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  • Page 2 Barnes & Noble S.à r.l., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449, Luxembourg. © 2011-2014 barnesandnoble.com llc., Barnes & Noble S.à r.l. or their affiliates. All rights reserved. NOOK ® NOOK Simple Touch , GlowLight , and the NOOK logos are trademarks of barnesandnoble.com llc., Barnes & ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ..............................7 Contact Us ......................................7 Getting to Know Your NOOK ................................ 7 Getting Started with Your NOOK ......................11 Your NOOK Account ..................................11 Registering Your NOOK ................................12 Power and Charging ..................................14 Safety and Care ....................................17 Caring for Your NOOK ..................................
  • Page 4 Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK ................48 The Library on Your NOOK ........................49 Pull-down Menus ..................................... 49 The Sync Button ....................................51 Searching Your Library ..................................51 Memory Card ....................................52 Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library ........................52 Organising Your Library on Shelves ...............................
  • Page 5 Configuring Time Settings ................................73 Configuring Language Settings ................................ 75 Your choice takes effect immediately............................75 Configuring the Reader ................................... 76 Configuring the Shop ..................................78 Configuring Social Features ................................80 Configuring Search ..................................86 Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots ......................87 Wi-Fi Networks in Barnes &...
  • Page 6 Appendix E: European Union ........................101 EU Regulatory Conformance ............................... 101 Appendix F: NOOK Terms of Service ....................102 ® Index ................................103...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight ® ® Contact Us If you have questions about your NOOK that this guide doesn’t answer, make sure to visit the NOOK online sup- ®...

  • Page 8: Power Button

    The picture below shows the features on the front of your NOOK. Power Button Press and hold the power button on the back of your NOOK for about 2 seconds to turn your NOOK on or o . microSD Memory ™...
  • Page 9 These buttons can also be used to scroll through scrollable pages in the Library and the Shop. Press either of the lower page-turn buttons to scroll down. Press either of the upper page-turn buttons to scroll up. NOOK Button This NOOK symbol on the lower front of your NOOK is called the NOOK button.
  • Page 10 microSD Memory Card Slot Your NOOK features enough built-in memory to hold hundreds of books, along with many magazines, newspapers and personal files such as PDFs. You can add more storage to your NOOK for your personal files by installing a standard microSD Memory card. The card fits into a slot on the upper right-hand side of your NOOK.

  • Page 11: Getting Started With Your Nook

    Getting Started with Your NOOK The first time you use your NOOK, you’ll need to go through a short set-up process that will take about 5 to 10 min- utes. Make sure that you’re in an area that has a Wi-Fi® connection (a wireless connection to the internet), because part of the process is registering your NOOK with your NOOK account on your retailer’s website.

  • Page 12: Registering Your Nook

    Registering Your NOOK NOTE: You will need to connect to a Wi-Fi network to complete your registration. When you first turn on your NOOK, it displays a list of languages and locations. Tap the menu choice for your language. Read the Welcome screen. Tap the Next button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Connect to a Wi-Fi network.
  • Page 13 Tap the Next button. A new screen tells you that you’re ready to get started exploring the features of your NOOK. You can now turn GlowLight on or off as you wish, using the NOOK button. Tap the NOOK button (without holding it down) to display the Quick Nav Bar and begin exploring your NOOK. That’s it.

  • Page 14: Power And Charging

    Power and Charging Turning Your NOOK On and Off Turning On Your NOOK To turn on your NOOK, press the power button on the back of your NOOK. Hold the button down for 2 seconds and release it. Your NOOK will start up. Turning Off Your NOOK You do not need to turn your NOOK off when you stop using it.
  • Page 15 The diagram below shows the components available for charging your NOOK. Refer to the diagram below when inserting the power adapter into the power adapter clip. Be sure to fully insert the power adapter into the adapter clip before inserting into the wall socket. NOOK User Guide...
  • Page 16 Charging Your NOOK from a Wall Socket CAUTION: Please consult the illustrations on the previous page for directions on fully inserting the power adapter into the adapter clip. To charge your NOOK from a wall socket with a power adapter, do this: Assemble the power adapter and microUSB cable.

  • Page 17: Safety And Care

    Low Power You can see how much power remains in your battery by checking the battery icon in the Status Bar, or by checking the Battery indicator on the Device Info settings screen. (To see the Device Info screen, tap the NOOK button, tap settings and on the Settings screen tap the Device Info menu choice.) If you turn on your NOOK when its battery charge is almost depleted, a warning appears on the screen, suggesting that you begin charging your NOOK before trying to use it.
  • Page 18 Slide the Wi-Fi tickbox to turn wireless networking on or off. Tap anywhere outside the Quick Settings dialog box to close it. Electronic Equipment If you are around sensitive electronic equipment–for example, if you are in a hospital–ask if you may use your NOOK.

  • Page 19: Caring For Your Nook

    Caring for Your NOOK To take the best possible care of your NOOK, please follow the recommendations below. Temperature Ranges Your NOOK should function as designed in these temperature ranges: • Operation: 00 C to 400 C, 320 F to 1040 F •...

  • Page 20: Locking And Unlocking Your Nook

    Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK When your NOOK has been idle, your NOOK goes to “sleep”. Your NOOK displays a screensaver on the screen (by default, a portrait of an author). It also locks the screen so that accidental touches do not perform actions. To wake up your NOOK, do this: Press the NOOK button (the raised NOOK symbol on the lower front panel of your NOOK).

  • Page 21: Using Gestures To Control Your Nook

    Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK Your NOOK puts great reading material right at your fingertips. To read that material, to share it, to rate it and so on, you’ll use your fingers in different ways. Your NOOK recognises these different gestures: •...

  • Page 22: The Quick Nav Bar

    The Quick Nav Bar The Quick Nav Bar is a row of six icons that appears at the bottom of the NOOK touchscreen and enables you to navigate from one feature to another. If your NOOK is turned on and active, you can make the Quick Nav Bar appear by pressing the NOOK button below the touchscreen.

  • Page 23: The Status Bar

    The Status Bar A Status Bar runs along the top of the NOOK touchscreen. The Status Bar looks like this when GlowLight is turned The Status Bar with GlowLight turned on. The Status Bar shows a different light bulb icon when GlowLight is turned off: The Status Bar with GlowLight turned off.

  • Page 24: Glowlight

    GlowLight Your NOOK includes GlowLight, a built-in light that enables you to read even in dim lighting conditions. Turning GlowLight On or Off There are several ways you can turn GlowLight on or off. Turning GlowLight On or Off with the NOOK Button To turn GlowLight on or off, press and hold the NOOK button for 2 seconds.

  • Page 25: Adjusting The Brightness Of Glowlight

    Adjusting the Brightness of GlowLight To adjust the brightness of GlowLight, do this: Do either of the following: • On the Home screen, in the Library, in the Shop, on the Search screen or in Settings, tap on the light bulb or Wi-Fi symbol in the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings window.

  • Page 26: The Home Screen

    The Home Screen The Home screen gives you easy access to the books and periodicals you have recently read or purchased. In the top portion of the screen, you’ll see the cover of the most recent book or periodical you’ve been reading. Here’s an example of a Home screen: The Reading Now Panel The Reading Now panel shows the cover of the book or periodical you were most recently reading.

  • Page 27: The New Reads List

    The New Reads List To the right of that item, you’ll see the New Reads list–a list of three books or periodicals that you have recently purchased or received. The Recent Reads list includes: • books and periodicals you have recently purchased •...

  • Page 28: Reading Books On Your Nook

    Reading Books on Your NOOK You can read books, magazines and newspapers on your NOOK. You can make notes about what you’re reading, highlight and annotate favourite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social sites such as Facebook. Your NOOK makes reading books fun.

  • Page 29: The Reading Tools Menu

    The Reading Tools Menu The Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content and adjust the display of text. To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the centre of the page or tap on the small dark arrow at the bot- tom of the page.
  • Page 30 Tapping on the Highlights & Notes tab displays the Highlights & Notes screen. The Highlights & Notes screen lists all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about. Each passage is iden- tified by its page number and opening line. If the list of notes and highlights runs longer than one screen, you can tap the arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll down and up through the list.
  • Page 31 Tapping on the Bookmarks tab displays the Bookmarks screen. For each bookmarked page, the Bookmarks screen lists the page number and either the chapter number (if you bookmarked the first page of a chapter) or the first line of text that appears on the page (if you bookmarked any page other than the first page of a chapter).
  • Page 32 Type the number of the page you want to move to. Then tap the checkmark. The page-number dialog box. Once you have moved to the new page, tap the X symbol in the tab to close the go-to dialog box. NOOK User Guide...
  • Page 33 Reading Tools: Find Tap on the find icon in the Reading Tools to search for a word or phrase in the book you’re reading. When you tap on find, a keyboard appears on the screen. Type a word or phrase you want to search for in the book, then tap the search button (a magnifying glass) in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.
  • Page 34 If the word or phrase you searched for appears more than once in the book, your NOOK displays a search naviga- tion tool at the bottom of the screen when you can jump to the location of a search result. This toolbar includes a forward arrow and a back arrow for moving from one appearance of the word or phrase to another.
  • Page 35 Reading Tools: Text Tap on the text icon in the Reading Tools to open a window for adjusting the font, the font size, line spacing and margin size. The Text dialog box. The Text dialog box lets you pick: • a font size •...
  • Page 36 Lending the Book to a Friend If the book is eligible for lending, and you haven’t lent it yet, you can offer to lend it to a friend who has a NOOK ac- count by tapping the LendMe button. See “Using the LendMe Program” for details. Sharing the Book Tap the Share button to lend the book or share your impressions about it.
  • Page 37 Tapping the Share button opens a dialog box like that shown below. (The contents of this dialog box may vary, depending on whether you are reading a book you own or a sample and whether the book is eligible for lending.) The Share dialog box.
  • Page 38 To archive a book or periodical, do this: On the details page you opened with the more button in the Reading Tools, tap the Archive button. A dialog box opens, asking you if you are sure you want to move this item to your NOOK.com archive. Tap OK.
  • Page 39 Using Bookmarks Adding a Bookmark A bookmark marks a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you find the page you last finished read- ing. You can set bookmarks in books to make it easy to jump to specific locations You can set as many bookmarks as you like.
  • Page 40 Selecting Text to Look up Words, Add Highlighting or Notes and Share Quotes with Friends You can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a word, you can look it up in a dictionary. You can also select words or passages for highlighting, making notes or sharing through email or social media networks such as Facebook.
  • Page 41 Changing the Selection from a Word to a Passage To select an entire passage, rather than just a word, select the word that you want to have at the beginning or end of the selected passage and drag the vertical bar that’s closest to the direction in which you want to extend the selec- tion.
  • Page 42 Looking Up Words in the Dictionary It’s easy to look up information about a word or topic when you’re reading. Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary Your NOOK includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. ® To look up a word in the dictionary, do this: Press and hold on a word to select it.
  • Page 43 Sharing Quotes through Social Media and Email You can share a highlighted passage with friends through email, Facebook or Twitter. NOTE: Before you can share quotes through Facebook or Twitter, you need to link your NOOK to your Face- book or Twitter account. Use the Social settings page to link your NOOK to social sites. On the Quick Nav Bar, tap Settings, and then tap the Social menu choice to open the Social settings page.
  • Page 44 Viewing a Note To open a note and read it, tap the note icon in the margin. When you’re done viewing the note, you can close the note window by tapping the X in the upper right-hand corner of the window. NOTE: By default, your NOOK displays a note icon next to any passage of text about which you’ve written a note.
  • Page 45 Tap the On/Off switch labelled “Highlights & Notes”. Tap the switch On to display notes and highlights, or tap it off to hide notes and highlights. Sharing a Quote If you have entered contacts in your NOOK or linked your NOOK to Facebook or Twitter, you can share quotations from the book you’re reading with your friends.
  • Page 46 Adjusting the Appearance of the Page In most books, you can adjust the features described below. Fonts • A range of font sizes from small to large Font Families • Amasis • Caecilia® • Malabar™ • Gill Sans • Helvetica® Neue •...
  • Page 47 Reviews and Recommendations To view a summary of the book, along with reviews and recommendations for similar books, tap in the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Tools and tap the more button. For details, see “Reading Tools: More”. Opening DRM-protected Files DRM stands for Digital Rights Management.

  • Page 48: Reading Magazines And Newspapers On Your Nook

    Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK Reading magazines and newspapers on your NOOK is similar to reading books. You use the same gestures--tapping and swiping–to turn pages. You have access to the same Reading Tools, such as Contents and Go-To. Some periodicals may include their own table of contents with live links to specific articles and features, but otherwise the features are similar to the features used in reading books.

  • Page 49: The Library On Your Nook

    The Library on Your NOOK Your library is where you keep everything you want to read on NOOK. In your library, you will find: • Books you have purchased from the NOOK Shop • News Stand magazines and newspapers you have purchased from the NOOK Shop •...
  • Page 50 The Category Menu The category menu (sometimes called the filter menu) is a pull-down menu in the upper left-hand corner of the Library which lets you select the Library contents you want to display. Choices include: • All - shows everything in your Library •...

  • Page 51: The Sync Button

    The Sort Menu The sort menu is a pull-down menu that lets you sort the content shown on the screen according to rules such as Most Recent, Title (an alphabetical listing of titles) or Author (an alphabetical listing of authors’ surnames). The Sort Menu.

  • Page 52: Memory Card

    Memory Card If you have an SD Memory Card installed in your NOOK, you’ll see two links appear at the top of the Library screen when you select My Files from the Category menu. • My NOOK • Memory Card You can tap on these links to switch between viewing files stored on NOOK and file content stored on your SD Memory Card.

  • Page 53: Organising Your Library On Shelves

    If you tap on a book with a Download banner, your NOOK begins downloading the book. A progress bar on the book’s cover indicates how much of the book has been downloaded. Once the book has fully downloaded, you can open it.

  • Page 54: Archiving Books And Periodicals

    your NOOK updates the number which appears in parentheses by the shelf ’s name, indicating the number of items on the shelf. When you have finished adding items to the shelf, tap the Save button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.

  • Page 55: Unarchiving Books And Periodicals

    To archive a book or periodical, do this: In the Library, double-tap on the cover or title of the book or periodical. The details page for the item you tapped on appears. On the details page, tap the Archive button. Your NOOK archives the book or periodical.
  • Page 56 To transfer files from your personal computer to your NOOK, do this: Using the custom microUSB cable provided with your NOOK, connect your NOOK to your personal computer. NOTE: Use only the microUSB cable provided with your NOOK. Using any other cable might damage your NOOK.

  • Page 57: Using The Lendme Program

    Using the LendMe Program Lending and Borrowing Books With NOOK LendMe technology, you can share lendable NOOK eBooks with any NOOK Friend or any friend who has a NOOK account with a valid payment method. Your NOOK Friend or friend can read the book on any NOOK eReader or on any NOOK application such as NOOK for iPhone®...

  • Page 58: Determining Whether A Book Can Be Lent

    Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent Not all books can be lent. Here’s how you can determine whether or not a book is lendable. • Any book eligible for lending has a LendMe badge on its cover. • If your Library includes any books eligible to be lent out, they will appear on the shelf of lendable books in the LendMe section of your Library.
  • Page 59 To find out which of your friends have lendable books, use the Manage my NOOK Friends feature on the Social settings screen. NOTE: If you’re enjoying a book sample or a book you’ve borrowed, you can purchase the book at any time. Simply tap the Buy button at the top of any page in the book to purchase the book using your NOOK account.

  • Page 60: Shopping On Your Nook

    Shopping on Your NOOK Introduction NOTE: To access the Shop on your NOOK, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you are not con- nected to a network but you are in an area with Wi-Fi access, your NOOK will guide you through the process of connecting to a network.

  • Page 61: Browsing Lists And Categories

    Browsing Lists and Categories To browse lists and categories of books and periodicals, tap the Browse button at the top of the Shop screen. The Shop displays a menu showing lists, such as NOOK Top 100, and categories such as books, magazines and news- papers.

  • Page 62: Buying A Book

    Buying a Book Once you’re in the Shop, you can buy any book you see that has a button displaying the book’s price. (If you don’t see a button with a price next to a particular book, it’s because you’ve already purchased the book. A label reading Purchased or Read appears where the price button used to be.) To buy a book, do this: To buy a book, tap on the button displaying a price next to the book’s cover or title.

  • Page 63: What Happens When You Buy An Item In The Shop

    What Happens When You Buy an Item in the Shop? When you buy a book, magazine or newspaper on your NOOK, it begins downloading right away. Here’s what hap- pens: • The item appears in your Library. • A badge saying “New” appears on the item’s cover. This badge will disappear once you open the item. •...
  • Page 64 Buying from Your WishList To buy an item on your WishList, do this: Tap the item’s cover or title to display the details page for the item. Tap the price button next to the item’s name. Tap the Confirm button to complete your purchase. NOOK User Guide...

  • Page 65: Searching Your Nook

    Searching Your NOOK Your NOOK includes a search tool to help you quickly find what you’re looking for. To provide you with the most relevant results possible, your NOOK customises its searching according to what you were doing when you started the search.

  • Page 66: Configuring Your Nook

    Configuring Your NOOK Your NOOK gives you full control over many areas of its operations, from Wi-Fi connections to font sizes. To adjust the configuration of your NOOK, you’ll often work with the Settings tool. To call up Settings, do this: Tap the NOOK button to open the Quick Nav Bar.

  • Page 67: Configuring Glowlight

    Configuring GlowLight You can use the GlowLight settings screen to turn GlowLight on and off and to adjust its brightness. (You can also make these adjustments using the Quick Settings window, which is described earlier in this guide.) To configure GlowLight, do this: On the Settings screen, tap GlowLight.

  • Page 68: Viewing And Configuring Device Info

    Viewing and Configuring Device Info To display device information, do this: On the Settings screen, tap Device Info. Your NOOK displays the Device Info page, which shows: • a Battery charge status bar, showing how much power is left on your battery •...
  • Page 69 Displaying System Information Tap the About Your NOOK menu choice to display the following information: • Owner, the name of the owner of this NOOK • Account, the email address of the NOOK account linked to this NOOK • Software version, the version number of your NOOK software •...

  • Page 70: Configuring Wireless Settings

    Configuring Wireless Settings The Wireless settings screen provides: • a switch for turning on and off Wi-Fi networking • a list of all the Wi-Fi networks your NOOK has detected Turning Wi-Fi Networking On or Off On the Wireless settings page, tap the Wi-Fi button to change its status from On to Off or from Off to On. NOTE: If Wi-Fi networking is turned off, you will not be able to access the Shop, share information with friends, download new books, magazines or newspapers, or perform any other action that requires a live net- work connection.

  • Page 71: Configuring Screen Settings

    Configuring Screen Settings On the Screen settings page, you can: • Change the amount of time your NOOK should wait when no activity is taking place before turning off the screen. • Select the screensaver your NOOK displays when it turns off the screen and goes into sleep mode. To display the Screen settings page, tap the word Screen on the main Settings screen.
  • Page 72 Adjusting the Screen Timeout When your NOOK has been sitting for some amount of time and no activity has taken place (e.g., you haven’t tapped the screen or pressed any buttons), your NOOK turns off its screen to conserve power. When that happens, you can turn on your NOOK again simply by pressing the NOOK button.

  • Page 73: Configuring Time Settings

    Configuring Time Settings On the Time settings page, you can control whether your NOOK uses a 24-hour clock or a 12-hour clock. You can also select a Time Zone for your NOOK. The Time Settings screen. To return to the main Settings page, tap the back arrow under the title Settings. Switching to a 12-hour Format By default, your NOOK uses a 24-hour time format in which hours after 12 noon are added to the number 12, so that 1:15 p.m.
  • Page 74 NOTE: By default, the list of time zones includes only time zones in the United States. To see a list of all time zones around the world, tap the tickbox labelled Show all world time zones. A list of time zones. When you see the time zone you want to select, tap it.

  • Page 75: Configuring Language Settings

    Configuring Language Settings Your NOOK includes a settings screen that lets you select the language that your NOOK displays on its screens. NOTE: This language setting does not affect the language of the books and periodicals available for sale on your NOOK.

  • Page 76: Configuring The Reader

    Configuring the Reader Configuring Navigation Buttons in the Reader When reading a book or periodical, you can use the buttons built into the frame of your NOOK to page forwards or backwards. By default, the top buttons turn the page forwards, and the bottom buttons turn the page backwards. If you would like to switch the functions of these buttons, use the Reader Settings screen.
  • Page 77 Managing Dictionaries Another menu choice on the Reader settings screen, Dictionaries, offers controls for downloading or deleting foreign- language dictionaries. The English dictionary built into your NOOK remains intact. NOOK User Guide...

  • Page 78: Configuring The Shop

    Configuring the Shop Requiring Your Account Password for Purchases By default, your NOOK asks you to confirm all purchases by tapping a Confirm button. If you like, you can require that your NOOK account password be entered before your NOOK authorises a pur- chase.
  • Page 79 Clearing Your WishList If you have added any items to the WishList on your NOOK and now want to clear your WishList, tap the Clear WishList menu button. If you have not added any items to your WishList, this menu choice appears greyed out. Clearing the List of Recently Viewed Items Your NOOK keeps track of the items you have viewed recently in the Shop.

  • Page 80: Configuring Social Features

    Configuring Social Features You can use the Social settings screen to manage: • your links to your Facebook, Twitter and Google accounts • your email contacts • your NOOK Friends • the visibility of your lendable books to your NOOK Friends A NOOK Friend is a friend who has a NOOK account and an email address in your contacts list, and who has ac- cepted your invitation to connect as a NOOK Friend.
  • Page 81 Linking Your NOOK to Your Facebook Account You can import your friends on Facebook as contacts for lending books, sharing quotations and other social activities. You can post a LendMe offer, a quotation and a recommendation on the wall of a friend. You can also post a quote, a recommendation and reading status on your own wall.
  • Page 82 You can share quotes, recommendations and reading status with your contacts. You and your contacts can also lend and borrow books using Barnes & Noble’s exclusive LendMe technology. To link your NOOK to your Google account, do this: On the Social screen in Settings, tap the button labelled Link your Facebook, Twitter and Google Accounts. Tap the Link Your Account button under the Google logo.
  • Page 83 Tap Save. Inviting Individual Friends to Become NOOK Friends To send an NOOK Friends invitation to a user in your Contacts list, do this: On the Manage my Contacts page, tap on the user’s name. Your NOOK displays the Contact Information page for that user. Tap in the tickbox labelled Invite as NOOK Friend.
  • Page 84 Managing Your NOOK Friends Tap the Manage my NOOK Friends menu choice on the Social settings screen to send and accept NOOK Friends invi- tations and to see a list of all your current NOOK Friends The Manage my NOOK Friends feature includes three tabs under the Manage my NOOK Friends title. The three tabs are: •...
  • Page 85 If the Suggested button is not greyed out, you can tap it to see a list of your contacts who already have NOOK ac- counts and who can easily become your NOOK Friends. Tap the Invite button next to a contact’s name to send that contact a NOOK Friends invitation.

  • Page 86: Configuring Search

    Configuring Search You can clear your NOOK’s history of items that you have searched for and selected. To clear the list of search-result shortcuts, do this: On the Settings screen, tap Search. Tap the menu choice Clear recent NOOK searches. A dialog box appears, explaining that this will clear shortcuts to recently searched items.

  • Page 87: Using Your Nook At Wi-Fi Hotspots

    Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots In addition to connecting to your Wi-Fi network in your home or office, you can use your NOOK to connect to Wi- Fi hot spots in shops, hotels and restaurants. This section summarises how your NOOK works with various types of Wi-Fi hotspot. Wi-Fi Networks in Barnes &...

  • Page 88: Updating The Software On Your Nook

    Updating the Software on Your NOOK From time to time Barnes & Noble will release software updates for your NOOK. Your NOOK will automatically install these updates. NOTE: Updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines or newspapers, nor does it delete any of the files you have transferred onto your NOOK from your personal computer.

  • Page 89: Using An Sd Memory Card

    Using an SD Memory Card You can install an SD Memory Card in your NOOK to add up to 32 GB of memory to your NOOK—enough for many thousands more books, along with periodicals and personal files. NOTE: This extra storage space appears in the My Files section of your Library, not in the Books or News Stand sections.

  • Page 90: Installing A Memory Card

    Installing a Memory Card To install a memory card in your NOOK, do this: Turn off your NOOK. Set your NOOK down on a clean, level surface. Find the small lid on the upper right-hand side of your NOOK. Gently pull this lid open to expose the slot for the SD Memory card.

  • Page 91: Removing A Memory Card

    Positioning the microSD card in the slot. Formatting a New Card If you have installed a new, never-before-used microSD Memory Card into your NOOK, a dialog box appears, re- porting that the SD Memory Card is unformatted and that it needs to be formatted. To format the memory card, do this: Tap the Format Now button to format the memory card.

  • Page 92: Tips And Troubleshooting

    Tips and Troubleshooting Solving Problems My NOOK is acting sluggish. What should I do? Like any computer or electronic device, your NOOK periodically should be reset by being completelypowered off, not just put in sleep mode. To power off the device, press and hold the power button for 20-seconds. Wait a few seconds, and then press and hold the power button for about 2 seconds to turn your NOOK back on.
  • Page 93 I’m trying to lend a book through Facebook, but the Post button doesn’t seem to be working. Make sure you include a comment with your posting about lending the book. Posting a LendMe offer through Face- book requires at least a brief comment. I transferred a ZIP archive from my personal computer.

  • Page 94: Appendix A: Limited Warranty

    Appendix A: Limited Warranty THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY TERMS WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE YOUR DEVICE WAS MANUFAC- TURED, AND ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. THE ACTUAL TERMS OF YOUR WARRANTY ARE THE TERMS THAT WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE OF YOUR PURCHASE, WHICH MAY BE DIFFER- ENT THAN THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN.
  • Page 95 B&N. You must return your NOOK within the timeframe provided by B&N. You may also be required to provide a credit card to obtain an advance replacement before B&N receives your NOOK at its returns center. All returned NOOKs become the property of B&N. Before you send your NOOK to B&N, it is your responsibility to back up any data, software or files stored on your NOOK because B&N will only return your NOOK to you if it is not covered by this Limited Warranty and B&N has not provided an advance replacement.
  • Page 96 removed, tampered with or defaced or if your NOOK has been opened or serviced without authorization, tampered with, altered or modified. Please note that opening the back cover of your NOOK to change the battery, external SD card or back cover will void this Limited Warranty, except to the extent that such opening is done through a custom- er-accessible opening and in accordance with the instructions provided with the NOOK.

  • Page 97: Appendix B: Trademarks And Copyrights

    Appendix B: Trademarks and Copyrights Adobe Reader Mobile Software Your NOOK contains Adobe® Reader® Mobile software under licence from Adobe Systems Incorporated, Copy- right © 1995-2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and Reader are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AT&T AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/ or AT&T affiliated companies.

  • Page 98: Appendix C: Fcc Notices

    Appendix C: FCC Notices FCC IDs NOOK WI-FI: XHHBNRV300-A MODEL: BNRV350 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this de- vice may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interfer- ence that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 99 • Your NOOK has a Wi-Fi setting that turns off the radio. Wi-Fi networking should be turned off on aeroplanes. For more information, see “Aeroplanes”. • When around sensitive electronic equipment, ask whether you can use your NOOK. You might need to turn Wi-Fi networking off.

  • Page 100: Appendix D: Industry Canada Notice

    Appendix D: Industry Canada Notice The term “IC” before the equipment certification number only signifies that the Industry Canada technical specifica- tions were met. IC: 8961A-BNRV300A 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 interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 101: Appendix E: European Union

    Appendix E: European Union EU Regulatory Conformance We, barnesandnoble.com., llc, hereby declare that this device is in conformance to all essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. This equipment is marked with the symbol and can be used throughout the European Community. This indicates compliance with the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC and meets the relevant parts of the following technical specifications: •...

  • Page 102: Appendix F: Nook ® Terms Of Service

    Appendix F: NOOK Terms of Service ® The NOOK Terms of Service are located on this Web site: http://NOOK.co.uk/ NOOK User Guide...

  • Page 103: Index

    Index downloading Library items with the Sync button 51 drag 21 archiving books or periodicals 37, 54 DRM-protected files 47 back Facebook swiping left to move to a previous activity 21 linking your NOOK to your Facebook account 81 tapping the book icon in the Status Bar to return to sharing a highlighted passage 43 your most recent book, magazine or newspaper sharing quotes through Facebook 43...
  • Page 104 odical you're reading 37 Quick Nav Bar 22 MAC address 69 magazine rating and reviewing on NOOK.com 37 buying a subscription 62 reading status free 14-day trial 62 posting 37 memory Reading Tools menu 29 adding an SD memory card 90 recommending a book 37 Memory Card display in the Library 52 resetting your NOOK 16...
  • Page 105 Sync button in the Library 51 tap 21 Terms of Service NOOK 102 viewing legal notices 69 time settings 73 time zones 74 trademarks 97 troubleshooting tips 92 turning pages 28 turning your NOOK on and off 14 Twitter sharing quotes via Twitter 43 unarchiving books or periodicals 38, 55 unlocking your NOOK 20 version of software 88...
  • Page 106 NOOK User Guide...

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