Pocketbook Touch Lux 4 User manual

User Manual

Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................ 6
APPEARANCE........................................................ 11
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS................................. 12
GETTING STARTED ................................................ 13
Charging Battery 13
Device management 15
Main menu overview 16
Gestures 18
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 19
Frontlight 21
Connecting to the Internet 22
Inserting Micro SD Card 24

APPLICATIONS ...................................................... 26
Store 27
Browser 29
General 31
Calendar & Clock 31
Calculator 31
Gallery 31
RSS News 32
Games 33
Klondike 33
Sudoku 33
Chess 34
Scribble 34
Services 35
Dropbox PocketBook 35
Send-to-PocketBook 37
READING BOOKS................................................... 42
Gestures in Reading Mode 43

Reading Menu 44
Adjust brightness in reading mode 45
Social networks & ReadRate 46
Contents 50
Bookmarks 51
Dictionary 52
Note 54
Settings 55
Following Links 59
Loading Files 59
Library 65
PocketBook Cloud 68
SETTINGS .............................................................. 73
Wi-Fi 73
Accounts and Synchronization 74
Personalize 78
Languages 79
Date/Time 80

Saving power 80
Maintenance 80
Software 83
About Device 83
FIRMWARE UPDATE.............................................. 84
TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................. 87
CUSTOMER SUPPORT............................................ 89
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STAN-
DARDS .................................................................. 90

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°C to 40°C, 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 fire or
electric shock.
Try to avoid next impacts:
Direct
sunlight
Direct flame
or smoke
Liquids or
damp
Strong electro-
magnetic fields
UV electromag-
netic radiation
Electrostatic
charges
Excessive mechani-
cal pressure

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Maintenance
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 adequate protection of the screen,
we recommend storing the Device in a protective and/or
hard cover.
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or charger (bro-
ken case, poor contact, broken feed cable). If the battery is dam-
aged (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should
be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made or
modified batteries may cause an explosion and/or damage the
Device.

Safety Precautions 8
Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl etc.) to
clean the screen/case.
Keep away from children.
Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the Device’s surface. Apply
a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt.
Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not
constitute a warrantable defect of the screen.
If the device has not been used for a long time, the battery charge
indicator may not work when the charger is connected. In this
case, connect the charger, let the device charge for 1 hour, then
disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB cable. The
device can then be used as normal.
By the end of product guarantee term, please contact the near-
est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of
security is maintained.

Safety Precautions 9
For detailed information about service centres in your region
please visit the official website: www.pocketbook.ch.
Warning
The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To avoid damage,
make sure not to drop, bend, or apply pressure to the device, do
not allow point pressure on the screen surface and any other ac-
tions that might break or damage the glass base. Also, the screen
does not have any special protective layer so please avoid any
contact between its surface and objects that might leave marks or
scratches on it. To decrease the risk of damaging the device and its
screen it is recommended to keep and transport it in a Pocketbook
protection cover.
RF Safety
The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may in-
terfere 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.

Safety Precautions 10
Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib-
ited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals — this may affect air-
borne avionics or medical equipment.
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse im-
pacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such con-
sequences follow the device-specific disposal requirements. Recy-
cling of these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more
information regarding recycling issues please contact local mu-
nicipal authorities, your domestic waste collection service, store
where you purchased the Device, or the authorized service centre.
Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is ap-
plicable to the EU and other European countries where separate
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 navigation mode – goes
to the previous menu or page of the list;
3. Forward – turns page forward;
4. Menu – open context menu (if avail-
able). Continuous press switches the front-
light on/off (See Frontlight section of the
manual);
5. Micro-USB - connect the Device to a
PC or charge using USB-cable;
6. MicroSD slot - to install external mi-
croSD/SDHC card (up to 128 GB);
7. On/Off (power button) – continuous
press turns the Device on/off.
NOTE: You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key
mapping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.

Technical Specifications
Display 6” (15.24 cm) E Ink Carta™ Capacitive
758 × 1024 display, 212 dpi, B&W
Frontlight Yes
CPU 1 GHz
RAM 512MB
Storage 8 GB *
Operating system Linux® 3.0.35
Communications Micro-USB
Wi-Fi (b/g/n, 2.4 GHz)
Battery Li-Ion Pol, 1500 mAh
Cover sensor Yes
Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 128GB
Book formats
PDF, PDF DRM, EPUB, EPUB DRM, DJVU,
FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT,
CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM, CBR, CBZ.
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions 161,3 × 108 × 8 mm
Weight 155 g
* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software
configuration of your device.

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 first time from 8 to 12 hours.
You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or
from (2) the power line using a charger (optional).
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To charge the battery for the first time, do the following:
• Connect the Device to a computer or charger with
USB-cable. The device will turn on as soon as charging
starts.
• When the battery is fully charged, you can discon-
nect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage.
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. Charging starts only if the appropriate mode
was selected.

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DEVICE MANAGEMENT
Turn on Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready to operate, Main
menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings.
Turn off Press and hold On/Off button for about two seconds until the
Device goes off.
Lock
You can lock your Device in three ways:
1. Press On/Off button.
2. Invoke Task Manager. Touch icon to block your
Device.
3. You can set automatic key lock or power off: go to
Settings> Saving Power> Power off after or Lock device after, and
set the idle time before power off or locking Device.
Unlock Press On/Off button.
Restart
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. If it does not help, you can restart it by
pressing Restart button.
Task
Manager
You can invoke Task Manager in two ways:
• by touching at the notification bar icon;
• by continuous press on the Home button.
Task Manager gives quick access to some Device control features:
• close running applications: press against an
application in the list.
• Lock Device. To unlock, press On/Off button.
• Open wireless connections list.
• Take a screenshot.
• Turn off the Device.

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MAIN MENU OVERVIEW
Slide down to open a
Notification panel
Touch to open Calendar
Home screen - list of re-
cently opened and newly
added books
Bestsellers
Slide up to open an
Application panel

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Notification panel
Touch or slide down the icon to open a Notification
panel.
NOTE: You can open Notification panel also pressing a Menu button.
Notification panel gives an easy access to configuration of
Wi-Fi,Task Manager,Flight Mode,Sync,Search of network
services and Frontlight.
Also the news on ReadRate are displayed on it.
NOTE: To see the ReadRate news, please, authorize to the service
first. Go Settings > Accounts and Synchronization > ReadRate and
Log in the service.

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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, file, 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 finger across the screen.

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Flick
Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen
rapidly.
Scaling
Changes the image scale: place two fingers
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 character, tap a dedicated button. To type a spe-
cial character, long press a dedicated button. Select the
required special character in the drop-down list.

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To switch from alphabet to numeric keyboard, tap . To
switch from numeric to alphabet keyboard, tap .
To add a new keyboard language, go to Settings > Lan-
guages > Keyboard layouts.
To switch to a different keyboard language, tap . The
selected language is displayed on the spacebar.
If necessary, you can enable/disable the preview of special
characters in the top-right corner of the keyboard. To do
so, go to Settings > Languages > Keyboard layouts > Key
shortcut preview.
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