User Guide

Table of Contents

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................. 5

APPEARANCE......................................................... 10

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS.............................. 11

GETTING STARTED................................................. 12
Charging Battery 12
Device management 13
Main menu overview 14
Navigation 15
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 16
Recent Events 17
Loading Files 18
Inserting Micro SD Card 19

APPLICATIONS....................................................... 21
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Calculator 21
Chess21
Dictionary21
Klondike22
Gallery22
Snake 22

READING BOOKS.................................................... 26
Turning Pages 29
Following References 29
Changing Font Size 30
Reading Menu 30
Contents30
Go to Page 31
Search32
Bookmarks32
Settings 33
PDF and DjVu 34
Dictionary35
Rotate36
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Notes36
Closing a Book 36

SETTINGS............................................................... 37
Personalize 37
Languages 39
Date/Time 39
Saving power 39
Maintenance 40
Software 42
About Device 43

FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................... 44

TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................... 47

CUSTOMER SUPPORT.................................................. 49

COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.... 50

Safety Precautions

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.

Storage, Carriage and Usage Conditions

Device operating temperature range is 0°C 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:

Electrostatic Excessive mechani- Strong electro- Direct UV electromag- Liquids or Direct flame
charges cal pressure magnetic fields sunlight netic radiation damp or smoke
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Maintenance
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 adequate protection of the screen,
we recommend storing the Device in a protective and/or
hard cover.

Keep away from children.

Do not disassemble or modify the book reader.

Do not use the Device with a damaged battery or charger (bro-

ken case, poor contact, broken feed cable). If the battery is dam-
aged (cracked case, leakage of electrolyte, off-shape etc.) it should
be replaced by the authorized personnel. Usage of home-made
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or modified 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 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.

Warning: The screen of the device has a fragile glass base! To

avoid damage, make sure not to drop, bend, or apply pressure to
the device, do not allow point pressure on the screen surface and
any other actions that might break or damage the glass base. Also,
the screen does not have any special protective layer so please
avoid any contact between its surface and objects that might
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leave marks or scratches on it. To decrease the risk of damaging

the device and its screen it is recommended to keep and transport
it in a Pocketbook protection cover.

If the device has not been used for a long time, the battery charge
indicator may not work when the charger is connected. In this
case, connect the charger, let the device charge for 1 hour, then
disconnect and reconnect the charging device or USB cable. The
device can then be used as normal.

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 centres in your region

please visit the official website of PocketBook International: www.
pocketbook.ch.
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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 helps preserve natural
resources. For more information regarding recycling issues please
contact local municipal authorities, your domestic waste collec-
tion service, store where you purchased the Device, or the author-
ized service 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.
Appearance
1. Backward – in reading
mode turns page backward; in navi-
gation mode – goes to the previous
menu or page of the list;
2. Left;
3. Down;
4. OK – short press opens an
element (e.g. book or menu item),
continuous one – opens item’s con-
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 depends

on screen orientation.
Technical Characteristics
6” (15.24 cm) E-Ink CartaTM 1024×758,
Display
212 dpi, B&W
CPU 1 GHz
RAM 256 MB
Storage 8 GB *
Operating system Linux® 3.0.35
Communications Micro-USB
Memory slot MicroSD (up to 32 GB)
Battery Li-Ion Polymer, 800 mAh
CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB
Book formats (DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI,
PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF, TXT
Image formats JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
Dimensions 161.3 × 108 × 8 mm
Weight 155 g

* The actual available internal storage size may vary depending on the software
configuration of your device.
Getting Started

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

work and about its main control features.

CHARGING BATTERY

To extend battery lifetime, it’s recommended to charge the

Device for the first time from 8 to 12 hours.

You can charge the battery from (1) PC using USB-cable or

from (2) the power line using a charger (optional).

1 2

To charge the battery for the first time, do the following:

• Connect the Device to a computer or charger with
USB-cable. The device will turn on as soon as charging
starts.
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• When the battery is fully charged, you can discon-
nect the cable from the Device which is ready for usage.

If the Device is on when you connect the cable to PC, a

dialog window asking to select action – PC link or Charge –
will appear. Charging starts only if the appropriate mode
was selected.
DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready

Turn
to operate, Main menu or last opened book
on
will appear, depending on settings.
Turn Press and hold On/Off button for about two
off seconds until the Device goes off.
You can lock your Device in three ways:
1. Press On/Off button.
Lock 2. You can set automatic key lock or
power off: go to Settings  > Saving Power  >
Power off after or Auto screen lock, and set the
idle time before power off or locking Device.
Unlock Press On/Off button.
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In case if your Device ‘freezes’ (don’t respond

to keys presses, you must give the device time
Restart (up to 30 seconds) to process commands. If it
does not help, you can restart it by pressing
On/Off button for 10 seconds.

MAIN MENU OVERVIEW

Recent Events — list of last
Last opened opened and downloaded books

Notification
panel

Last down-
loaded books

Application panel
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NAVIGATION

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

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

ATTENTION! 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. Continuous

OK press opens context menu of item, folder or 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 contin-
uous 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).
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Also you can configure key mapping to your own in Set-
tings > Personalize > Key mapping 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 required symbol in this zone. Press
OK button to type the selected symbol.

1 2 3
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1. Change text case
2. Erase last entered symbol
3. Change input language. To add the lan-
guage (up to 3 layouts) to the onscreen keyboard lay-
out go to Settings > Languages > Keyboard Layouts.

As you type a password (e.g. Wi-Fi credentials) icon

will appear on a text field. Select icon and press OK to see
typed symbols.

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.
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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 Explorer or other file manager.

ATTENTION! After copying files safely remove the Device before

disconnect the cable!

Downloading protected e-books (Adobe DRM)

Registration at www.adobe.com is required to use e-books
in protected format (Sign in > Create an Adobe Account).
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Download books via PC
1. Open the Adobe Digital Editions application.

NOTE: When connecting your Device to PC for the first time, Ado-

be Digital Editions prompts you to activate the new device. Use

your registration data at www.adobe.com for this. If the Device is

not activated, it will be impossible to copy a book from PC to device

using Adobe Digital Editions.

2. Select the Go to library view icon.

3. Click All items.
4. Choose a book and copy it to your Device.

INSERTING MICRO SD CARD

The Device already has 8 GB of internal storage, but you

can extend it by using micro SD card (up to 32 GB). Insert
it to the slot, like it is shown on a figure, and slightly push
until card will be fixed.
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To eject the card, slightly press on its edge until it will be

unfixed, and pull it to get.

ATTENTION! If your SD card get stuck, do not try to eject it by

yourself and immediately call Customer Support.

Applications

This section contains games and additional software.

Calculator

Engineering calculator supports a wide range of mathemati-

cal operations, such as different numeric systems, trigono-
metric, logarithm, power and logical operations.

Chess
You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are
playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty lev-
els. Use the navigation keys to move cursor over the gam-
ing 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 ap-
plication will find its entry in the dictionary. To change
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dictionaries, press Forward button twice, select the dic-

tionary 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 dictionary,
press Backward button.

Klondike
Classic solitaire.

Gallery
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 TIFF formats.

Snake
The game. Use navigation keys to move the snake and
collect bugs. Beware of the walls and other snake!
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Sudoku

Popular Japanese puzzle.

Navigation: Use the navigation keys to move around the

grid and 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 correspondingly a number
(left) or labels (right) for the specified cell. Press ОК to
enter;
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3. The chosen number will be entered into the se-
lected cell.

Number first:
1. Press OK on the cell with “givens“ (digits known
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”);
— Clear cell.
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Hints:
— a hint by highlighting instances of the chosen numeral.
— hiding labels, which are not correct for a cell no more
— a hint about possible labels for a cell.

Library

Library is e-books file manager, which allows to group, sort,

change appearance of the section and perform search.
Read more about this app at Library.
Reading Books

In this chapter you will learn how to read e-books and con-
figure reader software for the most comfortable reading.

The Device supports next book formats: PDF, PDF (DRM),

EPUB, EPUB (DRM), DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC,
TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI.

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.

LIBRARY

Library is e-books file manager. To open a book, press

OK while its title is selected. Library menu allows to filter,
group, sort, change appearance of the section and per-
form search.
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1. Grouping criteria
Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by:
• All Books;
• Authors;
• Genres;
• Collections;
• Favorites;
• Folders;
• Formats;
• Series.

The results of grouping can be dispalyed as as-

cending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A).

2. Sorting criteria
• By opening date;
• By addition date;
• By title;
• By author.
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3. Books list views
Simple – in this mode the cover icon of the book is displayed.
Detailed – in this mode there’s added author, titele,
thumbnails, information about file format and size, read
percentage.
List - in this mode next information is displayed:
• Folder or book icon;
• Book title and author name (if known);
• Read percentage and Read status.

Context menu
Context menu, evoked by continuous pressing OK, allows
performing the following operations:
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• Book Info - brief information about book;
• Mark as read;
• Add to collection;
• Add to Favorites;
• All books of author;
• Copy;
• Move;
• Delete.
TURNING PAGES

Use Backward/Forward or Left/Right keys to turn pag-

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

FOLLOWING REFERENCES

If a page contains cross-references or footnotes, 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 keys and press OK to follow.
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CHANGING FONT SIZE

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

DjVu) you can change font size with Up/Down keys.

READING MENU

To access reader 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
you’ve made during reading. If table of contents has more
than one level, higher level entry will be marked with ‘+’
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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 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:
• Contents;
• Bookmarks;
• Notes.

Go to Page
If you want to open the exact page press Go to page, af-
ter typing a page number exactly from on-screen keyboard
press OK. If you will exit the menu by pressing Backward,
you will stay on a page you was before.
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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 Backward/Forward.

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 delete

bookmark, select the correspondent menu item again.
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Settings
In this section you can find out how to configure your read-
ing settings for different book formats. You can also learn
about all the available options and features in this menu.

EPUB, FB2, etc.

To configure EPUB, TXT, FB2, DOC and other text format
books, open the Reading menu and select Settings.

Page tab - you can choose

line spacing, font size, margins
width and also enable or disable
hyphenation.

Font tab - use this tab to select

font style.

Screen tab - you can enable or dis-

able page numbering and on\off
Status bar.
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Built-in page numbering displays the number of pages in
the book’s original layout. One page can cover one or sev-
eral screens, depending on reading settings.
If the function is disabled, the numbering will display the
number of screens. It may take a while to calculate the
number of screens when you first open the book, or after
the reading settings have been changed. The number of
screens won’t be calculated again whenever the book is
opened after this.

PDF and DjVu

PDF and DjVu books has Settings. Select viewing mode us-
ing Left/Right keys. Following modes are available:
• Margins cropping – 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
to set margins width and heigth. 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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• 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. OK button press switches to a toolbar.

Word
translation

Back to text
View resembling Change dictionary
On-screen
words keyboard to type
word to translate
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Rotate
Fixes the screen orientation: select the suitable one with
navigation keys.

Notes
You can enter notes mode by pressing Down button con-
tinuously or by pressing the corresponding menu option.
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. 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 configure the interface
and software features of the Device for the most
comfortable usage. Select Settings at Main menu panel
to configure the Device. All changes will be applied after
exiting the section.

PERSONALIZE

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.

NOTE: You can also set your own picture as a logo from the Gallery

application. Read about it in the Gallery section.

Complete Page Refresh. Select the amount of page turned

before the screen will be updated completely. Always item
provides the best quality, but consumes the most power.
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Less frequency may cause some artifacts from previous
pages on a screen.

Open at Startup last opened book or main menu.

LED Indication – you can turn on or turn off LED indicator.
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.
User Profiles - can be configured on bith internal storage and
microSD card; number of profiles is not limited. 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 this current
above-mentioned parameters will be stored at this profile.

To activate profile open the one you need. In profile context

menu you can change avatar, rename or delete profile.
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LANGUAGES

Language. Select the Device’s interface language.

Keyboard Layouts. Under this section you can add up to

3 keyboard layouts.

Available Dictionaries. 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.

DATE/TIME

In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone
and clock format.

SAVING POWER

Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which
help to save battery charge:
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• Battery Percentage;
• 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: off, 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes.

MAINTENANCE

USB Mode — set how the Device handles USB connection

by default: PC link, Charge or Ask when connected.

Backup & Recovery

• Restore Configuration – select the configuration
file to restore from a list;
• 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;
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Privacy
• Protect Configurations by Password — in this sec-
tion you can protect your setting 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 by a user
on the Device for the further improvement of the Device
and services to users. The serial number and any other in-
formation for identifying a user isn’t saved. You can disable
this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us-
age section.

Format Internal Memory – this action will erase all data,

except system files.
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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.

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;
Demo mode - switching demo mode for the Device. To acti-
vate demonstration mode check On in the Demo mode item.

SOFTWARE

Software Version - the current version of firmware is dis-

played;
Software Update – the Device will search for updates in the fol-
lowing order: microSD card (if installed), internal storage.
Auto Update – turn on/off automatic check for updates.
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Third-Party Apps — license and information about third-
party applications, used on the Device.

ABOUT DEVICE

The following information about Device will be displayed:

Device Model (model, serial number, hardware platform);

Memory (operative memory, total and available internal
memory and microSD-card);
License - license and information about applications, used
on the Device.
Firmware Update

WARNING! Firmware Update is a responsible operation, during which man-

agement software of the Device will be changed. In case of improper execu-

tion control program may be damaged and will require treatment in the service

centre. Please perform the upgrade procedure in accordance with the instruc-

tions below.

There are two ways to update the firmware.

Automatic Update
To start automatic software update select Settings > Soft-
ware > Software Update. The Device will begin to check
available update sources in the following order:

• MicroSD card (if installed);

• internal memory.
NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Settings > Software > Firm-

ware Version
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Manual Update
1. Open site www.pocketbook.ch 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 or in-
ternal Device storage
5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.
6. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off. Hold
both Backward and Forward buttons until the message
Firmware update… is displayed on the screen.

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.

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Troubleshooting
Error Message Reason Correction Method
Try to format your Micro SD
File SWUPDATE.BIN
card (make a backup copies
cannot be found on
of all its content prior to
No upgrade image the microSD card.
formatting) and copy the
found Make sure the file is
file to the root of the empty
in the root folder of
card. If this error persists,
the card.
use another card.

Delete some files from your

card and copy SWUPDATE.
SWUPDATE.BIN file is
Upgrade image BIN file on it one more time.
damaged or there is
is corrupted or Repeat the download from
no space available on
Image is empty www.pocketbook-int.com.
the microSD card.
If this error repeats, use
other card.

Try to use another MicroSD

File read error MicroSD card error
card
Error. A different A firmware file of an Delete the old version of
firmware version older version is stored the firmware file from the
is installed on the in the device internal Device’s internal memory
device memory. root 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
A book does not open — from the online store try to re-
the message Book is load it again. If the file opens
probably damaged or The book is damaged on your PC, but does not
protected appears, or open on the Device, save the
nothing happens at all book in another format (TXT,
DOC, PDF).
Html book opens but is
HTML-files contain
displayed incorrectly. For
non-text elements
example, there are empty Save the page in TXT format
(frames, JAVA-scripts,
pages, some part of the
flash-elements)
text is missing etc.
Book opens but various
Switch to reading mode,
symbols, question marks
Incorrect encoding select Settings and change
etc. are displayed instead
encoding
of letters
Sometimes (e.g., when
Close the frozen application
No response when you downloading damaged
by pressing / keys simul-
press any key or too large books) the
taneously for 1–2 sec.
Device may freeze
Check USB mode in Set-
Your Device is in the bat- tings Main Menu item. Set
tery charging mode. Connection to PC or Ask at
After connection to PC Connection
disks are not displayed in
Check USB cable condition
Explorer
No signal in connection and its proper connection to
cable connector. Try to connect the
USB-cable to another port
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Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution

Connect the device to a PC
and check disks. To proceed,
open My Computer, right-click
File system damaged
Bookmarks, settings and on the selected disk and
current position in file select Properties > Service >
cannot be saved Check Disk
Delete books, images and/
Internal memory is full or music files that you do
not need
Settings > Date/Time in Main
Battery discharges too Disabled automatic Menu. Select automatic turn
fast turning off off time in Auto Turn Off
in… item
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Compliance with International Standards

Product name: PocketBook Basic 4

Model name: PB606
Firmware: 5.17

The EUT should be charged by USB port from compatible Limited

Power Source of personal computer or notebook. The EUT should
be charged by Power Adapter (Optional) from compatible Limited
Power Source. Rated output voltage: DC 5V 1A

This equipment is marked with the CE symbol and can be used

throughout the European community.
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 peripheral de-

vices and shielded cables between system components to reduce

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the possibility of causing interference to radios, televisions, and

other electronic devices.

This equipment complies with the European Council Recommen-

dation of 12 July 1999 on the Limitation of Exposure of the Gen-
eral Public to Electromagnetic Fields [1999/519/EC].

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