Pocketbook Basic Touch User manual

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Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.....................................................................4
APPEARANCE..........................................................................................9
Front View 9
Side View 10
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................11
GETTING STARTED...........................................................................12
Charging Battery 12
Power Management 13
Loading Files 14
Gestures 15
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 16
Connecting to the Internet 18
Inserting Micro SD Card 21

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MAIN MENU..........................................................................................22
Recent Events 24
Library 26
Favorites 29
Notes 30
Dictionary 30
Music 31
Applications 32
Search 39
Status Bar 39
Task Management 40
Installing Extensions 41
READING BOOKS...............................................................................42
Gestures in Reading Mode 43
Social networks & ReadRate 46
Turning Pages 50
Contents 50
Go to Page 51

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Bookmarks 53
Following Links 53
Search 54
Scaling 54
Dictionary 57
Notes 58
Screen Orientation 59
Text-to-Speech 60
Closing a Book 60
SETTINGS ..............................................................................................61
FIRMWARE UPDATE.........................................................................72
TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................76
CUSTOMER SUPPORT.....................................................................79
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.....80

Safety Precautions
Before start working with the Device, please, read this sec-
tion carefully. Following these instructions will help you en-
sure your safety and extend service life of the Device.
Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions
Device operating temperature range is 0° to +40°, so
don’t expose the Device to excessively high or low tem-
peratures. Never leave cables near heat sources. Heated
cables or their insulation may become deformed or dam-
aged, which could lead to re or electric shock.
Try to avoid next impacts:
• direct sunlight
• direct ame or smoke (cigarette, open re etc.)
• exposure to liquids or damp (do not use the Device
in the rain, in the street at higher humidity, near bodies of
water etc.)
• penetration of liquids or moisture

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• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds, electro-
static charges and articial sources of UV electromagnetic
radiation
• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen, con-
nectors and keys of the Device.
Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly venti-
lated environment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight boxes/
packaging.
Neither drop nor try to bend the Device. Protect the screen
from objects that may scratch or damage it. To ensure ad-
equate protection of the screen, we recommend storing
the Device in a protective and/or hard cover.
Keep away from children.
Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.

Safety Precautions 6
Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, charger
(broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card.
If the battery is damaged (cracked case, leakage of electro-
lyte, o-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the authorized
personnel. Usage of home-made or modied batteries may
cause an explosion and/or damage the Device.
Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.)
to clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth to remove dust
from the Device’s surface. Apply a few drops of distilled wa-
ter to remove dirt.
Up to ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do
not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.
By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the
nearest authorized service facility for examination on the
subject of security is maintained.

Safety Precautions 7
For detailed information about service centers in your re-
gion please visit the ocial website of PocketBook Interna-
tional: http://www.pocketbook-int.com.
RF Safety
The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and
may interfere with radio communications and other elec-
tronic 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 de-
vices are protected against external RF signals.
Do not use wireless communication in places where it is
prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may
aect airborne avionics or medical equipment.
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts
on the environment and public health. To prevent such

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consequences follow the device-specic disposal require-
ments. Recycling of these materials helps preserve natural
resources. For more information regarding recycling issues
please contact local municipal authorities, your domestic
waste collection service, store where you purchased the
Device, or the authorized service center.
Disposal of electric and electronic components
(the Directive is applicable to the EU and other Eu-
ropean countries where separate waste disposal
systems exist). In other countries dispose batteries accord-
ingly to local laws.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the dan-
ger of explosion!

Appearance
FRONT VIEW
1. Home – return to
Main menu
2. Backward – turn
page backward
3. LED Indicator –
displays Device powering it
glows green, when battery is
charged, it turns o. During
the Device usage green light
indicates power consuming
(screen refresh, music play-
back, Wi-Fi connection etc.)
4. Forward – turn
page forward
5. Menu – open
context menu (if available)

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SIDE VIEW
6. 3.5 mm audio jack
7. Micro-USB port – connect the Device to a PC or a charger using
USB-cable
8. Reset – restart the Device
9. MicroSD-card slot – to install external microSD/SDHC card (up to
32 GB)
10. On/O (power button) — continuous press turns the Device on/o.

Technical Specications
Display 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor
display, 600×800, 166 dpi, black/white
Processor 800 Hz
RAM 128 B
Internal Storage 2GB *
Operating system Linux®
Communications Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n)
USB 2.0 (up to 480 Mb/s, micro-USB port)
Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32Gb
Audio output 3.5 mm earphones jack
Book formats PDF, EPUB (including Adobe DRM-protect-
ed); FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, TXT, DjVU,
RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, PRC (MOBY)
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Audio format MP3
Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1100 mAh, 8000 pages **
Dimensions 175×114.5×9.5 mm
Weight 195 g
* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the soft-
ware conguration of your device.
** Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage
mode, connectivity and settings.

Getting Started
In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to
work and about its main control features.
CHARGING BATTERY
To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to charge the
Device for the rst time from 8 to 12 hours in the o state.
You can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable or
from the power line using a charger (optional).
To charge the battery for the rst time, do the following:
1. Connect the Device to a computer or charger with
USB-cable. Indicator will glow green as soon, as the charg-
ing starts
2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator goes
o. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on for
the rst use.

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If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a dia-
log window asking to select action – PC link or Charge – will
appear.
POWER MANAGEMENT
To turn on the Device, press and hold On/O button until
startup logo appears. When the Device is ready to operate,
an image is changed to Main menu or last opened book,
depending on settings (Settings > Open at startup).
To turn o the Device, press On/O button continuously
until the Device goes o. In addition, you can set automatic
key lock or power o: go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard
after or Power o after respectively, and set the idle time
before locking keyboard or power o.
In case if your Device‘freezes’(don’t respond to keys presses
or screen touches and perform no actions for 2-3 minutes),

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you can restart it by pressing Reset button on side panel
with some thin item (e.g. unbent paper clip).
CAUTION! To avoid Device case damage, don’t use sharp items,
such as needles, to press Reset button! Don’t use this feature fre-
quently, because it aects the electronic components of the Device.
LOADING FILES
Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable.
NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring les.
You will be prompted to select USB mode: PC Link or Charge
either. Select PC Link. Computer’s operating system will
detect Device’s storage as a removable disk (if SD card in-
stalled – as two ones). Now you can copy les to the Device
or SD card using Explorer or other le manager.

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ATTENTION After copying les safely remove the Device before
disconnecting the cable!
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.
Tap
Opens an element (book, le, folder application or
menu item).
Touch & hold
Opens context menu of an element (if available).
Slide
Turns pages of a book or a list; moves an image:
slide your nger across the screen.

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Flick
Scrolls lists: move your nger across the screen
rapidly.
Scaling
Changes the image scale: place two ngers
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.
To type a symbol, press a key. To switch to another input
language, press the current language button. To add the
language to the on-screen keyboard layout go to Settings
> Keyboard.

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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 eld. Touch it to see typed symbols.

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CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
The Device can be connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi
networks. If you open an application, which requires Inter-
net 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.
You can pre-congure a connection and set it as preferred
one. To proceed, follow next steps:
1. Go to Settings > Connectivity > Wi-Fi Connections
2. Select a slot to ll. Empty slots are named as <Con-
nection #>
3. Press Network name (SSID) and select one of the
available networks or enter its SSID from on-screen key-
board. By default eld Connection name will turn to the
same as Network name (SSID). If you’d like to change

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connection name (for example, Home or Oce) enter it as
you’d like it to be displayed on the Device
NOTE Connection name eld species 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
• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you
will need to specify WEP Authentication type – Open
System or Shared Key either. The Device cannot rec-
ognize authentication type automatically
• WPA/WPA2 Enterprise – you will need to specify
username, password and domain (if necessary)
• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter network
key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Select the idle time before disconnection in the
corresponding section