User Manual Touch Lux 4 EN
User Manual Touch Lux 4 EN
User Manual Touch Lux 4 EN
Table of Contents
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................. 6
APPEARANCE......................................................... 11
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.................................. 12
GETTING STARTED................................................. 13
Charging Battery 13
Device management 15
Main menu overview 16
Gestures 18
Working with On-Screen Keyboard 19
Frontlight 21
Connecting to the Internet 21
Inserting Micro SD Card 24
APPLICATIONS....................................................... 25
Book Store 26
Browser 28
Calendar & Clock 30
Scribble30
Calculator30
Gallery31
Games 32
Klondike32
Sudoku32
Chess32
Interactive Apps 33
RSS News 33
Dropbox PocketBook 34
Send-to-PocketBook36
READING BOOKS.................................................... 40
Gestures in Reading Mode 41
Reading Menu 42
Adjust Frontlight in reading mode 43
Social networks & ReadRate 44
Contents 49
Bookmarks 50
Dictionary 50
Notes 51
Reading settings 52
Following Links 55
Loading Files 56
Library 61
PocketBook Cloud 64
SETTINGS............................................................... 69
Wi-fi 69
Accounts and Synchronization 70
Personalize 73
Languages 75
Date/Time 76
Saving Battery 76
Maintenance 76
Software 79
About Device 79
FIRMWARE UPDATE.................................................. 80
TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................. 83
CUSTOMER SUPPORT................................................ 85
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.
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.
Use a soft cloth to remove dust from the Device’s surface. Apply
a few drops of distilled water to remove dirt.
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.
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 ac-
tions 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 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.
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 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.
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Do not use wireless communication in places where it is prohib-
ited, e.g. onboard a plane and in hospitals — this may affect air-
borne avionics or medical equipment.
Utilization
Incorrect disposal of this Device may have adverse im-
pacts on the environment and public health. To prevent such con-
sequences follow the device-specific disposal requirements. Recy-
cling of these materials helps preserve natural resources. For more
information regarding recycling issues please contact local mu-
nicipal authorities, your domestic waste collection service, store
where you purchased the Device, or the authorized service centre.
NOTE: You can configure key mapping to your own in Settings > Personalize > Key
mapping. Navigation and page turning buttons mapping depends on screen orientation.
Technical Specifications
6” (15.24 cm) E Ink Carta™ Capacitive
Display
758 × 1024 display, 212 dpi, B&W
Frontlight Yes
CPU 1 GHz
RAM 512MB
Storage 8 GB *
Operating system Linux® 3.0.35
Micro-USB
Communications
Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
Battery Li-Ion Pol, 1500 mAh **
Cover sensor Yes
Memory slot microSD/SDHC up to 32 GB
PDF, PDF DRM, EPUB, EPUB DRM, DJVU,
Book formats FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT,
CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM, CBR, CBZ.
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.
** Battery life and values mentioned above might vary depending on usage mode,
connectivity and settings.
Getting Started
CHARGING BATTERY
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DEVICE MANAGEMENT
Press On/Off button. When the Device is ready to operate, Main
Turn on
menu or last opened book will appear, depending on settings.
Press and hold On/Off button for about two seconds until the
Turn off
Device goes off.
‘Recent Books’ is a
list of recently
opened books
Slide up to open an
Application panel
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Notification panel
Touch or slide down the icon to open a Notifica-
tion panel.
NOTE: You can open Notification panel also pressing a Menu button.
GESTURES
Tap
Opens an element (book, file, folder application or
menu item).
Slide
Turns pages of a book or a list; moves an image:
slide your finger across the screen.
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Flick
Scrolls lists: move your finger across the screen
rapidly.
Scaling
Changes the image scale: place two fingers
on a screen and pinch them together to
zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in.
1. Change case;
2. Enter the typed text;
3. Close the on-screen keyboard;
4. Erase last typed symbol;
5. Change input language.
FRONTLIGHT
To turn on/off the frontlight, press and hold the Menu but-
ton for 1 second.
Also you can adjust the frontlight level using the slider in
the notification bar.
Min Max
Advanced Settings
If it is needed to configure network settings manually se-
lect Settings > Wi-Fi, go to the selected network and click
More… at the bottom of the screen:
• You can change IP address configuration:
• DHCP — get IP address automatically (if DHCP
server is configured);
• Manual (for skilled users) — enter networks
parameters manually from the on-screen keyboard.
• If the network you need to connect to has a proxy
server, you can specify its parameters in Proxy configura-
tion section.
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LIBRARY
BOOK STORE
BROWSER
Calculator
Engineering calculator supports a wide range of
mathematical operations, such as different numeric systems,
trigonometric, logarithm, power and logical operations.
Scribble
Application for drawing. To select the drawing tool, use
the application control panel:
Text: select the position and size of the text box. Text is
entered with the on-screen keyboard;
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Font: change font and its size;
Pencil: a tool for drawing thin lines;
Marker: a tool for drawing thick lines;
Eraser: a tool for removing lines and text;
Back: cancel the last operation;
Current drawing/total number of drawings: change
the current drawing;
New: start new drawing;
Delete drawing;
Exit application.
Gallery
Opens Library in the mode of viewing images (downloaded
to the folder Gallery). The opened photo is displayed in a full-
screen mode. To set a photo as Power-off Logo, to Rotate
or view Information about it, touch the full-screen image to
switch to the editing mode and press menu sign in the right
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top corner of the screen. In the editing mode you can zoom a
photo by zooming gestures and set the selected area as a logo.
GAMES
Klondike
Classic solitaire.
Sudoku
Popular Japanese puzzle. Press on an empty cell to select
it. After that you can input in the selected cell the digit
you think should be in the cell or set labels — digits that
you suggest may be in the cell. Digits and labels should be
chosen from the bottom selection panel.
Chess
You can play versus your friend or the Device. If you are
playing against the Device, you can select 10 difficulty
levels.
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INTERACTIVE APPS
RSS News
Application for adding and reading RSS feeds. To add RSS
news feeds, open RSS setup. Select the Add RSS feed op-
tion. Enter the feed address using the on-screen keyboard.
To delete the feed, select it, open the context menu and
select Delete command or press the Recycle bin icon .
To edit the feed, select it, open the context menu and se-
lect Edit name or Edit URL command. Edit the RSS feed
name or address using the on-screen keyboard.
Dropbox PocketBook
DropBox application allows to download files, added to
Dropbox from any computer or any Device with installed
Dropbox app or from the Dropbox website, to your Device.
And you do not need to install anything to your Pocket-
Book, it is enough to authorize in the service.
How to synchronize
Automatically:
1. Files, added to the directory Application > Drop-
box PocketBook on the server and to the sync folder on
your Device, will be automatically synchronized when the
internet connection is on.
2. All synchronized files will be downloaded to the
sync folder in the Library (by default, Dropbox PocketBook
is the sync folder, but you can change it in Settings > Ac-
counts and Synchronization > Dropbox > Sync folder).
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Manually:
1. To synchronize all content in sync folders, in Set-
tings choose ‘Accounts and Synchronization > Dropbox >
Synchronize files now’, or in the Library choose ‘Synchro-
nize files now’ in the context menu of the sync folder.
2. After synchronization all obtained files will be also
available in the sync folder in the Library on the Device.
Send-to-PocketBook
The application allows to send files to the email address of
your Device. Sent books will be automatically downloaded
to your Device, if the Wi-Fi is turned on.
NOTE: The contact email address is used only for the authoriza-
tion of the application, and the service address of the Device user-
Manually:
To update the content of the download folder, in
Settings choose Accounts and synchronization >
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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, EPUB, EPUB
DRM, PDF DRM TXT, FB2, FB2.zip, RTF, HTML, HTM, CHM, DJVU,
DOC, DOCX, PRC, MOBI, CBR, CBZ, ACSM.
Close book;
Make a bookmark;
READING MENU
Book name: touch to
see the book info or
Contents open ReadRate menu
Back Search
Bookmark
Open ReadRate
menu
Recommend
1. Touch Recommend option.
2. After that the scenario Reading status and Book
Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.
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Share quotation
To share quotation from a book:
1. After continuous touch on the screen in the
opened book, creeper of text selection appear.
2. Select quotation and press Share icon .
3. After that the scenario Reading status and Book
Rate is performed, beginning from 2 item.
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If table of contents has more then one level, higher level entry
will be marked with ‘+’ sign – touch it to expand. ‘+’ sign will
be changed to ‘-‘ – touch it to collapse.
DICTIONARY
NOTES
READING 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.
FOLLOWING LINKS
NOTE: the current version of your browser on the Device does not
Edition can be deleted in section Settings > Service > Delete ADE
authorization.
Variant 1
• Open Settings > Accounts and Synchronization;
• Select the appropriate network service (Send-to-
PocketBook, PocketBook Cloud or Dropbox);
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• Select the synchronization option.
Variant 2
• Open Library;
• Call up the context menu of a folder of the service
which you want to synchronize with your device;
• Select the synchronization option.
LIBRARY
1. Grouping criteria
Depending on selected criterion books are grouping by:
• All Books;
• Authors;
• Genres;
• Collections - create your own
shelves with books depending on your
interests and preferences;
• Favorites;
• Folders;
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• Formats;
• Series;
• PocketBook Cloud.
The results of grouping can be displayed as as-
cending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A).
2. Sorting criteria
• By opening date;
• By addition date;
• By title;
• By author.
NOTE: PocketBook Cloud stores files in PDF, PDF DRM, EPUB, EPUB
DRM, DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM, HTM,
How to sign in
You can sign into the PocketBook Cloud service through a
website, the PocketBook Reader mobile app (for Android
and IOS) or from your PocketBook e-ink reader.
When you first set up your Device, you will be asked to sign
into your PocketBook Cloud account or, if possible, you will
be automatically registered.
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Sync process
Your book list and reading position automatically sync
when you:
• log into your PocketBook Cloud account,
• open a book,
• close a book,
• add to a Collection / remove from a Collection,
• add to Favorites / remove from Favorites,
• fold a book.
To force synchronization, click on the sync icon on the
notification panel.
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In this chapter you will learn how configure the interface and
software features of the Device for the most comfortable
usage. Select Settings at Notification panel to configure the
Device. All changes will be applied after exiting the section.
WI-FI
Adobe DRM
To authorize, input your Login (e-mail address) and Pass-
word. When you are authorized, your login and Remove-
Adobe DRM Authorization item are displayed. After re-
moving all protected DRM documents will be unavailable.
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PocketBook Cloud — In this section the following op-
tions are available:
• Login/Log out: if you are not signed into the ap-
plication, enter your PocketBook Cloud account data to log
in. If you are signed in, then you can log out.
• Sync Now: Files in the Download folder and Pock-
etbook device directory will be synced. Before syncing files,
check if your Device is connected to the internet and is
linked to the correct PocketBook Cloud account.
• Download Folder: the location of synced files. You
can choose another folder or create a new one in the inter-
nal Device storage or on an external SD-card.
• About Service — more information about the
service.
PERSONALIZE
LANGUAGES
In this section you will be able to set date, time, time zone
and clock format. You can also Synchronize Time or set
Auto Time Sync to use the network time/date.
SAVING BATTERY
Here you can see battery level and set parameters, which
help to save battery charge:
• Battery Percentage;
• Auto screen lock — set time of idleness, after
which the Device is locked: off, 5 min, 10 min.
• Power off after — set time of idleness, after which
the Device power off: 10, 20, 30 or 60 minutes.
MAINTENANCE
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
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this option of statistics gathering in the Diagnostic and Us-
age section.
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.
ABOUT DEVICE
Automatic Update
To start automatic software update select Settings > Soft-
ware > Software Update.
Manual Update
1. Open site www.pocketbook-int.com. 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 internal Device storage.
5. Switch off the Device by pressing button On/Off.
6. Press and hold both Backward and Forward buttons.
7. Switch on the Device by pressing On/Off. Hold
both Backward and Forward buttons until the message
Firmware update… is displayed on the screen.
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NOTE: You can check your Firmware version in Main menu > Set-
Troubleshooting
Error Message Reason Correction Method
Delete some files from
File SWUPDATE.BIN
the Device and copy
cannot be found on the
No upgrade image SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
microSD card. Make
found one more time. Repeat
sure the file is in the root
the download from www.
folder of the card.
pocketbook-int.com.
Delete some files from
SWUPDATE.BIN file is the Device and copy
Upgrade image is
damaged or there is no SWUPDATE.BIN file on it
corrupted or Image is
space available on the one more time. Repeat
empty
microSD card. the download from www.
pocketbook-int.com.
Try to use another
File read error MicroSD card error
MicroSD card
A firmware file of an Delete the old version of
Error. A different
older version is stored the firmware file from the
firmware version is
in the device internal Device’s internal memory
installed on the device
memory. root folder
Troubleshooting
Malfunciton Possible Reason Solution
Device does not turn on or
turns on but only the logo Battery is low Charge the battery
is loaded
If the book was down-
loaded from the online
A book does not open
store try to re-load it again.
- the message Book is
If the file opens on your
probably damaged or pro- The book is damaged
PC, but does not open on
tected appears, or nothing
the Device, save the book
happens at all
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 of flash-elements)
the 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 applica-
No response when you downloading damaged or
press any key too large books) the Device tion by pressing / keys
may freeze simultaneously for 1–2 sec.
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Compliance with International Standards
void the EMC and wireless compliance and negate your authority to operate the
product. This product has demonstrated EMC compliance under conditions that
included the use of compliant peripheral devices and shielded cables between
over 10 grams of tissue. Tests for SAR are conducted using stand-
ard operating positions with the device transmitting at its highest
certified power level in all tested frequency bands. The actual SAR
level of an operating device can be below the maximum value
because the device is designed to use only the power required to
reach the network.
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Tel. 0800-187-3003
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