BOOX Nova3Color
UserManual
Contents
1. Standard Accessories
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2. Safety Guide
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3. Product Views
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4. Main Interface
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5. Library
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6. Reader
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7. Store
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8. Notes
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9. Storage
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10. Apps
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11. Settings
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12. Specifications
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13. Declaration
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1. Standard Accessories
(1) BOOX Nova3Color x1
(2) Stylus Pen x1
(3) Type-C Cable x1
(4) Quick Start Guide x1
(5) Warranty Sheet x1
Optional Accessories (purchased separately)
(1) Adapter
(2) Protective case
(Note: The E-books in the following illustration are not pre-stored)
2. Safety Guide
Please read the Safety Guide carefully before you start to use the device.
Contact your BOOX retailer if you have any technical problem, or you can
dial our official service line at 4008-400-014 or 4008-860-830.
Screen protection
The device is equipped with E-ink screen, which is very fragile. Please
have no shocking, squeezing, pressing against the screen, or dropping the
device from a higher place. If the screen is already broken, stop using it
and contact the professional or other qualified staff to replace the screen
for you. Please don’t dismantle the device without our permission.
Standard accessories
Only the battery, adapter, and other accessories meeting our standard
safety rules can be used for the device. For details, please refer to
Product Specification. We will not be responsible for any damage caused
by incompatible accessories.
Stay away from liquids
The device is not waterproof. Don ’ t expose the device to a humid
environment or use it in the rain. Please keep it away from any corrosive
liquids.
Don’t dismantle the device
Please don’t dismantle the device in case of any damage.
Inappropriate battery model may cause explosion. Please contact official
after-sale team for battery replacement if needed. Users shall undertakes
the responsibility and deal with the obsolete battery if users replace
batteries themselves.
Using environment
The using environment of the device is 0°C-50°C.
3. Product Views
Front View
Back
Power
Back View
Bottom View
Speaker
Type-C
Mic
Button Function
Power/
sleep Button
⚫ Press the power button to turn on the device
⚫ Long-press the power button for 2 secs, then select
“Power off” in the menu to turn off the device
⚫ Press the power button and release quickly to let the
device goes into sleep mode
⚫ Press it again to wake up
⚫ Long-press for 10 secs to force shutdown
Back Button
⚫ Exit the current apps
⚫ Exit the current view or dialog
⚫ Go back to the previous directory
Microphone
⚫ Record voice
⚫ Recognize speech
Type-C Port
⚫ Connect the device with PC to transfer data or charge
device.
⚫ Support Type-C earphone
⚫ Support OTG USB drive
4. Main Interface
The main interface contains a system bar, content area, and function area.
The function area contains certain modules.
Double-click icons in function area can return to the main page of the
specific module.
Content Area
Function Area
System Bar
System Bar
This section displays the current state of the device, including: Time,
Notification, Refresh Mode, Wi-Fi Connection, Battery Usage. It is only
for status indication.
Split Mode (default):
Pull down " Notification Center" from the left side and pull-down Control
Panel from the right side.
Classic Mode:
Pull down both Notification Center and Control Panel in the same time.
Notification Panel
This center contains information such as USB connection notification,
third-party push notification. Tap the notification to jump to the
corresponding app.
Control Panel
This panel contains Date and Time, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, E Ink Center (swipe
up from the screen bottom to call out), Brightness adjustment, Volume
adjustment. The above-mentioned items are permanent and cannot be
removed or edited.
Screen orientation, Hand Touch On/Off, Screencast, Screen Record, Split
Screen, BooxDrop, and Feedback are optional items. You can edit them.
Shortcut switch
Edit
Volume adjustment
Brightness adjustment
E Ink Center
Open it from Control Panel or swipe up from the bottom to open it. This
section includes Dark Color Enhancement, Light Color Filter, Refresh
Modes (System), Shortcuts...etc.
Back
Homepage
Multitask switcher
Full screen refresh
App Optimization
Reset
Optimization Guidence
More refresh settings
Refresh Modes
The system-level Refresh Mode takes precedence over the application
Refresh Mode. That is: when the system is set to the Normal Mode, the
application uses its own refresh settings; When the system is set to the
other modes, the applications will use the system's refresh mode.
There are 4 Refresh Modes:
Normal Mode (Default): Good display effect, suitable for ordinary text
reading.
Speed Mode: Slight ghosting and aliasing effect, suitable for thumbing
through eBooks with text and images.
A2 Mode: Slightly heavier ghosting and aliasing effect, suitable for
browsing images and text by quick sliding.
Use A2 Mode by default for scrolling
After you change the Refresh Mode, you can change contrast for a better
display effect.
The color model does not support X Mode.
Wi-Fi Setting
When using at the first time, you should enter into the Wi-Fi setting
interface to get a accessible connection. Then click the icon to turn on/off
the auto connection.
Bluetooth Setting
When using for the first time, you should enter into the Bluetooth setting
interface to match a device you want. The matched earphone, page turner
can be auto-connected by clicking the icon. Certain devices do not
support auto connection after disconnected.
Rotation
Easily change the orientation of the screen by clicking the direction you
want.
Function Area
The function area includes Library, Store, Note, Storage, Apps, and
Settings.
The default Homepage is Library. Double-tap the Navigation Ball to return
to the Homepage
Users can go to Settings / More Settings to set any of the other function
pages as a default Homepage.
Content Area
The contents are sorted by time by default. The contents includes the
following items.
Library
All books in supported format from internal storage are displayed here.
The scanning path can be modified via Library Settings.
Store
Enter into an online eBook store. Users can view more book information
and make a purchase. Purchased books will be added to the list of Library.
Note
Users can create a new note here, create folders for sort management, and
export note files to third-party apps.
Storage
All folders from internal storage will be displayed here. Users can manage
documents and folders from the page.
Apps
All third-party apps are displayed here. Users are allowed to manage or
optimize the apps.
Settings
The list of system settings help to manage the device.
ScreenCast
1. This only supports Windows10. Win7/XP and MacOS are not
supported currently.
2. Please make sure that the computer itself supports the screencast
function, which can be checked in the computer system settings:
System-Projecting to this PC.
Please pay attention to the 4 related settings, which will affect the results
of searching the computer on the device side and the confirmation of the
connection request;
This computer can support the state of screen projection
This computer does not support screen projection
3. Please make sure that the computer and your BOOX are in the same
Wi-Fi environment.
If a desktop computer is connected to Wi-Fi via wireless network card,
please confirm whether it is supported in step 2.
Some computer configurations and wireless network cards do not support
this function;
4. On the device side, select screencast from the system drop-down list.
Then the automatic search will start, and the name of the computer will be
shown when found.
5. In the search window, select the found computer. If there are multiple
supported computers, click Settings to enter the list of supported
computers. Then select the computer that you want to project to from the
list.
6. After you select the computer that you want to project to, the
computer will pop up a notice to confirm whether to accept the projecting
request;
7. After you confirm it, it will automatically connect and the screen will be
mirrored successfully;
If the "Unable to view protected content on this device" appears on the
screen, the connection may be unsuccessful. Please disconnect the
device, and request the screencast connection again.
8. When the devices are connected, please tap the system bar of the
device- Screencast again, and select“disconnect”. The computer cannot
disconnect the connection.
If the computer supports screencast but cannot receive the request,
please restart the computer and try to reconnect again and check whether
the computer configuration rejects the request (see step 2).
Screen Record
Long press Recording button on the screen to enter the Screen Recording
settings. You can customize Resolution, Image Quality, Screen
Orientation, Sound Source, etc.;
When you use Screen Recording for the first time, you are recommended
to adjust the relevant settings first.
Instructions
Tap the Screen Record icon to open the floating window of screen
recording. Tap the “Start” icon to start recording and tap the Close icon
to stop recording；
After you stop recording, there will a thumbnail displayed in the upper
right corner, and you can tap it to play or share; Long press the floating
window to drag it around on the screen. The floating window will not be
recorded into the video;
After the Screen Record is enabled, the floating window will always stay
on the upper layer of the screen. You can create new screen recordings
continuously. If you need to close it, you can manually tap X to close it.
The Recordings’ format is MP4 and the save path is:
Storage/Movies/Captures
Preview
Share
Close
Start / Pause
5. Library
The library only displays E-book documents in supported formats in the
storage. Book cover thumbnail is displayed by default. E-books are sorted
by the creation time.
On the upper right working area of the Library, users can search, create a
new bookshelf, manage books in bulk, check Reading Statistics, pop up
the drop-down menu (including Filter, Refresh Library, Scan Covers,
Library Setting, Switch to List View)...etc.
Library Display Switch
Click on these icons to switch the library display. By default, it
auto-scans and loads all the supported documents in specified paths,
sorted by a specified way.
Another one is to display the content based on the structure of storage.
The icons change after clicking on it.
Switch
Filter & Sort
By default, it shows all books in descending order.
Refresh Library
“Refresh Library” gets all documents in supported formats scanned and
rebuild library list. This function does not delete the reading history.
Library Settings
It supports custom scan path. You can set certain storing path as
Automatic Scan;
After the scan path is set, the Library will be reloaded. The books that are
not in the scan path will be removed. If you need to read the books, you
can find the original file in the storage;
Sub-library Attribute
Long-press on sub-library cover to view more information about
sub-library. To delete or rename sub-library are allowed. When deleting
sub-library, the containing books will be moved to Library and will not be
deleted with the sub-library.
E-book Attribute
Long-press on book cover to view more information about E-book name,
author, format, size, reading progress, book detail(only available for the
E-books of Store), open way, Lock 、 rename, move(to sub-library) and
delete. One E-book only can be added to one Sub-library.
As for the books purchased from the Store, is allowed to view book details
by jumping to the Store page.
Clear settings including : clear password default settings , clear reading
data , Clear Cache、Clear book Cover；
Lock ( Reading Password)
User can add (reading) Password to lock each file in order to protect
personal reading data；
The Password is used to open the file, but it only applies to the same
device and NeoReader. If you copy and export the file to other devices or
Apps, the Password will become invalid.
You can use the same Password as the Screen Lock. Or you can set a
different digits Password.
Digits Password only support one Password. After you have set the digits
Password, you do not need to set another digits Password and only need
to add the Lock.
Reading Password supports individual setting or setting in bulk (setting in
bulk is to add Locks). Currently It does not support to add Passwords to all
files directly.
If you choose to use this Password Setting by default, you can add
Password to other files quickly and do not need to re-select the Add Lock
Option every time after the Password is set for the first time.
Reading Statistics
This page includes the Reading Time of Today, The Books that Have Been
read, The Books that Have Been Finished, Total Time, Highlights and
Annotations, and Recently Finished Books;
The average reading time this week is based on 7 days and calculates the
average daily reading time during the week;
Average Reading Time Distribution includes the reading time of all days
since Reading Statistics is turned on.
Under Reading Statistics, only highlights and annotations can be jumped
to and the books that recently have been finished can be opened. Other
data is only for analysis purpose.
The reading data of each device can only be available on the same device.
You cannot check the statistics of this device on another device.
Share (Third-party App)
This supports sharing files through third-party App. The sharing path is
automatically obtained according to the installed Apps.
6. Reader
Tap any E-book cover to open an E-book. Full-screen reading without
showing status bar is set by default.
To pull down from the top of the screen can call out the status bar.
To tap on the center of the screen can call out the menu bar for switch
among different documents or other functions
Enable/disable stylus
Dictionary
Search
Other functions
TTS
Slideshow
Thumbnail view
Undo, redo
OCR
Open file
Scribble tools
Floating Toolbar
You can choose to activate the Floating Toolbar for the first time when
you open a file. Or you can go to Settings / Floating Toolbar Settings to
enable it and customize the function buttons in the Floating Toolbar.
The Floating Toolbar includes: Hide, Scribble, Enable Palm Rejection,
Menu, Prev Page, Next Page, Cancel (Progress)
Long press on the Floating Toolbar, you can drag it around on the screen.
You can expand or contract the Toolbar to the edge to avoid cover any
text on the screen. When you need it, just swipe from either side of edge
to the other side to expand it.
When the page is zoomed in, the Floating Toolbar would automatically
expand proportionally in order to manage the zoomed-in page better.
Under zooming status, singe tap on the screen is set for turning
sub-pages of each page(each original page will require several time
page-turns to be completed). But tapping the virtue page-turn buttons on
the Floating Toolbar is set for turning the whole original page.
You can disable the Floating Toolbar by going to Setting - General Setting.
When it is contracted to the edge, you can swipe from either side of edge
to the center of the screen to expand it.
When palm rejection is enabled from the Floating Toolbar, it only applies
to the reading document. The Floating Toolbar still supports hand touch,
but it can remove the interference of hand when you write on the reading
document.
Word Menu
Long-press on the word to pop up dictionary dialog for look-ups.
English word recognition and look-ups are supported.
Through the drop-down list on the top right of the dialog, the dictionary
can be switched to others.
Users can download and install the dictionary themselves. Put dictionary
file on the path root directory\dicts\xxx (e.g
Storage\dicts\English-French), or download dictionary online directly.
Dictionary is available to use after being installed.
Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.
Switch Dictionary
Jump to Dict App
Add to Vocabulary Builder
Jump to Vocabulary Builder
Turn page
Swipe to translation
window
Third-party Dict
(Required to install separately)
Search
Highlight
Web search
TTS
Copy
Annotation
Long press on any word and drag to select the text you want to mark.
The highlight is set by default for selected text. Users can switch among
highlight, underline and others, the color highlight can be in black or grey.
The mark setting remains after a change. The marks before the change will
not be affected.
Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.
Choose “Annotation” to pop out a text box to add notes if needed.
Delete highlight
Switch translation
Third-party Dict
(Required to install
separately)
OCR (Beta Version)
Only supports pages in image formats PDF, CBR, CBZ, DJVU, and PNG.
Recognize one page only each time.
Choosing horizontal or vertical according to the document layout can
improve the recognition accuracy.
Recognize 5 times a day when you are not logged in to your ONYX
account.
Recognize 10 times a day when you are logged in to your ONYX account.
You can long-press text to add annotation and lookup dictionary on the
recognized pages
If some individual characters are not recognized correctly, you can switch
to the original text in the annotation pop-up window to correct them, and
manually modify the recognized text content (Do not change the original
page text);
Pages recognized by OCR show the recognition mark in the upper right
corner, and the recognized pages can be viewed in the
Directory-Bookmark, which is convenient for quick locating and jumping;
Tapping the recognition icon again will clear the OCR content;
Scribble Toolbar
The Scribble Toolbar is floating on the screen. You can long press it and
drag it around.
The stylus is in handwriting state by default, and you can switch it On\Off
in the top Toolbar;
The Scribble Toolbar needs to be called through the reading menu on the
bottom or called from the collapsible Floating Toolbar.
PDF
Embed/Save as PDF
Collapse
Toolbar
Brushes
Cancel/Redo
Erasers
Colors
Save
Zooming
Shapes
Lasso
More
Brushes and Erasers
When in erasing state, you need to manually switch back to handwriting
state to continue writing.
Colors
Only black, gray, and white colors can show their original colors on BOOX.
Other colors are shown in black on BOOX and will be shown in their
original colors when exported to PC.
Embed PDF
The handwritten contents on the PDF will be automatically embedded into
the original file when you exit the PDF file. You can view and edit them
with other apps such as Adobe acrobat, WPS, and Chrome on PC. When
copying the embedded files to other BOOX, you still can view and edit the
files.
Embed PDF:
You can manually save the files in the Scribble Toolbar when the files are
still open.
Save as PDF :
allows you to export in a new PDF file and keep the files with same
handwritten content.
Non-PDF files do not support data embedment. You can only check
relevant data on BOOX devices. When the files are copied or moved to
other locations, they are identified as different files without relevant data.
But changing file names do not impact the existing data.
PDF files with embedded data
A. Changing file names, copying or moving to a different location will
not impact the recognition of the embedded data.
B. When the PDF files with embedded data are divided into multiple
PDF files using other tools on PC, the new files will be identified as
different files and will not import the embedded data
C. When the PDF files with embedded data are edited and saved
using other tools on PC, the files will identified as different files and
will not import the embedded data.
Note: If your BOOX is in handwriting state when it is connected to PC via
USB, please disconnect USB connection to make sure data update normal.
You can connect BOOX to a PC again via USB when PDF files are saved.
PDF files without embedded data
When a new PDF document is opened, it will automatically detect and
import the local existing data according to the document ID and storage
path;
For example: after you delete 123.pdf with embedded data from the local,
and put the original 123.pdf file (without data) back, there are the
following situations:
A. If you put the file back to the same saving path, the existing
embedded data will be automatically imported.
B. If you put it back to a different saving path, the existing embedded
data will not be imported.
C. If you change the file name and put it back to the same saving path,
the existing embedded data will not be imported.
D. If you put other file with the name 123.pdf to the same saving path,
the existing embedded data will not be imported.
Handwriting recognition
Double-tap the handwritten text or shapes to start AI Recognition.
In the state where hand touch is disabled, double-tap can also be used to
initiate the AI Recognition
The text and shapes with 0.5cm spacing and straight lines with 0.3cm
spacing can be recognized as one content area. If the spacing exceeds
either of the two spacings, the content will be recognized as a different
content area.
The boxes or lines near the text can be converted into underline and
highlight after being double-tapped. That offers great convenience to add
highlights to the converted content.
If users do not want it to be converted into highlights, you can disable this
function from Handwriting recognition settings. The handwriting content
will be only converted into images.
Converted to adding Bookmarks
Use stylus to click the upper right corner to add a bookmark
This area does not support page-turn by stylus.
Page-turns
Users can use the stylus to tap the 3 corners of the content area for
turning pages. This offers convenience to page-turn when hand touch is
disabled.
This function is on by default.
Bottom Menu Bar (PDF format)
This bar includes settings of TOC, Progress, Layout, Contrast, Navigation,
Split-Views.
TOC
TOC contains Table of Content, Bookmark, Annotation, and Scribble.
TOC supports three-layer hierarchy. The current layer is underlined. Jump
to the corresponding page when tapping any of the layers.
Tap on any position out of the TOC to exit.
Order
Full screen
Bookmarks
Without calling out the menu, bookmark the reading page by simply
tapping a tag on the top right corner of the screen. Tap it again to
un-bookmark the page.
The bookmarks can be checked under the path of Doc-Bookmark, where
users can delete bookmarks.
Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the bookmarks.
Annotation
All highlighted/underlined/annotated content would be listed under the
page of Doc-Notes for further searching, editing and deleting.
Jump to the corresponding page/content by tapping any of the lists.
All contents on the Annotation page can be exported in txt format.
Exported files are saved under the directory folder Storage\Note\(same
name as the source file).
Scribble
All scribble and sidenote can be viewed under the page of Doc-scribble
for further searching and deleting.
Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the pages.
All scribble contents can be exported in Png format and saved under the
same directory folder Storage\Note\(same name as the source file).
Progress
It displays the chapter name (book name if no chapter), page progress,
last/next chapter, page number, slideshow, undo, and redo.
Tap on the page number to enter a quick-flip interface. Click the page
numbers again and input number to jump to the page directly.
PDF files support for searching and using the files’ own page number
(custom page number type)
Format
This includes settings of Paging, Zoom, Crop, and Margin.
Pagination:
There are options of Single page, Double-page 1, and Double-page 2.
Double-page mode only supports horizontal screen.
Zoom:
Zoom in, zoom out, and partial zoom are supported. Users can also pinch
fingers together or apart to zoom out or in on the reading pages.
When a single page exceeds the display area of the screen after zooming,
you can long press and drag the display area around. Single tap is to turn
sub-pages. You need to use the virtual page-turn buttons to turn the
original whole page;
Crop:
Auto-crop according to the margin set by users.
Margin:
The empty space at the sides of book content for auto crop.
Margin:
The default reserved blank area during automatic cropping. You can
manually modify the automatic cropping area.
Contrast
Embolden only applies to text in PDF.
Sharpen Imag can sharpen the images.
Watermark Whitening can whiten the light-colored images or background
in the pages.
Dark Color Enhancement applies darker display to either the whole pages
or text only.
Navigation
Navigation allows users to have options of Reset, Comic Mode, Article
Mode, and More Settings including Crop, Split, and Subpage Order.
Comic Mode: the screen will be divided into four subpages and the
reading order is upper right – upper left – bottom right – bottom left.
Article Mode: the screen will be divided into four subpages and the
reading order is upper left – bottom left – upper right – bottom right.
More settings
Manually adjust the settings of area cropping, page split, and subpage
order.
Crop: Manually select the cropping area for single or double pages.
Split: Split the pages into specified subpages in different ways.
Order: Decide the initial position and reading order for subpages.
Reflow
Reflow now supports both scanned and text versions.
Reflow is only available for PDF/DJVU/CBR/CBZ documents.
Scan Type
Reflow allows users to further customize the layout of documents
including: Line Spacing, Margin, Text Direction, Font Size, Columns, and
Skew Correction (for italic documents).
Text Type
Applicable to the digital PDFs or PDFs that have been recognized by OCR
(you can press and hold to look up words) PDF. The reflowed files can use
the features of flow documents.
Split View
It allows to respectively open current document, two different documents,
or one document & Note at the same time 、 Split-View ( Doc &
Translation ) ；
Split-View now supports both Horizontal Mode and Vertical Mode. You
can swap sides of the two windows.
Current Doc (same doc)
The two documents are totally independent. Users can respectively turn
pages and save them.
The scribble, highlight, annotation, bookmark would be synchronized to
each other after page refresh.
Different Docs
Choose a document different from the current document.
Similar to the Current Doc, these two documents can be respectively
operated. The display is also swappable. For PDF document, please try to
swap them if part of them is not writable.
Doc & Note
Likewise, they are swappable.
And the Note will be created with a name same as the document. It
associates with the document and can be edited in Note app.
Every document can only have an associated note. Changing the name of
the note does not affect the association.
Split-View (Doc & Translation)
This supports Baidu Translate and Bing Translate and provides full page
translation.
This also supports multiple target languages;
Your BOOX needs to stay connected with internet;
Some translation engines have a limit on the number of words per day.
Please see the tips on the translation page for details;
Bottom Menu (other formats)
This includes settings of TOC, Progress, Format, Contrast, and Split View
and supports flow formats such as EPUB\TXT\MOBI\AZW3.
V2 Engine
Some flow formats (ePub\mobi\azw3\txt\word\jeb\html) use V2 engine
by default. Go to Reading Settings/Other Settings to switch to NeoReader
V2 engine supports the original layout of the document, including font, line
spacing, margin, graphic typesetting, indentation, etc.;
After being switched the V2 engine, the document will be closed
automatically, and the V2 engine will be used when you reopen the files; If
you need to switch back to NeoReader, you can cancel the V2 engine and
reopen the document;
V2 engine does not support to sync data from NeoReader such as
Bookmarks, Annotations, and Handwritten notes.
Progress
The document needs to be paginated again after switched to V2 engine, or
font and spacing adjustment. You can check the pagination progress in the
reading Menu>Progress. After the progress bar is loaded, it means the
pagination is completed. You can drag the progress bar to jump pages
after the pagination is completed.
Finished loading
Loading
Format
The settings include Font Face, Display and Spacing.
Loading font face in the directory Storage\fronts is supported.
The settings for font size, font face, contrast, bold, spacing work on all
newly opened documents, but not work on the documents before settings.
First line
indent
Line break
hyphen switch
Screenshot
Diagonally tap on two corners of the screen to capture the screen in PNG
format. The function is only available on the reading page.
The screenshot will be saved to the local, or shared by scanning QR code.
The save path is Storage\Screenshots.
Refresh
Tap the hamburger menu located at the upper right corner to choose
Refresh and other related settings of refresh
Regal refresh and partial refresh are by default
When scrolling the page, speed mode is by default.
Settings
There are General Settings, Touch Settings, TTS Settings, Export Settings,
Screenshot Settings, Floating Toolbar Settings 、 Other Settings and
Version Name.
General Settings
There are Enable page close reminder, Enable system status bar, Enable
reader status bar, Enable multiple documents, Show file borderline, Enable
Floating Toolbar, Show hyperlink, Show bookmark position, Apply certain
options to all documents、Annotation Font Size Setting；.
Touch Settings
Users are able to customize the touch settings for different areas. There
are six default touch modes can be chosen and users can customize three
more.
TTS Settings
The built-in Baidu TTS is set by default. English is supported. A network
connection is required at first use.
Switching to third-party TTS system is allowed. The built-in TTS
settings are not synchronized with the system TTS settings. The system
TTS settings work on the third-party TTS by default.
Export Settings
The default storage path is Storage\Note.
The export files can be also saved to the same directory as the source file.
Floating Toolbar Settings
This page offers General Settings of Floating Toolbar, Scribble Settings,
and Handwriting Recognition Settings;
General Settings
It is enabled by default and can be turned off manually. After disabled, it
can no longer be called out;
It can be customized whether the indicator is displayed after it is
collapsed. Call out the Floating Toolbar by swiping from the screen edges.
The Toolbar’s size, display style and functions buttons are customizable.
Custom function buttons support up to 11 in horizontal style and up to 14
in vertical style;
Press and hold the function button icon to display the definition of the
function button;
Scribble Toolbar Settings
The Toolbar’s size, display style and function buttons are customizable.
Handwriting Recognition Settings
It is enabled by default and can be disabled manually. After disabled, it will
no longer support double-tap recognition
The underline can be recognized as highlight first. It is enabled by
default, and it can be turned off. After it is turned off, it is only recognized
as an image;
You can set the recognition of hand-drawn symbols as adding bookmarks.
It is disabled by default and can be manually enabled. After enabling,
double-tap recognition of the symbol will automatically convert to adding
bookmarks;
Other Settings
This setting page includes “Open ePUB documents with V2 engine”,
Enable “Pinch-to-Zoom”, and Enable “Turn pages by swipes”
When “Turn pages by swipes” is disabled, you can only turn pages by
tapping on the screen. This can avoid accidental page-turnings when you
are taking handwritten notes.
7. Store
In the language of non-Chinese, the Store is offering free publications
E-books from the Internet.
Category
Books can be screened according to different categories.
Book Detail
Click a book cover to open up book detail. The specific book information.
Click “Full Edition Download” to download the book, then you can see
this book cover in Library .
8. Notes
This includes Recent Notepads, Local Notepads, and Reading Notes.
Recent Notepads include 12 Notepads that have been opened recently,
including local notepads and reading Notes
The Reading Notes include the Notes created under Split View when users
are reading books.
Multiple Selection
More Options
Create new folder
Local Notepads
Reading Notepads
Recent Notepads
Search
Onyx Cloud Sync
Cloud Sync ( in bulk)
Notes Cloud Sync requires logging in to Onyx Account.
Sync in the background. After you are logged in to ONYX account, the
notes will be automatically synced from and to Cloud when you exit a
Notepad.
Sync in bulk, including Notes list, all Notes. Users can manually sync all
notes in bulks.
Cloud Sync includes two-way sync between Cloud end and BOOX device.
When there is any change to the Notes on either end, the other end will
sync all the changes.
The deleted Notepads can be recovered within 10 days from website
trash bin. If you delete the notepads by mistake, you can recover them
from the trash bin, which will be emptied after 10 days.
After Notes are synced, users can check the synced notes from
push.boox.com
by logging in the same Onyx Account.
Currently PDF templates cannot be synced and only PNG templates can be
synced.
Other accounts Sync
When third-party accounts are bound, the notes will be automatically
synced when you exit a Notepad. Alternatively, you can sync notes by
tapping the Sync icon on the top bar.
Third-party accounts only support one-way sync and do not support
syncing notes back to BOOX devices. You do not need to log in to ONYX
account.
Sync Results
Long press the cover of the Notepad to pop up the Property Window and
check the synced accounts and sync result list.
Tap the sync icon to sync again for the accounts with abnormal sync.
More Options
This includes Sort By, List Mode, Sync Settings, and Option Settings.
Notes Sync Setting
This includes ONYX Cloud Notes and export to other accounts.
When you export the Notes to third-party Accounts, the Notepads will be
in PDF format and cannot be edited.
If you export your notes to other bound accounts, the notes will be
automatically synchronized to other bound cloud accounts of yours when
you exit the Note. The sync icon is only applicable for the ONYX account
cloud sync.
Backup and Recover
It supports backup and recovery of notes locally and does not support
Cloud backup.
Note: The action Recovery will recover the backup data, which will
overwrite the current data. Please be careful.
Settings
These are general settings for Stylus Calibration, Account Sync and
Backup, AI recognition, Notepad password settings, Show Erasing Trace,
Auto-turn on Wi-Fi to sync Notes, Auto-generate PDF documents after
exiting Note, Auto refresh after lifting stylus.
If this device is bound with third-party accounts for file sync, and Wi-Fi
is connected, the Note files will be auto-uploaded to the accounts with a
PDF or PNG attachment.
If “auto-turn on Wi-Fi to sync Notes” is enabled for notes sync, the
device will connect with Wi-Fi automatically and sync notes to the Cloud
when exiting the Note app. If it is disabled, users need to sync to account
manually by clicking an upload icon on book covers.
For the “Auto refresh after lifting stylus”, the display would refresh after
users lift stylus away from the screen, making the strokes smoother.
Notepad Password Settings
This password is only used for protecting files on the device, not
encrypting files. So, the password does not work out of the device. Now
this function does not support multiple passwords for one file.
This function supports specific password, which are available for all note
files. Users can also set a specific password for a single file. To add, edit
and remove password are allowed here.
The specific password can be different from the system password.
Separate numeric password allows you to choose whether to add locks to
new notepads. If you cancel this option, the new notepads will not be
automatically added locks. You need to add them manually later.
The note file has no cover thumbnail after locked.
Long-press the note file to remove and add password in the dialog.
Scribble Interface
Files can be saved automatically and manually when to quit the Note.
Tap on the page number to jump to the specified page quickly.
Thumbnail View
Canvas Editor
Brushs
Eraser
Lasso
Shapes
Insert a textbox
Insert a recording
Enable/disable finger touch
More
Zoom
Fullscreen
Name
AI Recognition
Onyx cloud Sync
Layers
Search
Add page
Layers
This supports template layer, 5 custom layers, hiding and adjusting layer
order.
Hidden layers will not be displayed during export and recognition;
Templates can only be added at the template layer, and the template layer
cannot be deleted;
You can add 5 custom layers to the inserted images
Move layer
Show layer
Delete layer
Hide layer
Select template
Templates
The settings of Templates include Scaling, Original image splice, Stretch
to cover all, Original size and Fit canvas.
It is recommended to write after the template style is determined to avoid
changes in the templates after writing.
Canvas Editor
The default canvas size is 1x1, same as the screen size.
The canvas size can be adjusted to 1x2, 2x1, 2x2 or custom size.
The max canvas size is 2x2. You can customize the canvas size within the
max size. You can adjust the canvas size by dragging the canvas.
Canvas adjustment base is located at upper left corner. Drag left or
downwards to expand the canvas.
When you switch from the large canvas to the small canvas, the strokes
outside the canvas range will not be displayed, but will not be cleared. But
the strokes can be redisplayed after you switch back to the large canvas
Canvas Adjustment will cut the redundant blank part of the canvas based
on the outermost strokes position.
Horizontal Notepad
The notepad orientation is synchronized with the system rotation
direction. When the system is switched to the horizontal screen, the
notepads are synchronized to the horizontal screen. The created notepad
under the vertical mode will retain its vertical size. The canvas size can be
manually adjusted;
The newly created notepad in horizontal mode directly uses the canvas
size 1x1;
Brushes
You can add 5 custom brushes. You can set type, color, and line width of
each brush. Double tap the icon to expand the secondary menu for more
options.
Fit to Canvas and Fit to Screen
When the canvas is larger than the screen(1x1), you can go to Toolbar /
Zoom to adjust the canvas size to “Fit-to-canvas” or “Fit-to-screen”.
Fit-to-canvas: the canvas will be automatically expanded to fit the whole
screen. When the canvas is larger than screen, you can long press the
canvas to pan it around.
Fit to screen: the canvas will zoom out to fit to screen. You cannot write
on the grey area.
Custom Toolbar
Besides the default tools like scribble, erase, fullscreen, select, users can
add, remove, adjust other tools on the toolbar.
Erase
In the state of stroke erasing, you need to switch to the brush first and
then write.
For the “erase all”, you do not need to switch back to the brush.
Lasso
In the Lasso mode, circle an area on the screen, then users can zoom,
move, duplicate and remove the selected area.
Text Input
Users are allowed to key in words on the note by a Bluetooth keyboard.
The input box can be moved everywhere.
Users can adjust the font, line spacing, bolding, underline, italic, copy and
delete.
stylus touch for icons is desensitized by default, so it is better to use your
fingers to adjust the position of the Navigation Ball;
when using full-screen the square icon to exit full-screen mode.
Insert a Recording
After tapping the Recording icon, the Recording will start immediately.
The recording progress bar will be shown on the top Toolbar. You can
pause the recording. You can take notes while recording.
After stopping the recording, you can save or delete the recording directly.
You cannot restore the recording after you choose to delete it.
The recording window is floating on the screen. You can long press it and
drag it around on the screen.
You can insert more than 1 recording on one notepad page.
Check all recordings at Toolbar/More/Recordings. You can only play
recordings in current notepad. You cannot export recordings to PDF to
use.
If recordings are saved to local storage, you can export recordings in MP3.
Insert Image
Users can remove, zoom, duplicate the images inserted from the local.
Select the image and then edit.
AI Recognition
Click the icon “AI” to switch to recognize the handwriting text. English
is supported. To download the corresponding language package is
required for other language recognition.
This function contains original recognition and reflow recognition.
Original recognition only does conversion but not changes the position of
words, while reflow recognition reflows words after conversion. Users
need to manually add space, line break and font size.
The text flows automatically after reflow. Users can manually make space,
newline, and font size after that.
The accuracy of recognition depends on how normal the handwriting is.
AI recognition works based on the handwriting. If the handwriting content
changes, please re-enter the function to let it convert once again. For
saving the converted content, please export it.
Share
This supports to share all pages (PDF format) and current page (PNG
format);
Support scanning code sharing of Onyx account and sharing through
third-party app;
Full screen mode of Notes
When you switch to full-screen mode, you can choose whether to display
the Floating Toolbar.
When it is collapsed, you can call it out by swiping from the screen edges.
Note: The full-screen mode is an independent note-taking mode. If you
exit, you will exit the Notepad directly. If you need a non-full-screen
mode, you can switch on the Toolbar;
The default Floating Toolbar only includes Fullscreen, Pen, Color, Eraser,
Collapse, and More. You can tap the “More” icon to customize the icons
on the Floating Toolbar.
Floating Toolbar Settings
The Toolbar’s size, display style and function icons can be customizable.
9. Storage
Recent Files
This section includes Shortcuts and Recently Updated Files, which are
sorted in reverse order by time.
All Storage
This section includes Storage path and Categories. files will be classified
according to the file formats, but the original storage location of the file
will not be changed;
Long-press the folder to pop up Property Window and choose “Set as
Shortcut”, which offers quick access to open it.
OTG External Disk
OTG is supported. Users can connect the device with USB drive through a
Type-C cable. The device will detect USB drive afterwards.
The OTG feature would consume more power since it supplies power to a
USB drive.
It supports analog and digital Type-C earphones ( You can use 3.5mm
audio jack converter);
Low storage space warning
Please reserve at least 300M of available storage space to ensure the
normal operation of the system and saving related data;
When it is lower than 300M, a warning icon will be displayed in the system
bar, indicating that the storage space is insufficient;
10. Apps
All installed apps are sorted by name by default. You can also sort them by
time and manually.
Long press an app to pop up options of Uninstall, Manage, Optimize, and
Add to a group
App Management
This page includes USB Debugging Mode, Application Info, Location
Settings, Auto-start Settings, Refresh Mode Settings, Freeze Settings,
Automatically update the Optimization config of third-party apps, Fill in
available space automatically, Enable Google Play.
Auto-start Settings
Only applicable to device auto-start. After it is enabled, the applications
may take up more storage space and consumes more power.
Apps need to monitor the system start. After apks are installed, you need
to tap the app icon to start it once.
After it starts successfully, it only runs in the background and will not
show in recent running tasks.
Refresh Mode Settings
This allows you to set the refresh modes of third-party apps in bulk.
Freeze Settings
You can obtain the optimization settings of third-party apps with one
click and freeze all apps in the background with one click for a better user
experience and saving power.
Enable Google Play
If you want to use Google Play, you need to enable Google suite by the
following steps:
1. Connect to internet. Go to Apps, drop down the menu on upper right
corner, select Application Management > Enable Google Play
1. Tap “OK”when asked “Do you want to go to the activation page to
enable Google Play?”.Then log in your Google account. A note will pop up
saying “This device is not verified by Google”.
2. Go back to App Management page and tap GSF ID. You will go to GSF
ID application page. Tick Human-machine Authentication and tap “Sign
up”. (Google frame ID is automatically obtained and you do not need to
enter.)
3. When you sign up successfully, there will be a note saying“The device
has been registered”
4. When the device is connected to internet, Google Play will
automatically download the latest version.
Please wait for 10-15 minutes for the Google server to return the
verification result
(Due to different regions and network conditions, the actual length of time
to pass the certification may vary)
5. Without restarting, open the Application Management > Google
settings > log in to the Google account.
6. If it jumps to the login page here, it means it has been passed. You can
restart the device after logging in to the account.
B. If it does not jump the protection mechanism page, it means it still
hasn’t passed. Please wait for a bit long and try again.
7. If you wait for too long and it still shows that the device is not verified
by Google, it means the verification has not passed. Please start again
from step 3.
App Optimization
Display
DPI: Adjust the interface size of the app. The default value is 350,
If some content of the app interface has been cropped, you can reduce the
DPI value.
If the overall interface size of the app is too small, you can increase the
DPI value.
If you've adjusted the DPI value to the minimum, some content of some
app interfaces such as Kobo is still cropped, you can choose to use the
app's default DPI.
Bold Font: Embolden fonts of titles, menus and body text.
Cloud Optimization: Some apps are specifically optimized and you can
retrieve the cloud optimization configuration to obtain better results than
local optimization;
Reset All: Reset all modified configurations to the original configurations.
Optimization Switch: when it is turned off, some optimization effects will
be canceled, but it won’t reset the configurations.
Bleach
Add strokes to text: The text and background on the same layer will not be
visible after being bleached together. This setting will add strokes to text
and make the text visible.
Icon Color: this darkens the colors of small color icons in the Menu.
Cover Color: This darkens the colors of big cover icons.
Background Color: This bleaches the background colors.
It is recommended to use it along with Font Color Enhancement and Icon
Color. Otherwise, the text and small icons on the background may be
hardly seen.
Refresh
Refresh Mode: This sets the refresh mode for individual apps. Normally
the default refresh mode is Speed Mode.
Only when system's refresh mode is Normal Mode, the app's refresh mode
will take effect.
When system's refresh mode is set to Speed\A2 Mode, the system mode
has priority. And the app's refresh mode will not take effect.
Full Refresh Frequency: In app, fully refresh the screen by the number of
tapping in order to reduce ghosting.
The actual number of taps is related to the app's configuration. Sometimes
a single tap may have several consecutive responses. E.g, you've set 20
times, but full refresh may be initated after 15 taps.
Animation Filter: Filter the animation of turning pages in the app. Time
indicates the duration of the animation effect to be filtered. Generally, the
page animation is about 200 ms;
Others
Full refresh when turning pages. : When the main function bar in the app is
switched, full refresh is performed to reduce ghosting;
Switching some app function bar does not actually switch the pages, so
full refresh would not be performed.
Webpage Font Size: Adjust the font size of the web view embedded in the
app. When adjusting DPI does not work, try to adjust the font size of the
webpage;
Webpage Text Color: When the adjustment of the bleaching does not work,
you can try to adjust the color of the webpage;
Embolden Webpage Text: When Bold Font under Display tab does not
work, try to embolden the text on the webpage;
Allow the app to run in the background:
For apps that need to run continuously in the background, such as Alarms,
Notifications, Downloads, Time statistics and other apps, you can allow
them to run in the background. But the continuous running in the
background may increase power consumption!
Scribble
Only optimize handwriting speed for apps with handwriting function.
Currently, it supports OneNote, Evernote, WPS. More handwriting apps
support will be added in the future;
The time to refresh after lifting stylus: Handwriting will be refreshed to
app's original brush configuration (including brush type, line width,
pressure sensitivity, etc.) within the specified time after the pen is lifted;
When refreshing the handwriting, you cannot continue writing, please
continue to write after refreshing is complete;
If you need to write continuously to reduce the interruption caused by
refresh, you can set the longer refresh time;
Hand touch may interfere with the writing of the stylus. It is
recommended to enable Palm Rejection to avoid canvas moving or
zooming resulting in interruption of handwriting or abnormal display.
Navigation Ball
Navigation Ball is a circular ball that floats above all the apps on the screen.
9 buttons can be customized.
Single click on the ball to expand and collapse navigation menu.
It requires to turn off and on again after the new button settings.
The Navigation Ball by fault is in Fan-shaped style. You can choose other
display styles (Horizontal Style, Vertical Style) from Navigation Setting.
You can also adjust the transparency of the Navigation Ball.
This supports to set as a resident button. After being set as a resident
button, the button will always be floating on the top layer;
The 9 buttons can be set as multiple common functions including system
operation, app switching, app optimization and so on.
The app optimization can be called out in an app through the Navigation
Ball, for real-time review after optimization.
Dictionary
If users use dictionary apps the first time, to download dictionary package
to local will be asked.
This function requires network connection.
Word pronunciation needs a dictionary file comes with voice files,
currently TTS is not supported.
Add to vocabulary
Search Online
Pronunciation
Settings
Switch Dictionary
Users can install dictionaries themselves by putting the dictionary files to
designated directory Storage\dicts\.
Please save the files under a folder, e.g., dicts\English-English
Dictionary.
For the preferred dictionary settings, users can select up to 20 preferred
dictionaries. Users will be asked to select again if the select number is
less than 1 or more than 20.
After dictionaries are installed, users can look up new words in the search
bar. Switch between different dictionaries by tapping a corresponding
dictionary title on the bottom.
The search result is in terms of the related dictionary. If the word is
unfound, try to use other dictionaries.
Looked-up words can be added to Vocabulary.
Users can divide the Vocabulary into groups. The words will be saved into
the specified group once the group is selected.
BOOXDrop
Connect your BOOX with PC or mobile phone. You can send files to your
BOOX from PC or BOOX Assistant app, or save files on your BOOX to PC
or mobile phone.
Instruction:
1. Open BooxDrop from Apps page or drop-down Control Panel
2. Open a browser on your PC
2.1 Without login: Make sure your BOOX and PC are in the same network.
Enter the IP address on your BOOX to the browser on your PC.
BooxDrop does not disconnect automatically. If you want to disconnect it,
please do it manually or switch it off from Control Panel.
ONYX Account
Records
Disconnect
2.2 Logged in to ONYX Account: log in to push.boox.com. You can see the
connected devices on Push page. Click it to open.
3. When you open the web browser on your PC, it will automatically
confirm whether your PC and BOOX are in the same Wi-Fi network. If not,
the page cannot be opened. Please connect to the same Wi-Fi.
4. When web end and your BOOX are connected successfully, you can
load files and contents from your BOOX on your PC.
5. Send to BOOX: Select files from your PC and send to BOOX.
The sent files are automatically classified into the corresponding
directory according to the format types.
Recent Files: include all files and are sorted by time
Library: Books/xxx.epub ( This includes all supported eBook formats in the Library）
Pictures: Pictures/xxx.png
Music: Music/xxxx.mp3
Videos: Movies/xxxx.mp4
Downloads: Download/xxx.xxx
Internal Storage: Transfer the selected directories.
6. Save to Computer: Select the files on BOOX and save them to
computer.
Records
You can only check the transfer history on BOOX devices.
PushRead
From the Subscription section of push.boox.com or BOOX Assistant, you
can enter a webpage address, push it to your BOOX, and read the page in
html format.
To use the PushRead for the first time, you need to bind the same ONYX
account on the website push.boox.com and your BOOX;
You need to connect your BOOX with Wi-Fi to download the pushed
URLs for the first time. After loading once, it can be read offline later;
The layout of the content page defaults to Browsing Mode (the layout of
the original web page), and you can choose to switch between Browsing
Mode and Reading Mode from the More Menu;
The Reading Mode is a single page mode, tap the page to turn the page
directly;
Font size-
Font size+
Switch reading mode
Swith refresh mode
Search
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Full refresh
Refresh website
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App Store (E-ink)
There are some usual third-party apps provided here. These apps are free
versions from developers and their compatibility are not verified as full to
the system. Paid apps download is not supported for now.
Users can choose to delete the installation package automatically after
Apps are installed.
Screensaver
The screensaver and shutdown image can be customizable. The shutdown
image only supports image formats.
Screensaver style
The Image Screensaver is by default.
The screensaver supports Image Screensaver, Poem Screensaver, Words
Screensaver, Calendar Screensaver, Clock Screensaver，and Transparent
Screensaver.
The clock, text, and Bottom Status Bar can be added to the other
screensavers aside from the Transparent Screensaver.
Clock refresh intervals are customizable. After the clock is added to a
screensaver, a certain frequency of refreshing screen will be retained in
the standby state, and the automatic shutdown timing cannot be
supported.
In Image Screensaver, when a single picture is selected, the screensaver
is a fixed picture. When multiple pictures are selected, the screensaver
will be shown in carousel format;
The Bottom Status Bar can display the battery status and lock screen
status;
Calendar Memo
The calendar Memo can display the notes and reading records under the
current date. You can open the notes or documents directly by tapping the
records;
You can add handwritten notes as a memo, which can be set as a
screensaver. Please go to Screensaver / Calendar Screensaver Setting for
more details.
The content of Calendar Memo temporarily does not support the
synchronization.
After logging in to the ONYX account, you can use the mail function to
send the contents of the Memo to the designated mailbox as a PDF
attachment;
Split Screen
This supports Apps Split-Screen. You can select Split-Screen from the
system drop-down bar when an application is opened, and then select a
document, a notepad or other application that you want to open on the
other side of your screen.
The system interface does not support enabling Split-Screen directly.
You need to start an application before enabling it;
The applications that do not support Split-Screen will prompt "This
application does not support Split-Screen" when split screen is enabled;
There are 2 modes available: Vertical and Horizontal. You can swap sides
of the apps.
When in split-screen mode, the left screen (or the top screen) will be the
main screen. And the secondly opened app will be on the right screen (or
lower screen). You can swap apps' sides.
In Split-screen mode, exit Split-screen mode from the system
drop-down menu.
Only main screen supports Optimization>Refresh Settings. The refresh
settings of the app on the secondary screen will not take effect.
The Optimization > Display settings of both apps on both screens are in
effect.
11. Settings
You can manage ONYX accounts, check device model and manage system
global settings.
ONYX Account
You can manage multiple accounts and switch them. Select accounts from
the list. Only account information is kept and login state is not maintained.
After switching to a different account, you need to log in again.
If you log in to different accounts with different servers, please change
the server as well when switching accounts.
ONYX account included: BooxDrop, Reading Statistics, PushRead, Send to
E-mail.
Account Link: After the main account is logged in, you can associate two
other login methods sharing the same ONYX account. Mobile and E-mail
accounts support unbinding, and WeChat accounts do not support
unbinding.
About Device
It contains model name, Android version, MAC address and firmware
version.
Click the model number for more information, including Capacitive Touch
Version, VCom, Other information, Factory Reset, etc.
Note: To run the function of factory reset would remove all of the user
data. Please make a data backup first.
Languages & Input
Users can set system language, keyboard and input method and TTS on
this page;
Users can set languages of the system and virtue keyboard. The system
has an Android keyboard by default. Users can install third-party Apps for
more input methods.
ONYX Keyboard
Typing, handwriting input and voice input are available for ONYX
keyboard, and network connection is necessary for first time.
English is the default language of the handwriting input and users need to
download the corresponding language package first if they want to use
handwriting input for other languages.
Handwriting Input Language Packages
Date & Time
Users can choose either auto setting or manual setting for date and time.
When the device is connected with internet, it will automatically set date
and time according to local time zone. Manual setting requires to set time
zone, date and time, and users can select their preferred time and date
display format;
Power
Users can set screen auto sleep timeout, Power off timeout, Delay
disconnection when the device goes to sleep mode, Battery usage 、
Battery percentage、Auto-sleep when closing the cover, etc.
Network
This is for Wi-Fi \VPN\Bluetooth setting. When Wi-Fi is connected,
users can browse webs and download books via the internet on the
device.
Wi-Fi Settings
Slide Wi-Fi On, then available networks will be listed. Users can choose a
network, then input password to connect with internet.
After Wi-Fi is connected successfully at the first time, the device will
save Wi-Fi information automatically. Users only need to turn on Wi-Fi
on notification bar if using the same WIFI next time.
Click the “+ ” button at the top right of the Wi-Fi page, users could
manually connect to other network which is not listed, such as 802.1xEAP.
Bluetooth Settings
Turn on Bluetooth, you can search for nearby Bluetooth devices and then
send connection requests.
Bluetooth needs to be paired before use. Currently only support the
eReader to receive documents, send documents from Boox eReader to
other devices is not supported.
VPN Setting
When the VPN is turned on for the first time, the system requires to set
a password. This password needs to be used only for screen unlock or
when the factory settings are restored.
System Bar
You can customize the pull-down menu. Pull-down menu from left and
right sides are different.. The left pull-down is the Notification Center,
and the right pull-down is the Control Panel;
Other accounts
You can manage other accounts including Google, DropBox, OneNote,etc.
These accounts are only used for syncing notes.
Password
You can set 4-16 digital screen-lock password.
The Android 11 models do not support resetting the password, please
keep the password properly by yourself.
System Display
System Font size
Support to adjust the system font size, the default is the standard font
size, you can set a total of 4 sizes: small, standard, large, extra-large;
Custom Homepage
The default Homepage is Library. You can set any of the other Function
pages as the Homepage. You can return to the Homepage by tapping the
homepage icon from the dropdown notification center.
System full screen refresh frequency
The system performs one full refresh every 5 operations
The Library and Notes will be automatically refreshed once more due to
the loading list, and the actual number of operations will be one less than
the set number;
Function Area display icons only
The text under the Function icon can be hidden.
Enable Book Store
The built-in book store can be turned off, but cannot be uninstalled or
removed.
Gesture Manager
You can customize 3 gestures for the bottom and 2 gestures for the sides.
The default functions for the Bottom include: Back, Back Home,
Multitasking Switching…etc. Swipe up from the bottom to use them.
The default functions for the sides are Volume +/-, and Frontlight +/-.
Long press the sides to slide up and down to adjust.
Server
The server is allocated according to the system language by default. The
Chinese language system uses the Asia server, and the other language
systems use US server;
After manually selecting the server, it will no longer be automatically
matched according to the system language;
Please choose the server in your area. This will avoid the slow network
connection which impacts the use of some specific functions (including
bookstore, synchronization, application market, OTA detection and other
functions that require networking);
Firmware Update
Users can get the Model number, Android version, Build number and
update check. Upgrade checks the local package first then online package
with a network connection. Upgrade pause and breakpoint download are
allowed. Please ensure the device has more than 30% power and
sufficient capacity before the update.
Update History
Check Update History and the changelog of every update.
Feedback
FAQ
If having any problems, you can directly find the questions in the FAQ,
quickly locate and solve the problems.
Submit Feedback
Welcome to submit any technical problem or advice to us.
This function collects system information for problem judgment. And Onyx
shall never disclose users’ device information.
The related logs will be cleared after the device shuts down. If you need
to send feedback after the device is off, please enable Save Logs to local
in Feedback so that you can send related logs after restarting the device.
12. Specifications
Nova3Color
Processor
1.8GHz*4 + 1.6GHz*4
RAM
3G LPDDR4X
OS
Android 10
Storage
32G
Screen
Color E-ink display with Regal refresh
Screen Size
7.8 inch
Resolution
1404*1872
Touch
Stylus + Capacitive touch
Front Light
Support
Wireless
WIFI（2.4G+5G）+ Bluetooth（5.0）
Battery
3150 mAh
Button
Back button
USB
Type-C（support USB OTG）
Others
Mic, Speaker
Size
197.3x137x7.7 mm
Weight
≤265 g (battery included)
Operating
Temperature
0°C- 50°C
Book Formats
PDF, EPUB , TXT, DJVU, HTML, FB2, DOC, MOBI, CHM, etc.
Image Formats
PNG, JPG, BMP
Audio Formats
WAV , MP3
Apps
Third party APP installation is supported
13. Declaration
Onyx International Inc. reserves the right to modify the content of the
Quick Start Guide and User Manual without further notice.
For more information, please visit our website at www.boox.com
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Browser
Support
Language
Multi-language supported
Firmware
Update
Locally update and OTA update are available
Certification
CE、RoHS、CCC、FCC、SRRC、TELEC
