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Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Contact Us......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Getting to Know Your NOOK ..........................................................................................................
The Library on Your NOOK........................................................................................................................ 55 Pull-down Menus.............................................................................................................................................................................. 55 The Sync Button............................................................................................................................................................
Configuring Screen Settings............................................................................................................................................................. 78 Configuring Time Settings................................................................................................................................................................ 80 Configuring Navigation Buttons in the Reader...........................................................................................
Wi-Fi............................................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Additional Information................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Appendix E: FCC Notices.................................................................................................
Introduction This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight™. Contact Us If you have questions about your NOOK that this guide doesn’t answer, be sure to visit the NOOK online support center at: http://www.nook.
The picture below shows the features on the front of your NOOK. Power Button Press and hold the power button on the back of your NOOK for about 2 seconds to turn your NOOK on or off. GlowLight microSD™ Memory Card Slot ™ On the right side of your NOOK, lift the rubber flap to insert a microSD memory card* for storing your personal files. A reading light is built into the bezel of your NOOK. You can turn the light on or off and control its brightness.
NOOK Button This NOOK symbol on the lower front of your NOOK is called the NOOK button. If your NOOK is sleeping, press the NOOK button to wake up your NOOK and turn it on. If your NOOK is already on, press this button to open the Quick Nav Bar, a navigation menu that appears at the bottom of the NOOK touchscreen. You can tap buttons on this navigation menu to jump to features such as the Shop and the Library.
You can add more storage to your NOOK for your personal files by installing a standard microSD Memory card. The card fits into a slot on the upper right side of your NOOK. A microSD Memory Card can hold up to 32 GB of additional content. NOTE: The files on a Memory Card appear in the My Files section of your Library. They do not appear in the Books or Newsstand sections. To learn about installing a microSD Memory Card in your NOOK, see “Using an SD Memory Card”.
Getting Started with Your NOOK The first time you use your NOOK, you’ll need to go through a short set-up process that will take about 5 to 10 minutes. Make sure that you’re in an area that has a Wi-Fi® connection (a wireless connection to the Internet), because part of the process is registering your NOOK with your Barnes & Noble account on BN.com. NOTE: You will not be able to set up your NOOK without a Wi-Fi connection.
Registering Your NOOK NOTE: You will need to connect to a Wi-Fi network to complete your registration. 1. Read the Welcome screen. Tap the Next in the lower right corner of the screen. Your NOOK displays its Terms of Service. 2. Read the NOOK Terms of Service. If you agree to them, tap the Agree button. If you do not accept the Terms of Service, you will not be able to use your NOOK. If you tapped the Agree button, your NOOK displays a list of time zones. 3. Select your Time Zone by tapping its button.
7. Read the message that your NOOK displays about GlowLight. Press the NOOK button and hold it for 2 seconds to turn on GlowLight. GlowLight turns on, and a Next button appears in the lower right corner of the screen. 8. Tap the Next button. A new screen tells you that you’re ready to get started exploring the features of your NOOK. You can now turn GlowLight on or off as you wish, using the NOOK button. 9.
Power and Charging Turning Your NOOK On and Off Turning On Your NOOK To turn on your NOOK, press the power button on the back of your NOOK. Hold the button down for 2 seconds and release it. Your NOOK starts up. Turning Off Your NOOK You do not need to turn your NOOK off when you stop using it. With a fully charged battery and Wi-Fi turned off, your NOOK has enough power to support up to two months of casual reading.
Charging Your NOOK There are two ways to charge your NOOK. You can plug it into your personal computer. Or you can use a power adapter and plug it into a wall outlet. (If your NOOK does not include a power adapter in box, you can purchase one from a Barnes & Noble store or online at http://www.barnesandnoble.com.) The diagram below shows the components available for charging your NOOK.
To charge your NOOK from a wall outlet with a power adapter, do this: 1. Assemble the power adapter and microUSB cable. Insert the large end of the USB cable into the matching slot in the power adapter. 2. Plug the small end of the USB cable into your NOOK. 3. Plug the power adapter into a compatible electrical outlet. If your NOOK was turned off, it will now turn itself on.
Water CAUTION: Your NOOK, cables, and adapters are not waterproof. To avoid risk of overheating, melting, and burns, keep the device and all accessories away from water and other liquids. Do not use the cable if either end of the cable gets wet or is exposed to liquid spray. Allow the end(s) of the cable to dry thoroughly before trying to use the cable. Do not expose your NOOK to wet or damp conditions. Avoid exposing the device to liquid or food.
Caring for Your NOOK To take the best possible care of your NOOK, please follow the recommendations below. Temperature Ranges Your NOOK should function as designed in these temperature ranges: • Operation: 00 C to 400 C, 320 F to 1040 F • Storage: -250 C to 600 C, -130 F to 1400 F Outside of these ranges, your NOOK might develop power, display, and/or software issues. If temperatures are extremely cold or hot, permanent physical damage can result. Such damage is not covered by the warranty.
Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK When your NOOK has been idle, your NOOK goes to “sleep.” Your NOOK displays a screensaver on the screen (by default, a portrait of an author). It also locks the screen so that accidental touches do not perform actions. To wake up your NOOK, do this: 1. Press the NOOK button (the raised NOOK symbol on the lower front panel of your NOOK). 2. Unlock your NOOK.
Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK Your NOOK puts great reading material right at your fingertips. To read that material, to share it, to rate it, and so on, you’ll use your fingers in different ways. Your NOOK recognizes these different gestures: • Tap • Double tap • Press and hold • Swipe • Scroll Tap A tap on the screen is a quick touch of your fingertip. It’s the same gesture you use when you tap a key on a computer keyboard. Tapping on an icon in the Quick Nav Bar.
Press and Hold Pressing and holding means touching your finger to the screen and holding it there for 2 seconds. In many situations, pressing and holding causes your NOOK to open menu at the bottom of the screen. The menu offers you choices about the image your finger is resting on. For example, if you press and hold on a word in a book, your NOOK opens a menu offering you choices of things you can do with that book: highlight the word, write a note, look the word up in a dictionary, and so on.
Scroll Slide your finger up or down the screen to scroll through any list displaying up and down arrows at the bottom of the screen. A scroll gesture is like a vertical swipe. You can scroll up and down through shelves of books and periodicals.
The Quick Nav Bar The Quick Nav Bar is a row of six icons that appears at the bottom of the NOOK touchscreen and enables you to navigate from one feature to another. If your NOOK is turned on and active, you can make the Quick Nav Bar appear by pressing the NOOK button below the touchscreen. After you tap on one of its buttons, the Quick Nav Bar disappears. The Quick Nav Bar looks like this: Quick Nav Bar The Quick Nav Bar.
The Status Bar A Status Bar runs along the top of the NOOK touchscreen. The Status Bar looks like this when GlowLight is turned on: The Status Bar with GlowLight turned on. The Status Bar shows a different lightbulb icon when GlowLight is turned off: The Status Bar with GlowLight turned off. The Status Bar appears on the Home Screen, the Library, the Shop, the Search screen, and on Settings screens. A slightly different version appears in books or periodicals when you open the Reading Tools.
GlowLight™ Your NOOK includes GlowLight, a built-in light that enables you to read even in dim lighting conditions. Turning GlowLight On or Off There are several ways you can turn GlowLight on or off. Turning GlowLight On or Off with the NOOK Button To turn GlowLight on or off, press and hold the NOOK button for 2 seconds. • If GlowLight was off, pressing the NOOK button turns it on. • If GlowLight was on, pressing the NOOK button turns it off.
Adjusting the Brightness of GlowLight To adjust the brightness of GlowLight, do this: 1. Do either of the following: • On the Home screen, in the Library, in the Shop, on the Search screen, or in Settings, tap on the lightbulb or Wi-Fi symbol in the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings window. • On any screen, tap the NOOK button to open the Quick Nav Bar, and tap the GlowLight™ button to open the GlowLight Control window. Your NOOK opens a window with a checkbox for turning GlowLight on and off.
The Home Screen The Home screen gives you easy access to the books and periodicals you have recently read or purchased. In the top portion of the screen, you’ll see the cover of the most recent book or periodical you’ve been reading. Here’s an example of a Home screen: Reading Now Status Bar What to Read Next NOOK Button The Reading Now Panel The Reading Now panel shows the cover of the book or periodical you were most recently reading.
The New Reads List To the right of that item, you’ll see the New Reads list–a list of three books or periodicals that you have recently purchased or received. The Recent Reads list includes: • books and periodicals you have recently purchased • new issues of periodicals you have subscribed to To view your complete Library, tap the see library link at the bottom of the New Reads list. The What to Read Next Shelf At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a shelf with four book recommendations for you.
The picture below shows an example of a details page about a recommended book. The Details page for a book. Returning to the Home Screen You can return to the Home screen at any time by pressing the NOOK button (the raised button in the shape of the NOOK logo) on the lower front of your NOOK to open the Quick Nav Bar and then tapping the Home icon.
Reading Books on Your NOOK You can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK. You can make notes about what you’re reading, highlight and annotate favorite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social sites such as Facebook. Your NOOK makes reading books fun. To start reading, simply tap on a book’s cover. The book opens and fills the page. Then you can use the features described in this section to get the most out of your reading experience.
The Reading Tools Menu The Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content, and adjust the display of text. To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the center of the page or tap on the small dark arrow at the bottom of the page. The Reading Tools menu appears at the bottom of the screen.
Reading Tools: content Tap on the content icon in the Reading Tools to open a window with three tabs: • Chapters - a Table of Contents listing chapters or sections • Notes & Highlights - list of all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about • Bookmarks - a list of all the bookmarks you have set Tap on any title, highlighted passage summary, or bookmark on these tabs to jump to that location in the book. The Contents dialog box.
Tapping on the Notes & Highlights tab displays the Notes & Highlights screen. The Notes & Highlights screen. The Notes & Highlights screen lists all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about. Each passage is identified by its page number and opening line. If the list of notes and highlights runs longer than one screen, you can tap the arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll down and up through the list. To jump to a particular passage, tap on it.
Tapping on the Bookmarks tab displays the Bookmarks screen. Here’s an example of a Bookmarks screen. The Bookmarks screen. For each bookmarked page, the screen lists the page number and either the chapter number (if you bookmarked the first page of a chapter) or the first line of text that appears on the page (if you bookmarked any page other than the first page of a chapter). To clear all the bookmarks, tap the Clear all button.
Reading Tools: goto Tap on the goto icon in the Reading Tools to jump to another page in the book. When you tap on goto, a navigation dialog box appears at the bottom of the screen, as shown below. The goto dialog box. The dialog box includes a slider bar that shows your current position in the book. Using the Slider to Move to Another Page To move to another page, do this: 1. Tap in the center of the page to open the Reading Tools, if they are not already open. 2. Tap the goto button.
If instead of moving to the new page, you want to jump back to the previous page you had navigated from, tap the Go Back button in the goto dialog box. You can tap the Go Back button repeatedly to through several previous locations. Typing a Page Number to Move to Another Page To move to another page by entering its page number, do this: 1. Tap in the center of the page to open the Reading Tools. 2. Tap the goto button. A dialog box opens with a slider showing your current position in the book. 3.
Reading Tools: find Tap on the find icon in the Reading Tools to search for a word or phrase in the book you’re reading. When you tap on find, a keyboard appears on the screen. Type a word or phrase you want to search for in the book, then tap the search button in the lower right corner of the screen. The Find screen. If the word or phrase you searched for appears in the book, your NOOK displays a list of page numbers and passages. To jump to a passage, tap on it.
The image below shows an example of search results. Search results within a book.
If the word or phrase you searched for appears more than once in the book, your NOOK displays a search navigation tool at the bottom of the screen when you jump to the location of a search result. This toolbar includes a forward arrow and a backward arrow for moving from one appearance of the word or phrase to another. Viewing a search result and using the mini toolbar.
Reading Tools: text Tap on the text icon in the Reading Tools to open a window for adjusting the font, the font size, line spacing, and margin size. The Text dialog box. The Text dialog box lets you pick: • a font size • a font • line spacing - single, double, or triple • margin size - narrow, medium, or wide NOTE: Some publishers have defined default settings for the display of NOOK Books. This settings specify a specific type font, font size, line spacing, and margin setting.
Reading Tools: more Tap on the more icon in the Reading Tools to open a page with details about the book, along with buttons for opening Social features. The More screen. The More screen presents details about the book you are reading, as well as options for sharing quotes and recommendations with NOOK friends or for searching for other books like it. Reading the Book To return to reading the book, either tap the Read button or tap the Close button in the upper right.
Tapping the Share button opens a dialog box like that shown below. (The contents of this dialog box may vary, depending on whether you are reading a book you own or a sample and whether the book is eligible for lending.) The Share dialog box.
Archiving Books and Periodicals To save storage space on your NOOK, you can archive books and periodicals you’re not currently reading. Archiving keeps a copy of a book in your account on the Barnes & Noble Web site, while removing all but the most basic information about the book (such as its cover, title, author, and description) from your NOOK. You can unarchive a book at any time, so your reading material is not lost. NOTE: While your book is archived, you will not be able to read it.
Using Bookmarks Adding a Bookmark A bookmark marks a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you find the page where you left off reading. You can set bookmarks in books to make it easy to jump to specific locations You can set as many bookmarks as you like. To set a bookmark on the page you are reading, do this: 1. Tap in the upper right corner of the page. A dark ribbon appears in the corner of the page, indicating that a bookmark has been placed.
To visit any bookmarked passage, tap on its bookmark in the list. To close the bookmark list without visiting a bookmark, tap the Close button in the upper right corner of the Contents window. Removing a Bookmark To remove a bookmark on the current page, tap on the ribbon in the upper right corner of the page. The ribbon disappears, and the bookmark is cleared. Clearing All Bookmarks To clear all the bookmarks in a book, do this: 1.
Selecting Text to Look up Words, Add Highlighting or Notes, and Share Quotes with Friends You can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a word, you can look it up in a dictionary. You can also select words or passages for highlighting, making notes, or sharing through email or social media networks such as Facebook. To select a word or a passage of text, press and hold on a word and then lift your finger.
Changing the Selection from a Word to a Passage To select an entire passage, rather than just a word, select the word that you want to have at the beginning or end of the selected passage and drag the vertical bar that’s closest to the direction in which you want to extend the selection. Drag the vertical bar until you have selected the passage you want. Select a word at the beginning or the end of the passage you want to select, and extend the selection by dragging a vertical bar.
Looking Up Words in the Dictionary It’s easy to look up information about a word or topic when you’re reading. Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary Your NOOK includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. To look up a word in the dictionary, do this: 1. Press and hold on a word to select it. 2. Tap the look up icon in the Text Selection Toolbar. A pop-up window appears, presenting a dictionary definition of the word. To close the window, tap anywhere outside the window.
Sharing Quotes through Social Media and Email You can share a highlighted passage with friends through email, Facebook, or Twitter. NOTE: Before you can share quotes through Facebook or Twitter, you need to link your NOOK to your Facebook or Twitter account. Use the Social settings page to link your NOOK to social sites. On the Quick Nav Bar, tap Settings, and then tap the Social menu choice to open the Social settings page. To share the highlighted passage, tap the share icon in the Text Selection Toolbar.
Viewing a Note To open a note and read it, tap the note icon in the margin. When you’re done viewing the note, you can close the note window by tapping the X in the upper right corner of the window. NOTE: By default, your NOOK displays a note icon next to any passage of text about which you’ve written a note. However, you can configure your NOOK not to display note icons.
4. Tap the On/Off switch labeled “Notes & Highlights.” Tap the switch On to display notes and highlights, or tap it off to hide notes and highlights. Sharing a Quote If you have entered contacts in your NOOK or linked your NOOK to Facebook or Twitter, you can share quotations from the book you’re reading with your friends. NOTE: You must have set up contacts or linked to Facebook or Twitter before you can use this feature.
6. Fill in the form to finish sharing the quote. • If you opted to share the quote with contacts, you will see an email form with a Select Contacts button. Tap the button to see a list of your contacts. Select the contacts with whom you want to share the quote. When you have finished selecting contacts, tap Done. In the message form, type a message you would like to include with the quote, then tap send.
NOTE: Some publishers define recommended settings for their eBooks; other publishers do not. If the Publisher Settings toggle switch is grayed out, the publisher of the eBook you are reading has not defined recommended settings. All other page controls in the dialog box appear grayed out. To change the appearance of the book, do this: 1. Tap the center of the page to make the Reading Tools appear. 2. Tap the text icon. Your NOOK opens a window displaying font and spacing controls. 3.
Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK Reading magazines and newspapers on your NOOK is similar to reading books. You use the same gestures--tapping and swiping–to turn pages. You have access to the same Reading Tools, such as Contents and GoTo. Some periodicals may include their own table of contents with live links to specific articles and features, but otherwise the features are similar to the features used in reading books.
The Library on Your NOOK Your library is where you keep everything you want to read on NOOK. In your library, you will find: • Books you have purchased from the NOOK Store • Newsstand magazines and newspaper you have purchased from the NOOK Store • Free books you have downloaded from the NOOK Store • EPUB files and PDFs you have transferred onto NOOK using a USB connection from your personal computer (these files appear in the My Files section of the Library).
The Category Menu The category menu (sometimes called the filter menu) is a pull-down menu in the upper left corner of the Library lets you select the Library contents you want to display.
The Sort Menu The sort menu is a pull-down menu that lets you sort the content shown on the screen according to rules such as Most Recent, Title (an alphabetical listing of titles), or Author (an alphabetical listing of authors’ last names). The Sort Menu. The Sync Button In the upper right corner of the Library is a button with two curved arrows forming a circle. This is the Sync button.
Memory Card If you have an SD Memory Card installed in your NOOK, you’ll see two links appear at the top of the Library screen when you select My Files from the Category menu. • My NOOK • Memory Card You can tap on these links to switch between viewing files stored on NOOK and files content stored on your SD Memory Card.
If you tap on a book with a Download banner, your NOOK begins downloading the book. A progress bar on the book’s cover indicates how much of the book has been downloaded. Once the book has fully downloaded, you can open it. NOTE: When you buy a book or periodical, it becomes available to your NOOK, as well as to any Barnes & Noble eReader applications installed on your smartphone, tablet, or personal computer.
5. Tap the checkbox next to any item to you want to add to the shelf you just created. Use the page up and down buttons on your NOOK to scroll through the list. As you add items to the library, your NOOK updates the number which appears in parentheses by the shelf ’s name, indicating the number of items on the shelf. 6. When you have finished adding items to the shelf, tap the Save button in the lower right corner of the screen. 7.
basic information about the book (such as its cover, title, author, and description) from your NOOK. You can unarchive a book at any time, so your reading material is not lost. To archive a book or periodical, do this: 1. In the Library, double-tap on the cover or title of the book or periodical. The details page for the item you tapped on appears. 2. On the details page, tap the Archive button. Your NOOK archives the book or periodical.
NOTE: Transferring files from your personal computer to your NOOK is sometimes called “sideloading.” To transfer files from your personal computer to your NOOK, do this: 1. Using the custom microUSB cable provided with your NOOK, connect your NOOK to your personal computer. NOTE: Use only the microUSB cable provided with your NOOK. Using any other cable might damage your NOOK. 2.
Using the LendMe Program Lending and Borrowing Books With Barnes & Noble’s exclusive LendMe technology, you can share lendable NOOK Books with any NOOK Friend or any friend who has a Barnes & Noble account with a valid credit card number. Your NOOK Friend or friend can read the book on any NOOK or NOOK Color eReader or on any NOOK application such as NOOK for iPhone®, NOOK for iPod touch®, and NOOK for PC. You may lend each of your lendable books once.
Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent Not all books can be lent. Here’s how you can determine whether or not a book is lendable. • Any book eligible for lending has a LendMe badge on its cover. • If your Library includes any books eligible to be lent out, they will appear on the shelf of lendable books in the LendMe section of your Library. • LendMe badges are present when you are browsing and searching for books in the NOOK Store on the BN.com website.
To find out which of your friends have lendable books, use the Manage my NOOK friends™ feature on the Social settings screen. NOTE: If you’re enjoying a book sample or a book you’ve borrowed, you can purchase the book at any time. Simply tap the Buy button at the top of any page in the book to purchase the book using your Barnes & Noble account.
Shopping on Your NOOK Introduction NOTE: To access the Shop on your NOOK, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you are not connected to a network but you are in an area with Wi-Fi access, your NOOK will guide you through the process of connecting to a network. To begin shopping, tap on the Shop icon in the Quick Nav Bar. The Shop page displays recommendations from our booksellers. You can scroll left and right through these recommendations.
Browsing Lists and Categories To browse lists and categories of books and periodicals, tap the Browse button at the top of the Shop screen. The Shop displays a menu showing lists, such as BN Top 100, and categories such as books, magazines, and newspapers. Tapping on the Books link under the Browse Shop heading on the home page displays a list of book categories you can explore. Browsing book categories in the Shop.
Buying a Book Once you’re in the Shop, you can buy any book you see that has a button displaying the book’s price. (If you don’t see a button with a price next to a particular book, it’s because you’ve already purchased the book. A label reading Purchased or Read appears where the price button used to be.) Tap on the price button to purchase a book. To buy a book, do this: 1. To buy a book, tap on the button displaying a price next to the book’s cover or title.
Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper To buy a single issue of a newspaper or magazine, do this: 1. Open the details page for the magazine or newspaper you want to buy. 2. Tap the Buy Current Issue button. The button changes to a gray Confirm button. 3. Tap the Confirm button to confirm your purchase. Once you have confirmed your purchase, your NOOK downloads the issue. The Confirm button changes to a button labeled Read. 4. Tap the Read button to begin reading the issue.
Adding to Your Wishlist To add a book, magazine, or newspaper to your Wishlist, do this: 1. Tap on the book or periodical’s cover to display the details page for the item. 2. On the details page, tap on the checkbox next to the word Wishlist. Your NOOK adds the item to your Wishlist. Viewing Your Wishlist To view your Wishlist, do this: 1. On the store front of the Shop, tap the my wishlist link in the Popular Lists panel. The Shop displays your current Wishlist.
Using Your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble Store When you turn on your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble store, your NOOK automatically detects the Wi-Fi network running in the store. Your NOOK displays a special window, asking if you would like to connect to the InStore network. • To connect to the store’s network, tap the Connect button. • To use your NOOK without connecting to the store’s network, tap the Dismiss button.
Searching Your NOOK Your NOOK includes a search tool to help you quickly find what you’re looking for. To provide you with the most relevant results possible, your NOOK customizes its searching according to what you were doing when you started the search. Searching from the Quick Nav Bar When you search using the Search tool in the Quick Nav Bar, your NOOK searches both the Library and the Shop. To access the search tool, tap the NOOK button and then tap the Search button in the Quick Nav Bar.
Configuring Your NOOK Your NOOK gives you full control over many areas of its operations, from Wi-Fi connections to font sizes. To adjust the configuration of your NOOK, you’ll often work with the Settings tool. To call up Settings, do this: 1. Tap the NOOK button to open the Quick Nav Bar. 2. In the Quick Nav Bar, tap the Settings icon. Your NOOK opens the Settings Screen, which looks like this: The Settings Screen The Settings Screen leads to pages for configuring different aspects of your NOOK.
Configuring GlowLight™ You can use the GlowLight settings screen to turn GlowLight on and off and to adjust its brightness. (You can also make these adjustments using the Quick Settings window, which is described earlier in this guide.) To configure GlowLight, do this: 1. On the Settings screen, tap GlowLight™. The GlowLight settings screen opens. 2. To change the setting of GlowLight, tap the checkbox. 3. • If GlowLight is off, tapping the checkbox turns it on.
Viewing and Configuring Device Info To display device information, do this: 1. On the Settings screen, tap Device Info.
Displaying System Information Tap the About Your NOOK menu choice to display the following information: • Owner, the name of the owner of this NOOK • Account, the email address of the Barnes & Noble account linked to this NOOK • Software version, the version number of your NOOK software • Model number, the model number of your NOOK • Serial number, the unique serial number of your NOOK • Wi-Fi MAC address, a unique networking address your NOOK uses when its connects to a Wi-Fi network.
Configuring Wireless Settings The Wireless settings screen provides: • a switch for turning on and off Wi-Fi networking • a list of all the Wi-Fi networks your NOOK has detected Turning Wi-Fi Networking On or Off On the Wireless settings page, tap the Wi-Fi button to change its status from On to Off or from Off to On.
Configuring Screen Settings On the Screen settings page, you can: • Change the amount of time your NOOK should wait when no activity is taking place before turning off the screen. • Select the screensaver your NOOK displays when it turns off the screen and goes into sleep mode. To display the Screen settings page, tap the word Screen on the main Settings screen. Your NOOK displays the screen shown here: The main Settings screen.
Adjusting the Screen Timeout When your NOOK has been setting for some amount of time and no activity has taken place (e.g., you haven’t tapped the screen or pressed any buttons), your NOOK turns off its screen to conserve power. When that happens, you can turn on your NOOK again simply by pressing the NOOK button. By default, your NOOK waits 5 minutes before turning off the screen. To adjust the screen timeout for your NOOK, do this: 1. On the Setting screen, tap Screen. 2.
Configuring Time Settings On the Time settings page, you can control whether your NOOK uses a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock. You can also select a Time Zone for your NOOK. The Time Settings screen. To return to the main Settings page, tap the back arrow under the title Settings. Switching to a 24-hour Format To switch to a 24-hour format in which hours after 12 noon are added to the number 12, so that 1:15 p.m. becomes 13:15, tap the Use 24-hour format field so that the box is checked.
Selecting a Time Zone To select a time zone for your NOOK, do this: 1. Tap the Select Time Zone field on the Time Settings screen. Your NOOK display a screen for selecting time zones. NOTE: By default, the list of time zones includes only time zones in the United States. To see a list of all time zones around the world, tap the checkbox labeled Show all world time zones. A list of Time Zones. 2. When you see the time zone you want to select, tap it.
Configuring Navigation Buttons in the Reader When reading a book or periodical, you can use the buttons built into the frame of your NOOK to page forward or backward. By default, the top buttons turn the page forward, and the bottom buttons turn the page backward. If you would like to switch the functions of these buttons, use the Reader Settings screen. To switch the function of the page-forward and back-backward buttons, do this: 1. On the Settings screen, tap Read.
Configuring the Shop Requiring Your Account Password for Purchases By default, your NOOK asks you to confirm all purchases by tapping a Confirm button. If you like, you can require that your Barnes & Noble account password be entered before your NOOK authorizes a purchase. If other people might have access to your NOOK, you might want to require a password for purchases to ensure that you know about and approve all purchases being made. To configure your NOOK to require a password for purchases, do this: 1.
Clearing Your Wishlist If you have added any items to the Wishlist on your NOOK and now want to clear your Wishlist, tap the Clear Wishlist menu button. If you have not added any items to your Wishlist, this menu choice appears grayed out. Clearing the List of Recently Viewed Items Your NOOK keeps track of the items you have viewed recently in the Shop. To clear this list, tap the Clear Recently Viewed List menu choice. If you have not viewed any items in the Shop, yet, this menu choice appears grayed out.
Configuring Social Features You can use the Social settings screen to manage: • your links to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google accounts • your email contacts • your NOOK friends™ • the visibility of your lendable books to your NOOK friends A NOOK friend™ is a friend who has a Barnes & Noble account and an email address in your contacts list, and who has accepted your invitation to connect as a NOOK friend. Friendship is reciprocal.
Linking Your NOOK to Your Facebook Account You can import your friends on Facebook as contacts for lending books, sharing quotations, and other social activities. You can post a LendMe offer, a quotation, and a recommendation on the wall of a friend. You can also post a quote, a recommendation, and reading status on your own wall. NOTE: If you don’t have a Facebook account and would like to set one up, launch a Web browser on your personal computer, and navigate to www.facebook.com.
To link your NOOK to your Google account, do this: 1. On the Social screen in Settings, tap the button labeled Link your Facebook, Twitter, and Google Accounts. 2. Tap the Link Your Account button under the Google logo. Your NOOK displays a Google login screen. 3. Tap in the Email address field. 4. Enter your Google account’s email address in the Email field. 5. Enter your Google account’s password in the Password field. 6.
Inviting Individual Friends to Become NOOK Friends To send an NOOK Friends™ invitation to a user in your Contacts list, do this: 1. On the Manage my Contacts page, tap on the user’s name. Your NOOK displays the Contact Information page for that user. 2. Tap in the checkbox labeled Invite as NOOK friend™. 3. Tap Save. Your NOOK sends the contact an invitation to become your NOOK friend.
Managing Your NOOK Friends™ Tap the Manage my NOOK Friends™ menu choice on the Social settings screen to sent and accept NOOK Friends invitations and to see a list of all your current NOOK Friends™. The Manage my NOOK Friends™ feature includes three tabs under the Manage my NOOK Friends title.
If the Suggested button is not grayed out, you can tap it to see a list of your contacts who already have Barnes & Noble accounts and who can easily become your NOOK Friends™. Tap the Invite button next to a contact’s name to send that contact a NOOK Friends™ invitation. If you have not imported contacts from a Google account, a Setup Account button appears in the dialog box that opens after you have tapped the + button.
4. To control the visibility of individual books, use the Show/Hide toggle switches next to book titles. • Set the toggle to Show to show the book to your NOOK Friends. • Set the toggle to Hide to hide the book from your NOOK Friends. NOTE: Only NOOK Friends can see the books you make visible, and they can see the books only through NOOK Friends™ software on a NOOK or NOOK Color eReader. No other users can see your lendable books.
Configuring Search You can clear your NOOK’s history of items that you have searched for and selected. To clear the list of search-result shortcuts, do this: 1. On the Settings screen, tap Search. 2. Tap the menu choice Clear recent NOOK searches. A dialog box appears, explaining that this will clear shortcuts to recently searched items. 3. Tap OK. NOTE: If you have selected any items from search results yet, the Clear recent NOOK searches menu choice will be grayed out.
Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots In addition to connecting to your Wi-Fi network in your home or office, you can use your NOOK to connect to WiFi hot spots in stores, restaurants, hotels, and restaurants. This section summarizes how your NOOK works with various types of Wi-Fi hotspots. Wi-Fi Networks in Barnes & Noble Stores Your NOOK will automatically detect a Wi-Fi network in a Barnes & Noble store and ask if you want to connect to it.
Updating the Software on Your NOOK From time to time Barnes & Noble will release software updates for your NOOK. Your NOOK will automatically install these updates. NOTE: Updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines, or newspapers, nor does it delete any of the files you have transferred onto your NOOK from your personal computer. The software update simply installs new NOOK software to give you the latest features available from Barnes & Noble.
Using an SD Memory Card You can install an SD Memory Card in your NOOK to add up to 32 GB of memory to your NOOK—enough for many thousand more books, along with periodicals, music, and personal files. NOTE: This extra storage space appears in the My Files section of your Library, not in the Books or Newsstand sections. SD Memory Cards will hold about 1,000 books per gigabyte. The number of periodicals you can store on card depends on the size of the periodicals and the amount of storage on the card.
5. Push gently against the card, guiding it into the slot until it clicks into place. 6. Close the small gray lid and snap it into place. 7. Turn on your NOOK. Opening the microSD slot on the upper right side of your NOOK.
Positioning the microSD card in the slot. Formatting a New Card If you have installed a new, never-before-used microSD Memory Card into your NOOK, a dialog box appears, reporting that the SD Memory Card is unformatted and that it needs to be formatted. To format the memory card, do this: 1. Tap the Format Now button to format the memory card. Your NOOK displays a warning that formatting the memory card will erase its contents. 2.
Tips and Troubleshooting Solving Problems I want to change my BN.com account password. What should I do? Before you change your password on BN.com, first deregister your NOOK, so your NOOK isn’t configured to use a password that you have made obsolete. NOTE: You must be connected to a Wi-Fi network to de-register your NOOK. NOTE: De-registering your device will delete any content you have side-loaded on your NOOK. You might want to make sure you have copies of this content on your personal computer.
I transferred a ZIP archive from my personal computer. Why can’t I access the files? Unzip files on your personal computer before transferring them to your NOOK. Your NOOK can read EPUB files and PDFs, but not .zip files.
Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats When you read a book or periodical on your NOOK, you’re reading the same words that appear in the paper edition of the book or periodical. In most books, the page number that appears at the bottom of the screen is the page number you would see if you were reading the printed version of the same book.
Appendix B: International Use and Languages This chapter summarizes information about using your NOOK outside of the United States and explains your NOOK’s support of languages. Using Your NOOK Abroad Your NOOK is designed for use in the United States and United States territories. You can use it to read anything already on your NOOK when travelling anywhere in the world.
Languages Your NOOK has fonts that support languages based on a Latin character set for reading eBooks and other digital content, when fonts are not embedded as part of the eBook or digital content file.
Appendix C: One Year Limited Warranty THE FOLLOWING WARRANTY TERMS WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE YOUR DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED, AND ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. THE ACTUAL TERMS OF YOUR WARRANTY ARE THE TERMS THAT WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE DATE OF YOUR PURCHASE, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN. TO FIND THE EXACT TERMS OF YOUR WARRANTY, PLEASE GO TO NOOK.COM/WARRANTY AND REVIEW THE TERMS APPLICABLE AS OF THE DATE OF YOUR PURCHASE.
HOW DO I RETURN MY NOOK TO B&N? When you contact B&N at one of the numbers above, B&N will provide instructions to you as to how and where to return your NOOK. Your NOOK must be shipped, prepaid and insured, in appropriate protective packaging, together with proof of purchase and the Return Authorization Number provided by B&N, to the address specified by B&N. You must return your NOOK within the timeframe provided by B&N.
negligence or other external causes; third-party products; Internet or telecommunications failures; commercial use; unauthorized opening, use, service, tampering, alteration, repair or modification; or inadequate packing or shipping procedures. This Limited Warranty also does not cover cosmetic damage or normal wear and tear.
Applicable Law This Limited Warranty is valid only in the United States of America. The laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. will apply to this Limited Warranty, though the laws of your state of residence may apply to any tort claims and any claims under any consumer protection statutes, as provided under applicable law.
Appendix D: Trademarks and Copyrights Adobe Reader Mobile Software Your NOOK contains Adobe® Reader® Mobile software under license from Adobe Systems Incorporated, Copyright © 1995-2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and Reader are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. AT&T AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/ or AT&T affiliated companies.
Appendix E: FCC Notices FCC IDs NOOK WI-FI: XHHBNRV300-A MODEL: BNRV350 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
• Your NOOK has a Wi-Fi setting that turns off the radio. Wi-Fi networking should be turned off on airplanes. For more information, see “Airplanes”. • When around sensitive electronic equipment, ask whether you can use your NOOK. You might need to turn Wi-Fi networking off. In some places, for example in a hospital, you might be asked to not use your device. For more information, see “Electronic Equipment”. • For information about wireless configuration settings, see “Configuring Wireless Settings”.
Appendix F: Industry Canada Notice The term “IC” before the equipment certification number only signifies that the Industry Canada technicalspecifications were met. IC: 8961A-BNRV300A Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Appendix G: NOOK® Terms of Service The NOOK Terms of Service are located here: http://www.nook.
Appendix H: AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy These Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy (the “Terms”) govern your use of AT&T Internet Services’ AT&T Wi-Fi service (“Service”) and the AT&T Internet Services network (“Network”).
your license to use any Software. AT&T may also terminate or suspend your Service if you provide false or inaccurate information that is required for the provision of Service or is necessary to allow AT&T to bill you for Service. Membership customers: customer cancellation of Services is governed by the terms and conditions of your Membership Agreement. Subscription customers: you may cancel your subscription to the Service at any time by contacting AT&T.
Privacy Policy Registration data and certain other information about you is subject to the AT&T Wi-Fi Privacy Policy. For more information see: http://secure.sbc.com/privacy_statement.adp. General Use Restrictions Subject to your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms, payment to AT&T for the Service and compliance with all AT&T Online Policies identified below, you are hereby granted the right to use the Service through a non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable limited license.
Disclaimer of Warranties UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITY STATED, THE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, AND ARE FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID.
Kingdom and Australia. You acknowledge and agree that Materials are subject to the U.S. Export Administration Laws and Regulations. Diversion of such Materials contrary to U.S. law is prohibited.
Customers are responsible for avoiding the prohibited activities and strictly following the AUP terms set forth herein. AUP Coverage The AT&T Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) applies to the services that provide (or include) access to the Internet, services provided over the Internet, and Hosting services (collectively “IP Services”). Customer is responsible for the actions of others who may be using the IP Service(s) under Customer’s account.
it may terminate your Service without further notice. In such case, you are responsible for any applicable early termination charges. AT&T will not issue any refunds, credits or other forms of compensation for the period when IP Service(s) have been suspended as a result of violation(s) or alleged violation(s) of this AUP. AT&T shall not be liable for any damages of any nature suffered by any Customer, User, or third party resulting in whole or in part from AT&T’s exercise of its rights under this AUP.
damage or security breaches to AT&T’s network or to the network of any other IP Service provider. Customer shall not create or attempt to utilize a domain name that is fraudulent, indecent, offensive, deceptive, threatening, abusive or harassing. Interaction with Minors AT&T has a zero tolerance policy regarding use of its Service to engage in inappropriate conduct with a minor (anyone under 18 years of age).
posting messages to or canceling or superseding messages on an online forum or newsgroup in a manner that violates the rules of the forum or newsgroup or that contain forged header information.
unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of the system or network; this would include use of sniffers or SNMP tools; falsifying packet header, sender, or User information whether in whole or in part to mask the identity of the sender, originator or point of origin; knowingly uploading or distributing files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that m
Customer agrees to indemnify and hold AT&T harmless from any claim, action, demand, loss, or damage (including attorneys’ fees) made by any third party against AT&T as a provider of the IP Service(s) arising out of or relating to any violation(s) of this AUP by Customer (or its Users). Incident Reporting Any complaints (other than claims of copyright or trademark infringement) regarding violation of this AUP by an AT&T Customer (or its User) should be directed to abuse@att.net.
Index A archiving books or periodicals 43, 60 AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy 112 B back swiping left to move to a previous activity 21 tapping the book icon in the Status Bar to return to your most recent book, magazine, or newspaper 24 Barnes & Noble account 11 view the account email address 76 battery battery charge indicator in the Status Bar 24 expected length of charge 14 battery charge indicator 24 book borrowing a book 64 buying a book 68 changing fonts, margins, and other settings 51
sync button 57 viewing and sorting 58 Like on Facebook using the Facebook Like feature for the book or periodical you’re reading 42 M MAC address 76 magazine buying a single issue 69 buying a subscription 69 free 14-day trial 69 memory adding an SD memory card 95 Memory Card display in the Library 58 microSD card. See SD memory card microSDHC card.
configuring 85 software updates 94 software version 76 sorting Library items 58 Status Bar 24 subscribing to a magazine or newspaper 69 swipe 21 Sync button in the Library 57 T tap 20 Terms of Service AT&T 112 NOOK 111 viewing legal notices 76 time settings 80 time zones 81 trademarks 107 transferring files 61 troubleshooting tips 98 turning pages 30 turning your NOOK on and off 14 Twitter sharing quotes via Twitter 49 U unarchiving books or periodicals 43, 61 unlocking your NOOK 19 V version of software
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