RCA Gemstar eBook REB1100, User Manual

Page 1: ...voMedia Inc eBook technology licensed from Gemstar Gemstar eBook and the eBook logo are trademarks of Gemstar Gemstar and the Gemstar logo are registered trademarks of Gemstar SMART MEDIA is a registered trademark of Legato Systems Inc Table of Contents Note The material in this manual is subject to change without notice About This Product Safety Instructions What You Get What You Need ...

Page 2: ...e View Setting the Shortcut Icon Lighting the Screen Choosing Fonts and Font Sizes Adjusting Contrast on the Screen Using Reference Features Marking Places With Bookmarks Underlining Text Adding Notes Searching for Specific Text Looking Up Words in the Dictionary Using the Optional SMART MEDIA Card Smart Media Connector Maintaining Your eBook Maintaining the Touch Screen Checking the Status of Mem...

Page 3: ...during an electrical storm There may be a remote risk of electric shock from lightning 3 Use only the power cord and batteries indicated in this manual Do not dispose of batteries in a fire They may explode Check with local codes for possible special disposal instructions 4 CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire use only No 26 AWG or larger telecommunication line cord 5 CAUTION Do not remove the cover...

Page 4: ...y time within the United States and Canada You cannot play sound clips while using the modem NOTE Your eBook has room to store multiple eBook Editions and you can purchase an optional SMART MEDIA card to increase the memory for additional storage space If you have used all the memory and want to download more eBook Editions you can use a SMART MEDIA card with your Smart Media connection See for mo...

Page 5: ... need to recharge the battery Although the battery was fully charged when it was shipped its natural discharge may require that you recharge it before you can use the device See if you need to charge it now Charging the Battery To turn off your eBook press and hold the Power Button until the screen goes blank The screen dims and the unit shuts down Note that your eBook turns off automatically if y...

Page 6: ...when you press or tap them gently You can use your finger or the stylus stored in the side of the eBook to activate the touch screen Do not use a pen or pencil since that could damage the screen Page Navigation Bar Try tapping an icon to display its menu Tap it again to dismiss the menu If you find that the touch screen isn t responding properly you should calibrate it This is easy to do by tappin...

Page 7: ...Calibrating the Touch Screen Shortcut Icon The icon lets you set up a shortcut to one of the options from the or menu or to the Page Forward or Page Back option on the menu The eBook logo in the menu tells you which item will be selected when you tap the icon Shortcut Bookshelf Book Shortcut Shortcut Audio Icon The icon may be available to use in conjunction with future audio features Audio Readin...

Page 8: ...here you left off If you deleted the last eBook Edition you read before turning off your eBook the next eBook Edition in the recently read menu is loaded when you turn it back on Selecting a Recently Read eBook Edition Your eBook keeps track of the four eBook Editions you ve read most recently It does this to make them easy to access 1 Tap the icon Bookshelf The four eBook Editions you ve read mos...

Page 9: ...Your feature stores any periodicals you have purchased To open any of your periodicals Newsstand 1 Tap the icon Bookshelf 2 Tap eBook Shelf 3 Tap Newsstand A complete list of the periodicals currently loaded on your eBook is displayed If you have more periodicals than can fit in the window you can scroll through the list by tapping the up and down arrows on the screen or by using the Page Back and...

Page 10: ...nks that let you jump quickly between related information within the text just like links on a Web page On an eBook linked text is underlined To jump to the link simply tap the underlined text You cannot edit these hyperlinks in eBook Editions you ve purchased They must be in the eBook Edition when you buy it Page Navigation Bar Your eBook gives you a visual representation of where you are in your...

Page 11: ...o To 3 Tap First Page The eBook displays the first page of your eBook Edition If your eBook Edition provides a hyperlinked Table of Contents you can get to it easily from here Go To Previous Location Once you jump to a page you can easily return to your previous location 1 Tap the icon Book 2 Tap Previous Location The eBook displays the page you were viewing previously Page Headers and Footers Som...

Page 12: ...dio output that allows you to listen to sound clips that may be provided in certain eBook Editions Panning Images If an illustration or diagram is larger than the screen you can still view the entire image Arrows appear along the edges of the image that continue past the edge of the screen You can tap the arrows to scroll the hidden portion of the image into view Alternatively you can simply touch...

Page 13: ... the headphone jack on your eBook and tap on the speaker icon to listen to the sound clip If you are reading this on a browser that is set up for sound capability you can also click on the speaker icon to play it You cannot use the modem while playing sound clips NOTE Alice In Wonderland excerpt Getting More eBook Editions You can add more eBook Editions to your personal library by buying them fro...

Page 14: ...and any new eBook Editions you didn t download yet 1 If you have not already done so connect your eBook to an analog phone jack 2 Tap the icon Bookshelf 3 Tap Online Bookshelf 4 Tap Your eBook dials into your eBook Account New Your eBook will now display only your new eBook Editions 5 Check the eBook Central box for the latest catalog For other eBook Editions check the appropriate box next to the ...

Page 15: ...e orientation you ve chosen Setting the Shortcut Icon The icon gives you a shortcut for selecting a menu item that you use frequently It also gives you away to page through your text without using the page buttons to enable a completely silent reading mode Shortcut When you first use your eBook the icon is programmed to change screen print size from small to large or vice versa The eBook logo in t...

Page 16: ...ookshelf 2 Tap Settings 3 Tap Backlight 4 Select the brightness setting you want The backlight setting is 60 by default You can select one of the other options to make it dimmer or brighter as desired Note that the brighter settings will drain the battery more quickly The screen backlight changes to the brightness setting you selected 5 Tap to close the selection window Done Backlight The eBook re...

Page 17: ...u can no longer see the settings window use the Page Forward and Page Back buttons to adjust the screen back You can also turn off your eBook and push the reset switch on the back of your eBook NOTE Using Reference Features Marking Places With Bookmarks Jumping to a Bookmark Bringing Up the Bookmarks Edit Window Renaming a Bookmark Deleting a Bookmark Underlining Text Adding Notes Reading Changing...

Page 18: ...okmarks You can set as many bookmarks as you like Once a bookmark is set you can jump to that location easily To set a bookmark 1 Tap the icon Book 2 Tap Set Bookmark The instruction banner appears Bookmark 3 Find the paragraph that you want to mark and tap it The banner disappears and a small triangle marks the paragraph you selected You can use the Page Back and Page Forward buttons to locate th...

Page 19: ...e many bookmarks the edit window is displayed immediately Bookmarks While the edit window is on the screen you can rename or delete bookmarks See or for more information Renaming a Bookmark Deleting a Bookmark Renaming a Bookmark Sometimes the first few words of the paragraph you ve chosen to mark are not helpful in identifying a bookmark If you d like you can rename the bookmark so it s more mean...

Page 20: ...Page Forward buttons to scroll up or down NOTE 3 Tap Delete A confirmation window is displayed 4 Tap if you re sure you want to delete the bookmark and otherwise Yes No After you delete a bookmark the window is redisplayed without the one you deleted Bookmarks 5 Tap to continue reading Done Underlining Text You can underline important text in your eBook Edition Underlined text is easy to distingui...

Page 21: ...3 Enter the text for the note using the available writing pad or choose the keyboard to type instead See for more information on your text entry options Appendix A Entering Text 4 When you re finished composing your note tap OK The instruction banner appears Attach Note 5 Find the text closest to where you want to attach the note You can use the Page Forward and Page Back buttons to locate the par...

Page 22: ...erwise tap After you delete a note the note triangle disappears from the text Yes No If you simply want to read the note do so and then tap Done Done Searching for Specific Text With your eBook you can look for a specific word or phrase and move directly to that page Searches can be done not only for text within the eBook Edition but also for bookmarks notes and underlines 1 Tap the icon to displa...

Page 23: ...for you to use this feature To look up words in the dictionary 1 Tap the icon Book 2 Tap Lookup The instruction banner appears Lookup 3 If several dictionaries are available select the one you d like to use If more than one dictionary is currently on your eBook the dictionary menu appears listing all the dictionaries that are loaded 4 Select the word you want to look up You can select a word that ...

Page 24: ...a SMART MEDIA card 1 Turn off your eBook 2 Open the rubber flap on the back of your eBook 3 Place the SMART MEDIA card in the connector by sliding the card in with the connectors facing down towards the eBook Then close the flap 4 Turn on your eBook To make sure you have connected your card correctly tap the icon then go to tap on and check how much memory you have If the memory has not increased ...

Page 25: ...and The eBook screen was calibrated for you at the factory so it should be ready to use when you receive it However if the screen doesn t perform like you think it should you can calibrate it again 1 Tap the icon Page Orientation If the screen fails to respond when you tap the icon turn off your eBook Then push the reset switch on the back of your eBook Hold down the page button closest to the hea...

Page 26: ...ly dark A fully charged battery will last about 15 hours when using the backlight feature at the default intensity and about 30 hours with the backlight off Battery To recharge the battery see Charging the Battery The dark bar on the graphical display shows how much memory is used When no memory is left the bar is completely dark Numeric values are also shown to give more details about the memory ...

Page 27: ...ook Editions The markups could include bookmarks notes and underlines Additionally if you select a font that is different from the default settings some memory is used to store that font this memory is released if you select the default fonts again as described in Choosing Fonts and Font Sizes The number of eBook Editions you can store depends on the memory capacity of your eBook the size of your ...

Page 28: ...markups 1 Tap the icon Book 2 Tap About This Edition This window lists eBook Editions author and ISBN along with information regarding how many underlines notes or bookmarks have been saved for this eBook Edition The screen displays the window About This Edition 3 Tap Remove Markups A dialog box appears asking you if you are sure you want to delete the markups If you save your markups on the eBook...

Page 29: ...ng the On Screen Keyboard If you d like to practice text entry but a text entry window is not already displayed on the screen first open an eBook Edition then tap the icon and select Book Add Note To enter text with the on screen keyboard 1 Make sure the text entry window is in keyboard mode If the text entry window is currently showing the writing pad and not the keyboard select the button labele...

Page 30: ... eBook Edition then tap the icon and select Book Add Note To enter text with the on screen writing pad 1 Make sure the text entry window is in Allegro mode If the text entry window is currently showing the keyboard and not the writing pad select the button labeled Allegro The text entry window redisplays in Allegro mode 2 Using the stylus and the writing pad draw the stroke patterns of the charact...

Page 31: ...ractice all of them keeping the Allegro letter chart in front of you and copying each one closely This will give you a chance to become familiar with any strokes that might feel less natural to you Allegro also allows you to enterupper case letters punctuation symbols and characters like space tab and return These all use special introducer strokes that change the interpretation of the next stroke...

Page 32: ...ls With Allegro punctuation and symbols are written in symbol mode You can turn on symbol mode either by tapping the on screen button labeled or by writing the symbol mode introducer stroke on the writing pad a diagonal downward stroke that starts in the upper left corner As a result punctuation and symbols require at least one additional tap or stroke before you write the symbol s stroke Some sym...

Page 33: ...lock mode either by tapping the on screen button labeled 123 or by writing the num lock mode toggle stroke on the writing pad a diagonal upward stroke that starts in the lower left corner Num lock is a toggle mode which means that it remains in effect until you explicitly return to normal text entry mode Punctuation and symbols can be entered while you are in num lock mode To exit num lock mode yo...

Page 34: ...u enter the stroke for the accent itself Accent mode only applies to one character After the strokes for the accented character are written the mode returns to its previous setting To enter a capitalized accented letter 1 If you re not already in Caps Lock mode enter shift mode tap the on screen Shift button or write the Shift introducer stroke 2 Enter accent mode tap the on screen äõy button or w...

Page 35: ...may require practice Starting n with an upstroke may require practice Start the circle at the topmost point Complete the circle p with a badly formed circle can look like f The final rightward upstroke avoids confusion with g Start with a vertical downstroke then curve off the upstroke gradually to the right finishing in a rightward direction to avoid confusion with v Make the usual s shape Avoid ...

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Page 45: ...lowing measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the eBook and the receiver Connect the eBook power adapter to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult an experienced radio TV technician for help Any unauthorized changes or modifications to the eBook could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Note ...

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Page 47: ...quirement that the sum of the Ringer Equivalence Numbers of all the devices does not exceed 5 Model RCA brand Gemstar eBook REB1100 Responsible Party Thomson Consumer Electronics Canada Inc Address 6200 Edwards Blvd Mississauga ON L5T 2V7 Canada 1 905 405 3023 TOCOM 1567074A ...