Kogan KAEBK06TCHAA User manual
USER MANUAL
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Contents
General Precautions 2
Supplied 4
Appearance 5
Enabling and disabling devices 6
Main Menu 8
Connecting to a Computer 9
Reading e-books 10
Book menu 11
Context menu 13
Listening 18
Music Menu 19
View images 21
Photo Menu 23
Notebook 25
Explorer 26
Calendar 28
Settings 29
Transferring eBooks 33
Specifications 34
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General Precautions
Attention!
Before you start using the device, please read this manual and keep it handy for future use.
The impact of fluid
• Do not spill liquid on the surface or inside the eBook Reader - it can cause damage to the
device.
• Do not put it next to anything containing liquids.
Direct exposure to sunlight
• Avoid direct sunlight on the screen of the device. The information on the screen may be
displayed incorrectly or not at all, if exposed to direct sunlight.
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Additional devices
• Do not use any unsupported device - it can cause damage to the device.
Using earphones
• To protect your hearing, we recommend you do not listen to music on earphones at a high
volume for a long period of time.
• If you have a hearing problem, please turn down the volume or abstain from the use of
earphones.
Repair
• Please contact the Authorised Repair Centre.
Attention!
To avoid losing important data, periodically back up important data from the device. Kogan is
not responsible for all kinds of data loss and does not provide support for data recovery.
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Attention!
If your unit has been off for a long period of time, it may display artifacts of black and white on
the screen.
This is not a malfunction in your unit!
This is the operation of the screen. Please refresh the screen contents, and the artifacts will
disappear.
Supplied
• eBook Reader.
• USB Cable.
• Earphones.
• Cover.
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Appearance
1. Power on / off.
2. Buttons to scroll through pages.
3. Button to return to the main menu.
4. Button-up menu.
5. Return button.
6. Lock button.
7. Reset button.
8. USB port for connecting to the computer / charger connection.
9. Card slot.
10. 3.5 mm jack for earphones.
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Enabling and disabling devices
To turn the device ON, press the ON/OFF button on the top of the eBook Reader.
To put the unit into standby mode, briefly press the lock button. After this, the device stops
responding to button management. When the device is in standby mode, the image of a key
will appears in the center of screen and an inscription at the bottom of the screen:
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To unlock the eBook reader, click the lock button once again.
For emergency powering off of the device, press and hold on / off for a few seconds. The
device will be completely turned off.
If the eBook reader is frozen, or operates slower than usual, please press the hard reset button
in on the back of the unit. You may need to use a pin to do so.
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Main Menu
On the home screen there is a clock, calendar and icons that you can choose by touching the
corresponding button on the screen.
In Book, a list of eBooks in the memory will be displayed.
In Photo, a list of graphic files in the memory will be displayed.
In Music, a list of music files in memory will be displayed.
The Recent section provides quick links to the latest accessed files.
Explorer is designed to navigate the entire contents of the device and memory cards.
Settings section contains date, time, menu language, screen, power off, as well as system
information.
Manual is used to view the manual on the device.
Power off is used to turn off the device.
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Connecting to a Computer
To connect the eBook Reader to your computer:
1. Connect the USB-cable to the USB port on the device.
2. Connect the USB-cable to a USB 2.0 port on your computer.
3. There will be a message box on the eBook, you can choose either: “Data Transfer Mode” or
“Charge Mode”. Select Data Transfer Mode to gain access to the eBook via the computer.
4. Wait for the operating system detects a new storage device for USB.
After connecting the device to a PC, it will be displayed in explorer as a removable disk USB.
You will then be able to copy music and image files to your device.
To disconnect the unit from the computer you must use the Safely Remove Hardware. To do
this:
1. Double click on the icon in the notification area of Windows.
2. In the resulting window, select USB Mass Storage Device and click Stop.
3. In the resulting window, stop the device by clicking OK.
4. Then a message will appear on your computer to let you know that the hardware can be
safely removed from the system.
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Reading e-books
To read e-books:
1. Go to the main menu click Book.
2. Select the desired directory and then select the eBook that you wish to read.
3. To navigate through the pages, use the buttons or page turning buttons on the
screen. There will be a page number displayed at the top of the screen.
4. To selecting the file, touch the file you wish to access. To move to the next page and return
to the previous page, use the buttons to scroll through pages.
For other actions, you can enter the Context Menu of the eBook. To do this: click the context
menu icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
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Book menu
In the book menu, you can sort the list by file name, group by author or genre. You can select
one of three tabs - Name, Author, Type. The Author or Genre is determined by the book file
itself.
To change the appearance of the file list, you can use the List button and the
Tiles button at the bottom of the screen. When clicking the List button the icon file or the book
cover will appear. When clicking the Tiles button only the book covers are displayed.
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When you sort files by the book’s name, you can add the book file to the favorites. To do this,
click the Collect button at the top of the screen, select tick on the right side of the screen then
click Confirm. To view the selected files, press the Favorites button at the bottom of the
screen. To remove the book file from your favorites click on the Favorites button at the
bottom of the screen, click the Remove button at the top of the screen, tick off the right side of
the screen you want files and click Confirm. To exit, press List or Tiles.
To search for files, click the Search button at the bottom of the screen. Using the
keyboard type the name or part of the file name and click .
To exit from the Book menu, click Return.
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Context menu
To update the context menu, click the Refresh button.
To add a bookmark, enter the shortcut menu and click Add bookmarks. The page will
then be marked in the upper left corner. To manage bookmarks, click View
bookmarks.
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To delet e a bookm ar k, clic k , select the bookmark and click .
To listen to music while reading, click Music, choose a file from the list and start playing it.
To return to the text books, use the return button.
To quickly jump to a specific chapter of the book log in the context menu, click View list.
Selecting a chapter, click on the right of the chapter.
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To go to a s pe ci fic page, s elect the Page jump button, enter a numeric keypad page
number and select OK.
To turn the horizontal position of the screen in shortcut menu, select the item Rotation.
To quickly change the text size, click Zoom and select the desired font size.
To change the settings displayed text log, click Settings.
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Font - at this point choose the font, which will display the text of the book.
Encode –you can choose the encode of the text.
Margins - the item to adjust the distance between the text and the lateral limits of the
screen. You can select 9, 6 and 3 mm.
Line spacing- click to adjust the line spacing. You can select 1, 3 and 5 mm.
Hyphenation - click to activate and deactivate hyphens in the text.
Bold – can make the words in the text in bold.
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Italic - can make the words in the text in italic.
View bookmarks - information about the book.
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Listening
To play music:
1. Select Music from the Main Menu.
2. Select the desired directory.
3. To navigate through the pages of the files list, use buttons and scroll through
pages. At the top of the screen will display the page that you are on.
4. To select the file, click on it.
To start playing, press the button , to stop playback, press .
To go to the previous or next track, use the buttons and
To control the volume level, use the buttons and
To go to the li st of file s wi th out s topping t he mu si c p la yback , press the re tu rn bu tt on.
To exit the music player, press the button in the upper right corner of the screen.
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Music Menu
You can sort the list of songs in the Music menu, by file name, group by artist or album. You
can select one of three tabs - Name, Artist, Album.
To change the appearance of the file list, use the List button and Tiles at the
bottom of the screen.
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