For safe and efficient use of the product, please follow the instructions in this guide.
Do not leave the product in direct sunlight for long periods and do not use in extreme high or low
temperature environments. This can cause damage to the product and may damage electronic
components and/or the battery.
Do not put or use Boox in areas of high humidity. Avoid any liquid getting into the product as this
can damage the internal electronic circuit.
Always place the product on a stable surface. Violently shaking or dropping the product will cause
damage to the product and its electronic components.
Do not press on the screen or put heavy weights on it.
Do not expose your product near magnetic fields.
Please use the authorized accessories, do not use third party components or third party accessories.
Do not attempt to repair or take the product apart. This will void your warranty. Only qualified
personnel from Onyx International Inc. or an authorized Boox maintenance centre can repair the
product.
Do not use the rechargeable battery if it is damaged in any way.
If the battery leaks liquid, please clean the Boox and replace with a new battery.
If liquid has leaked from the battery and comes in contact with human skin, please carefully rinse
and consult a doctor.
Please properly dispose of old and waste batteries.
Do not use chemical solvent to clean the surface of the product. Please use a soft cloth to wipe off
the dust from the surface of the screen of cover.
Product disposal instructions
Product that include the WEEE [The Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment] symbol,
should not be placed in the normal household rubbish, but should be disposed by using the
appropriate WEEE disposal facility. These facilities may be advised to you by your local council or
the retailer from which the product was purchased.
Operating temperature is 0°C to 50°C | Storage temperature is –20°C to 70°C
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Press the power key to turn device on
Press the power key and hold for 2 seconds to turn device off, similar as selecting showdown item
in menu
Press the power key and release it immediately, device turns into sleep mode
Press the power key and release it immediately, device wakes up from sleep mode to unlock screen
MENU
button
Press the menu key to pop up the menu
Similar as tapping menu icon with stylus
BACK
button
Return from current application
Return from current view or dialog
Turn back to the parent directory
NEXT
button
Flip to next screen while viewing document
Flip to next screen while browsing documents in main view
PREV
button
Flip to previous screen while viewing document
Flip to previous screen while browsing documents in main view
5-way
Navigation
button
Navigate items on current screen, e.g. navigate from Library to SD Card by pressing RIGHT key
Turn back to previous view or forward to next view while reading PDF/ePub documents
Turn back to previous web page or forward to next page while browsing the website
OK button
Press OK button to choose any icon , open documents , confirm your operate choice
Indicator
Light
The indicator light is on while charging, connecting with PC
Volume
button
Increase the volume by pressing key Vol+
Decrease the volume by pressing key Vol-
WIFI
button
Turn on the Wi-Fi by sliding the key from bottom to top
Turn off the Wi-Fi by sliding the key from top to bottom
Headphone
Jack
Diameter of the headphone jack is 3.5mm
SD Card
Slot
Insert SD card to read the content on SD card
Reset
Reset the device by small pin through the hole, and then press the power button to restart device.
Press and hold the Power Button to turn on the device. It will automatically enter
the main menu on Home screen after the start-up screen. The main menu includes
Internal Storage, SD Card, Recent Documents, Dictionary, Pictures, Music,
Scribble, Notes, Web Sites, Applications and Settings. Press the PREV/NEXT
PAGE Buttons to turn pages. Press the 5-way Navigation Button to navigate to
the desired icon. Press the OK Button to confirm the option. Press the Back
Button to return the previous operations.
At Home page, press the MENU Button to pop up the Desktop Menu. Press the
Navigation Button to select the desired short cut icon (Screen Rotation, Safely
Remove SD, Music, Standby and Shutdown) and to confirm.
4 most recent files will be displayed on Recent Reading widget. Press the Navigation
Button to select the file and press the OK Button to confirm.
This widget display current time. Press the Navigation Button to select this widget
and to confirm, time and date will be showed on the screen as a screen saver.
Press the BACK Button to exit.
Configure the font size by several font levels: 100% to 500%. This function is activated
while viewing PDF/ePub, and 25% to 400% for CHM/HTML document.
By Numbers
Configure the font size by actually number. This function is activated while viewing
TXT/Mobi(non-drm)/DOC document.
Configure the font size
and/or shape while
viewing document.
style
Press this icon to enter submenu to select fit line spacing.
Font Family
Configure the font family while viewing a document. The existing font families of
device are shown on the menu.
Encoding
Configure the encoding type while viewing text-based document. The configurable
encoding types are shown on the menu.
Navigation
Navigation operations are used for accessing websites and viewing html-based
documents, e.g. CHM /HTML.
Rotate
Screen
Rotate the screen by clicking this button. The screen rotates between 0 and 360
(counterclockwise).
Full Screen
Set screen status. You can turn on/off full Screen while reading.
Safely
Remove SD
Safely remove SD card from device clicking this button.
Music
Launch the music player by clicking this button.
Standby
Turn device into standby status by clicking this button. Once standby, device stops
working and screen saver (pictures) appears. Device consumes very little power
while standing by.
Pressing any key can wake up the device from standby status.
Shutdown
Shut down device by clicking this button.
Zooming
Hide Margin
Auto hides the margin of files.
To Page
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Reading Books
Press the Navigation Button to select the desired book and to enter reading. Press
the PREV/NEXT PAGE Button to turn pages. Press the BACK Button to exit reading.
Press the MENU Button to popup menu and choose an item to enter the submenu
detailed as follows. Submenu will be different according to file format.
Adjust the zoom of
current screen. The
screen can be scaled
by fixed value. The
screen can also be
scaled up by given
stylus box (selection
zoom).
To zoom the current page/image to fit the screen.
To Width
To zoom the current page/image to fit the width of screen.
To Height
To zoom the current page/image to fit the height of screen.
Selection Zoom
Scale up the current screen by selecting a box. The content in the selected box is enlarged
to fill the whole drawing area.
By Ratio
To zoom the current page/image by ratio.
Annotations
Add Annotation
Take annotation on the text of current screen. The annotated texts are highlighted.
Erase Annotation
Erase annotation on current screen. The annotations are erased when you click on them or
drag the stylus through them.
All Annotations
Display all of the annotations by list. The highlighted texts as well as the corresponding
page numbers are displayed on the list view.
Sketch
Sketch on the content area of current screen by stylus.
Erase Sketch
Erase existing sketches by stylus. The sketches are erased when you click on them or drag
the stylus through them.
Merge Sketch
Merge your sketch on PDF, system will automatically generate a new PDF file to save
what you made.
Sketch Colors
Select the color of sketches. Now black and white are supported.
Sketch Shapes
Select the shape (line width) of sketches. Now five levels of line widths are supported.
Annotations mean a
group of annotation
operations, including
annotating &
sketching.
Layout
Single Page
Only one page is displayed on screen.
Scroll Pages
Multiple pages can be displayed on screen. If there are enough blanks besides one page on
the screen, the parts of adjacent pages fill these blanks. There is a small spacing between
two pages.
Thumbnail View
To view the books in 4 thumbnails view.
Select the layout of
pages while viewing
document.
Tools
Search
Search for the pattern in current document. The search results in a screen are highlighted.
Table of Content
Skip to the table of contents. Press the PREV/NEXT PAGE Buttons to turn pages if
available. Press the Navigation Button to select the desired item and to confirm the option.
NOTE: The function is available only when the table of contents is in the form of
hyperlink.
Slide show
Continuously display the pages of a document by slide show.
Glyph embolden
Adjust the display contrast of PDF/ePub, from level 1 to level 5, the contrast will be more
Tools represent a
group of assistant
functions for better
reading.
Delete the bookmark of current page.
Show Bookmarks
Show all bookmarks in a list view. The front text portion as well as the number of the
bookmarked page is displayed in an item. You can jump to the target page by selecting the
bookmark item.
Previous View
Select previous/next view to retrace the path within a document. Select item Previous
View to return to previous screen while browsing document.
Next View
Select item Next View to go to next screen while browsing document. This button is
activated only if you have chosen Previous View.
Go To Page
Press the virtual keypad to input the page number. Press ← to backspace. Press the
Navigation Button to move to the OK icon to go to the selected page.
Show/Hide Hyperlinks
To display or not display hyperlinks of files(e.g. PDF, doc )
Clock
To show you how many time have read.
Dictionary Lookup
Look up for the explanation of a pattern string. Please refer to Chapter of Dictionary for
details.
Text to Speech
Select Text to Speech icon, it will start to speak from first line of each page. Select this
start/stop icon to start speaks and stops.Select this setting menu to set speaker, speed and
style.
Hand Tool
Select the hand tool item in the menu to enable browsing through document by stylus.
Mark & Copy
Press mark icon to select a word and press copy icon to copy what you mark.
The device supports more than 18 types of file formats, including EPUB, PDF, FB2,
MOBI, TXT, RTF, PDB, HTM, HTML, CHM, DJVU, DJV, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, and
DOC/DOCX. It also supports compressed files in ZIP and RAR formats. Supports
more formats in subsequent firmware upgrade.
Display the contents in details. The details includes name, last access time, read
count and reading progress.
Thumbnail View
To view the books in thumbnails view.
Sort
Sort the files by Name, Type, Size, Access Time, Ascending and Descending.
View means the way of
displaying and arranging
contents in main view.
File
Search
Search for target file by given pattern. The search results are displayed in the
main view.
Rename
To rename a selected files.
Copy
Cut
Delete
File means the operations to
a file.
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Internal Storage Menu
In the Internal Storage list, press the Menu Button to popup Internal Storage Menu.
Press the Navigation Button to select the option and to confirm. Press the BACK
Button to exit.
Reading a Book
Press the Navigation Button to select the desired book and to start reading. Press
the PREV/NEXT PAGE Buttons to turn pages. Press the BACK Button to exit the
reading. Press the MENU Button to enter the submenu.
Note:
Please refer to Recent Reading/Reading Books for more detailed instructions.
The folder is for dictionary format in StarDict storage. Please refer to Chapter of
Dictionary for more detailed instructions.
fonts
The folder is for fonts files storage. You can put font file into this folder and select
what you like font when you reading.
handwriting
The folder is for handwriting files storage to recognize what you write
(including chinese.dat, Europe.dat, Japanese.dat).
manual
This PDF-format User Manual can be browsed on the device.
Press the PREV/NEXT Page Buttons to turn pages. Press BACK to return to
main menu. Press the MENU Button to enter Books Menu.
notes_template
The folder is for note template files storage, you can add more PNG formats file
to this folder.
snapshot
This is the default folder for saved capture screen.
tts
The folder is for TTS (Text To Speech) files storage, you can add more TTS file
to this folder.
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All the files on SD card are displayed in the list. The device supports expansion
storage of SD card up to 32GB.
Files no need to store in corresponding file folders; you can put them in anywhere of
SD Card. The device can recognize various kinds of files automatically.
Note: above folders is system default folder, user can add their own folder to storage all kinds of file.
Create a new folder named dicts in root directory of the memory card. Download
the desired dictionary files in dicts folder. The dictionary will be installed
automatically.
NOTE:
User can download these free dictionaries from:
- http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down/index.php - Make sure you download them in
the StarDict format. Use the pulldown menu on the right-hand side to change from
XDXF to StarDict.
Open the downloaded file with an archive extractor like winrar or winzip and extract
the downloaded dictionary files to the "dicts" folder of SD card.
For every dictionary you should have a separate folder.
The final folder structure should look something like this:
SDROOT - dicts - dict_a - dict_a.ifo
SDROOT - dicts - dict_a - dict_a.idx
SDROOT - dicts - dict_a - dict_a.dict.dz
and for another dictionary (called dict_b here):
SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.ifo
SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.idx
SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.dict.dz
Finally, open a file and use the menu to enable the dictionary. Click on a word. Keep
trying until it works.
Consult the Dictionary
Input the keyword in the text box. Press the Navigation Button upward/downward
to select the desired word in the list. Press the Navigation Button rightward/leftward
to move the cursor.
Press the Dictionaries icon to select the desired dictionary. Press the Navigation
Button to confirm the option and press the BACK Button to exit.
NOTE:
The Dictionary can be used alone, also can be enabled when reading books.
Photos saved on SD card are auto displayed in the list. The device supports picture
formats such as TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, and PNG.
Pictures Menu
At the Pictures list, press the Menu Button to enter the Pictures Menu. Press the
Navigation Button to select the option and to confirm. Press the BACK Button to
exit.
select previous/next track and press OK
button to confirm.
3. Press to play/pause the track.
4. Press to turn to previous track.
5. Press to turn to next track.
6. Press // to switch between
Repeat/Shuffle/Normal playing modes.
7. Press to turn to enter the Background
Music Mode
8. Press to close the music player
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Music files saved on SD card or Internal Storage are displayed in the list. The device
supports MP3 and WAV files formats.
Play Interface
Press the function button to play the desired track. On the Play Interface screen the
following operations can be performed.
Note: Background Music Mode
During music playback, press the Back Button to enter the Background Music Mode,
in which you can use the device with playing music.
To exit the mode, select the Music icon on the home screen or press MENU button
popup shortcut to enter the music playback screen, and then select to quit music
player.
Tool bar provides four functions: going back to the previous website, going forward to the
next website, refreshing current website, stopping the loading of current page.
Clock
Select clock icon, it can show the current time and reading time. Same function in each kind
of e-book content.
Software keyboard
Select this software keyboard icon, you can input letters to address bar.
Refresh
Select this refresh icon to refresh the web page display.
Website icon
Select this website icon, you can input website address and go to the website directly.
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Web Browser
Upon the successful Wi-Fi connection, select the icon and press the Navigation
Button to enter Browser mode. It will automatically enter the preset homepage.
Browser Menu
Press the Menu Button to browse a web page detailed as follows:
Select the Power Manage icon, you can set the time of standby and automatically shut down
for the device. If the time of shutdown is set, the device won’t enter standby status anymore;
in the other side, if set the time of standby, the device won’t shutdown automatically.
Proxy
Select this icon to set proxy for access internet.
Tools
Don’t Save Account –Don't automatically preserve Internet account
Hide Account – Hide Internet account
Delete Password – Delete Internet account
Clear Cookies – Clear all cookies of browsed
Don’t Auto-load Image – Open this option browser will not load image.
Applications
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NOTE:
Through built-in web browser, you can access the specified websites. You can input
text on website by stylus. A keyboard appears after you put focus on the form. The
input text string is displayed on the form after you confirm the input is done (by
clicking OK button).
In this Application, you can find the Calendar, Clock and Games such apps. More
applications will be added later.
Select the desired language. 31 kinds of languages are available.
Date
To adjust the value, press the Navigation Button to move the cursor. Press OK Button to confirm.
Default Font
Press the Navigation Button to select the font and press OK to confirm the option.
Installing Fonts
Create a new folder named fonts in root directory of the memory card. Download the desired font files in
fonts folder and restart the device. The font will be installed automatically.
Preferred Applications
You can select different applications for reading, such as Pdf Reader/FB Reader/Cool Reader/Html
Reader/Office Reader.
Start Setting
Customize your boot option; select opening recently read documents or opening the main interface when
booting the device.
Screen Update
Set the refreshing rates, make full screen refreshing after reading certain amount of pages, for example,
every 3/5/7/9 page s, or always.
Power Management
Select the Power Management icon; you can set the time of standby and automatically shut down for the
device. If the time of shutdown is set, the device won’t enter standby status anymore; in the other side, if
set the time of standby, the device won’t shutdown automatically.
Format Flash
Select Format Flash button in settings, you can format the internal flash. Note, after doing this operation
all of the data in internal flash would be removed.
Time Zone
Choose your local time zone.
Stylus Calibration
If the tip of your stylus does not match with the position on the screen, you can improve the precision by
stylus calibration. Follow the guideline displayed on the screen: ‘Please press once at each of the marks
showed on the screen’. Total 5 points should be click one by one.
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Press the Settings icon to enter the Settings mode directly. In the Settings mode,
the following settings can be performed.
Device can be easily connected to PC by USB cable. A dialog pops up immediately after the connection
establishes. Select “Yes” to confirm the connection.
You can find at least one removable disk (internal flash of device) on the OS of PC. If you insert SD card in
device, the SD card is also displayed as a removable disk.
Download the latest updates package from Onyx website: www.onyx-international.com
Save the updates package in a SD card.
Make sure the updates package is located at the root directory of the SD card. The name
should be ‘onyx_update.upd’.
Insert the SD card into device.
Restart device, press and hold the OK button. NOTE, the OK button should be pressed
before the device restarts. Hold it until you see the message ‘Software update request
detected, checking updates…’
Device updates itself automatically. It restarts after update finishes.Note: Make sure device has enough power to finish the software update (at least 2 grids
displayed).
We make every effort to ensure that the information and procedures in this user
manual are accurate and complete. No liability can and will be accepted for any
errors or omissions. ONYX reserves the right to make any changes without further
notice to any products herein.