Pocketbook Basic Touch User manual

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Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.....................................................................5
APPEARANCE.......................................................................................10
Front View 10
Side View 11
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................12
GETTING STARTED...........................................................................13
Charging Battery 13
Power Management 14
Loading Files 15
Gestures 16
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17
Connecting to the Internet 19
Inserting Micro SD Card 22

MAIN MENU..........................................................................................23
Recent Events 25
Library 27
Book Store 30
Notes 31
Dictionary 31
Music 32
Applications 33
Search 46
Status Bar 46
Task Management 47
Installing Extensions 48
READING BOOKS...............................................................................49
Gestures in Reading Mode 50
Social networks & ReadRate 53
Turning Pages 57
Contents 57
Open Page 58

Bookmarks 60
Following Links 60
Search 61
Scaling 61
Dictionary 64
Notes 65
Screen Orientation 66
Text-to-Speech 66
Closing a Book 67
SETTINGS ..............................................................................................68
FIRMWARE UPDATE.........................................................................81
TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................85
CUSTOMER SUPPORT.....................................................................87
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.....88

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. Never
leave cables near heat sources. Heated cables or their insulation
may become deformed or damaged, 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.)

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• penetration of liquids or moisture
• exposure to strong electromagnetic elds, electrostatic
charges and articial 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. 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 adequate pro-
tection of the screen, we recommend storing the Device in a pro-
tective and/or hard cover.
Keep away from children.
To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at
high volume levels for long periods.

Safety Precautions 7
Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
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 electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it
should be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-
made or modied batteries may cause an explosion and/or dam-
age 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 water to remove
dirt.
Up to ve faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not
constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.

Safety Precautions 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 centers in your region
please visit the ofcial website of PocketBook International:
http://www.pocketbook-int.com.
RF Safety
The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may
interfere with radio communications and other electronic equip-
ment. 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.
Do not use wireless communication in places where it is pro-
hibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect
airborne avionics or medical equipment.

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Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on
the environment and public health. To prevent such consequenc-
es follow the device-specic disposal requirements. Recycling of
these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more infor-
mation 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 Di-
rective is applicable to the EU and other European
countries where separate waste disposal systems ex-
ist). In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of
explosion!

Appearance
FRONT VIEW
1. Home – return to
Main menu
2. Backward – turn
page backward
3. LED Indicator –
displays device powering
it glows, when battery is
charged, it turns off. During
the device usage permanent
light indicates power con-
suming (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/Off (power button) — continuous press turns the Device on/off.

TechnicalSpecications
Display 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor
display, 600×800, 166 dpi, black/white
Processor 800 МHz
RAM 128 МB
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
software 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
for work and will read 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 off 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
charging starts
2. When the battery is fully charged, indicator goes
off. 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
dialog window asking to select action – PC link or Charge
– will appear.
POWER MANAGEMENT
To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off 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 off the Device, press On/Off button continuously
until the Device goes off. In addition, you can set auto-
matic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Clock > Lock
keyboard after or Power off after respectively, and set the
idle time before locking keyboard or power off.
In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys
presses or screen touches and perform no actions for 2-3

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minutes), 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 affects 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 sys-
tem will detect Device’s storage as a removable disk (if SD
card installed – 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
Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews), the Device dis-
plays 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
<Connection #>
3. Press Network name (SSID) and select one of the
available networks or enter its SSID from on-screen
keyboard. 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 Of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 net-
work key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Select the idle time before disconnection in the
corresponding section