Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 - User Guide Table of Contents About your Kobo eReader.........................................6 Anatomy of your Kobo eReader.................................................6 Waterproofing your Kobo eReader............................................8 Using your Kobo eReader around water....................................9 Charging your Kobo eReader.....................................................9 Charging your Kobo eReader with a wall adapter....................
Understanding sync...................................................................22 Syncing your Kobo eReader over Wi Fi....................................23 Syncing your Kobo eReader with Kobo Desktop.....................23 Reading your books.................................................25 Exploring your Library...............................................................25 Searching for books...................................................................
Removing highlights on your Kobo eReader............................38 Adding notes to your book on your Kobo eReader.................39 Seeing your note while reading on your Kobo eReader...........39 Removing notes from your books on your Kobo eReader ......40 Using the dictionary on your Kobo eReader.............................41 Adding or removing dictionaries..............................................41 Translating a word.....................................................................
Charging your eReader.............................................................53 Signing out and signing back in to your eReader.....................54 Performing a factory reset........................................................55 Performing a manual factory reset............................................56 Getting help.............................................................58 Getting help...............................................................................
About your Kobo eReader What's in This Section • Anatomy of your Kobo eReader • Waterproofing your Kobo eReader • Using your Kobo eReader around water • Charging your Kobo eReader • Charging your Kobo eReader with a wall adapter • Turning your Kobo eReader on and off • Using the touch screen • Using your Home screen • Adjusting screen brightness • About the Natural Light feature • Using the Natural Light feature • Connecting to your computer Anatomy of your Kobo eReader
Power button – Press to turn your eReader on or off, or put it to sleep. Micro USB port – Connect your eReader to your computer using the supplied Micro USB cable to charge your eReader or add books.
Waterproofing your Kobo eReader Your Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 can be submerged in 2 metres (just over 6.5 feet) of fresh water for up to 60 minutes if you follow these instructions. Your Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 is IPX8-certified, which means that it has been tested and certified as waterproof in certain conditions. Here are a few things you should do to avoid damaging your eReader with water. Note that your Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 is not dustproof or sandproof.
Using your Kobo eReader around water For the best reading experience, your eReader's screen and your hands should be dry. If the screen gets wet, just wipe it with a dry cloth. The screen may not respond as expected if used while wet or under water. If your eReader gets wet with any of the following, rinse it with fresh water immediately and dry it before use. This will extend the life of your eReader.
1. Turn on your computer. 2. Connect your Micro USB cable to your eReader and your computer. You can continue reading while your eReader charges. You can see the battery's charge in the top-right corner of the screen. Battery icons • Out of power • Charging • Partially charged • Fully charged Charging your Kobo eReader with a wall adapter You can charge your Kobo eReader with any 5V, 500mA Micro USB adapter.
Turning your Kobo eReader on and off Turning your Kobo eReader off or putting it to sleep both help your battery last longer. When you put your eReader to sleep and then wake it up, you go directly back to the last screen you saw. This could be a page in a book, the Kobo catalogue, or your own list of items. If you turn your eReader off, you’ll go directly to your Home page when you turn it on again. • To turn your eReader on: Press and hold the power button for three seconds.
Using the touch screen When your eReader is on, you can touch the screen to open books, turn pages, select items, and more. Here are a few gestures you might find useful. • Tap: Touch the screen lightly to open a book, turn a page, select a menu, and more. This is the gesture you'll use the most. • Swipe: Use this gesture to scroll through the books in your Library and turn pages. • Press and hold: Touch the screen and hold your finger in place.
you can see your recently opened books, access the Kobo Bookstore, and more. Go to your Home screen by tapping the Home icon at the top of the screen. While reading, tap the centre of your screen to see the Home icon. Your Home screen is organized with tiles to make things easier to find. Tap a tile to interact with it. Home screen tiles include: • The book you're currently reading. • Books you've recently opened or purchased. • Recommended books we think you'll enjoy.
Adjusting screen brightness You can adjust the brightness from your Home screen or while you're reading. Your eReader can automatically adjust the screen's brightness depending on the lighting conditions in your area. For instance, if you're reading in a dark room, the screen automatically dims or brightens to maintain your preferred brightness level that you previously set. • While you're reading, swipe up or down along the left edge of the screen.
• From your Home screen, tap the brightness icon at the top of the screen, then drag the under Brightness to the left or right.
Using the Natural Light feature With the Natural Light feature, you can adjust the colour of the screen. Colours range from an orange candlelight for nighttime reading, to a white sunlight for daytime. You can also manually adjust the Natural Light feature so that your eReader won't change the screen colour. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap the Brightness icon near the top of the screen. The Natural Light settings menu will appear. 3. Beside Bedtime, tap the dropdown arrow. 4.
towards the left towards the . Drag the circle icon sun icon to make the screen glow white for daytime reading. Drag the circle icon towards the moon icon to make the screen glow orange for nighttime reading. Note: When you manually adjust your Natural Light settings, your eReader will not automatically adjust the screen colour according to the time of day.
• Download Kobo Desktop at kobosetup.com. • Download the Kobo Desktop user guide from kobo.com/userguides. • Search our help site at kobo.com/help.
Using Wi Fi What's in This Section • Connecting your Kobo eReader to a Wi Fi network • Checking the Wi Fi status on your Kobo eReader • Turning Wi Fi off on your Kobo eReader Connecting your Kobo eReader to a Wi Fi network Use Wi Fi to connect to the internet on your eReader, to search the Kobo Bookstore, and sync your Kobo eReader. All you need is access to a wireless network. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap the Sync tile. Your eReader will try to connect to Wi Fi. This may take a moment. 3.
4. If you're prompted for a network password, use the keyboard to type in the password and then tap Join. You can tap Show Password to see what you're typing. Checking the Wi Fi status on your Kobo eReader To see if you’re connected to the internet, check the Wi Fi status icon at the top of your screen. Wi Fi icons • Wi Fi is disabled. • You have a moderately good Wi Fi connection. • You have an excellent Wi Fi connection. You may have to sync your eReader to see the Wi Fi status icon. 1.
Turning Wi Fi off on your Kobo eReader You can turn Wi Fi off to stop your Kobo eReader from connecting to the internet. This will extend your eReader's battery life, and let you use your eReader on an airplane. Your Wi Fi connection will turn off automatically if it's inactive for more than five minutes. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap the More icon at the top of the screen. The Quick Settings panel will appear. 3. Tap Wi Fi. 4. Tap the circle icon beside Wi Fi: Enabled.
Syncing your Kobo eReader What's in This Section • Understanding sync • Syncing your Kobo eReader over Wi Fi • Syncing your Kobo eReader with Kobo Desktop Understanding sync It’s important to sync regularly to get recent software or app updates, download newly purchased books to your Kobo eReader, and to update your books with bookmarks or annotations you made while reading on another device.
Syncing your Kobo eReader over Wi Fi Follow these instructions to read your newly purchased book from kobo.com on your Kobo eReader. You'll need access to an active Wi Fi connection before you start. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap the Sync tile. • If you are within range of a known network, your eReader automatically joins that network and will begin syncing. • If you are not within range of a known network, your eReader will begin the Adding a Network process.
1. Connect your eReader to your computer using a Micro USB cable and tap Connect. 2. Open Kobo Desktop on your computer. 3. If you're not already signed in to your Kobo account, click the Profile icon at the top of your screen and sign in. Sync icon. 4. Click the Your eReader will sync and update your Library. 5. Click the Eject button at the top of the screen to disconnect your eReader from your computer.
Reading your books What's in This Section • Exploring your Library • Searching for books Exploring your Library Your Library is where you'll find and manage all the books on your eReader. To access your purchased books, free book previews, and collections in your Library: 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap Read. 3. Select one of your Library areas: • Books: All the Kobo books, PDFs, and other documents in your Library. • Collections: Books you've grouped together.
• Articles from Pocket: Online articles or webpages you've added using the free Pocket app on your computer, tablet, or other device. Searching for books Use the search bar at the top of your Home screen to find a book already in your Library, or a new book in the Kobo Bookstore. Search using the book title, author name, or a keyword. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap the search bar at the top of the screen. 3.
Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud What's in This Section • About the Kobo Cloud • Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your Kobo eReader • Downloading all your books to your Kobo eReader at once • Removing books from your Kobo eReader • Removing all your books from your Kobo eReader at once About the Kobo Cloud All the books you purchase from Kobo are stored in the Kobo Cloud, an online storage area with unlimited space.
Downloading books from the Kobo Cloud to your Kobo eReader If your books are stored in the Kobo Cloud, you'll need to download them to your eReader before you can read them. Make sure your eReader is connected to Wi Fi to download books from the Kobo Cloud. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap Read. 3. Tap Books. Any books that aren't already on your eReader will have the word Download beside the book title or a Download icon on the book cover. 4. Tap the book's cover to download it.
Downloading all your books to your Kobo eReader at once Follow these steps to download your entire Kobo Library to your eReader. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap Read. 3. Tap Books. 4. Tap the More icon in the grey bar. 5. Tap Download all. Your books will be placed in a queue and downloaded to your eReader one at a time. In List view, the word Pending will appear beside books that are in the download queue. In Cover view, you'll see progress bars on the covers of books you're waiting to download.
2. Tap Read. 3. Tap Books. 4. Tap and hold the cover or title of the book. A menu will appear. 5. Tap Remove. A dialog box will appear. 6. Select one of these options: • Remove download: Re-download the item from the Kobo Cloud later. This option is automatically selected. • Remove from My Books: Delete the book from your Kobo account and all of your devices. 7. Tap Remove.
3. Tap Books. 4. Tap the More icon in the grey bar. 5. Tap Manage downloads. 6. Beside Downloaded Kobo Books, tap Remove all. 7. Tap Remove. All of your Kobo books will be removed from your eReader.
Reading on your Kobo eReader What's in This Section • Getting around a book • Changing text and font options on your Kobo eReader • Closing books • Bookmarking pages • Finding a bookmarked page • Highlighting text on your Kobo eReader • Seeing highlights on your Kobo eReader • Removing highlights on your Kobo eReader • Adding notes to your book on your Kobo eReader • Seeing your note while reading on your Kobo eReader • Removing notes from your books on your Kobo eReader • Using the d
Getting around a book You can quickly go to any chapter or page in your book with just a few taps. Tap the cover or title of your book on your Home screen or Library to open it. Tap or swipe the side of the page in your book to turn pages. If you want to jump forward by more than a page or two: 1. Tap the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the • Navigation icon.
• To jump to the next chapter, tap the Forward icon. Jump • To jump to the previous chapter, tap the Jump Back icon. • To go to a specific chapter, tap Table of contents and tap the chapter. • Tap the Snap Back icon to return to your previous position in the book. 3. Tap anywhere on the page to close the navigation bar. Changing text and font options on your Kobo eReader Your eReader offers several different sizes of text for most books.
• Tap the dropdown menu beside Font Face to select from a list of available fonts. • Drag the circle icon beside Font Sizes to change the size of the text. • Drag the circle icon beside Line Spacing to increase or decrease the space between the lines of type. • Drag the circle icon beside Margins to make the margins bigger or smaller. • Tap your choice of justification.
2. Press and hold the book's cover. A menu will appear. 3. Select Mark as finished. Bookmarking pages You can mark interesting passages or pages that you'd like to return to using bookmarks. • While reading, tap the top-right corner of the page. A bookmark will appear as a dog-ear. Finding a bookmarked page If you added a bookmark to a page, you can easily find it again using the Reading Menu. 1. While reading, tap the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2.
Highlighting text on your Kobo eReader Most books let you highlight text, just like using a highlighter in a printed book. Note: You cannot highlight text in a PDF. 1. While reading, press and hold a word for a few seconds until an underline appears. 2. Lift your finger from the page. You'll see a circle at each end of the word. 3. Drag the first circle to the start of the text you want to select, and the second circle to the end. 4. Tap Highlight.
A list of bookmarks, highlights, and notes that you made in your book will appear. 4. Tap on a highlight to see the entire highlighted passage. Removing highlights on your Kobo eReader You can remove highlights you made in your book while you're reading. 1. Tap the centre of the page. The Reading Menu will appear. 2. Tap the More icon at the bottom of the page. 3. Tap Annotations. 4. Tap and hold the highlight you'd like to remove. A menu will appear. 5. Tap Remove highlight.
Adding notes to your book on your Kobo eReader You can add notes to your books while you're reading. 1. While reading, press and hold a word for a few seconds, until an underline appears. 2. Lift your finger from the page. You'll see a circle at each end of the word. 3. Drag the first circle to the start of the text you want to select, and the second circle to the end. 4. Tap Add Note. 5. Use the keyboard to enter your notes, and tap Save.
3. Tap Annotations. A list of bookmarks, highlights, and notes that you made in your book will appear. 4. Tap the text beside Note on the right to view your entire note. Removing notes from your books on your Kobo eReader If you no longer need a note, you can delete it from your book while you're reading. 1. Tap the centre of the page. The Reading Menu will appear. 2. Tap the More icon at the bottom of the page. 3. Tap Annotations.
Using the dictionary on your Kobo eReader If you see an unfamiliar word while you're reading, you can use your eReader's built-in dictionary to view its definition. 1. While reading, press and hold the word you'd like to look up. An underline will appear beneath the word. 2. Lift your finger from the screen. The word's definition will appear. The dictionary may not work in some books such as PDFs, books you borrowed from a public library, or free books you found on the internet.
3. Tap Settings. 4. Tap Language and dictionaries. 5. Under Dictionary, tap Edit. 6. Add or remove a dictionary: • To add a dictionary, tap the plus icon beside the dictionary you want to add. • To remove a dictionary, tap the check mark icon beside the dictionary you'd like to remove. 7. Tap Save. Translating a word Your Kobo eReader has a translation dictionary that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks.
3. Tap the dropdown icon at the bottom-right corner of the dialog box. A list of languages will appear in the dropdown menu. 4. Select the language that you'd like to translate to.
Adding books What's in This Section • Browsing the Kobo Bookstore • Buying a book on your Kobo eReader • Adding a book to your Wishlist while shopping on your eReader • Viewing your Wishlist Browsing the Kobo Bookstore You can find and buy books in several ways on your eReader. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap Browse. 3. Tap any of the listed options: • Overview: See Kobo's latest releases. You can use the search bar to find a book by title, author, series, or ISBN.
• Top Picks: Books organized thematically for easy browsing. • Categories: A list of topics that can help you find books. Select a subject that interests you. • Related Reads: Books similar to those you're reading or looking up in the Kobo Store. • Wishlist: View the list of books that you've added to your Wishlist. You can add books to your Wishlist while browsing in the Kobo Bookstore. Buying a book on your Kobo eReader You can buy eBooks right on your eReader.
7. Tap Buy next to the book you want to purchase. 8. If you've shopped with Kobo before and saved your billing information, go to step 11. 9. Use the keyboard to enter your billing address and credit card information. Note: We need your billing address to calculate taxes for your order based on your location. 10. Tap Continue. 11. Review your order. 12. If you want to use a gift card or promo code, tap Add Gift Card or Add Promo Code, and provide the required information.
Adding a book to your Wishlist while shopping on your eReader You can add book previews to your Wishlist that you're interested in buying later. 1. While shopping for a book, tap on the book cover that you're interested in. 2. Tap + Wishlist. Note: Some books do not have previews. Viewing your Wishlist After you've added book previews to your Wishlist, you can see the Wishlist items on your eReader. 1. Go to your Home screen. 2. Tap Browse. 3. Tap Wishlist.
Troubleshooting your eReader What's in This Section • Troubleshooting your eReader • Turning your eReader off • Charging your eReader • Signing out and signing back in to your eReader • Performing a factory reset • Performing a manual factory reset Troubleshooting your eReader If you're experiencing problems with your eReader, a quick solution is to turn your eReader off and then back on. You can also try charging your eReader if it's unresponsive.
If signing out and back in doesn't solve your problem, try performing a factory reset on your eReader instead. Turning your eReader off If your eReader is unresponsive or not working like you expect, try turning it off and then back on again. 1. Press and hold the power button until you see the Powered off screen. Note: If you see the Sleeping screen, turn your eReader back on and try turning your eReader off again. 2. Press and hold the power button until your eReader turns on.
2. Connect your Micro USB cable to your eReader and your computer. Wait for a few minutes and see if your eReader restarts itself. If you haven't used your eReader in a while, it may be out of batteries. Let your eReader charge for three hours before trying to turn it on. Signing out and signing back in to your eReader Try signing out and signing back in to your eReader if you're having trouble with your books.
Once you’ve signed out, you’ll need to set up your eReader. After you’ve set up your eReader and signed in, tap Sync to add your books back into your Library. Performing a factory reset You can perform a factory reset to restore your eReader to its original settings. After a factory reset, you’ll have to set up and sync your eReader again. If you perform a factory reset on your eReader, you'll: • Remove all books from your eReader.
be re-downloaded from the Kobo Cloud after a factory reset. 2. Go to your Home screen. 3. Tap the More icon at the top of the screen. The Quick Settings panel will appear. 4. Tap Settings. 5. Tap Device information. 6. Tap Factory reset under Advanced. 7. Tap Reset Now. Performing a manual factory reset If a factory reset didn't solve your problem, you can try a manual factory reset to restore your eReader to its original settings.
• Plug the wall charger (not included) to a power outlet, and then connect your eReader to the wall charger. 2. Press and hold the power button until the power light on the top-right corner of your eReader turns off. 3. Release the power button. 4. Press and hold the power button on your eReader for 30 seconds. 5. Wait for the Restore screen to appear. 6. Release the power button. Your eReader screen will turn black and begin the restoring process.
Getting help What's in This Section • Getting help • Safety, regulatory, and warranty information Getting help Have questions or need help? Visit kobo.com/help. Safety, regulatory, and warranty information Important safety, regulatory, and warranty details about your eReader can be found at kobo.com/userguides. Note: The Declaration of Conformity may vary for different models of the Kobo eReader. Kobo.com/userguides includes information about how to find your Kobo eReader's model number.