PocketBook Basic 611 manual

User Manual P ock etBook Basic 611[...]

T able of C ontents SAFET Y PRECAUTIONS ......................................... 4 APPEAR ANCE ......................................................... 10 Front View 10 Side View 11 TECHNIC AL CHAR A C TERISTICS ....................... 12 GETTING ST AR TED .............................................. 13 Charging Battery 13 P ow er Management 14[...]

T able of Contents 2 MAIN MENU ............................................................ 22 Books 22 News 27 Favorites 29 Photo 29 Dictionary 30 Applications 31 Notes 34 Calendar 35 Status Bar 35 Express Menu 36 READING BOOKS .................................................. 37 T urning P ages 38 Following R eferences 38 Making Notes 39 Changin[...]

T able of Contents 3 C ONFIGURA TION .................................................. 46 FIRMW ARE UPDA TE ............................................. 54 TR OUBLESHOOTING ........................................... 58 CUST OMER SUPPOR T .......................................... 61 CER TIFIC A TION INFORMA TION ....................... 62[...]

Safet y P recautions Before start working with the Devic e, please, read this section carefully . Following these instructions will help you ensure your safety and extend servic e life of the De vice. Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions Devic e operating temperature range is 0°С to 40°С, so don’t expose the De vice t o exc essively high or[...]

Safety Precautions 5 • exposure to liquids or damp (do not use the Devic e in the rain, in the street at higher humidity , near bodies of water et c.) • penetration of liquids or moisture • exposure to strong electromagnetic elds, electrostatic charges and ar ticial sources of UV electromagnetic radiation • ex cessiv e mec[...]

Safety Precautions 6 K eep away from children. Maintenance Do not disassemble or modify the book reader . Do not use the Devic e with a damaged battery , charger (broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card. If the battery is damaged (crack ed case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced b y the authorized person[...]

Safety Precautions 7 Up to ve faulty pix els are acc eptable in the screen and do not constitut e a warrantable defect of the screen. By the end of product guarantee t erm, please contact the nearest authoriz ed service facility for examination on the subje ct of security is maintained. For detailed information about servic e centers in your reg[...]

Safety Precautions 8 to learn whether or not such medical de vices are protect ed against external RF signals. Do not use wireless c ommunication in places where it is prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this may affect airborne avionics or medical equipment. Utilization Incorre ct disposal of this Devic e may have adverse impacts[...]

Safety Precautions 9 Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is applicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal syst ems exist). In other countries dispose batt eries acc ordingly to local laws. Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of e xplosion![...]

Appearanc e FR ONT VIEW 1 . Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navigation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list 2 . Le f t 3 . Down 4 . Up 5 . Right 6 . Forward – turns page forward 7. LED Indicator – green light – the De vice is in action (pages are loading, Wi-Fi connect ed). During battery charging the in[...]

Appearance 11 8 . ОК – shor t press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’ s cont ext menu (if available) SIDE VIEW 9 . Micro-USB por t – f or conne cting t o comput er or charger (charger may be optional) 10. MicroSD card slot – for ext ernal memory card (Micro SD card may be optional) 11. R eset – re[...]

T echnical Characteristics Display 6” E Ink® Vizple x 600×800, 166 dpi, B&W CPU 800 MHz RA M 128MB Storage 2GB (up to 1.5 GB available for user) Operating system Linux® C ommunications USB 2.0 Wi-Fi™ (802.11 b/g/n) Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB) Battery Li-P olymer , 3.7 V , 1000 mAh Book formats PDF, EPUB (including DRM- protect[...]

CHAR GING BA T TER Y T o e xtend battery lifetime, it’ s rec ommended to charge the Device 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 power line using a charger (optional). T o charge the battery for the rst time, do the following: • C onnect the Devic e to a co[...]

Getting Started 1 4 • When the battery is fully charged, indicator turns solid. Now y ou can disconnect the De vice and turn it on for the rst use. If the Devic e is on when you connect the cable to PC, a dialog window asking to select action – PC link or Charge – will appear . Charge will start if corresponding mode sele cted only . PO[...]

Getting Started 15 will be locked and the ke y sign will appear in a right top c orner of the screen. T o unlock the ke ypad, press On/Off button again. In addition, you can set aut omatic key lock or po wer off: go to Settings > Clock > L ock keyboard af ter or Power down after , respectiv ely , and set the idle time before locking ke yboard[...]

Getting Started 16 disk (if SD card installed – as two ones). Now you can cop y les to the De vice or SD card using Explorer or other le manager . A T TENTION Aft er c opying les safely remo ve the Device before disc onnect the cable! NA VIGA TION Use navigation buttons Up , Down , Lef t , Right to select required it em (e.g. book or men[...]

Getting Started 17 P age turning buttons Backward/Forward are used to turn list pages. Shor t Backward button press returns to the pre vious menu; continuous Backward ke y press closes an application (Browser , P ocketNews, etc.). Also you can congure key mapping to your own in C onguration > Key mapping section. W ORKING WITH ON - SCREEN [...]

Getting Started 18 the required symbol in this zone. OK button press types selected symbol. 1 . Change te xt case 2 . Erase last entered symbol 3 . Change input language. T o add the language (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard layout go to C onguration > Keyboard .[...]

Getting Started 19 C ONNECTING T O INTERNET The Devic e can connect to Int erntet using Wi-Fi networks. If you will open an application, which requires Internet ac cess (e.g. Browser , PocketNews ) the Devic e will open a list of available Wi-Fi conne ctions. If the network you select is prote cted, you will be suggested t o enter network key using[...]

Getting Started 20 will turn to the same as Network name (SSID) . If you’d like to change conne ction (for example, Home or Ofce) press OK and enter c onnection name as you’d like it t o be displayed on the Devic e NO TE C onnection name eld species only the display name of the c onnection. For c orrect c ommunication Network name (SSI[...]

Getting Started 21 • WP A/WP A2 PSK – you will need t o enter network key (up to 64 symbols) 5 . Select the idle time before disc onnection in the corresponding se ction 6 . By default Network settings set to DHCP (dened by network). If it’ s needed to congure network settings manually , go Network settings , change IP address c on?[...]

Main Menu In this chapt er you will learn about main interface elements and their functionality . Main menu consists o f list of two last opened books and list of applications and menus described below . BOOKS Books is the le manager for books, stored in the Devic e’ s memory and e xternal microSD-card. In a front of a le or folder are loca[...]

Main Menu 23 C ontext menu of a le or folder is opened by continuous OK button press. Using the cont ext menu you can perf orm the following actions: • Open/Open with – Open with appears, when a book can be opened with an alternative reader application (e.g. book in PDF format can be opened with AdobeViewer and pdfviewer) • Informati[...]

Main Menu 2 4 or move to SD card or De vice storage (depending on original le location) • View – conguration o f Books section appearance. Files and folders can be displayed as list, thumbnails or detailed (thumbnail and brief le/folder info). Names can be displayed as le names or book titles. Filt er is c ongured depending on[...]

Main Menu 25 BookLand Y ou can view and download e-books from online bookstore ‘BookLand’ . T o enter the online bookst ore select ‘BookLand’ in the Books section and browser will open its homepage. NO TE T o enter the BookL and, your Devic e must be conne cted to the Int ernet. Main functions: • log on to/user registration in the libr[...]

Main Menu 26 Y ou can navigate by using the following buttons: • Up and Down buttons t o switch between active elements on the page (referenc es, te xt elds, etc.); continous Up ke y press activates an address bar and opening the on-screen ke yboard to enter website address • L eft/Right buttons • shor t press – to scroll the wi[...]

Main Menu 27 The browser supports le downloads from the Internet. Downloaded les are saved to the root folder of the De vice ’ s internal storage. T o e xit the browser , press and hold Backward button. NEWS Opens P ocketNews – application f or adding and reading RSS feeds. T o add RSS ne ws feeds, open RSS setup. Sele ct the Add RSS feed[...]

Main Menu 28 T o edit the f eed, sele ct it , open the cont ext menu (by c ontinuous OK button press) and select Edit command. Edit the feed address using the on-scre en ke yboard. T o updat e feed, select Update in the application menu. Updated content is added to the le with .hrss ext ension, and the le will be ac cessible for reading aft e[...]

Main Menu 29 FA V ORITES This section displays the books, added to favorites in Books section. T o add book to Favorites , select the corresponding book’ s conte xt menu option in Books section. T o remove a book from the list of favorit e books, select the book, open the cont ext menu (press and hold the OK button) and select the Delete option. [...]

Main Menu 30 DIC TIONAR Y Aft er your start this application, the on-scre en ke yboard will appear . T ype the word y ou’d like to nd, and application will nd its entry in the dictionary . T o change dictionaries, press Forward button, select the dictionary you need from the list and press OK . Aft er y ou close the on-screen ke yboard (by [...]

Main Menu 31 APPLIC A TIONS This section c ontains games and additional sof tware. T o exit an application, press Backward k e y continuously . Browser Y ou can navigate by using the following buttons: • Up and Down buttons t o switch between active elements on the page (referenc es, te xt elds, etc.); continuous Up key press activates an a[...]

Main Menu 32 • OK button • shor t press – to follow links and activate te xt box es • long press – to display a cont ext menu. The browser supports le downloads from the Internet. Downloaded les are saved to the root folder of the De vice ’ s internal storage. T o exit the bro wser , press and hold Backward button. Calcul[...]

Main Menu 33 difculty le vels. Use the navigation ke ys to move cursor over the gaming board and OK t o pick and put a piec e. Clock T urns on the full-screen mode clock. Klondike Classic solitaire. P ocketNews See the News section o f the User Manual. Snake The game. Use navigation ke ys to move the snake and colle ct bugs. Beware o f the walls[...]

Main Menu 3 4 Sudoku P opular Japanese puzzle. After pressing OK on an empty eld, selection window will appear . Y ou can select a digit y ou think should stand in the c ell or set labels – digits, y ou suggest may stand in the c ell. NO TES In this se ction you can view not es made during reading. Af ter y our select a book, where you made a [...]

Main Menu 35 C ALENDAR Opens current year calendar . Y ou can change year using L eft/Right or Backward/Forward ke ys. T o exit C alendar , press OK . ST A TUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom o f the screen and displays next servic e information: • Date and time • Battery charge • – Wi-Fi is active. In reading mode date cha[...]

Main Menu 36 NO TE In sle ep mode the clock is removed from the status bar to save po wer for screen updat e. EXPRESS MENU By default Express menu opening is not set , but you can set it in Settings > K ey mapping section. Using Express menu you can open one of the rec ently opened books and ac cess quickly some control f eatures: • – Swi[...]

R eading Books In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and c ongure reader sof tware for the most comf or table reading. The Devic e suppor ts next book formats: FB2, FB2. zip, T X T , PDF, R TF, HTML, MOBI.PR C, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, TCR. T o open a book, sele ct it in Last opened or Books section and press OK . If you opened a[...]

R eading Books 38 TURNING P AGES Use Backward/Forward or Lef t/Right ke ys to turn pages (while reading books in PDF or DjVU format Up/Down ke ys also turn pages). Continuous L eft/ Right ke ys press turns 10 pages at once. FOLL OWING REFERENCES If a page c ontains cross-references or footnotes, you can enter links mode on c ontinuous Up key press [...]

R eading Books 39 MAKING NO TES Y ou can enter notes mode by pressing Down button continuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option. On the top of the display separate area will appear . Use the buttons Up , Down to choose the place where y our note will begin and press OK t o set up the top margin of the note. Use navigation buttons to hig[...]

R eading Books 4 0 CHANGING FONT SIZE In text format books (eP ub, FB2 etc. , ex cluding PDF and DjV u) you can change font size with Up/Down ke ys. 5 font size presets are available. When you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change t o smallest/largest. READER MENU T o acc ess reader application menu press OK button. C ontents Opens [...]

R eading Books 4 1 continuous press o f OK button expands/c ollapses subsection branch. Y ou can tune appearance of c ontents in cont ext menu. There y ou can rename or edit note, e xpand or collapse all subse ctions branches and set up items to display in cont ents (under the Settings section): cont ents, bookmarks, and notes. Please, note that yo[...]

R eading Books 4 2 Bookmarks Adds current page to bookmarks. Af ter adding a page to bookmarks in a right top c orner a dog ear mark will appear . All the bookmarks will be displayed in c ontents. T o delete bookmark, select the correspondent menu item again. NO TE Bookmarks are not available for DjV u books Open P age Opens dialog window , where y[...]

R eading Books 4 3 width, or encoding (for T XT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality or High Speed (default). Z oom PDF and DjV u books has Z oom menu item instead o f Settings . Select z ooming mode using Left/Right k eys and select value using Up/Down ke ys. Next zooming modes are available: • Preview – 4 or 9 pag[...]

R eading Books 44 tables may not display in this mode. R eow mode is suppor ted f or PDF books only • Te x t – select lef t to right (by default) or right to lef t (e.g. for Arabic or Hebrew texts). Dictionary Single-word translation. By default cursor highlights the word to translat e and dictionary looks f or translation automatically .[...]

R eading Books 4 5 CL OSING A BOOK T o close a book, sele ct the corresponding menu item or press Backward button c ontinuously .[...]

C onguration In this chapter you will learn how congure the interfac e and software features o f the Devic e for the most comf or table usage. Sele ct Settings Main menu section to c ongure the Devic e. All changes will be applied aft er exiting the se ction. If you will enc ounter any problems with new settings, you will be able to start [...]

C on  guration 4 7 NO TE During the registration only serial number of the Devic e is sent . Registration is related to the particular Devic e only and is not related t o BookLand acc ount . About devic e The following inf ormation about Devic e will be displayed: model, serial number , sof tware version, R AM size, E-ink parameters, Wi-Fi MAC a[...]

C on  guration 4 8 UserP roles Here you can congure up to 6 user proles (5 can be stored on the internal st orage and 1 – on microSD card). Each prole stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and prec ongured network c onnections. T o add new prole, open the corresponding item. Y ou[...]

C on  guration 4 9 Appearance Here y ou can select the appearanc e parameters: • Theme • Interfac e font . If y ou’d like to use your own font, copy its les to the system/fonts internal storage folder • Screen orientation – select the most suitable for you NO TE The navigation key map may change as you change orientation fr[...]

C on  guration 50 • Full page update – select the amount of page turned before the screen will be updat ed completely . Always provides the best quality , but c onsumes the most power . L ess frequency may cause some ar tifacts from pre vious pages on a screen • W arn if the le is too large – if this setting is on, the Devic e w[...]

C on  guration 51 updated during reading: on page turn, every time or disabled at all. Also y ou can set idle time before locking ke yboard and automatic po wer off . Open at Star tup Here y ou can set either open last opened book or main menu. C onnectivity In this section you can set paramet ers needed for network and USB connections. • D[...]

C on  guration 52 R ead more about network connections in C onnecting to Internet section. Maintenance This section allows you to congure system parameters. • Update software – the Devic e will search for updates in the follo wing order: internal storage, microSD card (if installed) and Internet. • R emoving packages – remove di[...]

C on  guration 53 C AUTION! If you need to erase all data on the Device, use this feature only , don’t try to format the Devic e internal memory via PC. • Format SD-c ard – this action will erase all data on ext ernal microSD-card • Backup conguration to SD – this action will create a backup folder on an e xternal microSD- car[...]

Firmware Update W ARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which management software o f the Device will be changed. In case of improper e xe cution control program may be damaged and will require treatment in the service c enter . Please perform the upgrade proc edure in acc ordance with the instructions below . There are two way[...]

Firmware U pdate 55 If default Internet connection is not set, the Devic e will ask to connect t o one of available wireless networks. Also y ou can set period of automatic updates check ( Settings > Maintenance > Update interval ). In this case, the Device will use Wi-Fi connection only . Manual Update 1 . Open sit e www .pocketbook -int .co[...]

Firmware U pdate 56 7. During boot press and hold both OK and Forward buttons simultaneously until the message Firmware update… is displayed on the screen 8 . Follow the on-screen instructions 9 . W ait for the message on the scre en: Please c onnect power cable , and then connect USB cable to the Devic e W ait until you Press c entral Key … on[...]

Firmware U pdate 57 T roubleshooting Error Message R eason C orrection Method No upgrade image found File SWUPDA TE.BIN cannot be found on the microSD card. Make sure the le is in the root folder of the card. T ry t o format your Micro SD card (make a backup copies of all its content prior t o formatting) and cop y the le to the root of the e[...]

T roubleshooting Malfunciton P ossible Reason 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 59 Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution Book opens but various symbols, question marks etc. are displayed instead of letters Incorrect enc oding Switch to reading mode, sele ct Settings and change encoding No response when you press any key Sometimes (e.g. , when downloading damaged or too large books) the Devic e may freeze Close[...]

T roubleshooting 60 Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution Bookmarks, settings and current position in le cannot be saved File system damaged Conne ct the device to a PC and check disks. T o proceed, open My C omputer , right -click on the selected disk and select Properties >Service > Check Disk Internal memory is full Delete books, images[...]

Cust omer Suppor t For detailed information about servic e centers in your c ountry please use c ontacts below: T elephone Deutschland 0-800-183-39-70 USA 1-877 -326-01-96 Рос сийская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34 У країна 0-800-304-800 Қ азақстан 8-800-333-35-13 Белар усь 8-820-0011-02-62 www .pocketbook -int[...]

C er tication Information Model name: P ocketBook 611 Brand name: P ocketBook Basic 611 Europe – EU Declaration of C onformity This devic e complies with the essential re quirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The f ollowing test methods have be en applied in order to prove presumption of c onformity with the essential requirements o[...]

C er ti  cation I nformation 63 In Italy the end-user should apply for a license at the national spectrum authorities in order to obtain authorization to use the de vice for setting up outdoor radio links and/or for supplying public acc ess to tele communications and/or netw ork services. This devic e may not be used for setting up outdoor radio[...]