E-Ink Reader Series

(with stylus )

General User Manual

V3.5

Onyx International Inc.

www.boox.com
 Contents

1.Copyright Declaration ..................................................... 3

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

3.Quick Start ...........................................................................7

4.System Functions .......................................................... 18

5.Library ................................................................................. 26

6.NeoReader ........................................................................39

7.Store .....................................................................................63

8.Notes ................................................................................... 65

9.Storage ............................................................................... 92

10.Apps ................................................................................... 94

11.System Settings .......................................................... 104

12.Thanks for your support .......................................... 115

1.Copyright Declaration

Guangzhou Onyx International Inc. reserves the right

to make changes to the product specifications and

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;

2. Due to different software versions, some functions

or interfaces may be inconsistent with the description

in the manual. It is subject to the final product.

2.Safety Guide

Please read the following safety instructions before use. If

you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact

your BOOX retailer, or call the official after-sales hotline at

4008-400-014 or 4008-860-830 for assistance.

Fragile Screen Protection

The E-ink screen is very fragile. Please do not directly hit,

squeeze, oppress the screen, or drop it from a high place

onto a hard surface. If the display screen is broken, please

stop using it and contact our customer service or other

qualified professionals for replacement. Do not

disassemble and replace it by yourself.

Qualified Accessories

Only batteries, chargers and other accessories that meet

the safety standards of this equipment are 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.

Keep away from strong magnets\static electricity

Please keep away from strong magnetic and electrostatic

environment to avoid abnormal writing on the

electromagnetic screen or damage to other electronic

parts.

Keep away from liquids

This device is not waterproof. Do not expose it to a humid

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

any corrosive liquids.

Do not dismantle the device

The battery of this device cannot be replaced. Please do

not disassemble it 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. Please do not use it continuously in high

temperature or low temperature environment.

We are not responsible for the damage or loss of data in the

equipment caused by 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. We are not responsible for data

loss caused by repairing or replacing parts or updating the

system.
3.Quick Start

3.2 Home Screen

System Bar

Content Area

Function Area
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.

Notification Center

Pull it down from the left top edge

or tap to expand.
3.3 E-Ink Center (App Optimization)

It can be called from the Control

Centre or swiping up from the

bottom.

This function is mainly used to

optimize the display effect of

third-party apps .

Refresh Modes

You can preset different refresh

modes for different apps, or

change later.

HD: Good display effect, suitable for general text reading.

Balanced: Heavier ghosting, suitable for quickly skimming

through images and text.

Fast: Heavy detail loss, suitable for browsing webpages.

Ultrafast: Heavier detail loss, suitable for playing videos.

*NoteAir3C Refresh Modes

HD: Good display effect,

suitable for general text reading.

Balanced: Heavier ghosting, suitable for quickly skimming

through images and text.

Fast: Heavy detail loss, suitable for browsing webpages.

Ultrafast: Heavier detail loss, suitable for playing videos.

High Contrast (Only applicable to color screens)

When an app is using Balanced/Fast/Ultra-fast refresh

modes (Non-HD modes), some interface lines or colors

may appear weakened. You can enable “High Contrast”

on the E Ink panel to enhance page display quality.

Dark Color Enhancement

This function turns darker colors

to black and is generally used for

enhancing foreground colors, or

light-colored pages, such as colorful icons, and low-quality

scanned PDFs.

Light Color Filter

This function turns light page

colors to white and is normally

used to whiten the background

colors.

More Settings

Customize more optimization settings for a better user

experience by going to E Ink Center/ App Optimization or

long-press an app’s icon to choose “ Optimize”.

Display

DPI: Adjust the overall interface

size and its default value is 350.

If some apps (such as Kobo) are

adjusted to the minimum value and the edges are still cut

off, please switch back to the original DPI value of the apps.

Anti-aliasing: Make the text edge sharper

Cloud Optimization: Some apps have been optimized for

better performance. Obtain the optimization with just one

click after connecting to the internet.

Reset All: All optimization settings will be reset.

Master Switch: The main switch. After it is turned off, some

optimization effects will be canceled, but the configuration

will not be reset.

Color

Add strokes to text

Some text may be invisible due to the background bleach.

Add strokes to text can make the text visible again.

Recommended value: 1.
Background Color

This is to bleach a large area of the background color. It is

recommended to use this setting together with text

enhancement and Icon Colors. Otherwise, the text and

small icons on the background will not be visible.

Icon Color

Generally, this is to darken the colors of some small colorful

icons in the menu.

Cover Color

Generally, this is to darken the

colors of large cover-style

icons.

Webpage Text Size

This is for the embedded WebView interface. When the DPI

adjustment is invalid, you can try to adjust the font size of

the webpage

Webpage Text Color

When bleaching does not work, you can try to adjust the

webpage colors.

Embolden Webpage Text

When some fonts cannot be emboldened, you can try to

embolden the webpage text.

Others

Stay active in the background

This is for the apps that are

continuously running in the

background, such as Alarms,

Notifications, Download. You

can stop the apps running.

Force to follow system orientation

Some APPs lock the direction. When the system rotates, if

the APP cannot follow the rotation, forced rotation can be

used;

Forced rotation may cause some interfaces to fail to display

normally, which is related to the design of APP. For such

APP, it is recommended to turn off forced rotation and use

the original direction;

Scrolling Distance

You can go to the Scrolling

Button Setting page from App

Management (Tap the Menu

bar on the upper right corner on

the Apps homepage) or

Navigation Ball settings.

When enabled in third-party apps, the Scrolling Buttons

can be used to turn pages. Based on the actual situation of

the page, you can set the required starting and ending

positions to avoid inconsistent or partially duplicated

content after turning a page.

It is recommended to set the starting and ending positions

between 15% and 90% of the screen. A range that is too

large may make it difficult to turn pages effectively while a

range that is too small may result in excessive repeated

content.

Scribble (Only support some Apps)

This setting is only applied to

apps with handwriting functions

and is to optimize the

handwriting speed. Currently it

only supports apps including OneNote, Evernote, and

WPS.
Refresh time after lifting stylus:

The time to refresh after lifting stylus: The handwriting will

be refreshed in a set time after you stop writing. The refresh

applies to the app’s settings such as types, width, and

pressure sensitivity.

When refreshing handwriting is in progress, you cannot

continue writing. You can continue writing after the

refreshing is done.

If you want less interruption by the refreshing, you can set

the refreshing frequency longer.

Hand touch may cause interruption to handwriting. You are

recommended to disable hand touch to reduce accidental

touch on the canvas to cause problems.

4. System Functions

4.1 Screen Cast

4.1.1 This feature supports Windows 10 or above. It does

not support Win 7/XP and MacBook.

4.1.2 Please make sure your computer supports the Screen

Cast function. You can check it in the computer system:

System / Projecting to this PC

Please be aware that there are 4 settings that will affect the

results of searching the computer on your BOOX and the

confirmation of connection request.

The computer supports

Screen Cast
The computer does not support

Miracast /Screen Cast

4.1.3 Please make sure that your computer and BOOX are

connected to the same wireless network.

If your desktop computer connects Wi-Fi via Wireless

Network Card, please check whether the step2 is

supported.

Some computer configuration and wireless network cards

do not support this function.

4.1.4 On your BOOX, select Screen Cast from drop-down

Control Center. Then the automatic search will start. The

computer name will be shown when found.

4.1.5 Select the found computer

in the search window. If there

are multiple computers, select

the computer that you want to project to from the list.

4.1.6 After you select the computer that you want to project

to, your computer will pop up a notice to ask whether to

accept the projecting request.

4.1.7 After you accept it, your

BOOX and computer will

automatically connect to each

other. And the Screen Cast is

successful.
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 Screen Cast

connection again.

4.1.8 When your BOOX and computer are connected,

please tap Screen Cast again from Control Center, then

select “Disconnect”. Your computer cannot disconnect

the connection.

If your computer support Screen Cast but cannot receive

the request, please restart your computer and try to

connect again. Please also check whether your computer’

s setting is to reject the request. (See Step2).

4.2 Screen Recording

Long press Screen Recording

icon to go to screen recording

settings. You can customize

Resolution, Recording Quality,

Screen Orientation, Audio

Source, Recording Framerate,

etc.

If you use Screen Recording for the first time, you are

recommended to adjust the relevant settings first.

Tap Screen Recording icon to enter recording widget. Tap

the Start icon to start recording and tap the Close icon to

stop recording.

After recording is done, there will be a thumbnail enabling

you to play or share the recorded video.

Tap and hold the recording widget to drag it around. The

recording widget will not be recorded into the video.

After the Screen Recording is enabled, the recording

widget will be floating on the screen all the time. You can

create different recordings. Tap X to close it completely.

The recording format is MP4. The save path is

Storage/Movies/Captures
4.3 Split Screen

When an app is open, choose

Split Screen from Control Center

to initiate the function. The Split

Screen supports docs, Notes,

and other apps. The Split Screen cannot be initiated from

system interface.

Note: Whether an app supports Split Screen is subject to

the app itself. If the app does not support Split Screen,

please get in touch with the developer.

In Split-Screen mode, the newly

opened app is the secondary

screen. You can choose to swap

sides and exit the Split Screen mode.

In Split-Screen mode, only the app on the main screen

support Refresh settings and the refresh setting does not

take effect on the secondary screen.

In Split-Screen, Display settings take effects on both apps.

5. Library

The Library only shows the

supported formats. Cover

Mode is used by default. All

eBooks are sorted by Time

Created.

On the upper right corner of the

Library, you can search books,

create bookshelves, manage books in bulk, check Reading

Statistics, filter and sort, switch between Cover and List

modes, scan book covers, manage sync and Library

settings.

Library Mode

By default, the Library is in Scan

Mode, which automatically

scans all supported files under

specified saving paths. Tap the

icon to switch to Directory Mode, which displays all

supporting documents according to the directory structure

in the Storage.

My Favorites

Tap the ☆ symbol on the book

cover to add the book to your

Favorites.

Tap Recently Open icon to

switch to My Favorites

The old “Pinned”function was removed

Filter and sort

Apply to all eBooks by default

and sort by the recent reading

time in descending order;

Library Settings

You can choose to display title

instead of file name,

enable/disable reading

statistics, or choose scan path.

The default scan path is: Books and shop in Storage. You

can customize the scan path and choose to auto-scan the

specified path.

Note: In the 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.

Sync settings

You can sync reading progress

and data across devices via

Onyx Cloud. The feature is on by

default. If you do not want to sync

your reading data of all documents, you can turn this

feature off.

If you do not want to sync the reading data of some

documents, long press their book covers to go to Sync

Settings, and turn their sync off individually.

Note: Currently, only reading data can be synced to the

Cloud. The source document cannot be synced to the

Cloud. You need to add documents to the same path on

different devices for the sync.

Cloud Storage

After binding a third-party

Cloud Storage, you can

download documents from the

Cloud Storage to your device,

but uploading documents from

your device to the Cloud

Storage is currently not

supported.

After embedding data to PDF documents, you can upload

the PDF documents back to the original folder in the Cloud

Storage. Other formats currently do not support this

feature.

To sync reading data, please log in to your ONYX Account.

Bind WebDAV

Please refer to the binding

introduction of each Cloud

Storage because different

Cloud Storage providers may

use different login methods.

For example, NextCloud

requires you to create an

app-specific password on their website, which is used for

authorization to log in.

Choose Functions after Binding Cloud Storage

Some Cloud Storage services

support both book downloads

and notes exports. After binding

a Cloud Storage account, you can choose the function you

need.
Bind multiple accounts

A Cloud Storage service supports binding multiple

accounts. Books downloaded with a specific account will

be stored in a separate sub-bookshelf.

Sub-bookshelf for Cloud Storage

When a Cloud Storage account is bound, a sub-bookshelf

will be automatically created when you download books for

the first time. All downloaded books from the same Cloud

Storage account will be automatically placed on this

sub-bookshelf.

The sub-bookshelf only includes supported book formats.

Please be aware that other types of files downloaded from

the Cloud Storage may not be viewable. Please delete their

local files if not supported.

If you do not need the sub-bookshelf, you can disable it

from Cloud Storage Settings. After it is disabled, the

downloaded books will be added directly to the Library.

Uploads files to Cloud Storage

You can manually upload local

books on your BOOX to specific

Cloud Storage. Long press the

book cover in the Storage or

Library, then select Copy to

Cloud Storage.

Auto-upload is currently not supported

Cloud Storage Settings

PDF documents can be

automatically uploaded after

you exit the documents. The

upload speed is limited by the

network speed and Cloud Storage speed limit. It is not

recommended to upload larger documents frequently.

Instead, you can manually upload them when needed by

long-pressing the cover and selecting manual upload.

After logging into the Cloud Storage, you can set the

automatic upload size of PDF documents in the Cloud

Storage Settings, with a default size of 150MB and a

maximum size of 300 MB.

Some Cloud Storage may have monthly quota limits. If you

encounter errors such as being unable to download or

upload, please check for network issues first, then confirm

with the Cloud Storage providers whether they have a limit

quota.
Book Property

Long press a book cover to

check book-related information,

including title, author, format,

size, reading progress, book

details, Open with, Lock,

Rename, Move, Custom Cover,

Delete and Share.

Saving path: tap the saving path to jump to the actual

saving location.

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. The

data cannot be recovered after being cleared.

Please perform this action carefully!

Lock

Add locks to documents

(reading passwords) to protect

personal reading data. The

password is used to open books

in NeoReader. When the

documents are exported or copied to other devices or other

apps, the password will not be valid anymore.

The digital password only supports setting one password.

After setting the digital password for the first time, you do

not need to set it again if you use the digital password for

other documents. You only need to add locks to other

documents.

The reading password cannot be retrieved. If you forget

your reading password, you can only reset the password

through Onyx Account (only Mobile phone and Email login

methods supported).

If you use this password by default, you can add password

directly to other documents after setting it for the first time.

In this case, you do not need choose to add locks every

time.
Reading Statistics

This summarizes your personal

reading statistics, including

Today’s Reading Time, Read

Books, Finished Books, Total

Reading Time, Marks and

Annotations.

Tap Marks and Annotations to jump to My Annotations

page and tap any book under Recently Finished Books to

open the book.

If you do not want to use reading statistics, you can turn it

off from Library Settings. After it is off, the reading statistics

icon in the Library will not show anymore

6. NeoReader

Tap the center of the screen to bring up the reading menu.

You can switch between multiple documents, and select

related functions.
Floating Toolbar

By default, the Floating Toolbar

is collapsed to the right edge.

When it is expanded, long press

the Toolbar to drag it to

anywhere you want on the

screen. It can be collapsed to

the sides to avoid covering text

during reading. When needed,

swipe left or right from the

screen edges to call it out.

When using zooming and columns in PDF, automatically

add the Panning icon and Reset icon(both are off by default)

to help you manage the zoomed-in document.

When a page is divided into several columns, single tap to

turn each column and tap the Virtual Buttons to turn the

whole page
Select a word

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.

This function requires you to install dictionaries. If you

haven’t installed a dictionary, you cannot look for words.

Tap any area outside of the dictionary dialog box to exit it.

Gestures

This is convenient for

dual-touch models. When using

a stylus to write, you can disable

certain gesture action to reduce

the interference with writing.

OCR

Only support images on formats including PDF、CBR、CBZ、

DJVU、PNG

Recognize one page at a time.

Selecting the right layout (horizontal or vertical 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)

Check all recognized pages from Contents/Bookmarks

where you can quickly locate and jump to the relevant

pages. Tap the OCR icon on the upper right corner to clear

OCR content.
 Handwriting Toolbar

The handwriting Toolbar is floating on the screen. Long

press it to drag it around. Handwriting status is by default.

You can disable and enable it from the reading menu on the

top. Bring out Handwriting Toolbar from the Floating

Toolbar. You can collapse it.

Eraser

Brushes Save

Collapse
Fill

Zoom
Lasso

Shapes Undo/Redo
Smart Scribe

It can intelligently convert some

handwritten content into

standard graphics, erasure, or

text.

Shape Perfection

Pause for 1 second on the

screen after completing the

shape drawing, then lift the

stylus after the shape is perfected.

Mark Recognition

Drawing underlines or circles

over text will be directly

converted into highlights.

Strikethrough Erase

Quickly draw vertical lines over

any handwritten content, the

content will be erased after you lift the stylus. It is not

applicable to a blank area.

Double-tap Recognition

For handwritten notes and

drawn shapes, double-tap onto

the handwriting, which will be

converted to printed text and standard shapes.

Turn pages with stylus

When palm rejection is enabled,

you can enable this feature from

Settings/ Handwriting

Recognition Setting. After it is enabled, you can turn pages

by tapping the lower left and right corners using your stylus.
Reading Menu at the bottom (PDF)

The menu includes Contents, Progress, Format, Contrast,

Navigation, and Split View

Contents

This section includes TOC,

Bookmarks, Annotations, and

Handwriting.

TOC supports a 3-level

structure. The current page is

underlined in the TOC. Tap each

content to jump to the

corresponding page. Tap any area outside of the Contents

interface to exit.
Bookmarks

When reading a book, you can tap the Bookmark icon on

the upper right corner to bookmark the current page. Tap

the icon again if you want to un-bookmark the page.

Check all bookmarks at Contents/Bookmark. Tap each

bookmark to jump to the corresponding page. You can also

delete bookmarks here.

Annotations

All highlighted, underlined, and annotated contents are

shown in Contents/Annotations. You can check, edit, and

delete all relevant content here.

After selecting the text, you can

choose colors to highlight and

underline. This feature is more

suitable for color E Ink models.

Black and white models cannot distinguish colors, but the

colorful highlights and underlines can display their original

colors when exported to other devices.

Some darker colors may cover text completely. Please

select suitable colors for highlights.

Tap each content to jump to the corresponding page. All

contents under Annotations can be exported in txt format.

The default saving path for the exported contents is

Storage/ note/ a file with the same name as the original

document.
Handwriting

All pages with handwritten notes are shown in

Contents/Handwriting. You can check and delete the

relevant pages. Tap each page thumbnail icon to jump to

the corresponding page. All pages with handwritten notes

can be exported in PNG images. The default saving path for

the exported contents is Storage/ note/ a file with the same

name as the original document.

Progress

Here it shows a chapter name of

the current document (if no

chapter name, the document

name will be shown),

progressing page number,

Previous/Next chapter, page number, Automatic

Page-turns, Redo and Undo, etc.

Tap the page number to pop out the Jump-to-page dialog

box. Enter the page number that you want so as to jump to

the relevant page.

You can search the built-in page numbers of PDF

documents. (The custom page numbers)

Add Blank Page in PDF

When reading a PDF doc, you

can add a blank page by going

to Progress/Blank Page. This

makes it convenient to add more

notes. When adding a blank page, you can choose whether

to switch to double-page mode automatically for

side-by-side referencing.
You can view and manage the

added blank pages from

Progress / Preview. The original

pages are not supported for

deleting and moving.

Format

Page Display: switch between

single-page mode, dual-page

mode 1, and dual-page mode2.

The dual-page mode only

supports a landscape screen.

Zoom: You can zoom in/out the whole page, zoom in the

marquee area, or pinch-to-zoom any area you want.

Crop: Tap relevant functions to 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. You can adjust it to the size you want.

In zoom-in status, when the 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.

Contrast

Embolden: only embolden text

in PDF

Sharpen Img: Make blur image

sharper
Watermark Bleaching: Bleach the light-color images or

background on the page

Dark Color Enhancement: Adjust for the whole page or only

the text, making the display darker;

Image Smoothing: Optimize the display effect of pictures

with gradient colors;

Navigation

This section includes Comic Mode, Article Mode, Reflow,

and more custom settings. You can crop a scanned PDF,

divide it into columns, and set its browsing orders.

Navigation / More

Crop: You can manually crop

the blank margin in either

single-page or dual-page

modes.

Columns: Divide the current doc

into different columns

Direction: Set the reading order of the divided columns

Reflow

Only apply to

PDF\DJVU\CBR\CBZ in

scanned version and

text-based version.
Reflow scanned documents

You can adjust Text Direction,

Spacing, Alignment, Font Size,

Columns, Tilting Correction.

Reflow text-based documents

Apply to digital or OCRed PDF. After being reflowed, the

document can use flow-document functions.

Split View

You can choose to split

horizontally or vertically. There

are multiple splitting options

available:

Current Doc: Open the current Doc only

Another Doc: Open the current Doc + a different doc

Handwritten Notes: Open current Doc + Handwritten Notes

Text Notes: Open the current Doc + Text Notes

Translate: Open the current Doc + Full-Text Translate

AI Read: AI-powered reading assistance that can

summarize documents or specific chapters based on

various requests.

Note: All content is generated by AI algorithms and is only

provided for reference. It should not be considered a

standard answer.

Reading Menu at the bottom (Free Flow Documents)

The menu includes Contents, Progress, Format, Contrast,

and Split View and supports free-flow formats such as

EPUB\TXT\MOBI\AZW3

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 NeoReader.

V2 Engine supports the original layout of the document,

including font, line spacing, margin, graphic typesetting,

indentation, etc. When being switched to V2 Engine, the

document will be closed automatically. Next time when you

open the document again, V2 Engine will be used. If you

want to switch to NeoReader, you can disable V2 Engine

and reopen the document.

Loading
Progress

The document needs to be

paginated again after switched

Finished

to V2 engine or font and spacing

adjusted. 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 or jump to

another page after the pagination is completed.

Format

Fonts: You can import your own

fonts to use. Save your fonts to

Storage/fonts. When you open a

document, the fonts will be

detected. The settings such as font size, typeface, contrast,

bold, spacing only work on the newly opened documents

but do not work on the documents opened before the

settings.

If you want to restore the original format of the document,

you can tap the Restore Original Format icon.

Screenshot

Tap the two corners (shown in

the pic) on the screen at the

same time to take a screenshot

(PNG format). This function is

only available on the reading

page.

The screenshot can be saved to

local storage, shared by

scanning QR code and other means. The local saving path

is Storage\Screenshots
Refresh

Tap the hamburger menu on the

upper right corner to choose

Refresh settings.

When you drag a page, speed

mode is used by default.

Deep full-refresh is recommended for documents with a lot

of images and darker background to reduce ghosting

during reading.
Settings

Tap the hamburger menu on the

upper right corner to go to

reading-related settings such

as Global Settings, PDF

Settings, Touch Settings, Annotation Export Settings,

Screenshot Settings, Floating Toolbar Settings, Other

Settings, and Version Number.

Dict Settings

When looking up words in the

Dictionary, ONYX Dictionary

and ONYX Translate are used

by default.

You can select another Translate or third-party Dictionary

app as the default choice (Third-party apps require

installation first).
If you choose a third-party dictionary, the word lookup

interface will use the third-party dictionary interface

instead. You cannot use other features provided by

ONYX's word lookup function.

Online Dictionary

When the device is connected to the internet, you can

directly use Online Dictionary directly to look up words.

You can use it without installing local dictionary files, and it

currently supports Chinese and English.

Different network environments will affect the overall speed

of word lookup. If the network is consistently poor, you can

turn off Online Dictionary in the Dictionary settings and use

local dictionaries instead.

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 interface includes Recent Notes, Local Notes, and

Reading Notes。

Recent Notes: Display recently opened notepads

Local Notes: All notepads created in Notes app
Reading Notes: notes from Split-view in NeoReader

Local Notes
Reading Notes Menu
Recent
Notes

Search

ONYX Cloud Sync

My Favorites

Tap the ☆ symbol on the

Notepad cover to add to your

Favorites. Tap Recently Open

icon to switch to My Favorites;

The old “Pinned”function was removed;

ONYX Cloud Sync（In Bulk）

After Onyx account is logged in, the sync function is on by

default.

When you open an existing notepad, notes will be retrieved

from the cloud. When you close a notepad, notes will be

synced to the cloud. The notepad list and content are

synced respectively. It may take longer to sync the notepad

content. Please wait and check until the sync is completed.

Check synced notes at BOOX Assistant app or

push.boox.com.
Sync individual notepad

Long press a notepad cover to pop out Property dialog box

for checking sync status. Tap the Sync icon to resync if

there is a sync issue. You can

turn off the sync function for

individual notepad. You can also

turn off the sync function of all

notepads from Sync Settings in

the menu.

Menu

Here includes Create Folder, Manage Notes, Sort by, List

Mode/ Cover Mode, Sync Settings, Options, and Recycle

Bin.
Sync Settings

ONYX Cloud Sync

After you log in to Onyx account,

the notes will be automatically

synced to Onyx Cloud when you

open and close a notepad.

Or you can tap the Sync icon on the Toolbar to manually

sync notes. If you do not want the sync function. You can

turn it off from Sync Settings.

Sync to other accounts (export)

After you bind a third-party sync app to your BOOX, the

notes will be automatically synced to the app when you

close a notepad.
The 3rd -party app sync is one-way export. You can export

your notes in PDF or PNG to a 3rd-party app, but you

cannot sync the notes back to your BOOX. No need to log

in to your Onyx account.

Options

This covers general settings for

notes, including Stylus

Calibration, Backup and

Restore, AI Recognition

language settings, Password

Settings, Show erasing trace…

etc.
Backup and Restore

You can back up and restore your notes locally. Cloud

backup is not supported.

You can restore the backup data, but restoring the backup

data will overwrite the current data. Please perform this

carefully.

Password Settings

This password is only applicable

to notepads in the Notes app.

The password does not follow

notepads. Individual notepads

cannot have separate passwords.

When a password is set, it is applicable to all notepads. You

can remove the password for individual notepads and also

lock the notepad with the set password again.

When using a separate numeric password, you can choose

to add locks to new notepads automatically. If you untick

this option, the newly created notepad will not be locked

with the set password. You need to add the lock manually.

When a notepad is protected with a password, its cover

does not show a thumbnail view of your notes.

You can long press a notepad cover to pop out Options to

add a lock to the notepad or unlock it.

Create Notepad

When creating a new Notepad,

you can select Notepad type,

modify the notepad name,

choose a template, set the

scaling method, and whether to

apply the template to all pages.

You can only create a Notepad

after confirming all settings.

Handwritting Notes

When you exit a notepad, your

notes will be automatically

saved. You can also manually

save your notes while you are

still taking notes.

Tapping the page number, you

can choose to jump to other

pages.

You can customize the side Toolbar to your own preference.

The toolbar on the top does not support customization.

Layers

This supports a template layer

and another 5 custom layers.

You can hide, lock layers and

adjust the layer orders. The

hidden layers will not be shown in an exported document

and will not be recognized by AI Conversion. When a layer

is locked, it does not support any editing.

Templates

A template can only be added to

the Template layer, which

cannot be deleted. Template

settings include Scale

proportionally, original image

splice, stretch to fill screen and

original size. You are

recommended to start writing

after determining which template to use to avoid notes

misplace if you change the template after you start writing.

Canvas

The default canvas size is 1x1,

the same as the screen size.

You can adjust the canvas size

to 1x2, 2x1, or 2x2(max), or

customize the canvas size by

dragging the canvas.

Using the upper left corner as the base, you can extend the

canvas by dragging the canvas left or downwards. When

you switch from a big canvas to a small canvas, your

handwriting outside the canvas area will not be displayed

but will be kept.

When you switch to the big canvas, you can see the hidden

notes again. Canvas Trimming is to automatically crop the

blank part of the canvas by the stroke on the edge of the

visible layer.
Fit Canvas and Fit Screen

When the canvas size is larger

than 1x1, you can choose Fit

screen or Fit canvas under

Zoom in the toolbar to view your

notes.

Fit canvas

The canvas will automatically expand to fill the screen.

When it is larger than the screen, you can long-press the

canvas and drag it to view hidden notes.

Fit screen

The canvas is zoomed out to fit the whole screen. The grey

area is not writable.

Brushes

Support up to 5 pinned brushes.

You can preset the types, colors,

and line width of the pinned

brushes. Tap any pinned brush

to expand more settings of the

brushes.

Eraser

When using Mobile Eraser, Stroke Eraser, and Lasso

Eraser, you need to switch back to brush to continue

writing. When you choose to erase all notes, it

automatically switches back to brush.

Lasso

There are two types of lasso

tools: Smart Lasso and Free

Lasso. You can use the lasso

tool to select certain content,

and then manage, such as add tags, change colors, copy,

cut, delete, zoom, move...

Smart Lasso

It will automatically extend the selection area based on the

strokes of the selected content.

Free Lasso

Only select the actual selected

area
Tags

You can use the Lasso tool to

select any notes and add tags ,

which can add identifiers to the

selected notes for search

recognition.

Each selected content can be

added up to 5 tags. Images,

shapes, recordings, and other

attachments do not support adding tags.

Search tags

The search list shows all tags by

default. You can view certain

tags by filtering.
Tag Management

The tag is a global feature and all notepads share the same

tags. Go to Options/ Tag Management to check all tags.

When you delete a tag, the corresponding notes will not be

deleted.

Insert text

In inserted text mode, you can

use keyboard to type. The text

box can be moved around. You

can change the font size and line

spacing, embolden fonts,

underline, italicize, and delete

text.
Insert attachment

You can insert recordings, images, attachments, links to

another page within notepad, and links to external

websites.

Insert Recorder

During recording or playing a

recording, you can add marks .

Recording marks

You can add marks to

recordings while you are

recording. Tap each mark and

jump to the corresponding

location.
Insert pictures

You can insert local picture, move, zoom and copy the

inserted images. Use lasso tool to select an inserted

picture and edit it again.

Insert attachments

Insert an attachment up to 20MB. The inserted

attachments can be synced to Cloud along with the

notepads.

Insert a link to a page

Under Insert icon, you can add

links to Notepads, Files, and

Websites.

When adding a link to a page,

you need to select a notepad or

a file first. Only PDF document

supports Link to a Page.

When the link style is set to "Icon

only", users need to tap twice to

access the linked page - the

first tap is to display the link's

title, and the second tap is to

direct to the linked page. This design is intended to prevent

accidental tap to access the linked page.

When the link style is set to "Icon + Title", users can simply

tap on the rightmost "navigate" icon to access the linked

page.

Users can long press the link

icon or title to drag and adjust its

position on the page. Note that

once a link has been added, it

cannot be modified. To make

changes, you need to delete the old link and add a new one.
Insert a link to website

You can insert a link to an

external website. Tap the link to

open corresponding website.

Fill Colors

Color Fill is a new function

added to the Toolbar. It can fill

colors in an enclosed area.

Smart Scribe

It can intelligently convert some

handwritten content into

standard graphics, lasso

selection, erasure, or text.

Shape Perfection

Pause for 1 second on the

screen after completing the

shape drawing, then lift the

stylus after the shape is perfected.

Lasso Recognition

Draw a circle around any

handwritten content without

pausing. The circle will be

converted into a lasso selection. It is not applicable to a

blank area.
Strikethrough Erase

Quickly draw vertical lines over

any handwritten content, the

content will be erased after you

lift the stylus. It is not applicable to a blank area.

Text Recognition

Convert handwritten notes into

text. English and Chinese are

available by default. Other

languages require language

package download.

The converted text can be

directly inserted into the current

page.

You can choose either original layout or reflow layout to

convert all handwritten notes on the current page.

AI converted content is synced based on the original

handwritten content. If handwritten content is changed, the

content will be re-converted when you start another

conversion.

Guesture

To avoid interference with

handwriting caused by

accidental triggering of

edge gestures when your

palm moves along the

edge of the screen during

writing, you can disable certain gesture functions in the

Toolbar-Control.

For models with physical buttons, the button function can

also be disabled. Please refer to the specification of the

product.
Share and Export

Inside a notepad, you can select

specific pages to share or

export.

On Notes homepage, you can

share the entire notepad by

long-pressing its cover. Here

you cannot select specific

pages to share or export.

The .note format, which contains the original data of a

notepad, can be exported and sent to other BOOX devices.

You can continue using and editing the notes after a .note

file is imported to another BOOX device.

Import .note notes file

In the Storage, you can tap on

a .note file to import it as a new

notepad, which can be further

edited.

When importing, you can choose whether to keep the

original directory of the notepad. It is recommended to

choose "Automatically repair" to ensure that the imported

data is displayed correctly.

Text Notes

Text Notes supports text input

and allows you to adjust

formatting, insert recordings,

attachments, and perform other

operations, but it does not

support direct handwriting input

using a stylus.

When creating a text notepad, you can choose a template.

Within the notepad, you cannot select or modify the

template. If you need to adjust the template, it is

recommended to clear the formatting using the "Clear

Format" option in More menu, and then manually set the

desired style.

A single text notepad supports up to 5000 English words.

Smart Scrible

It can intelligently convert marks

into highlights, erasure, or line

breaks.

Mark Recognition

Drawing underlines or circles

over text will be directly

converted into highlights.

Strikethrough Erase

Quickly draw vertical lines over

any handwritten content, the

content will be erased after you

lift the stylus. It is not applicable to a blank area.

Line Breaks

Draw a vertical line (divider) at where you want a line break.

The text behind the divider will be moved to the next line.

Draw a vertical line (divider) at the beginning or end of a line

in multiple-line text. Two lines will be merged into one.

Recorder

Each notepad can insert one

recording, which is fixed at the

top of the notepad.

After finishing a recording, you

can continue recording if needed.

9. Storage

Recent Files

Here includes Shortcuts and

recent files. The recent files are

sorted by time in descending

order by default and grouped by

date automatically.

Storage

Here includes the storage path

and document categories. All

files are sorted automatically

into different categories by type,

but the files’ original storage

location does not change.

OTG External Flash Drives

This device supports Type-C

OTG flash drives. After a flash

drive is inserted, the flash drive

will be automatically recognized and loaded as a storage.

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 icon for “insufficient storage”.

10.Apps

10.1 NaviBall

Tap the NaviBall to expand or

contract it. Its default display

style is fan-shaped. You can

change to other styles

(Horizontal Style and Vertical

Style) from the settings. You can

also set its opacity by

percentage. You can pin any

buttons which will always show on the top.

You can customize each

button's function. The available

functions include some system

functions, switching apps, and

app optimization.
10.2 Dict

When you open Dict App for the first time and there is no

dictionary installed, there will be a notice to lead you to local

downloads, which require a Wi-Fi connection. Word

pronunciation requires dictionaries with voice files and TTS

is currently not supported.

Search Online
Pronunciation
Add to vocabulary Settings

Switch Dictionary
You can import your own dictionary files and save them to

the designated storage path: sdcard\dicts\XXX;

Each dictionary has a corresponding folder. For example,

dicts\Advanced Chinese Dictionary

In dictionary Settings/Preferred Dictionary Setting, you can

check all available dictionaries. Up to 20 dictionaries are

supported.

When there are dictionaries installed, you can search

words in the search box. The lookup results are subject to

the words included in the dictionary. If you cannot find a

word, please change to another dictionary.

You can add found words to Vocabulary Builder to manage

in bulk.
10.3 BOOXDrop

Connect your BOOX with a PC or a mobile phone. You can

send files to your BOOX from PC or BOOX Assistant app, or

saves files of your BOOX to your PC or mobile phone.

How to:

1. Open BooxDrop from Apps page or Control Center.

2. Open a browser on your PC

2.1 No login required: Make sure your BOOX and

PC in the same network. Enter the IP address

shown on BooxDrop interface to your PC

browser to connect.
BooxDrop does not disconnect automatically. If you

want to disconnect it, please disconnect it manually

or on BooxDrop interface.

Disconnect

2.2 Log in to Onyx Account: open push.boox.com.

You can see the connected devices and click

any device to open.

3. 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.

4. When the connection is successful, you can load all

folders and files from your BOOX.

5. Send files to BOOX: You can select files on your PC

and send to BOOX. All sent files are grouped into

corresponding folders based on file formats.

Recent files: all files are sorted by time and same as

Storage/Recent Files

Library: Books/xxx.epub (including all supported

file formats)

Image: Pictures/xxx.png

Music: Music/xxxx.mp3

Audios: Movies/xxxx.mp4

Download: Download/xxx.xxx (Including

 non-books, pictures, mp3, mp4, etc.)

Storage: Send files to the selected storage.

6. 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 PC.

Push History

You can only see the Send and Receive history on your

BOOX.
10.4 PushRead

Aside from Onyx Push, you can use RSS and OPDS in

PushRead

Onyx Push

You can push webpages to your

BOOX via Push in

push.boox.com or BOOX

Assistant, and read on your

BOOX. If you use PushRead for

the first time, you need to log in

to the same Onyx account on

both push.boox.com or BOOX

Assistant and your BOOX.

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 subscription source

so that the 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 you can switch to Reading Mode, change font size,

and fully refresh the screen.

10.5 Calendar Memo

In Calendar Memo, it shows

Today’s Notes and Today’s

Read. Tap to open notes or

books. You can add memo to

each day and set the memo as

screensaver. Please refer to

Screensaver / Calendar

Screensaver for settings.

Currently, the calendar memos do not support sync to

cloud.

After logging in to Onyx account, you can email memos in

PDF to a designated email address.

11.System 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.

About Device

It contains model name, Android version, MAC address and

firmware version.

Click the model number for more information, including

Capacitive Touch Version, 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

Support keyboard input, handwriting input, and voice input.

You can activate it when using it for the first time. Chinese

system uses Chinese handwriting input by default. Other

languages use English handwriting input by default. Other

languages require downloading relevant language

package.

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.

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 choose system navigation method, either by

Gestures or by Navigation Bar. There are 3 bottom

gestures and 2 side gestures for Gesture method.

Support modification to other functions;

Side Gestures

The Up-and-down Swipe

Gestures are used to adjust

Brightness, Volume, etc. by

dragging the slider up and down.

The Left-and-right Swipe

Gestures are used to perform custom functions by swiping

inward from the sides.

This Gesture may overlap with turning pages by swiping left

and right. So, it is recommended to choose suitable

gestures based on actual needs to avoid affecting the main

gestures use.

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 20% power and sufficient capacity

before the 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.Thanks for your support

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:

[email protected]