ONYX BOOX VOLTA 3 User guide

Brand: ONYX BOOX

Model: VOLTA 3

Type: User guide

ONYX BOOX VOLTA 3 is a feature-rich e-book reader that lets you immerse yourself in your favorite reads, surf the Internet, and jot down notes or sketches. With a large 7.8-inch E Ink Carta display, you'll enjoy a paper-like reading experience that's easy on the eyes. Store your entire library on the 32GB of internal storage, or expand it with a microSD card.

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Quickstartguide

VOLTA 3

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tained in this manual, may become outdated. New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

Backbutton

Exitsapplicationsande‑booksorcancelsacurrentoperation.

PREVbutton

Previouspage.

NEXTbutton

Nextpage.

POWERbutton

PREV

button

Back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.

USB‑Cjack

microSD

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

onBOOX.

1.3.Backside

Contact

plaorm

Contactplaorm

Designedtocommunicatewiththebuonsofthecase

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Chargeindicator/4Networkconnection/5

Time/6Lightingindicator/7Screenmodeswitcher/8Turnpage

buttonsmode/9APPsinmemory/10Booknumberindicator/11

Appearance/12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–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.WORKINGWITHPROGRAMS

Android is an open‑source operating system specially

developed for mobile devices. The Android OS is con‑

stantly being improved because it occupies one of the

leadingpositionsontheworldmarket.

OntheInternettherearemanydevelopersocietieswho

createprogramsandapplicationsfortheAndroidoperat‑

ingsystem.MostofthemarewrittenintheJavaprogram‑

minglanguage.Installationfilesfortheseappsarefilesin

.apkformat.

ONYXBOOXVOLTA3runsontheAndroidOSversion4.4.

6.1.Installingapps

Besidesastandardpackageofbasicapplicationsandthe

pre‑installedsoftware,youcaninstalladditionalsoftware

ifyouwish.

Toinstallappsbyyourselfitisnecessary:

a) To write an installation file (in .apk format) into the

internalmemoryofthedevice;

b) To find this file in the File manager or in a different

similarprogram;

c)Openthefileandconfirmtheinstallation.

6.2.Deletingapps

Todeleteaninstalledapp,dothefollowing:

a)Gotothemainpage;

b)Choose“Settings”;

c)Openthe“Application”section;

d)Then“Manageapps”;

e)Findandchoosetheappinthelist;

f)Press“delete”andconfirmthedeletion.

NOTE1:Theappsincluded in theoperatingsystemare

impossibletoremove.

NOTE 2: Writing and installing of applied programs are

performed without changing the firmware (operating

system)andwithoutmakingchangestothedevicedesign.

NOTE3:Beforeinstallingathird‑partyapp,makesurethat

itisdesignedforthisversionofAndroidandadaptedfor

deviceswithEInkscreens.

7.REPROGRAMMINGTHEDEVICE

OnyxInternationalisconstantlyimprovingthesoftwareof

our devices. Detected errors and flaws are being fixed,

new features are implemented and new programs

becomeavailable.

Reprogramming the device can be performed both by

changing the firmware and by installing and deleting

different programs without changing the firmware. You

can find updates for ONYX devices on our webpage:

http://onyxboox.com/firmware

7.1.Thesoftwareupdate.

The detailed information about this procedure is pre‑

sentedonthewebpagehttp://onyxboox.com/firmware

7.2.Appsdevelopment.

Theinformationaboutpersonalappsdevelopmentand

necessarytoolscanbefoundonthesite

https://github.com/onyx‑intl/boox‑opensource

Besides that, there is a repository (storage) of program

librariesusedbyONYX andwhicharecreatedunderthe

open source condition. These programs (libraries) under

thetermsofthelicenseareopen.

8.WARNINGSANDSAFETYCONDITIONS

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

cyclesofrecharging.

8.2.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.

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

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

deformationsofthecasing.

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

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

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

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

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

8.8.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.

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

device,useadrycottoncloth.

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

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

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

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

warranty.

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

andlawsoftheterritoryofusage.

8.13.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.

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

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

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