PocketBook Mini manual

User Manual[...]

T able of C ontents SAFET Y PREC AUTIONS ................................................... 6 Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions 6 Maintenance 7 RF Safet y 9 Utilization 9 APPEAR ANCE ................................................................... 11 TECHNIC AL SPECIFIC A TIONS ..................................... 12 GETTING ST AR TED ...[...]

Installing additional dictionaries 22 MAIN MENU ...................................................................... 23 R ecent Events 25 Library 25 Notes 28 Applications 29 Calculator 29 Calendar & Clock 29 Chess 30 Dictionary 30 Klondike 31 Photo 31 Snake 31 Sudoku 31 News 32 Browser 33 Book Store 34 P ocketBook Sync 35[...]

Status Bar 37 READING BOOKS ............................................................ 38 T urning P ages 39 Following R eferences 39 Changing Font Size 39 R eading Menu 40 C ontents 40 Go to P age 41 Search 43 Bookmarks 43 Settings 43 Mode 44 Dictionary 45 R otate 46 Making Notes 46 Closing a Book 47[...]

SETTINGS ..........................................................................48 P ersonalize 48 Network 49 Date/Time 50 Languages 51 Ac counts and Synchronization 51 Advanced Settings 53 Saving Battery 57 Devic e Info 58 FIRMW ARE UPDA TE ....................................................... 59 TR OUBLESHOOTING .............................[...]

Safety Pr ecautions Before start working with the Device, please, read this section carefully . Following these instructions will help you ensure your safety and extend service life of the Device. Stor age, Carriage and Usage Cond itions Device operating temperatur e range is 0°C to 40°C, so don’t ex - pose the Device to excessively high or low[...]

Safety Precautions 7 • exposure to strong electr omagnetic fields, electrostatic charges and artificial sources of UV electr omagnetic rad iation • excessive mechanical pressure on the scr een, connectors and keys of the Device. Do not leave the Device for a long time in poorly ventilated envi - ronment, e.g. in a car or in closed tight[...]

Safety Precautions 8 (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made or mod ified batteries 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 Dev[...]

Safety Precautions 9 RF Safety The Device receives and transmits radio frequencies and may in - terfere with radio communications and other electronic equip - ment. If you use personal med ical Devices (e.g. a pacemaker or hearing aid) please contact your doctor or the manufacturer to learn whether or not such med ical devices are protected against[...]

Safety Precautions 10 collection service, store where you pur chased the Device, or the authorized service centre. Disposal of electric and electronic components (the Directive is ap - plicable to the EU and other European countries where separ ate waste d isposal systems exist). In other countries d ispose batteries accordingly to local laws. Do n[...]

Appearanc e 1 . Backward – in reading mode turns page backward; in navi- gation mode – goes to the previous menu or page of the list 2 . Lef t 3 . Down 4 . Up 5 . Ok — short press opens an element (e.g. book or menu item), continuous one – opens item’ s conte xt menu (if available) 6 . Right 7. Forward – turns page forward 8 . Micro-USB[...]

T echnical Specications Display 5” E Ink® 800×600, 200 dpi, B&W CPU 1000 MHz RA M 256MB Storage 4 GB * Operating system Linux® C ommunications Micro-USB Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) Battery Li-P olymer , 3.7 V , 1000 mAh ** Book f ormats PDF, EPUB (including DRM-prot ected); T XT , FB2, FB2.zip, R TF, HTML, HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOC X, TCR, PR C[...]

CHAR GING BA TTER Y T o ext end battery lif etime, it is rec ommended to charge the Devic e for the rst time from 8 to 12 hours in the off state. Y ou can charge the battery from P C using USB-cable or from the power line using a charger ( optional). T o charge the battery for the rst time, do the following: • Connect the De vice t o a c[...]

Getting Started 14 If the Devic e is on when you c onnect the cable to P C, a di - alogue window asking to select action – PC link or Charge – will appear . Charging will start if corresponding mode is selected only . PO WER MANA GEMENT T o turn on the Devic e, press and hold On/Off butt on for a few seconds until startup logo will appear . Whe[...]

Getting Started 15 In addition, you can set automatic key lock or power off: go to Settings > Adv anced Settings > System > L ock devic e af ter or Settings > Saving Power > Power off after respectively , and set the idle time before locking ke yboard or power off . L O ADING FILES C onnect the Devic e to the PC using micro-USB cable[...]

Getting Started 16 NA VIGA TION Use navigation buttons Up , Down , Le f t , Right to select re - quired item (e.g. book or menu it em). A TTENTION! If you change scre en orientation, navigation and page turning ke ys mapping will be also changed accordingly to the side you’ve changed orientation to. P ress OK button shor tly to open selected item[...]

Getting Started 17 list’ s page), closes an application, a c ontext menu and the Library (If you are on the rst page). Also you can c ongure key mapping to your own in Set- tings > Key mapping section. W ORKING WITH ON - SCREEN KEYBOARD The on-screen ke yboard appears when it is necessary to enter some te xt info, for example, Wi-Fi pass[...]

Getting Started 18 1 . Change text case 2 . Erase last entered symbol 3 . Change input language. T o add the language (up to 3 layouts) t o the onscreen keyboard lay out go to Set- tings > L anguages > Keyboard L ayouts . 1 2 3[...]

Getting Started 19 C ONNECTING T O INTERNET The Devic e can be connect ed to the Internet using Wi- Fi networks. If you open an application, which requires Internet ac cess (e.g. Browser , PocketNews ), the Devic e displays a list of available Wi-Fi connections. If the network you select is prot ected, you will be suggested to enter network ke y us[...]

Getting Started 20 3 . T o set up connection with a hidden network, open C onnection to a hidden network and enter its SSID from the on-screen ke yboard in the Network name (SSID) eld. 4 . Select the se curity type in the c orresponding list: • None – for an open network • Simple (WEP) – after you sele ct this option, y ou will nee[...]

Getting Started 21 • DHCP — get IP address aut omatically (if DHCP server is c ongured) • Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks parameters manually from the on-screen ke yboard 7. If the network you need to c onnect to has a prox y server , you can specify its parameters in the Proxy c onguration section 8 . T o check netw[...]

Getting Started 22 INST ALLING ADDITIONAL DICTIONARIES Y ou can install additional dictionaries (you can purchase dictionaries in Book Store (http: //www .bookland.c om) . 1 . Cop y le with .pbi extension to the Devic e inter - nal memory 2 . Disconnect the De vice from PC 3 . L oaded le will appear in Last Ev ents 4 . Press OK on the copied [...]

Main Menu IN THIS CHAPTER . . . Y ou will learn about basic elements o f user interface of the Devic e. After turning on the De vice Main menu will be displayed on the screen (if Settings > Personaliz e > Open at startup corresponding option was set). T o return to the Main menu from any application, press ke y Backward . Main menu consists o[...]

Main Menu 24 Main Menu Last Events — list of last opened and down- loaded books L ast opened L ast downloaded Applic ation panel[...]

Main Menu 25 RECENT EVENTS This section displays last actions on the De vice, namely last opened and rec ently loaded books. After y ou press OK on recently opened book title, it will be opened on a page you’ve nished reading before. After pressing OK on a message about re cently added books, Library will be opened displaying added books. Book[...]

Main Menu 26 Open (if item can be opened with alternativ e reader pro - gram – Open with… ) File – le operations: • R ename • Mov e to folder • Delete Add to/R emove from Fav orites Mark as read/unread Information – brief information about book/folder . Filter: • All Books – all books are displayed[...]

Main Menu 27 • Now reading – books were opened and read more than one page • Favourites . Group by – depending on selected grouping ne xt param - eters are displayed as f olders’ titles: • Folder – real folder name • Author – an alphabet is added at the top of the screen • Series • Genre • Format • [...]

Main Menu 28 NO TES In this section y ou can view notes made during reading. After sele cting a book, where y ou made a note, the book cont ents with all the notes will be displayed. Select a note, and a reader will open a book at the plac e the note was made. • Simple – in this mode next information is dis - played: folder or le format i[...]

Main Menu 29 APPLIC A TIONS This section c ontains games and additional software. P ress Backward key to e xit 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 cale[...]

Main Menu 30 Chess Y ou can play versus your friend or the De vice. If you are playing against the Devic e, you can select 10 difculty lev els. Use the navigation ke ys to move cursor o ver the gaming board and OK to pick and put a piece. Dictionary After your star t this application, the on-screen keyboard will appear . T ype the word you’d l[...]

Main Menu 31 Klondike Classic solitaire. Photo This section opens Library in the mode of phot o viewing (all photos must be downloaded t o the Photo folder). Y ou can look through images in JPG, BMP , PNG and TIFF formats. Snake The game. Use navigation keys to mo ve the snake and col - lect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake! Sudoku P opula[...]

Main Menu 32 News PocketNews is an application f or adding and reading RSS feeds. T o add RSS news fe eds, open RSS setup. Select Add RSS feed option. Enter the feed address using the on-screen ke yboard. T o delete the fe ed, select it, open the conte xt menu (by continuous OK butt on press) and select Delete command. T o edit the feed, select it,[...]

Main Menu 33 updating the le is available for reading off-line in the browser . T o read latest fe eds, select R ead the latest news option in the application’ s menu. The latest do wnloaded RSS feed updates can be opened in browser . Y ou can open the previously stored RSS fe eds for reading by choosing the News Archive option. Browser Y ou c[...]

Main Menu 34 Book Store Book Store application provides quick and convenient li - censed c ontent download from Book Store por tal to y our Devic e. The internet c onnection must be active. • Backward/Forward buttons — to go to the pre vi - ous page or next page • OK button: • shor t press – to follow links and activate te xt box[...]

Main Menu 35 P ocketBook Sync T o download c ontent using Pock etBook Sync: 1 . Go to the Book St ore website ( http://www .book - land.com) using a bro wser on a PC or your De vice. • Enter the system by inputting your ac count data at Book Store. • Select c ontent to be downloaded in the list of al - ready bought Goods and press the Syn[...]

Main Menu 36 Sync settings). Authorize by inputting your ac count data at Book Store • Press the Update button in the Pock etBook Sync widget. A list of links to les prepared for download to the Device will be displayed. They need user processing: choose one, several or all items o f a list . Then the con - rmed les can be downloaded.[...]

Main Menu 37 ST A TUS BAR Status bar is located at the bottom o f the screen and dis - plays next servic e information: • Date and time • Battery charge • PocketBook Sync status. In reading mode current page number and total page count is also display ed.[...]

R eading Books In this chapter y ou will learn how to read e-books and congure reader software for the most comfortable reading. The Devic e suppor ts next book formats: PDF, EPUB (in - cluding DRM-protect ed); FB2, FB2.zip, TX T , R TF, HTML, HTM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOC X, T CR, PR C, MOBI, ACSM . T o open a book, press OK on its title in Last eve[...]

R eading Books 39 TURNING P A GES Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right k eys to turn pages. C ontinuous Backward/Forward keys press turns 10 pages at once. FOLL O WING REFERENCES If a page contains f ootnotes, int ernal or external refer - ences, you can ent er links mode on continuous OK button press (otherwise y ou’ll get a message informing that[...]

R eading Books 40 you will reach the largest/smallest one, text will change to smallest/largest. READING MENU T o acc ess reader application menu press OK button. C ontents Opens a cont ent of the book if it is present, otherwise you get a message about missing table of c ontents. Activ e cont ents display table of c ontents, bookmarks and notes yo[...]

R eading Books 41 than one lev el, higher le vel entry is mark ed with ‘+’ sign. Expanded item is displayed with a sign ‘ - ‘ . Buttons Lef t/ Right collapse/e xpand selected subsection branch. Use navigation ke ys to move across the table, OK button opens a selected book chapter , c ontinuous press of OK button opens the c ontext menu. Usi[...]

R eading Books 42 a page number exactly from on-screen ke yboard press OK . As you set a slider or enter a page number , a page pre view will be opened on a background. If you will e xit the menu by pressing Backward , you will stay on a page you was before. Chapter name is displayed under the scroll bar . NO TE Only the highest level chapters are [...]

R eading Books 43 Search Search mode works only in books containing te xt layer . T o search te xt through the book enter it using the on-scre en ke yboard. Found te xt would be highlighted, and you can switch betwe en found instances using L eft/Right naviga - tion ke ys. T o exit search mode press OK . NO TE Search mode is not available for DJVU [...]

R eading Books 44 size (you can adjust font size with Up/Down navigation ke ys), line spacing, page margins width or encoding (for T XT and HTML books). FB2 books has two refresh modes: Best Quality (default) or High Speed . Y ou can select left t o right (by default) or right t o left (e.g. for Arabic or Hebrew texts) t ext direction. Mode PDF and[...]

R eading Books 45 • Zoom — z oom in or zoom out a page from 75% to 400% • Fit width – scaling page to the screen width • The whole page – one page scaling • C olumns – for reading books with c olumns. T o navigate the page use navigation buttons. A page will be turned after bott om edge of the sheet reached • R e[...]

R eading Books 46 R otate Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with navigation ke ys. Making Notes Y ou can enter notes mode by pressing Down button c on - tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option. T oggle to text for choosing a word On-screen keyboard to type word to translate Change dictionary[...]

R eading Books 47 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 t o set up the top margin of the note. Use navigation buttons to highlight a t ext fragment and press OK to set the bottom margin o f the note. The menu, that will appear , suggests you to sav[...]

Settings In this chapter you will learn how congure the interface and sof tware features of the Devic e for the most comf or table usage. Select Settings Main menu se ction to congure the Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the se ction. If you will enc ounter any problems with new settings, you will be able to start the Device [...]

Settings 49 NO TE Y ou can also set your own picture as a logo from the Photo application. R ead about it in the Photo section. Font . If you’d like t o use your own font, copy its les to the system/fonts internal storage f older A TTENTION! System folder is hidden by default . Please, change its parameters on y our computer to make it visible[...]

Settings 50 Network ac c ess — on or off. After network acc ess activation, the following settings appear: • Auto connection on or off . • Connection to hidden networks — R ead more in the C onnecting to Internet section of this manual • Av ailable Networks — a list of available networks. Choose one of them and y ou’ll see pa[...]

Settings 51 L ANGUAGES Language Select the De vice’ s interface language. K eyboard Layouts Under this section you can add up to 3 ke yboard layouts. C ongure Dictionaries. Under this section you can un - check dictionaries you don’t want to be display ed in the list during the translation or in Dictionary application; A CC OUNTS AND SYNC[...]

Settings 52 • Establishing Connection : Automatically (c onnection will be established automatically every half an hour to check for new links (if the Device is not po wered off/ not in sleeping mode)) or Manually (the c onnection is estab - lished at updating list of downloads or at choosing net - work connection). • Downloading via Wi-F[...]

Settings 53 displayed . Af ter removing all prote cted DRM documents will be unavailable. AD V ANCED SETTINGS UserP roles Here you can congure up to 5 user proles. Each prole stores individual books’ status, last opened books, bookmarks, notes, favorites and pre-c ongured network conne ctions. T o add new prole, open the corr[...]

Settings 54 System Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data, ex cept system les; C AUTION! If you need to erase all data on the De vice, use this feature only , don’t try to format the De vice internal memory via PC. Backup & R eco very • Factory R eset – the Device stat e will be reset to factory default settings,[...]

Settings 55 • Once – database will be updated after e xit from Conguration section, the parameter will be set to Off aft er update; • Automatically – database would be update after each Library opening and c opying/removal of books. • Optimise Database – remove old database entries. T o run optimization set the parameter t o[...]

Settings 56 P rivacy Protect Congurations by Password — in this section y ou can protect your setting by password. Sele ct Set Password section and type the password from on-scre en keyboard. Now each time you try to enter Settings section, you will be asked to ent er the password. Y ou can remove or change password by selecting the c orrespon[...]

Settings 57 C omplete Page R efresh select the amount of page turned bef ore the screen will be updated c ompletely . Always item provides the best quality , but c onsumes the most power . L ess frequency may cause some ar tifacts from previous pages on a scre en. Large File Warning If this setting is on, the Device will show a notication when y[...]

Settings 58 • Power off after — set time of idleness, after which the Devic e power off: 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes. DEVICE INFO The following information about Devic e will be displayed: Devic e Model (model, serial number , hardware platform, Wi-Fi MAC address), Battery lev el , Memory (operative memory , total and available internal memory)[...]

Firmware Update W ARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which management software o f the Device will be changed. In case of improper e xecution control program may be damaged and will require treatment in the servic e centre. Please perform the upgrade procedure in ac cordance with the instructions below . There are two ways t[...]

Firmware Update 60 If default Internet c onnection is not set, the Devic e will ask to connect t o one of available wireless networks. Also you can activat e the automatic updates che ck ( Set- tings > About Device > Software > Auto Update ). In this case, the Devic e will use Wi-Fi c onnection only . Manual Update 1 . Open site www .pocke[...]

Firmware Update 61 8 . Follow the on-screen instructions with pictures: c onnect USB cable to the Devic e and Press central K ey NO TE: Y ou can check y our Firmware version in Main menu > Set - tings > About devic e > Software T roubleshooting Error Message R eason C orrection Method No upgrade image found File SWUPDA TE.BIN cannot be fou[...]

T roubleshooting Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution Device does not turn on or turns on but only the logo is loaded Battery is low Charge the battery A book does not open - the message Book is probably damaged or protected appears, or nothing happens at all The book is damaged If the book was down- loaded from the online store try to re-load it [...]

T roubleshooting 63 Malfunciton P ossible Reason Solution After connection to PC disks are not d isplayed in Explorer Y our Device is in the bat- tery charging mode. Check USB mode in Settings Main Menu item. Set Connection to PC or Ask at Connection No signal in connection cable Check USB cable condi- tion and its proper con- nection to connector [...]

Customer Support For detailed information about service centers in your country please use contacts below: Česko 800-701 -307 Deutschland 0-800- 187-30-03 France 0805-080277 Polsk a 0-0-800- 141-0112 Slovensko 0-800-606-676 USA/Canada 1-877 -910- 1520 Россия 8-800- 100-6990 У країна 0-800-304-800 Казахстан 8-800-333-35- 13 Б[...]

C ompliance with International Standar ts Product name : P ocketBook Mini Model number : P ocketBook 515w The EUT should be supplied by USB port from complied Limit ed P ower Source of personal c omputer or notebook. The EUT should be suppled by Adapter from complied Limited P ower Source. Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1A This equipment is marked [...]

C ompliance with International Standarts 66 In all Metropolitan departments, wireless L AN frequencies can be used under the following c onditions, either for public or private use: • Indoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the entire 2400-2483.5 MHz fre quency band • Outdoor use: maximum power (EIRP*) of 100 mW for the 2400-2454 [...]

C ompliance with International Standarts 67 C er ticationinformation(SAR) The devic e meets guidelines for exposure t o radio waves. Y our device is a radio transmitt er and receiver . It is designed not to e xceed the limits f or exposure to radio waves re commended by international guidelines. These guidelines were dev eloped by the inde[...]

C ompliance with International Standarts 68 This equipment c omplies with the European Council R ecommendation o f 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the General P ublic to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC]. P ocketBook International S.A. Crocic chio Cortogna, 6, 6900, L ugano, Switz erland Te l . 0800-187 -3003 Designed by Obree y P [...]