ONYX BOOX Darwin 9 Electric Reader User Guide

ONYX BOOX Darwin 9 Electric Reader

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 In these cases, the information, con‑ tained in this manual, may become outdated.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.

VIEW AND CONTROL

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.
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Back button| Exits applications and e‑books or cancels a current operation.
PREV button| Previous page.
NEXT button| Next page.

Bottom

USB‑C jack| Connects the device to a computer using the enclosed USB cable to share data or to charge the e‑reader.
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MicroSD port| To a microSD card (not included) you can burn any files to use on BOOX.
Audio jack| Allows to listen to audiobooks
Microphone| Records audio notes

GETTING STARTED

How to turn on the device?

1. Press and hold the Power button for about 3 seconds. The device will start loading.
2. Release the power button.
3. Wait for the device to load.

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.

How to connect the device to a PC?

1. Turn on the BOOX.
2. Connect the BOOX to a USB port of a PC using the USB cable.
3. After the device is detected, an actions selection menu will appear on the computer screen.
4. Choose “Open the device to view files”.
5. 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.

How to turn off the device?

1. Press and hold the Power button for about 2 seconds.
2. The menu with “Power off” and “Restart” will appear.
   Choose “Power off”.

MAIN PAGE

The main page allows the user to get quick access to ebooks, 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

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.

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.

WORK WITH BOOKS AND FILES

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.

Sorting and filtering

• In the library, books are grouped by authors, series and titles (for each group the number of items in it is displayed).
• Within these groups the items are sorted alphabetically (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 corresponding filter and choose “Clear” or erase the text in the “Text” filter.

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.

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

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.

The file manager

To launch the file manager of the library, press the “Information 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.

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).

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).

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

WORKING WITH PROGRAMS

Android is an open‑source operating system specially developed for mobile devices. The Android OS is constantly being improved because it occupies one of the leading positions on the world market.
On the Internet, there are many developer societies that create programs and applications for the Android operating 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 Android OS version 11.

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:

1. To  write  an  installation  file  (in  .apk  format)  into  the internal memory of the device;
2. To  find  this  file  in  the  File  manager  or  in  a  different similar program;
3. Open the file and confirm the installation.

Deleting apps

To delete an installed app, do the following:

• Go to the main page;
• Choose “Settings”;
• Open the “Application” section;
• Then “Manage apps”;
• Find and choose the app in the list;
• 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.

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

The software update.

The  detailed  information  about  this  procedure  is  pre‑ sented on the webpage http://onyxboox.com/firmware

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.

WARNINGS AND SAFETY CONDITIONS

1. A new battery achieves its maximum capacity after 2‑3  cycles of recharging.
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.
3. Please, do not dismantle the device on your own. 8.4.  Avoid  twisting  and  bending  the  device  and  other  deformations of the casing.
4. Avoid hitting the device against hard surfaces.
5. Avoid  placing  excessive  pressure  on  the  screen  or  hitting it. The screen has a glass base.
6. Do not allow water to get into or onto your device. Do not use it close to open water sources.
7. Avoid using the BOOX in the following conditions:
8. Low temperature;
9. High temperature;
10. Intense magnetic field;
11. High humidity;
12. High dust content;
13. Direct sunlight.
14. NOTE: The range of temperature and humidity is indicated in the Product specifications of this manual.
15. Do  not  use  concentrated  detergents.  To  clean  the  device, use a dry cotton cloth.
16. Do not replace parts of the device.
17. Use batteries, power adaptors and other accessories recommended by the manufacturer. Using third‑party accessories may be dangerous and can invalidate the warranty.
18. When recycling outdated products, follow the rules and laws of the territory of usage.
19. 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.
20. The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the device without notifying the consumers.

RODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Display| E Ink Carta Plus, 6″ touch capacitive, resolution 1072×1448, 16 shades of grey, with the SNOW Field function
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Frontlight| MOON Light 2
Processor| 4‑core, 2 GHz
RAM| 2 GB
ROM| 16 GB
Wireless intarfaces| Wi‑Fi IEEE 802.11ac

Bluetooth 5.0

Audio| Audio jack, 3.5 mm Microphone
Wired interface| USB Type‑С
Operating system| Android 11
Supported file formats| TXT, HTML, RTF, FB2, FB2.zip, FB3, DOC, DOCX, PRC, MOBI, CHM, PDB, EPUB, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF, DjVu, CBR, CBZ, MP3, WAV
Battery| 3000 mAh
Recommended power adaptor| AC input: 100 – 240 V, 50/60 GHz

DС output: 5V – 1 A

Size| 170 х 117 х 8,7 mm
Weight| 182 gr
Operating temperature / acceptable humidity| ****

0°С ‑ 50°С / 0%‑90%

Durability| 2 years
Warranty period| 1 year
Standards conformity| СЕ/ЕАС

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.

Detailed information is available on the webpage http://onyxboox.com/

References

• ONYX BOOX electronic books
• Firmware Updates :: ONYX BOOX electronic books

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