Boox Boox A62, User Manual

Page 1: ...A62 User Manual VERSION 1 6 2008 2011 Onyx International Inc ...

Page 2: ...oox A62 View 6 Key Function 8 Basic Operations 9 Reading Books 11 Internal Storage 14 Internal Storage Menu 15 Reading a Book 15 SD Card 16 Recent Documents 17 Dictionary 18 Installing Dictionaries 19 Consult the Dictionary 19 Pictures 20 Pictures Menu 20 Music 22 Play Interface 22 Scribble 23 Notes 24 Web Sites 25 Wi Fi Configuration 25 Web Browser 26 Browser Menu 26 Applications 27 Settings 28 T...

Page 3: ...ink screens extremely low power consumption Each full charge can sustain a few weeks reading By reducing paper consumption while providing a realistic paper like reading experience digital content helps to protect the environment without sacrificing convenience or life style Boox comes with viewers for most popular ebook and image formats including PDF HTML DJVU CHM EPUP TXT FB2 RTF DOC DOCX XLS X...

Page 4: ...ty accessories Do not attempt to repair or take the product apart This will void your warranty Only qualified personnel from Onyx International Inc or an authorized Boox maintenance centre can repair the product Do not use the rechargeable battery if it is damaged in any way If the battery leaks liquid please clean the Boox and replace with a new battery If liquid has leaked from the battery and c...

Page 5: ...splay The device uses a glass based display is thus liable to break if mistreated Never open the device as this will invalidate any warranty or manufacturer s responsibility Please contact your Onyx retailer when you have any technical difficulties Do NOT expose the device to excessive moisture rain or heat sources caused by heating equipment Components Boox A62 eReader Power Adaptor USB Cable Cov...

Page 6: ...________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 6 31 Boox A62 View Front View OK button BACK button NEXT button MENU button Indicator Light 5 way Navigation button PREV button ...

Page 7: ...__________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 7 31 Bottom and Side View Back View SD Card Slot Power On Off button Headphone Jack USB Connector Volume Control button Reset Styles Slot WIFI On Off button ...

Page 8: ...n view PREV button Flip to previous screen while viewing document Flip to previous screen while browsing documents in main view 5 way Navigation button Navigate items on current screen e g navigate from Library to SD Card by pressing RIGHT key Turn back to previous view or forward to next view while reading PDF ePub documents Turn back to previous web page or forward to next page while browsing th...

Page 9: ... The main menu includes Internal Storage SD Card Recent Documents Dictionary Pictures Music Scribble Notes Web Sites Applications and Settings Press the PREV NEXT PAGE Buttons to turn pages Press the 5 way Navigation Button to navigate to the desired icon Press the OK Button to confirm the option Press the Back Button to return the previous operations At Home page press the MENU Button to pop up t...

Page 10: ...ights reserved 10 31 Recent Reading 4 most recent files will be displayed on Recent Reading widget Press the Navigation Button to select the file and press the OK Button to confirm Date and Time This widget display current time Press the Navigation Button to select this widget and to confirm time and date will be showed on the screen as a screen saver Press the BACK Button to exit ...

Page 11: ...s this icon to enter submenu to select fit line spacing Font Family Configure the font family while viewing a document The existing font families of device are shown on the menu Encoding Configure the encoding type while viewing text based document The configurable encoding types are shown on the menu Navigation Navigation operations are used for accessing websites and viewing html based documents...

Page 12: ...etches are erased when you click on them or drag the stylus through them Merge Sketch Merge your sketch on PDF system will automatically generate a new PDF file to save what you made Sketch Colors Select the color of sketches Now black and white are supported Sketch Shapes Select the shape line width of sketches Now five levels of line widths are supported Annotations mean a group of annotation op...

Page 13: ... Next View to go to next screen while browsing document This button is activated only if you have chosen Previous View Go To Page Press the virtual keypad to input the page number Press to backspace Press the Navigation Button to move to the OK icon to go to the selected page Show Hide Hyperlinks To display or not display hyperlinks of files e g PDF doc Clock To show you how many time have read Di...

Page 14: ...____ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 14 31 Internal Storage The device supports more than 18 types of file formats including EPUB PDF FB2 MOBI TXT RTF PDB HTM HTML CHM DJVU DJV XLS XLSX PPT PPTX and DOC DOCX It also supports compressed files in ZIP and RAR formats Supports more formats in subsequent firmware upgrade ...

Page 15: ...nd reading progress Thumbnail View To view the books in thumbnails view Sort Sort the files by Name Type Size Access Time Ascending and Descending View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in main view File Search Search for target file by given pattern The search results are displayed in the main view Rename To rename a selected files Copy Cut Delete File means the operations to a f...

Page 16: ...s The folder is for fonts files storage You can put font file into this folder and select what you like font when you reading handwriting The folder is for handwriting files storage to recognize what you write including chinese dat Europe dat Japanese dat manual This PDF format User Manual can be browsed on the device Press the PREV NEXT Page Buttons to turn pages Press BACK to return to main menu...

Page 17: ..._______ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 17 31 Recent Documents Select the Recent Document icon all of the recent read documents are displayed 4 most recent files will be shown on Recent Reading widget Up Press this Up icon to return home screen Clear All Press this Clear All icon to clear all recent reading files ...

Page 18: ... 18 31 Dictionary StarDict compatible programs are available for the device It supports dictionary format in StarDict Dictionaries Select Dictionaries to show the dictionary list Similar Words Select Similar Words to show the similar words group Explanation Select Explanation to show the translation content Lookup Input letters by software keyboard and then select Lookup to show the translation ...

Page 19: ...y files to the dicts folder of SD card For every dictionary you should have a separate folder The final folder structure should look something like this SDROOT dicts dict_a dict_a ifo SDROOT dicts dict_a dict_a idx SDROOT dicts dict_a dict_a dict dz and for another dictionary called dict_b here SDROOT dicts dict_b dict_b ifo SDROOT dicts dict_b dict_b idx SDROOT dicts dict_b dict_b dict dz Finally...

Page 20: ... Onyx International All rights reserved 20 31 Pictures Photos saved on SD card are auto displayed in the list The device supports picture formats such as TIFF JPEG GIF BMP and PNG Pictures Menu At the Pictures list press the Menu Button to enter the Pictures Menu Press the Navigation Button to select the option and to confirm Press the BACK Button to exit ...

Page 21: ... details includes name last access time read count and reading progress Thumbnail View To view the books in 4 thumbnails view Sort Sort the files by Name Type Size Access Time Ascending and Descending View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in main view File Search Search for target file by given pattern The search results are displayed in the main view Rename To rename a selected ...

Page 22: ...tom of device to adjust the volume level 2 Press the 5 ways Navigation Buttons to select previous next track and press OK button to confirm 3 Press to play pause the track 4 Press to turn to previous track 5 Press to turn to next track 6 Press to switch between Repeat Shuffle Normal playing modes 7 Press to turn to enter the Background Music Mode 8 Press to close the music player Note Background M...

Page 23: ...________________________________________________ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 23 31 Scribble Select Scribble icon enter the Create Scribble interface Select Create Scribble icon to choose a template for scribble User can add templates to SD card in notes_template folder ...

Page 24: ...nal All rights reserved 24 31 Notes Create Notes Highlight new notes and press the Navigation Button to create a new note Click on the keypad to input characters Press the BACK Button to pop up the notes dialog box Highlight YES to save the new notes Highlight NO to exit to the new notes interface without save Input characters to create a file name Highlight OK to confirm ...

Page 25: ...interface follow the steps below to enable the function Make sure the Wi Fi switch is turned on slide upward The Hardware Address is displayed after Wi Fi switch is turned on The device will search for the available Wi Fi automatically The available Wi Fi connection will be displayed in the list Select to add a new SSID Select to refresh Wi Fi access points Select a wireless network with the Navig...

Page 26: ...enu Button to browse a web page detailed as follows Tool Bar Tool bar provides four functions going back to the previous website going forward to the next website refreshing current website stopping the loading of current page Clock Select clock icon it can show the current time and reading time Same function in each kind of e book content Software keyboard Select this software keyboard icon you c...

Page 27: ...ect this icon to set proxy for access internet Tools Don t Save Account Don t automatically preserve Internet account Hide Account Hide Internet account Delete Password Delete Internet account Clear Cookies Clear all cookies of browsed Don t Auto load Image Open this option browser will not load image NOTE Through built in web browser you can access the specified websites You can input text on web...

Page 28: ...ol Reader Html Reader Office Reader Start Setting Customize your boot option select opening recently read documents or opening the main interface when booting the device Screen Update Set the refreshing rates make full screen refreshing after reading certain amount of pages for example every 3 5 7 9 page s or always Power Management Select the Power Management icon you can set the time of standby ...

Page 29: ...__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2011 Onyx International All rights reserved 29 31 About Display the technical information of the device ...

Page 30: ...B PDF built in Adobe Reader Mobile Expansion Slots SD card up to 32GB Battery Lithium Battery 1600 mAh Other Interfaces mini USB2 0 3 5mm stereo audio jack Dimensions 197 mm x 124 mm x 11 6 mm L x W x H Weight 298 g Connect to PC Device can be easily connected to PC by USB cable A dialog pops up immediately after the connection establishes Select Yes to confirm the connection You can find at least...

Page 31: ...yx_update upd Insert the SD card into device Restart device press and hold the OK button NOTE the OK button should be pressed before the device restarts Hold it until you see the message Software update request detected checking updates Device updates itself automatically It restarts after update finishes Note Make sure device has enough power to finish the software update at least 2 grids display...