Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Basic Touch PocketBook
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User Manual.
T able of Contents SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ............................................ 5 APPEARANCE ........................................................ 10 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS ................................. 11 GET TING ST ARTED .............
MAIN MENU.......................................................... 23 Recent Events 25 Library 27 Book Stor e 31 Notes 31 Dictionary 31 Favorites 32 Applications 32 Calculator 32 Chess 32 Calendar &a.
Send-to-P ocketBook 46 Search 49 Status Bar 50 T ask Management 50 READING BOOKS ................................................... 52 Social networks & ReadRate 55 T urning P ages 59 Contents 59.
SET TINGS .............................................................. 69 Fr ontlight 69 P ersonalize 69 Network 71 Date/Time 72 Languages 72 Accounts and S ynchronization 73 Advanced Settings 77 Saving Battery 83 Device Info 83 FIRMW ARE UPDA TE ..
Safety Pr ecautions Before start working with the Device, please, read this section carefully . Following these instructions will help you ensur e your safety and extend service life of the Device.
Safety Precautions 7 • exposure to strong electr omagnetic fields, electrostatic charges and artificial sources of UV electr omagnetic radiation • excessive mechanical pressure on the scr een, connectors and keys of the Device. Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly ventilated envi - ronment, e.
Safety Precautions 8 (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made or mod ified batteries may cause an explosion and/or damage the Device. Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.
Safety Precautions 9 RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may in - terfere with radio communications and other electronic equip - ment.
Safety Precautions 10 collection service, store where you pur chased 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 separ ate waste d isposal systems exist).
Appear ance 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.
T echnical Specifications Display 6” E Ink Pearl™ capacitive multi-sensor 800×600 d isplay , 166 dpi, B&W CPU 1000 MHz RAM 256MB Stor age 4 GB * Operating system Linux® Communications Micro-USB Wi-Fi (802.
Getting Started In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to work and about its main control features. CHARGING BA TTERY T o extend battery lifetime, it’s r ecommended to charge the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state.
Getting Started 13 If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a d ialog window asking to select action – PC link or Char ge – will appear .
Getting Started 14 (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. If it does not help, you can restart it by pressing On/Off button for 10 seconds. L OADING FILES Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable. NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring files.
Getting Started 15 GESTURES CAUTION! T ouch screen of the Device is sensitive enough and is a fragile detail. T o avoid its damage, please, touch it carefully while controlling the Device with gestures. Ta p Opens an element (book, file, folder application or menu item).
Getting Started 16 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 KEYBO ARD On-screen keyboard is used when it’ s necessary to enter text information, for example, for search or network con - nection credentials.
Getting Started 17 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-F i cr edentials) icon will appear on a text field. T ouch it to see typed symbols.
Getting Started 18 CONNECTING T O 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 , Poc ketNews ) the Device will open a list of available Wi-Fi connections.
Getting Started 19 3. T o set up connection with a hidden network, open Connection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from the on-screen keyboard in the Network name (SSID) field.
Getting Started 20 • Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks pa - rameters manually from the on-scr een keyboard 7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy server , you can specify its parameters in Proxy c onfigura - tion section 8.
Getting Started 21 INST ALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES Y ou can install additional d ictionaries (you can purchase d ictionaries in Book Stor e). 1. Copy extension file with .pbi extension to the De - vice internal storage. 2. Disconnect the Device from PC.
Getting Started 22 INSERTING MICRO SD CARD The Device already has 4 GB of internal storage, but you can extend it by using micro SD card. Insert it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push until car d will be fixed. T o eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be unfixed, and pull it to get.
Main Menu In this chapter you will learn about basic elements of user interface of the Device. After turning on the Device Main menu will be d isplayed on the screen (if Settings > P ersonalize > Open at start - up corresponding option was set).
Main Menu 23 Main menu overview ‘Recent Events’ is a list of rec ently opened and downloaded books Collapse Applications panel Last read book Last downloaded Applications panel Events of friends o.
Main Menu 24 RECENT EVENTS This section d isplays last actions on the Device, namely last opened, recently loaded books and your friends events on ReadRate and recommendations (see details in Social net - works & ReadRate ).
Main Menu 25 Library Overview Exit Menu Search T urn Library pages 1 2 3 4 5.
Main Menu 26 LIBRARY Library is e-books file manager . Library menu allows to filter , group, sort, change appearance of the section and perform search.
Main Menu 27 • Genre • Format • Date Added . 3 Sorting criteria • File names • Book titles • Last opened • Creation date • Series • Author .
Main Menu 28 Detailed – in this mode there’s added thumbnails, in - formation about file format and size, read percentage and status icons: Read, Favorite. T humbnails – in this mode book cover , book and au - thor name (if known) and Favorite icon are d isplayed.
Main Menu 29 ...and allows proceeding with next file and folder operations: • Open (if item can be opened with alternative read - er program – Open with …) • Information — brief infor.
Main Menu 30 NOTES In this section you can view all the notes made during reading. After you select a note, the table of contents of the book, where it was made, will open. Please, read mor e about notes creation and editing in Notes . DICTIONARY Enter a word by on-screen keyboar d, and the application will find its translation.
Main Menu 31 APPLICA TIONS This section contains games and add itional software. T o exit an application, press key or corresponding menu item . Calculator Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems, trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
Main Menu 32 Calendar & Clock Opens current month calendar and clock. Navigation / allows turning over a calendar . The button returns you to the current month. Read about date and time setting in Date/T ime manual’ s chapter . Klond ike Classic solitaire.
Main Menu 33 T o update feed, select Update in the application menu. Updated content is added to the file with .hrss extension, and the file will be accessible for reading after updating. The news download ing status is d isplayed while updating. After the update file is available for reading off-line using the browser .
Main Menu 34 Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text Back: cancel the last operation Current dr awing/total number of drawings: change the current drawing New: start new drawing Delete drawing Exit application.
Main Menu 35 Browser This is an application for viewing web-pages. As you start Browser , you are suggested to connect to one of available wireless networks. T o enter website address, touch address bar , type an ad - dress from on-scr een keyboard appeared and pr ess Enter .
Main Menu 36 Settings you can clear history and cookies, d isable/enable JavaScript and load ing images. T o exit Browser , touch the corresponding item in browser menu.
Main Menu 37 (http://www .bookland.com/ ) to your Device. T he internet connection must be active. If you are already r egistered at the portal http://www .bookland.com/ , press I already have an ac - count BookLand and check if the login and password ar e entered correctly at Book S tore settings.
Main Menu 38 My cards – used bank car ds Exit . Select the book and press Buy to purchase goods. Choose the format of a download ing book and press Buy and download on the page Y our purchase .
Main Menu 39 moved to the folder Library > Downloads and is displayed on the wall of Last events of the Main Menu. NOTE If there is no money on your balance, it will be offered to you to top up the balance on a site BookLand or d ir ectly on the Device using the bank card (Visa, MasterCard, Maestro).
Main Menu 40 T o use Poc ketBook Sync you need to perform several sim - ple steps: Registration 1. Register at the portal Book Store. (For example, at the portal www .bookland.com you need to add your De - vice to your account by entering a serial number of the Device on the site).
Main Menu 41 www .bookland.com you need to choose content in the Items section and press Send to P ocketBook ). Download ing Content on the Device T urn on Wi-F i connection on your Device or choose Up- date in PocketBook S ync application (if W i-Fi connection has not been activated, the Device will generate the con - nection request).
Main Menu 42 the In queue section. Y ou need to select one, sever al or all items in the list and choose Download (you can also delete undesirable links by choosing Delete ).
Main Menu 43 Dropbox P ocketBook DropBox application allows to download files, added to Dropbox from any computer or any Device with installed Dropbox app or from the Dr opbox website, to your Device. And you do not need to install anything to your Pocket - Book, it is enough to authorize in the service.
Main Menu 44 NOTE The application on your device will have access only to files in the ‘ Application > Dropbox P ocketBook’ folder on the server How to synchronize Automatically: 1.
Main Menu 45 2. After synchronization all obtained files will be also available in the sync folder in the Library on the Device. Send-to-P ocketBook The application allows to send files to the email address of your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on.
Main Menu 46 • In the opened wizard enter your contact email ad - dress and password. • The email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address. Follow this link to r eceive the email address of your Device (for example, username@pbsync.
Main Menu 47 the Device Library , when the internet connection is on. Down - load folder is available after authorization from the locations: • Applications > Send-to-Poc ketBook • Settin.
Main Menu 48 The list of trusted senders Documents can be downloaded on the Device, if they are sent from the address, contained in the ‘white list’ (a list of the trusted senders). The address, specified at registration, is contained in the list by default.
Main Menu 49 ST A TUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and briefly d isplays system info. In reading mode status bar d isplays current page and total page count.
Main Menu 50 Besides task switching, you can force close running appli - cations: press against an application in the list . Y ou can also access quickly some Device control features: • Lock Device. T o unlock, pr ess On/Off button • Open wireless connections list • T ake a screenshot.
Read ing Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and con - figure reader softwar e for the most comfortable reading. The Device supports next book formats: PDF , EPUB (includ - ing Adobe DRM -protected); FB2, FB2.ZIP , DOC, DOCX, TXT , DjVU, R TF , HTML, HTM, CHM, TCR, PRC, MOBI, ACSM .
Read ing Books 49 Pressing in the center of the screen evokes the r ead ing menu. GESTURES IN READING MODE Close book Book- mark Open reading menu.
Read ing Books 50 Exit book Book name Search Bookmark Expand reading menu Content T urning pages Open ReadRate menu Read ing Menu.
Read ing Books 51 SOCIAL NETWORKS & READRA TE Now you will be able to take advantages of social net - works on your Pocketbook: shar e quotations from books, add comments, tell what you are reading or have read, like or don’t like. ReadRate also allows you watching the friends’ events and obtaining information about the most popular books.
Read ing Books 52 Now read ing, Have r ead, Like, Unlike 1. T ouch one of the options ( Now r ead ing , Have read, Like or Unlike ). 2. Enter data (E-mail and password) of one of your accounts: in social networks or in the market Book Store.
Read ing Books 53 4. Select social networks, where you want to send news: Facebook, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, T witter – icons of chosen networks will become hefted. 5. If the chosen social network wasn’t linked to the ReadRate profile, you will be proposed to link them.
Read ing Books 54 3. After that the scenario Now read ing, Have read, Like, Unlike is performed, beginning from 2 item . 4. Al l actions of your friends on ReadRate ar e d is - played in Recent events on your Device: 5. Y ou can Delete or Open event. When you open it all new friends’ actions on ReadRate will be d isplayed.
Read ing Books 55 T o delete your social networks accounts information for ReadRate, go to Settings > Acc ounts and Synchr oniza - tion > ReadRate > Remove ReadRate authorization on your PocketBook.
Read ing Books 56 Content section contains three insets: • Sections (book’s chapters names); • Bookmarks (made during read ing); • Notes (graphic or text). If there’ s no content, bookmarks or notes, the corresponding inset is blank.
Read ing Books 57 • Move the progress bar slider in the reading menu. < and > buttons are intended for more pr ecise navigation – one page backward/forward, r espectively . • T ouch the slider , that opens a d ialog window where you are able to enter the page number you want to open.
Read ing Books 58 BOOKMARKS T o create a bookmark, touch right top corner of the screen. A dog ear mark will appear . T o delete a bookmark, touch this mark again and confirm deletion. Also you can add/remove bookmarks by selecting the cor - responding read ing menu item.
Read ing Books 59 SEARCH T o search in book text touch the icon of the reading menu. After entering a query from on-screen keyboar d, re - sults found will be highlighted. T o move between search results, touch on arrow buttons at the right bottom corner of the screen.
Read ing Books 60 margins width, hyphenations ( on/off ) encoding, refresh mode ( Best Quality or High Speed ). PDF & DjV u Y ou can change only the whole page scale only (except Reflow mode for PDF ).
Read ing Books 61 • Reflow – in this mode text is formatted to d isplay completely on the screen. Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only . Some tables and pictures cannot be dis - played in the Reflow mode ; • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width; • Mar gins cropping – allows to decrease margins width or heigth.
Read ing Books 62 DICTIONARY T ouch and hold a word to open a panel allowing you to search for translation using one of installed dictionaries or find a word in Google. Also after selecting Dictionary item, a window with d ictionary entry of a selected word appears.
Read ing Books 63 NOTES Notes allows you to save favorite book fragments and make handwritten records directly in the text. All the notes will be d isplayed in book’ s table of contents. T o enter notes mode, select Note read ing menu section. NOTE Handwritten notes ar e not available for DjVu books.
Read ing Books 64 Pencil – use to dr aw notes in the text. Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the finger across the area with note to er ase it. Screenshot – saves selected text fragment as a pictur e. T able of Contents – opens the book’s T able of Contents.
Settings In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and software features of the Device for the most comfortable usage. Select Settings Main menu section to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section.
Settings 66 NOTE Y ou can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo application. Read about it in the Photo section. Font . If you’ d like to use your own font, copy its files to the system/fonts internal storage folder A T TENTION! System folder is hidden by default.
Settings 67 Network access — on or off . After network access activation, the following settings appear: • Auto connection on or off . • Connection to hidden networks — Read more in the Connecting to the Internet section of this manual • Available Networks — a list of available networks.
Settings 68 LANGUA GES Language Select the Device’s interface language. Keyboar d Layouts Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts. Configure Dictionaries.
Settings 69 going to use the service for a long period, you can turn off to optimize the Device productivity . • Establishing Connection : Automatically (connec - tion will be established automat.
Settings 70 • Information about service — more detailed about service Dropbox — In this section the following options ar e available: • Login/Log out : if you are not authorized in the ap - plication, input your Dropbox account data to authorize.
Settings 71 Poc ketBook folder on the Device is set by default. Y ou can choose another folder or create a new one in the internal Device storage or on the external SD-card. • About Service — more detailed about service ReadRate — In this section the following options are available: • Remove ReadRate Authorization .
Settings 72 ADV ANCED SET TINGS User Profiles Here you can configure up to 6 user pr ofiles (5 can be stored on the internal stor age and 1 – on microSD card). Each profile stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-configured network connections.
Settings 73 System Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data, except system files; CAUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device, use this feature only , don’t try to format the Device internal memory via PC.
Settings 74 Library This section is intended for optimization of Library database. • Library Data Update – set the parameters for Library database update: • Off – database won’t be upd.
Settings 75 USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection by default: PC link , charge or ask user Privacy Protect Configur ations by Passwor d — in this section you can protect your setting by password. Select Set P assword section and type the password from on-scr een keyboard.
Settings 76 T ext Rendering good quality or high speed. Complete P age Refresh select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updated completely . Always item provides the best quality , but consumes the most power . Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a scr een.
Settings 77 Demo mode switching demo mode for the Device. T o activate demon - stration mode check On in the Demo mode item. SA VING BA T TERY Here you can see battery level and set par ameters, which help to save battery charge: • Battery Percentage • LED Ind ication – you may disable LED ind ication by selecting Off in this section.
Settings 78 DEVICE INFO The following information about Device will be d isplayed: Device Model (model, serial number , hardware platform, Wi-Fi MAC address), Memory (operative memory , total and avai.
Firmwar e Update W ARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which management software of the Device will be changed. In case of improper execution control pr ogram may be damaged and will require tr eatment in the service centre. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accor dance with the instructions below .
Firmware Update 80 If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will ask to connect to one of available wireless networks. Also you can activate the automatic updates check ( Set- tings > About Device > Software > Auto Update ). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only .
Firmware Update 81 8 . Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures: connect USB cable to the Devic e and Press Menu K ey NOTE: Y ou can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Set - tings > About device > Software > Firmwar e Version T roubleshooting Error Message Reason Correction Method No upgrade image found File SWUPDA TE.
T roubleshooting Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution Device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded Battery is low Charge the battery A book does not open - the message Book is prob.
T roubleshooting 83 Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution After connection to PC disks are not d isplayed in Explorer Y our Device is in the bat- tery charging mode.
Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Česko 800-701 -307 Deutschland 0-800- 187-30-03 France 0805-080277 Polsk a 0-0-800- 141-0112.
Compliance with International Standar ds Product name: PocketBook Basic T ouch Model number: PocketBook 624 The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limited Power Sour ce of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Power Sour ce.
C ompliance with International Standards 86 France – 2.4GHz for Metropolitan Fr ance. In all Metropolitan departments, wireless L AN frequencies can be used under the following cond itions, either for public or private use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.
C ompliance with International Standards 87 Certification information (SAR) The device meets guidelines for exposure to rad io waves. Y our device is a rad io transmitter and receiver . It is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international guidelines.
C ompliance with International Standards 88 This equipment complies with the European Council Recommen - dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen - eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. Poc ketBook International S.
An important point after buying a device PocketBook Basic Touch (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought PocketBook Basic Touch yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data PocketBook Basic Touch - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, PocketBook Basic Touch you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get PocketBook Basic Touch will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of PocketBook Basic Touch, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime PocketBook Basic Touch.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with PocketBook Basic Touch. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device PocketBook Basic Touch along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
