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ONYX BOOX Darwin 6E Ink Carta Plus capacitive touch screenMOON Light+ screen lighting systemSNOW Field functionAndroid 4.4 operating systemand more...
ONYX BOOX Darwin 6
ONYX BOOX Darwin 6 is a device for reading electronic books with the E Ink Carta Plus screen of the latest generation, which has a higher definition and contrast, built-in MOON light+ system with color temperature control and the SNOW Field function. The reader has outstanding technical specifications: a high-performance 4-core processor, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory. A Wi-Fi module and a built-in browser allows the user to browse the Internet. The Android operating system thanks to its rich choice of programs allows you to open text files of almost any formats and to configure settings of the text for more comfortable reading.
What is E Ink Carta Plus
E Ink Carta Plus is the latest generation of screens made by "electronic paper" technology. Compared to the previous models, this screen has a higher definition and contrast. Pixel density of the screen is 300 dpi that is a record for this type of E Ink screens and corresponds to the high-quality paper printing. Reading on such screens is as comfortable as on regular paper pages.
What is SNOW Field?
SNOW Field is an operating mode of the screen, allowing to reduce the number of artifacts on the screen within partial refresh. If this function is on, full refresh of the screen is not needed.
Screen frontlight
The MOON Light+ technology enables one to use the device in the dark or under poor lighting conditions. When this function is in use, soft luminescence of the screen comfortable for reading in dark rooms is being generated. It also has a color temperature control.
Capacitive Multi-touch screen
E Ink Carta Plus display has a lighter base and higher contrast than other screens of this class. It allows one to read in bright sunlight and has a high rate of screen refresh. Absence of a shimmering light and the principle of image formation with E Ink method makes reading comfortable for eyes. Capacitive sensor, supporting a Multi-touch function, provides an easy control with fingers.
What is MOON Light+?
The latest researches have shown that blue light prevents the production of melatonin (daily rhythms regulator), which is necessary for a person to sleep. Therefore, after reading on a glowing screen of an ordinary tablet or smartphone, it is often difficult to fall asleep.
MOON Light + allows you to adjust the brightness of cold and warm LED lights independently, choosing at will white light for reading during the daytime, and more yellow for reading before sleeping.
High performance
A quad-core processor with 1,2 GHz clock rate and 1 GB of RAM ensures comfortable work with difficult documents. And 8 GB of nonvolatile memory and a microSD-slot supporting memory cards up to 32 GB allows the user to store a whole library.
Format support
The BOOX software allows the user to open files of various text and graphic formats. When reading you can change font style and size, disposition of pages, insert bookmarks, add your own fonts and zoom documents at your will.
Built-in dictionaries
ONYX BOOX Darwin 6 has pre-installed English-Russian and Russian-English dictionaries. Want to translate an unknown word? Just touch it!
Smart cover
The eReader comes with a smart cover which not only provides effective protection of the screen, but when closed turns automatically the device to sleep mode.
Reprogramming option
ONYX BOOX Darwin 6 allows the user to write personal software using the potentials of the Android 4.4 platform.
Continuous work
Low power consumption of E-Ink displays and battery capacity of 3000 mAh provides long-term autonomous work.
Language support
The BOOX allows the user to read documents in different world languages. Amongst them there are such languages as Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese and many others.
ONYX BOOX Darwin 6 is a device for reading electronic books with the E Ink Carta Plus screen of the latest generation, which has a higher definition and contrast, built-in MOON light+ system with color temperature control and the SNOW Field function. The reader has outstanding technical specifications: a high-performance 4-core processor, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory. A Wi-Fi module and a built-in browser allows the user to browse the Internet. The Android operating system thanks to its rich choice of programs allows you to open text files of almost any formats and to configure settings of the text for more comfortable reading.
| Display | 6", E Ink Carta Plus, 16 shades of grey, contrast ratio 14:1, 1072 × 1448 pixels, capacitive Multi-touch screen and the SNOW Field function |
| Front light | MOON Light+ |
| Processor | 4-core, 1,2 GHz |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Internal memory | 8 GB |
| Expansion slot | For micro SD/microSDHC cards |
| USB interface | USB 2.0 |
| Supported file formats | Text: TXT, HTML, RTF, FB2, FB2.zip, MOBI, CHM, PDB, DOC, DOCX, PRC, EPUB Graphic: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP Others: PDF, DjVu |
| Wireless interface | Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n |
| Battery | Li-on 3000 mAh |
| Operating system | Android 4.4 |
| Size | 170 × 117 × 8,7 mm |
| Color | Black |
| Weight | 182 gr |
| Kit | ONYX BOOX Darwin 6 eReader User's manual Smart cover USB cable European power adapter as a gift 220 V Warranty card |
| Warranty period | 1 year |
Note: Since a part of the Flash memory size is system software, the portion available to the user is less than the total size of the memory chip.
The device is designed primarily for reading electronic books, but has some additional features which are defined by the installed software. For example, the current firmware has functions such as calendar, dictionary, access to the Internet, and others.
The device is freely reprogrammable on request of the user who can install, delete and create programs.
The device has a battery that provides long, autonomous usage.
User's manual
System software update
Revisions
- Updated version of Alreader X Pro.
- Fixed a bug in the operation of the PUSH service and Wi-Fi Transfer.
- Removed battery percentage indicator from the system.
- Fixed interface translation.
- Fixed other known bugs.
Setup
- Download the update.upx firmware file to your desktop PC.
- Charge the device battery to at least 50%.
- Connect the e-book to your computer with a USB cable.
- Copy the update.upx file to the root directory of the device's internal memory, that is, simply to the ONYX disk, as it is defined in the system, next to other folders and files.
- Go to Settings > System Updates > Check for Updates in Memory.
- There will be a question about confirming the desire to update the system. Click "Update".
- The firmware will start. Lasts about 8 minutes.
- Wait for the user interface to load.
- After installing the firmware, you need to calibrate the battery. Before calibrating, you must reset the device to factory settings (Settings> Right arrow (top right of the screen)> Reset to factory settings). During the reset process, uncheck the "Clear internal memory" box, otherwise all files will be deleted. The procedure consists of four stages:
- Write down the books that you will read soon.
- Charge the book to the maximum without removing it from the charge until the orange LED turns off.
- After that, disconnect from charging and use the device in normal mode until the battery is completely discharged (the cable icon appears with a request to charge), regardless of the rate of battery discharge. In the process of discharging, the reader cannot be connected to a computer or charger. Also, before the process is complete, you cannot do a factory reset.
- Then recharge the book with continuous charge up to 100 percent.
Answers to questions
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