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  • Page 1 User guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Anatomy of your Kobo Arc 7 .................... 8   Charging your Kobo Arc 7 ....................9   Putting your Kobo Arc 7 to sleep and waking it up ............9   Using the touch screen ....................11   Unlocking the screen ..................... 12  ...
  • Page 3 Viewing images and video ..................... 36   Adding eBooks or eMagazines to Your Kobo Arc 7 ............38   Finding new eBooks or eMagazines ................38   Buying an eBook or eMagazine ..................41   Adding eBooks from other sources ................42  ...
  • Page 4 Troubleshooting Wi Fi issues ..................68   Restart your Kobo Arc 7 ....................71   Getting Help ........................72   Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 4...
  • Page 5 Welcome! Thank you for purchasing a Kobo Arc 7. Your Kobo Arc 7 is a new breed of Android tablet, designed by and for readers. You’ll find the comfortable, award-winning reading experience you’ve come to expect from Kobo, alongside the best of Android.
  • Page 6 Getting started Kobo Arc 7 Basics Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 6...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    What’s in this section: • Anatomy of your Kobo Arc 7 • Charging your Kobo Arc 7 • Putting your Kobo Arc 7 to sleep and waking it up • Using the touch screen • Unlocking the screen • Using apps or widgets •...

  • Page 8: Anatomy Of Your Kobo Arc 7

    Anatomy of your Kobo Arc 7 Where you’ll find … a. On / Off slider Turn your Kobo Arc 7 on or off, or put it to sleep. b. Camera Take pictures or video with apps like Skype. c. Volume button Press the volume button to increase or decrease the audio volume.

  • Page 9: Charging Your Kobo Arc 7

    A white thunderbolt symbol within the battery icon means that your Kobo Arc 7 is charging. If you see a red line at the bottom of the battery icon, or a red thunderbolt symbol within the battery icon, it means your battery is low and you should charge your Kobo Arc 7 immediately.
  • Page 10 If you turn your Kobo Arc 7 off, you’ll go back to your Home page when you turn it on again, and it can take up to 25 seconds to restart. To turn your Kobo Arc 7 on: •...

  • Page 11: Using The Touch Screen

    Using the touch screen You can touch your Kobo Arc 7 screen to select items, open books, turn pages, and more. In many cases you can just touch the screen lightly with a fingertip to interact with it. There are a few other gestures that you may find useful.

  • Page 12: Unlocking The Screen

    Unlocking the screen When you get your Kobo Arc 7, you’ll see a lock icon on the screen when it wakes up. The lock prevents you from making accidental changes. To unlock your Kobo Arc 7, drag the lock icon in any direction to the edge of the circle that’s around it. Once you unlock your Kobo Arc 7, you can read books and magazines, use your collections, and more.

  • Page 13: Using Apps Or Widgets

    Using apps or widgets Your Kobo Arc 7 comes with apps that let you browse the web, send email, view images, listen to music, and more. You can also add free or purchased apps and widgets from Google Play to your Kobo Arc 7.
  • Page 14 3. Tap the personal collection where you want to put the app shortcut or widget. 4. Tap the All Apps icon at the bottom of the screen. 5. Swipe from right to left to see more apps and widgets. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 14...

  • Page 15: Adding Or Removing Other Users

    As the Kobo tablet owner, you can delete other user profiles, but each user can manage their own profile. This means that each user can change the password they use to open their profile, switch the Kobo Account used for the profile, change their reading preferences, and manage their personal collections.
  • Page 16 When you create additional user profiles you have to complete the Kobo tablet setup steps again. This setup only applies to the user you’re adding, not your existing account. Note: The additional user profiles you create share the storage space on your Kobo tablet with you.

  • Page 17: Changing Your User Profile Image

    Your user profile includes the option to add a personal photo. You’ll see the image you add at the left of the Quick Launch Bar, and if you’re sharing your Kobo Arc, on the login page. You can create your user profile image using the built-in camera, or grab it from an app like Gallery.

  • Page 18: Adding Items From Your Computer

    To turn on Airplane Mode: 1. Pull the power slider at the top of your Kobo Arc 7 to the right for a few seconds. The power off menu will appear.
  • Page 19 Once you’ve transferred content to your Kobo Arc 7 you can view it, import it, and add it to collections. For example, if you add any personal photos, you’ll see them when you open an image app like Gallery, and if you’ve added books, you’ll be able to import them into your Books collection.

  • Page 20: Navigating On Your Kobo Arc 7

    Navigating on your Kobo Arc 7 At any time on your Kobo Arc 7, when you tap the Home icon at the bottom of the screen you’ll be a swipe away from the three areas you’ll use the most – your Kobo Home page, the Apps &...

  • Page 21: Customizing Your Quick Launch Bar

    Kobo Home page. The Apps & Widgets page on your Kobo Arc 7 is a standard Android page where you can put your favorite widgets or shortcuts for your favorite apps. Profile Image • You’ll see your Profile image at the bottom of your Kobo Home page and your Apps &...

  • Page 22: Using Your Apps & Widgets Page

    All Apps icon at the bottom of the screen. b. Long press the app you want to add to your Quick Launch Bar. The Kobo Home page or the Apps & Widgets page will appear. c. Slide the app over the Quick Launch Bar.
  • Page 23 3. When the app turns red, remove your finger from the screen. The app is removed. Note: This only deletes the shortcut, not the app itself. You can still find the app in your All Apps area. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 23...

  • Page 24: Using Collections

    Collections are groups of items. They help you keep your books, files, apps, and other kinds of content organized. When you swipe from right to left on the Kobo Home page, your collections will appear. Each collection looks like a book on a shelf, with a small image of the last item that was added or opened.

  • Page 25: Managing Your Personal Collections

    • Kobo Collections: This is where you’ll find collections curated by popular authors and other experts, and collections that expand on themes, names, places, authors, and characters in the books you’re reading. If you see a Kobo Collection and save it, you’ll find it here.
  • Page 26 You can create a new personal collection on the collections page, or inside any of your other personal collections. Once you’ve created a personal collection, you can move it around. Note: You can’t delete or modify the Books, Magazines, Want To Read, Kobo Collections, or Articles from Pocket collections. To add a new personal collection: 1.
  • Page 27 • You can’t rename the Books, Magazines, Want To Read, Kobo Collections, or Articles from Pocket collections. • When you rename a personal collection that includes books or magazines from your Kobo Library, the collection will also be renamed in your Kobo Library on other devices. To rename a collection: 1.

  • Page 28: Moving Round In A Collection

    Adding items from a web browser When you’re using a browser, the add icon at the top of the page makes it quick and easy to add something you see to a collection. This is like bookmarking a page. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 28...
  • Page 29 To add an item from your browser: 1. Use the browser on your Kobo tablet to go to the page you want to add to your collection. 2. Tap the Add icon at the top right of the browser page.

  • Page 30: Resizing Items

    Pocket using the Pocket add-on installed on your web browser. After you login to Pocket on your Kobo Arc 7 you’ll find all articles you’ve saved to your Pocket account in the Articles from Pocket collection. You can add any of the articles in your Articles from Pocket collection to one of your personal collections.

  • Page 31: Removing Items From A Personal Collection

    7. For example, books in your Kobo Library are still in your Books collection, photos you took with the Kobo tablet camera are still in the Gallery app, and apps and widgets are still available on your All Apps page.

  • Page 32: Using Apps

    Setting up the Email app You can link any of your personal email accounts to the Email app on your Kobo Arc 7. After your email account is linked, you can view the emails and contacts it contains, and send and receive emails.
  • Page 33 • Notify me when email arrives: You’ll receive a notification each time an email arrives. • Sync contact from this account: The contact list for this account will be available in the Email app. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 33...
  • Page 34 • Sync email from this account: When you enable this you’ll see the latest changes you’ve made on your Kobo Arc 7 everywhere you use the email account. For example, if you read an email on your Kobo Arc 7 it will be marked read on your other devices.

  • Page 35: Browsing The Web

    Browser app. Listening to music You can use your Kobo Arc 7 to listen to music files you own (such as MP3s) with apps like Play Music, or to connect to online music services such as SoundCloud or Rdio. You can listen to music with the speaker at the back of your Kobo Arc 7 or with headphones.

  • Page 36: Viewing Images And Video

    You can use the Gallery app to images, videos, and the photo’s you’ve taken with your Kobo Arc offline, and use other apps such as YouTube to view visual media online. You can adjust the screen brightness or change screen orientation (by rotating your Kobo Arc 7) to make it easier to view things.
  • Page 37 Reading with Kobo Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 37...

  • Page 38: Adding Ebooks Or Emagazines To Your Kobo Arc 7

    If you’d like to find a new eBook or eMagazine there are several options available on your Kobo Arc 7. On your Kobo Home page, you’ll find lists that feature new releases, popular books or magazines, and books and magazines we recommend for you based on what’s in your Kobo Library.
  • Page 39 • Friends are reading – books and magazines in your friends’ Libraries, if they’ve shared them. To use a list on your Kobo Home page to find your next eBook or eMagazine: 1. Tap the Home icon at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 40 Home icon at the bottom of the screen. 1. Tap the All Apps icon at the bottom of the screen. 2. Tap the Kobo Store icon. 3. Tap the Search icon at the top of the screen. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 40...

  • Page 41: Buying An Ebook Or Emagazine

    1. Tap the cover of any eBook or eMagazine you’d like to buy. 2. Tap Buy Now, Buy Issue, or Subscribe to start checkout. 3. Sign in or create a new Kobo account. 4. Enter your billing name and address details.

  • Page 42: Adding Ebooks From Other Sources

    Tap Apply. 10. Tap Purchase. You’re done – you’ll find your new books and magazines in your Library Collections. Note: You’ll need to connect your Kobo tablet to the Internet to get your new books and magazines. To purchase a preview: 1.
  • Page 43 • Tap Yes to delete the original copy of the book on your memory card, and import the file. Note: If you log out of your Kobo account on your Kobo Arc 7, you will delete any books you’ve imported with this method.

  • Page 44: Adding Library Ebooks

    Adding library eBooks If you’d like to read library eBooks on your Kobo Arc 7 you’ll need to use the free Overdrive app, or another reading app supported by your library. You can get the Overdrive app and many other reading apps from Google Play.

  • Page 45: Reading On Your Kobo Arc 7

    Any books or magazine issues you buy are automatically delivered to your Kobo Library. If a book or magazine is added to your Kobo Library and your Kobo Arc 7 isn’t connected to a Wi Fi network, however, you’ll have to connect and sync to see them in your Library collections.

  • Page 46: Downloading Books Or Magazines

    Downloading books or magazines You can only read books or magazines if the content is on your Kobo Arc 7, so if you’re travelling or will be away from a Wi Fi network, you need to download anything you want to read.

  • Page 47: Opening A Book, Magazine Or Pocket Article

    4. Tap the Menu icon at the top of the collection. 5. Tap Download All. Your Kobo Arc 7 will download the contents of all your books or magazines, depending on the collection you have open. Note: Tap Pause All to pause the download.
  • Page 48 Android, or with apps available from the Apple Store or Google Play. On your Kobo Arc 7 you’ll find all your articles in your Articles from Pocket collection. If you want to view online articles, videos or images, you’ll find an option to open the Pocket app in your Articles from Pocket collection.

  • Page 49: Navigating A Book

    5. Tap the article you’d like to read. Navigating a book The Kobo Arc 7 includes a number of options that let you navigate your book while reading. You’ll find it easy to turn pages, find a particular page, or find and start reading a chapter.

  • Page 50: Navigating A Magazine

    To use the navigation bar, with your magazine open: 1. Tap the center of the page. The reading options will appear. 2. Swipe left or right on the page images at the bottom of the page. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 50...

  • Page 51: Guided Reading For Magazines

    You’ll see a flash at the edges of the screen, and guided reading will be turned on. Note: You can zoom in as much as you wish. 2. If required, tap the Go to Start of Article icon. The page focus will move to the first section of the article. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 51...

  • Page 52: Closing A Book Or Magazine

    Library, it’s deleted from the Kobo Cloud and from your Library. Note: If you’re removing a book or magazine you’ve purchased from your Library, you’ll still be able to find it in your purchased books on the Kobo web site. To remove a book or magazine: 1.
  • Page 53 The book or magazine will be removed from your Library. To remove more than one book in your Library: 1. Tap the Home icon on your Kobo Arc 7. 2. Swipe from right to left until you see your collections page. 3. Tap Books or Magazines.
  • Page 54 • From Library The book or magazine will be removed from your Library. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 54...

  • Page 55: Changing Your Reading Experience

    • Rotating the page orientation (portrait vs landscape) Changing text size and style You can experiment with the font size and style on your Kobo Arc 7 to find the most comfortable reading experience. For example, you can change the font style if you find reading in bright light easier with heavier letters, or change the font size if you prefer reading with larger text.

  • Page 56: Changing The Page Theme

    • Day Mode: The page is white with black text. • Night Mode: The page is black with white text. • Sepia Mode: The page is sepia with black text. 4. Tap the center of the screen to resume reading. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 56...

  • Page 57: Using Night Reading Mode

    4. Tap the center of the page to resume reading. Adjusting screen brightness while reading The Kobo Arc 7 screen will automatically adjust to the light levels around you. If you’d prefer, you can change this brightness level to make reading more comfortable.

  • Page 58: Rotating The Page Orientation (Portrait Vs Landscape)

    • Turn your tablet 90 degrees to the left or right. The page will automatically rotate. Note: The page will not rotate if the Kobo Arc 7 is on a flat surface, or if Auto-rotate screen is disabled in settings.
  • Page 59 Reading Menu icon at the bottom of the page. 2. Tap the Advanced Settings icon. 3. Tap Portrait or Landscape, depending on the default orientation you’d prefer. 4. Tap the center of the screen to resume reading. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 59...

  • Page 60: Adding Notes, Bookmarks, And Looking Up Words

    1. Press and hold a word in the text for a few seconds. When you remove your finger you’ll see a highlight and two circles at each end of the word, and a text options bar on the page. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 60...

  • Page 61: Adding Notes

    2. Drag the icons to select the text. Your note will be associated with this text. 3. Choose a highlight color if desired. 4. Tap the Add Note icon on the text options bar. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 61...

  • Page 62: Bookmarking Pages

    Bookmarking pages Like a bookmark in a paper book, you can mark interesting pages that you want to return to on your Kobo Arc 7. To bookmark a page while reading: • Tap the top right-hand corner of the page.

  • Page 63: Looking Up Words

    2. Tap Full definition to open the dictionary definition. 3. Tap Wikipedia to open Wikipedia. 4. Tap Google Search to open Google Search results. 5. Tap the Info icon to change the language of the dictionary definition. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 63...
  • Page 64 Troubleshooting Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 64...

  • Page 65: Troubleshooting

    • Restart your Kobo Arc 7 Troubleshooting apps and widgets If you’re having trouble running a particular app or widget, or if your Kobo Arc 7 is very slow and you suspect an app or widget is causing problems, here are some things you can try: •...
  • Page 66 You may need to sign in again. To clear data: 1. Tap the Home icon at the bottom of the screen. 2. Put your finger at the top right of the screen and swipe down. The Settings shortcuts will appear. Kobo Arc 7 User Guide 66...
  • Page 67 If you continue to have trouble with one specific app, try reinstalling it. Note: You can only uninstall apps that you’ve added to your Kobo Arc 7 yourself – you can’t remove the apps that came with your Kobo Arc 7.

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting Wi Fi Issues

    7. Tap the app's name. 8. Tap Uninstall. 9. Tap Ok. To reinstall the app: 1. Tap the Home icon on your Kobo Arc 7. 2. Tap the All Apps icon. 3. Tap the Get Apps icon. 4. Search and download the app on Google Play.
  • Page 69 1. Tap the Home icon on your Kobo Arc 7. If there is no Wi Fi icon at the top right of the screen, your Kobo Arc 7 is not connected to a wireless network. 2. Put your finger at the top right of the screen and swipe down.
  • Page 70 Kobo Arc 7. If there is no Wi Fi icon at the top right of the screen, your Kobo Arc 7 is not connected to a wireless network. Note: Follow the steps in the section above, Make sure that Wi Fi is on, to connect to a network.
  • Page 71 Restart your Kobo Arc 7 If nothing else has worked when you have an issue with your Kobo Arc 7, you may resolve a problem by turning your tablet off and restarting it. If you restart your Kobo Arc 7 and you’re prompted to download a software update, please accept the update, as it may include a resolution for a common issue.

  • Page 72: Getting Help

    Getting Help If you have questions on how to use your Kobo Arc 7, use the Help feature to find your answer. The Help feature lets you ask a question using natural language, as if you were talking to a real person. For example, you could type, “How do I charge my Kobo Arc 7?”...

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