Elitegroup EB-800C User Manual
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EB-800C eBook Reader User Manual.
May 11, 2011
Revision 1.8.6
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Revision History
Version
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 10
1.1 Technical Specification ............................................................................................................... 10
1.2 Control Placement ....................................................................................................................... 11
2 About EB-800C .................................................................................................................................. 13
2.1 Design concept ............................................................................................................................ 13
2.2 Controls ....................................................................................................................................... 13
2.3 Touch Gesture ............................................................................................................................. 13
2.4 Input Method / On-screen Keyboard .......................................................................................... 15
2.4.1 On-screen Keyboard for English Input Method .................................................................... 15
2.4.2 Google Pinyin Input Method ................................................................................................. 17
2.5 SD Card ....................................................................................................................................... 17
2.5.1 Access a SD card ................................................................................................................... 18
2.6 SIM Card ..................................................................................................................................... 19
3 Power ON/OFF ................................................................................................................................... 20
3.1 Steps to power on: ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.2 Steps to power off ....................................................................................................................... 21
4 Interface .............................................................................................................................................. 22
4.1 Home Screen ............................................................................................................................... 22
4.2 Status Bar .................................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.1 Battery status ......................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.2 Wirel ess netw o rk status ......................................................................................................... 23
4.2.3 3G/2G status .......................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.4 Bluetooth status ..................................................................................................................... 24
4.2.5 SD card status ........................................................................................................................ 24
4.3 Home screen menu ...................................................................................................................... 24
4.4 Head Bar ..................................................................................................................................... 25
4.5 Function Menu ............................................................................................................................ 26
4.6 Context Menu .............................................................................................................................. 28
5 Features ............................................................................................................................................... 30
5.1 eBook .......................................................................................................................................... 30
5.2 Music........................................................................................................................................... 30
5.3 Picture ......................................................................................................................................... 30
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5.4 My favorite .................................................................................................................................. 30
5.5 Search .......................................................................................................................................... 30
5.6 Browser ....................................................................................................................................... 31
5.7 Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 31
5.8 File management ......................................................................................................................... 31
5.9 Calendar ...................................................................................................................................... 31
6 E-Book ................................................................................................................................................ 32
6.1 Supported Format ........................................................................................................................ 32
6.2 E-Book library structure.............................................................................................................. 33
6.3 eBook Library Screen ................................................................................................................. 34
6.4 EBook library Navigation ........................................................................................................... 35
6.4.1 List Mode / Thumbnail Mode ............................................................................................... 35
6.4.2 Turn page up/down or left/right ............................................................................................ 35
6.5 Browsing operations ................................................................................................................... 35
6.5.1 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 36
6.5.2 Context menu ........................................................................................................................ 36
6.6 How to open an ebook ................................................................................................................ 38
6.7 Reading operations ...................................................................................................................... 39
6.7.1 Turn page .............................................................................................................................. 39
6.7.2 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 39
6.7.3 Copy ...................................................................................................................................... 40
6.7.4 Bookmarks ............................................................................................................................ 42
6.7.5 Highlight ............................................................................................................................... 45
6.7.6 Annotation ............................................................................................................................. 48
6.7.7 Contents................................................................................................................................. 52
6.7.8 Search .................................................................................................................................... 53
6.7.9 Settings .................................................................................................................................. 55
6.7.10 Audio player ..................................................................................................................... 58
6.7.11 Photo viewer ..................................................................................................................... 58
6.7.12 Browser ............................................................................................................................. 58
6.7.13 Go to page … .................................................................................................................... 58
6.7.14 Rotate ................................................................................................................................ 60
6.7.15 When reading a PDF-format ebook .................................................................................. 60
7 Audio Player ....................................................................................................................................... 63
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7.1 Supported audio formats ............................................................................................................. 63
7.2 Audio library structure ................................................................................................................ 63
7.3 Audio Library Screen .................................................................................................................. 65
7.4 Audio Library Navigation ........................................................................................................... 66
7.4.1 List Mode/ Thum bnail Mode ................................................................................................ 66
7.4.2 Turn page up/down or left/right ............................................................................................ 66
7.5 Browsing Operations：............................................................................................................... 66
7.5.1 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 66
7.5.2 Context menu ........................................................................................................................ 67
7.6 How to play a track ..................................................................................................................... 68
7.7 Audio Play Operations ................................................................................................................ 68
7.7.1 Playing screen ....................................................................................................................... 68
7.7.2 Play modes ............................................................................................................................ 69
7.7.3 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 70
7.7.4 Play controls .......................................................................................................................... 70
8 Photo Viewer ...................................................................................................................................... 71
8.1 Supported photo formats ............................................................................................................. 71
8.2 Photo Library Structure ............................................................................................................... 72
8.3 Photo Library Screen .................................................................................................................. 73
8.4 Photo Library Navigation............................................................................................................ 73
8.4.1 List Mode/Thum bnail Mode ................................................................................................. 73
8.4.2 Turn page up/down/left/right ................................................................................................ 74
8.5 Viewing operations ..................................................................................................................... 74
8.5.1 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 74
8.5.2 Context menu ........................................................................................................................ 75
8.6 How to view photos .................................................................................................................... 76
8.7 Viewing operations ..................................................................................................................... 76
8.7.1 Function menu ....................................................................................................................... 76
8.7.2 Photo view toolbar ................................................................................................................ 77
8.7.3 Touch Zoom operations ........................................................................................................ 78
9 My Favorites ....................................................................................................................................... 79
9.1 Features ....................................................................................................................................... 79
9.2 My Favorites Screen ................................................................................................................... 79
9.3 Create a New Category ............................................................................................................... 80
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9.4 Add to My Favorites ................................................................................................................... 81
9.5 Manage My Favorites ................................................................................................................. 85
9.5.1 Rename .................................................................................................................................. 86
9.5.2 Cut ......................................................................................................................................... 86
9.5.3 Paste into Folder .................................................................................................................... 86
9.5.4 Paste ...................................................................................................................................... 86
9.5.5 Delete .................................................................................................................................... 87
10 File Explorer ................................................................................................................................... 89
10.1 Features ....................................................................................................................................... 89
10.2 File Explorer Screen ................................................................................................................... 89
10.3 File Explorer Operations ............................................................................................................. 89
10.3.1 Function Menu .................................................................................................................. 90
10.3.2 Context Menu ................................................................................................................... 91
11 Search .............................................................................................................................................. 93
11.1 Features ....................................................................................................................................... 93
11.2 Search Screen .............................................................................................................................. 93
11.3 Global Search .............................................................................................................................. 95
11.4 Search by File Types ................................................................................................................... 96
12 Settings ............................................................................................................................................ 97
12.1 Upgrade ....................................................................................................................................... 97
12.1.1 Upgrade Screen ................................................................................................................. 98
12.1.2 Upgrade procedure ............................................................................................................ 98
12.1.3 After Upgrade ................................................................................................................... 99
12.2 Wireless & Networks .................................................................................................................. 99
12.2.1 Wireless & Networks Settings Screen ............................................................................ 100
12.2.2 Settings for 3G and Mobile Networks ............................................................................ 100
12.2.3 Wi-Fi Settings ................................................................................................................. 100
12.2.4 Bluetooth Settings ........................................................................................................... 101
12.3 Sound Settings .......................................................................................................................... 102
12.3.1 Media Volume ................................................................................................................ 103
12.3.2 Notification Ringtone ..................................................................................................... 104
12.3.3 SD Card Notification ...................................................................................................... 105
12.4 Display Settings ........................................................................................................................ 105
12.4.1 Orientation ...................................................................................................................... 106
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12.4.2 Next Page Gesture .......................................................................................................... 106
12.5 Power Saving ............................................................................................................................ 107
12.5.1 Wireless Network Power Saving Options ....................................................................... 107
12.5.2 Auto Standby Options ..................................................................................................... 108
12.6 Connect to PC ........................................................................................................................... 109
12.6.1 Ask Me ............................................................................................................................ 109
12.6.2 Connection Type ............................................................................................................. 109
12.7 Security ..................................................................................................................................... 110
12.7.1 Screen Lock .................................................................................................................... 111
12.7.2 Enter Password to Unlock Screen ................................................................................... 111
12.7.3 Visible Password ............................................................................................................. 111
12.8 SD Card ..................................................................................................................................... 111
12.9 Date and Time ........................................................................................................................... 112
12.10 Language and Keyboard...................................................................................................... 113
12.11 About eBook ....................................................................................................................... 114
12.11.1 Model Number ................................................................................................................ 115
12.11.2 MCU Version/ Software Version .................................................................................... 115
12.11.3 Internal eBook Storage ................................................................................................... 115
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1 Introduction
Buttons &Navigation
This manual is to introduce the user interface of EB-800C eBook reader, giving you an idea on how to use
EB-800C.
1.1 Technical Specific ation
Model Name
CPU
Memory
Controls
Display
Battery
Connectivity
EB-800C
Marvell PXA166e, 800MHz with embedded ePaper controller
256MB SLC NAND FLASH for boot code
256MB LP-DDR1-200 for working memory
2GB microSD for content storage embedded.
Projective Capacitive Screen
Home, Menu, Back, Power, Reset, Volume up/down keys
G-sensor
8” 1024x768, 16 grey scale E-Ink ePaper
Non-user-serviceable Li-Ion Battery, 3.7V 2090mAH
USB 2.0 device and power connection
SD memory card slot
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
3G Wireless(Optional)
Audio
Dimension
Weight
Operating System
Content formats
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Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR
Single 1.5W built-in speaker
3.5mm headphone jack
277mm x 156.5mm x 10.8mm (LxWxH)
340g (without 3G)
Android 2.1 with support for multiple languages and S/W keyboard
eBook: ePub, PDF, Txt,
Photo: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
Audio: MP3, AAC,WAV
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ook, Audio, Photo, Favorite, Search, Android Browser, Settings, Calendar,
Preloaded S/W
eB
File management
1.2 Control P lacement
Front view:
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Back view：
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2 About EB-800C
2.1 Design concept
The EB-800C is an eBook reader running on Android 2.1.
2.2 Controls
The EB-800C provides seven control buttons, which are “POWER”, “HOME”, “BACK”, “MENU”,
“VOLUME UP”, “VOLUME DOWN”, and “RESET”.
POWER: Pressing and holding this button for two (2) seconds will open a dialog box prompting
you if you want to shut down the system.
HOME: Press this button whenever you want to switch back to the main screen.
MENU: Pressing this button will open the option menu of the active application.
BACK: Pressing this button during any operation will send you back to the previous menu.
VOLUME UP: Pressing this button can tune up the audio volume.
VOLUME DOWN: Pressing this button can tune down the audio volume.
RESET: Pressing this button will reboot the system.
2.3 Touch Gesture
The EB-800C can detect and recognize following touch gestures as shown below:
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Press：This is the most useful gesture, requires only a single tap on the touch panel, and is frequently
used to select an option. The detectible minimum area for an effective press is 1.0 cm x1.0 cm.
Long Press: Press and hold your finger on the panel for 2 to 3 seconds – this is one long-press gesture. A
long press on the screen of EB-800C will bring up a context menu. The detectible minimum area for this
gesture is 1.0 cm x1.0 cm.
Slide-down：Put your fingers on the panel softly, slide it down at least 2cm, and lift it from the panel –
this is one slide-down gesture. For EB-800C, this gesture is often applied for scrolling back the ebook
library, audio library, photo gallery, my favorites, and files.
Slide-up: Put your fingers on the panel softly, slide it up at least 2cm, and lift it from the panel – this is
one slide-up gesture. For EB-800C, this gesture is often applied for scrolling down the ebook library,
audio library, photo gallery, my fav orites, and files.
Slide-left： Put your fingers on the panel softly, slide it to l eft at least 2cm, and lift it from the panel –
this is one slide-left gesture. For EB-800C, this operation is often applied for turning page when you are
reading an ebook or viewing photos.
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Slide-right：Put your fingers on the panel softly, slide it to right at least 2cm, and lift it from the panel –
this is one slide -right gest ure. For E B-800C, this gesture is often applied for turning page when you are
reading an ebook or viewing photos.
Slide-apart：First put your two fingers on the panel with at least 1cm in between, and then slide them
apart. For EB-800C, this gesture is often applied to zoom-in or to enlarge font/photo size.
Slide-close：First put your two fingers on the panel with at least 2cm in between, and then close them
together in slide motion. For EB-800C, this gesture is often applied to zoom-out or to shrink font/photo
size.
Note: The magnifying/shrinking rate applied to the font/photo size will be proportional to the magnetite
detected from your slide-apart/close gesture.
In short, the rate = (the distance between two fingers before the gesture) / (that af ter)
For the slide–apart -- more the fingers slide open, more the zoom-in rate.
For the slide-close -- closer the fingers get close to each other, more the zoom-out rate.
2.4 Input Method / On-screen Keyboard
The EB-800C provides in default two kinds of input methods – English and Google Pinyin -- with their
corresponding on-screen keyboard. You can specify your favorite input method as default through setting
menus.
Note: Press an input area can bring up the on-screen keyboard.
2.4.1 On-screen Keyboard for English Input Method
The function for each key shown above is as described below：
The key with an alphabet character printed on it is an alphabet key, and you can press on it to i nput the
corresponding character.
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This is the Enter key.
This is the Delete key (which is for deleting input character).
A press on this will hide the on-screen keyboard.
A press on this will active the capital mode, and will change the interface of the on-screen
keyboard as shown below:
This is the Space key.
This is the numerical switching key. A press on it will change the interface of the keyboard
as shown below:
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2.4.2 Google Pinyin Input Method
The key f unctions for this met hod are similar to that of the English input method, so the description is
saved here and please refer to the previous section for details. With the Pinyin input method, you can
input text in English and Simplified Chinese. The interface of the on-screen keyboard is as below.
2.5 SD Card
The EB-800C provides the capability of reading and writing SD cards, and all media files can be accessed
through SD cards. The EB-800C supports both MicroSD cards (hereafter referred as “Internal SD cards”)
and traditional SD cards (hereafter referred as “External SD cards”). The internal SD cards are used as
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internal system drives for storing user’s data, and the external SD cards are used as external drive
expansions that require to be inserted in to the SD card slot before being accessed.
2.5.1 Access a SD card
You can access from a PC to your SD card installed in your EB-800C to exchange files, whether such SD
card is an internal or external one.
All you need is to connect your EB-800C to your PC with a USB cable. As soon as you complete the
connection, the screen will change to the one as shown below:
Select here “Mount as Disk Driver(s)”, and the internal and external SD cards will be mounted as two
standard removable disk drivers. In the Windows XP, for example, there will be two removable disks
newly added, as shown below. Now, you can copy files from your PC to both SD disks, as well as
manage the documents stored in your EB-800C.
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You can store files in your external SD card using other SD card devices, and then insert it into the SD
card slot on your EB-800C to read the files.
Note: To the files stored in the internal and external SD cards, your EB-800C will automatically perform
necessary processes such as sorting and categorizing. The time required for such processes depends on the
number and size of the files.
2.6 SIM Card
The EB-800C comes with 3G telecommunicating capability. Just insert your SIM card, and the 3Gnetwork service is ready.
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3 Power ON/OFF
3.1 Steps to power on:
1. A press on the POWER button.
2. The ePapaer screen display to white (after 1 second)
3. ECS image appears (after 5 seconds)
4. ECS LOGO appears (after 35 seconds)
5. The system is completely booted and the Home screen is open ( after 40 seconds)
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3.2 Steps to power off
1. Long press the POWER button
2. A shutdown confirmation dialog box pops out (after 2 seconds)
3. After user’s confirmation, the system shows the shutdown is progressing (after 2 seconds)
4. The ePapaer screen turn to white (after 10 seconds)
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4 Interface
4.1 Home Screen
In the Home Screen, there are several icons arranged in matrix, and each of them represents an
application program. A press on one of the icon will start the corresponding application.
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4.2 Status Bar
On the top area of the screen, there is the Status Bar. It is for showing many kind of system operating
information, including battery status, network status, current time, and system version, as well as
messages notifying you an external SD card being inserted/removed.
4.2.1 Battery status
In normal operation mode, the battery status icon indicates how many power is still left – more the black
stripes, more the power left. When the battery is in full charged, the icon will be full of the stripes.
When starting the battery charging, the icon will turn into as shown below.
And once the battery fully charged, the icon will switch back to the normal operation mode with
indicating fully charged.
4.2.2 Wireless network status
The network status will be shown in one of the icons shown below: more the black stripes, better the
network signal.
4.2.3 3G/2G status
Your EB-800C can show the 3G/2G network status, and the actual icon depends on the available network.
When WCDMA:
When EDGE:
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When GPRS:
When HSDPA/HSUPA:
4.2.4 Bluetooth status
This icon indicates the Bluetooth function has been activated. If see no this icon, it means the
function is still not activated.
This icon indicates that your EB-800C has established a connection with other Bluetooth device.
4.2.5 SD card status
This icon indicates a SD card is newly inserted and the system is running a check on it (In most of
case, you will not see this icon appears, since the check is seldom required). The icon often will quickly
be blocked from your sight by the “Preparing the SD card” message, which will also disappear soon after
the SD card is ready.
This icon indicates the system is performing some preparations to the files stored in the external
SD card. The preparations can be such as sorting and cat egorizing. Once the preparations are completed,
this icon will disappear. The time required for such preparations depends on the number and size of the
files.
This icon indicates the external SD card can be removed safely, and will be shown until the card
is removed from the slot. After the card being removed, the icon will be replaced by
you that the SD card slot is now empty.
This icon indicates that the SD card slot is empty, and will be shown until a SD card being
inserted into the slot.
to remind
4.3 Home screen menu
In the Home screen, you can press the MENU button to open the Home screen menu. On the menu you
can find the option <Connect to PC>. If your EB-800C has been connected to a PC with a USB cable, a
press on the option will open a dialog box that let you decide how to handle your EB-800C, as shown
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below. If not being connected to a PC, your EB-800C will open a setup screen to let you setup your
default way for the option. For details of this setup, please refer to section 12.6.
4.4 Head Bar
Under the Status Bar, there is an area called <Header Bar>. In this header bar, the screen name currently
open will be shown, and if available, along with the icons for <Thumbnail Mode> and <List Mode>. For
instance, if you open an ebook, its book title will be added to the header bar.
As the figure shows, the area showing <All Book s> is the Heade r Bar.
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4.5 Function Menu
After activating an application program, you can press the MENU button to open the function menu. The
function menu is a standard pop menu seen in the Android system. The actual function menu depends on
the application you open and will be detailed in later chapters.
The example below demonstrates the function menu when you open an ebook:
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In the vertical screen mode, as shown above, the available function icons are arranged in a four-column
pattern: arranged from left to right, and four icons in each row.
In the horizontal screen mode, as shown below, the available function icons are arranged in a six-column
pattern: arranged f rom left to right, and six icons in each row.
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4.6 Context Menu
Besides pressing, your EB-800C also supports a menu operation other than pressing – we called it long
pressing. When you are viewing a database or list and you want to apply action to a certain item, you can
long press the item and a menu that listed available actions should pop-up. Such menu is the context
menu. The actual menu depends and will be detailed in later chapters.
The example below demonstrates the context menu when viewing the ebook list.
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5 Features
In this chapter, we are going to introduce the main functions preloaded in your EB-800C. All these
functions are available in the Home Screen.
5.1 eBook
This is the function your EB-800C is mainly designed for. The ebook function supports all kind of ebook
formats such as Epub, Fb2, PDF, Txt, chm, and RTF will many operations available -- namely font zoomin/out, label, search, copy, note, and bookmark.
5.2 Music
You EB-800C comes with the ability to play music files whose format is WAV, AAC, or OGG -- not
only in the foreground but also the background. Furthermore, this play function provides you all the
common operations, namely, such as pause, previous track, and next track, as well as play-mode options
including repeat-all, single-repeat, and sequence.
5.3 Picture
This function enables you to open and view picture files in JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF formats, and gives
you the ability to perform operations such as zoom-in/out, dreg, and switch to next/previous picture.
5.4 My favorite
With this function, you can add your favorite media files -- such as ebooks, audio tr acks , and photos – to
the column <My favorite>. Furthermore, you can manage your favorite files just from the Home screen
by arranging, cutting, pasting, adding new list and so on. For details, please refer to Chapter 9.
5.5 Search
Your EB-800C comes with the ability to perform global-search and user-defined-search over the media
library. As the searching conditions, you can specify the area and the text string before a search. In the
result column, any files match the conditions will be will be listed.
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