Pocketbook Basic 2, User Manual

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Page 2: ...1 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS 13 GETTING STARTED 14 Charging Battery 14 Power Management 15 Loading Files 16 Navigation 17 Working with On Screen Keyboard 18 Connecting to the Internet 20 Installing additional dictionaries 23 MAIN MENU 24 Recent Events 26 ...

Page 3: ...6 Notes 29 Applications 30 Calculator 30 Calendar Clock 30 Chess 31 Dictionary 31 Klondike 32 PocketNews 32 Browser 33 Photo 34 Snake 35 Sudoku 35 Book Store 37 Send to PocketBook 37 Status Bar 41 READING BOOKS 42 Turning Pages 43 ...

Page 4: ...ences 43 Changing Font Size 43 Reading Menu 44 Contents 44 Go to Page 46 Search 47 Bookmarks 47 Settings 48 Mode 48 Dictionary 49 Rotate 50 Making Notes 50 Closing a Book 51 SETTINGS 52 Personalize 52 Network 53 Date Time 54 Languages 55 ...

Page 5: ...TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 5 Accounts and Synchronization 55 Advanced Settings 57 Saving Battery 62 Device Info 63 FIRMWARE UPDATE 64 TROUBLESHOOTING 68 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 70 COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 71 ...

Page 6: ... to 40 C so don t ex pose the Device to excessively high or low temperatures Never leave cables near heat sources Heated cables or their insulation may become deformed or damaged which could lead to fire or electric shock Try to avoid next impacts direct sunlight direct flame or smoke cigarette lighter open fire etc exposure to liquids or damp do not use the Device in the rain in the street at hig...

Page 7: ...envi ronment e g in a car or in closed tight boxes packaging Neither drop nor try to bend the Device Protect the screen from objects that may scratch or damage it To ensure adequate protec tion of the screen we recommend storing the Device in a protec tive and or hard cover Keep away from children Maintenance Do not disassemble or modify the book reader Do not use the Device with a damaged battery...

Page 8: ...th to remove dust from the Device s surface Apply a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt Up to five faulty pixels are acceptable in the screen and do not constitute a warrantable defect of the screen By the end of product guarantee term please contact the near est authorized service facility for examination on the subject of security is maintained For detailed information about service cent...

Page 9: ...t external RF signals Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib ited e g onboard a plane and in hospitals this may affect air borne avionics or medical equipment Utilization Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse impacts on the environment and public health To prevent such consequences follow the device specific disposal requirements Recycling of these materials he...

Page 10: ...e centre Disposal of electric and electronic components the Directive is ap plicable to the EU and other European countries where separate waste disposal systems exist In other countries dispose batteries accordingly to local laws Do not destroy the battery by burning it to avoid the danger of explosion ...

Page 11: ... text menu if available 5 Up 6 Right 7 Forward turns page forward 8 Micro USB port for con necting to computer or charger charger may be optional 9 MicroSD card slot for ex ternal memory card Micro SD card may be optional 10 On Off power button turns the Device on off NOTE You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings Personal ize Key mapping Navigation and page turning buttons mapping dep...

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Page 13: ... 1300 mAh Book formats PDF EPUB including DRM protected TXT FB2 FB2 zip RTF HTM HTML CHM DJVU DOC DOCX RTF TCR PRC MOBI ACSM Image formats JPEG BMP PNG TIFF Dimensions 174 4 114 6 8 3 mm Weight 188 g The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software configuration of your device Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage mode connectivity and s...

Page 14: ...r optional To charge the battery for the first time do the following Connect the Device to a computer or charger with USB cable Indicator will start flashing as soon as the charging starts When the battery is fully charged indicator turns off Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on for the first use Getting Started In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to work and about...

Page 15: ...e is ready to operate Main menu or last opened book will appear depending on settings Settings At startup open To turn off the Device press and hold On Off button for about two seconds until the Device goes off If you will press power button shortly the keypad of the Device will be locked and the lock screen will appear To unlock the keypad press On Off button again In addition you can set automat...

Page 16: ...ore power off or locking Device LOADING FILES Connect the Device to the PC using microUSB cable NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring files You will be prompted to select USB mode PC Link or Charge either Select PC Link Operating system of com puter will detect Device s storage as removable disk if SD card installed as two ones Now you can copy files to the Device or SD card using E...

Page 17: ...e turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to the side you ve changed orientation to Press OK button shortly to open selected item Continuous OK press opens context menu of item folder or applica tion if available If a menu item contains several level you can go over them by Left Right buttons Page turning buttons Backward Forward are used to turn list pages Continuous Backward Forwar...

Page 18: ...g section WORKING WITH ON SCREEN KEYBOARD The on screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to enter some text info for example search query To navigate through the keyboard use the navigation keys and OK button To speed up keyboard operations all sym bols are divided into 5 zones The first navigation key press transfers cursor to the middle of the selected zone and then you can select the requi...

Page 19: ...GGGGGGGGGGGGG 11 1 Change text case 2 Erase last entered symbol 3 Change input language To add the language up to 3 layouts to the onscreen keyboard layout go to Set tings Languages Keyboard Layouts 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ... net work key using the on screen keyboard You can pre configure a connection and set an automatic connection To proceed follow these steps 1 Go to Settings Network Network Access 2 Select On for the Network access checkbox and then further settings appear Automatic connection Con nection to a hidden network and a list of available Wi Fi networks NOTE If there are no available networks or the sign...

Page 21: ...eed to specify WEP Authentication type Open System or Shared Key either The Device cannot rec ognize authentication type automatically WPA WPA2 Enterprise you will need to spec ify username password and domain if necessary WPA WPA2 PSK you will need to enter net work key up to 64 symbols 5 Open Advanced settings Select the idle time be fore disconnection in the corresponding section 6 If it is nee...

Page 22: ... proxy server you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura tion section 8 To check network configuration and connect to a network return to the Connection to hidden network sec tion and press Connect NOTE Wi Fi connection can be used for connecting to an Internet network Transferring data via Wi Fi connection is unavailable The Device can be connected to a Wi Fi access point with MAC address ...

Page 23: ...n purchase dictionaries in Book Store www bookland com 1 Copy file with pbi extension to the Device internal memory 2 Disconnect the Device from PC 3 Loaded file will appear in Last Events 4 Press OK on the copied extension file and it will be launched as an application 5 Confirm proposed installation ...

Page 24: ... Device After turning on the Device Main menu or last opened book will be displayed on the screen if Settings Open at startup corresponding option was set To return to the Main menu from any application press key Backward Main menu consists of Recent Events section and applica tion panel ...

Page 25: ...MMMMMMMMM 22 Main Menu Last Events list of last opened and downloaded books Last opened Last downloaded Application panel ...

Page 26: ...reading before After pressing OK on a message about recently added books Library will be opened displaying added books Books will be grouped by creation date LIBRARY Library is e books file manager To open a book press OK on its title Library menu allows to filter group sort change appearance of the section and perform search Context menu avoked by continuous pressing OK allows performing the foll...

Page 27: ... alternative reader pro gram Open with File file operations Rename Move to folder Delete Add to Remove from Favorites Mark as read unread Information brief information about book folder Filter All Books all books on selected storage are displayed ...

Page 28: ... grouping next param eters are displayed as folders titles Folder real folder name Author an alphabet is added at the top of the screen Series Genre Format Date Added Sort performed by following parameters File names Book titles Last opened Creation date Series Author View the list of books has two viewing modes ...

Page 29: ...de Simple in this mode next information is displayed folder or file format icon book title and author name if known location icon if file is located on memory card read percentage Detailed in this mode there are displayed also book thubnails information about format and file size and status icons Read Favorite Find allows quick books search by the following criteria by author or title all books of...

Page 30: ... mathemati cal operations such as different numeric systems trigono metric logarithm power and logical operations Calendar Clock Opens current month calendar and clock Navigation allows turning over a calendar The button returns you to the current month Read about date and time setting in Date Time manual s chapter Notes are saved in system config Active Contents folder Device s internal storage ...

Page 31: ...ion the on screen keyboard will appear Type the word you d like to find and appli cation will find its entry in the dictionary To change dic tionaries press Forward button select the dictionary you need from the list and press OK After you close the on screen keyboard by pressing its keys OK or Cancel you will be able to view dictionary page by page To turn pages use Left Right keys To bring up th...

Page 32: ...creen keyboard To delete the feed select it open the context menu by continuous OK button press and select Delete command To edit the feed select it open the context menu by con tinuous OK button press and select Edit name or Edit URL command Edit the RSS feed name or address using the on screen keyboard To update feed select Update in the application menu Updated content is added to the file with...

Page 33: ...enu The latest downloaded RSS feed updates can be opened in browser You can open the previously stored RSS feeds for reading by choosing the News Archive option Browser You can navigate by using the following buttons Up Down Left Right buttons short press to scroll the window content horizontally and vertically to switch between active elements on the page references text fields etc long press to ...

Page 34: ...ering a website address long press to activate an address bar The browser supports file downloading from the Internet Downloaded files are saved to the root folder of the De vice s internal storage To exit the browser press the corresponding menu item Photo This section opens in the mode of photo view all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder You can look through images in JPG BMP PNG and ...

Page 35: ...d bottom panel Click OK button to enter Back ward Forward buttons toggle between the grid and the panel and vice versa Controls To enter a number into a cell of the grid you can choose firstly a number or a cell in which you want to enter a number or a label Cell first 1 Set a frame on the chosen cell and press OK button 2 Press Backward or Forward to move to the bottom panel to choose correspondi...

Page 36: ...nown in the beginning of the game and on numbers of the bot tom panel 2 The chosen number will be highlighted on the bot tom panel showing that it is active 3 Press OK on the cell of the grid to enter the high lighted number in a cell NOTE A digit on the bottom panel is highlighted until another one is chosen Bottom panel Step Back Cancel previous action Step forward active after step back ...

Page 37: ...es quick and convenient li censed content download from Book Store portal to your Device The internet connection must be active Send to PocketBook The application allows to send files to the email address of your Device Sent books will be automatically downloaded to your Device if the Wi Fi is turned on How to start using 1 Register for the Send to PocketBook service for this purpose do the follow...

Page 38: ...r your contact email ad dress and password The email with the activation link will be sent to the specified address Follow this link to receive the email ad dress of your Device for example username pbsync com NOTE The contact email address is used only for the authoriza tion of the application and the service address of the Device user name pbsync com is used for sending books to it if you want t...

Page 39: ...ail address of your De vice will be automatically downloaded to the download folder in the Device Library when the internet connection is on Download folder is available after authorization from the locations 2 Applications Send to PocketBook 3 Settings Accounts and synchronizations Send to PocketBook Go to folder of the context menu of the Download folder 4 Library Send to PocketBook By default S...

Page 40: ...ive files or in Library choose Receive files in the context menu of the download folder Received files will be also available in the download folder in the Library of the Device The list of trusted senders Documents can be downloaded on the Device if they are sent from the address contained in the white list a list of the trusted senders The address specified at registration is contained in the li...

Page 41: ... the white list After your confirmation you will receive files from the added address to your Device Thus spam won t get on the Device STATUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom of the screen and dis plays next service information Date and time Battery charge In reading mode current page number and total page count is also displayed ...

Page 42: ... HTM HTML CHM DJVU DOC DOCX TCR PRC MOBI ACSM To open a book press OK on its title in Last events or Library section If you opened a book before it will be opened at the page you ve finished reading In some book formats e g FB2 or ePub after opening a book reader application will count pages this is indicated with sign instead of a page count in a status bar Dur ing page calculation some features ...

Page 43: ...ross references or footnotes you can enter links mode on continuous OK button press other wise you ll get a message informing that a page contains no links to follow A cursor will appear and you will be able to select a link using Down Up keys and press OK to follow CHANGING FONT SIZE In text format books ePub FB2 etc excluding PDF and DjVu you can change font size with Up Down keys When ...

Page 44: ...er application menu press OK button Contents Opens structured content of the book if present otherwise you ll get message about missing table of contents Active contents display table of contents bookmarks and notes Reading menu for books in FB2 TXT RTF HTML PRC CHM EPUB formats Reading menu for books in PDF Djvu formats ...

Page 45: ... subsection branch Use navigation keys to move across the table OK button opens selected book chapter continuous press of OK but ton opens the context menu Using this menu you can open contents entry edit or de lete notes text or graphic either and bookmarks expands collapses selected subsection branch Under Settings sec tion of the context menu you can configure which ele ments to display Content...

Page 46: ...nt to open the exact page press Enter page number after typing a page number exactly from on screen keyboard press OK As you set a slider or enter a page number a page preview will be opened on a background If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward you will stay on a page you was before Chapter name is displayed under the scroll bar ...

Page 47: ...enter it using the on screen keyboard Found text would be highlighted and you can switch between found instances using Left Right naviga tion keys To exit search mode press OK NOTE Search mode is not available for DJVU books Bookmarks Adds current page to bookmarks After adding a page to bookmarks in a right top corner a bookmark will appear All the bookmarks will be displayed in contents To delet...

Page 48: ...gh Speed You can select left to right by default or right to left e g for Arabic or Hebrew texts text direction Mode PDF and DjVu books has Mode menu item instead of Set tings Select viewing mode using Left Right keys Follow ing modes are available Margins croping allows to decrease margins width or heigth Define a border you want to crop by a joystick and press OK Move arrow buttons by a joystick...

Page 49: ...fter bottom edge of the sheet reached Reflow in this mode text is formatted to display completely on a page You can change font size with Up and Down keys Some images and tables may not display in this mode Reflow mode is supported for PDF books only Some tables and pictures cannot be displayed in the Reflow mode Dictionary Single word translation By default cursor highlights the word to translate...

Page 50: ...ct the suitable one with navigation keys Making Notes You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option Toggle to text for choosing a word On screen keyboard to type word to translate Change dictionary ...

Page 51: ...ht a text fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin of the note The menu that will appear suggests you to save selected frag ment as image or text if available or cancel making note You can look through the notes by choosing Notes section in the main menu By pressing OK button on the note you can switch to the initial page where it was created CLOSING A BOOK To close a book select the corresp...

Page 52: ...d after exiting the section If you will encounter any problems with new settings you will be able to start the Device in safe mode with factory defaults To start in a safe mode press and hold Back ward button during the Device boot PERSONALIZE Open at Startup last opened book or main menu Power off Logo the image will be displayed when the Device is off You can set a cover of the last opened book ...

Page 53: ...TION System folder is hidden by default Please change its parameters on your computer to make it visible Theme is set by default If you want to use another theme download a file in pbt format to the folder system themes Key Mapping In this section you can remap hardware keys To change key action select it from the list and select action from the list NETWORK In this section you can set parameters ...

Page 54: ... available networks Choose one of them and you ll see parameters of this connection Network name SSID signal strength security IP address network mask main gateway DNS NOTE If Scanning is displayed instead of Available Networks it means that Device is searching for available networks DATE TIME In this section you will be able to set date time time zone and clock format You can also Synchronize Tim...

Page 55: ...es Under this section you can un check dictionaries you don t want to be displayed in the list during the translation or in Dictionary application ACCOUNTS AND SYNCHRONIZATION Book Store in this section you can enter Login and Password for authorization in the Book Store Send to PocketBook the following options are available PocketBook account your account email ...

Page 56: ...f your Device is connected to the Internet Receive files automatically On or Off Files sent to the Device address username pbsync com will be au tomatically updated in the download folder if Wi Fi con nection is on You can turn off automatic receiving files to optimize the Device productivity Download folder location of received files The Send to PocketBook folder is set by default You can choose ...

Page 57: ...Here you can configure up to 6 user profiles 5 can be stored on the internal storage and 1 on microSD card Each profile stores individual books status last opened books bookmarks notes favorites and pre configured network connections To add new profile open the corresponding item You will be suggested to set destination local memory or SD card and to enter the name from on screen keyboard After th...

Page 58: ...em files CAUTION If you need to erase all data on the Device use this feature only don t try to format the Device internal memory via PC Format SD card this action will erase all data from the external microSD card Backup Recovery Factory Reset the Device state will be reset to factory default settings erasing user settings Other data e g books photos won t be lost Backup Configuration to SD this ...

Page 59: ...et the parameters for Library database update Off database won t be updated Once database will be updated after exit from Configuration section the parameter will be set to Off after update Automatically database would be update after each Library opening and copying removal of books including microSD card change Optimise Database remove old database entries To run optimization set the parameter t...

Page 60: ...etting by password Select Set Password section and type the password from on screen keyboard Now each time you try to enter Settings section you will be asked to enter the password You can remove or change password by selecting the corresponding item To proceed you will be asked to enter the password once more Diagnostic and Usage Software provides data to PocketBook about some actions performed b...

Page 61: ...t of page turned before the screen will be updated completely Always item provides the best quality but consumes the most power Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous pages on a screen Large File Warning If this setting is on the Device will show a notification when you try to open file larger than 25 MB Demo mode switching demo mode for the Device To activate demon stration mode ch...

Page 62: ...on Lock Device after set time of idleness after which the Device is locked off 5 min 10 min Power off after set time of idleness after which the Device power off 10 20 30 or 60 minutes DEVICE INFO The following information about Device will be displayed Device Model model serial number hardware platform Wi Fi MAC address Memory operative memory total and available internal memory and microSD card ...

Page 63: ...vice will search for up dates in the following order microSD card if installed in ternal storage and Internet Auto Update turn on off automatic check for updates Legal Information license and information about third party applications used on the Device ...

Page 64: ...ll require treatment in the service centre Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instructions below There are two ways to update the firmware Automatic Update To start automatic software update select Settings About Device Software Software Update The Device will begin to check available update sources in the following order MicroSD card if installed internal memory Internet ...

Page 65: ...nly NOTE You can check your Firmware version in Main menu Set tings About device Software Firmware Version Manual Update 1 Open site www pocketbook int com on your PC Select your country 2 Click the Support button on top menu Select hard ware model of your Device 3 Download the Firmware to your PC 4 Unpack the content of the archive file SWUPDATE BIN and copy it to the root folder of MicroSD Card ...

Page 66: ... Firmware update is displayed on the screen 7 Follow the on screen instructions with pictures connect USB cable to the Device and Press central Key NOTE If the firmware file is located on the SD card it will have a higher priority in comparison with the file stored in the Device s root folder during the update process ...

Page 67: ... Upgrade image is corrupted or Image is empty SWUPDATE BIN file is damaged or there is no space available on the microSD card Delete some files from your card and copy SWUPDATE BIN file on it one more time Repeat the download from www pocketbook int com If this error repeats use other card File read error MicroSD card error Try to use another MicroSD card Error A different firmware version is inst...

Page 68: ...e save the book in another format TXT DOC PDF Html book opens but is displayed incorrectly For example there are empty pages some part of the text is missing etc HTML files contain non text elements frames JAVA scripts flash elements Save the page in TXT format Book opens but various symbols question marks etc are displayed instead of letters Incorrect encoding Switch to reading mode select Settin...

Page 69: ...c tion to connector Try to connect the USB cable to another port Bookmarks settings and current position in file can not be saved File system damaged Connect the device to a PC and check disks To pro ceed open My Computer right click on the selected disk and select Properties Service Check Disk Internal memory is full Delete books images and or music files that you do not need Battery discharges t...

Page 70: ...o 800 701 307 Deutschland 0 800 187 30 03 France 0805 080277 Polska 0 0 800 141 0112 Slovensko 0 800 606 676 USA Canada 1 877 910 1520 Россия 8 800 100 6990 Україна 0 800 304 800 Казахстан 8 800 333 35 13 Беларусь 8 820 0011 02 62 საქართველო 995 706 777 360 www pocketbook int com support help pocketbook int com ...

Page 71: ...Limited Power Source of personal computer or notebook The EUT should be supplied by Adapter from complied Limited Power Source Rated output voltage DC 5V 1A This equipment is marked with the 0678 symbol and can be used throughout the European community This indicates compliance with the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC France 2 4GHz for Metropolitan France ...

Page 72: ... 10 mW for the 2454 2483 MHz band IMPORTANT Changes or modifications to this product not au thorized could void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the product This product has demon strated EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between system components It is important that you use compliant perip...

Page 73: ...to assure the protection of all persons regard less of age and health The exposure guidelines for devices employ a unit of measure ment known as the Specific Absorption Rate or SAR The SAR limit stated in the ICNIRP guidelines is 2 0 watts kilogram W kg aver aged over 10 grams of tissue Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions with the device transmitting at its highest certi...

Page 74: ... of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields 1999 519 EC PocketBook International SA Crocicchio Cortogna 6 6900 Lugano Switzerland Tel 0 800 187 3003 Designed by Obreey Products Assembled in PRC Contains Reader Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated ...