PocketBook A 10 manual

User Manual[...]

C ontents SAFET Y PREC AUTIONS ........................................................... 4 APPEAR ANCE ............................................................................. 8 Front View ................................................................... 8 Side View .................................................................... 9 TEC[...]

H O W T O… ................................................................................. 24 Manage Applications .............................................. 25 Manage Data ........................................................... 26 Manage Books ......................................................... 28 R ead Books .....................[...]

Applications ............................................................. 64 A cc ounts & sync ...................................................... 65 P rivacy ...................................................................... 65 Language & ke yboard ............................................ 66 Date and time ......................[...]

Safet y P re cautions Before star t working with the De vice, please, read this se ction carefully . Following these instructions will help y ou ensure your saf ety and e xtend servic e life of the De vice. Storage, Carriage and Usage C onditions De vice operating t emperature range is 0°С to 40°С, so don’t e xpose the Devic e to ex cessiv el[...]

• e xc essive mechanical pressure on the scre en, c on- nect ors and ke ys of the de vic e. Do not leave the de vic e for a long time in poorly ventilat ed environment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight box es/packaging. Neither drop nor try to bend the devic e. P rote ct the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it. T o ensure ad- equat [...]

distilled water . Up to v e faulty pix els are acc eptable in the screen and do not c onstitute a warrantable defe ct of the screen. By the end of product guarantee t erm, please c ontact the nearest authorized servic e facility for e xamination on the subject o f security is maintained. For detailed information about servic e c enters in your r[...]

Utilisation Inc orrect disposal of this de vice may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health. T o pre vent such c on- sequenc es follo w the devic e-specic disposal requirements. R ecy cling of these mat erials helps preserve natural resourc es. For more information re garding recy cling issues please con- tact local municipal a[...]

Appearanc e FR ONT VIEW 1 . Speaker 2 . Home button – Home screen 3 . Menu button – open quick menu 4 . Backward button – pre vious page 5 . Forward button – ne xt page 6 . R eturn button – go to pre vious menu 7. Search button – bring up search menu 8 . Microphone 9 . Camera[...]

SIDE VIEW 10. 3.5 mm audio jack 11. V olume c ontrols 12. SIM-card slot 13. P ower button 14. MicroSD card slot 15. P ow er LED indicator 16. Micro-USB por t .[...]

T echnical Charact eristics Display 10” TFT (TN+Film) 1024x768, 262000 colors, capacitive (multit ouch) CPU TI OMAP 3621 (1 GHz) RA M 512 MB Internal Storage 4 GB Soft ware Platfrom Android™ 2.3 Input/Output P or ts 1×micro USB, 3.5 mm earphone jack Card reader micro SD up t o 32 GB C ommunications Wi-Fi™ (b/g), Bluetooth™ 2.1, GSM/GPRS/ED[...]

Getting Star t ed IN THIS SEC TION … Y ou will get to kno w ho w to make the De vic e operable for the rst time and learn about its basic interfac e and c ontrol features. CHAR GING THE BA TTER Y The battery of your De vice is not fully charged as y ou un- pack it, so you ne ed to charge it for 8-12 hours. It’ s strongly rec ommended to k ee[...]

4 . When the battery is fully charged, the indicator turns solid green. Now you can disc onnect the micro-USB cable. NO TE It’ s recommended to charge the batt ery using the charging devic e. In case if y ou charge the battery from PC, it’ s better to keep the De vice o ff, because pow er consumption may be more, than charging. INSER TING MICR [...]

TURNING ON T o turn the De vic e on, press On/Off button until star tup logo appears. When the Devic e is ready to operate, the lock scre en appears. The lock screen can be unlock ed in two ways: ei- ther by pressing Menu hardware button on the front panel or by touching the lock icon on the screen and sliding your nger ov er the screen in the d[...]

FINGER GESTURES Ta p Shor t sof t touch on an item ( e.g. le, application, f older or menu item) opens it. If item can be opened with various ap- plications, y ou will be asked to sele ct one to open with. Y ou can set y our choice as default one. P ress and Hold This gesture calls c onte xt menu with available options for an item. While you at [...]

Pinch In par ticular applications (e.g. Maps ) to scale an image, you can ‘ pinch’ the screen: mov e to z oom out or push to zoom in two ngers. MENUS Most applications have tw o types of menu: quick and c onte xt one. Quick menu is brought up by pressing Menu hardware button on a front panel. C onte xt menu is called by continu- ous touch on[...]

1 . Status bar – displays system notications ic ons. T o view detailed information, press the status bar and slide your nger downwards t o expand the notication area or go t o Quick menu > Notic ations . 2 . Desktop c ounter – displays ne xt or pre vious to cur- rent desktop c ount. P ress a c ounter to scroll deskt ops, conti- n[...]

4 . Applications – opens applications panel 5 . File Manager Aft er c ontinuous touch on ic on or widget R ecy cle Bin star ter is activated. T o delete element, drag-and-drop it t o R ecy cle Bin and release aft er it highlights in red. C onte xt menu of the Home Screen allo ws you t o customiz e interfac e to your o wn, adding shor tcuts, widge[...]

USING THE ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD T o acc ess the on-screen k eyboard, touch any te xtbox. Enter your te xt by touching the k eys o f the on-screen k ey- board. 1 . Switches betwe en upper and low er case. If indicator in right top c orner is on, all the te xt will be typed in upper case. In symbol mode this button is replac ed with AL T button, which[...]

NO TE K eyboard view may be diff erent from described, depending on ap- plication it used for . EST ABLISHING NET WORK CONNEC TION If y ou skipped Wi-Fi c onguration during the initial setup, you can c ongure it later . Bring up Home screen quick menu and go to Settings > Wire - less & networks . Check Wi-Fi checkbo x, and the De vice [...]

TR ANSFERRING D A T A T o transfer data betwe en PC and the Devic e, c onnect micro- USB cable. NO TE The Devic e should be kept on during data transferring! Aft er y ou conne ct the cable, a notication window suggesting to turn on USB st orage will popup. P ress T urn on USB storage and the De vice memory and microSD card (if present) will be d[...]

At rst, y ou need to install your netw ork operator SIM-card as it sho wn on a gure. In case if the card is prote cted with PIN- c ode, the Devic e will ask you t o enter it from on-screen k eyboard. PIN-code re quest settings can be changed in Settings > L oc a- tion & security > L ock SIM c ard > Set up SIM c ard lock . In this[...]

• Data roaming – select whether use mobile network c onnection or not when y ou are out of your mobile operator c overage, for e xample, abroad • Network mode – select the most suitable one for your mobile network or set to auto-det ect • Ac c ess Point Name – Internet ac cess points c ongura - tion. If y ou need to set up one more p[...]

ABOUT … Y ou can vie w detailed information about y our Devic e in sec - tion Settings > About devic e . There y ou can nd information about model and serial number , rmware and operating system version, battery usage, Wi-Fi MA C address, Bluetooth address and legal inf ormation. Also in this section y ou can c ongure OS and rmware[...]

H o w t o … IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn about main sof tware features o f the Devic e. T o acc ess application list, press Applications star ter at the Home screen. This panel displays all installed applications. P ocketBook A10 lets y ou install any programs designed for the Android™ operating system e x c ept those which utilize any m[...]

MANA GE APPLIC A TIONS T o acc ess application manager , call quick menu at Home Screen (press Menu hardware butt on) and press Manage apps . Application manager displays applications in ne xt categories: • Downloaded • All • On SD card • Running T o view application information, just touch its name. Applica- tion manager will display stora[...]

MANA GE DA T A Use File Manager to operat e with les, stored in internal De vice memory and e xternal microSD card. T o open File Man- ager , press star ter at Home screen. File Manager has tabbed vie w . A t the top operation buttons are located:[...]

1 . Favorites – opens added to Favorit es les and folders list 2 . Home – returns to the highest le vel of le hierarchy 3 . Up to one le vel 4 . Creat e Folder 5 . C opy to Clipboard – select one or more le or f older , and in each folder C opy here button will appear 6 . Search – opens search te xtbox. T o move, cop y , or delete [...]

appropriate function in tab c onte xt menu. In quick menu y ou can open Favorites, close current tab, open search te xtbo x, create new folder or set visibility for hidden les. MANA GE BOOKS Library application is intended for c onvenient management of ebooks. T o open application, touch Books ic on on Home screen. NO TE Files in media formats ([...]

Quick menu • Search • Sor ting – by Title, by Author or b y Date • Thumbnails/Lists – toggles view • Add Shelf • Folders/Shelves – toggles presentation mode • Downloads – books, do wnloaded from Obree y online store. C ontext Menu T ouch continuously on book icon t o bring up cont e xt menu: • Open • Add to/R emov e from Fav[...]

L oading Books to the Memory Books can be c opied to the De vice int ernal memory or to microSD-card as it described in T ransferring Data se ction. Also the De vice supports loading protected (DRM) books (se e below). L oading P rotected Books (DRM) Y ou can download prot ected books in tw o ways. L oading Books via .acsm link • Visit websit e w[...]

instructions. Enter your www .adobe.com ac c ount information in ‘ Activation’ form. Af ter that you will be able to do wnload book. Full v ersion of the book will be available for reading in Digi- tal Edition folder . L oaded book is protected and cannot be opened b y unregis- tered user . L oading books via PC • Open application ‘ Adobe D[...]

READ BOOKS In reading mode, the c orresponding viewing program opens the select ed le. T urning P ages T o go to the ne xt or previous page, slide your nger in the di - rection opposit e to where y ou want to go , same like turning pages when y ou are reading a printed c opy of a paper book. In addition, y ou can turn pages using Forward/Back[...]

C ontrol Panel T o open the C ontrol panel, tap on the Status bar . 1 . P rogress bar . Displays book title and read percentage. 2 . L ock screen rotation, overriding the ac c elerometer’ s position. When the screen rotation is locked, a lock ic on appears. 3 . Fit page to screen width. 4 . Z oom page in 5 . Z oom page out 6 . T urn page forward [...]

R eow Formatting mode for PDF books. In this mode, t e xt is for- matted in a way to be displayed c ompletely on the screen. Images and tables may change their location on a page, or may not be displayed at all. Y ou’ll be able to change font siz e using +/- c ontrol panel buttons. Switching to Structured T able of C ontents The table of c ont[...]

button) and sele ct Bookmarks section. T o delete a bookmark, touch on it c ontinously and select an option to delet e. Making Notes Y ou can save your favorit e books fragments either with your t ext or handwritt en comments, depending on the book format. T o create a new note in reading mode, open up the quick menu by pressing the Menu button and[...]

T ools: 1 . Pick a color 2 . Brush tool, 2 brush types are availible, as it sho wn on a gure 3 . Highlight tool, 2 marker types availible also 4 . Clear note 5 . Save note 6 . Delete note 7. Discard changes and return to reading.[...]

Y ou’ll be able to view all the notes you’ ve made in Notes application. T ranslation Y ou can translate separat e words while reading. T o open dic - tionary , call the quick or c onte xt menu and select Dictionary . T o translate the word in t ext, just tap it with y our nger . Also you can type a w ord from on-screen ke yboard after press[...]

T ext -to-Speech (TTS) Spee ch synthesis transforms te xt into speech. T o launch te xt - to-spe ech, select it from the c orresponding c onte xt menu item. A T TS c ontrol menu will apear , and as y ou star t the voic e playback, the words pronounc ed would be highlighted ac cordingly . 1 . P rogress bar 2 . Select T TS package: language and male [...]

manager on the De vice and launch it as a normal application. T o uninstall package, go t o Settings > Manage pack ages , nd the package to remo ve in the list, press and hold it, and then c onrm the removal. NO TE The T ext -to-Speech function be comes ac cessible f or an opened book only after page calculation. Book info T o view such in[...]

• L ock panel menu – locks reader control panel in its current state • Full screen – hides status bar • V olume ke y scrolling – activates/deactivates turning pages with v olume control hardware butt ons • Save T ext -to-Spee ch panel state • Save dictionary panel state • Animated scrolling • Font size – selects font siz e. Cl[...]

KNO W Y OUR L OC A TION A set of applications: Maps , L atitude and Plac es , will help y ou to kno w where are you, nd useful and interesting plac es nearby and share y our location with friends. NO TE T o use all features o f these applications, you should have pre-c ong - ured network conne ction on the Devic e. When y ou will star t the a[...]

C ontrol Panel 1 . T ype in the address or c ompany name, and the appli- cation will show the location on the map 2 . Plac es – you can search c ompanies, restaurants, attractions etc. in your re gion, or create own search crit eria. Aft er y ou tap on a place ’ s name, the application will display detailed information about the plac e. Y ou’[...]

• Wikipedia – adds a W sign near places, men- tioned on Wikipedia. After tapping on a W sign, a title of an ar ticle, related to the plac e will appear . T ap on it to read a brief wiki-ar ticle • Search – adds to a map signs of plac es, f ound by rec ent search criteria. Aft er pressing Clear map button, all the layers, ex cept map will be[...]

refresh their location. L attitude settings (open the quick menu and go to Settings ) you can set location repor ting (automatic, manual, disabled), enable location history , automatic check -ins and check -in notications, manage y our places and sign out o f Latitude. More help T o get more help on location applications, go t o quick menu > [...]

T AKE PHO T OS AND VIDEOS Save the most memorable moments o f your lif e using the C amera application. Photo mode In this mode the apllication c ontrol panel looks like it shown below: 1 . P ress this button t o take a photo 2 . Switcher betwe en photo and video modes – slide ov er it to switch t o a vide o mode 3 . A thumbnail of last photo tak[...]

Aft er y ou’ll make a shot, it will be sav ed into DCIM/C amera folder o f the Devic e’ s storage. Video mode T o switch to the video mode, tap on (2) switcher . 1 . P ress this button t o star t/stop rec ording 2 . Switcher betwe en photo and video modes – slide ov er it to switch t o a photo mode 3 . A thumbnail of last photo taken. Aft er [...]

DIC TIONAR Y Application allows you to translat e a word, selected in read- ing mode or entered from k eyboard, using available diction- aries. Aft er launching the application, the onscreen k eyboard will appear T ype in the required word and the application will nd the translation. Y ou can turn pages of the dictionary . If y ou have se veral [...]

menu. T o create new playlist, bring up song’ s cont e xt menu, select Add to playlist, and select New . Song can be added to se veral playlists simultaneously . T o delete playlist , select the appropriate option in playlist c onte xt menu. T o remove song from playlist, open playlist , and select R e- mov e from playlist from song cont e xt men[...]

• V olume bar • R ewind bar • Playlist – expand it b y sliding up to se e all vide os, stored on the De vic e and microSD card. FM R ADIO T o listen to FM R adio you ne ed to plug headset, which will operate as ant enna. T o set channel, y ou can move a slider across the screen or use playback control butt ons. Y ou can save up t o ten chan[...]

same station when the rst signal bec omes too w eak (e.g. , when moving out o f range). This can be useful, for e xample, while moving in car • Advanc ed settings • W orld R egion • Scan Step • Live P olling • P olling Interval • Noise Floor L e vel Estimat e BE OR GANIZED Calendar application will help you t o keep on hand all your [...]

your Google ac c ount has sev eral ones), invite guests b y email, set the repetition, specify visibility to other users and set the reminders. AL W A YS BE IN TIME Clock application launches clock screensav er displaying time, weather inf ormation (if the Devic e is connect ed to Int ernet), battery charge, allows to swit ch quickly to music playe[...]

BR O WSER Default Browser application suppor ts all basic features f or c omfor t web surng. Y ou can launch it either tapping on Browser star ter or from application panel. Navigation and P age Operations By default address bar is hidden to ext end web-page siz e, so to bring it up , open quick menu (Menu button). T ap on ad - dress bar and ent[...]

Y ou can select and c opy te xt to clipboard – press and hold on the te xt beginning ( or go to quick menu More > Select t ext) till two sliders will appear . Mo ve the sliders t o select te xt fragment and to t ouch selection to c opy it to clipboard. T o view page info , go to quick menu More > P age info. Y ou can share page via Bluet oo[...]

View Downloads Quick menu choic e More > Downloads. Also there’ s a par ticu - lar app in application panel. Settings Quick menu > More > Settings. • P age c ontent settings: • T ext siz e • Default zoom • Open pages in ov erview • T ext enc oding • Block pop-up windows • L oad images • Auto-t pages • L andscape-only[...]

• Clear all c ookie data • R emember form data • Clear form data • Enable location • Clear location ac cess • Security settings • R emember passwords • Clear passwords • Show security warnings • Advanc ed settings • Set search engine • W ebsite settings – view extra settings f or par ticu- lar web-pages (if available) • [...]

Ne xt step is to spe cify ac count name, as it will be stored in the De vice ( e.g. P ersonal Mail or Ofce Mail) and your name, as it will be displayed in From eld o f your c omposed messages. Inbo x Aft er y ou set up an acc ount , application will load incoming messages headlines. Using c onte xt menu, y ou can do the following with message[...]

R eading Messages T ouch a title to open the c omplete message. By default , im- ages are not loading to sav e trafc, you can upload pictures by touching Show pictures button. In quick menu of message you can f orward, reply , mark as unread or delet e message. T o follow the links in the message, just touch on one o f them and browser will open[...]

In ac count c onte xt menu you can open an ac count, compose message from select ed acc ount , refresh Inbox, remove ac - c ount or change settings. A cc ount Settings • Ac count name – as it stored in the De vic e memory • Y our name – displayed in From eld of c omposed messages • Signature – te xt , added af ter message • Inbo x [...]

• Google Maps – client application for Google Maps servic e. • Gmail – email client , prec ongured for Gmail • Google T alk – instant messaging from Google • Y ouT ube – application for watching Y ouT ube videos • L atitude – shares your and tracking your friends loca- tion, based on IP-address • Google Calendar • Google [...]

T o install application, t ouch its name, c onrm download (if an application is not free, you will be redire cted to purchase page) and ac cept permissions. Application will be down- loaded and installed automatically , y ou’ll be able to nd it in application panel. In application settings y ou can set cont ent ltering f or dif - ferent [...]

C onguration IN THIS CHAPTER … Y ou will learn how to congure the De vice t o make it really unique and c onvenient for you. This chapt er describes the features available under the Settings se ction. NET W ORKS The De vice pro vides a wide range of wireless netw ork c on- nection settings. T o congure the wireless c onnections, go to Se[...]

If the network you want t o conne ct to is hidden (was not rec - ognized during the scan), you can manually specify its SSID (network identicator) and security type – press Add Wi-Fi network to proc eed . If for some reason you need t o change password, select the network from the list , open it , and in the information windo w press Forget . [...]

VPN settings Here y ou can set up and manage Vir tual P rivate Networks (VPNs). P ocketBook A10 allows you to use 4 types o f VPN c onnections: • PPTP • L2TP • L2TP/IPSec PSK • L2TP/IPSec CR T . SOUNDS • Silent mode – disables all sounds ex cept media and alarms • V olume – adjusts v olume for media and alarm • Notication ringt[...]

• Brightness – adjusts the brightness of the screen • Screen time out – adjusts the delay before the screen automatically turns off . L OC A TION AND SECURIT Y • Use wireless networks • Enable or disable screen lock • Set up screen lock • Visible passwords • Select de vic e administrators • Install from SD card • Set password [...]

• Storage use • Battery use A C C OUNTS & SYNC • Background data – allows applications to sync, send, and rec eive data at any time • Auto-sync – allows applications t o synchronize automatically • Add ac count – adds an email acc ount PRIV AC Y • Backup and restore • Factory data reset – returns the system to its initial [...]

L ANGUA GE & KEYBO ARD • Select locale – changes the interface language. Date, time and numbers formats are cust omized separat ely • Android ke yboard • Sound on ke ypress • P opup on keypress • T ouch to c orrect words • Auto-capitalization • Show settings ke y • V oic e input • Input languages – select nec essary input [...]

D A TE AND TIME • Automatic • Set date • Select time z one • Set time • Use 24-hour format • Select dat e format ABOUT DEVICE Here y ou can nd detailed information about your de vice: • System updat es • Status • Battery use • L egal inf ormation • Model number • Firmware version • S/N – devic e serial number .[...]

Firmware Update Y ou can update rmware in se veral ways. A TTENTION! Please, mak e sure the Devic e is fully charged bef ore updat- ing the rmware to avoid discharge during updat e process! This may cause sev ere damage of the Devic e’ s sof tware. AUT OMA TIC UPDA TE Y our De vice should be c onnected t o the Internet for this up- date var[...]

MANUAL UPDA TE V ariant 1 1 . Download to your P C rmware version you’d like t o install 2 . C onnect your De vic e to PC and c opy rmware le (.upkg e xtension) t o the internal storage or e xternal microSD- card 3 . Go to Settings > About device > System updat es sec - tion 4 . Select SD c ard or External microSD c ard depending o[...]

switch o ff menu 4 . P ress and hold V olume + button and swit ch the De- vic e on by pressing power butt on 5 . Android system rec ov ery menu will appear (Android logo with e xclamation mark). Now y ou can release V olume + button 6 . Select apply update from sdc ard using Forward/Back - ward hardware ke ys and press Menu ke y to c onrm choice[...]

C omplianc e with International Standards The EUT should be supplied by USB por t from c omplied Lim - ited P ower Sourc e of personal c omputer or notebook. The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Lim - ited P ower Sourc e. A C P owe r: Manufacturer : Huntke y Model : HK A00905015-Z C(Z can be 1,2,3,4,C,E) Rat ed output voltage: DC 5V [...]

FC C C ompliance Statement This de vice c omplies with par t 15 of the FC C rules. Opera- tion is subject t o the following tw o conditions: (1) this de vice may not cause harmful interferenc e, and (2) this devic e must ac cept any interf erence re ceiv ed, including interferenc e that may cause undesired operation. NO TE : This equipment has been[...]

The de vice was t ested and c omplies to measurement stand- ards and proc edures specied in FC C OET Bulletin 65, Sup - plement C European C ommunity C ompliance Statement This equipment is mark ed with the 0984 symbol and can be used throughout the European c ommunity . This indicates c omplianc e with the R&T TE Directiv e 1999/5/ EC and m[...]

Radio spe ctrum Matters (ERM); EMC standard for radio equip - ment and servic es; P ar t 17: Specic c onditions for 2.4 GHz wideband transmission systems and 5 GHz high performanc e RL AN equipment • EN 60950-1- Information t echnology equipment - Safety - P ar t 1: General requirements • EN 62311: 2008 - Assessment of electronic and electri[...]

C er tication information (SAR) The de vice me ets guidelines for e xposure to radio wav es Y our de vice is a radio transmitt er and rec eiver . It is designed not to e x c eed the limits for e xposure to radio wav es rec om- mended by international guidelines. These guidelines were de veloped by the independent scientic organization ICNIRP [...]