ONYX BOOX Edison User guide

Brand: ONYX BOOX

Model: Edison

Category: E-book readers

Type: User guide

ONYX BOOX Edison is an e-book reader designed for storing and reading various text and graphic formats. It allows you to access and manage your e-book library, sort books into folders, and filter them by language, genre, or publication date. The device features a built-in speaker that can play audio notes.

E‑bookreader

ONYXBOOX

EDISON

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device'sfunctions

andtheirnumber.In thesecases,the information,con‑

tained in this manual, may become outdated. New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

Power button

1.2.Bottom

USB‑Cjack ConnectsthedevicetoacomputerusingtheenclosedUSB

cabletosharedataortochargethee‑reader.

Microphone Recordsaudionotes.

Microphone

USB‑Cjack

SpeakersPlaysounds.

Speaker

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.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.

3.1.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. 8

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–ort)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iconin

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corresponding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.

7.PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS

Display

Frontlight MOONLight2

Processor 8‑core,1,8GHz

RAM

ROM 32GB

Wirelessintarfaces Wi‑FiIEEE802.11ac

Bluetooth5.0

Wiredinterface USB‑С

Operatingsystem Android10.0

Supportedfileformats

Battery Li‑Pol,2000mAh

Recommendedpower

adaptor

ACinput:100–240V,50/60GHz

DСoutput:5V=3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Plus,7,8"touchcapacitive,resolution

1872x1404,300ppi,16shadesofgrey

3GB

194х136.5х6.3mm

235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

Audio Speakers,microphone

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

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

CBR,CBZ,MP3,WAV

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Model: Edison

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