BOOX A62 User Manual VERSION 1.6 ©2008 – 2011 Onyx International Inc.
Table of Contents Preface ...................................................................................................................... 4 Guidelines................................................................................................................ 5 Precautions............................................................................................................. 6 Components ..........................................................................................................
Music ........................................................................................................................ 27 Play Interface............................................................................................ 27 Scribble ................................................................................................................... 28 Notes........................................................................................................................ 29 Web Sites......
Preface B oox is presented by Onyx International, which has a group of professionals who dedicate themselves in designing state-of-the-art reading terminal. The beauty of the Boox is embodied in both its simplicity and its power. As we are going to show you, Boox is an open and flexible platform for both consumers and content providers. Boox is powered by a 16-level grayscale e-ink screen that looks and feels like paper. Passive lighting and diffuse surface relaxes your eyes and reduces eye strain.
Guidelines For safe and efficient use of the product, please follow the instructions in this guide. Do not leave the product in direct sunlight for long periods and do not use in extreme high or low temperature environments. This can cause damage to the product and may damage electronic components and/or the battery. Do not put or use Boox in areas of high humidity. Avoid any liquid getting into the product as this can damage the internal electronic circuit. Always place the product on a stable surface.
Operating temperature is 0°C to 50°C | Storage temperature is –20°C to 70°C The latest downloads and product news is available at our website: www.onyx-boox.ru Precautions Avoid applying excessive force to the display. 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.
Boox A62 View Front View Indicator Light 5-way MENU button Navigation button OK button PREV button NEXT button BACK button 7 / 37
Bottom and Side View Power On/Off button USB Connector Headphone Jack Volume Control button SD Card Slot Back View Reset Styles Slot 8 / 37
Key Function Power On/Off button MENU button BACK button NEXT button PREV button 5-way Navigation button OK button Indicator Light Volume button WIFI button • Press the power key to turn device on • Press the power key and hold for 2 seconds to turn device off, similar as selecting showdown item in menu • Press the power key and release it immediately, device turns into sleep mode • Press the power key and release it immediately, device wakes up from sleep mode to unlock screen • Press the menu key t
bottom Headphone Jack SD Card Slot Reset stylus slot • Diameter of the headphone jack is 3.5mm • Insert SD card to read the content on SD card • Reset the device by small pin through the hole, and then press the power button to restart device. • Put your stylus here while don’t use it Basic Operations Press and hold the Power Button to turn on the device. It will automatically enter the main menu on Home screen after the start-up screen.
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.
Reading Books Press the Navigation Button to select the desired book and to enter reading. Press the PREV/NEXT PAGE Button to turn pages. Press the BACK Button to exit reading. Press the MENU Button to popup menu and choose an item to enter the submenu detailed as follows. Submenu will be different according to file format. Font Configure the font size and/or shape while viewing • By Ratio Configure the font size by several font levels: 100% to 500%.
Rotate Screen Full Screen Safely Remove SD Music Standby Rotate the screen by clicking this button. The screen rotates between 0° and 360° (counterclockwise). Set screen status. You can turn on/off full Screen while reading. Safely remove SD card from device clicking this button. Launch the music player by clicking this button. Turn device into standby status by clicking this button. Once standby, device stops working and screen saver (pictures) appears.
Adjust the zoom of current screen. The screen can be scaled by fixed value. The • Selection Zoom Scale up the current screen by selecting a box. The content in the selected box is enlarged to fill the whole drawing area. • By Ratio To zoom the current page/image by ratio. screen can also be scaled up by given stylus box (selection zoom). Annotations Annotations mean a group of annotation operations, including annotating & sketching. • Add Annotation Take annotation on the text of current screen.
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. Layout Select the layout of pages while viewing document. Tools Tools represent a group of assistant functions for better reading. • Single Page Only one page is displayed on screen. • Scroll Pages Multiple pages can be displayed on screen.
• Delete Bookmark Delete the bookmark of current page. • Show Bookmarks Show all bookmarks in a list view. The front text portion as well as the number of the bookmarked page is displayed in an item. You can jump to the target page by selecting the bookmark item. • Previous View Select previous/next view to retrace the path within a document. Select item Previous View to return to previous screen while browsing document. • Next View Select item Next View to go to next screen while browsing document.
speed and style. • Hand Tool Select the hand tool item in the menu to enable browsing through document by stylus. • Mark & Copy Press mark icon to select a word and press copy icon to copy what you mark. 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.
Internal Storage Menu In the Internal Storage list, press the Menu Button to popup Internal Storage Menu. Press the Navigation Button to select the option and to confirm. Press the BACK Button to exit. View View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in main view. File File means the operations to a file. • Details View Display the contents in details. The details includes name, last access time, read count and reading progress. • Thumbnail View To view the books in thumbnails view.
SD Card All the files on SD card are displayed in the list. The device supports expansion storage of SD card up to 32GB. Files no need to store in corresponding file folders; you can put them in anywhere of SD Card. The device can recognize various kinds of files automatically. dicts fonts handwriting manual The folder is for dictionary format in StarDict storage. Please refer to Chapter of Dictionary for more detailed instructions. The folder is for fonts files storage.
notes_template snapshot tts Press the PREV/NEXT Page Buttons to turn pages. Press BACK to return to main menu. Press the MENU Button to enter Books Menu. The folder is for note template files storage, you can add more PNG formats file to this folder. This is the default folder for saved capture screen. The folder is for TTS (Text To Speech) files storage, you can add more TTS file to this folder. Note: above folders is system default folder, user can add their own folder to storage all kinds of file.
Dictionary StarDict-compatible programs are available for the device. It supports dictionary format in StarDict. Dictionaries Similar Words Explanation Lookup Select Dictionaries to show the dictionary list. Select Similar Words to show the similar words group. Select Explanation to show the translation content. Input letters by software keyboard and then select Lookup to show the translation.
Installing Dictionaries Create a new folder named dicts in root directory of the memory card. Download the desired dictionary files in dicts folder. The dictionary will be installed automatically. NOTE: User can download these free dictionaries from: - http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down/index.php - Make sure you download them in the StarDict format. Use the pulldown menu on the right-hand side to change from XDXF to StarDict.
Consult the Dictionary Input the keyword in the text box. Press the Navigation Button upward/downward to select the desired word in the list. Press the Navigation Button rightward/leftward to move the cursor. Press the Dictionaries icon to select the desired dictionary. Press the Navigation Button to confirm the option and press the BACK Button to exit. NOTE: The Dictionary can be used alone, also can be enabled when reading books.
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.
View View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in main view. File File means the operations to a file. • Details View Display the contents in details. The 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. • Search Search for target file by given pattern. The search results are displayed in the main view.
Music Music files saved on SD card or Internal Storage are displayed in the list. The device supports MP3 and WAV files formats. Play Interface Press the function button to play the desired track. On the Play Interface screen the following operations can be performed. 1. Press the volume button on the bottom 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.
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.
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.
Web Sites Before browse website you need to access network through Wi-Fi Configuration. Wi-Fi Configuration At the Wi-Fi configuration 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.
Web Browser Upon the successful Wi-Fi connection, select the icon and press the Navigation Button to enter Browser mode. It will automatically enter the preset homepage. Browser Menu Press the Menu 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. Select clock icon, it can show the current time and reading time.
Refresh Website icon Battery Manage Proxy Tools Select this refresh icon to refresh the web page display. Select this website icon, you can input website address and go to the website directly. Select the Power Manage icon, you can set the time of standby and automatically shut down for the device. If the time of shutdown is set, the device won’t enter standby status anymore; in the other side, if set the time of standby, the device won’t shutdown automatically.
Applications In this Application, you can find the Calendar, Clock and Games such apps. More applications will be added later.
Settings Press the Settings icon to enter the Settings mode directly. In the Settings mode, the following settings can be performed. Language Select the desired language. 31 kinds of languages are available. Date To adjust the value, press the Navigation Button to move the cursor. Press OK Button to confirm. Default Font Press the Navigation Button to select the font and press OK to confirm the option. Installing Fonts: Create a new folder named fonts in root directory of the memory card.
Power Management Select the Power Management icon; you can set the time of standby and automatically shut down for the device. If the time of shutdown is set, the device won’t enter standby status anymore; in the other side, if set the time of standby, the device won’t shutdown automatically. Format Flash Select Format Flash button in settings, you can format the internal flash. Note, after doing this operation all of the data in internal flash would be removed. Time Zone Choose your local time zone.
Technical Specifications Display Resolution Supported File Formats Adobe DRM Expansion Slots Battery Other Interfaces Dimensions Weight 6” 800 x 600, 16 Grey scale Book:EPUB,PDF,FB2,MOBI,TXT,RTF,HTML,HTM, CHM,PDB,DJVU,DJV,DOC, DOCX,XLS, XLSX,PPT, PPTX,ZIP Music: MP3 Picture: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF DRM for EPUB/PDF, built-in Adobe Reader Mobile SD card, up to 32GB Lithium Battery, 1600 mAh mini USB2.0/3.5mm stereo audio jack 197 mm x 124 mm x 11.
Firmware Update You can update the firmware by follow steps: • Download the latest update package from Onyx website: www.onyx-boox.ru • Save the update package in a SD card. • Make sure the update package is located at the root directory of the SD card. No unzip is needed for this model of device. Just leave the name of update package as it is. • 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.
