Using the Reader Home Menu. Sony eBook Reader 4-174-983-12(1), PRS-900, PRS-900BC, 4-174-983-12(1)

Getting Started

Using the Reader Home Menu

The “Home” menu is the starting point to read content, visit the Reader Store, to use various applications and to configure the settings.

Menu items

Menu tabs

Status bar

Menu items

By tapping an item on the menu items area, you can open the selected content or content list(s).

Menu tabs

By tapping a menu tab, you can go to the Reader

Store, “Applications” menu and “Settings” menu.

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Getting Started

About the status bar

The status bar shows you the current status of the

Reader.

Icon

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Status

Shows the wireless status ( page 34 ).

Appears when connected to a 3G wireless network, which is faster than a

2G network. The Reader is automatically connected to a 3G network when available.

appears when downloading content.

appears when connecting and downloading a page in the Reader Store.

Shows the text size in the book or

periodical page ( page 67 ).

Shows the page position in horizontal

mode ( page 104 ).

Shows the current page and total pages.

If you tap it in the book or periodical page,

the page jump panel appears ( page 75 ).

Shows the volume level. It appears when

you adjust the volume ( page 149 ).

When you turn off the sound, appears.

Appears when you perform an invalid operation.

Appears while playing back tracks.

Shows battery status ( page 23 ).

appears when connected to an AC out let.

appears while charging via USB

(disappears when USB charging completes).

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