PocketBook Pro 912 manual

P ock etBook P ro 912 User Manual[...]

T able o f C ontents SAFET Y PREC AUTIONS ........................................................... 3 APPEAR ANCE ............................................................................. 7 Front View 7 Back View 9 TECHNIC AL CHAR A C TERISTICS ......................................... 10 GETTING ST AR TED ....................................[...]

T able of C ontents 2 L oading of the P rotect ed Electronic Books (Adobe DRM) 27 R eading Mode 29 Using the St ylus 35 SOFT W ARE ............................................................................... 37 Favorites 37 Notes 37 Applications 37 Dictionary 41 Music 42 Photo 43 Search 44 NET W ORK C ONNEC TIONS ................................[...]

Safet y P recautions Before start working with the Devic e, please, read this section carefully . Following these instructions will help you ensure your saf ety and ext end service lif e of the Devic e. Storage, C arriage and Usage C onditions De vice operating temperature range is 0°С to 40°С, so don’t e xpose the Devic e to e x cessively hi[...]

Safety P recautions 4 Do not leave the De vic e for a long time in poorly ventilated environment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight bo x es/packaging. Neither drop nor try to bend the De vic e. P rotect the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it . T o ensure ade - quate prot ection of the scre en, w e rec ommend storing the De - vic e in [...]

Safety P recautions 5 By the end of product guarant ee term, please c ontact the near - est authorized servic e facility for e xamination on the subject of se curity is maintained. For detailed information about servic e c enters in y our region please visit the ofcial websit e of P ocketBook International: http://www .pocketbook -int .c om. RF [...]

Safety P recautions 6 servic e, st ore where you purchased the De vic e, or the author - ized servic e c enter . Disposal of electric and electronic c omponents (the Directiv e is applicable to the EU and other European c ountries where separate waste disposal syst ems e xist). In other c ountries dispose batteries ac c ord - ingly to local laws. D[...]

Appearanc e FR ONT VIEW 1 . T ouch scre en 2 . Home – returns to Main Menu 3 . Menu – opens cont ext menu 4 . Forward – turns page forward 5 . Backward – turns page backward 6 . Speakers – 2×0.5 W speakers 7. О К – conrms selection 8 . Up 9 . Right 10. Down 11. Le f t navigation ke ys[...]

A ppearance 8 12. R eturn – goes back t o the previous menu 13. R eset button – restar ts the Devic e 14. 3.5 mm audio jack 15. LED indicator – indicates the Devic e’ s pow er mode. Flashing orange – charging, solid orange – charged, solid green – pow er consumption 16. Micro-USB por t – designed f or c onnecting your De vice to eit[...]

A ppearance 9 BA CK VIEW 18. Z oom - button 19. Z oom + button 20. V olume - button 21. V olume + button 22. Stylus 23. On/Off – long press switches the De vice on/o ff, shor t one – opens express menu 24. Wi-Fi on/off - enabling/disabling wireless Wi-Fi c onnection 25. Battery c ompar tment c over button NO TE Y ou can c ongure key mapping [...]

T echnical Characteristics Display 9.7’’ E Ink Vizple x™ 1200×825, 155 dpi, black/ white T ouch P anel EMR (E-W riting, pen touch module) P rocessor 533 МHz RA M 256 МB Internal Storage 2 GiB Operating system Linux® C ommunications Wi-Fi™ (b/g) Bluetooth™ 2.1 USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s) Memory slot microSD up to 32 GiB Audio output 3.5 mm ster[...]

Getting Star ted IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn how to prepare the Devic e to w ork and about main c ontrol features. CHAR GING BA T TER Y T o ext end batt ery lifetime, it’ s rec ommended to charge the De - vic e for the rst time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state. Y ou can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable or from the pow er l[...]

Getting Star t ed 1 2 TURNING ON T o turn on the Devic e, press and hold On/Off button for a f ew sec onds until star tup logo will appear . When the De vic e is ready to operat e, an image will be changed t o Main menu or last opened book, depending on settings ( C onguration > At startup , open ). MODES OF DEVICE OPER A TION Normal operatin[...]

Getting Star t ed 1 3 L O ADING FILES C onnect the De vic e to the PC using micro-USB cable. NO TE The Devic e should be kept on while transferring les. Y ou will be prompted to select USB mode PC Link or Charge ei- ther . Sele ct PC Link . Operating syst em of comput er will detect De vice ’ s storage as removable disk (if SD card installed ?[...]

Getting Star t ed 14 USING THE ST YLUS T o calibrate the stylus initially , go to C onguration > Mainte - nanc e > C alibrate T ouch panel . T ouch the crosses appearing on the scre en. It’ s rec ommended to calibrate t ouch panel periodi - cally to k eep ac curate De vice c ontrol with stylus. The stylus can be used as follo ws: • for[...]

Getting Star t ed 1 5 W ORKING WITH ON - SCREEN KEYBO ARD On-screen ke yboard is used when it’ s nec essary to ent er text information, for e xample, for search or netw ork c onnection credentials. T o type a symbol, select it with navigation ke ys and press OK , or press symbol or c ontrol ke y with stylus. T o switch to another input language, [...]

Main Menu IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn about basic elements o f user interfac e of the De vice. Main menu c ontains main functional and control so ftware ele - ments (main panel and widgets) displayed af ter turning on and launching the Devic e (if the corresponding option in C ongura - tion > At startup, open is selected). T o acc ess[...]

Main Menu 1 7 Detailed information about each Main P anel se ction see in Software section of the Manual. WIDGETS Widget is a brief vie w o f a par ticular application. T o bring up an application in full screen, open the widget as usual appli - cation. C onte xt menu allows changing or c onguring widget . Last opened books Displays rec ently op[...]

Main Menu 1 8 Music player Displays current track and provides basic music playback con - trol: play/pause, previous/ne xt track. Calculator Simple calculator allows you to perform 4 arithmetic opera - tions, calculate per c ent , and tak e the square root . By pressing the button in the right bott om corner o f the widget you can switch to full-sc[...]

Main Menu 1 9 T o change settings copy le eBook.cfg to PC and edit it with any te xt edit or ( e.g. Windows Notepad). Widget parameters are described below . P arameter Name Format Description Example Store name String (up to 12 symbols) Displayed as wid- get title BookLand L ogo le name string .bmp le should be located in folder syst em[...]

Main Menu 20 P arameter Name Format Description Example Serial num- ber transfer ag 1 or 0 Sends De vice se- rial number . C an be used by some stores f or auto- matic log in 1 De vice mod- el transfer ag 1 or 0 Sends De vice ’ s model and manu- facturer info 1 C onnection type trans- fer ag 1 or 0 Sends informa- tion about c on- nection[...]

Main Menu 2 1 ST A TUS BAR Status bar is located at the bott om of the screen and displays ne xt service inf ormation: • Date and time • Battery charge • – Multitasking icon – touch this icon t o open run - ning tasks list • – Wi-Fi is activ e: touch it with stylus to open c on - nection inf o • – Bluetooth is active: t ouch it wi[...]

Main Menu 22 T ASK LIST De vice so ftware suppor ts multitasking, and y ou can quickly switch betw een running applications in sev eral ways: • by touching status bar ic on with stylus • by opening shor t task list with c ontinuous Back but - ton press • by calling e xtended T ask list with shor t On/Off but - ton press. Ex cept task switchin[...]

Main Menu 23 you e xit the book b y pressing Home . T o close application c ompletely , press Back button.[...]

R eading Books IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn how t o use reading software, ll in your library and c ongure the Devic e for the most c omfor table reading. LIBR AR Y Library is e-books le manager . T o open a book, touch its title with stylus or select it using navigation ke ys and press OK. Li - brary menu allows t o lter , group [...]

R eading Books 25 • Genre • Format . Sor ting criteria • File names • Book titles • Last opened • Creation date • Series • Author Sor ting can be asc ending or descending. Books list views Simple – in this mode next inf ormation is displayed: • Folder or le format icon • Book title • L ocation ic on (if le is located o[...]

R eading Books 26 Storage-dependent appearanc e has three options: • Internal + memory card • Internal • Memory card. Information block at the bottom o f the screen displays read books and storage status. C onte xt menu allows proc eeding with next le and folder operations: • Open (if item can be opened with alt ernative reader program ?[...]

R eading Books 27 L O ADING OF THE PRO TEC TED ELEC TRONIC BOOKS ( ADOBE DRM ) Y ou must register on the www .adobe.c om site to be able t o use the book protect ed format ( Sign in>C reate an Adobe Ac count ). Downloading Book Using the * .acsm Link 1 . Visit the www .adobe.c om site using a P C browser . NO TE The current browser v ersion does[...]

R eading Books 28 3 . Follow on-scre en instructions to activate your De - vic e. Use the on-screen ke yboard t o enter login and password of your ac count int o the Devic e activation form at www .adobe. co m to proc eed. Then you will be able t o download the book. 4 . Download a book. The full v ersion of the book will be available in the Digita[...]

R eading Books 29 Book Borrowing A registered user can borro w a book from online bookstores (e.g. www .adobe.c om ). A borrowed book will be plac ed in the Borrowed books section o f the user’ s ac c ount and bec omes available for reading. The book can be opened on a PC or the De vice using the ac c ount data on the www .adobe.c om site. Every [...]

R eading Books 30 (if a current page c ontain links, otherwise you’ll get a mes - sage about links absenc e). A cursor will appear in the right top c orner . Select the link t o follow using Up and Down k eys and press OK to go to a link. If a link is e xternal one, the browser will open it; to return t o reading press R eturn ke y . If a link is[...]

R eading Books 3 1 Y ou can tune appearance o f cont ents in conte xt menu. There you can rename or edit not e, e xpand or c ollapse all subsec - tions branches and set up items to display in c ontents (under the Settings section): c ontents, bookmarks, markers, c omments, pens or snapshots. Please, note that y ou can edit notes and bookmarks y ou?[...]

R eading Books 32 T o install T TS package, do the follo wing: • Download package (.pbi e xtension le) from w ebsite http://pocketbook -int.com/do wnload/tts/ • C onnect the Devic e t o P C and cop y T TS package le to applications f older of the internal st orage • Open Main panel Applic ations section, run package le and c onrm [...]

R eading Books 33 margins width, or enc oding (for txt and html books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality or High Spe ed (default). Z oom Pdf and DjV u books has Z oom menu item instead of Settings. Ne xt z ooming modes are available: • 4, 9 page – pre view mode, se veral pages on a screen • Fit width – scaling page to the scre [...]

R eading Books 3 4 • – brings up on-screen ke yboard to type in the word t o translate • – change dictionary . R otate Fix es the screen orientation: select the suitable one with navi - gation ke ys or press OK for automatic ac celeromet er-based page rotation. A T TENTION ! Screen rotation changes navigation k eys mapping! For example, af [...]

R eading Books 35 P encil – use to draw notes in the te xt. Eraser – clears markers and pencils. Slide the stylus across the area with note t o erase it . Screenshot – saves sele cted te xt fragment as a picture. T able of C ontents – opens the book’ s T able of C ontents. Help – opens a window with instructions on using the tools. Clos[...]

R eading Books 36 Z ooming Y ou can also z oom using the stylus: to increase slide the sty - lus bottom-up on the right edge o f the screen; to de crease, respectiv ely , slide the stylus down. Z ooming mode depends on chosen earlier . Menu T o call reader’ s menu, touch the cent er of the screen with the stylus. Bookmarks T ouch with the stylus [...]

So f t ware IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn about additional software f eatures of the De vice. FA V ORITES Aft er sele cting this section Library opens, displaying the books, added to Fav orites. NO TES In this section you can vie w all the not es made during read - ing. After you select a note, the table of c ontents o f the book, where it wa[...]

Sof tware 38 Calculator Y ou can also launch this application via C alculator widget. The calculator pro vides a wide range of mathematical operations, such as: numerical notations, as well as logical, c onstant , and trigonometric functions. The engineering calculator can be used to perf orm extremely c omplicated calculations. Chess Classic chess[...]

Sof tware 39 P ocketNews An application for adding and reading RSS f eeds. T o add RSS news fe eds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed option. Enter the fe ed address using the on-screen ke yboard. T o delete the fe ed, sele ct it, open the cont ext menu (by press - ing the Menu button) and sele ct the Delete command. T o edit the feed, select[...]

Sof tware 4 0 Browser Application f or viewing w eb-pages. Aft er opening the bro wser , you will be ask ed to conne ct to one of the available netw orks. T o navigate the browser use the stylus, to enter web-addresses and other te xt information – on-screen k eyboard. Scribble Application for drawing. T o use this application your touch screen m[...]

Sof tware 41 DIC TIONAR Y Enter a w ord from on-screen ke yboard, and the application will nd its translation. T o hide/sho w the on-screen ke yboard, press OK button. T o change dictionary , press Menu butt on or touch the ic on at the right top c orner with the stylus, select the dictionary from the list and press OK . Installation of Free * .[...]

Sof tware 4 2 MUSIC This Main Menu item is designed f or you t o listen to your fa - vorit e MP3 music. A T TENTION Music player is the most energy-c onsuming applica - tion. If the music player is enabled, a note ic on is displayed at the status bar . T o listen to music on y our Devic e: • Download МР3 audio les into the De vice memory or [...]

Sof tware 4 3 Player C ontrols • OК button – Play/P ause • L eft/Right buttons: • Shor t press – ne xt/previous track in the playlist • L ong press – fast-f orward/rewind track • Menu button – change playback mode • One track • All tracks in order • Shufe. • Forward / Backward and V olume +/- – adjust volume • P re[...]

Sof tware 44 SEAR CH Aft er you open this Main menu section, the on-screen ke yboard will appear . Enter te xt in le name, title or author name, and application will open found books list. Using the cont ext menu o f the list , you will be able to open a book, view its info , mark as read/unread, add t o favorites; send book via Bluetooth, renam[...]

Net work C onnections IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn ho w to prec ongure netw ork c onnections to go online or c ommunicate with other de vices. T o c ongure conne ction, enter the section C onguration > C onnectivity . Enter the De vic e name, visible to other network e quipment , under the Devic e name se ction. T o sele ct netwo[...]

Network C onnections 4 6 2 . Press C onnection Name and enter name from the on- screen k eyboard appeared 3 . Press C onnect via . The De vic e will search for avail - able Bluetooth de vic es. Sele ct the devic e to c onnect t o from the list 4 . Set an acc ess point name (APN), username and pass - word under the c orresponding sections NO TE APN,[...]

Network C onnections 4 7 C onnecting Bluetooth Audio Device Y ou can conne ct a Bluetooth audio de vice t o listen to the mu - sic or T ext -to-Spe ech. NO TE Y ou can c onnect a Bluetooth audio de vice that uses the A2DP Bluetooth-prole. Conv entional Bluetooth headset f or mobile phones works using the headset and hands free prole. T o conn[...]

Network C onnections 4 8 Upon completing the c onnection it will be nec essary to enter a Bluetooth PIN, it should be provided b y the audio devic e manufacturer . PIN is re quired for the rst c onnection only . Aft er the c onnection and ic ons will appear in status bar . NO TE Playback control with A2DP devic e (e.g. play/pause, next/pre - vio[...]

Network C onnections 4 9 NO TE A list of all Bluetooth de vices that are c ompatible with your Devic e will be displayed (all nearby Bluetooth devic es that are ena - bled will be displayed, not only ke yboard). 4 . Open Disconnect when idle (min) and select a value from the drop-down list 5 . T o link to a k eyboard, enable the connection b y pres[...]

Network C onnections 50 C ONFIGURING WI - FI C ONNEC TION 1 . Select C onguration > C onnectivity > Bluetooth con - nections > Bluetooth Audio Devic es . Select the conne ction y ou want t o c ongure. By default , non-preset c onnections are named C onnection No … 2 . Press Network name (SSID) and select the ac cess point from the [...]

Network C onnections 5 1 7. Preset a pro xy serv er (if nec essary): select Pro xy c on - guration and enter c onnection parameters (pro xy server name, por t, username and password) from the on-screen ke yboard 8 . Press T est c onnection to check network conguration. The message C onnecting will appear . If conne ction fails you can look th[...]

C onguration IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn how c ongure the interfac e and software fea - tures of the De vic e for the most comf or table usage. Changes you’ve made in C onguration will be applied af ter you will exit this section. R egistration This menu item is display ed only if the Devic e is not regis - tered at BookLand onli[...]

C on  guration 53 Language Select the De vic e’ s interfac e language. K e yboard Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts and set the ke yboard layout swit ching for Bluetooth ke yboard. User P roles Here you can c ongure up to 6 user proles (5 can be stored in the internal storage and 1 – on micro SD card). Each pro[...]

C on  guration 5 4 • Main menu – select Main menu elements lay out • Screen orientation – select the most suitable for y ou or select auto f or acc elerometer-based NO TE The navigation ke y map may change as you change orienta - tion from por trait t o landscape. • Boot logo – star tup image. If you’d lik e use your own, c opy it [...]

C on  guration 55 Clock In this section you will be able to set dat e, time, time z one and clock format. Update clock item denes how of ten the clock at status bar will be updated during reading: on page turn, e very time or disabled at all. Also you can set idle time before lock - ing ke yboard and automatic pow er off . Open at Star tup He[...]

C on  guration 56 • USB mode – set how the Devic e handles USB c onnec - tion: PC link, charge or ask user . Speech Synthesis In this section you can set parameters f or TTS: • Language and v oic e – select the T TS package • Speed of Speech • T one. Maintenanc e This section allo ws you t o congure syst em parameters. • Update [...]

C on  guration 57 • Update interval – set the interval to check for updat es • C alibrate g-sensor – put the De vic e on a at horizon - tal surfac e and press any button • R emov e ADE authorization . Library This section is int ended for optimization of Library databased. • Library Data Update – set the parameters for Library d[...]

Firmware Update W ARNING ! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which management sof tware of e-book will be changed. In case o f improper ex ecution c ontrol program may be damaged and will re - quire treatment in the servic e center . Please perform the upgrade procedure in ac c ordance with the instructions below . There are 2 ways[...]

Firmware U pdate 59 Manual Update 1 . Open site www .pocketbook -int.com . Select your c ountry 2 . Click the Support butt on on top menu. Select hard - ware model of your De vice 3 . Download the Firmware to y our PC 4 . Unpack the c ontent of the archiv e, le SWUPDA TE. BIN and c opy it to the root f older of MicroSD-Card or int ernal De vice [...]

Firmware U pdate 60 T roubleshooting Error Message R eason C orrection Method No upgrade image found le SWUPDA TE. BIN cannot be found on the Mi- cro SD card. Make sure the le is in the root folder of the card. T ry t o format y our Micro SD card (make a backup c opies of all its cont ent prior to format - ting) and cop y the le to the roo[...]

T roubleshooting Malfunciton P ossible R eason Solution Devic e 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 probably damaged or protected appears, or nothing happens at all The book is damaged If the book was downloaded from the online store try to re- load it[...]

T roubleshooting 62 Malfunciton P ossible R eason Solution No response when you press any ke y Sometimes (e.g. , when downloading dam- aged or too large books) the Devic e may freeze Close the froz en appli- cation by pressing the R eturn ke y for 1–2 sec and delete task from task list . If this doesn’t help, press R eset on the rear panel to r[...]

T roubleshooting 63 Malfunciton P ossible R eason Solution Battery discharges too fast Disabled automatic turning off C onguration > Clock in Main Menu. Select automatic turn off time in Auto T urn Off in … item Music play er is in background mode. The music play er is one of the most energy-con- suming application. A tone ic on in the righ[...]

C ustomer Suppor t For detailed information about servic e c enters in y our country please use c ontacts below: W eb site: http://www .pocketbook -int .c om/suppor t/ E-mail: servic e@pocketbook -int.com T elephone: Deutschland 0-800-183-39-70 USA 1-877 -326-01-96 Рос сийская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34 У країна 0-800-304-8[...]

C omplianc e with International Standards The EUT should be supplied by USB por t from complied Limited P ow er Source o f personal comput er or notebook. The EUT should be supplied b y Adapter from complied Limited P ow er Source. A C P ower Manufacturer: FLEET Model: FC C050100U Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1A This equipment is mark ed with the 09[...]

C ompliance with Int ernational Standards 66 • EN 300 328 V1.7 .1 – Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Wideband T ransmission Systems; Data transpor t equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and using wide band modulation techniques; Harmonized EN c ov ering essential requirements under ar ticle 3.2 of the R&[...]

C ompliance with Int ernational Standards 67 • ETSI EN 301 511 V9.0.2 – Global System for Mobile c ommunications (GSM); Harmonized EN for mobile stations in the GSM 900 and GSM 1 800 bands c overing essential requirements under article 3.2 of the R&T TE dire ctive (1999/5/EC) • ETSI EN 301 908-1 V3.2.1 – Electromagnetic c ompatibility a[...]

C ompliance with Int ernational Standards 68 negate your authority to operate the product. This product has demonstrated EMC c ompliance under c onditions that included the use of c ompliant peripheral devic es and shielded cables between system c omponents. It is important that you use c ompliant peripheral devic es and shielded cables betwe en sy[...]

C ompliance with Int ernational Standards 69 • R eorient or relocat e the receiving ant enna. • Increase the separation between the e quipment and rec eiver . • C onnect the equipment int o an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the rec eiver is c onnected. • C onsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. F[...]

C ompliance with Int ernational Standards 70 The SAR limit stated in the ICNIRP guidelines is 2.0 watts/ kilogram (W/kg) averaged over 10 grams of tissue. T ests f or SAR are conduct ed using standard operating positions with the de vice transmitting at its highest certied po wer lev el in all test ed frequenc y bands. The actual SAR le vel of a[...]