Asus DR-900 manual

Eee Reader DR-900 User Manual E5973 / First Edition V1 / October 2010[...]

T able of contents Safety information ........................................................................................ 3 1 A quick look Package contents .......................................................................................... 4 Y our Eee Reader ...............................................................................[...]

T able of contents Updating the firmware ............................................................................... 20 Activating your digital reader for DRM-pr otected files ........................... 21 4 Downloading online Downloading from the W ebstore .............................................................. 21 Downloading from th[...]

Package contents NOTES: • If any of the items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer . • The USB charger varies with regions. 1 A quick look Quick Start Guide Eee Reader DR-900 DR-900 Eee Reader Quick Start Guide micro-USB cable USB charger Eee Reader case W arranty card[...]

Y our Eee Reader 1 Power key : T ur ns your device on/off. 2 T ouch panel : Lightly touch the scr een to navigate through the features and functions of your device. 3 Function key : Press to display the function bar . Y ou may also move your finger in an upward motion to show the function bar . 4 Back key : Press to go back to the pr evious screen[...]

Charging your device T o charge your device: 1. Connect the USB cable’ s micro-USB connector to the micro-USB port of your device. 2. Connect the micr o-USB cable to the USB charger . 3. Connect the USB charger to a power outlet. NOTES: • Y ou may also connect the micro-USB cable to your computer’ s USB port to charge your device. • Use onl[...]

T ur ning your device ON T o tur n your device ON: • Long press the Power key for about thr ee seconds. T ur ning your device OFF W aking up your device fr om Sleep mode NOTE: By default, your device automatically enters the Sleep or Suspend mode when you are not operating your device for some time. T o wake up your device from Sleep mode: • Sh[...]

Installing a micr oSD card into your device Y our device is equipped with a microSD car d slot. A microSD car d provides you with extended memory where you can stor e your files and other data. T o insert a microSD car d: 1. Locate the micr oSD card slot at the bottom of the device. 2. Insert the micr oSD card into the car d slot. microSD car d sl[...]

3 Using your device The Home scr een W ith the tap of your finger on the touch panel, My Reader screen enables you to quickly access Books , News Reader , Dictionary , Audio Player , Sketch Book , Favorites , Web Stor e , Bookstore , W eb Browser , and Setup . Using the touch gestur es T ouch gestures ar e movements that you make with your finger[...]

Hide the function bar When reading an e-book, move your finger in a downward motion on the touch panel. Single tap T ap once to select an item. Next page When reading an e-book, move your finger from right to left on the touch panel. Previous page When reading an e-book, move your finger from left to right on the touch panel. Accessing e-books R[...]

3. Do any of the following: • Press the Page up / Page down keys ( / ) to go to the next page or go back to the previous page. • T ap Rotate to change the page orientation. • T ap Zoom and select an option from the Zoom menu list. NOTES: • Added Time contains e-books that are sorted based on the time that a certain e-book is copied or downl[...]

Viewing your annotations T o view your list of annotations: 1. Fr om the open e-book, tap the e-book title at the upper left of your touch panel. 2. Fr om the Book Administrator menu, tap Annotations to display your list of annotations. 3. Fr om the list, select the page that you want to view . 5. Use the virtual keyboar d to write notes. 6. When d[...]

Highlighting an e-book Y our device allows you to highlight words or lines on pages in an e-book. Highlighting an e-book T o highlight an e-book: 1. Fr om the open e-book, press the Function key on your device to display the function bar . 2. Fr om the Function bar , tap Highlight . 3. T o highlight a word or phrase : T ap the word or phrase you wa[...]

Bookmarking an e-book Y ou can add a specific e-book to your Favorites list. T o bookmark an e-book: 1. Fr om the home screen, tap Books to display your list of e-books. 2. Y ou can bookmark an e-book in any of these two ways: • Bookmarking from the e-book list a. Browse thr ough your e-book list for the e-book that you want to bookmark. b. T ap[...]

Using the Go to, Export, and Import functions Using the Go to function Use the Go to function to jump or go to any page in the e-book that you are r eading. T o use the Go to function: 1. Fr om an open e-book, tap the current page number at the upper right of the touch panel for about three seconds. 2. Fr om the Page screen, tap the numbers to key [...]

Using the Import function Use the Import function to replace an e-book’ s reading recor ds specifically annotations, highlights, or bookmarks. T o use the Import function: 1. Copy the backup files fr om the Export to the Import folder in your device’ s directory . NOTE: For more details, r efer to the section Copying files to or from your de[...]

NOTE: For more details, r efer to the previous section Reading an e-book . 2. Fr om the menu at the bottom of the screen, tap TTS . 3. T ap From beginning for the virtual reader to r ead from the beginning of the book. T ap From clicking wor d for the virtual reader to r ead from the wor d that you tap. T ap Pause Reading to temporarily stop the vi[...]

Accessing News Reader T ap News Reader to subscribe to your favorite websites and get news feeds. Subscribing to news feeds Subscribe to your favorite news feeds to receive news updates on your device. T o subscribe to news feeds: 1. Fr om the home screen, tap News Reader . 2. T ap Connect to connect to a network. Y our device searches for availabl[...]

IMPORT ANT ! T ap the passwor d field to display the virtual keyboard. Use the virtual keyboard to key in the network’ s password. 3. Fr om the Connection Manager screen, select Wi-Fi . The device searches for available networks. 4. Fr om the list of networks, tap the network that you want to connect to. T ap Refresh to refr esh the network list[...]

Connecting to the Inter net IMPORT ANT ! Ensure that you have connected to a wireless network befor e connecting to the Internet. For more details, refer to the pr evious section Getting connected wirelessly . T o connect to the Inter net: 1. Fr om the home screen, tap W eb Browser . 2. T ap the URL field to display the virtual keyboard. 3. Use th[...]

NOTES : • T o check the firmware version on your device, tap Setup > About fr om the home screen. • Download the latest firmware from the ASUS Support website at http://support.asus.com/download/ . Activating your digital r eader for DRM-protected files Some e-books or digital publications that you have purchased or downloaded online may [...]

Downloading fr om the Bookstore Y ou can download free e-books fr om the list of bookstores. T o download from a bookstor e: 1. Fr om the home screen, tap Setup > Bookstor e . 2. Fr om the list of available bookstores, select the bookstor e that you want to access. 3. Y ou may now start to browse or download e-books fr om your accessed bookstore[...]

2. Place and secur e your device into the Eee Reader case. 6 F AQs Fr equently Asked Questions (F AQs) The screen r esponse is slow . ASUS Eee Reader uses the e-paper (electronic paper) technology , which mimics texts and images like on ordinary paper and does not use a backlight unlike the LCD panel display . This allows you to comfortably read e-[...]

Appendices Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference. • This device must accept any interference r eceived, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment[...]

Safety Information T o maintain compliance with FCC’ s RF exposur e guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body . Use on the supplied antenna. Declaration of Conformity for R&TTE dir ective 1999/5/EC Essential requir ements – Article 3 Protection r equirements for[...]

REACH Complying with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we published the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://csr .asus.com/english/index.aspx GOST -R Certificate of Conformity (Russia) This product complies with Russia’ s GOST -R Certificate of [...]

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