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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ........... 6 Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 6 Maintenance RF Safety Utilization APPEARANCE ..............11 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........12 GETTING STARTED ............13 Charging Battery Power Management Loading Files Navigation Working with On-Screen Keyboard Connecting to Internet...
  • Page 3 Installing additional dictionaries MAIN MENU ..............23 Recent Events Library Notes Applications Calculator Calendar & Clock Chess Dictionary Klondike Photo Snake Sudoku News Browser Book Store PocketBook Sync...
  • Page 4 Status Bar READING BOOKS ............38 Turning Pages Following References Changing Font Size Reading Menu Contents Go to Page Search Bookmarks Settings Mode Dictionary Rotate Making Notes Closing a Book...
  • Page 5 SET TINGS................48 FIRMWARE UPDATE ............60 Manual Update Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING .............63 CUSTOMER SUPPORT............65 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARTS ..............66...

  • 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. Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navi- gation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list 2. Left 3. Down 4. Up 5. Ok — short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one –...

  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications 5” E Ink® 800×600, Display 211 dpi, B&W CPU 1111 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, 1000 mAh ** PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected); Book formats TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC, TCR Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF...

  • 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 is 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 di- alogue window asking to select action – PC link Charge – will appear. Charging will start if corresponding mode is selected only. POWER MANAGEMENT To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button for a few seconds until startup logo will appear.

  • Page 15: Loading Files

    Getting Started In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off: go Settings > Advanced Settings > System > Lock device after Settings > Saving Power > Power off after respectively, and set the idle time before locking keyboard or power off. LOADING FILES Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable.

  • Page 16: Navigation

    Getting Started NAVIGATION Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to select re- quired item (e.g. book or menu item). AT TENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation and page turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to the side you’ve changed orientation to. Sress OK button shortly to open selected item.

  • Page 17: Working With On-Screen Keyboard

    Getting Started list’s page), closes an application, a context menu and the Library (If you are on the first page). Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Set- tings > Key mapping section. WORKING WITH ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info, for example, Wi-Fi password, search query or web-address.
  • Page 18 Getting Started 1. Change text case 2. Erase last entered symbol 3. Change input language. To add the language (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Set- tings > Languages > Keyboard Layouts.

  • Page 19: Connecting To Internet

    Getting Started CONNECTING TO INTERNET The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi- Fi networks. If you open an application, which requires Internet 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 3. To set up connection with a hidden network, open Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from the on-screen keyboard in the Network name (SSID) field. 4. Select the security type in the corresponding list: •...
  • Page 21 Getting Started • DHCP — get IP address automatically (if DHCP server is configured) • Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks parameters manually from the on-screen keyboard 7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy server, you can specify its parameters in the Proxy configuration section...

  • Page 22: Installing Additional Dictionaries

    Getting Started INSTALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES You can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in Book Store (http://www.bookland.com). 1. Copy file with .pbi extension to the Device inter- nal memory 2. Disconnect the Device from SC 3. Loaded file will appear in Last Events 4.

  • 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 startup corresponding option was set). To return to the Main menu from any application, press key Backward.
  • Page 24 Main Menu Main Menu Last Events — list of last opened and down- loaded books Last opened Last downloaded Application panel...

  • Page 25: Recent Events

    Main Menu RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the Device, namely last opened and recently loaded books. After you press OK on recently opened book title, it will be opened on a page you’ve finished reading before. After pressing OK on a message about recently added books, Library will be opened displaying added books.
  • Page 26 Main Menu Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader pro- gram – Open with…) File – file operations: • Rename • Move to folder • Delete Add to/Remove from Favorites Mark as read/unread Information – brief information about book/folder. Filter: •...
  • Page 27 Main Menu • Now reading – books were opened and read more than one page • Favourites. Group by – depending on selected grouping next param- eters are displayed as folders’ titles: • Folder – real folder name • Author –...

  • Page 28: Notes

    Main Menu • Simple – in this mode next information is dis- played: folder or file format icon; book title and author name (if known); read percentage. • Detailed – in this mode there are displayed also book thubnails, information about format and file size and status icons: —...

  • Page 29: Applications

    Main Menu Notes are saved in \system\config\Active Contents\ folder of the Device’s internal storage. APPLICATIONS This section contains games and additional software. Sress Backward key to exit an application. Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of math- ematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.

  • Page 30: Chess

    Main Menu Chess You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty levels. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece. Dictionary After your start this application, the on-screen keyboard will appear.

  • Page 31: Klondike

    Main Menu Klondike Classic solitaire. Photo This section opens Library in the mode of photo viewing (all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder). You can look through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats. Snake The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and col- lect bugs.

  • Page 32: News

    Main Menu News PocketNews is an application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select Add RSS feed option. Enter the feed address using the on-screen keyboard. To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu (by continuous OK button press) and select Delete command.

  • Page 33: Browser

    Main Menu updating the file is available for reading off-line in the browser. To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in the application’s menu. The latest downloaded RSS feed updates can be opened in browser. You can open the previously stored RSS feeds for reading by choosing the News Archive option.

  • Page 34: Book Store

    Main Menu • Backward/Forward buttons — to go to the previ- ous page or next page • OK button: • short press – to follow links and activate text boxes; to display/hide a context menu; to open the on-screen keyboard for entering a website address • long press –...

  • Page 35: Pocketbook Sync

    Main Menu PocketBook Sync To download content using SocketBook Sync: 1. Go to the Book Store website (http://www.book- land.com) using a browser on a PC or your Device. • Enter the system by inputting your account data at Book Store.
  • Page 36 PocketBook Synс widget, depending on PocketBook Sync settings 4. Downloaded file is moved to the folder Library > Downloads (by default, you can choose another Download folder in PocketBook Sync settings). The downloaded file is displayed on the wall of Last events of the Main Menu.

  • Page 37: Status Bar

    Main Menu STATUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and dis- plays next service information: • Date and time • Battery charge • SocketBook Sync status. In reading mode current page number and total page count is also displayed.

  • Page 38: Reading Books

    Reading Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and configure reader software for the most comfortable reading. The Device supports next book formats: PDF, EPUB (in- cluding DRM-protected); FB2, FB2.zip, TXT, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC. To open a book, press OK on its title in Last events Library...

  • Page 39: Turning

    Reading Books TURNING PAGES Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pages. Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 11 pages at once. FOLLOWING REFERENCES If a page contains footnotes, internal or external refer- ences, you can enter links mode on continuous OK button press (otherwise you’ll get a message informing that a page contains no links to follow).

  • Page 40: Reading Menu

    Reading Books you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change to smallest/largest. READING MENU To access reader application menu press OK button. Reading menu for books in FB2, Epub, Reading menu for books TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM formats in PDF, Djvu formats Contents Opens a content of the book if it is present, otherwise...

  • Page 41: Go To Page

    Reading Books than one level, higher level entry is marked with ‘+’ sign. Expanded item is displayed with a sign ‘ - ‘ . Buttons Left/ Right collapse/expand selected subsection branch. Use navigation keys to move across the table, OK button opens a selected book chapter, continuous press of OK button opens the context menu.
  • Page 42 Reading Books a page number exactly from on-screen keyboard press OK. As you set a slider or enter a page number, a page preview will be opened on a background. If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward, you will stay on a page you was before.

  • Page 43: Search

    Reading Books Search Search mode works only in books containing text layer. To search text through the book enter it using the on-screen keyboard. Found text would be highlighted, and you can switch between found instances using Left/Right naviga- tion keys. To exit search mode press OK. NOTE Search mode is not available for DJVU books, where there is no text layers.

  • Page 44: Mode

    Reading Books size (you can adjust font size with Up/Down navigation keys), line spacing, page margins width or encoding (for TXT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality (default) or High Speed. You can select left to right (by default) or right to left (e.g. for Arabic or Hebrew texts) text direction.

  • Page 45: Dictionary

    Reading Books • Zoom — zoom in or zoom out a page from 71% to 400% • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width • The whole page – one page scaling • Columns – for reading books with columns. To navigate the page use navigation buttons.

  • Page 46: Rotate

    Reading Books On-screen keyboard to type Toggle to text word to translate for choosing a word Change dictionary Rotate Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with navigation keys. Making Notes You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con- tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option.

  • Page 47: Closing A Book

    Reading Books On the top of the display separate area will appear. Use the buttons Up, Down to choose the place where your note will begin and press OK to set up the top margin of the note. Use navigation buttons to highlight a text fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin of the note.

  • Page 48: 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 49 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 50 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 Internet section of this manual • Available Networks —...
  • Page 51 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 52 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 53 Settings displayed. After removing all protected DRM documents will be unavailable. ADVANCED SET TINGS User Profiles Here you can configure up to 5 user profiles. Each profile stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections. To add new profile, open the corresponding item and enter the name from on-screen keyboard.
  • Page 54 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. Backup &...
  • Page 55 Settings • 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. • Optimise Database – remove old database entries.
  • Page 56 Settings Privacy Protect Configurations by Password — in this section you can protect your setting by password. Select Set Password section and type the password from on-screen keyboard. Now each time you try to enter Settings section, you will be asked to enter the password. You can remove or change password by selecting the corresponding item.
  • Page 57 Settings Complete Page Refresh select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely. Always item provides the best quality, but consumes the most power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen. Large File Warning If this setting is on, the Device will show a notification when you try to open file larger than 25 MB.
  • Page 58 Settings Demo mode switching demo mode for the Device. To activate demon- stration mode check in the Demo mode item. SAVING BATTERY Here you can set parameters, which help to save battery charge: • LED Indication – you may disable LED indication by selecting in this section.
  • Page 59 Settings Memory (operative memory, total and available internal memory), Software • Firmware Version, • 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.

  • Page 60: 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 61: Manual Update

    (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 62: Troubleshooting

    SWUPDATE.BIN file on it found sure the file is in the one more time. Repeat root folder. the download from www. pocketbook-int.com. Delete some files from the Device and copy Upgrade image is SWUPDATE.BIN file is SWUPDATE.BIN file on it...

  • Page 63: 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 64 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 65: 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 66: Compliance With International Standarts

    Compliance with International Standarts Product name: SocketBook Mini Model number: SocketBook 111w 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 67 Compliance with International Standarts 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 • Outdoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the 2400-2454 MHz band and with maximum power (EIRP*) of 10 mW for the 2454-2483 MHz band.
  • Page 68 Compliance with International Standarts 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 69 European Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. PocketBook International S.A. Crocicchio Cortogna, 6, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland Tel. 1811-187-3113 Designed by Obreey Products. Assembled in PRC Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems...

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