ONYX BOOX GALILEO User guide

E‑bookreader

ONYXBOOX

Quickstartguide

Thank you for choosing our product. We would like to

remindyouthatthedevice requirescarefulhandlingin

accordancewithoperatingrules.

Newsoftwareversionsmaychangethefunctionsofthe

deviceandtheirnumber.Inthesecases,theinformation,

contained in this manual, may become outdated. New

versionsofusermanualswillbeavailableontheweb‑page

http://onyxboox.com/

Completeset:

ONYXBOOXdevice;

Covercase;

USBcable;

Quickstartguide;

Warrantycard.

Thepurposeandfunctionalityofthedevice

Themainpurposeofthedeviceisoperatingandstoring

differenttypesoftextandgraphicfiles.Thereisadictio‑

naryfunction.Also,connectiontotheInternetispossible.

Videofiles,however,cannotbeplayedback.

1.VIEWANDCONTROL

1.1.Front

Powerbutton

Pressandholdforabout2‑3seconds,ifthee‑readerisoff,this

turns it on. A longer press for 15‑20 seconds reboots the

device. A short press turns the device into a standby

(sleeping)mode.

PREVbutton

Previouspage.

NEXTbutton

Nextpage.

POWERbutton

PREV

button

1.2.Rightside

USB‑Cjack

microSD

Microphone

Speaker

USB‑Cjack

ConnectsthedevicetoacomputerusingtheenclosedUSBcableto

sharedataortochargethee‑reader.

microSDport

ToamicroSDcard(notincluded)youcanburnanyfilestouseonBOOX.

Speaker

Playssound.

Microphone

Recordsvoice.

2.GETTINGSTARTED

2.1.Howtoturnonthedevice?

a)PressandholdthePowerbuttonforabout3seconds.

Thedevicewillstartloading.

b)Releasethepowerbutton.

c)Waitforthedevicetoload.

2.2.Howtochargethebatteryofthedevice?

PlugtheUSBcableintothejackofthedeviceandconnectit

toaUSBportonaPC.

FullchargetimedependsonthevoltageofthePC.

2.3.HowtoconnectthedevicetoaPC?

a)TurnontheBOOX.

b)ConnecttheBOOXtoaUSBportofaPCusingtheUSB

cable.

c)Afterthedeviceisdetected,anactionsselectionmenu

willappearonthecomputerscreen.

d)Choose“Openthedevicetoviewfiles”.

e)Nowyouhaveaccesstofilesintheinternalmemory.

NOTE1.Thedeviceshouldnotbeoperatedwhen

connectedtothePC.

NOTE2.Beforeturningoffthedevice,disconnectitfrom

thePC.

NOTE3.RecommendedversionsofWindowsare7and

higher.

NOTE4.MacOSrequirestheAndroidFileTransfer

application.

2.4.Howtoturnoffthedevice?

a)PressandholdthePowerbuttonforabout2seconds.

b)Themenuwith“Poweroff”and“Restart”willappear.

Choose“Poweroff”.

3.MAINPAGE

Themainpageallowstheusertogetquickaccesstoe‑

books, files, installed applications and settings. The

descriptionofvirtualbuttonsandindicatorsisgivenbelow.

1‑Home;2‑Back;3‑Time;4‑Lightingindicator;5‑Screen

modeindicator;6‑Wi‑Fiindicator;7‑Chargeindicator;8‑

Batterycharge;9‑Booknumberindicator;10‑Appearance;

11‑Informationtype.

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3.1.TheLibrary

The library displays e‑book‑format files in sorted view.

Groupingandsearchbyauthors,genre,seriesarepossible

only for formats containing this information (fb2, epub,

mobi,pdf).Forotherfiles,thefilenameisshownasthe

titleand thedocumenttype isshownas theseries and

author(txt,docetc.).

Thankstothisfeatureyoudon'thavetospendtimesorting

booksintofoldersandrenamingfiles.

3.2.The“Nowreading”section

Thissectionappearswhenabookisopenedforthefirst

time. It contains the cover of the last book that was

opened.Additionalinformationcanbefoundontheright:

Thenumberofapagebeingreadandthetotalnumberof

pagesinthebook;

Readingprogressscale;

Dateandtimeofthelastopening;

Booktitle(iftherearenotitlesinmetadata,thefilename

isdisplayed);

 Name of the author or authors (if this information is

containedinmetadata).

Atthetoprightthereisanindicatorofthebookcurrently

beingreadaswellasthethreepreviousbooks.

Toaccessapreviouslyreadbook,swipefromtherightto

theleftonthe“Nowreading”field.Theindicatorwillshow

whichofthefourrecentlyreadbooksisdisplayedatthe

moment.

4.WORKWITHBOOKSANDFILES

4.1.Gettingstartedwiththelibrary

The first time you open the library, you must scan the

internal memory. This will help the system extract

metadata,addbookstothecatalogueandsortthem.To

launchthisprocedure,presstheSCANLIBRARYbutton.

Eachtimeyourecordordeletebooksfromthememoryof

thedeviceitisnecessarytolaunchthescanmanuallyto

refreshthelibrary.

4.2.Sortingandfiltering

Inthe library,booksaregroupedbyauthors,series and

titles (for each group the number of items in it is dis‑

played).Withinthesegroupstheitemsaresortedalpha‑

betically(intheseriesbooksaresortedbytheirnumbersin

theseries),forauthorsandseriesthenumberofbooksis

indicated. The items beginning with digits or without a

namearelocatedattheendofthelist.

Onthemainpageofthelibraryitispossibletosetthefilter

bylanguage,genre,text,dateofthebook’spublicationand

dateoffilecreation.

Aftersettingthefilterinthegroups“Authors”,“Series”,

“Titles” books will be displayed by their corresponding

filterparameters.



The“Text”filterallowstheusertosortbooksbyapartof

thetitle,thenameoftheauthororbyapartoftheseries

name.Forthisfilteringitisnecessarytoenteratleasttwo

letters.Iftheenteredtextiscontainedinthenameofthe

element(titleofabookorofseries,nameoftheauthor),

this element and all the elements related to it will be

selected.Forexample,ifthesearchedtextiscontainedin

thenameoftheseries,thissameserieswillbeshownin

the“Series”groupafterfiltering,inthe“Authors”group–

authors from this series, in the “Titles” group – all the

books from this series, even though the names of the

authorsandthebooktitlesdonotcontaintheenteredtext.

 The“Clearall”optionclearsallthefilterparameters.If

youwanttoclearonlyoneofthefilters,gotothecorre‑

spondingfilterandchoose“Clear”orerasethetextinthe

“Text”filter.

4.3.Workingwithlistsandbooks

A short tap on a list opens it and shows its content. To

returntoaleveluponthelist,touchthearrowintheupper

partofthelistorpresstheBACKbutton.

Ashorttaponabookopensthepagewiththedescription

ofthebook.Hereyoucanreadthedetailsofthebook:title,

author,genreand annotations.Butthese detailsappear

only if they are contained in the file metadata.

Unfortunately, not all the e‑book files contain them or

containthementirely.Inthiscasethecorrespondingfields

willbeempty.

Alongtaponabookcallsthefollowingmenu:

Read‑chooseareadingapp;

Properties–thebookinformation;

Delete–deletingthebookfromthedevice.Ifthebookis

inthearchive,allofthearchivewithallthefilesinitwillbe

deleted.

TogotothemainpageofthelibrarypresstheBACKbutton

severaltimesorpressthe“Arrowtotheleft”iconinthetop

tray.

4.4.Thelibraryviewsetup

You can change the view of the library by touching the

‘’eye”iconandchoosingoneoftwovariants

Onecolumn

Twocolumns

4.5.Choosingthetypeofdisplayedinformation

Touchingthe“Informationtypes”icon(threedots)callsthe

followingmenu:

OpenFile–Thefilemanager(storage)displayingfolders.

Favorites–Auser’slistoffavoritebooks.

RecentFiles–Thelistofrecentlyopenedbooks.

Sort–Orderingbooks.Thisoptionisonlyavailableinthe

filemanager.

4.6.Thefilemanager

Tolaunchthefilemanagerofthelibrary,pressthe“Infor‑

mationtype”icon(threedots)andchoose“Openfile”.In

thefilemanageronlythosefilesaredisplayedwhichcan

beopenedwithoneofthereadingprograms.

NOTE:A folder containing thousands of files may not

displaytheentirelistoffilesbutonlyitsbeginning.

Intheupperlinethecurrentpathisshown.The“Arrow’

iconontherightaswellastheBACKbuttonservestogoa

levelupinthecatalogue.

Attention! The Library, the file manager, Favorites and

Recentfilesaresingle‑leveltypesofdisplayinginforma‑

tion. Multiple presses of the BACK button in the file

managerwillleadtotherootdirectoryofthefilesystem.

To go to the library, use the “Information types” icon

(threedots)andthenchoosethe“Library”option.

Filesandfolderscanbesorted(Menu–Sort)byname,by

dateandbysize.



Ashorttaponafileopensit.

Alongtaponafilecallsupthefollowingmenu:

Read‑chooseareadingapp;

Properties–thebookinformation;

Delete–deletingthebookfilefromthedevice.Ifthe

bookisinthearchive,theentirearchivewithallthefilesin

itwillbedeleted.

4.7.RecentFiles

To go to the list of recently opened books, touch the

“Informationtypes”icon(threedots)onthemainpageof

thelibraryandchoose“Recentfiles”.

Thesizeofthislistislimitedto256books.

Theviewandtheactionsherearesimilartothoseinthefile

managerexceptdisplayingfolders.

Togotothelibrary,tothefilemanagerorto“Favorites”use

the“Informationtypes”icon(threedots).

4.8.Favorites

Togotothelistoffavoritebooks,touchthe“Information

types” icon (three dots) on the home page and choose

“Favorites”.

Theviewandtheactionsherearesimilartothoseinthefile

managerexceptdisplayingfolders.

To add a book to the Favorites, you need to open the

“Properties”windowsthenpressthe“Star”iconinthetop

right.Thestarwillbecomedark.

Todeletethebookfromthefavoritelistpressbrieflythe

bookicon–the“Properties”windowwillopen.Pressthe

“Star”iconinthetopright.Thestarwillbecomelight.You

canalsocompletelyclearthelistoffavoritesbypressing

the “Information types” icon (three dots) and choosing

“Remove all”. The files themselves in this case are not

deletedandremaininstorage.

Files”listusethe“Informationtypes”icon(threedots).

Attention!Whenretrievingthecontextmenubypressing

the book pictogram for several seconds, the option

“Delete”willbecomeavailable.Choosingthisactionwill

deletethebooknotonlyfromthe“Favorites”listbutfrom

storageaswell.

TogototheLibrary,tothefilemanagerortothe“Recent

Files”listusethe“Informationtypes”icon(threedots).

5.GENERALPRINCIPLESOFTHEWORK

WITHREADINGPROGRAMS

Thereadingprogramspre‑installedinthee‑readerserve

forreadingthefollowingfilesTXT,HTML,RTF,FB2,FB2.zip,

DOC,MOBI,CHM,EPUB,PDF,DJVUandothers.

Toturnpagessimplytouchthesensorscreen.

Thereadingprogramallowsyoutoaddbookmarks.Inthe

AlReaderXappbring upthe menu and then choosethe

option“AddBookmark”.IntheNeoReaderprogramitis

enoughtogotoadesiredpageandbrieflypresstheupper

rightcornerofthescreen.Itwillchange.Clickingtheicon

againwilldeletethebookmarkandtheiconwillreturnto

itsoriginalstate.Themenuinbothprogramswillallowyou

toseepreviouslyaddedbookmarksandtogotoacorre‑

spondingpage.

Youcanopensettingswithashorttouchtothecenterof

thescreen.

6.WARNINGSANDSAFETYCONDITIONS

6.1.Anewbatteryachievesitsmaximumcapacityafter2‑3

cyclesofrecharging.

6.2.Toavoidimportantdataloss,westronglyrecommend

youtosavethemperiodicallyonalternativedatastorages.

Itisespeciallyimportanttosavedatabeforeupdatingthe

device.Ourcompanydoesnotbearanyresponsibilityfor

yourdatapreservation.

6.3.Please,donotdismantlethedeviceonyourown.

6.4. Avoid twisting and bending the device and other

deformationsofthecasing.

6.5.Avoidhittingthedeviceagainsthardsurfaces.

6.6.Avoid placing excessive pressure on the screen or

hittingit.Thescreenhasaglassbase.

6.7.Donotallowwatertogetintoorontoyourdevice.Do

notuseitclosetoopenwatersources.

6.8.AvoidusingtheBOOXinthefollowingconditions:

Lowtemperature;

Hightemperature;

Intensemagneticfield;

Highhumidity;

Highdustcontent;

Directsunlight.

NOTE:Therangeoftemperatureandhumidityisindicated

intheProductspecificationsofthismanual.

6.9.Do not use concentrated detergents. To clean the

device,useadrycottoncloth.

6.10.Donotreplacepartsofthedevice.

6.11.Usebatteries,poweradaptorsandotheraccessories

recommended by the manufacturer. Using third‑party

accessories may be dangerous and can invalidate the

warranty.

6.12.Whenrecyclingoutdatedproducts,followtherules

andlawsoftheterritoryofusage.

6.13.Ifanyproblemsoccurwiththedevice,getintouch

witha nearestservice center.Informationabout how to

contactservicecenterscanbefoundonthewarrantycard.

6.14.Themanufacturerreservestherighttomakechanges

tothedevicewithoutnotifyingtheconsumers.

PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS

Display

Frontlight MOONLight2

Processor 4‑core,2GHz

RAM

ROM 32GB

Wirelessintarfaces Wi‑FiIEEE802.11ac

Bluetooth5.0

Wiredinterface USBType‑С

Operatingsystem Android11

Supportedfileformats

Battery 2300mAh

Recommendedpower

adaptor

ACinput:100–240V,50/60GHz

DСoutput:5V–2A

Size

Weight

Operatingtemperature/

acceptablehumidity 0–50С/0%‑90%

Durability 2years

Warrantyperiod 1year

СЕ/ЕАС

Detailedinformationisavailableonthewebpage

http://onyxboox.com/

EInkCarta,7"touchcapacitive,resolution1264x1680,

withtheSNOWFieldfunction

2GB

156х137х6mm

190gr

Note:Sincepartoftheflashmemoryvolumeisoccupiedbythesystem

software,theportionavailabletotheuser,islessthanthetotalsize

ofthememorychip.

Standardsconformity

TXT,HTML,RTF,FB2,FB2.zip,FB3,DOC,DOCX,PRC,

MOBI,CHM,PDB,EPUB,JPG,PNG,GIF,BMP,PDF,DjVu,

CBR,CBZ,MP3,WAV

Audio Speaker,microphone

Sensors Hallsensor,G‑sensor

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