Get the latest firmware updates for your Cybook Gen3 & Cybook Opus

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1 Get the latest firmware updates for your Cybook Gen3 & Cybook Opus Paris, June 21, Dear Cybook User, Bookeen has customers in over 80 countries and we are happy to count you amongst them. These 2 firmware updates are available as free downloads: Version Build Release Date DRM epub PDF PRC FB2 HTML TXT June 2010 Adobe June 2010 Mobipocket Note: For contractual reasons, both DRM cannot coexist. One single version can be installed. Installing a new version will replace the previous one. Each firmware (FW) can be applied to the following devices: FW FW Cybook Ver. Launch EPD Grey Speed Storage Gen3 1 Oct MHz 64 MB Gen3 2 May MHz 512 MB Gen3 3 Dec MHz 512 MB Gen3 Gold Edition 4 Dec MHz 1 GB Opus 1 Aug MHz 1 GB Opus (8 housing colors) 2 May MHz 1 GB If you wish to update your Cybook, you will find the procedure below. Happy e-reading Sincerely, Bookeen Support Team PAGE 1 OF 5

2 Latest features (common to versions 1.6 & 2.1) Instant Reading Cybook can be switched on/off in 1 second, keeping last read page open. Note 1: works on all 400 MHz Cybooks (Gen3 v3, Gen3 Gold Edition and all Opus ). Note 2: in this mode, device is actually in deep-sleep mode (very low power consumption). Shutdown Shutdown option now available from Advanced menu. On 400 MHz Cybooks, one can press the power off button for 2 seconds. On 200 MHz Cybooks, power off button behaves as usual. Note: when shut down, Cybook will display a blank screen with a switched-off icon. 9 new user interface languages for a total of 23 languages New: Danish, Croatian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Slovak, Chinese simplified & Chinese traditional. User interface is now available in a total of 23 languages: Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Slovak, Slovenian, Chinese simplified & Chinese traditional. Note: to be able to select a Chinese user interface, a Chinese font must be present in the Fonts directory. Chinese/Japanese/Korean and other international content in Library Support for Chinese, Japanese & Korean (CJK) file names and metadata. Non Latin/Greek/Cyrillic text will automatically be rendered using another user supplied font ( Fonts directory). Note: works for all left-to-right languages. Accelerometer shortcut (Cybook Opus) Accelerometer can be enabled/disabled with Menu + Enter shortcut. Side buttons (Cybook Opus) Side buttons can be flipped ( Advanced menu), allowing one hand page turns with thumb on lower button (portrait modes only). Improvement (Cybook Gen3 Gold Edition) Lower power consumption in suspend modes. Faster pagination mode. USB activity (400MHz Cybooks only) LED now blinks during USB transfers. Bug fix (Cybook Opus) Under some circumstances, accelerometer would stay in suspend mode and would not unlock until deactivated and reactivated. Localization fixes Corrections in Finnish & Spanish user interface. PAGE 2 OF 5

3 Latest features (version 2.1 only) Table of Contents (epub/pdf/fb2) Complete TOC now displayed, including potential multi-levels. Improvement (TXT) New heuristics to process text. Specifically, Gutenberg Project texts will now be rendered better and faster. Also, now accepts any text encoding. Improvement (FB2) Hyperlinks & metadata support. Fix (bug in version 2.0) epub & PDF metadata handling corrected in Library. Fix (bug in version 2.0) Lower memory consumption with large font files. Latest features (version 1.6 only) Mobipocket dictionaries Faster accesses in Lookup mode. Note: dictionaries must be located at the root of folder ebooks. PAGE 3 OF 5

4 Prior features (common to versions 1.5 & 2.0) Fast-Ink algorithms Adaptative and faster ever e-paper user interface (works on all Cybooks from 2007 to 2010). Browsing mode While reading and also in the Library, keeping next/prev. page button pressed will enter ultra-fast pagination mode (works on all Cybooks). Folder view ( Library ) Allows browsing within self-organized folders. Menus Virtually infinite menus (was previously limited to the display visible height). File Delete option (in Library, also plugged to Gen3 4 th button). + and - shortcuts Shortcut to increase/decrease size or zoom in/out. Note 1: on Cybook Opus, use Menu button + top/bottom side button. Note 2: during audio playback (Cybook Gen3), will increase/decrease volume. Note 3: on 200MHz versions (v1 & v2), will only work if another key has been pressed within 2s. Bug fixes Overall stability (especially card detection, random freezes). Prior features (versions 2.0 only) 12 font sizes From very small to very large (works with epub, HTML, FB2, TXT). Customizable font family You can add your own TrueType fonts within the Fonts folder (works with epub, HTML, FB2, TXT). Text justification Layout can be switched between justified and left-aligned text (works with epub, HTML, FB2, TXT). Text emboldening Allows setting text in bold for maximized contrast (works with epub, HTML, FB2, TXT). FB2 format support FictionBook (.fb2) files are now supported. Automated character set recognition For HTML, FB2 & TXT files (works with Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Chinese, Japanese & Korean). PAGE 4 OF 5

5 Preparation To install this firmware update, a storage card is needed (SD for Cybook Gen3, microsd for Cybook Opus). From your computer, format the storage card in FAT32. You do not need to save your personal files. This firmware update will keep your Cybook internal memory untouched. How to Download On your computer, go to bookeen.com and to section Support, Download. Login, select and download the firmware update file. Extract the content of the downloaded zip file. You should get a single file update_kernel : this is the firmware update utility. Copy the file update_kernel to the root of the storage card. How to Install Make sure your Cybook is fully charged. Switch off your device. Insert the storage card into your Cybook. Switch on your device. When the boot image is visible (Cybook & Bookeen logotypes), press the center key of the navigation pad and keep it pressed for a few seconds until the screen flashes. When the screen flashes, you can release the key: the update process has started. The update completes in a couple of minutes. Once updated, Cybook will switch off with Upgrade successful message (400MHz versions) or will automatically restart (200MHz versions). Delete the file update_kernel from the storage card and from your computer. This file will not be useful anymore. Congratulations! Your Cybook has been upgraded. How to Check my Firmware Version Open the contextual menu. Open "Advanced " then "About ". "Boo Reader" section shows "Version: x.y (build z)". PAGE 5 OF 5