TRYSIGHT Mercury 7 User manual

Mercury 7
HANDHELD MAGNIFIER &
READER USER GUIDE
www.trysight.com

Congratulations on the purchase of your
Mercury 7 Handheld Magnifier with
Speech. Please read the manual fully
before using. Mercury 7 is an advanced
handheld magnifier with highly accurate
reading capabilities, allowing you to listen
to printed material in a clear natural
sounding voice. We hope it will serve you
well. Should you have suggestions for
improving the product, please email us at
[e-mail].
Enclosed Parts:
Power Charger with cable
US plug connector (North American
customers only)
User Manual
Mercury 7 Handheld Device with attached
legs

DEVICE LAYOUT
IMPORTANT: DO NOT HOLD DOWN THE
POWER BUTTON AND VOLUME BUTTON
AT THE SAME TIME. DOING SO WILL
DIRECT YOU TO THE FACTORY RESET
SCREEN. TO EXIT THIS MODE, REMOVE
THE BATTERY FROM THE BACK OF THE
UNIT AND INSERT IT AGAIN. THEN POWER
ON THE UNIT.

POWER ON/OFF
Hold down the Power button for 3
seconds to start the unit. After 10 seconds
you will hear a boot sound. After a further
10-15 seconds the unit will be ready to
use. The unit will start in live
magnification mode. If the unit doesn't
start, the likely cause is the battery is not
charged. To charge the battery, plug in the
power adapter to an electrical outlet and
use the provided USB cable to connect the
device to the charger as shown below.
After charging for 30 minutes the unit
should have sufficient power to start.
However, to fully charge the unit it will
take 2.5 hours. To power off the unit, hold
down the power button for 3 seconds.

QUICK ON/OFF
To enable quick on/off functionality, the
unit can go into "Sleep" mode. The unit
can wake up instantly from sleep mode in
1 second. However, Sleep mode uses a
small amount of battery as the unit is not
completely turned off. After 2 days in
sleep mode, the battery will drain out and
will need recharging even if you don't use
the unit. To put the unit to sleep, tap the
Power button quickly (Don't hold it down).
You will hear a beep and the screen will
turn off. To wake it up, tap the power
button again.
INTEGRATED LEGS
Mercury 7 incorporates integrated
foldable legs. The legs allow for easy
positioning of the device over a
document. The legs are comprised of a
small leg and a big leg. Open the big leg
and then the small leg as shown below.

MAGNIFICATION MODE
All the functions of Mercury 7 can be
controlled using simple touch
gestures. They are as follows:
1) Single Finger Tap to Focus

2)Two Finger Pinch to Zoom In/Out
3)Three Finger Tap to change Color

4)Four Finger tap to toggle light on/off
5)Five Finger tap to freeze/unfreeze image

READING MODE
Tap on the red circle on the top left twice
to enter reading mode. After tapping the
button, a new interface appears. It will be
similar to the image below.
Position the device over any document.
Whatever the camera can see will be
shown on screen. To take a photo and
start reading tap in the center of the
screen twice. There are icons on the
bottom of the screen for advanced users.
These include changing the voice, speed,
saving documents etc. The functions of
those icons are demonstrated using video
tutorials on our website.
After you have taken the image, the
device will need a few seconds to process
Tap in the middle
twice to take a
picture and read it

the document. A progress bar will appear
and a ticking sound will indicate that the
recognition is in progress as shown below.
If you wish to cancel reading, press the X
on the top left twice.
Reading should start automatically upon
completion of this step.
1) Pause/Play
By default, the unit will start reading upon
completion of processing. To pause, tap
anywhere on the screen with a single
finger. To resume, tap again with a single
finger. Note that when resuming, the
location you tap matters. If you tap on a
specific word it will start reading from that
word and not where you left off.

2) Zoom In/Out
You can zoom in/out in reading mode
using the same 2 finger pinch gesture as in
Magnification Mode.
3) Change Color
To change color, use the middle icon on
the left side of the screen.
4) Panning
One of the best features in reading mode
is the ability to pan around the document
using touch gestures. When reading is
paused, you can choose where to resume
reading by simply dragging the screen to a
part of the document that's relevant. To
do this, hold one finger down on the
screen and move it around. The document
will follow your finger. Once you see what
you want to read, tap it with a single
finger.
5) Exit Reading Mode
To read something else, press the X on the
top left twice. You will be taken back to
the screen where you can take a photo of
a document. If you wish to exit out of that

as well, press the X on the top left again
and you will be back in Magnification
Mode.
LOW BATTERY WARNING
When the unit has approximately 15
minutes of usable charge remaining it will
alert you by beeping. The beep is a
sequence of 4 quick beeps. You will hear
this beep every few minutes until the
device powers off by itself.
AUTO SHUTDOWN
If you operate the device continuously in
Magnification Mode for long periods of
time (45+ min), the device may get warm.
If the device temperature exceeds a
threshold, it will power off automatically
to ensure battery life. Wait a few minutes
for it to cool down before starting it again.