Barnes & Noble NOOK HD+, User Manual

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Page 2: ...e trademarks of barnesandnoble com llc Patent Pending Screenshots and product images are simulated and for instructional purposes only They may differ from the actual product and are subject to change...

Page 3: ...r NOOK 22 Unlocking Your NOOK 24 The Status Bar 25 The Left Side of the Status Bar 25 The Center of the Status Bar 25 The Right Side of the Status Bar 25 The System Bar 26 The System Bar on the Home S...

Page 4: ...Your Library 39 About Your Library 39 Opening Items in the Library 40 Organizing Library Content on Shelves 40 Moving Content to and from NOOK Cloud 41 NOOK Scrapbook 42 Saving a Page in a Scrapbook...

Page 5: ...70 Reading Books in a Barnes Noble Store 70 Apps 71 Overview 71 Using the Browser 73 The Top of the Browser 73 Toolbars for Browser View and Article View 74 Viewing Bookmarked Pages Browser History a...

Page 6: ...ix A One Year Limited Warranty 98 ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY 98 Appendix B Trademarks and Copyrights 101 AccuWeather 101 Adobe 101 AT T 101 Bluetooth 101 Dictionary 101 Disney 101 Facebook 101 Fonts 10...

Page 7: ...View Magazine 108 Article View Web Browser 108 Home Screen 108 Hotspot Magazines and Catalogs 108 Hotspot Wi Fi 108 NOOK Channels 108 NOOK Video 108 Profile 108 Recent Drawer 109 Scrapbook 109 System...

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Page 9: ...offers additional information about your NOOK including A PDF version of this NOOK User Guide that you can download to your computer Tutorial videos Frequently Asked Questions You can also contact Bar...

Page 10: ...that speak to your interests There are over 300 channels and counting so find your favorites and follow them for inspira tion Buy rent or stream popular movies and TV shows from Disney Sony HBO and m...

Page 11: ...size jack for headphone and ear buds Microphone You ll also find a built in microphone set into the top edge of your NOOK Volume Buttons Raise or lower the volume of audio by pressing the upper or low...

Page 12: ...our NOOK by installing a standard microSD memory card The card fits into a cov ered slot in the back of your NOOK next to the curved bar in the corner A microSD memory card can hold up to 64 GB of con...

Page 13: ...Barnes Noble NOOK HD User Guide 13 Speakers Audio speakers are built into the back of your NOOK as shown below Speakers...

Page 14: ...With a fully charged battery and with Wi Fi turned on your NOOK has enough power to last in a suspended sleeping state for many days With a fully charged bat tery and with Wi Fi turned off your NOOK h...

Page 15: ...ower adapter 2 Plug the 30 pin end of the USB cable into your NOOK 3 Plug the power adapter into a compatible electrical outlet If your NOOK was turned off it will now turn itself on NOTE Depending on...

Page 16: ...o use your NOOK for more than 30 days charge the battery to 40 50 and then turn off your NOOK Safety and Care This section explains important information about safety and about caring for your NOOK Wa...

Page 17: ...osure to loud noise from any source for extended periods of time may affect your hearing The louder the volume the faster your hearing may be affected To protect your hearing Limit the amount of time...

Page 18: ...age temperatures reduce battery life For more information see Charging Recommendations Caring for the Touchscreen You should clean the touchscreen on your NOOK from time to time Clean the screen with...

Page 19: ...ple by double tapping on an item in the NOOK Store you can open a window displaying information about the item Press and Hold Pressing and holding means touching your finger to the screen and holding...

Page 20: ...left Or you can swipe right flicking your finger to the right You ll typically swipe to scroll through a long list or collection things such as the row of books and other items on the Active Shelf Sw...

Page 21: ...where you want it to be lift your finger leaving the object in its new location Dragging an item on the screen Pinch and Zoom You can use two fingers to shrink or enlarge an image Pinch your fingers t...

Page 22: ...he time zone for your NOOK Tap the underlined words and phrases and use the pop up menus to select your country and time zone Tap Next Your NOOK registers itself and checks for critical software updat...

Page 23: ...uld like to skip this step tap the word Skip in the lower left corner of the screen Your NOOK adds the titles you selected to your Library That s it You ve registered your NOOK You re ready to shop at...

Page 24: ...creensaver that locks the screen To unlock the screen drag the icon for the profile you want to use to the lock icon in the center of the screen To learn more about profiles see NOOK Profiles Drag a p...

Page 25: ...OOK Friends requests microSD card formatting status software updates and more The Right Side of the Status Bar The right side of the Status Bar shows the current time a Wi Fi indicator showing whether...

Page 26: ...an open book for returning to your most recent reading material The System Bar in the Library In the Library the System Bar contains An icon three stacked lines for opening the Library menu A Search t...

Page 27: ...Recent Drawer with My Recent Read If you like you can replace the Recent Drawer with the icon of a book that simply returns you to the book maga zine or newspaper you were reading most recently To sw...

Page 28: ...tion the Active Shelf presents your most recent purchases on the right and the items you have most recently accessed on the left Swipe the shelf to the left or the right As you swipe new items come to...

Page 29: ...drag any of these items to the Home Screen Widgets displays a collection of widgets special applications you can add to your Home Screen widgets in clude an analog clock a list of upcoming calendar ev...

Page 30: ...t Some Live Wallpapers have additional settings you can access through a Settings button 5 Once the image is displayed full screen and you have adjusted any settings it has tap the Set Wallpaper butto...

Page 31: ...ofile does not have the ability to create or edit other profiles It cannot override parental controls Parental Controls Simple to use parental controls help create a kid safe experience and let parent...

Page 32: ...ow buttons to select the month and year the child was born so that your NOOK can present recommenda tions appropriate for the child s age Tap the checkbox to indicate you are familiar with the terms a...

Page 33: ...dit its own profile A child profile cannot edit other profiles To edit a profile do this 1 In the upper left corner of the Home Screen tap the icon for the profile currently being displayed A window o...

Page 34: ...file s access to various types of content Tap Manage content to select which items for example which books magazines apps and videos will be available to this profile Tap Remove this profile to delete...

Page 35: ...ar A pop up menu opens 2 Tap the Manage Content for Profiles menu choice A window opens and displays icons for profiles along the top and Library contents below 3 Tap the icon of the profile whose con...

Page 36: ...he list of applications tap Search Your NOOK displays the Search settings screen On the Search settings screen you can make the changes described below Selecting Which Types of Content Are Searched By...

Page 37: ...us searches do this 1 Tap the Clear shortcuts button in the settings navigation menu on the left side of the screen Your NOOK displays a button on the right side of the screen for clearing shortcuts 2...

Page 38: ...network To access Your NOOK Today press the NOOK button to display the Home Page On the Home screen tap the Your NOOK Today button You can view previous suggestions by swiping left or right Changing t...

Page 39: ...s you have sideloaded transferred from your computer onto your device The Library Storing Items in NOOK Cloud To save storage space on your NOOK you can move items from your device to NOOK Cloud the c...

Page 40: ...s Your NOOK lists the shelves you have created 2 Tap the Edit button next to the shelf you want to edit Your NOOK opens a window listing the contents of your Library 3 Tap the checkbox next to each it...

Page 41: ...included with your NOOK account Once you move items to NOOK Cloud they take up almost no space on your NOOK Only the cover and a brief description of each item remains You can re download these items...

Page 42: ...Type a name for the new scrapbook and tap OK A message appears confirming that the page has been saved in the new scrapbook To save the page in a scrapbook you have already started tap on the scrapbo...

Page 43: ...this 1 On any page in the scrapbook tap in the center of the page The Reading Tools open 2 Tap the Contents icon a stack of horizontal lines A window opens with tabbed views of the scrapbook s Table...

Page 44: ...ppears above the scrollbar telling you which chapter and page you have reached To go to a specific page tap Go to Page A dialog box appears Type the page number you want and press the Go button an arr...

Page 45: ...ionary in Google or in Wikipedia Your NOOK includes a built in dictionary You can also look up terms in Google and Wikipedia directly from the book you are reading To look up a word do this 1 Press an...

Page 46: ...marks tab The panel lists all the pages you have bookmarked 4 To move to a specific bookmarked page tap the page in the list of bookmarks Clearing the Bookmarks from a Book To remove all the bookmarks...

Page 47: ...ness and drag it left or right to adjust the screen brightness to your liking 3 Tap anywhere outside the Quick Settings window to close the window and return to reading Reading a PDF On your NOOK you...

Page 48: ...s book swipe to the left drag your finger from right to left across the screen or tap anywhere along the right edge of the screen To turn back to the previous page swipe to the right or tap along the...

Page 49: ...e books also include animation and interactive activities NOOK Kids books include a Read and Record feature that lets you record your own narration of the book When you open a NOOK Kids book you will...

Page 50: ...To read a book by yourself simply tap on the blue Read by Myself button to open Then turn the pages as you would with any other NOOK Book In Read by Myself mode the picture book will not play an audi...

Page 51: ...ge triangle at the top left corner To play the audio associated with the enlarged text tap once on the Play button To close the text box double tap it again or tap anywhere else on the page To zoom in...

Page 52: ...Tap the orange Read to Me or the purple Read and Play buttons to hear the story read aloud as you turn the pages The NOOK Kids book will play the audio track by default if you open the front cover of...

Page 53: ...book in cludes special activities that enable readers to interact with the book s content Pages with activities display an Activity button with a white star at the top of the page Tap the Activity bu...

Page 54: ...rding Yourself Reading a Book You can record yourself reading a NOOK Kids book save the recording and play it back To record yourself reading a NOOK Kids book do this 1 Tap the cover of the NOOK Kids...

Page 55: ...the spread tap Stop or turn the page If you would like to hear the spread you have recorded press the Play button Press the Pause button when you have finished listening If you would like to re record...

Page 56: ...er press the blue Done button at the top of the screen Your NOOK opens a dialog box for giving your recording a title and labeling it with a picture Choose a picture and type a title for your recordin...

Page 57: ...ou want to hear 2 On the opening screen of the book tap the picture of the recording you want to play Your NOOK opens to the first page of the book and plays your recording of that page 3 Swipe or tap...

Page 58: ...ou tapped Change Picture a dialog box with a scrollable list of pictures opens so you can select a dif ferent picture for the recording Tap the picture you want to use Then tap Save If you tapped Chan...

Page 59: ...for adjusting the brightness of the screen To view a page without the Reader Tools and thumbnail images tap in the center of the current page or tap on the thumbnail of the page you want to read next...

Page 60: ...led with photos in the printed edition the page appears filled with photos on your NOOK Magazine View works in both portrait mode and landscape mode ArticleView In Article view you see just the text o...

Page 61: ...o a previous page by tapping on the left side of the screen In Magazine View you can bookmark a page by tapping the icon in the upper right corner of the screen To view a list of bookmarks open the Re...

Page 62: ...ate and other information Contents Open a window with tabbed views of the Table of Contents and Bookmarks Thumbnail View Display a grid of thumbnail views of all the pages in the publication you can t...

Page 63: ...When you are reading an article you can navigate as though you were reading a book Turning to the Next Page To turn to the next page do any of the following Tap along the right edge of the screen Swip...

Page 64: ...connected to Wi Fi Unlike streamed videos downloaded videos do consume storage on your NOOK If you plan to download many videos you should consider purchasing a microSD card to give your NOOK extra st...

Page 65: ...When you buy an item in the NOOK Store Barnes Noble charges the credit card associated with your NOOK ac count or your Barnes and Noble account that is the account of the primary profile on your NOOK...

Page 66: ...your NOOK to require a password visit Settings and open the Shop settings page To go ahead and purchase the item click Buy To cancel the transaction without buying tap the X in the upper right hand co...

Page 67: ...trial for each eNewspaper and eMagazine Buying an App To buy an app in the NOOK Store do this 1 Open the details page for the app you want to buy 2 Tap the button showing the price of the app The but...

Page 68: ...p the Confirm button 4 Once the catalog has downloaded tap Read to open it Managing Your NOOK or BN com Account You can manage your NOOK or BN com account from your NOOK To configure your account do t...

Page 69: ...ils page 2 On the Details page tap the icon showing a heart with a plus sign Your NOOK adds the item to your Wishlist Viewing Your Wishlist To view your Wishlist do this 1 On the home screen of the NO...

Page 70: ...button To use your NOOK without connecting to the store s network tap the Dismiss button Reading Books in a Barnes Noble Store When you use your NOOK in a Barnes Noble store you have access to all the...

Page 71: ...d organizing photos and videos that you load on your NOOK Hulu Plus1 an app for watching current hit TV shows classic series and acclaimed movies Music Player an app for playing MP3 and AAC music file...

Page 72: ...72 Barnes Noble NOOK HD User Guide The Apps screen looks like this...

Page 73: ...or searching the Web and enjoying Web content To launch the Browser tap the Browser icon on the Apps screen NOTE To use the Browser your NOOK must be connected to a Wi Fi network The Browser looks lik...

Page 74: ...traditional way of displaying Web pages their text and graphics appears as they would in any other browser ArticleView a way of viewing the main text and images of the Web page in a long column In Bro...

Page 75: ...s of Bookmarks History and Saved pages The page looks like this Changing the Home Page To make a bookmarked page your Browser home page do this 1 On Bookmarks page press and hold on the page you want...

Page 76: ...Email application displays your Inbox Managing Email Accounts Types of Accounts Your NOOK supports three types of email accounts POP an Internet standard for email IMAP another Internet standard for...

Page 77: ...account manually you will need to know the name of your account s email server Most ISPs and email service providers provide this information in their help pages If you are setting up an email account...

Page 78: ...s on your NOOK On the main Email screen click the Add Account button and follow the instructions above for setting up an account Switching from One Account to Another If you have set up more than one...

Page 79: ...ounts automatically appear as Suggested Friends in the NOOK Friends app Launching the NOOK Friends App To launch the NOOK Friends app do this 1 On the Home Screen tap Apps to display the apps on your...

Page 80: ...NOOK Friend sharing a quote with the public via Twitter or Facebook a NOOK Friend sharing a quote with you a NOOK Friend posting his or her reading status to the public via Twitter or Facebook a NOOK...

Page 81: ...t to a user s name to send that user an invitation to become your NOOK Friend To invite friends from Facebook do this 1 In the NOOK Friends app tap the Add Friend button the icon with a person and a p...

Page 82: ...irm that you want to remove this friend 2 Tap the button labeled Yes Remove This Friend The Pending Listing Tap the Pending button to see lists of pending NOOK Friends requests The Pending page is div...

Page 83: ...application that supports lending An account holder s credit card is not charged when he or she borrows a book from you You can lend a book from anywhere with supported wireless connectivity including...

Page 84: ...n Your Library You can also view a list of lendable books in your Library In its list of contents your Library shows A shelf of books if any that you have borrowed If a book is still on loan a number...

Page 85: ...he book Tap the share button 2 In the dialog box that appears tap a social media icon to select the way you want to notify your contact of the LendMe offer You can notify your friend through email thr...

Page 86: ...ke the book or why you think your friend would like the book Tap the Post button to post the LendMe offer and message on your friend s wall on Facebook Borrowing a Book You can ask a NOOK Friend to le...

Page 87: ...om NOOK Friends To view a list of books that friends would like to borrow from you do this 1 Tap the LendMe button in the NOOK Friends app 2 Scroll down the LendMe screen of bookshelves to the Request...

Page 88: ...is information Your name Your photo if you have linked to your Facebook account and have posted a profile picture there The email account associated with your NOOK Friends account The number of NOOK F...

Page 89: ...left if it is not already selected 4 Under the Devices heading tap the Bluetooth toggle button to turn Bluetooth on or off Using Bluetooth Devices You can pair your NOOK with Bluetooth devices such as...

Page 90: ...brightness of the screen Wi Fi a toggle switch for turning Wi Fi on and off and control for selecting the Wi Fi network to connect to Airplane Mode a toggle switch for quickly turning Wi Fi off Lock R...

Page 91: ...n the General settings screen until you see the heading SECURITY SETTINGS 5 Tap Security Your NOOK displays the Screen Security setting 6 Tap the Screen lock toggle to turn on the screen lock A dialog...

Page 92: ...over a Wireless Network When a new software release is available your NOOK will download it and install it when you next connect to a wireless network Software installations take only a few minutes O...

Page 93: ...packaging for the microSDHC card and printed on the card itself If no speed is indicated the card is a class 2 card The speed of the card does not affect page display speeds It can affect read and wri...

Page 94: ...to the left of the 30 pin USB port on the bottom edge of your NOOK Using your finger tip gently pull the lid out from the bezel The lid pulls straight out Two flexible bands keep it attached to your...

Page 95: ...memory card into your NOOK a dialog box appears re porting that the SD memory card is unformatted and that it needs to be formatted To format the memory card do this 1 Tap the Format Now button to fo...

Page 96: ...evel surface 2 Find the small lid to the left of the 30 pin USB port on the bottom edge of your NOOK Using your finger tip gently pull out the lid 3 With the tip of your finger push in the memory card...

Page 97: ...es Your NOOK supports the following types of files Audio MP4 M4A 3GP AAC MP3 FLAC WAV OGG AMR Video MP4 3GP WEBM Gallery pictures JPEG GIF PNG BMP Reader Other PDF ePUB DRP ePIB FOLIO OFIP CBZ TXT RTF...

Page 98: ...rranty Period This express warranty is not transferable to subsequent owners of the product If your NOOK was originally purchased by someone else as a gift for you as shown by a gift receipt you will...

Page 99: ...sole discretion and at no additional charge do one of the following replace your NOOK with a new or refurbished model or refund the purchase price you paid for your NOOK If B N replaces your NOOK B N...

Page 100: ...ECURITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST HIDDEN OR LATENT DEFECTS Modification No employee or representative of B N or its affiliates or any third party is authorized to make any modificat...

Page 101: ...oth SIG Inc Dictionary Your NOOK includes the Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary Eleventh Edition with Geographic and Bio graphic Information Merriam Webster and Collegiate are trademarks of Merr...

Page 102: ...ffice and certain other jurisdictions Contains iType from Monotype Imaging Inc iType is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc Hulu Plus Hulu Plus is a trademark of Hulu LLC microSD and microSDHC The mic...

Page 103: ...e receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 If applicable connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connecte...

Page 104: ...information see Airplanes When around sensitive electronic equipment ask whether you can use your NOOK You might need to turn Wi Fi networking off In some places for example in a hospital you might be...

Page 105: ...must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 L utilisation de ce dispositif est autor...

Page 106: ...2311 EN 62209 02 Responsible Party North America barnesandnoble com llc 76 Ninth Avenue New York NY 10011 USA www NOOK com Environmental Statement This product should be recycled separately from house...

Page 107: ...Barnes Noble NOOK HD User Guide 107 Appendix F NOOK Terms of Service The NOOK Terms of Service are located here http www NOOK com hd legal...

Page 108: ...ot Magazines and Catalogs On the page of a magazine or a catalog a small highlighted region that provides interactive features For example tap ping on a hotspot in a news magazine might open a Web pag...

Page 109: ...u create by copying pages from magazines and catalogs System Bar A panel at the bottom of most screens The System Bar presents features such as the Search tool and the Recent Drawer The configuration...

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