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TrekStor eB ook Reader Pyru s maxi – User ma nual 1[...]
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2 In dex 1 Preface ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2 About your TrekSt or eBook Reader Pyr us maxi ................................................................ 7 3 Spec ificat ions .......................................................[...]
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3 9.3 eBook S hop ........................................................................................................................ 20 More eB ooks? ............................................................................................................................ 20 9.4 Extr as ......................................................[...]
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4 10.3 Restrictio ns on NTFS f ile sys tems ................................................................................ 26 11 Readin g an eBook .................................................................................................................... 27 11.1 O pen eBooks ...............................................................[...]
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5 13.2 Transferr ing ePU B and PDF fil es with DRM copy protect ion onto the eBook Read er .............................................................................................................................................. 30 13.2.1 Why DRM? .................................................................................................[...]
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6 1 Preface We wish y ou a lot of f un with Tre kStor eBook R eader Pyru s maxi. Please read t he following inst ructio ns careful ly so tha t you can become acquainted with th e function s of th is prod uct and its use. Current product i nforma tion can be f ound a t the Trek Stor web site http:// www.t rekstor.de . Other products and accessories [...]
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7 2 Abou t y our TrekStor eBook Reader Pyrus maxi TrekSt or eBo ok Rea der Pyrus ma xi is a rea ding dev ice for dis playing el ectronic boo ks and text s. It is used to v iew files of the fo llow ing formats : EPUB, P DF, TXT, FB2, RTF , PDB an d HTML. Thanks to the innovative Digital Ink ® tech nology you r reading wil l be as if t he text were [...]
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8 3 Speci fica tions Dimensio ns (L x W x H) 151 mm x 211 mm x 10 mm Weight 320 g Color black Interna l memory 4 GB inte rnal memory (for appro x. 4,000 e Books) Integ rated ca rd reader m icroSD / m icro SDHC memo ry card (up to 32 GB ) Display type Digital Ink® Display , 16 g r e yscale Display size 8" (20 . 3 cm ) Display di mensions (L x [...]
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9 4 Package content s • TrekS tor eBo ok Reader Py rus maxi • USB 2. 0 cab le (USB - A to Mic ro - USB ) • Quick gui de[...]
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10 5 S afety i nstru ctions It is ess ential to o bserv e the follo wing safety instructio ns ! 5.1 Batter y • Charg e the battery only in a t emperature ra nge from 0 ° to 35 ° C. • Do no t charg e the eBook R eader, if t he batt ery is d amaged or l eaking . 5.2 Operation • Do no t expo se the eBook R eader to stro ng light, extre me temp[...]
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11 5.3 Cleaning and maintenance • Techn ical work o n the produ ct can be perfo rmed only by qualifi ed pers ons. T he produ ct may n either be o pened nor c hanges be ca rried out to it. T he componen ts cannot be servic ed by the user. • Make sure that the s urroundin gs are as dus t - free as po ssible wh en you use and store t he dev ice . [...]
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12 6 Get to kn ow yo ur TrekStor eBook Reader Pyru s maxi 6.1 Control elements[...]
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13 A) d Flip back : Use this bu tton on th e right a nd the lef t side of the read er to flip one page back withi n a book or t o call up t he prev ious menu sid e withi n a certa in menu. B) J Flip forw ard : To flip forward a pag e within a book or to disp lay the menu page wit hin a certa in menu, pre ss the but ton on the right or left side o f[...]
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14 and cha rge th e battery. To charge the battery, yo u c an alte rnatively also char ge the Read er with a suitable pow er supply (for e xample, the TrekStor USB Charger e.f s ) via the sock e t. L) Reset t ing : If your eBook R eader no lon ger r espond s, you can restart it by press ing the reset button o n the ba ck of the dev ic e. To do thi [...]
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15 7 Starti ng u p f or the f ir st t ime You mu st charg e eBoo k Read er before in itial use a nd when the battery is runni ng low . 7.1 Charging the eBook Reader Pyrus maxi Once yo u have connec ted your T rekStor eBoo k Read er Pyrus ma xi via the inc luded micro US B cable to a compu ter or to a socket usin g a suitab le pow er supply (e. g . [...]
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16 To switch off the eBoo k Reader, slide the p o wer s wit ch ) to the right and hol d it for 3 seconds u ntil the d isplay go e s out .[...]
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17 8 eBook Reader Pyrus maxi h ome s creen[...]
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18 On t he h ome scr een you ca n see the book s you have re cently rea d and transf erred to the reader . • The cov er of the r ecently open ed book , its title, a u thor, nu mber of pages, read ing progr ess and the time at w hich i t was last read is displa yed o n th e top lef t side. • The two previous ly opened eBooks are shown below. •[...]
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19 9 Other eBook Reader f unctio ns You wil l find other e Book Read er's functio ns in the low er area of the h o me screen. T o reach th e h ome scre en of eBook Reader, pre ss the h button . 9.1 Library Using th e " L IBRA RY " button, you can access all eB ooks on your reader. If you press the l menu but ton, th e following su bm[...]
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20 9.1.5 Vi ew The eBoo ks a re sorted by title a nd display ed in " L I ST VIEW ". From th e menu y ou can change th e view to " C OVER VIEW ". 9.1.6 Close Click on " C LOSE " to close th e menu and return to the l ibra ry. 9.2 Bookmarks Here you c an fin d the bookmark s you set, so rted by boo k titl e. 9.2.1 Delete[...]
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21 9.4 Extra s Here y ou will find y our favorite s, already read books, the Explore r showing y our f iles and fo lders, and th e detailed ma nual for y our eBoo k Reader. 9.4.1 F avo rites The tit les that you have previo usly mark ed as yo ur favorit e are d isplay ed unde r " F AVORITES ". You can then d elete the fa vor ites cr eated[...]
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22 9.5 Pict ures In this mo de, pictu res t hat ar e stored on th e device o r on the memory card can be display ed either in list o r thumbn ail view . The view can be a djusted by pres sing t he l butto n inside t he pictu re menu . Open pic tures: Sele ct with th e navig ation k eys the des ired pict ure and ope n it by pressing th e z butto n. [...]
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23 9.6 Setti ngs To adju st your Reader id eally to y our reading habits, v arious cus tomiz ation o ptions are ava ilable u nder " S ETTINGS ". 9.6.1 Page refresh rate Here y ou can d efine how oft en the sid e of an eBook shall b e completely rebuilt. T he rarer th e page is ref reshed, th e greater i s the likel ihood that t he so call[...]
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24 You can activat e or deactivate the standby mode by sliding the ä p ower s wi tc h briefly to the righ t . If yo u "wake u p" the e Book R eader again from t he stand by mode, you will see t he last page o r the la st menu you ca lled up befo re activ ating the standb y mode. 9.6.3 T ime and d ate Here y ou can s et the time and d ate[...]
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25 9.6.9 C l ose Using th is option , you c an clo se the menu and return to the ho me screen .[...]
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26 10 Use o f memor y car ds 10.1 Ins ertin g a memo ry car d The eBoo k Read er support s micr oSD/microS DHC me mory cards . Inse rt the memo ry card as fol lows : Make s ure that the memory card is prope rly aligned wi th the con tacts fac ing up. Insert t he memo ry card i nto th e card reader unt il it clicks . i Not e: If the eBook Reader doe[...]
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27 11 Reading an eBook 11.1 Open eBooks 11.1.1 Via the library You can choo se and r ead an e Book either d irectly fro m the ho me screen or you open the lib rary and cho ose the book from t here. The eBoo ks a re sorted by title a nd are disp layed in lis t view . Using the menu y ou can change the vi ew into a book cover v iew and sort the eBook[...]
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28 11.2.2 Book marks Here is a lis t of boo kmarks, wh ich were se t with in the current book a lready . Navig ate to the de sired book mark and co nfirm y our se lectio n by pr essing the z button. If you want to dele te one or all bookmarks of a book, select the option " D ELETE BOOKMARK " or " D ELETE T HESE BOOKMA RKS " and [...]
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29 11.2.10 Text only (Ref low) • ONLY FO R DOCUME NTS IN PDF FO RMAT With th is option yo u can set t hat ins ide a PDF fil e, only th e text is d isplayed. I mages are hid den under th is setting . 11.2.11 R otate screen You can rotat e the displa y of th e eBook by 90 d egrees clock wise o r c ounter clockwise . Simply sele ct the pref erred ro[...]
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30 12 Conne ctin g your Co mpu ter w ith the eBook Reader To load photos or eBooks, you can c onnect eBook Reader to a computer using the include d M icro - US B cable After you have suc cessful ly co nnected it to the comput er, the eB ook Reader will turn into th e USB mo de a nd the rea d mode is interrupted . The e Book Reade r should no w be d[...]
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31 any num ber of other dev ices. Thu s a distr ibution of copyr ighted conte nt, e. g. on f ile sharing netwo rks in the I nternet, ca n be preven ted . 13.2.2 Ad obe® ID You need an Ado be® I D to r egist er your devi ce to your na me and to a uthoriz e copy - prote cted eBo oks for you r device. T he reg istrat ion o f an Ado be® ID is f ree [...]
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32 From Adobe® Digital Edi tions versio n 2.0: Connect your eBook R eader w ith the co mputer. In t he top lef t, cli ck on th e device "T REK S TOR " , then click the little co g icon rig ht above t hem. S elect "A U THORIZE D EVICE " and follow the instruct ions of the software t o link the e Book Reader with your Ad obe® ID[...]
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33 You can now c opy the eBook by drag and drop on to your device. Just clic k on the eBook and drag with the mouse to your r eader (" T REK S TOR "). or After s uccessf ul transf er, t he eBo ok can be dis played on you r eBook Reader . i Not e: If A dobe® Digital Edition s cannot download and open the eB ook automatically, load the *.a[...]
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34 a Atten tion : If th e DRM autho rizat ion of the eBo ok Reader is deleted, ALL D RM activati ons of the purchased DRM eB ooks will be deleted fr om your eBook Read er. In this ca se, yo u need to auth orize your d evice with you r ADE ID . i Note : For mor e information about Adobe® Digital Editions, your Adobe® ID and the Adobe® ADEPT copy [...]
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35 Home You wil l find here inf ormation abo ut yo ur device like news , help and tips . In addit ion, you can download data sh eets, manuals and updates. The home page al so provides you with an overvi ew of the ava ilable fre e space, th e associated Ado be® ID, the device regist ration and the cu rrent firmwa re versio n. Shop Get acce ss to th[...]
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36 15 Switch ing e Book Re ader to stan dby mo de Slide t he power sw itch ä bri efly to the right to act ivate the s tand by mode. The standby sc reen will app ear. To rea d further at the sa me pla ce, slide the power swit ch ä brie fly to t he rig ht aga in . 16 Turning off the eB ook Reader To tu rn off your eBo ok Rea der, slide th e power s[...]
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37 18 Copyri ghts a nd tr adema rk noti ce Copyri ght laws prohibit copying any data of this product or the contents of this manual (illust rations, related do cuments etc .) in w hole o r in parts withou t the permis sion of the copyright hold er. Additional ly, the use of the data of thi s product or the content s of this manual are not allowe d [...]
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38 18.1 CE[...]
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39 18.2 Info rmatio n zur A kkuen tso rgung Akku - Entsorgung Informa tionspflic ht gem äß Batteri everordnung (BattV ) Batter ien und Akkus gehö ren nicht in den Haus müll. D er Ver brau cher ist daz u verpfl ichte t, nic ht mehr verw endete Batt erien und A kkus o rdnungsgemä ß zurüc kzugeb en. La ssen Si e diese bitt e nur über d en Fa c[...]
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40 Battery disposal Reportin g req uire ment acco rding to the Batt ery Directiv e (BattV) Batter ies are not part of the do mestic was te. The consumer is obli ged to retu rn n o longer used ba tter ies properl y. Plea se dispos e of th em by a speci alized t rade o r a battery colle ction poi nt. Her eby you ma ke an importa nt cont ribution to e[...]
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41 19 Suppo rt in forma tion • If yo u have any q uestions regard ing you r TrekStor ® p roduct , pl ease pro ceed a s follows: • Check the fea tures as w ell as t he f unction s of your d evice (appa rent on the packag ing), in ord er to use t he corre ct settings . • Read the manual ca refully. • Inform y ourself on our websit e http://w[...]
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42 20 Legal notice Manufac turer : TrekSt or GmbH Kastanien allee 8 - 10 D- 64653 Lor sch Germany Fon: +49 ( 0) 6251 - 55 040 -0 Fax: +49 ( 0) 6251 - 55 040 - 20 E- Mail: ma il@treksto r.de Web: www.trekstor.de Handels register: Amtsgeric ht Da rmstadt H RB 88 358 USt.- ID - Nr.: DE815119 185 Geschäf tsfü hrer: Shimon Szmig iel A m embe r of Tel [...]
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43 21 Last P age User manu al versio n BA - EBRPY MA - V1 -10- EN - 20130 5 28 KW Copyrig ht © 2013 TrekStor Gmb H. All right s res erved . Other c ited produ ct or company names may b e trad emarks or brand names of th e respec tive ow ner Version 1. 10 , Lo rsch, 28 .0 5 .201 3[...]