ONYX BOOX Edison User guide

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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.

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tained in this manual, may become outdated. New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/
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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userslistoffavoritebooks.
RecentFiles–Thelistofrecentlyopenedbooks.
Sort–Orderingbooks.Thisoptionisonlyavailableinthe
filemanager.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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:5V=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6.3mm
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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ONYX BOOX Edison User guide

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.

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