3. Basic Skills
This chapter familiarizes you with the basic operations of your Cybook
Odyssey such as discovering the E Ink® screen, using the touchscreen, using
the buttons, understanding contextual menu and connection principles.
3.1 The E Ink® Pearl Screen
The Cybook shows an outstanding black and white screen, utilizing a
breakthrough technology: the E Ink® Pearl display. The screen acts like a
paper page made of tiny ink particles which can migrate and modify the layout
of your screen in a second. An E Ink® display achieves ultra-low power
consumption in a thin, light form. This display technology can maintain an
image without any power consumption. Once the image is written, it will
remain indefinitely without consuming any additional power. The E Ink®
display technology is thus energy efficient and drastically reduces power
consumption. Due to its innovative technology, when the screen switches from
an image to another one, the screen goes through a clearing process which
causes a black to white transition.
Note: Image can remain on screen even with an empty battery. So be cautious, don't
forget to refill your battery first when your device doesn't operate anymore.
3.2 Touchscreen interface
Cybook Odyssey touchscreen is based on a capacitive technology:
Only fingers or dedicated stylus can work with this touchscreen.
Screen is very sensitive and you don't need to strongly press on the
screen to make it works.
In fact the screen is so sensitive than it can react even if your touch is
very light.
Cybook Odyssey touch interface follows some simple intuitive rules described
below.
Tapping: You can select or validate a choice by simply touching the screen
with your fingertip. As said before, you don't need to strike the screen but only
to touch it lightly.
