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Congratulations purchase of your Mercury 6 Handheld Magnifier with Speech. Please read manual fully before using. Mercury 6 is an advanced handheld magnifier with accurate reading capabilities and voice control.
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Enclosed Parts: Power Charger Charging Cable User Manual Mercury 6 Handheld Device with attached legs...
POWER ON/OFF Hold down the Power button for 3 seconds to start the unit. The unit can take upto 1 minute to start. During this time you will see a boot logo. The unit will start in live magnification mode. If the unit doesn't start, the likely cause is the battery is not charged.
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and use the provided USB cable to connect the device to the charger as shown below. After charging for 30 minutes the unit should have sufficient power to start. To power off the unit, hold down the power button for 3 seconds.
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QUICK ON/OFF To enable quick on/off functionality, the unit can go into "Sleep" mode. The unit can wake up instantly from sleep mode in 1 second. However, Sleep mode uses a small amount of battery as the unit is not completely turned off.
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the Power button quickly (Don't hold it down). You will hear a beep and the screen will turn off. To wake it up, tap the power button again. INTEGRATED LEGS Mercury incorporates integrated foldable legs. The legs allow for easy positioning device over document.
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To close the legs, repeat the process in reverse. MAGNIFICATION MODE The functions of Mercury 6 can be controlled using simple touch gestures. The left 20% of the screen is designed to ignore any touches to prevent...
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1) Single Finger Tap to Focus 2)Two Finger Pinch to Zoom In/Out or say “Make Bigger” / ”Make Smaller”...
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3) Three finger tap to change color or say “Change Color”. To lock the currently selected color mode hold with 3 fingers for 5 seconds until you hear a beep. To unlock the color mode, repeat the same action. When a color mode is locked, changing the color will only cycle between original and the...
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chosen color mode instead of cycling through all modes. 4)Four Finger Tap to Toggle LED Flash Light...
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5) Five Finger Tap to Open the Menu 6) To freeze/unfreeze the image, tap the pause/resume button on the bottom right.
READING MODE Position the device over any document. Note the device only reads what is visible on screen, recommended to zoom out all the way to capture larger documents. Tap on the red circle on the top right or say “Take Picture”...
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clear image. After you have taken the image, the device will need a few seconds to process the document. A ticking sound will indicate that the recognition is in progress. Reading should start automatically upon completion of this step. 1) Pause/Play By default, the unit will start reading upon completion of...
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processing. To pause, tap the pause button on the right side. To resume, tap it again. 2) Zoom In/Out You can zoom in/out in reading mode using the same 2 finger pinch gesture as in Magnification Mode. Note voice commands don’t work in Reading mode.
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3) Change Color To change color, tap with 3 fingers on the screen. 4) Forward/Rewind Skip Sentences by tapping the forward/rewind arrow while the unit is reading. To read words individually, pause the reading using pause button and then tap the...
forward/rewind arrows hear individual words. 5) Exit Reading Mode Press the X on the top right to exit reading mode. LOW BATTERY WARNING When unit approximately 15 minutes of usable charge remaining it will...
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alert you by beeping. The beep is a sequence of 4 quick beeps. You will hear this beep every few minutes until the device powers off by itself.
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