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Michael Narey
March 4, 2025

how do I get the kindle sign up???

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Mr. Anderson
May 14, 2025

To sign up for Kindle on the Boox Palma, open the Kindle app and select "Sign in with Amazon." However, some users report an issue where the app gets stuck on a loading screen and does not proceed to the sign-in page. There is no confirmed fix provided in the context.

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Summary of Contents for Boox Palma

  • Page 1 Palma BOOX User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1.Copyright Declaration ......3 2.Safety Guide ..........4 3.Quick Start ..........7 4.ONYX Apps ..........12 5.System Settings ........58 6.Thank you ..........74...

  • Page 3: Copyright Declaration

    1.Copyright Declaration Guangzhou Onyx International Inc. reserves the right to make changes to product specifications contents contained in the Quick Start Guide and User Manual without prior notice. 1. All book images in this manual are for display only, not pre-installed books;...

  • Page 4: Safety Guide

    BOOX retailer, or call the official after-sales hotline at 4008-400-014 or 4008-860-830 for assistance. Fragile Screen Protection Please do not directly hit, squeeze, oppress the screen, or drop it from a high place onto a hard surface.
  • Page 5 Qualified Accessories Only batteries, chargers and other accessories that meet the safety standards this equipment allowed to be used. For details, please refer to the product specifications. Use of incompatible accessories will result in damage to the device at your own risk.
  • Page 6 by yourself to avoid damage to the structure or screen. Using environment The environment temperature range of using this device is 0°C-50°C. responsible damage loss data equipment caused human abnormal operation or unexpected circumstances, nor for other indirect losses caused thereby. If you need to return to the factory for repair, please back up important data by yourself.

  • Page 7: Quick Start

    3.Quick Start 3.1 Home Screen System Bar Navigation Bar...
  • Page 8 3.2 Control Center Pull it down from the right top edge or tap to expand. Tap the “Edit” icon on the top to edit the functions for the center.
  • Page 9 3.3 Notification Center Pull it down from the left top edge or tap to expand.
  • Page 10 3.4 Content Area Tap and hold an app to move it around on the screen, uninstall it, optimize it, add it to a group, or access some quick functions supported by the app.
  • Page 11 3.5 Desktop Edit Tap and hold a blank area for 2 seconds to enter desktop editing status. Tidy up apps on the screen, add widgets to desktop, and manage desktop settings.

  • Page 12: Onyx Apps

    4.ONYX Apps 4.1 Library You can import your own books to the Storage\books path, download books from the pre-installed Store App;...
  • Page 13 4.1.1 Library options You can search books, check Reading Statistics, create bookshelf, manage library in bulk, filter and sort, scan book covers, manage sync settings and Library settings.
  • Page 14 4.1.2 Library Settings You can choose to display title instead of file name, enable/disable reading statistics, or choose scan path. You can customize the scan path.
  • Page 15 Notice: following case, some documents will be removed from the Library after the Library is refreshed. You can check the source files from the saving path. 1. Documents opened directly from other non-scanning path in Storage. 2. Documents that are not in the default scan path after the default scan path is modified.
  • Page 16 4.1.3 Sync settings You can sync reading progress and data across devices via Onyx Cloud. If you do not want to sync your reading data of all books, you can turn this feature off.
  • Page 17 If you do not want to sync the reading data of some books, long press the book cover to go to Sync Settings, and turn their sync off individually.
  • Page 18 Notice: Only reading data can be synced to the Cloud. The original book files cannot be synced to the Cloud. You need to add book files to the same path on different devices for the sync.
  • Page 19 4.1.4 Book Property Long press a book cover to check book details, some reading statistics and operation options. Tap the path to jump to the saving location in storage.
  • Page 20 Clear settings You can clear password, reading data, cache, and book cover. Clear password default settings Only clear the default settings of locked documents or documents with their own passwords, and will not clear the relevant passwords. Clear reading data All personal data of the selected book will be cleared.
  • Page 21 4.1.5 Reading Statistics This summarizes your personal reading statistics, including Today ’ s Reading Time, Read Books, Finished Books, Total Reading Time, Marks and Annotations.
  • Page 22 Average reading time this week is based on 7 days and calculates the average daily reading time within this week. Tap Marks and Annotations to jump to My Annotations page and tap any book under Recently Finished Books to open the book.
  • Page 23 4.2 NeoReader Default Tap Area...
  • Page 24 There are 6 preset Touch Area Settings. You can also customize the touch areas based on your personal preferences.
  • Page 25 Select words Long press a word to call out the dictionary dialog box. You can switch between different dictionaries. Select the one you want from the dropdown list.
  • Page 26 Highlight After selecting the text, you can choose colors highlight underline. The colorful highlights and underlines can display the original colors when exported other color screen devices.
  • Page 27 Bottom Menu (Free-flow formats) menu includes Contents, Progress, Format, Contrast，supports free-flow formats, such EPUB\TXT\MOBI\AZW3,etc.
  • Page 28 V2 Engine Some free-flow formats such as ePub\Mobi\azw3\txt\word\jeb\html use V2 Engine by default. You can go to reading Settings / Other settings to change to disable it. V2 Engine supports the original layout of the document, including font, line spacing, margin, graphic typesetting, indentation, etc.
  • Page 29 Format settings such font size, typeface, contrast, bold, spacing; If you want to restore the original format of the document, you can tap the Restore Original Format icon.
  • Page 30 Contents This section includes TOC, Bookmarks, Annotations Handwriting.
  • Page 31 supports a 3-level structure. Tap each content to jump to the corresponding page. Tap any area outside of the Contents interface to exit. Bookmarks Tap each bookmark to jump to the corresponding page. Annotations highlighted, underlined, annotated contents are shown in Contents/Annotations.
  • Page 32 Storage/ note/ a file with the same name as the original document. You can also export the contents to a third-party notes app. Handwritting This model does support handwritting and only displays the handwritten content synced from other BOOX models.
  • Page 33 Progress When opening a book for the first time, it takes a certain amount of time to load all the pages, depending on the amount of contents; After completing the page pagination loading, you can drag the progress bar to jump pages. You can choose TTS , auto turn page, check preview thumbnails;...
  • Page 34 TTS allows you to play reading in the background. You can turn pages or perform other operations when the reading is in progress. When the page you turn does not match the reading page, you can tap " Original Text" to jump back to TTS reading page.
  • Page 35 Preview You can preview the whole book in 1/4/9-page thumbnail view and then quickly browse more pages and locate the page you want to jump to.
  • Page 36 Contrast Embolden: only embolden text in PDF Sharpen Img: Make blur image sharper Watermark Bleaching: Bleach light-color images or background on the page Dark Color Enhancement: Adjust for the whole page or only the text, making the display darker; Picture dithering: Optimize the display effect of pictures with gradient colors;...
  • Page 37 Bottom Menu(PDF formats) menu includes Contents, Progress, Format, Contrast, Reflow, Supports PDF\DJVU\CBR\CBZ.
  • Page 38 Format Zoom: You can zoom in/out the whole page, zoom in the marquee area, or pinch-to-zoom any area you want. Crop: relevant functions automatically crop all blank areas, or blank areas only on the left and right, or the marquee area. Margin: This is for the margin you want to keep for automatic crop.
  • Page 39 zoom-in status, when zoomed-in page exceeds the screen area, you can drag the page around to check different areas. A single tap only turns sub-pages. Tap the Virtual Buttons to turn the whole page. Reflow Only apply to PDF\DJVU\CBR\CBZ in scanned version text-based...
  • Page 40 Columns, Tilting Correction. Text Type reflow Apply to digital or OCRed PDF. After being reflowed, the document can use flow-document functions.
  • Page 41 Only support images formats including PDF、 CBR、 CBZ、 DJVU、 PNG Recognize one page at a time.
  • Page 42 Selecting the right layout can improve recognition accuracy. After recognition, long press any text to add marks or look up dictionaries. If some recognized text is not accurate, you can correct the text in the annotation dialog box (This does not change the original text in the image) The pages that have used OCR will show the OCR icon in the upper right...
  • Page 43 Reader Settings Tap the hamburger menu on the upper right corner to go to the Reader Settings,...
  • Page 44 Including Global Settings, Settings, Touch Settings, Annotation Export Settings,Screenshot Settings, Floating Toolbar Settings, Dictionary Settings ,Other Settings, and Version Number.
  • Page 45 4.3 Dictionary Please download a dicionary before your first use. If the download list does not include the dictionary you want, you can download the dictionary from other sources and sideload it to the path Storage\dicts on your device. Please refer to the dictionary settings for more information.
  • Page 46 Word pronunciation requires dictionaries with voice files ， TTS is currently not supported. You can import your own dictionary files and save them to the designated...
  • Page 47 storage path: sdcard\dicts\; The lookup results are subject to the words included in the dictionary. If you cannot find a word, please change to another dictionary.
  • Page 48 4.4 BOOXDrop Connect your BOOX with a PC or a mobile phone. You can send files to your BOOX from BOOX Assistant app, or saves files of your BOOX to your PC or mobile phone. How to: Open BooxDrop from Apps page or Control Center.
  • Page 49 BooxDrop does disconnect automatically. want disconnect it, please disconnect it manually or on BooxDrop interface.
  • Page 50 When you open a connected device, it will automatically recognize whether your BOOX and your PC are in the same network. If they are not in the same network, you can not open the page. Please change to the same Wi-Fi.
  • Page 51 When connection successful, you can load all folders and files from your BOOX. Send files to BOOX: You can select files on your PC and send to BOOX. All sent files grouped into corresponding folders based on file formats. Recent files: all files are...
  • Page 52 Download: Download/xxx.xxx (Including non-books, pictures, mp3, mp4, etc.) Storage: Send files to the selected storage. Save files to PC: when you select a file from your BOOX on your PC, you can choose a saving path to save to your...
  • Page 53 4.5 PushRead Onyx Push You can push webpages to your BOOX via Push in push.boox.com or BOOX Assistant, and read on your BOOX.
  • Page 54 RSS\OPDS Subscription You can add subscriptions from the public source list. You can also customize your RSS/OPDS subscription. You need to create a group for the first-time adding RSS...
  • Page 55 subscription source that subscription source can be added to the relevant group. The webpages in PushRead requires internet to load for the first time. After being loaded, it can be read offline. The default layout is Web Mode (the original webpage ’ s layout). Tap the center of the screen to bring out the menu where...
  • Page 56 4.6 Storage Here includes the storage path and document categories.
  • Page 57 OTG Flash Drives This device supports Type-C OTG flash drives. OTG devices require a power supply and will increase battery consumption Low storage warning Please make sure of leaving at least 300MB of storage for normal system running and relevant data storage. When the storage is lower than 300MB, the system bar will show a warning...

  • Page 58: System Settings

    5.System Settings 5.1 Onyx Account Support multiple accounts switching between accounts. If different accounts use different servers, the servers will be switched when you log in to another account.
  • Page 59 Associated accounts: After you log in to a main account, you can associate the main account with another two login methods. three login methods share the same account. Mobile phone and E-mail support unbinding.
  • Page 60 5.2 Kids Mode You can set your Palma to Kids Mode, which only displays the authorized books and apps. In Kids Mode, you can also set the Duration of Use and help kids device responsibly.
  • Page 61 Please create or log in to an ONYX account before creating a kid account. Enabling or exiting Kids Mode requires Lock Screen password.
  • Page 62 5.3 Apps and Notifications Here includes Application, Permission , Notification , Default app, App Startup, App Refresh Mode, Store Settings, Freeze Settings, etc.
  • Page 63 5.3.1 App Startup Only for auto-starting apps. If enabled, it may increase memory usage and power consumption. The app itself must have the function of monitoring system to automatically start up. After installing the APK, you need to manually open the app to run it once;...
  • Page 64 5.3.3 Freeze Settings You can freeze third-party apps here. Freezing apps that are running in the background reduce power consumption. 5.3.4 Reset App Optimization Tutorial When you open third-party apps for the first time, an App Optimization tutorial will pop up. If you want to see the tutorial again, please reset the App Optimization Tutorial here.
  • Page 65 5.4 Desktop and Screensaver You can set Home Screen, choose to lock the desktop layout, and enable Smart Assistant. Only one power-off image can be used.
  • Page 66 Screensaver Support Image Screensaver(default), Memo Screensaver, Clock Saver, and Transparent Saver. For Image Screensaver, when you select only image, screensaver stays static. When you choose more than one images, the screensaver will play all the images repeatedly. Power-off Image Setting You can set Power-off image along with settings including “Show text on power-off...
  • Page 67 5.5 Display Text You can adjust the system font, font size. When you choose largest font, some interface text may be covered due to short of display space.
  • Page 68 Screen You can adjust screen brightness, set Auto Sleep and Auto Power-off , and full-refresh frequency.
  • Page 69 5.6 Password and Security Android 11 does not support resetting password. Please keep your password safe.
  • Page 70 5.7 More Settings Here includes System Update, Language and Input, Date and Time, Navigation Ball, Screenshots, Screen Recording, Accessibility, Calibration, USB Debug Mode, and Reset Device.
  • Page 71 If a firmware update is detected, it will be downloaded automatically. Download paused progressing, and resumed later. When update package downloaded successfully, you need to manually choose whether to update your BOOX. Before updating, please ensure 20% of battery and enough storage space.
  • Page 72 5.8 FAQ and Feedback Here contains those frequently asked questions. If you have any questions, you can find the relevant questions here.
  • Page 73 Feedback You can add attachments such as documents pictures your feedback, which will help us quickly locate the problems.

  • Page 74: Thank You

    6.Thank you Thank you very much for your support. More product-related information can be found on our official website: www.boox.com If you have any questions, please contact us by email: support@boox.com...
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