Barnes & Noble BNRV200 Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen

The picture below shows the Text controls available for books.

The text control tools.

Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen

It’s easy to adjust the brightness of the screen while you’re reading a book. Just do this:

1.Tap the center of the page to make the Reading Tools appear.

2.Tap the brightness icon.

Your NOOK displays a brightness control that features a slider for dimming or brightening the screen.

3.Use the slider to adjust the brightness of the screen.

Move the slider to the left to dim the screen. Move the slider to the right to brighten the screen.

4.When you have adjusted the brightness to your liking, tap the center of the page again to make the brightness controls and the Reading Tools disappear.

46	Barnes & Noble NOOK Color User Guide

Contents

Page Barnes & Noble, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 USA Model BNRV200 Version: 1.4.0.A Table of Contents Page Page Page Introduction Contact Us Getting to Know Your NOOK Power Button Headphone Jack Volume Controls VividView™ Color Touchscreen NOOK Button microUSB Port microSD Memory Card Slot Back microSD Memory Card Slot Speaker Getting Started with Your NOOK Registering Your NOOK Color NOTE: You will need to connect to a Wi-Finetwork to complete your registration 1.Watch the Introductory Video 2.Read and Accept the Terms of Service Agree Tutorial Videos Power and Charging Turning On Your NOOK Turning Off Your NOOK Wall Charging To charge your NOOK from a wall outlet, do this: Performing a Soft Reset Safety and Care Caring for Your NOOK Caring for the Touchscreen B&N and Designer Covers Warranty Coverage and the B&N Protection Plan http://www.nookcolor.com/warranty Locking and Unlocking Your NOOK Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK Press and Hold Swipe Scroll Drag Lift Pinch to Zoom The Quick Nav Bar The Status Bar Date Battery Wi-Fi Mute Auto-rotatescreen Brightness The Home Screen and the Daily Shelf Home Screen Panels and the Panel Indicator The Keep Reading Menu and the More Menu Wallpaper Changing the Wallpaper from the Home Screen The Daily Shelf Moving Items from the Daily Shelf to the Home Screen Moving Items from the Home Screen to the Daily Shelf Removing Items from the Daily Shelf Organizing Items on Your Home Screen Organizing Home Screen Items in Grids Removing Items from a Home Screen Panel Using Media Shortcuts Returning to the Home Screen Reading Books, Magazines, and Newspapers on Your NOOK Reading Books Turning to the Next Page Turning to the Previous Page Contents Find Share Text Brightness Reading Tools: content Reading Tools: find Reading Tools: share Reading Tools: text Reading Tools: brightness Reading Tools: discover Adding a Bookmark Viewing All Bookmarks in a Book Removing a Bookmark Clearing All Bookmarks Selecting Text Changing the Selection from a Word to a Passage Using the Text Selection Toolbar Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary Looking Up Information in Wikipedia or Google Writing a Note Viewing a Note Editing a Note Changing the Color of a Highlighted Passage Removing a Note Viewing All Notes Making Notes Visible or Invisible Adjusting the Appearance of the Page Size •Font •Theme •Line Spacing Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen Discovering Recommendations and Similar Books Zooming In and Out on Images Reading in Landscape Mode or Portrait Mode Reading Books that Include Video Opening DRM-protectedFiles Reading a PDF Reading a NOOK Kids Book Choosing a Way of Reading •Read by Myself •Read to Me or Read and Play Read and Play Reading a Book by Yourself Enlarging Text & Images Hearing a Book Read Aloud Read and Play Books Page Reading a NOOK Comic Book Reading a Magazine Page View Article View Reading a Newspaper Accessing Reading Tools Bookmarking Pages Your Library on Your NOOK The Media Bar The Sync Button The Search Tool for Your Library Memory Card Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library Sorting and Viewing Newspapers You can sort newspapers by: You can view newspapers in these arrangements: •a detailed list, which includes front pages and short descriptions Opening Books, Magazines, and Newspapers Organizing Your Library on Shelves Renaming a Shelf To rename a shelf, do this: Removing a Shelf To remove a shelf, do this: Archiving Books or Periodicals Opening Files on the SD Memory Card Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK My Files Music Files Video Files Recommendations for My Files Using NOOK Friends™ Launching the NOOK Friends App The NOOK Friends Navbar Friends’ Activities Page NOOK Friends Inviting Individual Friends to Become NOOK Friends Setting Up Your Account to Import Contacts from Your Google Account All Friends To remove a NOOK Friend from this list, do this: 2.Tap the button labeled Yes, Remove This Friend Tap the button labeled Awaiting Confirmation Using the LendMe® Program in NOOK Friends™ Viewing Books in the NOOK Friends App Viewing Books in Your Library Keeping Your List of Lendable Books Private To adjust your privacy settings for lendable books, do this: The image below shows the privacy controls for a list of lendable books Lending a Book To lend a book to a NOOK Friend, do this: On the Home Screen, the Daily Shelf, or the Library •You can notify your friend through email through your Contacts Add Contact Select a Contact Tap in the Message •Tap the Send button to email your LendMe offer and message to your friend Select a Friend To view a list of lendable books belonging to a specific NOOK Friend, do this: Viewing a List of Pending Offers from your NOOK Friends Viewing a List of Pending Requests from NOOK Friends To view a list of books that friends would like to borrow from you, do this: Identifying Books You Have Borrowed About Me Shopping on Your NOOK Introduction Browsing Lists and Categories Searching for Titles, Authors, or Topics Buying a Book Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper Buying a Subscription to a Magazine or Newspaper Buying an App Managing Your BN.com Account Using Your Wishlist Using Your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble Store Reading Books in a Barnes & Noble Store Searching Your NOOK Searching in Your Library Searching from the Quick Nav Bar Page Searching for Words with Accents and Other Diacritical Marks Using the Web Browser Address Bar: Back Button: Bookmarks: Options Menu: Page Navigating to a Web Site Opening a New Window in Your Web Browser Refreshing the Window Working with Bookmarks Adjusting the Text Size of Your Web Browser Zooming In and Out on a Web Page Setting Your Web Browser’s Home Page Disabling and Re-enablingYour Web Browser 4.Tap the Restrictions menu choice Page Re-enablingthe Web Browser To re-enablethe Web browser after you have disabled it, do this: Configuring Privacy Settings for Your Web Browser Configuring Security Settings for Your Web Browser Configuring the Browser Mode for Viewing Pages Using NOOK Email™ Launching the Email Application Managing Email Accounts Letting Your NOOK Set up Your Account Manually Setting up Your Account To accept all SSL certificates from email servers, check the box labeled Accept all SSL certificates 9.Tap Next 12.Click Done You’ve finished setting up your new email account Composing and Sending a Message Reading a Message Viewing and Saving Attachments Replying to Messages and Forwarding Messages Moving Messages into Folders in Your Email Account Deleting Messages Searching Email Configuring Email Settings General Settings Account name Your name Signature Email check frequency Using Apps on Your NOOK Viewing the Applications Installed on Your NOOK Launching an Application Quitting an Application Working with Microsoft Office Files Playing Music Transferring Files to Your NOOK Playing an Audio File from the Library Launching the Music Player Application Using the Music Player Application Creating a Playlist Changing the Order of Songs or Audio Tracks Launching Pandora Creating a Pandora Account Playing Music in the Background Playing Videos Configuring Your NOOK Viewing Device Information does To erase and deregister your NOOK, do this: 2.Tap the button labeled Erase & Deregister Device A dialog box appears, asking you to confirm that you want to reset your NOOK 3.Tap the button labeled Reset NOOK Configuring Wireless Settings Configuring Screen Settings Controlling Screen Orientation To change the setting of the Auto-rotatescreen option, do this: Adjusting the Brightness of the Screen To adjust the brightness of the screen, do this: Adjusting the Screen Timeout Page Configuring Sound Settings Muting or Unmuting Your NOOK Adjusting the Sound Volume for Music and Videos To adjust the sound volume for music and videos, do this: Adjusting the Sound Volume for System Notifications To adjust the sound volume for system notifications, do this: Configuring Time Settings Configuring Security Settings Using a Device Lock Passcode to Protect Your NOOK To set an unlock passcode, do this: 1.On the Settings screen, tap Security Your NOOK displays the Security settings screen 2.Tap the Device lock passcode menu choice Re-enablingSocial Features If you have disabled social features, you can re-enablethem To re-enablesocial features, do this: Configuring Keyboard Settings Page Customizing the Home Screen Clearing the Daily Shelf To clear your NOOK’s Daily Shelf, do this: 2.Tap on the line that says Clear Daily Shelf A dialog box appears, asking if you really want to clear the Daily Shelf Showing or Hiding Media Shortcuts Configuring the Shop Configuring Social Features Automatically Adding Facebook Friends as NOOK Friends Add Facebook friends as NOOK Friends™ To disable this feature, tap the checkbox and leave it unchecked For more information about NOOK Friends, see “Using NOOK Friends™” Linking to Social Sites Linking Your NOOK to Your Facebook Account Linking Your NOOK to Your Twitter Account To link your NOOK to your Twitter account, do this: On the Manage your Accounts, tap the 2.Tap in the Username or email field field Configuring the Reader Configuring Search Clearing Search Shortcuts Using Your NOOK at Wi-FiHotspots Wi-FiNetworks in Barnes & Noble Stores Unsecured Wi-FiNetworks Secured Wi-FiNetworks Updating the Software on Your NOOK Using an SD Memory Card Types of Memory Cards Supported Installing a Memory Card 5.Close the small gray lid and snap it into place Removing a Memory Card Page Tips and Troubleshooting Solving Problems Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats Appendix B: International Use and Languages Appendix C: One Year Limited Warranty ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY HOW DO I RETURN MY NOOK TO B&N All returned NOOKs become the property of B&N IF I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM, WHAT WILL B&N DO WHEN IT RECEIVES MY NOOK •replace your NOOK with a new or refurbished model; or •refund the purchase price you paid for your NOOK WHAT OTHER LEGAL TERMS APPLY TO THIS LIMITED WARRANTY Disclaimer Modification Exclusion of Indirect Damages Applicable Law Appendix D: Trademarks and Copyrights Adobe AT&T Dictionary Facebook Additional Information Appendix E: FCC Notices FCC IDs FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT INFORMATION TO THE USER FCC/IC Radiation Exposure Statement Other Information Related to the Radio Page Appendix F: Industry Canada Notice Appendix G: NOOK Color™ Terms of Service Appendix H: AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy Terms of Service Modifications to the Service / Updates to the Terms Operational Limits of the Service Registration/Customer Information/Password Security Privacy Policy General Use Restrictions Software Use Restrictions Submissions Disclaimer of Warranties AND WAR AUTHORIZE ANYONE STATEMENT OF WAR Limitation of AT&T Liability U.S. Government Rights General Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights AUP Coverage AUP Enforcement and Notice Prohibited Actions Unlawful Activities Intellectual Property Offensive or Threatening Material or Content Interaction with Minors Spam/E-mail/UsenetAbuse Security Violations Network Usage Customer Responsibilities Incident Reporting Revisions to the AUP Page Index Page Sent list NOOK Terms of Service open book icon in Status Bar 25 opening a book using a restrictions passcode to enable or disable the Web browser password