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Page 2: Table Of Contents
www.onyx-international.com Table of Contents 1. About ONYX ................3 2. Standard Accessories ............... 5 3. Safety Guide ................6 4. Product Views ................8 5. Interface Introduction ............11 6. FAQs ..................52 7. Warranty ................56 8. Specifications ................. 61 9.
Page 3: About Onyx
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.
Page 4 Customized for the e-ink screen, WebKit, the same software engine as some powerful desktop browsers such as Safari and Chrome, is the web browser of BOOX. BOOX gives you a new reading experience. Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved.
Page 5: Standard Accessories
2. Standard Accessories Included in the Box： 1. BOOX i86 Reader 2. USB Cable 3. Quick Start Guide 4. Warranty Sheet Optional Accessories（Purchased separately） 1. Adapter 2. Stereo headphone 3. Protective Cover Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved.
Page 6: Safety Guide
3. 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 4008-869-830 . Screen protection The device is equipped with Eink screen, which is very fragile.
Page 7 www.onyx-international.com 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.
Page 9: Back View
www.onyx-international.com Back View LOGO Model Number Bottom View MicroSD Slot 3.5mm Audio Sleep\Power MicroUSB Slot Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 9 / 65...
Page 10: Back Button
www.onyx-international.com Button Function Power/ Long press the power button for 3 seconds to Standby Button turn on/off the device; Press the power button and release quickly to let the device go standby or wake up; Press the power button for 8-10 seconds to reset your device , then press it quickly to restart .
Page 11: Interface Introduction
www.onyx-international.com 5. Interface Introduction 5.1 Main Interface The main interface contains “Status Bar”, “Now Reading”, “Recently Added”and “Function Area”. Status Now Reading Recently Added /Recently Read Function Area Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 11 / 65...
Page 12 www.onyx-international.com Status Bar This section displays the current state of the device, including: home icon, battery usage, notification, time, A2 mode on/off, Setting etc；  A2 mode refreshment Two-grey level refreshment mode is good for fast refreshment of text page. It enables fast pageturn, no screen flashing and less ghost background.
Page 13 Tap book cover or book title can open the books and enter the page read recently. Only those read books can display book covers while those unread books shall display BOOX cover by default； Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 13 / 65...
Page 14 www.onyx-international.com Recently Added The newly added books will be listed here chronologically. Slide to left/right is for turning pages. Users switch into “Recently Added”through “system—user preferences—homepage options”, then it will display the book list added recently. Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 14 / 65...
Page 15 www.onyx-international.com Function Area This section displays some frequently used function icons, including Library, Storage, Apps, Setting, Browser. Users can page forward or backward by pressing the button on two sides or by tapping the arrowhead icon. Library  All books copied/downloaded to the device will be displayed here, including books from local storage and MicroSD card.
Page 16 Apps  Going to Apps lists page, users can manage or uninstall the apps Firefly light  Turn on/off the front light and adjust the brightness.(Only i86 Plus support) Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 16 / 65...
Page 17 www.onyx-international.com Setting  Going to Setting page, users can select their preferred setting for the whole system Browser  When WiFi is on, users can browse webs or download files from internet via Browser Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 17 / 65...
Page 18 www.onyx-international.com 5.2 Notification Interface Tap battery usage site on the right of the Status Bar to pop up Notification board; Press Back button or tap Home icon can exit Notification board; Notification page contains: WiFi setting, date, volume control, setting, and other new msg notice etc; Copyright ©...
Page 19: Reading Interface
www.onyx-international.com 5.3 Reading Interface Select any book to go to reading page, which only displays book content, page number, prev./next. page and current time; Tap the middle area of the screen or menu button to pop up reading menu and status bar; Reading menu contains: Fonts, Zoom, Notes, Rotation, TTS, Dictionary, Search, Refreshment, Setting etc ;...
Page 20 www.onyx-international.com Font Fonts can be adjustable (reflow mode is supported): font size, bold type, font change(only some formats supported), spacing(only some formats supported) etc; Zoom User can zoom in/out the page freely; Other zoom shortcuts are available: To width, To page, Crop, Selection to zoom;...
Page 21 www.onyx-international.com Rotation Users can select the direction of the screen display; Users can listen to the books(only some formats are supported) by TTS, powered by well-known voice company IVONA, which is close to human reading; Dictionary Long press the content can pitch up words to pop up the dictionary.
Page 22 www.onyx-international.com Search User can search the targeting texts; Long press the input box can change input method; Refreshment User can select screen refreshment rate by their preference, including full refreshment, 3/5/7/9 pages refreshment and never full refreshment. Every 5 pages to refresh is system default;...
Page 23 www.onyx-international.com Scribbler Interface In Menu-notes-scribbler , user can use scribble annotation (only support PDF format), this interface including stroke thickness, color, eraser, pages move ,etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 23 / 65...
Page 24 www.onyx-international.com Export Interface In Menu – notes –export , user can choose export annotation、 highlight、scribble; the default save xxx.export.pdf (containing text and scribbler) /xxx.export.txt (containing only text) format in the same folder with original document; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 24 / 65...
Page 25 www.onyx-international.com Reflow Interface In Menu – Fonts- Reflow , user can rearrange scan version PDF documents, including customize the defect size, page margins, line spacing, word spacing, render size, straighten, justification, columns, contrast, contrast ,rotation ,etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 25 / 65...
Page 26: Browser Interface
www.onyx-international.com 5.4 Browser Interface When WiFi is on, please tap Browser icon or choose in the apps management to start browsing online; At browsing page, tap text box can pop up virtue keyboards; Press the space key to switch English and Chinese mode. More input methods can be installed by users and switched through the input method options on the keyboard;...
Page 27 www.onyx-international.com 5.5 Library The library can only display supported-format books; The books will be displayed by thumbnail view chronologically; Users can change the display mode through the icon on top right corner( including breviary, listing mode, particular list) and users also can search books; Copyright ©...
Page 28 www.onyx-international.com Tap the menu key on the top right to pop up library menu, including open pattern, sequencing, attribute, filter, skipping, rename, delete, history, note etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 28 / 65...
Page 30 www.onyx-international.com Filter The books in the library can be filtered in reading mode, including all, unread，now reading, read，label etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 30 / 65...
Page 31 www.onyx-international.com History Users can find all reading history record of books that have been read, including reading progress, time, open times, total reading time etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 31 / 65...
Page 32 www.onyx-international.com All Notes Users can extract all the notes, highlights, annotations and other books record list, which can be referred directly without open the books; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 32 / 65...
Page 33 www.onyx-international.com 5.6 Storage Storage displays all files from both local storage and MicroSD cards and manage in file mode. Files will be displayed in alphabetical order by default. Users can change the listing mode by themselves; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 33 / 65...
Page 34 www.onyx-international.com 5.7 Apps Here it will display all installed apps in alphabetical order. Users can change the listing mode by themselves; Long press on each app can popup menu to manage or delete the Apps setting. Applications that come with the system can not be deleted by users;...
Page 35 www.onyx-international.com 5.8 Light Users can turn on/off the front light and adjust the brightness; Users also can long press the OK button to turn on/off the front light quickly; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 35 / 65...
Page 36 www.onyx-international.com 5.9 Setttings Users can set up general settings for the device, including System, Language, Extension, Networks and About; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 36 / 65...
Page 37 www.onyx-international.com Users can tap the top right corner of the status bar to popup notification bar and choose “settings”to enter settings interface; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 37 / 65...
Page 38 www.onyx-international.com 5.9.1 System Users can set date, display option, storage, privacy, startup options of the device; Date  Users can set date, time, time zone manually; Or users can select Auto setting to update date, time, time zone automatically when the device is connected with wireless internet;...
Page 40 www.onyx-international.com Storage  Here it displays the total storage of device, including the usage of local storage, MicroSD card, built-in FLASH storage etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 40 / 65...
Page 41 www.onyx-international.com Privacy  This contains settings of data backup, data recovery and factory resetting etc; Factory resetting will erase all user data. Please back up all user data before performing factory resetting; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 41 / 65...
Page 42 www.onyx-international.com User preference  Users can choose whether to open the last read book when starting the device; It will go directly to the main interface by default; Users can choose whether to scan the book cover or not; Users can select the path to scan books automatically; Users can choose to display “recently read books or recently added books”...
Page 43 www.onyx-international.com 5.9.2 Language Users can set system language, default fonts, TTS reading, dictionary on this page; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 43 / 65...
Page 44: Language Setting
www.onyx-international.com Language Setting  Users can set languages of the system and virtue keyboard. The system has Android keyboard by default. Users can install third-party apps for more input methods and select in keyboard setting; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 44 / 65...
Page 45 www.onyx-international.com Default front  Users can set the system fonts on this page, but reading fonts can be only set on reading page; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 45 / 65...
Page 47 www.onyx-international.com Dictionary  User can select the installed dictionary apps here; 5.9.3 Extension This contains Apps setting and DRM setting; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 47 / 65...
Page 48 www.onyx-international.com Apps setting  Users can select whether to allow installing unknown source Apps and debugging, manage and delete Apps, check the running apps and storage usage, battery usage, and preferred Apps; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 48 / 65...
Page 49 www.onyx-international.com 5.9.4 Networks This is for WiFi setting. When WiFi is connected, users can browse webs and download books via internet on the device; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 49 / 65...
Page 50 www.onyx-international.com When“turn WiFi on”is selected, the device will search WiFi hotspot. When all available WLAN are listed, users can choose a network, input password to connect with internet. WiFi signal will be displayed at “Status bar” when WiFi is connected; After WiFi is connected successfully at the first time, the device will save WiFi information automatically.
Page 51 www.onyx-international.com 5.9.5 About More information about the devices are listed here, including system update, notification, battery usage, legal info, model, firmware version etc; Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 51 / 65...
Page 52: Faqs
www.onyx-international.com 6. FAQs 6.1 How to turn the device on/off When the device is off, press power button for 2-3 seconds to turn the device on; When the device is on, press power button for 3-5 seconds to turn the device off; When the device is on, pop up menu bar to select “Shutdown”;...
Page 53 www.onyx-international.com Full single charge will take around 3 hours; 6.3 How to transfer data Transfer data by connecting the device with PC via USB cable Transfer data by third-party sync apps between PC and the device via WiFi; Download data or read online by browsing via WiFi; Download data or read online by log-in of reading apps from third party via WiFi;...
Page 54 www.onyx-international.com 6.5 How to add fonts Users can download fonts online, then copy the fonts to the folder “/adobe/resources/fonts”on MicroSD card; Users can select the installed fonts when reading, but the fonts are only available for some book formats; 6.6 How to update Download firmware update.zip and insert MicroSD card into device.
Page 55 www.onyx-international.com 6.7 How to change screen saver/power off Press PNG format images, in the menu, select "Set as screen saver", choose to replace the original standby or shutdown ; 6.8 How to protect the device To use protective covers for the device and avoid crashing, shocking, pressing against the screen;...
Page 56: Warranty
www.onyx-international.com 7. Warranty 7.1 Scope of Warranty 7.1.1 The device：One-year warranty； 7.1.2 If in 15 days from the date of purchase, any faults caused by quality problem of the product itself under normal operation and without overhaul, you can replace the same type of product or enjoy maintenance services for free；...
Page 57 The following conditions are not covered by the warranty, even if in the applicable time period, the warranty will no longer works for it, but still can enjoy the fee-based services. 7.2.1 Faulted device without ONYX BOOX brand； 7.2.2 Faulted device caused by dismantling and repairing without permission.
Page 58 www.onyx-international.com being used under specific environment. For example, use the device in the environment where too wet or too dry, in high temperature or with instable voltage or current, etc.； 7.2.5 The device is damaged by accident or improper use, including devices filled with warter, rupture ，...
Page 59 www.onyx-international.com 7.3 Precautions for repair 7.3.1 Users need to contact our after-sales department to confirm whether it is in the scope of warranty, whether it is fault and the fault cause. 7.3.2 Users need to provide proof of purchase (invoice or receipt) , warranty card consistent with the original barcode.
Page 60 www.onyx-international.com 7.3.4 Please only send the device and the materials required above to us. Do not send the headphones, adapters and other accessories. If lost, our company is not liable for damages; 7.3.5 Please backup data before send it to repair. We are not liable for the data loss due to maintenance.
Page 61: Specifications
8. Specifications i86HD i86 Plus 1G Hz 1G Hz Processor 512MB LPDDR2 1GB LPDDR2 Android 4.0 Android 4.0 Storage E-ink display E-ink display Screen 8 inch 8 inch Screen Size Resolution 1600X1200 1600X1200 (200dpi) (200dpi) Touch IR touch IR touch Support .
Page 62 www.onyx-international.com Battery 1700mAh 1700mAh MicroUSB2.0 MicroUSB2.0 Audio Jack 3.5mm 3.5mm ExtCard MicroSD MicroSD card(up to 32G) card(up to 32G) Size 210x160x9mm 210x160x9mm Weight ≤340g(including ≤340g(including battery) battery) Operating 0°C- 50°C 0°C- 50°C temperature Supported PDF, EPUB , TXT, PDF, EPUB , TXT, book DJVU, HTML, DJVU, HTML,...
Page 63 www.onyx-international.com PDB etc PDB etc PNG,JPG,GIF ,BMP PNG,JPG,GIF ,BMP Supported image formats WAV , MP3 WAV , MP3 Supported audio formats Apps Third-parties Third-parties APKS APKS installation is installation is supported supported Browser Support Support Language Multi-language Multi-language supported supported Copyright ©...
Page 64 www.onyx-international.com File Support Support directory Dictionary Support Support Support Support Refreshment A2 quickly refresh, A2 quickly refresh, partly refresh and partly refresh and mode fully refresh. fully refresh. Support Support Firmware Locally update Locally update and OTA update and OTA update update are available are available...
Page 65: Declaration
www.onyx-international.com 9. 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.onyx-international.com Copyright © 2014 Onyx International. All rights reserved. 65 / 65...

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