User Manual

PocketBook Basiс
Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.................................................... 5
Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 5
Maintenance6
RF Safety 8
Utilization8

APPEARANCE....................................................................10
Front View 10
Side View 11

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS......................................12

GETTING STARTED.........................................................13
Charging Battery 13
Power Management 14
Loading Files 15
Navigation 16
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 17
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Connecting to Internet 19
Installing additional dictionaries 22

MAIN MENU.......................................................................23
Recent Events 25
Library 25
Notes 28
Applications 29
Calculator29
Calendar & Clock 29
Chess30
Dictionary30
Klondike31
Photo31
Snake31
Sudoku31
News32
Browser33
Book Store 34
Status Bar 35
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READING BOOKS.............................................................36
Turning Pages 37
Following References 37
Changing Font Size 37
Reading Menu 38
Contents38
Go to Page 39
Search41
Bookmarks41
Settings41
Mode42
Dictionary43
Rotate44
Making Notes 44
Closing a Book 45

SETTINGS..........................................................................46
About device 46
Language47
Keyboard47
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User Profiles 47
Appearance48
Key mapping 49
Clock50
Open at Startup 50
Connectivity50
Accounts and Synchronization 51
Maintenance51
Library53

FIRMWARE UPDATE........................................................55
Manual Update 56
Troubleshooting58

TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................59

CUSTOMER SUPPORT....................................................61

COMPLIANCE WITH ...........................................................

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS....................................62
Safety Precautions

Before start working with the Device, please, read this sec-
tion carefully. Following these instructions will help you
ensure your safety and extend service life of the Device.

Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions

Device operating temperature range is 0°С to 40°С, so
don’t expose the Device to excessively high or low tem-
peratures. Never leave cables near heat sources. Heated
cables or their insulation may become deformed or dam-
aged, 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 De-
vice in the rain, in the street at higher humidity, near bod-
ies of water etc.)
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• penetration of liquids or moisture

• exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, elec-
trostatic charges and artificial sources of UV electromag-
netic radiation
• excessive mechanical pressure on the screen,
connectors and keys of the Device.

Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly venti-

lated environment, 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 ad-
equate protection of the screen, we recommend storing
the Device in a protective and/or hard cover.

Keep away from children.

Maintenance
Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.
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Do not use the Device with a damaged battery, charger

(broken case, poor contact, broken feed cable) or SD card.
If the battery is damaged (cracked case, leakage of elec-
trolyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the author-
ized personnel. Usage of home-made or modified batter-
ies may cause an explosion and/or damage the Device.

Do not use organic or inorganic solvents (e.g. benzoyl

etc.) to clean the screen/case. Use a soft cloth to remove
dust from the Device’s surface. Apply a few drops of dis-
tilled 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

nearest authorized service facility for examination on the
subject of security is maintained.
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For detailed information about service centres in your re-

gion please visit the official website of PocketBook Inter-
national: http://www.pocketbook-int.com.

RF Safety
The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies
and may interfere with radio communications and other
electronic equipment. If you use personal medical Devices
(e.g. a pacemaker or hearing aid) please contact your
doctor or the manufacturer to learn whether or not such
medical devices are protected against external RF signals.

Do not use wireless communication in places where it is

prohibited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals – this
may affect airborne avionics or medical equipment.

Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have ad-
verse impacts on the environment and public
health. To prevent such consequences follow
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the device-specific disposal requirements. Recycling of

these materials helps preserve natural resources. For
more information regarding recycling issues please con-
tact local municipal authorities, your domestic waste col-
lection service, store where you purchased the Device, or
the authorized service centre.

Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Direc-

tive is applicable 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 dan-

ger of explosion!
Appearance

FRONT VIEW

1. Backward – in reading
mode turns page backward;
in navigation mode – goes to
the previous menu or page of
the list
2. Left
3. Down
Navigation keys
4. Up
5. Right
6. Forward – turns page
forward
7. LED Indicator – green
light – the Device is in action
(pages are loading, Wi-Fi connected). During battery charging
the indicator is flashing, when the battery is fully charged, the
light turns solid
8. ОК – short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu
item), continuous one – opens item’s context menu (if available)
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SIDE VIEW

9. Micro-USB port – for connecting to computer or charger

(charger may be optional)
10. MicroSD card slot – for external memory card (Micro SD
card may be optional)
11. Reset – reboots the Device
12. On/Off (power) button – continuous pressing turns the
Device on/off, short one – locks keyboard.

NOTE You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Key map-

ping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen

orientation.
Technical Specifications
6” E Ink® Vizplex 600×800,
Display
166 dpi, B&W
CPU 800 MHz
RAM 128MB
Storage 2GB *
Operating system Linux®
USB 2.0
Communications
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
Memory slot MicroSD/SDHC (up to 32 GB)
Battery Li-Polymer, 3.7 V, 1000 mAh **
PDF, EPUB (including DRM-protected);
Book formats TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM,
DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC, TCR
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions 122.6×176.38×9.7 mm
Weight 175 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 settings.
Getting Started

In this chapter you will learn how to prepare the Device to

work and about its main control features.

CHARGING BAT TERY

To extend battery lifetime, it is recommended to charge

the Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours in the off
state. You can charge the battery from PC using USB-cable
or from the power line using a charger (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
solid. Now you can disconnect the Device and turn it on
for the first use.
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If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a di-

alogue window asking to select action – PC link or Charge
– will appear. Charging will start if corresponding mode is
selected only.

POWER MANAGEMENT

To turn on the Device, press and hold On/Off button for

a few seconds until startup logo will appear. When the
Device is ready to operate, an image will be changed to
Main menu or last opened book, depending on settings
(Settings > At startup open).

To turn off the Device, press On/Off button continuously

until the Device goes off. If you will press power button
shortly, the keypad of the Device will be locked and the
lock sign will appear in a centre of the screen. To unlock
the keypad, press On/Off button again.
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In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off:

go to Settings > Clock > Lock keyboard after or Power off
after, respectively, and set the idle time before locking
keyboard or power off.

In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond to keys

presses and perform no actions for 2-3 minutes), you can
restart it by pressing Reset button on side panel with
some thin item (e.g. unbent staple).

CAUTION! Don’t use sharp items, such as needles, to press Re-

set button to avoid Device case damage! Don’t use this feature

frequently, because it affects the electronic components of the

Device.

LOADING FILES

Connect the Device to the PC using micro-USB cable.

NOTE The Device should be kept on while transferring files.

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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 Explorer or other file manager.

AT TENTION After copying files safely remove the Device before

disconnect the cable!

NAVIGATION

Use navigation buttons Up, Down, Left, Right to select re-

quired item (e.g. book or menu item).

AT TENTION! If you change screen orientation, navigation and

page turning keys mapping will be also changed accordingly to

the side you’ve changed orientation to.

Press OK button shortly to open selected item. Con-

tinuous OK press opens context menu of item, folder or
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application (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/Forward keys press turns
10 pages at once in lists and books. Short and continuous
Backward button press returns to the previous menu (or
list’s page), closes an application, a context menu and the
Library (If you are on the first page).

Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Set-

tings > Key mapping section.

WORKING WITH ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD

The on-screen keyboard appears when it is necessary to

enter some text info, for example, Wi-Fi password, search
query or web-address.
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To navigate through the keyboard use the navigation

keys and OK button. To speed up keyboard operations all
symbols 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 required symbol in this zone.
OK button press types selected symbol.

1 2 3
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 > Keyboard.
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CONNECTING TO INTERNET

The Device can connect to Internet using Wi-Fi networks.

If you will open an application, which requires Internet
access (e.g. Browser, PocketNews) the Device will open a
list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network you se-
lect is protected, you will be suggested to enter network
key using the on-screen keyboard.

You can pre-configure a connection and set it as preferred

one. To proceed, follow next steps:
1. Go to Settings > Connectivity > Wireless Connections
2. Select a slot to fill and press OK. Empty slots are
named as <connection #>
3. Press Network name (SSID) and select one of the
available networks or enter its SSID from on-screen key-
board. By default field Connection name will turn to the
same as Network name (SSID). If you’d like to change con-
nection (for example, Home or Office) press OK and enter
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connection name as you’d like it to be displayed on the

Device

NOTE Connection name field specifies only the display name of

the connection. For correct communication Network name (SSID)

must be the same as network transmits

4. Select security type in the corresponding list:

• None – for open network
• Simple (WEP) – after you select this option, you
will need 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 specify
user name, password and domain (if necessary)
• WPA/WPA2 PSK – you will need to enter net-
work key (up to 64 symbols)
5. Select the idle time before disconnection in the
corresponding section
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6. By default Network settings set to DHCP (defined

by network). If it’s needed to configure network settings
manually, go Network settings, change IP address configu-
ration to Manual and enter network configuration from
on-screen keyboard
7. If the network you need to connect to has a proxy
server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura-
tion section
8. To check network configuration select Test connec-
tion and press OK.

You can select one of pre-configured connections to be

used by default. To proceed, select Default connection and
select one from the list.
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INSTALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES

You can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase

dictionaries in Book Store (https://store.obreey.com).
1. Copy file with .pbi extension to the Device inter-
nal 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.
Main Menu

IN THIS CHAPTER...

You will learn about basic elements of user interface of

the Device. After turning on the Device Main menu will be
displayed on the screen (if Settings > Open at startup cor-
responding 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.
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Main Menu

Last Events — list of last opened and down-

loaded books

Last opened

Last
downloaded

Application
panel
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RECENT EVENTS

This section displays last actions on the Device, namely

last opened and recently loaded books.

After you press OK on recently opened book title, it will be

opened on a page you’ve finished 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, evoked by continuous pressing OK on the

book title, allows performing the following operations:
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Open (if item can be opened with alternative reader pro-

gram – Open with…)
File – file operations:
• Rename
• Move to folder
• Delete
Add to/Remove from Favourites
Mark as read/unread
Information – brief information about book/folder.
Filter:
• All Books – all books on selected storage are displayed
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• Now reading – books were opened and read more

than one page
• Favourites.
Group by – depending on selected 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:
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• Simple – in this mode next information is dis-

played: folder or file format icon; book title and author
name (if known); location icon (if file is located on mem-
ory card); read percentage.
• Detailed – in this mode there are displayed also
book thubnails, information about format and file size
and status icons: — Read, — Favorite.
Search – allows quick books search by following criteria:
• By an author or a name;
• All books of the author;
• All books of the series.
Exit – to leave a library.

NOTES

In this section you can view notes made during reading.

After selecting a book, where you made a note, the book
contents with all the notes will be displayed. Select a
note, and a reader will open a book at the place the note
was made.
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Notes are saved in \system\config\Active Contents\ folder

of the Device’s internal storage.

APPLICATIONS

This section contains games and additional software.

Press Backward key to exit an application.

Calculator
Engineering calculator supports a wide range of math-
ematical operations, such as different numeric systems,
trigonometric, 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
Clock manual’s chapter.
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Chess
You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are
playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty
levels. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the
gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece.

Dictionary
After your start this application, the on-screen keyboard
will appear. Type the word you’d like to find, and applica-
tion will find its entry in the dictionary. To change diction-
aries, press Forward button (press Forward button twice, if
the on-screen keyboard is displayed), 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 the on-screen keyboard again, press OK. To exit dic-
tionary, press Backward button.
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Klondike
Classic solitaire.

Photo
This section opens Library in the mode of photo viewing
(all photos must be downloaded to the Photo folder). You
can look through images in JPG, BMP, PNG and TIFF formats.

Snake
The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and col-
lect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake!

Sudoku
Popular Japanese puzzle. After pressing OK on an empty
field, selection window will appear. You can select a digit
you think should stand in the cell or set labels – digits,
you suggest may stand in the cell.
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News
PocketNews is an application for adding and reading RSS
feeds.

To add RSS news feeds, open RSS setup. Select Add RSS
feed option. Enter the feed address using the on-screen
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 command. Edit
the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.

To update feed, select Update in the application menu. Up-

dated content is added to the file with .hrss extension and
will be accessible for reading after updating. The news
downloading status is displayed while updating. After
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updating the file is available for reading off-line in the

browser.

To read latest feeds, select Read the latest news option in

the application’s menu. 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 scroll the window content hor-
izontally and vertically with acceleration;
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• Backward/Forward buttons — to go to the previ-

ous page or next page
• OK button:
• short press – to follow links and activate text
boxes; to display/hide a context menu; to open the
on-screen keyboard for entering 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.

Book Store
Book Store application provides quick and convenient li-
censed content download from Book Store portal to your
Device. The internet connection must be active.
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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.
Reading Books

In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and

configure reader software for the most comfortable
reading.

The Device supports next book formats: PDF, EPUB (in-

cluding DRM-protected); FB2, FB2.zip, TXT, RTF, HTML,
HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, TCR, PRC.

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, opened by FB-

reader) after opening a book reader application will count
pages – this is indicated with ‘…’ sign instead of a page
count in a status bar. During page calculation some fea-
tures will not be available.
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TURNING PAGES

Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pages.

Continuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10 pages
at once.

FOLLOWING REFERENCES

If a page contains footnotes, internal or external refer-

ences, you can enter links mode on continuous OK button
press (otherwise 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. If a link follows to a web-site, it will be
opened with Device built-in browser.

CHANGING FONT SIZE

In text format books (ePub, FB2 etc., excluding PDF and

DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys. When
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you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change

to smallest/largest.

READING MENU

To access reader application menu press OK button.

Reading menu for books in FB2, Epub, Reading menu for books
TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC, CHM formats in PDF, Djvu formats

Contents
Opens a content of the book if it is present, otherwise
you get a message about missing table of contents. Active
contents display table of contents, bookmarks and notes
you’ve made during reading. If table of contents has more
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than one level, higher level entry is marked with ‘+’ sign.
Expanded item is displayed with a sign ‘-‘. Buttons Left/
Right collapse/expand selected subsection branch.

Use navigation keys to move across the table, OK button

opens a selected book chapter, continuous press of OK
button opens the context menu.

Using this menu you can open contents entry, edit or de-
lete notes and bookmarks, expands/collapses selected
subsection branch. Under Settings section of the context
menu you can configure which elements to display:
• Contents
• Notes
• Bookmarks.

Go to Page
To select a page, move the slider left or right by Left/Right
buttons. Press OK to go to a chosen page. If you want to
open the exact page press Enter page number, after typing
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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.

NOTE Only the highest level chapters are marked on a scroll bar

In Last Opened sections thumbnails of last four opened

pages are displayed.
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Search
Search mode works only in books containing text layer. To
search text through the book 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, where there

is no text layers.

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 delete

bookmark, select the correspondent menu item again.

Settings
For FB2, TXT, RTF, HTML, PRC and CHM books you can
set up the most convenient reading settings: font, font
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size (you can adjust font size with Up/Down navigation

keys), line spacing, page margins width or encoding (for
TXT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes:
Best Quality (default) or High 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 cropping – allows to decrease margins
width or height. Define a border, you want to crop by a
joystick and press OK. Move arrow buttons by a joystick
to set margins width and height. After selecting cropping
area choose Accept. Then define cropping settings: whole
document, odd pages, even pages or current page only.
Confirm your choice by clicking Accept.
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• Zoom — zoom in or zoom out a page from 75%

to 400%
• Fit width – scaling page to the screen width
• The whole page – one page scaling
• Columns – for reading books with columns. To
navigate the page use navigation buttons. A page will be
turned after 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 and dictionary looks for translation
automatically. Pressing OK button switches to a toolbar.
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On-screen
keyboard to type
Toggle to text word to translate
for choosing
a word
Change
dictionary

Rotate
Fixes the screen orientation: select 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.
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On the top of the display separate area will appear. Use

the buttons Up, Down to choose the place where your
note will begin and press OK to set up the top margin
of the note. Use navigation buttons to highlight a text
fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin of the
note. The menu, that will appear, suggests you to save
selected fragment as image or text (if available) or cancel
creating 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 corresponding reading menu

item.
Settings

In this chapter you will learn how to configure the in-

terface and software features of the Device for the most
comfortable usage. Select Settings in the Main menu pro-
gram panel to configure the Device. All changes will be
applied after exiting Settings 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 Backward
button during the Device boot.

About device
The following information about Device will be displayed:
model, serial number, software version, RAM size, E-ink
parameters, Wi-Fi MAC-address, total and free memory on
the internal storage and on SD-card.
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After pressing More… button the information about soft-

ware will be displayed.

Language
Select the Device’s interface language.

Keyboard
Under this section you can add up to 3 keyboard layouts.

User Profiles
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 preconfigured net-
work 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
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this current above-mentioned parameters will be stored

at this profile.

To activate profile open the one you need. In profile con-

text menu you can change avatar, duplicate profile to a
new one (to the SD card or internal storage either), re-
name or delete profile.

Appearance
Here you can select the appearance parameters:
• Theme – is set by default. If you want to use an-
other theme, download a file in .pbt format to the folder
system/themes
• Hourglass – turn on/off hourglass displaying
while request processing
• Boot logo – image displayed during the Device
starts. Logos are stored in system/logo internal storage
folder, so you can copy an image (.bmp, 256 colors) you’d
like to be displayed during startup
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NOTE You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo

application. Read about it in the Photo section.

• Power-off logo – the image will be displayed

when the Device is off. You can set a cover of the last
opened book by setting book cover;
• Text Rendering – good quality or high speed;
• Full page update – select the amount of page
turned before the screen will be updated completely. Al-
ways provides the best quality, but consumes the most
power. Less frequency may cause some artifacts from pre-
vious pages on a screen
• LED indication – you may disable LED indication
by selecting off in this section.

Key mapping
In this section you can remap hardware keys. To change
key action, select it from the list, press OK and choose
action from the list.
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Clock
In this section you will be able to set date, time, time
zone and clock format. Update clock item defines how of-
ten the clock at status bar will be updated during reading:
on page turn, every time or disabled at all. Also you can
set idle time before locking Device and automatic power
off. You can also Synchronize Time or set Auto Time Sync to
use the network time/date.

Open at Startup
Here you can set either open last opened book or main menu.

Connectivity
In this section you can set parameters needed for network
and USB connections.
• Device name – set the Device name for other net-
work equipment
• Access to network – define, if the network con-
nection is on, off or ask user, when it’s necessary (e.g. for
browser)
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• Default connection – the connection will be used

by default
• Wi-Fi connection – pre-installed Wi-Fi connections.
Read more about it in Connecting to Internet section.
• USB mode – set how the Device handles USB con-
nection by default: PC link, charge or ask user.

Read more about network connections in Connecting to

Internet section.

Accounts and Synchronization

• Adobe DRM — Remove ADE Authorization. After
de-authorizing ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) your DRM-
protected documents will be unavailable.

Maintenance
This section allows you to configure system parameters.
• Update software – the Device will search for up-
dates in the following order: internal storage and mi-
croSD card (if installed).
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• Configure dictionaries – under this section you can

uncheck dictionaries you don’t want to be displayed in
the list during the translation or in Dictionary application.
• Format internal memory – this action will erase all
data, except system 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 on

external microSD-card
• Backup configuration to SD – this action will cre-
ate a backup folder on an external microSD-card and will
save there system settings. You will be suggested to enter
the file name from on-screen keyboard
• Restore configuration – select the configuration
file to restore from a list
• 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
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• Update interval – set the interval to check for up-

dates automatically
• Diagnostic and Usage — Software provides data
to PocketBook about some actions, performed by a user
on the Device for the further improvement of the Device
and services, rendered by PocketBook to users. The serial
number and other information, allowing to identify a user,
isn’t saved. You can turn off this option of statistics gath-
ering in the Diagnostic and Usage section on the Device.

Library
This section is intended for optimization of Library
database.
• Library Data Update – set the parameters for Li-
brary 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;
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• Automatically – database would be update af-

ter each Library opening and copying/removal of
books (including microSD card change).
• Optimize Database – remove old database entries.
To run optimization set the parameter to Once and exit Set-
tings. The parameter will be set to Off after optimization.
Firmware Update

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during

which management software of the Device will be changed. In

case of improper execution control program may be damaged and

will 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 > Main-
tenance > Update software.

The Device will begin to check available update sources

in the following order:
• microSD card
• internal memory
• Internet.
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If default Internet connection is not set, the Device will

ask to connect to one of available wireless networks.

Also you can set period of automatic updates check (Set-

tings > Maintenance > Update interval). In this case, the De-
vice will use Wi-Fi connection only.

Manual Update
1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. Select your
country.
2. Click the Support button on top menu. Select
hardware 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 or in-
ternal Device storage.
5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.
6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off.
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7. During boot press and hold both OK and Forward

buttons simultaneously until the message Firmware up-
date… is displayed on the screen
8. Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures:
connect USB cable to the Device and Press central Key

NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Con-

figuration > About device

NOTE If the firmware file is located in the Device’s root folder, it

will have a higher priority in comparison with the file stored on

the SD card during the update process.
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Troubleshooting
Error Message Reason Correction Method
Try to format your Mi-
cro SD card (make a
File SWUPDATE.BIN
backup copies of all
cannot be found on
its content prior to
No upgrade image the microSD card.
formatting) and copy
found Make sure the file is
the file to the root
in the root folder of
of the empty card. If
the card.
this error persists,
use another card.
Delete some files
from your card and
copy SWUPDATE.BIN
SWUPDATE.BIN file
Upgrade image is file on it one more
is damaged or there
corrupted or Image is time. Repeat the
is no space available
empty download from www.
on the microSD card.
pocketbook-int.com.
If this error repeats,
use other card.
Try to use another
File read error MicroSD card error
MicroSD card
Delete the old ver-
A firmware file of
Error. A different sion of the firmware
an older version is
firmware version is file from the Device’s
stored in the device
installed on the device internal memory root
internal memory.
folder
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Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Device does not turn on
or turns on but only the Battery is low Charge the battery
logo is loaded

If the book was

downloaded from the
A book does not open online store try to re-
- the message Book is load it again. If the file
probably damaged or The book is damaged opens on your PC, but
protected appears, or does not open on the
nothing happens at all Device, save the book
in another format (TXT,
DOC, PDF).

Html book opens but is

displayed incorrectly. HTML-files contain
non-text elements Save the page in TXT
For example, there are (frames, JAVA-scripts, format
empty pages, some part flash-elements)
of the text is missing etc.

Book opens but various

Switch to reading mode,
symbols, question marks
Incorrect encoding select Settings and
etc. are displayed instead
change encoding
of letters

Close the frozen

application by pressing
Sometimes (e.g., when
the Return key for 1–2
No response when you downloading damaged
sec. If this doesn’t help,
press any key or too large books) the
press Reset on the rear
Device may freeze
panel to reload your
device.
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Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Check USB mode in
Your Device is in the Settings Main Menu item.
battery charging mode. Set Connection to PC or
After connection to PC Ask at Connection
disks are not displayed Check USB cable
in Explorer condition and its proper
No signal in connection
connection to connector.
cable
Try to connect the USB-
cable to another port

Connect the device to

a PC and check disks.
To proceed, open My
File system damaged Computer, right-click on
Bookmarks, settings and the selected disk and
current position in file select Properties >Service
cannot be saved > Check Disk

Delete books, images

Internal memory is full and/or music files that
you do not need

Settings > Clock in Main

Battery discharges Disabled automatic Menu. Select automatic
too fast turning off turn off time in Auto Turn
Off in… item
Customer Support

For detailed information about service centers in your

country please use contacts below:

Telephone

Deutschland 0-800-187-30-03
USA 1-877-326-01-96
Российская Федерация 8-800-700-00-34
Україна 0-800-304-800
Қазақстан 8-800-333-35-13
Беларусь 8-820-0011-02-62

www.pocketbook-int.com/support/

[email protected]
Compliance with International Standards

Brand name: PocketBook Basic

Model name: PocketBook 611

The EUT should be supplied by USB port from

complied 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 indicates compliance with the R&TTE Directive

1999/5/EC and meets the relevant parts of following
technical specifications:
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EN60950- Information technology equipment

1:2006+A11:2009+ – Safety – Part 1: General
A1:2010+A12:2011 requirements
Information technology equipment
EN 55022: 2010
- Radio disturbance characteristics -
Class B
Limits and methods of measurement
Information technology equipment -
EN 55024: 2010 Immunity characteristics - Limits and
methods of measurement

This equipment complies with the European Council

Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of
Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Fields
[1999/519/EC].

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