Sony PRS-650 - Reader Touch Edition&trade User manual

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PRS-650
User Guide
Digital Book Reader
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CONGRATULATIONS
Your Reader Touch Edition™ comes with these
useful features:
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Clear touch – a high quality touch screen that
allows you to navigate effortlessly by swiping
to turn pages, tap to bookmark, take notes
and highlight.
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Font Zoom – increase or decrease the text
size to your preference, or zoom into images
to take a closer look.
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Dictionary – simply double-tap a word to see
its meaning and to translate it.
Read on. There’s so much more.
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Personalize the standby screen with your
favorite picture.

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Use the “Collections”feature to organize your
library on your Reader™ to find the book you
want to read.
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Never lose track of time with the clock* view
(whenever the OPTIONS button is pressed).
* Set the time using the [Date and Time] setting (90).
For more details, please refer to this User Guide.

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Useful Features
Annotation
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Bookmarking (39)
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Highlighting word(s) (40)
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Handwriting a note (41)
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Adding a note (42)
Resizing
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Adjusting the text size (47)
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Changing a page mode (48)
Zooming in (49)
Adjusting Content View (52)

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Searching
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Finding notes within a book (44), among
books (46)
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Searching keywords (55)
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Searching a book (34)
Jumping to a page (57)
Dictionary
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When reading a book (60)
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As an application (82)
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List of previously looked up words (63)
Reading Periodicals (65)
Collection Management
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Creating (68)
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Adding contents (70)
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Deleting (72)

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Other Applications
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Handwriting (77)
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Text Memo (80)
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Picture Viewer (83)
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Audio Player (85)
Supported File Formats (121)
Specifications (19)

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Chapter 1
Getting Started........................................... 8-20
Parts and Controls...................................................... 8
Charging the Reader...............................................12
Power Saving Tips ....................................................14
How to Get eBooks..................................................17
Support........................................................................18
Specifications ............................................................19

Getting Started
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Parts and Controls
Power Switch
To Action
Power on or wake up
from sleep mode*1
Slide to the right and release quickly.
Enter sleep mode Slide and release quickly. The standby
screen*2appears.
Power off
completely
When not in sleep mode slide and
hold for more than 3 seconds. Follow
the instructions on the screen.
*1Battery consumption is minimized in sleep mode.
*2For details about [Standby Screen], see 94.
Charge/Busy indicator
Red: Charging in progress
Orange: When booting/shutting down/internal
memory access
Off: Off/Sleep mode/Reader in operation
Getting Started

Parts and Controls
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Memory Stick Duo™
media
SD card
Mark Mark
Memory Stick PRO Duo™ slot
Memory card access indicator
Lights up in orange during memory card access.
SD card slot
Note
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Please see 114 regarding memory card usage.
Stylus
For more precise operations, use the supplied stylus.
Insert fully into the holder when not in use.

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Touch screen (23)
Lightly tap the screen either with a finger, or the
supplied stylus to navigate.
< > (Page Turn) buttons
Press < (previous) or > (next) to turn the page.
Press and hold < or > to turn pages continuously.
(Home) button (29)
Shows the [Home] menu.
(Size) button (47)
Shows a utility to change text size, zoom a page and
select a page mode.
OPTIONS button (31)
Shows the menu for relevant optional functions.