Onyx Boox DARWIN 9 User manual

E‑bookreaderONYXBOOXQuickstartguideDARWIN 9

2Thank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outdated.Newversionsofusermanualswillbeavailableontheweb‑pagehttp://onyxboox.com/

3Completeset:ONYXBOOXdevice;Covercase;USBcable;Quickstartguide;Warrantycard.ThepurposeandfunctionalityofthedeviceThe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.

41.VIEWANDCONTROL1.1.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.
BACKbuonPOWERbuttonPREVbuttonNEXTbutton

51.2.BottomUSB‑CjackConnectsthedevicetoacomputerusingtheenclosedUSBcabletosharedataortochargethee‑reader.USB‑CjackMicroSDMicroSDportToamicroSDcard(notincluded)youcanburnanyfilestouseonBOOX.MicrophoneAudiojackAudiojackAllowstolistentoaudiobooksMicrophoneRecordsaudionotes

62.GETTINGSTARTED2.1.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.

7NOTE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”.

83.MAINPAGEThe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Time/2Lightingindicator/3Screenmodeswitcher/4Chargeindicator/5Batterycharge/6Booknumberindicator/7Appearance/8Informationtype12345678

3.1.TheLibraryThe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”sectionThis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.9

4.WORKWITHBOOKSANDFILES4.1.GettingstartedwiththelibraryThe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filteringIn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.10

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booksA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.11

12A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informationTouching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.

134.6.ThefilemanagerTo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.

144.7.RecentFilesTo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.FavoritesTo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PROGRAMSThe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screen15

166.WORKINGWITHPROGRAMSAndroid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DARWIN9runsontheAndroidOSversion11.6.1.InstallingappsBesides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appsTo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DEVICEOnyx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‑opensource17

18Besides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CONDITIONS8.1.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.

19NOTE: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.