Advanced. Button for evoking advanced options TURN OFF WI - FI To turn off Wi-Fi module slide the...
SETTINGS TRANSFERRING DATA To transfer data between PC and the Device, connect micro-USB cable. After you connect the cable, a notification window suggesting to turn on USB storage will popup. Press Turn on USB storage and the Device memory and microSD card (if present) will be displayed as USB storages in your PC Explorer or other file manager.
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SETTINGS • Press the menu button at the bottom of the screen and choose Man- apps; • Go to Settings > Device > Apps. After pressing the application’s title, you’ll be able to view its detailed information, stop it if it’s running and erase application data. Memory, occupied by applications Installed applications Choose the applications list...
Firmware Update Official firmware updates for the Device are published on the official PocketBook website (www.pocketbook-int.com/us). Installation of official firmware updates is recommended, as they contain fixes and additions improving the efficiency of the Device. Official firmware updates do not influence the warranty conditions.
FIRMWARE UPDATE MANUAL UPDATE Variant 1 Download to your PC firmware version you’d like to install (www.pock- etbook-int.com/us/support/pocketbook-surfpad) Connect your Device to PC and copy firmware file (.upkg extension) to the internal storage or external microSD-card Go to Settings > About device > System...
FIRMWARE UPDATE Variant 3 Download to your PC firmware version you’d like to install Connect your Device to PC and copy firmware file (.upkg extension) to the internal storage or external microSD-card Go to Settings > Backup & reset > Recovery Mode section.
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 8-820-0011-02-62 Беларусь 995-706-777-360 საქართველო www.pocketbook-int.com/support/ help@pocketbook-int.com...
Compliance with International Standards The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited Power Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Power Source. AC Power: Manufacturer: TIANYIN ELECTRONICS Model: TPA-915200VUF Rated output voltage: DC 5.0V 2.0A IMPORTANT: Changes or modifications to this product not authorized could void the EMC...
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COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ETSI EN 301 489-7 – Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 7: Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecom munications systems (GSM and DCS) EN 301 489-17 –...
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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 private use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.5 MHz frequency band •...
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