BOOX NoteAir2

Mighty E-ink Tablet

User Manual
 Contents

1. Standard Accessories...........................................................................................3

2. Safety Guide........................................................................................................... 4

3. Product Views........................................................................................................ 6

4. Main Interface........................................................................................................ 9

5. Library.................................................................................................................... 27

6. Reader.................................................................................................................... 39

7. Store....................................................................................................................... 87

8. Notes...................................................................................................................... 90

9. Storage.................................................................................................................118

10. Apps................................................................................................................... 122

11. Settings............................................................................................................. 158

12. Specifications.................................................................................................. 180

13. Declaration........................................................................................................181
1. Standard Accessories
(1) BOOX NoteAir2 x1

(2) Stylus Pen x1

(3) Type-C Cable x1

(4) Quick Start Guide x1

(5) Warranty Sheet x1

Optional Accessories (purchased separately)

(1) Adapter

(2) Protective case

(Note: The E-books in the following illustration are not pre-stored)

2. Safety Guide
Please read the Safety Guide carefully before you start to use the device.

Contact your BOOX retailer if you have any technical problems, or you can

dial our official service line at 4008-400-014 or 4008-860-830.

Screen protection
The device is equipped with an E-ink screen, which is very fragile. Please

have no shocking, squeezing, pressing against the screen, or dropping the

device from a higher place. If the screen is already broken, stop using it

and contact a professional or other qualified staff to replace the screen for

you. Please don’t dismantle the device without our permission.

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. Don ’ t expose the device to a humid

environment or use it in the rain. Please keep it away from any corrosive

liquids.

Don’t dismantle the device

Please don’t dismantle the device in case of any damage.

Inappropriate battery model may cause explosion. Please contact official

after-sale team for battery replacement if needed. Users shall undertakes

the responsibility and deal with the obsolete battery if users replace

batteries themselves.

Using environment
The using environment of the device is 0°C-50°C.
3. Product Views

Front View

Power

Button
Left-side View Speaker

Mic

Type-C Port

Power Button
Button Function

⚫ Press the power button to turn on the device

⚫ Long-press the power button for 2 secs, then select

“Power off” in the menu to turn off the device

Power/
⚫ Press the power button and release quickly to let the
sleep Button
device goes into sleep mode

⚫ Press it again to wake up

⚫ Long-press for 10 secs to force shutdown

⚫ Record voice
Microphone
⚫ Recognize speech

⚫ Connect the device with PC to transfer data or charge

device.
Type-C Port
⚫ Support Type-C earphone

⚫ Support OTG USB drive

4. Main Interface
The main interface contains a system bar, content area, and function area.

The function area contains certain modules.

Double-click icons in function area can return to the main page of the

specific module.

System Bar

Content Area

Function Area
System Bar

This section displays the current state of the device, including: Time,

Notification, Refresh Mode, Wi-Fi Connection, Battery Usage. It is only

for status indication.

Split Mode (default):

Pull down " Notification Center" from the left side and pull-down Control

Panel from the right side.

Classic Mode:

Pull down both Notification Center and Control Panel in the same time.
Notification Panel

This center contains information such as USB connection notification,

third-party push notification. Tap the notification to jump to the

corresponding app.
Control Panel

This panel contains Date and Time, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, E Ink Center (swipe

up from the screen bottom to call out), Brightness adjustment, Volume

adjustment. The above-mentioned items are permanent and cannot be

removed or edited.

Screen orientation, Hand Touch On/Off, Screencast, Screen Record, Split

Screen, BooxDrop, and Feedback are optional items. You can edit them.

Edit

Brightness adjustment

Volume adjustment

Shortcut switch
E Ink Center

Open it from Control Panel or swipe up from the bottom to open it. This

section includes Dark Color Enhancement, Light Color Filter, Refresh

Modes (System), Shortcuts...etc.

Reset

Optimization Guidence

More refresh settings

Back Homepage Multitask switcher App Optimization Full screen refresh

Refresh Modes

The system-level Refresh Mode takes precedence over the application

Refresh Mode. That is: when the system is set to the Normal Mode, the

application uses its own refresh settings; When the system is set to the

other modes, the applications will use the system's refresh mode.

There are 4 Refresh Modes:

Normal Mode (Default): Good display effect, suitable for ordinary text

reading.

Speed Mode: Slight ghosting and aliasing effect, suitable for thumbing

through eBooks with text and images.

A2 Mode: Slightly heavier ghosting and aliasing effect, suitable for

browsing images and text by quick sliding.

X Mode: Heaviest ghosting and aliasing effect accompanying detail

loss, suitable for browsing websites and video playback.

Use A2 Mode by default for scrolling

After you change the Refresh Mode, you can change contrast for a better
display effect.

The color model does not support X Mode.

Dark Color Enhancement

You can deepen the darker color of the page to black, which is generally

used to enhance the foreground color, or the light-color page that needs

to be darkened such as color icons, PDFs with poor scanning quality, etc.;

Light Color Filter

This can dilute the lighter-color page to white. It is generally used to

bleach the background color;

Wi-Fi Setting

When using at the first time, you should enter into the Wi-Fi setting

interface to get a accessible connection. Then click the icon to turn on/off

the auto connection.

Bluetooth Setting

When using for the first time, you should enter into the Bluetooth setting

interface to match a device you want. The matched earphone, page turner

can be auto-connected by clicking the icon. Certain devices do not

support auto connection after disconnected.

Rotation

Easily change the orientation of the screen by clicking the direction you

want.
Function Area

The function area includes Library, Store, Note, Storage, Apps, and
Settings.

The default Homepage is Library. Double-tap the Navigation Ball to return

to the Homepage

Users can go to Settings / More Settings to set any of the other function

pages as a default Homepage.

Content Area

The contents are sorted by time by default. The contents includes the

following items.

Library

All books in supported format from internal storage are displayed here.

The scanning path can be modified via Library Settings.

Store

Enter into an online eBook store. Users can view more book information

and make a purchase. Purchased books will be added to the list of Library.

Note

Users can create a new note here, create folders for sort management, and

export note files to third-party apps.

Storage

All folders from internal storage will be displayed here. Users can manage

documents and folders from the page.

Apps

All third-party apps are displayed here. Users are allowed to manage or

optimize the apps.

Settings

The list of system settings help to manage the device.

ScreenCast

1. This only supports Windows10. Win7/XP and MacOS are not

supported currently.

2. Please make sure that the computer itself supports the screencast

function, which can be checked in the computer system settings:

System-Projecting to this PC.

Please pay attention to the 4 related settings, which will affect the results

of searching the computer on the device side and the confirmation of the

connection request;

This computer can support the state of screen projection

This computer does not support screen projection

3. Please make sure that the computer and your BOOX are in the same

Wi-Fi environment.

If a desktop computer is connected to Wi-Fi via wireless network card,

please confirm whether it is supported in step 2.

Some computer configurations and wireless network cards do not support

this function;
4. On the device side, select screencast from the system drop-down list.

Then the automatic search will start, and the name of the computer will be

shown when found.

5. In the search window, select the found computer. If there are multiple

supported computers, click Settings to enter the list of supported

computers. Then select the computer that you want to project to from the

list.

6. After you select the computer that you want to project to, the

computer will pop up a notice to confirm whether to accept the projecting

request;

7. After you confirm it, it will automatically connect and the screen will be

mirrored successfully;
If the "Unable to view protected content on this device" appears on the

screen, the connection may be unsuccessful. Please disconnect the

device, and request the screencast connection again.

8. When the devices are connected, please tap the system bar of the

device- Screencast again, and select “disconnect”. The computer cannot

disconnect the connection.

If the computer supports screencast but cannot receive the request,

please restart the computer and try to reconnect again and check whether

the computer configuration rejects the request (see step 2).

Screen Record

Long press Recording button on the screen to enter the Screen Recording

settings. You can customize Resolution, Image Quality, Screen

Orientation, Sound Source, etc.;

When you use Screen Recording for the first time, you are recommended

to adjust the relevant settings first.

Instructions
Tap the Screen Record icon to open the floating window of screen

recording. Tap the “Start” icon to start recording and tap the Close icon

to stop recording；

After you stop recording, there will a thumbnail displayed in the upper

right corner, and you can tap it to play or share; Long press the floating

window to drag it around on the screen. The floating window will not be

recorded into the video;

After the Screen Record is enabled, the floating window will always stay

on the upper layer of the screen. You can create new screen recordings

continuously. If you need to close it, you can manually tap X to close it.

The Recordings’ format is MP4 and the save path is:

Storage/Movies/Captures
 Preview

Share

Close

Start / Pause
5. Library
The library only displays E-book documents in supported formats in the

storage. Book cover thumbnail is displayed by default. E-books are sorted

by the creation time.

On the upper right working area of the Library, users can search, create a

new bookshelf, manage books in bulk, check Reading Statistics, pop up

the drop-down menu (including Filter, Refresh Library, Scan Covers,

Library Setting, Switch to List View)...etc.

Library Display Switch

Click on these icons to switch the library display. By default, it

auto-scans and loads all the supported documents in specified paths,

sorted by a specified way.

Another one is to display the content based on the structure of storage.

The icons change after clicking on it.

Filter & Sort

By default, it shows all books in descending order.

Refresh Library

“Refresh Library” gets all documents in supported formats scanned and

rebuild library list. This function does not delete the reading history.
Create Sub-library

It helps to manage books by file manager.

Library Settings

It supports custom scan path. You can set certain storing path as

Automatic Scan;

After the scan path is set, the Library will be reloaded. The books that are

not in the scan path will be removed. If you need to read the books, you

can find the original file in the storage;

Sub-library Attribute

Long-press on sub-library cover to view more information about

sub-library. To delete or rename sub-library are allowed. When deleting

sub-library, the containing books will be moved to Library and will not be

deleted with the sub-library.

E-book Attribute

Long-press on book cover to view more information about E-book name,

author, format, size, reading progress, book detail(only available for the

E-books of Store), open way, Lock 、 rename, move(to sub-library) and

delete. One E-book only can be added to one Sub-library.

As for the books purchased from the Store, is allowed to view book details

by jumping to the Store page.

Clear settings

Jump to Storage
Clear settings including : clear password default settings , clear reading

data , Clear Cache、Clear book Cover；

Lock ( Reading Password)

User can add (reading) Password to lock each file in order to protect

personal reading data；

The Password is used to open the file, but it only applies to the same

device and NeoReader. If you copy and export the file to other devices or

Apps, the Password will become invalid.

You can use the same Password as the Screen Lock. Or you can set a

different digits Password.

Digits Password only support one Password. After you have set the digits

Password, you do not need to set another digits Password and only need

to add the Lock.

Reading Password supports individual setting or setting in bulk (setting in

bulk is to add Locks). Currently It does not support to add Passwords to all

files directly.

If you choose to use this Password Setting by default, you can add

Password to other files quickly and do not need to re-select the Add Lock

Option every time after the Password is set for the first time.
Reading Statistics

This page includes the Reading Time of Today, The Books that Have Been

read, The Books that Have Been Finished, Total Time, Highlights and

Annotations, and Recently Finished Books;

The average reading time this week is based on 7 days and calculates the

average daily reading time during the week;

Average Reading Time Distribution includes the reading time of all days

since Reading Statistics is turned on.

Under Reading Statistics, only highlights and annotations can be jumped

to and the books that recently have been finished can be opened. Other

data is only for analysis purpose.

The reading data of each device can only be available on the same device.

You cannot check the statistics of this device on another device.

Share (Third-party App)

This supports sharing files through third-party App. The sharing path is

automatically obtained according to the installed Apps.

 6. Reader
Tap any E-book cover to open an E-book. Full-screen reading without

showing status bar is set by default.

To pull down from the top of the screen can call out the status bar.

To tap on the center of the screen can call out the menu bar for switch

among different documents or other functions

Enable/disable stylus Dictionary

Open file OCR Search

Other functions

Scribble tools

TTS

Slideshow

Thumbnail view

Undo, redo
Floating Toolbar

You can choose to activate the Floating Toolbar for the first time when

you open a file. Or you can go to Settings / Floating Toolbar Settings to

enable it and customize the function buttons in the Floating Toolbar.

The Floating Toolbar includes: Hide, Scribble, Enable Palm Rejection,

Menu, Prev Page, Next Page, Cancel (Progress)

Long press on the Floating Toolbar, you can drag it around on the screen.

You can expand or contract the Toolbar to the edge to avoid cover any

text on the screen. When you need it, just swipe from either side of edge

to the other side to expand it.

When the page is zoomed in, the Floating Toolbar would automatically

expand proportionally in order to manage the zoomed-in page better.

Under zooming status, singe tap on the screen is set for turning

sub-pages of each page(each original page will require several time

page-turns to be completed). But tapping the virtue page-turn buttons on

the Floating Toolbar is set for turning the whole original page.
You can disable the Floating Toolbar by going to Setting - General Setting.

When it is contracted to the edge, you can swipe from either side of edge

to the center of the screen to expand it.

When palm rejection is enabled from the Floating Toolbar, it only applies

to the reading document. The Floating Toolbar still supports hand touch,

but it can remove the interference of hand when you write on the reading

document.
Word Menu

Long-press on the word to pop up dictionary dialog for look-ups.

English word recognition and look-ups are supported.

Through the drop-down list on the top right of the dialog, the dictionary

can be switched to others.

Users can download and install the dictionary themselves. Put dictionary

file on the path root directory\dicts\xxx (e.g

Storage\dicts\English-French), or download dictionary online directly.

Dictionary is available to use after being installed.

Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.

Switch Dictionary Jump to Dict App

Add to Vocabulary Builder

Jump to Vocabulary Builder

Turn page

Swipe to translation

window

Third-party Dict
(Required to install separately)
Copy Web search Search
Annotation TTS Highlight
Long press on any word and drag to select the text you want to mark.

The highlight is set by default for selected text. Users can switch among

highlight, underline and others, the color highlight can be in black or grey.

The mark setting remains after a change. The marks before the change will

not be affected.

Delete highlight

Switch translation

Third-party Dict

(Required to install

separately)

Tap on any position out of the dialog to exit the dialog.

Choose “Annotation” to pop out a text box to add notes if needed.

OCR (Beta Version)

Only supports pages in image formats PDF, CBR, CBZ, DJVU, and PNG.

Recognize one page only each time.

Choosing horizontal or vertical according to the document layout can

improve the recognition accuracy.

Recognize 5 times a day when you are not logged in to your ONYX

account.

Recognize 10 times a day when you are logged in to your ONYX account.
You can long-press text to add annotation and lookup dictionary on the

recognized pages

If some individual characters are not recognized correctly, you can switch

to the original text in the annotation pop-up window to correct them, and

manually modify the recognized text content (Do not change the original

page text);

Pages recognized by OCR show the recognition mark in the upper right

corner, and the recognized pages can be viewed in the

Directory-Bookmark, which is convenient for quick locating and jumping;

Tapping the recognition icon again will clear the OCR content;
 Scribble Toolbar

The Scribble Toolbar is floating on the screen. You can long press it and

drag it around.

The stylus is in handwriting state by default, and you can switch it On\Off

in the top Toolbar;

The Scribble Toolbar needs to be called through the reading menu on the

bottom or called from the collapsible Floating Toolbar.

Erasers

Brushes Save

Collapse
More
Toolbar

Zooming
Lasso

Shapes PDF
Embed/Save as PDF
Colors
Cancel/Redo
Brushes and Erasers

When in erasing state, you need to manually switch back to handwriting

state to continue writing.

Colors

Only black, gray, and white colors can show their original colors on BOOX.

Other colors are shown in black on BOOX and will be shown in their

original colors when exported to PC.

Embed PDF

The handwritten contents on the PDF will be automatically embedded into

the original file when you exit the PDF file. You can view and edit them

with other apps such as Adobe acrobat, WPS, and Chrome on PC. When

copying the embedded files to other BOOX, you still can view and edit the

files.
Embed PDF:

You can manually save the files in the Scribble Toolbar when the files are

still open.

Save as PDF :

allows you to export in a new PDF file and keep the files with same

handwritten content.

Non-PDF files do not support data embedment. You can only check

relevant data on BOOX devices. When the files are copied or moved to

other locations, they are identified as different files without relevant data.

But changing file names do not impact the existing data.

PDF files with embedded data

A. Changing file names, copying or moving to a different location will

not impact the recognition of the embedded data.

B. When the PDF files with embedded data are divided into multiple

PDF files using other tools on PC, the new files will be identified as

different files and will not import the embedded data

C. When the PDF files with embedded data are edited and saved

using other tools on PC, the files will identified as different files and

will not import the embedded data.

D. When multiple PDF files are merged into one file using other tools

on PC , the new files will be identified as different files and will not

import embedded data.

Note: If your BOOX is in handwriting state when it is connected to PC via

USB, please disconnect USB connection to make sure data update normal.

You can connect BOOX to a PC again via USB when PDF files are saved.
PDF files without embedded data

When a new PDF document is opened, it will automatically detect and

import the local existing data according to the document ID and storage

path;

For example: after you delete 123.pdf with embedded data from the local,

and put the original 123.pdf file (without data) back, there are the

following situations:

A. If you put the file back to the same saving path, the existing

embedded data will be automatically imported.

B. If you put it back to a different saving path, the existing embedded

data will not be imported.

C. If you change the file name and put it back to the same saving path,

the existing embedded data will not be imported.

D. If you put other file with the name 123.pdf to the same saving path,

the existing embedded data will not be imported.

Handwriting recognition

Double-tap the handwritten text or shapes to start AI Recognition.

In the state where hand touch is disabled, double-tap can also be used to

initiate the AI Recognition

The text and shapes with 0.5cm spacing and straight lines with 0.3cm

spacing can be recognized as one content area. If the spacing exceeds

either of the two spacings, the content will be recognized as a different

content area.
The boxes or lines near the text can be converted into underline and

highlight after being double-tapped. That offers great convenience to add

highlights to the converted content.

If users do not want it to be converted into highlights, you can disable this

function from Handwriting recognition settings. The handwriting content

will be only converted into images.

Converted to adding Bookmarks

Use stylus to click the upper right corner to add a bookmark

This area does not support page-turn by stylus.

Page-turns

Users can use the stylus to tap the 3 corners of the content area for

turning pages. This offers convenience to page-turn when hand touch is

disabled.

This function is on by default.

Bottom Menu Bar (PDF format)

This bar includes settings of TOC, Progress, Layout, Contrast, Navigation,

Split-Views.

TOC

TOC contains Table of Content, Bookmark, Annotation, and Scribble.

TOC supports three-layer hierarchy. The current layer is underlined. Jump

to the corresponding page when tapping any of the layers.

Tap on any position out of the TOC to exit.

Order

Full screen
Bookmarks

Without calling out the menu, bookmark the reading page by simply

tapping a tag on the top right corner of the screen. Tap it again to

un-bookmark the page.

The bookmarks can be checked under the path of Doc-Bookmark, where

users can delete bookmarks.

Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the bookmarks.

Annotation

All highlighted/underlined/annotated content would be listed under the

page of Doc-Notes for further searching, editing and deleting.

Jump to the corresponding page/content by tapping any of the lists.

All contents on the Annotation page can be exported in txt format.

Exported files are saved under the directory folder Storage\Note\(same

name as the source file).

Scribble

All scribble and sidenote can be viewed under the page of Doc-scribble

for further searching and deleting.

Jump to the corresponding page by tapping any of the pages.

All scribble contents can be exported in Png format and saved under the

same directory folder Storage\Note\(same name as the source file).

Progress

It displays the chapter name (book name if no chapter), page progress,

last/next chapter, page number, slideshow, undo, and redo.

Tap on the page number to enter a quick-flip interface. Click the page

numbers again and input number to jump to the page directly.

PDF files support for searching and using the files’ own page number

(custom page number type)

Format

This includes settings of Paging, Zoom, Crop, and Margin.

Pagination:

There are options of Single page, Double-page 1, and Double-page 2.

Double-page mode only supports horizontal screen.

Zoom:

Zoom in, zoom out, and partial zoom are supported. Users can also pinch

fingers together or apart to zoom out or in on the reading pages.

When a single page exceeds the display area of the screen after zooming,

you can long press and drag the display area around. Single tap is to turn

sub-pages. You need to use the virtual page-turn buttons to turn the
original whole page;

Crop:

Auto-crop according to the margin set by users.

Margin:

The empty space at the sides of book content for auto crop.

Margin:

The default reserved blank area during automatic cropping. You can

manually modify the automatic cropping area.

Contrast

Embolden only applies to text in PDF.

Sharpen Imag can sharpen the images.

Watermark Whitening can whiten the light-colored images or background

in the pages.

Dark Color Enhancement applies darker display to either the whole pages

or text only.
Navigation

Navigation allows users to have options of Reset, Comic Mode, Article

Mode, and More Settings including Crop, Split, and Subpage Order.

Comic Mode: the screen will be divided into four subpages and the

reading order is upper right – upper left – bottom right – bottom left.

Article Mode: the screen will be divided into four subpages and the

reading order is upper left – bottom left – upper right – bottom right.
More settings

Manually adjust the settings of area cropping, page split, and subpage

order.

Crop: Manually select the cropping area for single or double pages.

Split: Split the pages into specified subpages in different ways.

Order: Decide the initial position and reading order for subpages.
Reflow

Reflow now supports both scanned and text versions.

Reflow is only available for PDF/DJVU/CBR/CBZ documents.

Scan Type

Reflow allows users to further customize the layout of documents

including: Line Spacing, Margin, Text Direction, Font Size, Columns, and

Skew Correction (for italic documents).

Text Type

Applicable to the digital PDFs or PDFs that have been recognized by OCR

(you can press and hold to look up words) PDF. The reflowed files can use

the features of flow documents.

Split View

It allows to respectively open current document, two different documents,

or one document & Note at the same time 、 Split-View ( Doc &

Translation ) ；

Split-View now supports both Horizontal Mode and Vertical Mode. You

can swap sides of the two windows.

Current Doc (same doc)

The two documents are totally independent. Users can respectively turn

pages and save them.

The scribble, highlight, annotation, bookmark would be synchronized to

each other after page refresh.

Different Docs

Choose a document different from the current document.

Similar to the Current Doc, these two documents can be respectively

operated. The display is also swappable. For PDF document, please try to

swap them if part of them is not writable.

Doc & Note
Likewise, they are swappable.

And the Note will be created with a name same as the document. It

associates with the document and can be edited in Note app.

Every document can only have an associated note. Changing the name of

the note does not affect the association.

Split-View (Doc & Translation)

This supports Baidu Translate and Bing Translate and provides full page

translation.

This also supports multiple target languages;

Your BOOX needs to stay connected with internet;

Some translation engines have a limit on the number of words per day.

Please see the tips on the translation page for details;

Bottom Menu (other formats)

This includes settings of TOC, Progress, Format, Contrast, and Split View

and supports flow formats such as EPUB\TXT\MOBI\AZW3.

V2 Engine

Some flow formats (ePub\mobi\azw3\txt\word\jeb\html) use V2 engine

by default. Go to Reading Settings/Other Settings to switch to NeoReader

V2 engine supports the original layout of the document, including font, line

spacing, margin, graphic typesetting, indentation, etc.;

After being switched the V2 engine, the document will be closed

automatically, and the V2 engine will be used when you reopen the files; If

you need to switch back to NeoReader, you can cancel the V2 engine and

reopen the document;

V2 engine does not support to sync data from NeoReader such as

Bookmarks, Annotations, and Handwritten notes.

Progress

The document needs to be paginated again after switched to V2 engine, or

font and spacing adjustment. You can check the pagination progress in the

reading Menu>Progress. After the progress bar is loaded, it means the

pagination is completed. You can drag the progress bar to jump pages

after the pagination is completed.

Loading

Finished loading
Format

The settings include Font Face, Display and Spacing.

Loading font face in the directory Storage\fronts is supported.

The settings for font size, font face, contrast, bold, spacing work on all

newly opened documents, but not work on the documents before settings.

First line

indent

Line break

hyphen switch
Screenshot

Diagonally tap on two corners of the screen to capture the screen in PNG

format. The function is only available on the reading page.

The screenshot will be saved to the local, or shared by scanning QR code.

The save path is Storage\Screenshots.

Refresh

Tap the hamburger menu located at the upper right corner to choose

Refresh and other related settings of refresh

Regal refresh and partial refresh are by default

When scrolling the page, speed mode is by default.

Settings

There are General Settings, Touch Settings, TTS Settings, Export Settings,

Screenshot Settings, Floating Toolbar Settings 、 Other Settings and

Version Name.
General Settings

There are Enable page close reminder, Enable system status bar, Enable

reader status bar, Enable multiple documents, Show file borderline, Enable

Floating Toolbar, Show hyperlink, Show bookmark position, Apply certain

options to all documents、Annotation Font Size Setting；.

Touch Settings

Users are able to customize the touch settings for different areas. There

are six default touch modes can be chosen and users can customize three

more.
TTS Settings

The built-in Baidu TTS is set by default. English is supported. A network

connection is required at first use.

Switching to third-party TTS system is allowed. The built-in TTS

settings are not synchronized with the system TTS settings. The system

TTS settings work on the third-party TTS by default.

Export Settings

The default storage path is Storage\Note.

The export files can be also saved to the same directory as the source file.
Floating Toolbar Settings

This page offers General Settings of Floating Toolbar, Scribble Settings,

and Handwriting Recognition Settings;

General Settings

It is enabled by default and can be turned off manually. After disabled, it

can no longer be called out;

It can be customized whether the indicator is displayed after it is

collapsed. Call out the Floating Toolbar by swiping from the screen edges.

The Toolbar’s size, display style and functions buttons are customizable.

Custom function buttons support up to 11 in horizontal style and up to 14

in vertical style;

Press and hold the function button icon to display the definition of the

function button;
Scribble Toolbar Settings

The Toolbar’s size, display style and function buttons are customizable.
Handwriting Recognition Settings

It is enabled by default and can be disabled manually. After disabled, it will

no longer support double-tap recognition

The underline can be recognized as highlight first. It is enabled by

default, and it can be turned off. After it is turned off, it is only recognized

as an image;

You can set the recognition of hand-drawn symbols as adding bookmarks.

It is disabled by default and can be manually enabled. After enabling,

double-tap recognition of the symbol will automatically convert to adding

bookmarks;
Other Settings

This setting page includes “ Open ePUB documents with V2 engine ” ,

Enable “Pinch-to-Zoom”, and Enable “Turn pages by swipes”

When “Turn pages by swipes” is disabled, you can only turn pages by

tapping on the screen. This can avoid accidental page-turnings when you

are taking handwritten notes.

7. Store
In the language of non-Chinese, the Store is offering free publications

E-books from the Internet.

Category

Books can be screened according to different categories.

Book Detail

Click a book cover to open up book detail. The specific book information.

Click “Full Edition Download” to download the book, then you can see

this book cover in Library .

8. Notes
This includes Recent Notepads, Local Notepads, and Reading Notes.

Recent Notepads include 12 Notepads that have been opened recently,

including local notepads and reading Notes

The Reading Notes include the Notes created under Split View when users

are reading books.

Reading Notepads Multiple Selection

Local Notepads

Recent Notepads More Options

Create new folder

Search

Onyx Cloud Sync

Cloud Sync ( in bulk)

Notes Cloud Sync requires logging in to Onyx Account.

Sync in the background. After you are logged in to ONYX account, the

notes will be automatically synced from and to Cloud when you exit a

Notepad.

Sync in bulk, including Notes list, all Notes. Users can manually sync all

notes in bulks.

Cloud Sync includes two-way sync between Cloud end and BOOX device.

When there is any change to the Notes on either end, the other end will

sync all the changes.

The deleted Notepads can be recovered within 10 days from website

trash bin. If you delete the notepads by mistake, you can recover them

from the trash bin, which will be emptied after 10 days.

After Notes are synced, users can check the synced notes from

push.boox.com by logging in the same Onyx Account.

Currently PDF templates cannot be synced and only PNG templates can be

synced.
Other accounts Sync

When third-party accounts are bound, the notes will be automatically

synced when you exit a Notepad. Alternatively, you can sync notes by

tapping the Sync icon on the top bar.

Third-party accounts only support one-way sync and do not support

syncing notes back to BOOX devices. You do not need to log in to ONYX

account.

Sync Results

Long press the cover of the Notepad to pop up the Property Window and

check the synced accounts and sync result list.

Tap the sync icon to sync again for the accounts with abnormal sync.
More Options

This includes Sort By, List Mode, Sync Settings, and Option Settings.
Notes Sync Setting

This includes ONYX Cloud Notes and export to other accounts.

When you export the Notes to third-party Accounts, the Notepads will be

in PDF format and cannot be edited.

If you export your notes to other bound accounts, the notes will be

automatically synchronized to other bound cloud accounts of yours when

you exit the Note. The sync icon is only applicable for the ONYX account

cloud sync.
Backup and Recover

It supports backup and recovery of notes locally and does not support

Cloud backup.

Note: The action Recovery will recover the backup data, which will

overwrite the current data. Please be careful.

Settings

These are general settings for Stylus Calibration, Account Sync and

Backup, AI recognition, Notepad password settings, Show Erasing Trace,

Auto-turn on Wi-Fi to sync Notes, Auto-generate PDF documents after

exiting Note, Auto refresh after lifting stylus.

If this device is bound with third-party accounts for file sync, and Wi-Fi

is connected, the Note files will be auto-uploaded to the accounts with a

PDF or PNG attachment.

If “auto-turn on Wi-Fi to sync Notes” is enabled for notes sync, the

device will connect with Wi-Fi automatically and sync notes to the Cloud

when exiting the Note app. If it is disabled, users need to sync to account

manually by clicking an upload icon on book covers.

For the “Auto refresh after lifting stylus”, the display would refresh after

users lift stylus away from the screen, making the strokes smoother.
Notepad Password Settings

This password is only used for protecting files on the device, not

encrypting files. So, the password does not work out of the device. Now

this function does not support multiple passwords for one file.

This function supports specific password, which are available for all note

files. Users can also set a specific password for a single file. To add, edit

and remove password are allowed here.

The specific password can be different from the system password.

Separate numeric password allows you to choose whether to add locks to

new notepads. If you cancel this option, the new notepads will not be

automatically added locks. You need to add them manually later.

The note file has no cover thumbnail after locked.

Long-press the note file to remove and add password in the dialog.
 Scribble Interface

Files can be saved automatically and manually when to quit the Note.

Tap on the page number to jump to the specified page quickly.

Fullscreen Name Brushs

Onyx cloud Sync

Thumbnail View

Layers

Canvas Editor

Shapes

Eraser

Lasso
Zoom

Insert a textbox

Insert a recording

AI Recognition

Enable/disable finger touch

Add page

Search

More
Layers

This supports template layer, 5 custom layers, hiding and adjusting layer

order.

Hidden layers will not be displayed during export and recognition;

Templates can only be added at the template layer, and the template layer

cannot be deleted;

You can add 5 custom layers to the inserted images

Delete layer

Show layer

Hide layer

Move layer

Select template
Templates

The settings of Templates include Scaling, Original image splice, Stretch

to cover all, Original size and Fit canvas.

It is recommended to write after the template style is determined to avoid

changes in the templates after writing.

Canvas Editor

The default canvas size is 1x1, same as the screen size.

The canvas size can be adjusted to 1x2, 2x1, 2x2 or custom size.

The max canvas size is 2x2. You can customize the canvas size within the

max size. You can adjust the canvas size by dragging the canvas.

Canvas adjustment base is located at upper left corner. Drag left or

downwards to expand the canvas.

When you switch from the large canvas to the small canvas, the strokes

outside the canvas range will not be displayed, but will not be cleared. But

the strokes can be redisplayed after you switch back to the large canvas

Canvas Adjustment will cut the redundant blank part of the canvas based

on the outermost strokes position.

Horizontal Notepad

The notepad orientation is synchronized with the system rotation

direction. When the system is switched to the horizontal screen, the

notepads are synchronized to the horizontal screen. The created notepad

under the vertical mode will retain its vertical size. The canvas size can be

manually adjusted;

The newly created notepad in horizontal mode directly uses the canvas

size 1x1;
Brushes

You can add 5 custom brushes. You can set type, color, and line width of

each brush. Double tap the icon to expand the secondary menu for more

options.
Fit to Canvas and Fit to Screen

When the canvas is larger than the screen(1x1), you can go to Toolbar /

Zoom to adjust the canvas size to “Fit-to-canvas” or “Fit-to-screen”.

Fit-to-canvas: the canvas will be automatically expanded to fit the whole

screen. When the canvas is larger than screen, you can long press the

canvas to pan it around.

Fit to screen: the canvas will zoom out to fit to screen. You cannot write

on the grey area.

Custom Toolbar

Besides the default tools like scribble, erase, fullscreen, select, users can

add, remove, adjust other tools on the toolbar.

Erase

In the state of stroke erasing, you need to switch to the brush first and

then write.

For the “erase all”, you do not need to switch back to the brush.
Lasso

In the Lasso mode, circle an area on the screen, then users can zoom,

move, duplicate and remove the selected area.

Text Input

Users are allowed to key in words on the note by a Bluetooth keyboard.

The input box can be moved everywhere.

Users can adjust the font, line spacing, bolding, underline, italic, copy and

delete.

stylus touch for icons is desensitized by default, so it is better to use your

fingers to adjust the position of the Navigation Ball;

when using full-screen the square icon to exit full-screen mode.

Insert a Recording

After tapping the Recording icon, the Recording will start immediately.

The recording progress bar will be shown on the top Toolbar. You can

pause the recording. You can take notes while recording.

After stopping the recording, you can save or delete the recording directly.

You cannot restore the recording after you choose to delete it.

The recording window is floating on the screen. You can long press it and

drag it around on the screen.

You can insert more than 1 recording on one notepad page.

Check all recordings at Toolbar/More/Recordings. You can only play

recordings in current notepad. You cannot export recordings to PDF to

use.

If recordings are saved to local storage, you can export recordings in MP3.
Insert Image

Users can remove, zoom, duplicate the images inserted from the local.

Select the image and then edit.

AI Recognition

Click the icon “AI” to switch to recognize the handwriting text. English

is supported. To download the corresponding language package is

required for other language recognition.

This function contains original recognition and reflow recognition.

Original recognition only does conversion but not changes the position of

words, while reflow recognition reflows words after conversion. Users

need to manually add space, line break and font size.

The text flows automatically after reflow. Users can manually make space,

newline, and font size after that.

The accuracy of recognition depends on how normal the handwriting is.

AI recognition works based on the handwriting. If the handwriting content

changes, please re-enter the function to let it convert once again. For

saving the converted content, please export it.

Share

This supports to share all pages (PDF format) and current page (PNG

format);

Support scanning code sharing of Onyx account and sharing through

third-party app;
Full screen mode of Notes

When you switch to full-screen mode, you can choose whether to display

the Floating Toolbar.

When it is collapsed, you can call it out by swiping from the screen edges.

Note: The full-screen mode is an independent note-taking mode. If you

exit, you will exit the Notepad directly. If you need a non-full-screen

mode, you can switch on the Toolbar;

The default Floating Toolbar only includes Fullscreen, Pen, Color, Eraser,

Collapse, and More. You can tap the “More” icon to customize the icons

on the Floating Toolbar.

Floating Toolbar Settings

The Toolbar’s size, display style and function icons can be customizable.
9. Storage
Recent Files

This section includes Shortcuts and Recently Updated Files, which are

sorted in reverse order by time.

All Storage

This section includes Storage path and Categories. files will be classified

according to the file formats, but the original storage location of the file

will not be changed;

Long-press the folder to pop up Property Window and choose “ Set as

Shortcut”, which offers quick access to open it.

OTG External Disk

OTG is supported. Users can connect the device with USB drive through a

Type-C cable. The device will detect USB drive afterwards.

The OTG feature would consume more power since it supplies power to a

USB drive.

It supports analog and digital Type-C earphones ( You can use 3.5mm

audio jack converter);

Low storage space warning

Please reserve at least 300M of available storage space to ensure the

normal operation of the system and saving related data;

When it is lower than 300M, a warning icon will be displayed in the system

bar, indicating that the storage space is insufficient;

10. Apps
All installed apps are sorted by name by default. You can also sort them by

time and manually.

Long press an app to pop up options of Uninstall, Manage, Optimize, and

Add to a group
App Management

This page includes USB Debugging Mode, Application Info, Location

Settings, Auto-start Settings, Refresh Mode Settings, Freeze Settings,

Automatically update the Optimization config of third-party apps, Fill in

available space automatically, Enable Google Play.

Auto-start Settings

Only applicable to device auto-start. After it is enabled, the applications

may take up more storage space and consumes more power.

Apps need to monitor the system start. After apks are installed, you need

to tap the app icon to start it once.

After it starts successfully, it only runs in the background and will not

show in recent running tasks.

Refresh Mode Settings

This allows you to set the refresh modes of third-party apps in bulk.
Freeze Settings

You can obtain the optimization settings of third-party apps with one

click and freeze all apps in the background with one click for a better user

experience and saving power.

Enable Google Play

If you want to use Google Play, you need to enable Google suite by the

following steps:

1. Connect to internet. Go to Apps, drop down the menu on upper right

corner, select Application Management > Enable Google Play

2. Tap “OK”when asked “Do you want to go to the activation page to

enable Google Play?”.Then log in your Google account. A note will pop up

saying “This device is not verified by Google”.

3. Go back to App Management page and tap GSF ID. You will go to GSF

ID application page. Tick Human-machine Authentication and tap “Sign

up”. (Google frame ID is automatically obtained and you do not need to

enter.)
4. When you sign up successfully, there will be a note saying“The device

has been registered”

5. When the device is connected to internet, Google Play will

automatically download the latest version.

Please wait for 10-15 minutes for the Google server to return the

verification result

(Due to different regions and network conditions, the actual length of time

to pass the certification may vary)

6. Without restarting, open the Application Management > Google

settings > log in to the Google account.

7. If it jumps to the login page here, it means it has been passed. You can

restart the device after logging in to the account.

B. If it does not jump the protection mechanism page, it means it still hasn’

t passed. Please wait for a bit long and try again.

8. If you wait for too long and it still shows that the device is not verified

by Google, it means the verification has not passed. Please start again

from step 3.
App Optimization

Display

DPI: Adjust the interface size of the app. The default value is 350,

If some content of the app interface has been cropped, you can reduce the

DPI value.

If the overall interface size of the app is too small, you can increase the

DPI value.

If you've adjusted the DPI value to the minimum, some content of some

app interfaces such as Kobo is still cropped, you can choose to use the

app's default DPI.

Bold Font: Embolden fonts of titles, menus and body text.

Cloud Optimization: Some apps are specifically optimized and you can

retrieve the cloud optimization configuration to obtain better results than

local optimization;

Reset All: Reset all modified configurations to the original configurations.

Optimization Switch: when it is turned off, some optimization effects will

be canceled, but it won’t reset the configurations.

Bleach
Add strokes to text: The text and background on the same layer will not be

visible after being bleached together. This setting will add strokes to text

and make the text visible.

Icon Color: this darkens the colors of small color icons in the Menu.

Cover Color: This darkens the colors of big cover icons.

Background Color: This bleaches the background colors.

It is recommended to use it along with Font Color Enhancement and Icon

Color. Otherwise, the text and small icons on the background may be

hardly seen.
Refresh

Refresh Mode: This sets the refresh mode for individual apps. Normally

the default refresh mode is Speed Mode.

Only when system's refresh mode is Normal Mode, the app's refresh mode

will take effect.

When system's refresh mode is set to Speed\A2\X Mode, the system

mode has priority. And the app's refresh mode will not take effect.

Full Refresh Frequency: In app, fully refresh the screen by the number of

tapping in order to reduce ghosting.

The actual number of taps is related to the app's configuration. Sometimes

a single tap may have several consecutive responses. E.g, you've set 20

times, but full refresh may be initated after 15 taps.

Animation Filter: Filter the animation of turning pages in the app. Time

indicates the duration of the animation effect to be filtered. Generally, the

page animation is about 200 ms;

Others

Full refresh when turning pages. : When the main function bar in the app is

switched, full refresh is performed to reduce ghosting;

Switching some app function bar does not actually switch the pages, so

full refresh would not be performed.

Webpage Font Size: Adjust the font size of the web view embedded in the

app. When adjusting DPI does not work, try to adjust the font size of the

webpage;

Webpage Text Color: When the adjustment of the bleaching does not work,

you can try to adjust the color of the webpage;

Embolden Webpage Text: When Bold Font under Display tab does not

work, try to embolden the text on the webpage;

Allow the app to run in the background:

For apps that need to run continuously in the background, such as Alarms,

Notifications, Downloads, Time statistics and other apps, you can allow

them to run in the background. But the continuous running in the

background may increase power consumption!

Scribble

Only optimize handwriting speed for apps with handwriting function.

Currently, it supports OneNote, Evernote, WPS. More handwriting apps

support will be added in the future;

The time to refresh after lifting stylus: Handwriting will be refreshed to

app's original brush configuration (including brush type, line width,

pressure sensitivity, etc.) within the specified time after the pen is lifted;

When refreshing the handwriting, you cannot continue writing, please

continue to write after refreshing is complete;

If you need to write continuously to reduce the interruption caused by

refresh, you can set the longer refresh time;

Hand touch may interfere with the writing of the stylus. It is

recommended to enable Palm Rejection to avoid canvas moving or

zooming resulting in interruption of handwriting or abnormal display.

Navigation Ball

Navigation Ball is a circular ball that floats above all the apps on the screen.

9 buttons can be customized.

Single click on the ball to expand and collapse navigation menu.

It requires to turn off and on again after the new button settings.

The Navigation Ball by fault is in Fan-shaped style. You can choose other

display styles (Horizontal Style, Vertical Style) from Navigation Setting.

You can also adjust the transparency of the Navigation Ball.

This supports to set as a resident button. After being set as a resident

button, the button will always be floating on the top layer;

The 9 buttons can be set as multiple common functions including system

operation, app switching, app optimization and so on.

The app optimization can be called out in an app through the Navigation

Ball, for real-time review after optimization.

Dictionary

If users use dictionary apps the first time, to download dictionary package

to local will be asked.

This function requires network connection.

Word pronunciation needs a dictionary file comes with voice files,

currently TTS is not supported.

Pronunciation Search Online

Add to vocabulary Settings

Switch Dictionary
Users can install dictionaries themselves by putting the dictionary files to

designated directory Storage\dicts\.

Please save the files under a folder, e.g., dicts\English-English

Dictionary.

For the preferred dictionary settings, users can select up to 20 preferred

dictionaries. Users will be asked to select again if the select number is

less than 1 or more than 20.

After dictionaries are installed, users can look up new words in the search

bar. Switch between different dictionaries by tapping a corresponding

dictionary title on the bottom.

The search result is in terms of the related dictionary. If the word is

unfound, try to use other dictionaries.

Looked-up words can be added to Vocabulary.

Users can divide the Vocabulary into groups. The words will be saved into

the specified group once the group is selected.

BOOXDrop

Connect your BOOX with PC or mobile phone. You can send files to your

BOOX from PC or BOOX Assistant app, or save files on your BOOX to PC

or mobile phone.

Instruction:

1. Open BooxDrop from Apps page or drop-down Control Panel

2. Open a browser on your PC

2.1 Without login: Make sure your BOOX and PC are in the same network.

Enter the IP address on your BOOX to the browser on your PC.

BooxDrop does not disconnect automatically. If you want to disconnect it,

please do it manually or switch it off from Control Panel.

Records

Disconnect
2.2 Logged in to ONYX Account: log in to push.boox.com. You can see the

connected devices on Push page. Click it to open.

3. When you open the web browser on your PC, it will automatically

confirm whether your PC and BOOX are in the same Wi-Fi network. If not,

the page cannot be opened. Please connect to the same Wi-Fi.

4. When web end and your BOOX are connected successfully, you can

load files and contents from your BOOX on your PC.

5. Send to BOOX: Select files from your PC and send to BOOX.

The sent files are automatically classified into the corresponding

directory according to the format types.

Recent Files: include all files and are sorted by time

Library: Books/xxx.epub ( This includes all supported eBook formats in the Library）

Pictures: Pictures/xxx.png

Music: Music/xxxx.mp3

Videos: Movies/xxxx.mp4

Downloads: Download/xxx.xxx

Internal Storage: Transfer the selected directories.

6. Save to Computer: Select the files on BOOX and save them to

computer.

Records

You can only check the transfer history on BOOX devices.

PushRead

From the Subscription section of push.boox.com or BOOX Assistant, you

can enter a webpage address, push it to your BOOX, and read the page in

html format.

To use the PushRead for the first time, you need to bind the same ONYX

account on the website push.boox.com and your BOOX;

You need to connect your BOOX with Wi-Fi to download the pushed

URLs for the first time. After loading once, it can be read offline later;

The layout of the content page defaults to Browsing Mode (the layout of

the original web page), and you can choose to switch between Browsing

Mode and Reading Mode from the More Menu;

The Reading Mode is a single page mode, tap the page to turn the page

directly;

Prev. Article Next Article

Search

Swith refresh mode

Switch reading mode

Full refresh

Refresh website

Font size+

Font size-
Back to the Top
App Store (E-ink)

There are some usual third-party apps provided here. These apps are free

versions from developers and their compatibility are not verified as full to

the system. Paid apps download is not supported for now.

Users can choose to delete the installation package automatically after

Apps are installed.

Screensaver

The screensaver and shutdown image can be customizable. The shutdown

image only supports image formats.

Screensaver style

The Image Screensaver is by default.

The screensaver supports Image Screensaver, Poem Screensaver, Words

Screensaver, Calendar Screensaver, Clock Screensaver，and Transparent

Screensaver.

The clock, text, and Bottom Status Bar can be added to the other

screensavers aside from the Transparent Screensaver.

Clock refresh intervals are customizable. After the clock is added to a

screensaver, a certain frequency of refreshing screen will be retained in

the standby state, and the automatic shutdown timing cannot be

supported.
In Image Screensaver, when a single picture is selected, the screensaver

is a fixed picture. When multiple pictures are selected, the screensaver

will be shown in carousel format;

The Bottom Status Bar can display the battery status and lock screen

status;
Calendar Memo

The calendar Memo can display the notes and reading records under the

current date. You can open the notes or documents directly by tapping the

records;

You can add handwritten notes as a memo, which can be set as a

screensaver. Please go to Screensaver / Calendar Screensaver Setting for

more details.

The content of Calendar Memo temporarily does not support the

synchronization.
After logging in to the ONYX account, you can use the mail function to

send the contents of the Memo to the designated mailbox as a PDF

attachment;
Split Screen

This supports Apps Split-Screen. You can select Split-Screen from the

system drop-down bar when an application is opened, and then select a

document, a notepad or other application that you want to open on the

other side of your screen.

The system interface does not support enabling Split-Screen directly.

You need to start an application before enabling it;

The applications that do not support Split-Screen will prompt "This

application does not support Split-Screen" when split screen is enabled;

There are 2 modes available: Vertical and Horizontal. You can swap sides

of the apps.
When in split-screen mode, the left screen (or the top screen) will be the

main screen. And the secondly opened app will be on the right screen (or

lower screen). You can swap apps' sides.

In Split-screen mode, exit Split-screen mode from the system

drop-down menu.

Only main screen supports Optimization>Refresh Settings. The refresh

settings of the app on the secondary screen will not take effect.

The Optimization > Display settings of both apps on both screens are in

effect.
11. Settings
You can manage ONYX accounts, check device model and manage system

global settings.
ONYX Account

You can manage multiple accounts and switch them. Select accounts from

the list. Only account information is kept and login state is not maintained.

After switching to a different account, you need to log in again.

If you log in to different accounts with different servers, please change

the server as well when switching accounts.

ONYX account included: BooxDrop, Reading Statistics, PushRead, Send to

E-mail.
Account Link: After the main account is logged in, you can associate two

other login methods sharing the same ONYX account. Mobile and E-mail

accounts support unbinding, and WeChat accounts do not support

unbinding.
About Device

It contains model name, Android version, MAC address and firmware

version.

Click the model number for more information, including Capacitive Touch

Version, VCom, Other information, Factory Reset, etc.

Note: To run the function of factory reset would remove all of the user

data. Please make a data backup first.

Languages & Input

Users can set system language, keyboard and input method and TTS on

this page;

Users can set languages of the system and virtue keyboard. The system

has an Android keyboard by default. Users can install third-party Apps for

more input methods.

ONYX Keyboard

Typing, handwriting input and voice input are available for ONYX

keyboard, and network connection is necessary for first time.

English is the default language of the handwriting input and users need to

download the corresponding language package first if they want to use

handwriting input for other languages.

Handwriting Input Language Packages
Voice Input

Long press the Space button on the ONYX keyboard to enable the voice

input first. Only English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Sichuanese are

supported.
Date & Time

Users can choose either auto setting or manual setting for date and time.

When the device is connected with internet, it will automatically set date

and time according to local time zone. Manual setting requires to set time

zone, date and time, and users can select their preferred time and date

display format;

Power

Users can set screen auto sleep timeout, Power off timeout, Delay

disconnection when the device goes to sleep mode, Battery usage 、

Battery percentage、Auto-sleep when closing the cover, etc.

Network

This is for Wi-Fi \VPN\Bluetooth setting. When Wi-Fi is connected,

users can browse webs and download books via the internet on the

device.
Wi-Fi Settings

Slide Wi-Fi On, then available networks will be listed. Users can choose a

network, then input password to connect with internet.

After Wi-Fi is connected successfully at the first time, the device will

save Wi-Fi information automatically. Users only need to turn on Wi-Fi

on notification bar if using the same WIFI next time.

Click the “ + ” button at the top right of the Wi-Fi page, users could

manually connect to other network which is not listed, such as 802.1xEAP.

Bluetooth Settings

Turn on Bluetooth, you can search for nearby Bluetooth devices and then

send connection requests.

Bluetooth needs to be paired before use. Currently only support the

eReader to receive documents, send documents from Boox eReader to

other devices is not supported.

VPN Setting

 When the VPN is turned on for the first time, the system requires to set

a password. This password needs to be used only for screen unlock or

when the factory settings are restored.

System Bar

You can customize the pull-down menu. Pull-down menu from left and

right sides are different.. The left pull-down is the Notification Center,

and the right pull-down is the Control Panel;

Other accounts

You can manage other accounts including Google, DropBox, OneNote,etc.

These accounts are only used for syncing notes.

Password

You can set 4-16 digital screen-lock password.

The Android 11 models do not support resetting the password, please

keep the password properly by yourself.

System Display

System Font size

Support to adjust the system font size, the default is the standard font
size, you can set a total of 4 sizes: small, standard, large, extra-large;

Custom Homepage

The default Homepage is Library. You can set any of the other Function

pages as the Homepage. You can return to the Homepage by tapping the

homepage icon from the dropdown notification center.

System full screen refresh frequency

The system performs one full refresh every 5 operations

The Library and Notes will be automatically refreshed once more due to

the loading list, and the actual number of operations will be one less than

the set number;

Function Area display icons only

The text under the Function icon can be hidden.

Enable Book Store

The built-in book store can be turned off, but cannot be uninstalled or

removed.

Gesture Manager

You can customize 3 gestures for the bottom and 2 gestures for the sides.

The default functions for the Bottom include: Back, Back Home,

Multitasking Switching…etc. Swipe up from the bottom to use them.

The default functions for the sides are Volume +/-, and Frontlight +/-.

Long press the sides to slide up and down to adjust.

Support modification to other functions;

Server

The server is allocated according to the system language by default. The

Chinese language system uses the Asia server, and the other language

systems use US server;

After manually selecting the server, it will no longer be automatically

matched according to the system language;

Please choose the server in your area. This will avoid the slow network

connection which impacts the use of some specific functions (including

bookstore, synchronization, application market, OTA detection and other

functions that require networking);

Firmware Update

Users can get the Model number, Android version, Build number and

update check. Upgrade checks the local package first then online package

with a network connection. Upgrade pause and breakpoint download are

allowed. Please ensure the device has more than 30% power and

sufficient capacity before the update.

Update History

Check Update History and the changelog of every update.

Feedback

FAQ

If having any problems, you can directly find the questions in the FAQ,

quickly locate and solve the problems.

Submit Feedback

Welcome to submit any technical problem or advice to us.

This function collects system information for problem judgment. And Onyx

shall never disclose users’ device information.

The related logs will be cleared after the device shuts down. If you need

to send feedback after the device is off, please enable Save Logs to local

in Feedback so that you can send related logs after restarting the device.
12. Specifications

NoteAir2

Processor 2.0GHz*4 + 1.8GHz*4

RAM 3G LPDDR4X

OS Android 11

Storage 32G

Screen E-ink display with Regal refresh

Screen Size 10.3 inch

Resolution 1404*1872

Touch Stylus + Capacitive touch

Front Light Support

Wireless WIFI（2.4G+5G）+ Bluetooth（5.0）

Battery 3000 mAh

USB Type-C（support USB OTG）

Others Mic, Dual Speaker

Size 229.4X195.4X5.8mm

Weight ≤420 g (battery included)

Operating 0°C- 50°C

Temperature

Book Formats PDF, EPUB , TXT, DJVU, HTML, FB2, DOC, MOBI, CHM, etc.

Image Formats PNG, JPG, BMP

Audio Formats WAV , MP3

Apps Third party APP installation is supported

Browser Support

Language Multi-language supported

 Firmware Locally update and OTA update are available

Update

Certification CE、RoHS、CCC、FCC、SRRC、TELEC

13. 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.boox.com.