Pocketbook Basic Touch User manual

User Manual

Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...................................................5
Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 5
Maintenance 6
RF Safety 8
Utilization 8
APPEARANCE...................................................................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

Installing Additional Dictionaries 20
Inserting Micro SD Card 21
MAIN MENU......................................................................22
Recent Events 24
Library 26
Book Store 30
Notes 30
Dictionary 30
Favorites 31
Applications 31
Calculator 31
Chess 31
Calendar & Clock 32
Klondike 32
PocketNews 32
Scribble 33
Sudoku 34
Browser 35
Book Store 36

PocketBook Sync 39
Photo 42
Dropbox PocketBook 43
Search 45
Status Bar 46
Task Management 46
READING BOOKS............................................................48
Social networks & ReadRate 51
Turning Pages 55
Contents 55
Open Page 56
Bookmarks 58
Following Links 58
Search 59
Scaling 59
Dictionary 62
Notes 63
Screen Orientation 64

Closing a Book 64
SETTINGS..........................................................................65
Personalize 65
Network 66
Date/Time 67
Languages 68
Accounts and Synchronization 68
Advanced Settings 72
Saving Battery 77
Device Info 78
FIRMWARE UPDATE.......................................................79
TROUBLESHOOTING .....................................................82
CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................................84
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS.....................................................................85

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. 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, lighter, 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, 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.
Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or charger (broken
case, poor contact, broken feed cable). If the battery is damaged

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(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 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 water 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 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 ofcial website of PocketBook International:
http://www.pocketbook-int.com.

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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.
Do not use wireless communication in places where it is
prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect
airborne avionics or medical equipment.
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse
impacts on the environment and public health. To
prevent such consequences follow the device-spe-
cic disposal requirements. Recycling of these materials helps
preserve natural resources. For more information regarding re-
cycling issues please contact local municipal authorities, your

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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.
Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of
explosion!

Appearance
1. Home – return to Main
menu
2. Backward – in reading
mode turns page backward; in navi-
gation mode – goes to the previous
menu or page of the list
3. Forward – turns page
forward
4. Menu – open context menu
(if available).
5. Micro-USB port – connect
the Device to a PC or a charger using
USB-cable
6. MicroSD-card slot – to
install external microSD/SDHC card (up to 32 GB)
7. On/Off (power) button – continuous pressing turns the
Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard.
NOTE You can congure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key map-
ping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.

Technical Specications
Display 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor
800×600 display, 200 dpi, B&W
CPU 1000 MHz
RAM 256MB
Storage 4 GB *
Operating system Linux®
Communications Micro-USB
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1300 mAh **
Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32 GB
Book formats
PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected);
TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM,
DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC, TCR
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions 174,4×114,6×8,3 mm
Weight 191 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 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 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:
• Connect the Device to a computer or charger
with USB-cable. Indicator will glow green as soon, as the
charging starts
• 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 un-
til startup logo will appear. When the Device is ready to
operate, an image will be changed to Main menu or last
opened book, depending on settings (Settings > Personal-
ize > At startup open).
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 > Advanced Set-
tings > System > Lock device after or Settings > Saving Power
> Power off after, respectively, and set the idle time before
locking keyboard or power off.

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In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys
presses or screen touches, you must give the device time
(up to 30 seconds) to process commands. for process-
ing you can restart it by pressing Home button for 1-2
seconds.
LOADING FILES
Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB 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. Operating system of com-
puter will detect Device’s storage as 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.
ATTENTION After copying les safely remove the Device before
disconnect the cable!

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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.
Flick
Scrolls lists: move your nger across the screen
rapidly.

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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 > Languages > Keyboard
Layouts.

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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 connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi net-
works. If you will open an application, which requires
Internet access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews) the Device will
open 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 > Wireless 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 key-
board. By default eld Connection name will turn to the
same as Network name (SSID). If you’d like to change con-
nection name (for example, Home or Ofce) enter it as
you’d like it to be displayed on the Device

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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
6. By default Network settings are set to DHCP (de-
ned by network). If it’s needed to congure network
settings manually, go Network settings, change IP address