ONYX MAX3 User Manual

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BOOX Max3

Mighty E-ink Tablet

User Manual

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Table of Contents

1. About ONYX ...................................................................................................... 3

2. Standard Accessories ....................................................................................... 5

3. Safety Guide ...................................................................................................... 6

4. Product Views ................................................................ ................................ ... 8

5. Main Interface ................................................................................................... 11

6. Library.............................................................................................................. 18

7. Reading ............................................................................................................ 24

8. Shop ................................................................................................................. 51

9. Note .................................................................................................................. 54

10. Storage .......................................................................................................... 69

11. Apps ............................................................................................................... 71

12. Settings .......................................................................................................... 87

13. FAQ .............................................................................................................. 104

14. Specifications .............................................................................................. 105

15. Declaration .................................................................................................. 106

(Note: The E-books in the following illustration are not pre-stored)

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1. About ONYX

BOOX is presented by Onyx International, which has a group of professionals

who dedicate themselves in designing state-of-the-art reading terminal. The

beauty of the BOOX is embodied in both its simplicity and its power. As we are

going to show you, BOOX is an open and flexible platform for both consumers

and content providers.

BOOX is powered by a 16-level grayscale e-ink screen that looks and feels like

paper. Passive lighting and diffuse surface relax your eyes and reduce eye

strain. By the hand-writing system, you can take notes while reading and sketch

up ideas that happen to emerge. BOOX takes full advantage of new-generation

e-ink screens: extremely low power consumption without reflection and

backlight. Each full charge can sustain a few weeks' reading. By reducing paper

consumption while providing a realistic paper-like reading experience, digital

content helps to protect the environment without sacrificing convenience or

lifestyle.

For content partners, we also provide support for custom formats and digital

rights management solutions. All of our viewers have standard features such

as layout management, font adjustment, full-text-search, zooming, and page

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flow.

For a next-generation information device, connectivity is essential. The user

can connect to the Internet by built-in Wi-Fi, 3G module or other add-on

modules to download new content or surf the web. Customized for the e-ink

screen, WebKit, the same software engine as some powerful desktop browsers

such as Safari and Chrome, is the web browser of BOOX.

BOOX gives you a new reading experience.

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2. Standard Accessories

(1) BOOX Max3 x1

(2) Stylus Pen x1

(3) Type-C Cable x1

(4) HDMI Cable x1

(5) Quick Start Guide x1

(6) Warranty Sheet x1

Optional Accessories (purchased separately)

(1) Adapter

(2) Protective case

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3. Safety Guide

Please read the Safety Guide carefully before you start to use the device.

Contact your BOOX retailer if you have any technical problem, or you can dial

our official service line at 4008-400-014 or 4008-860-830.

Screen protection

The device is equipped with E-ink screen, which is very fragile. Please have no

shocking, squeezing, pressing against the screen, or dropping the device from

a higher place. If the screen is already broken, stop using it and contact the

professional or other qualified staff to replace the screen for you. Please don’t

dismantle the device without our permission.

Standard accessories

Only the battery, adapter, and other accessories meeting our standard safety

rules can be used for the device. For details, please refer to Product

Specification. We will not be responsible for any damage caused by

incompatible accessories.

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Stay away from liquids

The device is not waterproof. Don’t expose the device to a humid environment

or use it in the rain. Please keep it away from any corrosive liquids.

Don’t dismantle the device

Please don’t dismantle the device in case of any damage.

Using environment

The using environment of the device is 0°C-50°C.

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4. Product Views

Front View

Back (Fingerprint Recognition)

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Back View

Bottom View

Speaker

Type-C Port

Micro HDMI Port

Microphone

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Button Function

Power/ sleep Button

⚫Press the power button to turn on the device

⚫Long-press the power button for 2 secs, then select

“Power off” in the menu to turn off the device

⚫Press the power button and release quickly to let the

device goes into sleep mode

⚫Press it again to wake up

⚫Long-press for 10 secs to force shutdown

Back Button

⚫Exit the current apps

⚫Exit the current view or dialog

⚫Go back to the previous directory

⚫Support fingerprint recognition

Microphone

⚫Record voice ⚫Recognize speech

Type-C Port

⚫Connect the device with PC to transfer data or charge device.

⚫Support Type-C earphone ⚫Support OTG USB drive

HDMI Port

⚫Connect PC host with Max 3 through a HDMI cable, the Max 3 could be used as a monitor.

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5. Main Interface

The main interface contains a status bar, content area, and function area. The function area contains certain modules.

Double-click icons in function area can return to the main page of the specific

module.

Content Area

Function Area

Status Bar

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Status Bar

This section displays the current state of the device, including: Time,

Notification, Refresh Mode, Wi-Fi Connection, Battery Usage. It is only for

status indication.

Notification Interface

Click or pull down the Status Bar to expand a menu, which includes:

3 navigation buttons on Android OS: Back button, Home button, and

Overview button.

Function Management: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Rotation, Refresh Mode, Finger

Touch, etc. Further customize those frequent functions by pressing the “Edit”

button.

Volume Adjustment: Easily adjust the media volume by moving the sliding

control. Customize the notification sounds and adjust the volume of the alarm,

notification and others.

Notifications: Turn on / off notifications for connecting USB, push notification

from third-party apps, etc. Jump to the corresponding page by pressing the

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specific notification.

Multi-tasking switching

Clicking this icon, pop up the Android multi-task list to check the running

applications in the background, one key to clear up all the applications to speed

up the device.

3 navigation buttons

Function Management

Volume Adjustment

Notification

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Wi-Fi Setting

When using at the first time, you should enter into the Wi-Fi setting interface to

get a accessible connection. Then click the icon to turn on/off the auto

connection.

Bluetooth Setting

When using for the first time, you should enter into the Bluetooth setting

interface to match a device you want. The matched earphone, page turner can

be auto-connected by clicking the icon. Certain devices do not support auto

connection after disconnected.

Rotation

Easily change the orientation of the screen by clicking the direction you want.

Refresh Mode

Four levels of refresh mode are available.

Normal Mode: good display effect, suitable for general text reading.

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Speed Mode: with slight ghosting, suitable for quickly reading image and text.

A2 Mode: Ghosting may exist, suitable for scrolling pages with image and

text.

X Mode: May cause serious loss of details, suitable for web pages and video.

Normal mode is the default mode; Speed mode is used while scrolling pages;

After selecting a new mode, to adjust the contrast could get a better effect;

Global contrast works for all interfaces, and other contrast adjustment in App

optimization may cause superimposed effect. It is recommended to only use

one of them.

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Hand Touch

For palm rejection, hand touch can be turned off (except for the status bar).

The default hand touch is on after reboot.

Edit

The icon in status drop-down menu can be adjusted, like add, remove, and re-order.

Function Area

The function area includes Library, Shop, Note, Storage, Apps, and Settings.

Content Area

The contents are sorted by time by default. The contents includes the following

items.

Library

All books in supported format from internal storage are displayed here. The

scanning path can be modified via Library Settings.

Shop

Enter into an online Ebook store. Users can view more book information and

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make a purchase. Purchased books will be added to the list of Library.

Note

Users can create a new note here, create folders for sort management, and

export note files to third-party apps.

Storage

All folders from internal storage will be displayed here. Users can manage

documents and folders from the page.

Apps

All third-party apps are displayed here. Users are allowed to manage or

optimize the apps.

Settings

The list of system settings help to manage the device.

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6. Library

The library only displays E-book documents in supported formats in the

storage. Book cover thumbnail is displayed by default. E-books are sorted by

the creation time.

Tapping the toolbar icon on the top right of the library, users can Search,

Create sub-library, Multi-select, Filter & Sort by, and Rebuild Library.

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Library Display Switch

Click on these icons to switch the library display. By default, it auto-scans and

loads all the supported documents in specified paths, sorted by a specified

way.

Another one is to display the content based on the structure of storage. The

icons change after clicking on it.

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Filter & Sort

By default, it shows all books in descending order.

Refresh Library

“Refresh Library” gets all documents in supported formats scanned and rebuild

library list. This function does not delete the reading history.

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Create Sub-library

It helps to manage books by file manager.

Library Settings

Users can set book file scanning path here. It only scan the specific folders

(Books, Shop, WifiTransfer, Push).

Users can also select scan all folders but it would slow down the loading

speed of Library.

Users can select showing books title or file name.

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Sub-library Attribute

Long-press on sub-library cover to view more information about sub-library. To

delete or rename sub-library are allowed. When deleting sub-library, the

containing books will be moved to Library and will not be deleted with the sub-

library.

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E-book Attribute

Long-press on book cover to view more information about E-book name, author,

format, size, reading progress, book detail(only available for the E-books of

Shop), open way, rename, move(to sub-library) and delete. One E-book only

can be added to one Sub-library.

As for the books purchased from the Shop, is allowed to view book details by

jumping to the Shop page.

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Enable/disable stylus

Dictionary

Search

Other functions

TTS

Slideshow

Page review

Undo, redo

7. Reader

Tap any E-book cover to open an E-book. Full-screen reading without showing

status bar is set by default.

To pull down from the top of the screen can call out the status bar.

To tap on the center of the screen can call out the menu bar for switch among

different documents or other functions

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Word Menu

Long-press on the word to pop up dictionary dialog for look-ups.

English word recognition and look-ups are supported.

Through the drop-down list on the top right of the dialog, the dictionary can be

switched to others.

Users can download and install the dictionary themselves. Put dictionary file on

the path root directory\dicts\xxx (e.g Storage\dicts\English-French), or

download dictionary online directly. Dictionary is available to use after being

installed.

Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.

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Long press on any word and drag to select the text you want to mark.

The highlight is set by default for selected text. Users can switch among

highlight, underline and others, the color highlight can be in black or grey. The

mark setting remains after a change. The marks before the change will not be

affected.

Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.

Choose “Annotation” to pop out a text box to add notes if needed.

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Bottom Menu Bar (PDF format)

TOC, Progress, Format, Navigation Mode, and Scribble are included.

TOC

TOC contains Table of Content, Bookmark, Annotation, and Scribble.

TOC supports three-layer hierarchy. The current layer is underlined. Jump to

the corresponding page when tapping any of the layers. Tap on any position out of the TOC to exit.

Order

Full screen

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Bookmarks

Without calling out the menu, bookmark the reading page by simply tapping a

tag on the top right corner of the screen. Tap it again to un-bookmark the page.

The bookmarks can be checked under the path of Doc-Bookmark, where users

can delete bookmarks.

Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the bookmarks.

Annotation

All highlighted/underlined/annotated content would be listed under the page of

Doc-Notes for further searching, editing and deleting.

Jump to the corresponding page/content by tapping any of the lists.

All contents on the Annotation page can be exported in txt format. Exported files

are saved under the directory folder Storage\Note\(same name as the source

file).

Scribble

All scribble and sidenote can be viewed under the page of Doc-scribble for

further searching and deleting.

Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the pages.

All scribble contents can be exported in Png format and saved under the same

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directory folder Storage\Note\(same name as the source file).

Progress

It displays the chapter name (book name if no chapter), page progress, last/next

chapter, page number, slideshow, undo, and redo.

Tap on the page number to enter a quick-flip interface. Click the page numbers

again and input number to jump to the page directly.

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Format

Display, Contrast, and Reflow are included. This module is just available for the

E-books in the formats of PDF\DJVU\CBR\CBZ.

Display

It contains Layout, Orientation, Zoom, Crop, and Margin.

Layout: Single page, double pages (only in landscape mode).

Orientation: Allowed to switch to four different orientations, the word orientation

is the same as the orientation of “T”.

Crop: Auto-crop according to the margin set by users.

Margin: The empty space at the sides of book content for auto crop.

Zoom: Zoom in, zoom out, and partial zoom are supported. Users can also

pinch fingers together or apart to zoom out or in on the reading pages.

ONYX MAX3 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1. About ONYX

2. Standard Accessories

3. Safety Guide

4. Product Views

5. Main Interface

Status Bar

Function Area

6. Library

Library Display Switch

Filter & Sort

Refresh Library

Create Sub-library

Library Settings

Sub-library Attribute

E-book Attribute

7. Reader

Word Menu

Bottom Menu Bar (PDF format)