Table of Contents How to Use This Guide....................... 9 Hardware and Features ....................10 What’s in the Box? ......................10 Product Features......................11 Juno Components ......................13 Power States ......................... 14 Camera Positions ......................16 Reading......................... 16 Text Recognition ......................17 Distance ........................
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Text Recognition ......................21 Menus ........................... 25 Live View ........................... 27 Magnifying an Image ..................... 27 Tap to Focus ......................... 28 Changing the Color Mode ..................... 28 Focus Lock........................28 Using a Reading Line or Mask ..................29 Panning ......................... 30 Taking a Snapshot ......................
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Opening a File ....................... 53 Recording Audio Tags....................55 Storing Files ........................56 Editing Files........................57 Deleting Files......................... 58 Importing Files....................... 61 Exporting Files....................... 64 Copying Juno Files onto a Computer ................68 Copying Files from a Computer onto Juno ..............70...
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Customizing Juno’s Settings ..................71 Volume and Speech Rate ..................... 71 Brightness Level......................72 Menu Settings ....................... 73 Color Modes........................79 Connecting to Other Devices................... 82 HDMI Connection ......................84 USB Connection......................85 Audio Connection ......................86 System Maintenance ......................87 System Settings ......................
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Warranty........................109 Product Updates......................109 Safety and Maintenance....................110...
How to Use This Guide Use this guide in conjunction with the Quick Start, which is small enough to carry with Juno. The first section of the Quick Start provides directions for using the product the first time. After first use, consider completing the tutorial in this guide to understand Juno’s basic features.
Note: To update Juno, you must purchase a USB-C flash drive (formatted FAT32). This flash drive can also be used to import/export files from Juno to a computer and download log files. To give you more flexibility, we recommend purchasing a dual flash drive that offers both USB-A...
Color modes True color, grayscale, and 22 high contrast color combinations Buttons Power, color modes, snapshot, and magnification Saved images Up to 600 images can be stored Transfers USB-C port to transfer files between Juno and a computer...
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Feature Description Connections Analog 3.5mm audio jack for headphones, USB-C port to connect to a computer, and an HDMI mini port to connect to a TV or monitor LED lights Three pairs of illumination LED lights for optimal lighting Charging LED Light on bottom left of device indicating battery status Reading lines Used to quickly locate and maintain your place on the LCD screen while in...
Juno Components 1 Camera: Rotate for multiple purposes 2 Power: Short press to power on or put on standby, and long press to power down 3 & 4 Color mode: Move up or down through color modes 5 Capture: Press to...
To power on Juno, press and hold the white Power button for several seconds until you see the splash screen. The battery must be charged to use the device. See “Charging Juno” in the Quick Start for instructions. Battery Status The battery status is shown in the upper left corner of the menu screens.
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Juno in standby mode. The screen darkens and the processor is put in a lower power state. After five minutes of inactivity, Juno automatically goes into standby mode. Press the Power button to wake up the device. See Standby Time page 105 to change the number of minutes of inactivity before standby.
You should lay the document you want to read flat on the desk. Open the stand and place the legs on top of the document. The camera should point straight down. You will need to move Juno over the document as you read it because the visible text is only about the size of a business card.
The best way to freeze or capture text is to close the stand and hold the device flat with the screen up. The camera automatically rotates 90 degrees so it is pointing down. Hold Juno over a document to get the best page magnification for magazines, catalogs, menus, photographs, and other printed material.
Handwriting or Hobbies You can use Juno to write by opening the stand and rotating the camera so it is pointed down about halfway. You place paper behind the device, then write on it while watching yourself write on the screen.
To take a snapshot of the image on the screen, press the red Capture button , holding Juno steady until you hear a click. This is ideal for viewing labels, price tags, receipts, business cards, and more.
Tutorial Explore basic features of Juno and become comfortable with the product by completing the steps of this tutorial. Each section is a bit more advanced as you learn to navigate Juno and become familiar with its customization capabilities. 1. Turn on Juno by pressing the white Power button until the APH logo is displayed.
9. Press the Capture button to return to Live view. Text Recognition 1. Hold Juno flat over a document, such as a newspaper. Frame the image on the screen. 2. Press the Capture button to capture the image. 3. Tap the Restore button...
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4. Tap the Recognize Text button to recognize the text. 5. Tap the Play button to have Juno read the text to you, then tap the Pause button to stop it.
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7. Tap the Volume and speech rate button to display the sliders that control how loud and fast Juno speaks. These sliders control both the narration of the user interface information and the device voice that reads aloud after optical character recognition (OCR).
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8. Turn up the volume slightly by pushing the left slider up toward the Volume symbol 9. Decrease the speed by pushing the right slider down toward the Turtle symbol 10. Touch the screen to hide the sliders. 11. Tap the Close button in the upper-right corner to close the file without saving it.
14. Turn on focus lock by tapping the Lock Focus button , which locks the focus at its current position. 15. Place another object, such as a pen, beside the coin. Notice that the coin remains in focus rather than the focus moving to the pen. Turn off focus lock by tapping the Unlock Focus button Menus 1.
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Juno’s settings. 5. Tap the Menu Settings icon to display options for controlling Juno’s user interface. Look at each of the settings to familiarize yourself with the system. This guide provides instructions for setting the options. 6. Tap the Previous button until you return to the live camera view.
Zoom Out button on the right side of the Juno body for continuous zoom magnification. Press and release to incrementally increase or decrease magnification. Both continuous and incremental magnification are available for live, frozen, and saved images.
Changing the Color Mode Press the blue Color Mode buttons on the left side of Juno to cycle through true color, grayscale, and your choice of 22 color combinations. Live view supports all color modes.
Using a Reading Line or Mask A reading line or mask orients you and helps keep your place. The Reading Line and Mask toggle button, located in the middle of the right button bar, changes when tapped. The displayed button indicates the next line/mask in the cycle.
You can drag the image in any direction until the end of the snapshot. Taking a Snapshot Press the upper right button on the Juno body to take a picture of the current image. Press it again to return to Live view. Taking a snapshot can be useful for reading labels on items on a store shelf.
To save an image: 1. Press the red Capture button , holding Juno steady until you hear a click, to take a picture. A Camera icon is displayed, followed by a snapshot of the captured image.
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Record Audio Tag? screen is displayed. 6. To record a name for the file, tap Yes. If you tap No and do not record a name, Juno gives the file a default name. It may be difficult to keep track of your files if you do not name them.
Tap the top button on the right button bar to turn the lights on or off. Your Juno automatically turns on the lights needed for the best illumination, which depends on both the position of the legs and the camera barrel. In self-view mode, for example, where the barrel is turned toward you and the legs open, the lights are off so they do not shine in your eyes.
(OCR). You can then either read the text or have it read aloud to you (text-to-speech or TTS). The voice selected when Juno was set up is used as the reading voice until you change it. The reading voice can be different than the voice that narrates as you move around Juno.
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You can rotate your target material in any orientation. Try turning the page sideways. Try turning Juno to get more text in the frame. Juno supports portrait and landscape captures. Tap on the screen to focus on the page. Do a visual check to ensure that the text is crisp and not blurry on the screen.
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The top two images show the importance of fitting all the text in the frame. The bottom images demonstrate the need to completely fill the frame with text.
Capturing a Page You can capture a page to either read the page yourself or have Juno read it to you. Review the Tips for Successful Text Recognition on page 34 before following these steps to capture a page and use text recognition: 1.
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7. Tap the Restore button to display the button bars. 8. Tap the Recognize Text button to scan the document. 9. To listen to the text from the beginning, tap the Play button . You can also tap a word zone (see page 50) to start reading there.
Capturing Multiple Pages If you are capturing a multipage document, it is much faster to scan all the pages before using text recognition. Saving and scanning each page individually is unnecessary and time consuming. You cannot reorder the pages after they are scanned, so be sure to capture the pages in the correct order.
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You may want to stand up so you are looking down at the screen. 5. Hold Juno straight over the page about 8 inches away. Frame the image of the page on the screen. Maximize the amount of content captured by moving around the device or turning the paper until the full page is shown on the screen.
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Previous, Save, Recognize Text, and Lights. 11. Frame your next page and press the red Capture button , holding Juno steady until you hear a click. If you are satisfied with the captured image, press the Next button . If you are dissatisfied, tap the Previous button to delete it.
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12. After you capture all the pages, tap the Recognize Text button . The text is displayed with zones (see page 50). You can begin reading before all the text is recognized. To save the book and read it later, tap the Save button ...
Navigation in Multipage Documents To quickly move around a multipage document, tap the Page x of x rectangle at the top of the screen. In the menu that is displayed, you can tap a page number in the scrolling list or tap one of the following icons: ...
Reading Options on the Reading Settings menu enable you to change the language and reading voice, as well as the viewing mode. To display the Reading Settings menu: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
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4. Tap the Viewing Modes icon to change the default viewing mode (see page 48). 5. Tap the Reading Language icon to set the default language and reading voice (see page 46). You can also alter the way your document looks and how it’s read to you without going through the Main Menu ...
Language and Reading Voice When Juno reads text aloud, it identifies paragraphs, tables, and bold, italicized, and underlined text. The default is English. You can set only one language and one voice at a time for reading. If you were studying French, for example, then you would change the reading language to French.
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This voice is separate from the talking menus. Juno responds in the selected voice and the language. The default is the menu voice (see page 76). Note: If you do not hear Juno reading to you, check volume level (see page 71). 8. Tap the Next button...
Viewing Modes The Viewing Modes screen provides toggle buttons for the viewing mode and highlighting. The screen displays a sample of the default mode while the toggle button displays the next mode in the cycle. Your chosen view is set when you tap the Previous button .
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5. Toggle the top right button to select the default viewing mode. Snapshot mode shows a full screen of text without high contrast color. Teleprompter mode shows text in paragraph form using high contrast color. Tickertape mode shows one line of text at a ...
Zones If you open a DOCX or PDF file, or if you open a captured file with recognized text, then the first viewing mode is Zones . With zones, the text is separated by highlighted and numbered boxes to help you navigate around the document. You can choose where you want to begin reading by tapping a zone.
Managing Files Juno’s file manager enables you to view, store, delete, import, and export files. You can also add or re-record a file’s audio tag. When you tap the File Manager icon , the Files screen lists the files saved on Juno. Files are sorted by the date captured or last modified, left to right, top to bottom.
Viewing a S aved File Saved files can be viewed from the Files screen. To view a file: 1. Tap the Restore button to display the button bars, then tap the Main Menu button 2. Tap the File Manager icon to display the Files screen.
Opening a File When you open a document, you can either listen to it by tapping the Play button or change the viewing mode to make reading easier. You can also delete the last page of a multipage document. To open a file: 1.
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5. Tap the Restore button to display the button bars. 6. To improve the image, you may want to toggle the viewing mode (see page 48) by tapping the middle right button. 7. When you are finished, tap the Close button display the Exit? screen.
Recording Audio Tags Audio tags are critical to identifying your saved files on Juno. You can apply an audio tag to any file that you save or import. However, a file exported to a USB-C flash drive or copied to a computer will not keep its audio tag, so the audio tag is only useful on Juno.
3. Tap the User Settings icon to display the User Settings menu. 4. Tap the Storage icon to display the Juno Storage screen. The top line shows the storage that is available. Try to keep more than 1 MB of available storage.
Editing Files it, then tapping the Edit You can change a file by viewing button . On the Editing screen, you have four buttons for images (BMP, JPEG, PNG, and WebP files): Mirror the image Rotate the image clockwise 90 degrees ...
Deleting Files If Juno’s memory is full, then an error message will display when you attempt to capture an image. You must delete some files before saving new ones. If you want to back up the files before you delete them, follow the directions in...
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3. Tap the icon representing the file you want to delete. The beginning of the file is displayed, with its title at the top of the screen. 4. Tap the Edit button in the bottom right corner. The Edit screen is displayed. 5.
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Delete All Files To delete all saved files on Juno: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2. Tap the Settings icon to display the Settings menu. 3. Tap the User Settings icon to display the User Settings menu.
Importing Files Juno imports files automatically so you do not need to be familiar with file structures. You can only import a folder (directory) of files—not a single file or subfolders (subdirectories). A USB-C drive is required to import files. (For instructions on using the USB cable to copy files, see Copying Juno Files Onto a Computer on page 68.)
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5. Tap the File Manager icon to display the Files screen. 6. Tap the Import/Export button in the lower right corner. The Select Transfer Mode screen is displayed.
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7. Tap the Import button . The Import From screen displays. 8. Select a drive. If you have a USB hub, then you may have several choices. The second Import From screen is displayed. 9. Select the folder that holds the files that you want to import, then tap the Next button confirmation message is displayed.
Exporting Files Juno exports files automatically so you do not need to be familiar with file structures. However, you must either export all files on Juno at once, or export one Juno file at a time. A USB-C drive is required to export files. (For...
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. A confirmation message is displayed. 8. Tap YES, then remove the USB-C drive from Juno and plug it into a USB port on your computer. If the port is not Type C, you will need a USB adapter.
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Export A Single File To export a single file: 1. Place a USB-C flash drive into the USB-C port on Juno. 2. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 3. Tap the File Manager icon to display the Files screen.
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9. Tap YES, then detach the USB-C flash drive from Juno and attach it to a USB port on your computer. If the port is not Type C, you will need a USB adapter. 10. Use File Explorer to copy the file from the USB-C...
Copying Juno Files onto a Computer Using a USB-C cable, you can copy files from Juno onto a computer by following these steps: 1. Attach the USB cable to ports on Juno and on your computer. 2. Open File Explorer, where Juno is shown as a media device.
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VCB are also in the Documents and Images folders. You can back up these Vispero compressed book files on a computer, but no PC or web applications read this file type. However, this is an easy method for transferring books between Juno devices.
2. Open File Explorer and copy the files you want to place on Juno. 3. Juno is shown as a media device in File Explorer. Go to Juno/Internal Shared Storage/DCIM/Juno/ and paste the copied files into the proper folder (subdirectory): ...
2. Increase/decrease the volume by moving the left slider up/down. Turn off the sound by tapping the Unmuted or back on by tapping the Muted icon. 3. Increase or decrease how quickly Juno speaks by moving the right slider up for faster toward the rabbit or down for slower toward the turtle...
Brightness Level Brightness controls how much light is used to display the screen. Move the slider left for a darker screen and right for a lighter screen. To display the Set Brightness screen: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
Menu Settings You can control the way Juno displays and announces its menus and other screen elements through Menu Settings. To display Menu Settings: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2. Tap the Settings icon to display the Settings menu.
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It also announces the hardware buttons that you press as you navigate In the Talking Menus screen, move the slider right to ON to have Juno announce button names and other user interface controls as you tap them. When you tap the Previous button , for example, the system announces “Previous screen.”...
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To display the Talking Menus screen: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2. Tap the Settings icon , then tap the Menu Settings icon to display Menu Settings screen. 3. Tap the Talking Menus icon to display the Talking Menus screen.
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Settings icon to display the Menu Settings screen. 3. Tap the Voice Selection icon to display the Select Juno Voice screen. 4. Select the voice that Juno will use to speak the menu and button names. Only English is available.
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Color Theme of Menus Change the color combination used to display the menus, buttons, icons, and other system images. To choose a color theme for the user interface: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
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Font Size Control the size of the text on Juno’s menus using the Font Size screen by swiping and selecting a number. Swipe up to select a smaller text size or down to select a larger font. To select the font size for the user interface: 1.
Color Modes A color mode is a pre-defined color combination (for example, yellow text on a black background) that you can apply at any time, whether it is a live or saved image. True color and grayscale are always available. You cycle between them and other color combinations when you press the blue Color Mode buttons Selecting Your Cycled Color Modes By default, all color combinations are selected.
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4. Color combinations with checkmarks are included in the rotation when you press the Color Mode buttons . Tap a color combination to check or uncheck it. Note: Available color combinations are listed in the next section.
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Available Color Combinations True color is the default for viewing images, while grayscale is the default for viewing text. Neither true color nor grayscale can be disabled. By default, the following color combinations are included in the rotation: true color, white on black, black on white, yellow on black, and yellow on blue.
To view video on a larger screen, you can connect the device to an HDTV or monitor using the HDMI mini cable. When you connect, you see the same thing on Juno and on the display of the device. You can charge Juno by connecting the USB-C cable to an outlet using the power adapter.
3. Power on your HDTV or monitor and change the input source to select the device. Refer to user documentation for the display device for this information. When you connect, Juno’s screen is shown on the HDTV or monitor. You see the same thing both places.
To connect a USB-C cable to a computer: 1. Plug the USB-C cable into the USB-C port on the left side of Juno. 2. Plug the other end of the USB-C cable into a USB port on the computer. If the port is not...
Connect to an Outlet To connect a USB-C cable to an outlet: 1. Plug the USB-C cable into the USB-C port on the left side of Juno. 2. Plug the other end of the USB-C cable into the AC power adapter.
System Maintenance System Settings You can set the time and date and change the default file using the System Settings menu. You can also update Juno or reset the device. To display the System Settings menu 1. Tap the Restore button...
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3. Tap the System Settings icon to display the System Settings screen, which has four options: Time and Date Default Save Types Update Juno Reset to Defaults...
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Time and Date Set the date and time that the system displays in the upper right corner. If the battery fully discharges, then you will need to reset the date and time. To reset the date and time: 1. In the System Settings screen (page 87), tap the Time and Date icon .
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3. Modify the date or time swiping up or down in each column until the correct value is selected.
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Default Save Types Select the default file type used when capturing pictures and the default file type used when capturing text. To change the default file types used when you save images or document files: 1. In the System Settings screen (page 87), tap the Default Save Types icon 2.
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Note: To update Juno, you must purchase a USB-C flash drive. This same flash drive can also be used to import and export files from Juno to a computer, as well as to download log files. To give you more flexibility, we recommend purchasing a dual flash drive that provides both USB-A and USB-C capabilities.
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6. Copy the update to a USB-C flash drive. The update file needs to be placed on the root/top- level directory of the USB drive. Do not place it within any folder. 7. Insert the USB-C flash drive with the Juno updates into Juno’s USB-C port. screen (page 87), tap the Update Juno icon .
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9. Select the .vhu file. After a moment, the UPDATE button is displayed. 10. Tap the UPDATE button to start the update. The progress of the update is displayed in the middle of the screen. Note: If you remove the USB drive before the next step, you will exit the update process and return to the System Settings menu...
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11. Read the screen and tap OK to proceed with the update. Do not use Juno during the update process. Juno will restart at least once without any action on your part during the update. The status of the update is displayed.
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However, the menu voice, date, and time are saved. To reset Juno’s user settings: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
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Juno before an exam, then return them to their default values after the exam. You can set the amount of time that Juno is locked, or you can manually unlock it to return the values to their previous settings.
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4. Press the red Capture button . The Teacher Settings screen is displayed. Note: If Juno is locked, you are prompted to enter a previously set lock code. When you display this screen and enter the pin code, restrictions are automatically disabled.
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5. Scroll through this screen and tap the settings to reflect how you want Juno to work while a student takes an exam: Setting Description Maximum Volume Default is 100 percent. Push the slider to lower or raise the maximum volume level, where 0 is no volume and 100 is full volume.
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Setting Description Disallow Reading Defaults to Off. When On, Juno cannot read aloud text in documents. Allowable Recognition All languages are recognized by default. Tap this setting Languages to display a screen of languages. To disable a language so Juno will not recognize it, deselect its checkbox.
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Setting Description Reset to Factory Settings Tap to reboot Juno and restore all settings to their default values, including these teacher settings. Requires you to reset the voice used by Juno and the time/date as described in the Juno Quick Start.
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Unlock Juno If you need to reset the default values sooner than the time allotted in the Expire Settings field, then you will need to unlock Juno by following these steps: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
About Menu Displays version information about Juno, provides technical support contact information, and provides a link to this guide. To display the About screen: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2. Tap the Information icon to display the About screen (sample data in graphic): ...
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Tap the Support icon Support on the About screen to display information for contacting Customer Support. You can also find support information at https://www.aph.org/product/juno/. If you need to export the log files for troubleshooting, insert a USB-C drive into Juno’s USB-C port and tap the Export Data icon .
Standby Time By default, Juno automatically goes into standby after 30 minutes of inactivity. Tap any button or touch the screen to wake up the device. To adjust this setting: 1. Tap the Restore button , then tap the Main Menu button 2.
Product Specifications Touch LCD screen: 7-inch (178 mm) matte with touch capability; brightness 600 cd/m2, contrast 500:1, viewing angle 75/75/70/75 degrees; touch screen offers pinch to zoom and access to menus and settings Image resolution: 800 x 480 pixels with viewing angle of 75/75/70/75 degrees, video out 720p 60fps scaled, sensor 13 MP (4224x3136) Body size: Length 210 mm, width 145 mm, thickness 30 mm, weight 22 oz Reading stand: Built-in collapsible reading stand, tilts approximately 40 degrees when open...
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5 GB Connections: Port 1: USB Type C port for charging the Juno or transferring files to a USB memory stick or a cable to computer’s USB port. This port can provide 5V @ 500 mA and is not designed for use with unpowered USB hubs.
Service and Support Support material is available on our web page at https://www.aph.org/product/juno/. If you need further assistance, please contact American Printing House (APH): Phone: 1-800-223-1839 or 1-502-995-2405 Email: cs@aph.org Hours: 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. EST When you call, please provide the following information: ...
Repairs If Customer Support indicates that you need to return Juno for repairs, then please call Vispero (Freedom Scientific) at 1-727-803-8600 weekdays between 8:30 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. EST to request a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number before shipping your device. This RMA number must be referenced on the outside of the package containing your returned device.
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Only use the supplied power adapter to charge the device’s battery. Other adapters may cause damage. Do not remove the battery, which can only be serviced by Freedom Scientific. Keep Juno away from wet areas, rain, and other sources of liquids. Do not submerge the device. Juno has no protection against ingress of water. ...
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Do not leave any liquid on the screen. Repeat this procedure for hard to remove smudges. Cleaning the Juno Body Make sure the device is unplugged. Use a lightly dampened, soft, clean cloth with water or mild detergent. Do not...
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Regulatory Information Juno is tested by a recognized body and independent laboratory for safety and regulatory compliance. Description Requirement FCC / EMC 47 CFR Part 15 FCC Class B Declaration of Conformity Safety UL/EN/CSA 62638-1:2014 Safety Certification Safety (Battery) IEC62133-2:2017 CB report...
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Juno User Guide Catalog number 1-00380-00 UDC-02331 Rev. A...
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