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USER GUIDE

Everything you need to know about O6

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    USER GUIDE Everything you need to know about O6...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Clip Mount .......................... 8 Quick Start Guide......................... 10 O6 Device Overview ......................13 Charging your O6 ........................ 15 Connecting O6 to your iPhone via Bluetooth ..............16 Installing the O6 app ......................16 Updating O6 Firmware ......................17 Using your O6 Device ......................18 Using O6 with the O6 App ....................
  • Page 3 What is the Battery Life on the O6? .................. 40 Where can I use O6? ......................40 How is O6 “eyes free”, when the video shows the app while driving? ......40 Why the name O6? ......................40 Why are there two different modes of interacting with apps, when they do similar things? ..........................
  • Page 4 Technical Specifications......................43 New User Setup Tips.......................44 Future Developments ......................45...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    660,000 Americans are handling their phones - checking email, scrolling through twitter - while driving. We can’t stop people from feeling the need to check their email and social media, but O6 does something that no other product can do - it allows them to do it without taking their eyes off the road - as simply and easily as they flip through radio stations in their car.

  • Page 6: What's Included In The O6 Box

    • The Steering Wheel Mount • The Clip Mount Note that your O6 only fits into the Steering Wheel Mount and the Clip Mount when it is correctly aligned and in the correct orientation. Instructions on how to do this follow...

  • Page 7: Steering Wheel Mount

    To fit your O6 on your Steering Wheel Mount: 1. Insert the O6 device into the Steering Wheel Mount. a. Align the O6 logo on your O6 device with the Braille dots on the Steering Wheel Mount. b. The O6 attaches to the Steering Wheel Mount magnetically to facilitate easy removal and portability.

  • Page 8: Clip Mount

    Use your thumb on the side of the dial to rotate the O6 bezel. Clip Mount You can use your O6 on the go by wearing it on your pocket, belt, or messenger bag strap, or seat belt using the Clip Mount.
  • Page 9 2. Twist clockwise 90 degrees to lock the O6 into the groove on the Clip Mount. 3. You can also use your O6 on the go by wearing it on your pocket, belt, messenger bag strap, or seat belt using the Clip Mount.

  • Page 10: Quick Start Guide

    1. Charge O6 until the light turns blue. 2. Pair your phone and O6 via Bluetooth. a. Open the Bluetooth settings on your iPhone. b. Click the Center button on your O6. c. Tap O6 on the phone screen and then tap Pair.
  • Page 11 Getting Started 3. Download the O6 app from the App Store and log into your channel account 4. On your phone, open a music player such as Spotify. a. Click the Center button to Play/Pause. b. Rotate the O6 bezel dial to change tracks. O6 is designed to facilitate single-...
  • Page 12 5. Operate the O6 app from the device. a. Open the O6 App on your phone. b. Click the Center button on the O6 to Play/Pause content or select a channel. c. Double-click the Center button to bring up the Actions menu.

  • Page 13: O6 Device Overview

    Getting Started 9. Shutdown O6 by pressing and holding the Center button for 5 seconds until you feel the ramp down haptic buzz. Wake up the O6 by pressing the Center button once. O6 Device Overview Watch the O6 Device Basic Functions video on YouTube for a demonstration of how the O6 works.
  • Page 14 • Bezel button / dial – The thin peripheral metal dial is called the Bezel dial. This dial also acts as a button, though in most of the O6 modes, the Ring and Bezel buttons are programmed to perform the same function. Their functionality can be separated in the advanced modes (more on this later).

  • Page 15: Charging Your O6

    Getting Started the O6 app, allows you to escape or exit the Actions menu in the O6 App, or takes you to your Favorites in Sonos. • Turn Bezel Dial Clockwise or Counter Clockwise – Next or Previous track. • Press the Bezel or Ring dial and turn clockwise or counter clockwise– Increase of decrease volume.

  • Page 16: Connecting O6 To Your Iphone Via Bluetooth

    6. Tap O6 under MY DEVICES and then tap Pair in the popup (as shown in the screenshot below). Tip: If O6 does not show up under MY DEVICES when you click the Center button, please wait a few minutes and try again.

  • Page 17: Updating O6 Firmware

    Getting Started You can search for the O6 app in the App Store. If the O6 app is not available in the App Store, you will receive an email from Apple inviting you to join the O6 TestFlight team. Apple will guide you through the steps to install O6 using TestFlight.

  • Page 18: Using Your O6 Device

    O6 without looking at your phone! Activating Siri for Voice Commands You can use Siri to open any app, including the O6 App, and to respond to emails or send messages. Press and hold the Ring button to activate Siri.

  • Page 19: O6 Modes

    O6 is a versatile controller that contains many modes, for example: • Basic Mode – This is the default mode that will be active on receiving your O6. It is used to control your music and media apps, including the O6 app.
  • Page 20 Switch O6 back to Basic Mode by triple- clicking the Ring button again. Tip: Each subtle tactile and audio click results in one action, such as switching a track or increasing the volume.

  • Page 21: Smart Response Mode

    Center button to answer the phone call or click the Ring button to decline the call. Tip: O6 supports a versatile haptic (vibration motor) that can play over 200 haptic effects. The device vibrates discreetly to alert you of an incoming notification.

  • Page 22: Advanced Modes

    Tip: O6 consists of different modes, and the transition into these different modes is indicated by unique haptic (Vibration) buzzes. If your O6 is not behaving as expected, please change modes to check whether you are in the correct mode.
  • Page 23 ● Double haptic buzz – Indicates you have entered the Advanced Mode. Tip: The O6 app must be active, either in the foreground or in the background, for the O6 device to complete a mode transition. Please bring the O6 app to the foreground if you do not detect haptic buzzes associated with an expected mode change.
  • Page 24 The text field needs to be in focus to activate this setting Tip: If your on-screen virtual keyboard disappears when O6 is connected, you can show (or hide) the virtual keyboard by using this functionality. DOUBLE-CLICK AND HOLD CENTER BUTTON Context menu, Enter "Jiggle mode"...

  • Page 25: Media And Settings Mode

    5. Set Show in Notification Center to ON. Media and Settings Mode To enable the Media and Settings mode on your O6, first turn on the Advanced mode in the O6 App when the O6 device is connected to your iPhone.
  • Page 26 (clockwise or counter-clockwise) lets you move ahead or back by 30 seconds, allowing you to easily rewind or fast forward through your audio content. Table 4. Actions and their results in Media and Settings mode with O6 App. ACTION...
  • Page 27 Switch O6 back to Basic Mode by triple- clicking the Ring button again. Tip: Quick Nav must be turned ON to get certain VoiceOver commands to work in Media and Settings mode.

  • Page 28: Using The O6 App

    Using the O6 App O6 App Channels The O6 App consists of channels that narrate the content to you as audio. The current list of channels includes email, Twitter, NPR One, Pocket, Contacts, and Settings. We are continuously adding new channels and features every month so you will see your favorite apps appear in your channels list over time.

  • Page 29: Email Channel

    . We currently only support one email account at a time. Tip: O6 app can retrieve photos from your Contacts app and match and display it against the email. Allow O6 app access to your Contacts to utilize this feature.

  • Page 30: Twitter Channel

    Actions are currently not supported in Twitter. NPR One Channel The O6 NPR One channel has been developed in partnership with NPR. NPR One delivers rich, local, on demand, and personalized News, and Podcasts delivery. You can mark News or a Podcast as interesting using the Actions button, or skip to the next News item if you find it uninteresting.

  • Page 31: Pocket Channel

    Pocket has been added as the newest channel in the O6 App. Pocket is great for saving web articles to read later. And now with O6 you can listen to your articles while you are on the go. More info can be found here: https://getpocket.com/...
  • Page 32 This will let you save articles from your phone’s web browser or apps like Flipboard, News, Pulse, Zite and many, many more (see https://getpocket.com/).
 Listen in the O6 App, or, once you have saved some articles, open the O6 app, and listen to them whenever you like...

  • Page 33: Contacts Channel

    Using the O6 App Contacts Channel O6 provides the capability to make phone calls. You can add your contacts to Favorites for quicker access via the dial. You can add favorites only from recent calls from the O6...

  • Page 34: O6 App Settings

    Tip: Because of Apple’s restrictions, the O6 app is unable to initiate phone calls when the phone is locked or when the O6 app is in the background. Please bring the O6 app to the foreground to make phone calls.

  • Page 35: Choosing Different Voices For O6 App

    Using the O6 App Choosing Different Voices for O6 App You can choose different Voices to suit your preference for narration in the O6 App. You can also download higher fidelity voices as well. The default voice used in O6 is Samantha Female.

  • Page 36: Performing Actions Using O6

    This is inconvenient and dangerous while driving or commuting. With O6, there is no need to touch, type, or even look at your screen. Simply turn your O6 dial and the device will scroll through and narrate possible action options aloud until you select one of them by clicking the Center button.

  • Page 37: Overview Of How Actions Work

    The range of actions keeps on expanding! Overview of how Actions Work With O6, you can listen to a message — “eyes free”. But how do you respond without looking at or touching your phone? How do you start your maps application and get...

  • Page 38: Configuring The Iphone For O6 Internationalization

    Tip: Adding more than two languages may result in longer response times in the O6 App. Using the O6 App without the O6 Device The O6 App is much easier, safer, and more fun to use with your O6 device. The O6 device allows complete control of the app without touching your phone.

  • Page 39: Security And Privacy

    If this is a concern, you can play audio from another app after using O6, such as the Music app, to remove O6 access from the lock screen. In the future, we will add other controls so you can manage access to sensitive channels, like email.

  • Page 40: Does O6 Have A Speaker

    Does O6 have a speaker? No, the O6 does not have its own speaker. The O6 app streams audio via Bluetooth to Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth earbuds, and car audio systems. What is the Battery Life on the O6? O6 typically lasts 5–7 days with normal use.

  • Page 41: How Do I Change The Volume

    Advanced Mode. How do I change the volume? You can triple-click the Ring button to switch the O6 dial to be a volume-control in the Basic mode. Triple-click the Ring button again to switch the dial back to controlling the tracks.
  • Page 42 FAQ’s If you still can’t find the answer to your question, please contact: hi@o6app.com Other ways to keep up-to-date and get additional support include following us on: • Twitter / Instagram – @O6app @O6app • Facebook – facebook.com/O6app...

  • Page 43: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Table 4. List of O6 technical features. FEATURE DETAILS Media Controller Works with Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Video, Podcasts Player, and more. O6 Companion App Browsable narration of emails, Twitter, Saved Articles, Evernote, radio, telephone, and more.
  • Page 44 Alternatively, you can turn Bluetooth Off on the iPhone or press and hold the Center button for 5 seconds until you feel and hear the haptic buzz to turn O6 off. Either of these steps result in the virtual keyboard showing onscreen.
  • Page 45 O6 device is connected. To resolve this issue, please click the iPhone’s Home button and then bring the O6 App to the foreground again. 3. While the O6 app supports over 27 international languages, the app itself is not internationally localized. That means that while the content will be adapted to and narrated in the languages you configure, the O6 App Main menu will remain in English.

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