Besides seeing the current date and battery charge, you can turn Wi-Fi on or off, mute all sounds, enable or disable automatic orientation of the screen depending on the orientation of your NOOK Color, and adjust the brightness. If you tap the area where the Wi-Fi logo and battery items are, a Quick Settings screen opens (see Figure 1.7). Battery: Provides a visual indication of the amount of charge remaining on the battery.Wi-Fi: If you see the Wi-Fi logo, the NOOK Color is connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot.Nav Arrow: Tapping this open the Quick Nav Bar.Reading Now: Tapping this button opens the current content being read (functions like the Keep Reading button at the top of the Home screen).Notifications: If you tap a blank part of this screen, a notification bubble pops up letting you know about any new downloads. ![]() Tapping that takes you to the Music Player app. Music Play: If you have Music Player on, tapping this button displays the current song playing.You can tap it to access the NOOK Color's Email app. Email: When new email arrives, a Mail icon appears.Tapping that takes you to the Pandora app. Pandora: If you have Pandora on, tapping this button displays the current song playing.Tapping it, opens up a screen for you to connect to one of those networks. Wireless Networks: If wireless networks are in the area you can connect to but you are not currently connected to (assuming you have Wi-Fi on), the Wireless icon with a question mark appears.The bar at the bottom of the touchscreen provides a plethora, depending on what you've got active or enabled on your device, of informational items along with a couple of points of quick access (from left to right): Settings: Tapping this button takes you to the Settings screen.įigure 1.6 The Quick Nav Bar is your friend.Web: Tapping this button takes you to the web browser.Apps: Tapping this button takes you to the NOOK Apps installed on the device.Search: Tapping this button searches your NOOK Color for the text you enter.Shop: Tapping this button opens the B&N bookstore, from which you can purchase content and see recommendations.Library: Tapping this button takes you to your library where you can access books, documents, magazines, newspapers, and more.The Quick Nav Bar provides access to many features (see Figure 1.6): You access the Quick Nav Bar by tapping the Nav Arrow. To switch from page to page, swipe right or left. This is an area for you to place frequently read items or items you quickly want to access. Home Page: This is the area above the Daily and below the Keep Reading and More buttons.You can tap the title to open that content for reading. More: This button at the top displays a list of recently read items, divided up into general categories: Books, Periodicals, and Files.Tapping it opens that book or magazine for reading. Keep Reading: This button at the top right displays the title of the latest item you were reading.You can press and hold and then drag one of the icons into the area above the Daily to keep that content readily available. These are recently downloaded items such as today's newspaper or books purchased. You can swipe left and right through the covers. The Daily Shelf: The Daily is a row of cover icons just above the Nav Arrow.When video, music, or other sounds are playing, the Volume buttons control the sound of the media.įigure 1.5 The Home screen offers many ways to open ebooks. If no videos, music, or other sounds is playing, the Volume buttons control the Notification volume (that is, when something new arrives such as subscription content). These two buttons at the top right of the NOOK Color control the volume. If the touchscreen is already illuminated, tapping the Home button takes you to your NOOK Color's Home screen. You can wake your NOOK Color by pressing the Home button. Like the Power button, the Home button performs more than one function. ![]() The Home button is identified by the NOOK Color logo (a lowercase n) and is located in the center of the black bar along at the bottom of the touchscreen display. To turn on your NOOK Color again, press and release the Power button quickly. To turn off your NOOK Color, press and hold the Power button for 5 seconds. To put your NOOK Color to sleep or wake it using the Power button, press and release the Power button quickly. In addition to powering your NOOK Color on and off, the Power button can wake your NOOK Color when it's sleeping or put it to sleep when you finish reading. The Power button is the sole button on the top left side of the NOOK Color.
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