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1. Alex eReader 05 10 Qrip You can also open the Notifications panel on the Homescreen by long pressing and then touching Notifications Closing the Notifications panel Touch amp hold the bottom bar of the Notifications panel then slide your finger up the screen or press i Reading your notifications When you see a notification in the status bar touch the and slide your finger down the screen to open the list of notifications displayed in the sliding window Ongoing notifications report activities that are still in prog ress such as application or content downloading or music playing Notifications report completed events such as a successfully completed download You can clear the notifications list by selecting Clear notifications at the top of the Notifications window To open a notification touch the item To close the notifica tions window slide your finger up the screen You can also open the notifications window by pressing and holding the Back button rr and selecting Notifications 3 Settings E 3 Settings The Settings screen on the LCD allows you to set a variety of control parameters for your Alex To select this screen touch the Settings icon jj on the Home screen The LCD then displays the following Turning Wi Fi on and off To use Wii for your data connection do the following 1 Touch the Settings icon then touch Wireless controls 2 Select the Wi Fi check box to
2. The Browser uses Unsync mode as the default mode of op erations until Sync mode is engaged In Unsync mode you can browse various Web pages just as you would on any other mobile browser All contents are shown exclusively on the LCD Unsync mode is generally used for quick browsing and navigation EE The menu for Unsync mode displays as the following if the Browser is not using the EPD syne mode In Sync mode Web page content is displayed on the EPD for easy and comfortable reading while the LCD helps you navigate the Web page If you swipe or slide to see more information on the LCD the EPD displays the new informa tion after movement on the LCD stops Entering Sync Mode To enter Sync mode from Unsync mode press the SYNC UNSYNC button Once Sync mode is entered the LCD displays a reduced view of the full Web page E Alex eReader Ds 10 The menu for Sync mode displays as the following petted The EPD is refreshed to show the content cr ics on the current Web armen tent cin page as in the left aes catene ranma e rhon Feli esl Navigating in Sync mode Ifyou are satisfied with the portion of content shown on the EPD you can use the PREVIOUS PAGE 4 or NEXT PAGE gt buttons to continue to move up or down the Web page along the same column To see a diffe
3. device complies with Part of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note The manufacturer is nat responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment Such modifica tions could vod the users authority to operate the equipment Caution The Equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment Y SPRING 10 spng Demon Feri wole or e par vhout armen peres s prehne The png Hes te Ne aenda loga Nx ng Dinar enema rg Deap abe at peony ot tner repent cor Portone ct e wet rd dy onl de a dao ch tanan O NIRS Aer dcr ye
4. To open the Calculator touch the Calculator icon 233 the Alex Home page The Calculator offers two panels basic and advanced Calculator panels You can switch back and forth between the basic and ad vanced calculator panels Basic Use the Basic panel to enter numbers and perform basic addition subtraction multiplica tion and division Advanced Use the Advanced panel to insert ad vanced operators or delimiters such as sine cosine tangent square root and parentheses To switch back and forth between calculator panels long press BACK button in and select Advanced or Basic As soon as you select an advanced operator the panel switches back 11 Caleuiotor EI to Basic where the operator appears When you touch a key on the screen the key flashes red to let you know the selection was made Make sure you see the red flash before entering your next number or complet ing the operation To delete numbers one at a time touch CLEAR HEE Alex eReader 05 10 12 Wi Fi Turing WiFi on When Wi Fi is off touch the Wi Fi off icon to tum it on The Wi Fi icon then changes to On f Tuming Wi Fi off When Wi Fi is on touch the Wi Fi on to turn ir off The Wi Fi icon then changes to Off j l Appendix Product Safety Warnings SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE INFORMATION Use responsibly Read all instructions and safety information before use to avoid injury BATTERY SAFETY Charge battery only
5. and fr the many Mil ss her the plier of The Man with the Hoe a powerful All of your annotations highlights and hyperlinks are dis played in the text Touch and hold the LCD screen to pop up the Toolbar EZ Alex eReader 05 10 LCD Screen displaying EPUB eBook content Book title Nor was sound Annotation Text Annotation the powerful old fellowss Phrase phrase good will You must Highlight phrase Hyperink phrase intention of remaining in office all his Annotations highlights and hyperlinks are shown in differ ent colors Touch and hold the LCD to pop up the Toolbar LCD Screen displaying PDF eBook content Touch and hold the LCD to pop up the Toolbar pam Silbay Accessing annotations and hyperlinks To access text annotation that you have added to the eBook touch the Text annotation icon where it appears in the eBook on the LCD or touch the annotated phrase self The LCD displays the following screen To access an audio annotation touch the Sound annotation or the annotated phrase itself Alex plays the audio annotation To access a hyperlink object touch the hyperlinked phrase The LCD displays the hyperlink object whether it is a Web page media another eBook in your Library or another part of the eBook you are currently reading The following shows a Web page hyperlink Alex eReader 051
6. LCD as in the follow ing illustration 1 Getting Started ER Shutting down Long press From the menu that opens select Power off O eReader options Screen lock Power off Alex cheaderD5 10 Using the touch screen LCD Select To select an item or button on the screen Touch the item directly with your fingertip You know that an item on the screen is selected when its color changes usually to yellow or orange Scroll To scroll up or down a list or page on the screen Slide your finger up or down on the screen With repeated short quick brushing gestures you can accelerate the scroll Touch the screen to stop the scrolling Touch When you want to 1 type using the onscreen keyboard 2 select items onscreen such as applications and settings icons or 3 press onscreen buttons simply touch them with your finger Touch amp hold To open the available options for an item for example to link to a webpage simply touch amp hold the item Swipe or slide To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger verti cally or horizontally across the screen Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping except that you 1 Getting Started RE need to swipe your finger in lighter quicker strokes Flicking is always vertical such as when flicking a message list Drag items In some contexts you can drag items on the screen with your fingertip To drag an item Touch and hold th
7. Started This section reviews all of the physical features of the Alex eReader and covers the basics of using the Alex eReader buttons On the front of your Alex eReader are the EPD Electronic Paper Display on top the LCD Liquid Crystal Display on the bottom and the navigational buttons All these features are described in more detail below EPD Electronic Paper Display The Alex eReader uses a revolutionary display technology called Electronic Paper Display EPD which uses electronic ink technology It works just as ink on paper does except that the ink can be electronically changed so that the single display can continuously show dynamic information An electronic paper display is reflective which means it uses surrounding light just the way a piece of paper does You can see the contents on the display from any angle And unlike with most displays you can read it clearly and com fortably even in bright sunlight without eye strain Also an electronic paper display does not need power to keep and show the same content power is needed only when the display is updated to show something new That is why electronic paper displays are known for their low power usage making them ideal for electronic readers The Alex eReader uses a state of the art 6 monochrome EPD with 16 gray levels The page flash you see when you turn a page is a unique characteristic of the technology and is completely normal 1 Getti
8. Touch and Extent technology you can navigate on the LCD touch screen and display reading content on the EPD For brevity in this section of the manual all electronic reading materi als including books newspapers magazines and online publications are referred to as eBooks Starting the Library To start the Library touch the Library icon on the Alex Home screen The first time you start the Library a screen containing information about the software version copy right and license appears as in the following Touch Skip to display the Library main screen Subay Defaut viewable al LED Scollto view this area Using the Library main screen options My Collections Use this option to access and organize your eBooks into subsets or collections ise this option to list the titles of all the eBooks in the Authors Use this option to list all the eBooks in the Library by author Latest Reads Use this option to list the eBooks you ve read most recently Recently Downloaded Use this option to list recently down loaded content Changing font size from the Library main screen To change the font size displayed on the EPD follow these steps Alex eReader DS 10 1 Touch the Font icon KE in the Menu bar at the top of the 2 Select the default font size for displaying your eBooks Choose from five font sizes Press BACK to retum to the Library screen BlNote T
9. a text annotation the details appear on the LCD and the EPD displays the page ofthe annotation When you select an audio annotation an audio graphic displays on the LCD the audio annotation plays and the EPD displays the page of the annotation stay E Searching for annotations To search for annotations follow these steps from the Annotation list on the LCD 1 Touch the Input text box at the top of the screen to pop up the keyboard 2 Type in the word or phrase and select Done Touch the Search icon Sin the Menu bar at the top of the LCD screen a LEE Hw 4 The annotation listing appears on the LCD screen as in the following EK 127 C Editing an annotation Find and display the annotation by using the Annotations list or the Search icon When the LCD displays the annota tion touch the screen anywhere outside the Menu bar at the top of the screen to pop up the keyboard Type in your changes and then touch Save Alex eReader DS 10 Deleting an annotation 1 Inthe Annotations list touch and hold the annotation This brings up the following dialog box 2 Select Delete Touch OK to confirm the deletion Deleting all annotations in an eBook To delete all the annotations follow these steps 1 From the Annotations list long press P 2 Touch Delete al E Touch OK to confirm the deletion Adding an annotation To add an annotation follow these steps 1 On the LC
10. in temperatures ranging from 32 F to 95 F 0 C to 35 CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type of battery recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to battery manufacturer s instructions WI FI SAFETY Turn WIFI off in areas where WIFI use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger such as in airplanes while flying CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Alex eReader is an electronic product and should be treated with care To reduce the risk of fire electronic shock or product damage Do notexpose this device to rain moisture or any type of liquid that corrodes electronic circuits I you device gets wet immediate tur the power off Allow the device to dry completely before using it again Clean the two displays with a soft cloth and be careful not to wipe the displays with anything abrasive When carrying your Alex in a bag keep itin the included cover to avoid scratches Don t expose your device to extreme heat or cold For example do not leave it in the nk of your carin sub zero or high heat conditions Do notattempt to open the device other than as instructed in this manual Do notdrop knock or shake the device Rough handling can break internal circuitry Do notuse harsh chemicals cleaning solvents or strong detergents to clean the device Use only the recommended accessories Hor eReader D5 1
11. itself or its listing in the Inbox From the email message long press P and select the action you want to take From the Inbox touch amp hold the email listing to open its con text menu Select the action you want to take Alex eReader 0510 Compose new To compose and send a new message from your Inbox 1 Long press F and select Compose Add recipients by typing a name or address in the To field Matching contacts will appear Select the recipient or contin ue typing the address Add as many recipients as you wish Ifyou want to send a carbon copy Cd ora blind carbon copy Bcc ofthe email other recipients long press gt and then touch Add Type a subject and the message 4 Select Send Save as draft or Discard Pressing the BACK Buon ey also save the existing message as dift unless you hast hat ypedanyting KE Ifyou want to adda picture attachment long press P touch At tach and then touch the picture you want to attach Touch to remove me atiachment Note White compasing themessage touch Save as ratto save tas a draft To view your draft email messages in the nbox long press and then touch View labels gt Drafts Delete message From the Inbox 1 Expand the Inbox to display the messages 2 Touch amp hold the message you want to delete 3 Select Delete 4 Your message is moved to the Tr
12. message appears as in the following faire 5 Library EHI 4 When the Alex confirms the successful addition touch OK The My Collections screen reappears The Add New Collection option moves to the bottom of the list after you add a new collection Modifying a collection To modify the title and icon of a collection you have cre ated follow these steps 1 Touch and hold the collection title A pop up dialog box ap pears Em Delete Eat 2 Select Edit Then touch the Input text box to bring up the keyboard KZ Alex eReader 25 10 3 Change the collection title and touch Next Then select a 4 Select Save 5 When Alex confirms the successful modification touch OK Deleting a Collection To delete a collection that you have created follow these steps 1 Touch and hold the title of the collection A dialog box ap pears 2 Select Delete 3 Select OK 4 When Alex confirms the deletion touch OK slay EHI Note The eBooks in the collection remain in the Alex Library after the col lectionis deleted Deleting a collection merely removes their asso cation with the deleted collection title Removing a book from a collection To remove an eBook from a collection follow these steps 1 Selectthe collection from the My Collections screen Then touch and hold the title of the book en Me tne Delete Open 2 Select the Remove from option Removing all books from a colle
13. press gt and then touch Win dows 2 On the Current windows screen touch the browser window you want to view To close a browser window touch the browser wir dow you want to close Copying text on a Web page Use this option to copy text from Web pages and then paste them into emails Alex eReader 25 10 1 Open the Web page containing the text you want to copy 2 When you see the text you want to copy long press and then touch More gt Select text Zoom outto display thefuli portion oftext you want to copy before You select the text 3 Position your finger at the start of the text you want to copy and then drag to the end of the text you want to copy Cop led text is highlighted in pink 4 Release your finger from the screen To paste text into an email touch amp hold the text box in an email and then touch Paste on the options menu Managing bookmarks Add a bookmark Bookmark the Web page you are currently viewing by do ing the following 1 Long press gt and select Bookmarks 2 From the Bookmarks screen select Add bookmark Confirm the URL and name then select OK u browser EH 1 Goto Web page you want to bookmark 2 Long press and select Bookmarks Long pres P and select ookmarklest viewed page The Bookmark dialog box opens 4 Confirm or edit the information then select OK Bookmark any page 1 Long press P and select Bookmarks 2 Select Add
14. the EPD display continues to display the current contents The Alex eReader also enters Screen Lock mode automati cally after the screen has timed out and another period of inactivity has occurred The screen lock timer can be set in Settings gt Security gt Screen lock timeout You can increase the security of your Alex eReader by set ting a screen unlock pattern Once you have set this pattern you ll need to draw the correct unlock pattem to unlock your screen Getting Started System updates When new system image is available the Alex eReader downloads it automatically in the background Alex prompts you to update the system after the system image is downloaded The system update does not affect your data While your reader is 1 be able to operate your device wil automatically restart ater te update The Alex eReader checks to see if a new system image is available for system update after the network connectiv ity is turned on for the first time After that Alex checks to see if there is a new system image every 24 hours while network connectivity is available If network connectivity is unavailable Alex checks for a new system image as soon as network connectivity is available again The system image downloads automatically When down loading is finished a dialog box pops up to notify you Select Update now to install the new system If you choose Update later the system notifies you again after 30 minutes If
15. the LCD timeout From the Alex eReader Home screen do the folowing 1 Touch Settings 2 select Sound amp display Scroll down to the Display setting section and select LCD dinr ming Selecta time from he men EEJ Alex eheadern 1o LCD timeout and LCD dim timeout are designed to reduce power Security consumption by the LCD but you can continue reading on the EPD and navigate through the reading material with the PREVIOUS PAGE buttons Wallpaper To customize the wallpaper on the Alex Home screen use this option See Home Screen in Section 2 of this user manual for instructions EPD home page To customize the EPD home page use this option screen saver To customize the EPD screen saver use this option Screen lock Screen lock timeout To adjust the delay of Screen Lock after the LCD screen turns off use this option Screen unlock pattern Require Pattern Select this check box to require drawing pattern to unlock the LCD screen You can set your Screen unlock pattern as follows 1 Touch Settings 2 Select Security then scroll down to the Screen unlock pattern section Select the Require pattern check box 4 Set or change your unlock pattern by selecting either Set unlock pattem or Change unlock pattern as applicable 5 Follow the prompts to define your pattern 3 Setings EJ Note side your finger along the screen to create the pattern do not select i
16. top of the list Using the LCD Screen in Unsync mode SYNC UNSYNC button on the Alex eReader allows you to synchronize or unsynchronize the EPD and LCD content When you use the Toolbar on the LCD to perform actions such as highlighting or bookmarking in your eBook this unsynchronizes the EPD and LCD screens Press CCS Dto resynchronize them When you select an eBook from one of the Alex Library HIMLorTXT format EPUB format screens the LCD touch screen in Unsync mode appears The cover of the book or a graphic of the file format title au thor and publishing date if available appear on the screen Depending on the file format of the eBook the number and type of icons in the Toolbar may differ FREEZE Page numbers are not available for HTML and TXT eBooks ress the progress bar to see this info box Progress bar ress the progress bar to see this info box ress the progress bar to see this info box Alex eReader 05 10 You can turn to the next page of the eBook by pressing the book cover or graphic or by pressing gt Using the Progress bar The Progress bar shows you how far into the book you have read You can also slide your finger along the Progress bar to move farther ahead or back in the book The pop up box tells you the page number and how far into the book as a percentage of the total pages you are now Using the Toolbar icons Touch t
17. tum on Wi Fi The Alex eReader then scans for available wireless networks eReader DS 10 Wi Fi settings screen Open the Wi Fi settings screen by selecting Wi Fi settings on the Wireless controls screen To view and scan for available networks long press P and then select Scan To connect to a network select it from the network list Pro Vide your username or password if required The next time your Alex eReader connects to a previously accessed secured wireless network you will not be prompted to enter the WEP key again unless you reset your Alex to ts factory default settings Wi networks are sel discoverable which means no addtional steps are required for your Alex to connect to a WiFi network may be necessary to provide a username and password for certain closed wireless networks Checking the wireless network status You can check the current wireless connection status in two ways from the Status bar or the Wi Fi settings screen 1 Status bar When your Alex is connected to a wireless network the Wi Fiicon appears in the Status bar indicating the approxi mate signal strength by the number of bands that light up If Network notification in Wi Fi settings is enabled this icon Bi appears in the Status bar whenever an available wireless networkis within range 2 Wi Fi networks On the Wireless controls screen touch Wi Fi settings then touch the wireless n
18. want the Browser to save cook ies Some Web sites might not work properly with cookies disabled Clear all the browser cookies Remember form data cookie data Select this check box if you want the Browser to remember text you have typed in forms so that you can select the same text later rather than retyping it Clear form date Clear all the saved form data Alex eReader 25 10 Security settings Remember passwords Select this check box to save usernames and passwords to various Web sites Clear passwords Select Clear passwords to clear all your saved passwords Show security warnings Select this check box if you want a warning to be displayed When you are going to an insecure Web site Advanced settings Enable Gears Select this to enable the Gears Browser plugin Google Gears extends the Browser with APIs to create a richer platform for Web applications Gears settings View permissions granted to Web sites to use Gears Reset to default Select this if you want to reset all Browser settings to factory default values except for your home page E 7 Email The Email application allows you to set up email accounts on Alex and access all your emails from the eReader To use email you must set up your email accounts Add an email account You can download messages from up to five POP3 or IMAP accounts Follow these steps 1 Touch the Emalion AS on the Alex Home screen a The Set up ne
19. your music further 5 When you have finished copying close the USB drive win and un mount or eject the drive as required by your computer operating system Or if you connected your Alex directly to the computer remove the USB cable from your Alex Playback At any level in your Library touch amp hold a listing a song artist album or playlist to open the context menu Select MEZ Alex eReader 25 10 Play to begin playing and go to the Playback screen You can also do the following using the Playback screen Shuffle songs Shuffle plays songs in random order Touch 2 to tum it on and off When the icon is gray shuffle is off Repeat mode Touch 2 to step through repeat modes Z _ Repestal songs Repeat curent song e Dortrepeat TUNI side to goto ary pointin a song Pause Touch to pause Pay Touch to resume pay Fastforward EA Touch aot Go to next song LA Touch once Music 0 Rewind Ed Gotobeginning Ki Touch once Gotoprevioussong kj Touch twice Volume E feuchtosetmusicvolume current playlist Touch once Party shuffle To start a party shuffle all the songs in your library are added to a playlist in random order long press the NEXT PAGE button gt and select Party shuffle To exit the party shuffle long press and select Party sh
20. 0 In Web page hyperlink displays you can move forward or backward by sliding your finger vertically on the LCD or you can move sideways by sliding your finger horizontally To exit a hyperlink display press BACK button to return to the last LCD screen you were using or long press ir to return to the Alex Home screen Reading eBooks on the Alex EPD screen The Alex EPD screen displays your eBooks for reading eBooks display differently depending on their file format as in the following illustrations EPD screen displaying HTML or TXT format Yt Me sais ee aper on Tbe Subject im Aton ledge and on Drawing wi Two Ways ot Pang Sont in eic fe casi seh the modern pot of ew there s ether red canoeing these essays ralionem wi be fond to have ame aig more or ess are upon ese i rue pan the te essay The Mudon at frre Ls aberat a pr are ghd touched upon n Arr atu e careers of Tapa and Drodcienes at an ant in sympati wie ble ot of e cues noi conquered n ise amba lout pui the great mer aiu w Th Shon o abstention fom ineomprehensibiiny of gestes Tal e work Sum node ja roble example Se fing oc funcion express Inelevatng ewes of ume and oun Thus last essay stand n same respec upon a DE EPD screen displaying EPUB format e e unless Solomor was on your side you nev
21. 0 Always create a backup of data you want to keep RECYCLING In some areas the disposal of certain electronic devices is regulated Make sure you dispose of or recycle the device and its batteries in accor dance with your local laws and regulations SMALL CHILDREN Your device and its accessories may contain small parts Keep them out of reach of small children FCC Notice This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide resonable protection against harmful interfer fence in a residential installation This device generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and fnotinstlled and used in accor dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio However there guarantee that interference will not occur ina par ticular installation If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuming the device on the user is encouraged to to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the device and receiver Connect the device into an outlet ona circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Conditions of Use
22. 10 Delete picture 1 Inf llscreen view long press F and select Delete 2 The picture or video will be removed from the MicroSD card after you confirm View picture or video details 1 Infullecreen view long press P and select More gt Details 2 The Picture Video details window opens You can see the title resolution and file size Play slideshow Slideshows include all the pictures in your albums Before you play a slideshow you may want to adjust the slideshow settings described in the Slideshow section under Picture settings 1 Infulkscreen view long press b and select Slideshow 2 Your slideshow begins While itis playing the status bar is dimmed Tostop the slideshow do one of the following Press BACK 5 Takes you to thumbnail view Touch the screen Shows picture in full screen view 4 To begin the slideshow again long press and select Slide show The slideshow will resume where you left off Picture settings To view picture settings you must be viewing one of your albums Then long press and select Settings Picture view Display size You can select either Large or Small picture display sizes Sort Order You can sort pictures to show the newest pic tures first or newest pictures last Confirm deletions Select this check box f you want a confirmation dialog box to appear after you select to delete picture from the Gallery and the MircoSD card Slidesh
23. D toolbar touch the Edit icon The content of the eBook page on the EPD screen appears on the LCD She laughed aloud As she had intended Gerald was btartled by the sound then he re Next select the word or phrase to which your annotation is to be applied To select a word touch it To select a phrase touch the first word of the phrase then the last ward The word or phrase is highlighted on the LCD as in the following TT 271 She laughed aloud As she had intended Gerald was startled by the sound then he recognized her and loo both sheepish and defiant came over his florid face He Todeselect touch and hold any part ofthe highlight The Alex eReader offers two types of annotation text and audio EJ Alex eReader 25 10 To type in a text annotation touch the Add text annotation icon on the Menu bar at the top of the LCD screen The Create new annotation screen appears new annotation Then touch anywhere on the LCD outside the menu bar to pop up the keyboard Type in your annotation comment or note and touch Save To record an audio annotation touch the Sound annotation icon Rl oo the Menu bar The following audio graphic display ap pears Touch the Record icon to start recording your annotation Touch the Stop icon i when you are finished recording Then touch the Save icon on the far right slay BA H
24. _ SPRING Alex eReader Model DS 10 User Manual Alex eReader 05 10 Table of Contents Button definitions Starting up and Shutting down Using the touch screen LCI EELS Customize Home screen wallpaper Notification and connection status icons Notifications panel 3 Settings Wireless controls Turning Network n Sound amp display Security Applications NEG Starting the Library Using My Collections Using the Authors list Using the Titles list Searching for eBooks in the Alex Library Using the LCD Screen in Unsync mode Using the LCD Screen in Sync mode Reading eBooks on the Alex EPD screen Using hyperlinks Selecting hyperlink type The Alex eReader Dictionary Changing the font size of an eBook Going to a page in EPUB and PDF formats Searching in HTML and TXT formats Using your eBooks table of content Unsync mode Sync mode General Browsing and Navigating of Web pages Opening pages in separate windows Managing bookmarks Links in Web pages Additional Menu options Browser settings Use your POP3 and IMAP email account Remove an email account u Edit account settings Alex eReader 05 10 7 Music Supported music formats Load music onto your MicroSD card Appendix Product Safety Warnings FCC Notice SsPRING Alex eReader DS 10 1 Getting
25. able of contents icon B on the Toolbar of the LCD To go to a chapter of a book or a section of a newspaper or magazine select the title of the chapter or section In the following example the LCD lists the sections of a newspaper Select the part of the eBook you would like to read and it appears on the EPD slay EH Specifying encoding for HTML and TXT formats To specify the encoding for eBooks in HTML or TXT format touch the Encoding icon ffl on the Toolbar of the LCD Select from the options in the following dialog box EZ Mex e eader 0510 6 Browser The Browser is a full featured web browser with dual screen functionality using Spring Design s patented Touch and Project concept When using the Browser the LCD is pri marily used for easy navigation through various Web pages and the EPD is used for reading the content of the Web pages Opening the Browser To open the Browser touch the Browser icon on the Alex Home screen The Browser always opens to the last Web page you were Viewing The first time you enter the Browser after powering your default home page will display You can change your default home page by long pressing the NEXT PAGE button gt and selecting More gt Settings gt Set home page Browser Usage Modes The browser operates in two different modes unsync LCD only and Sync Each of the modes is described in more detail in the following sections Unsync mode
26. ash Empty Trash Once you ve moved a message to the Trash a Trash folder will display below your Inbox To empty messages in the Trash you must delete each message individually 1 Expand the Trash folder to display the messages 2 Touch amp hold the message you want to delete Select Delete Note that the message is only deleted from your Alex not from the account server Mex eReader 0510 Remove an email account You can always remove a POP3 or IMAP email account from your Alex by doing the following 1 Goto your Inbox 2 Long press and select Accounts Your Accounts screen opens Touch amp hold the account you want to remove 4 Select Remove account 5 You will be asked to confirm before the account is removed Edit account settings To open your Account settings screen do the following 1 From your account Inbox long press gt and select Account settings 2 The Account settings screen appears You can do the follow ing from this screen Account name Select to change the name of your account as it appears on your Accounts screen Your name Select to change your name as it appears in outgo ing email Email check frequency Select this pop up menu to set how frequently your email account is checked for new messages Note that whenever you open a folder emails refreshed regardless of this setting Default account f you have more than one POP3 or IMAP email account set up on y
27. board again touch te text box or field on the screen Toedittext you have typed in touch the text bax at the place you would ike to position the cursor Note The keys on the keyboard differ depending on the text feld you select For example in the Browser when you in the URL field Some keys in the bottom row are replaced with altemates ample com to make it faster for you to type web addresses Antena Tex Adjusting keyboard settings Set virtual keyboard options such as vibrate and or emit a sound when you touch a key auto capitalization auto complete and more To set virtual keyboard options 1 Touch Settings gt Text gt Android keyboard 2 Set the options you want to use for the virtual keyboard Ifyou select the Quick fixes Show suggestions and Auto complete options the eReader offers you smart word suggestions as you type so you can enter text more quickly and accurately on the virtual keyboard Entering numbers and symbols Switch to the numeric and symbol virtual keyboard to enter numbers and common symbols such as parentheses braces currency signs punctuation marks special charac ters and more Touch to show more symbols Touch to switch backto the alphabet keyboard Alex eReader DS 10 Use the Alex Library to read electronic books newspapers magazines and online publications The Library supports HTML TXT PDF and EPUB formats Using
28. bookmark Type a name and location URL in the dialog box 4 Select OK Bookmark a highlighted link on a Web page 3 Touch amp hold the highlighted link to open the context menu 2 Select Bookmark link You can save as many bookmarks as you like in the Browser View bookmarked pages 1 Long press and select Bookmarks The Bookmarks screen opens Al the previously saved bookmarks appear as a list 2 Touch amp hold the bookmark you want to open The context menu opens 3 Select View page or Open in new window Edit bookmark 1 Long press gt and select Bookmarks 2 Touch amp hold the bookmark you want to edit The context menu opens Select Edit bookmark The edit bookmark dialog box opens 4 Type your change and select OK Alex eReader 25 10 Delete a bookmark 1 Long press P and select Bookmarks 2 Touch amp hold the bookmark you want to delete The context menu opens Select Delete bookmark You will be asked to confirm that youvant to delete the bookmark Links in Web pages To go to a link select the link by touching it on the LCD Links are outlined in yellow when highlighted Touch a link to load the URL Additional options are available for each link Touch amp hold a link to open the context menu The options include the following Open Open the link to load the URL in the current LCD win dow This has the same effect as simply touching the link Open in new window This open
29. ce Music only plays audio files saved on the SD card you must copy your audio files to the SD card before you open Music Supported music formats The Music application will play the following music file formats MP3 MAA TTunes application AAC DRM free AMR wma e MDI WAV 066 Vorbis Mic E Load music onto your MicroSD card All the music on your Alexis stored on a MicroSD card Follow the instructions below to add music to the MicroSD card Read more about inserting or removing a MicroSD card in MicroSD card slot 1 Mount your microSD card to your computer by doing one of the following Remove the SD card and insert tinto card reader attached to your computer or Attach your Alex to your computer using the USB cable that came in the original box if you use this method make sure the Home gt Settings gt MicroSD card amp eReader storage gt Use for USB storage check boxis selected Itis checked by default 2 On your computer find the mounted USB drive and open it Although your Alex will find the music files on your MircoSD card it s advisable to keep the number of files or folders at the root level to a minimum So if you wish create a folder at the top level called for example Music to store your files 4 Open this folder and copy music files into it See Supported music formats section above If you want create folders within Music to organize
30. ction To remove all eBooks from one of the three default collec tions the following 3 Touch and hold the title of the collection 2 Select Remove all Select OK To remove all eBooks from one of the collections you have created do the following 1 Touch and hold the title of the collection KE Alex eReader 25 10 2 Select Remove all Touch OK Using the Authors list To list the authors of the eBooks in your Alex Library select Authors from the Library screen The Authors screen lists each author and the number of different titles by that author in your Library It also lists periodical titles and the number of issues of each EI Sorting authors To sort your Alex Library by author touch the Sort icon in the Menu bar In the dialog box select either ascending or descending order Author Publishing Date To list the eBook titles in your Alex library select Titles from the Library screen The Titles screen lists each eBook its author and its publishing date if these were provided by the eBook publisher Its file format is depicted in a graphic Alex eReader DS 10 on the left of the listing its publishing source appears on the right The date you last accessed the eBook also appears on the right under the source Sorting by title To sort your Alex Library by title press the sort icon EE on the Titles screen The sort dialog box appears Select a sort o
31. e item you want to drag with your finger tip Without lifting your fingertip move it to the new location where you want the item to be placed Zoom in or out 819 To zoom in e g on a Web page ora full screen picture 1 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch 9 control to zoom in Each touch zooms in closer To zoom out 3 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch amp control to zoom out Each touch zooms out fur ther Power saving features _ The Alex eReader is optimized for reading especially for reading on an EPD which can hold display contents without power consumption Alex takes advantage of this feature and minimizes power consumption while you are reading The following power states are designed to minimize power usage on the LCD KE Alex eReader 05 10 LCD dimming Ifthe LCD on Alex is not used for a certain time the screen automatically dims Touch anywhere on the LCD or press the BACK button to turn the LCD back on LCD timeout After the LCD has dimmed if there is another period of inactivity the touch screen automatically turns off Press the POWER button to tum the touch screen LCD back on Screen Lock Screen Lock locks the control buttons and LCD screen from accidental touch activation Long press 5 A context menu will be popped up From the menu that opens select Screen lock Your Alex then goes into power saving mode The LCD turns off and
32. eated the bookmark EJ Alex eReader 25 10 Deleting a bookmark To delete a bookmark follow these steps 3 Touch and hold a bookmark in the Bookmarks list The fol lowing dialog box appears 2 Select Delete Touch OK to confirm the deletion Deleting all bookmarks To delete all bookmarks in an eBook do the following 1 Long press the NEXT PAGE button 2 Touch Delete all Touch OK to confirm the deletion Adding a bookmark To add a bookmark to the beginning of an eBook page select the Add bookmark icon igin the Toolbar on the LCD Ifthe eBook is in PDF or EPUB format the following dialog box appears slay Il Hd bookmark Ifthe eBook is in HTML or TXT format the dialog box ap pears as follows Using annotations You can create add edit list search for and delete annota tions in an eBook on your Alex eReader Using the Annotations list Tolist all the annotations in the eBook currently displayed on the EPD select the Annotations list icon IE from the LCD Toolbar Both text and audio annotations appear as in the following illustration Text annotation Sound annotation Press the sort icon EE to sort annotations LT by annotations ty page umber HTML or TXT For eBooks in HTML or TXT format you can sort by date annotation or page number EPUB For eBooks in EPUB format you can sort by date or an notation When you select
33. eleting all highlights in an eBook To delete all the highlights in an eBook follow these steps 3 From the Highlights list long press P 2 Touch Delete all Touch OK to confirm the deletion Adding a highlight To add a highlight follow these steps 3 On the LCD toolbar touch the Edit icon the eBook page on the EPD screen appears on the LCD Touch any word to select it To select a phrase touch the first word of the phrase then the last word To deselect a word or phrase touch and hold any part of the content on the LCD Fleet messengers had been sent in all directions To Gloucester and Hereford stafford and even Oxford 2 Touch the Add highlight icon EZA in the Menu bar atthe top ofthe LCD The following dialog box appears Alex eReader DS 10 I Vemm Touch OK A confirmation message appears briefly Using hyperlinks To list the hyperlinks you have created in the played on the EPD select the Hyperlink icon Toolbar The LCD displays the following screen Linkto other books Linkto another part ofthis book Linkto Web Sorting hyperlinks To sort the Hyperlinks list press the Sort icon Ej When the Sort dialog box appears select the sort order HTML or TXT You sort hyperlinks in eBooks formatted in HTML or TXT by date or page number EPUB You can sort hyperlinks in eBooks formated in EPUB format by date or title Searching for h
34. er got anything done for you ne followed him and tried to Nor was son i0 gain the powerful old fellow s goodwill You must eee intention of remaining in office all his life He looked forward to retiring by and by and devoting his green ye E Nex eReader Ds 10 EPD screen displaying PDF format _ ete io en ME eu Be Yt Serpe ean Vos be vaa vat tudo Ware Weda Wace og Sapere pe trac d em pt Peerage compres pedas deman at ec set s de e nord Semester on pim cr M oe iti tr a Bo ct a ty Tach en fasten vette rn orem prom or Mia Wea ea oy ig Ww psy ay tog Pa tu hapa a Wren gat opt tm Sone ease Ra mr mete ep Using bookmarks You can list the bookmarks you have made in an eBook delete one or all of the bookmarks in a book and add bookmark toa book Using the Bookmarks list From the LCD Toolbar touch the Bookmark list icon i 5 Ubay The LCD lists all of the bookmarks in the eBook currently displayed on the EPD To go to a bookmarked page touch that bookmark in the list and the page appears on the EPD The Bookmarks list for eBooks in PDF or EPUB format dis plays the page number and the date you created the book mark asin the following The Bookmark list for eBooks in TXT or HTML format dis plays the first words on the page and the date you cr
35. etwork to which the Alex eReader is currently connected The Wi Fi network name status speed signal strength security information and IP address are then displayed Ifyou want to remove this wireless network seting on your Alex touch Forget on this window You vil need to enter the settings again fyou want to connect to thls wireless network Turning Network notification on or off Select the Network notification check box if you would like to be notified when there is an open network available Connecting to another Wi Fi network 1 On the Wireless controls screen touch Wi Fi settings Detect ed Wi Fi networks are then displayed in the Wi Fi networks section EJ Aex efeader D5 10 Toscan manually for available Wi Fi networks from the WEF set tings screen long pres P and then touch Scan 2 Touch another WEF network to connect to it Note ihe wireless network you want to connect to is notin heist of detected networks scroll down the sereen then touch Add network Enter the wireless network settings then touch Save Sound amp display Sound settings screen Media volume To adjust the volume of music videos and voice recordings on the Alex eReader select Media volume then slide your finger along the volume bar to set the volume Audible selection To have the Alex make a clicking sound when you select an item on the touch screen LCD touch this check box play settings Animat
36. ex has been in power saving reading mode To tum on Screen Lock mode which locks all the control but tons and LCD screen from accidental touch activation long press From the menu that opens select Screen lock Alex then goes to sleep and a message or screen Image appears on the EPD KI Alex eheaderD5 10 Press 5 wake up your Alex from Screen Lock mode and then press BACK button to unlock the screen f the unlock pattem has not been se Totum your Alex eReader completely off ong press 0 From the menu that opens select Power oft Powering offis not necessary Your Alex automaticaly tums on Screen Lock mode after five min tes Ifyou are not using it To wake up your Alex eReader fom Screen Lock mode press o to wake up the screen and pres to unlock the screen ifthe unlock pattern has not been set BACK button Press to go back to the previous LCD screen or to dismiss a dialog boor menu Long press e to etum to the Home screen from any applica tion SYNC UNSYNC button Press this button to synchronize or unsynchronize the con tents between the LCD and the EPD PREVIOUS PAGE button Press to go to the previous page in your reading material on the EPD This button is used for EPD control only and can work in power saving reading mode NEXT PAGE button Press 5 to goto the nest page in your reading material on the EPD This button can work in power saving read
37. he Toolbar icons to do the following Function Library Return to the Library main screen on the LCD Table of contents Display the eBooks table of contents on the EPD Bookmarks list List the bookmarks you have created inthis eBook hdd bookmark Create a bookmark in this eBook Annotations list List the annotations you have made to this eBook Highlights list List the portions of the contents you have highlighted Hyperlinks list List the hyperlinks you have created for this eBook reate annotations highlights and hyperlinks Dictionary Find the meaning ofa word in your eBook by using the Alex eReader dictionary Text size Change the text size of this eBook slay EH El ers B coleciona which apace id inis eBook Fl nine Sette encoding er eBooks ML rrr format Using the LCD Screen in Sync mode When you press CE to synchronize the EPD and the LCD the eBook text on the EPD also displays on the LCD You can scroll through the text on the LCD by sliding your finger up or down the screen ying HTML or TXT eBook content storie Testanotation sired Sound annotation aetan ir ihe Tara dr e oar a iaa ege t ner ede and Intellect hn site of his own eter In spi Dfthe testimony of many who knew him well in spire of vore an one piece ot uminating cites these two conceptions endure
38. hrase touch and hold any part of the content on the LCD Touch the Add hyperlink icon i displays the following tros create new perl Bs Re 4 The Alex eReader offers four hyperlink options linking to the Web to another part of the same eBook to another eBook in your Alex Library and to media selecting hyperlink type Linking to the Web ERES To select one of the Web pages already bookmarked on the Alex follow these steps 1 Touch the Internet bookmark icon ffl Then select one of the Web pages listed in the dialog box Alex automatically enters the URL in the Input text box tan Internet bookmark Google Books Hp books google temm Yahoo News htpJ newsmyahoo Google Nens Nipim google com 5 Ubay 2 Totype in a URL of your choice touch the Input text box next to the Web This brings up the keyboard Type in the URL and touch Done Wedel Save the Web hyperlink you have created by touching the Save Icon in the Menu bar Linking to another part of the same eBook The Alex eReader allows you to create hyperlinks to book marks you have created in this eBool 1 Select the icon for This book The LCD lists the first bookmark in the Bookmarks is eBook Alex eReader DS 10 First bookmarkin the Bookmarks list 2 Touch the drop down box on the right of the listing The complete list appears O Selecta bookmark Select the bo
39. ighlighting You can list all the highlights you have created in an eBook search for a highlight delete one or all highlights in an eBook and add a highlight Using the Highlights list To list all of the highlighted words or phrases in the eBook touch the Highlight icon E on the Toolbar The Highlights list appears on the LCD screen in the following To locate a highlighted word or phrase on the eBook page touch the listing The EPD screen displays the page with the highlighted text To sort the Highlights list touch the Sort icon EE When the Sort dialog box appears select the sort order HTML or TXT You can sort highlights in eBooks formatted in HTML or TXT by date or page number EPUB You can sort highlights in eBooks formated in EPUB format by date or title E Alex eReader 25 10 Searching for highlights To find highlights follow these steps 1 On the Highlights list touch the Input text box in the Menu bar to pop up the keyboard 2 Type in the highlighted word or phrase and touch Done Touch the Search icon Win the Menu bar in Nu The highlights listing appears on the LCD Deleting a highlight To delete a highlight follow these steps 3 Onthe Highlights list touch and hold the highlight to be deleted The following dialog box pops up open slay E 2 Select Delete The deletion confirmation dialog box appears Touch OK to confirm the deletion D
40. ing 1 On your computer open a simple text file for editing Misc 2 On separate lines tall the music fle names you wartin cluded in your play Bote The names you listin the fle should be the names that appear when you ew the contents of our SD card through your computers fle system not the names that appear the tof songs on your Alex Your Alex wil simpli the names and not include tack numbers or fe extensions suchas mp3 Your M3U playlist could look something like this AlisQuietmp 01 Amazing Gracempa 04 angel Foodmp3 Arts fe nen mp3 Save the text fle using m u as the fle name extension eg MySongsm3u 5 Follow the instructions in Load music onto your SD card to copy the fle to your MicroSD card or directly to your Alex If advisable to copy the playlist to a Playlist folder in your Musie folder although this not required Delete music All the music you play on your Alex is stored on the inserted MicroSD card From your Alex you can delete music stored on the card 3 From the Library screen select either the Artists Albums or Songs category 2 Goto the screen that shows the artist album or song that you want to delete Touch amp hold the item to open the context menu 4 Select Delete You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the item from your SD card Alex eReader DS 10 Gallery is an application that allows you to view pictures and videos on your Alex eReader L
41. ing made Long press P to display the Menu for the application you ate 1 Getting Started using on the touch screen LCD The Menu appears at the bot tom of the screen To hide the menu press Charge Indicator light An LED light on the Alex eReader indicates charging status esolidred Battery is charging green Battery is fully charged while USB chargin een cabieeconntctedl iid e No light USB charging cable not connected USB port Plug in the included USB cable to transfer content between your computer and your Alex eReader Your Alex will also accept a small trickle charge over the USB that may extend your battery life if your computer s USB port or powered USB hub provides power Headphone Jack Plug in headphones to listen to an audiobook or back ground music Attaching headphones turns off the speaker RESET button Press this button to reset your Alex eReader Alex will take few minutes to restart You should not normally need to use this button Speakers The speakers allow you to listen to audiobooks or back ground music Attaching headphones turns off the speaker KE Alex eReader 25 10 Starting Up f alex Long press S to tum on your Alex eReader Atstartup the LCD displays the Alex logo as shown on the right while the system is loading Home Screen After start up the Alex Home screen showson V the
42. ings icon 2 Touch Sound amp display Scroll down to the Display settings section and select Wall paper Navigate to find the picture you want to use and touch Set wallpaper Notification and connection status icons Along the top of the LCD screen is the status bar On the left side of the status bar are notification icons that represent various operational modes reminders or special messages On the right side of the status bar are connection and bat tery status icons Notification icons report the arrival of new email alarms set and ongoing settings You can open the Notifications panel to open email reminders or event notifications and see the wireless service provider name BO _ Newemail message _ WeFisenvice connected network available Battery indicators full halFfull ow very low critical low 2 Home Sareen EIN Ta _ Sengispiaying _ Dataissyncing E Memory is full LE _ Uploading downloading Content downloaded More undisplayed notifications Sgrinsyncenor Notifications panel Opening the Notifications panel When a new notification icon appears in the status bar touch amp hold the status bar then slide your finger down ward to open the Notifications panel Bags 2008 ETT Genet Ifyou have several notifications you can scroll down the screen to view more notifications
43. ion To have the Alex LCD show animated opening and closing windows touch this check box Brightness To adjust the brightness of the Alex eReader LCD screens slide your finger along the brightness bar to set the level Under bright light conditions or sunlight increase the level From the Alex eReader Home screen do the following 1 Touch Settings 2 Touch Sound amp display scroll down the screen then touch Brightness Drag the brightness slider to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the screen brightness 4 Touch OK LCD timeout To set the amount of time the LCD must be inactive before the LCD screen turns off use this setting LCD timeout length Includes LCD dimming time so make sure the duration you set ls longer than that of the LCD dim timeout setting You can select Never timeout f you wish but battery decreases when the LCD does not time out To set the LED timeout duration from the Alex eReader Home screen do the folowing 1 Touch Settings 2 select Sound amp display 2 Scroll down to the Display settings section and select LCD time Select an amount of ime or select Never timeout from the Atanytime to tum offthe screen before the LCD times out press the POWER button 0 LCD dim timeout To set the amount of time the LCD must be inactive before the LCD backlight is turned off use this set ting This duration must always be shorter than the setting for
44. key press Select this check box to have Alex produce an audible click when you touch a key on the keyboard Auto capitaliztion Select this check box to have Alex automati cally correct capitalization errors Word suggestion settings This option contains the following settings Quick fixes Select this check box to have Alex correct common typing errors Show suggestions Select this check box to have Alex display suggestions for the word being typed Auto complete Select this check box to have Alex insert a sug gested word into a text field when you touch the spacebar or any Punctuation key on the keyboard User dictionary This option allows you to add or delete words in your User dictionary About your Alex To view general eReader information use this option Status This screen lists a variety of information including Battery status Possible options full half full low very low Battery level Serial number WiFi address es that you re connected to Legal Information Select Legal information for copyright and licensing in formation as well as the Google Terms of Service for the Google applications on your Alex EZ Alex eReader 05 10 TEE Register Deresister sams i tun on wit Leni 2 In home screen touch Settings gt About your eReader 3 Touch Register 4 Enter your Spring ID and password and touch Sign in 5 If you don t have a Spring ID
45. n Gallery touch the Gallery icon y on the Alex Home Screen 2 Depending on how many pictures you ve stored they may take a few minutes to load If you ve stored your pictures in folders on your MicroSD card then the folders will display as separate albums The top left album always contains all the pictures in all the Select an album to view the pictures and videos The individual pictures and videos display in a grid in thumbnail format You can select to display smaller or larger thumbnails in Settings 5 To opena picture or video in full screen view touch the picture or video Once in full screen select the arrows to scroll through the pictures or videos within that album If the arrows disappear touch the picture or video again to reveal the arrows and zoom controls Hor eReader D5 10 Zoom and navigate When viewing a picture or video in full screen view you can 200m in and out and navigate around the picture when it doesn t fit within the screen Zoomin 1 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch amp to zoom in With each touch you zoom in closer Zoomout 1 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch to zoom out Each touch zooms out further Navigate in zoomed Slide your fingertip in any direction to shift your view Scroll through pictures in full screen view Touch the screen to reveal the left and right arrows touch an arrow to go to the previo
46. nd selecting More gt Settings gt Set home page Zoomin 1 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch amp to zoom in With each touch you zoom in closer Zoom out 3 Touch the screen to open the zoom in zoom out controls 2 Touch amp to zoom out With each touch you zoom out further Browser EE Sync Slide your finger in any direction to shift your page view gen erally in the opposite direction from the way you want to go To scroll to a particular location quickly on a reduced view of the Web page do the following 1 Touch the screen to display the zoom controls and the scale amp scroll icon jd atthe bottom right ofthe screen 2 Touch the A miniaturized version of the entire Web page will display on the LCD and the magnifying window will open Drag the window to the portion of the Web page you want view then release An expanded version of that portion of the Web page will be displayed on the LCD Opening pages in separate windows You can keep more than one Web page open by using multiple windows Alex allows you to open up to eight windows Open a new window 1 From a Web page long press the NEXT PAGE button p and select Windows The Current windows screen opens show ing the Web page you started from plus new window 2 Select New window Ne ceader 05 10 3 Your home page opens in a new window Toretum to one ofthe other window
47. ndividual dots Connect at least four dots Use visible pattern Select this check box to make the pattern visible as you draw it on the screen Clear the Use visible pattern check bax f you do not want the unlock pattern to display an the screen when you unlock it Change unlock pattern To change your unlock screen pattern use this option Passwords Visible passwords Select this check box to display your pass word as you type it EJ Mex e eader 05 10 Applications The Applications item holds all applications on your Alex All applications that you download and install from the web are also added to the Home screen Unknown sources Select this check box if you want the ability to download applications from the Web To ensure that your personal data on the Alex eReader remain secure itis recommended that you DO NOT select this check box Manage View all the applications stored on your Alex eReader and how much space they occupy If you ve downloaded an ap plication from the Web you can uninstall it from this screen ions Selecta specific application to Clear Data Use this option to clear your user data ff you have any associated with a particular application Clear Defaults Use this option to associate the application with any actions For example you may have chosen to use Music to open any Browser links to music files If you d like to use another application to open m
48. ng Started Front View Charging Indicator pte 0 Microphone Blectronic Paper Display Sanat Screens O Power Previous Page Donor Back Home m Liquid Crystal Display KI Alex eReader 25 10 Back View O Reset MicroSb Memory Card Slot 9 Speaker Label 1 Getting Started Touch Screen LCD The Alex eReader has a 3 5 full color touch screen LCD The touch screen LCD allows you to interact with the Alex eReader in natural and instinctive ways with the touch of your finger like many other mobile devices such as smart phones The LCD also allows you to enjoy colorful multimedia content something that is impossible to do on other electronic readers The Alex eReader brings together the comfort and efficiency of reading on the EPD with the responsiveness of navigating on the LCD This is the fundamental difference between Alex and other electronic readers Button Definitions BlNote The buttons on the Alex eReader are used in two ways pres and long press To press a button simply push the button and release it To long press a button press and hold then release t POWER button Long press press and hold POWER button for three sec fonds to tum on your Alex eReader a Press S to tum off the LCD and put your Alexin power sav ing reading mode Press S to tum on the LCD if our Al
49. o return tothe Library screen at any time within the Library press BACK button or touch the Library main screen icon the Toolbar To retum to the Home screen ong press BACK button a Note The Library remembers your last locaton When you select the Library icon on the Alex Home screen Alex displays the last page of the Book you were reading on the EPD and he last screen you were using onthe LCD Using My Collections To use the collections in the Library touch My Collections on the Library main screen My Collections allows you to ac cess and organize your eBooks in the collections predefined by the Alex Reader and to create and organize collections of your own Libra a The Alex Library contains three predefined collections in My Collections Books Newspapers and Magazines These collections cannot be deleted and their titles and icons can not be modified With the Add New Collection option you can create and de lete your own collections and modify their titles and icons Adding a New Collection To add a new collection follow these steps 1 Select Add New Collection to display the following screen Touch the Input text box to bring up the keyboard Alex eReader 25 10 2 Type in the title of the new collection and touch Next Then select an icon to represent the collection 3 Select Save Ifa collection with this title already exists a
50. oad pictures and videos onto your MicroSD card Follow the instructions below to add pictures and videos to your MicroSD card 1 Mount your microSD card to your computer by doing one of the following Remove the MicroSD card and insert it into a card reader attached to your computer or Attach your Alex to your computer using the USB cable that came in the original box f you use this method make sure the Home gt Settings gt MicroSD card amp eReader storage gt Use for USB storage check boxis selected is selected by default 2 On your computer find the mounted USB drive and open it Create a folder at the top level called for example Pictures Videos or another descriptive name and open it 4 Copy jpg or other image files or videos into this folder To organize pictures into albums that will display in the Gallery application create a folder and copy the content there for each album you want to display 5 When finished close the USB drive window and un mount or eject the drive as required by your computer s operating system You can also go to Home gt Settings gt MicroSD card amp eReader storage and clear the Use for USB storage check box if you connected your Alex directly to your comput er remove the USB cable from the Alex and the computer Galery TE View your pictures and videos To view the pictures and videos you ve stored on your MicroSD card go to the Gallery application 1 To ope
51. okmark you would like to link to Then touch the Save icon in the Menu bar slay El Linking to another eBook in the Alex Library 1 Touch the Other book icon LE The LCD screen displays the first book in the Titles list 2 Tosee the complete list of eBooks on your Alex eReader touch the drop down box to the right of the first title A dia log box listing all the titles appears Select the book you would like to link to Then touch the Save Icon in the Menu bar to save the hyperlink Alex eReader DS 10 ing to media 3 Select the Media icon 2 Touch the Files icon on the right The LCD displays a list of media files Select the media file to link to To save the link touch the Save icon in the Menu bar ER Silbay The Alex eReader Dictionary The Alex Dictionary allows you to lookup the meanings of words as you re reading your eBook Using the Dictionary To use the Alex Dictionary follow these steps 1 Select the Dictionary icon the Toolbar The LCD ais plays the text ofthe eBook page you are reading on the EPD Touch the word you would like to look up Alex highlights the word S learned the doctrine from his own observation And y human mass of corrupt not avoid seeing and feeling it y time So far as daily To deselect the word touch and hold any part of the content on the LCD When you have selected the word touch
52. ons and data will remain however you must sign in and go through the set up process to use any of the factory installed applications Aex tender 05 10 Date and time To set date time time zone and the format in which to view date and time information do the following 1 Touch Settings 2 Scroll down the screen then touch Date amp time Set date Click to set the date using the pop up window On the Change date window touch or to adjust the date month and year then touch Set when finished Set time zone Click to set or change the time zone by choosing the appropriate location Set the time zone then select the time zone in the list Scroll dawn the list to view more time zones Set time Click to set the time using the pop up window On the time window touch or to adjust the hour and minute then touch AM to change to PM or vice versa Touch Set when you are finished Use 24 hour format Check this box to use a 24 hour format Select date format Select from a variety of formats to show the date Text The Text option allows you to specify the language of the text displayed on the LCD as well as to specify Android keyboard settings and word suggestion correction settings Select locale Use this option to select the language you would like Alex to display on the LCD Text settings Android keyboard settings This option contains the follow ing settings 2 settings Sound on
53. our Alex and want to use this account by default when selecting Compose from the Accounts screen select this checkbox Email notifications If you want the New mail icon Bf to appear in the status bar when new message arrives check this box EH Incoming server settings Select Incoming settings if you need edit the username password server port or option to delete email from server Outgoing server settings Select Outgoing settings if you need to edit the SMTP server port security type option to require sign in orusername password Add another POP3 or IMAP account To add another account you can have up to five select Add another account To save your settings pres e Add more email accounts On the Your accounts screen long press and then touch Add account 8 Music Ne ceader 05 10 The Music application allows you to enjoy music on your Alex eReader To open your music Library touch the Music icon di on the Alex Home screen Your music is organized into four categories Artists Albums Songs and Playlists Select a category to view the lists within each Once in a category keep selecting until you find the music you want to play For example if you se lect the Artists category you will see a list of artists in alpha betical order If you select an artis the list opens to display that artist albums Select an album and the album s song list displays Sin
54. ow Slideshow interval Select how long each slide plays two three or four seconds Slideshow transition Select the transition you want to use between each slide during the slideshow Fade in amp out lide left right Slide up down and Random uses all transitions in random order Repeat slideshow Select this check box to repeat the slide show until you explicitly stop it Shuffle slides Select this check box to shuffle your pictures in the slideshow E Alex eReader 25 10 10 Bookstore Touch the Bookstore icon amp on the Alex Home screen Then touch Google Books Free Titles to open the Google Books main screen Searching for books Use the keyboard to type a search word for books or au thors in the input box and touch Search The titles of avail able books appear on the screen About this book Touch a title to display information about the book includ ing its cover if available title and author 10 Bookstore Download books Touch Download on the About this book screen ui The Download history screen appears showing the prog ress of the download The Download status also shows in the Status bar at the top left of the screen When the download is complete the message Download completed appears under the book title After downloading you can find the downloaded books in the Alex Library under Recently downloaded Alex eReader DS 10 11 Calculator
55. rder by date title or author m Oy ste ET Deleting a book To delete one eBook in the Titles list follow these steps 3 Touch and hold the ttle of the book 2 Touch Delete Touch OK to confirm the deletion Deleting all books To delete all the eBooks in the Titles list follow these steps 1 Long press the NEXT PAGE button gt 2 Touch Delete all S bory Touch OK to confirm the deletion Selecting collections You can place eBook in one or more Collections in the Alex Library To do this on the Library main screen touch Select collections On the Titles screen follow these steps 1 Touch and hold the title of the book Peers 2 Touch Select collections A dialog box listing all the current collections in the Alex Library appears Slide your finger up or down the list to scroll through it 4 Select the collections in which you would like to place this eBook 5 Select OK Nee eReader 05 10 Searching for eBooks in the Alex Library You can search for the title or author of an eBook using the Input text box at the top of these screens Library My Collections Titles and Authors Follow these steps 1 Touch the Input text box to pop up the keyboard 2 Type the eBook title or author s name or part of either one Then touch Done Touch the Search icon in the Menu bar Unitarian miscellany 4 Ifthe ebook isin your Library its title appears at the
56. rent portion of the Web page on the EPD swipe or slide up down left or right on the LCD As soon as you lift your finger the EPD displays the new content browser Exiting Sync Mode To exit Sync mode press SYNC UNSYNC button CE General Browsing and Navigating of Web pages Open the Browser to start surfing the web The Alex Browser is fully optimized with advanced functionalities that facili tate browsing Note You must have Wi Fi connection to access the Internet Opening the Browser Long press the BACK button then touch Browser The Browser automatically opens when you touch a web linkin an yo email or text message Note Long press P and select Save EPD to save the content on EPD into MicroSD cord After chat you can find itin Library and readit offline Go to a Web page 1 Long press and select Go 2 The Go to window opens Possible matches appear in the drop down menu Select a match or touch the URL input box to bring up the keyboard Then type in the URL emnes comratbonzzztour o Press Go to go to the page E Alex eReader Ds 10 Refresh a Web page Long press the NEXT PAGE button select Refresh to refresh the contents of the current page Back Press the BACK button to see the previous web page Forward Long press gt and select Forward to move forward to a previously loaded Web page Home Page You can change your default home page by long pressing p a
57. s a new window on the LCD to load the URL specified by the link See Opening pages in separate windows for more details on switching between windows on the LCD jookmark link This saves the link as a bookmark See Managing bookmarks for more details on other ways of add ing bookmarks to Web pages Copy Save the URL address temporarily on the clipboard The address can be pasted at a later time browser E Additional Menu options Downloads Before you download any files or applications using the Browser you must explicitly allow downloading in Settings 1 Long press e and select Settings 2 Select Applications On the Application settings screen select the Unknown sources check box and select OK in the pop up window All items downloaded from the Web are stored on your MicroSD card so be sure you have a card installed in your Alex before you download from the Browser The Browser allows you to download only items that are supported by an application installed on the eReader Warning Applications downloaded from the Web can be from unknown sources To protect your Alex and personal data download only ap plications from sources you trust View your downloads To see which files or applications you have downloaded Within the Browser long press P and select More gt Down loads 2 The Download history screen appears with the list of down loads If you have no downloads nothing will be shown on thi
58. s long press 7 and select Windows Select the window you want to view View the page in a window The Browser offers a host of features that let you view Web pages just as you do on a desktop computer To select a window to view it full screen you can use the context menu 1 Froma Web page long pres Fland select Windows The Current available windows sereen appears 2 Touch the window you want to view or 1 Touch amp hold the window you want to view From the con text menu that opens select View Close a window 1 From Web page long press 5 select Windows The curent available windows screen appears Touch Jin the lower ight comer ofthe window you want todos Or 1 Touch amp hold the window you want to close From the con text menu that opens select Close Bookmark the page displayed in a window 1 From a Web page long press p and select Windows The Current windows screen appears 2 Touch amp hold the window whose page you want to book mark The context menu opens browser EIN 3 Select Bookmark 4 Confirm the URL and name and then select OK View page info 1 Froma Web page long pres Fland elect Windows The Current windows screen 2 Touch amp hold the window whose page you want to view more information about The context menu opens Select Page info 4 When you re finished reading the information select OK Switching between browser windows 1 Ona browser window long
59. s screen View Page info To see the information about a Web page 1 From a Web page long press P and select More gt Page info E Alex eReader 25 10 2 Additional information about the Web page is displayed When you re finished reading the information select OK Browser settings To set Browser preferences within the Browser long press select More gt Settings Page content settings Set text size Select this to open the Text size menu The default setting is Normal but you can increase the size to Large or Huge or decrease to Small or Tiny Block pop up windows Select this check box if you want pop up windows to be blocked Load images Select this check box if you want images on Web pages to load For faster page loading clear this check box Auto fit pages Select to size pages to the screen automatically Enable JavaScript Select to enable JavaScript on pages Disabling JavaScript may cause some Web pages to not work properly Open in background Select if you want links to new pages to always open in new window in the background Set home page Your currently set default home page is shown on the Settings screen To change your home page select Set home page type the URL for your desired home page then select OK Privacy settings Delete all cached page content Clear history Clear the browser navigation history Accept cookies cache Select this check box if you
60. select Not member You can then apply for one 6 To deregister your Alex select Deregis ter Your Spring ID will change to Null Entering Toc Device name Use this option to edit your device name The default name is Alex Authorize Authorize your Alex with an Adobe ID by doing the following 1 Touch Settings gt About your eReader 2 Touch Adobe ID type in your Adobe ID and password and then touch activate Ifyou don t have an Adobe ID select Create new Then register at http www adobe com cfusion membership Version and build numbers The next lines contain additional information about your Alex Model number Firmware version number Kernel version number Build number Nex ehesder 05 10 4 Entering Text Text When you start a program or select a feld that requires text or numbers the virtual keyboard becomes available The keyboard is similar to a standard keyboard on your computer Touchto enter letters E Touch and hold to center accented letters whe applicable Touch to enter an uppercase letter Touch twice to tum on Caps Lock Touch to delete the previous character Touch to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard See Entering numbers and symbols section for details Touch and hold to access the keyboard settings or input methods can close the keyboard by pressing A To show the key
61. the Go icon in the Menu bar The definition appears Nex eheader 05 10 Press BACK button 7 to return to the eBook text Changing the font size of an eBook To change the font size of the eBook displayed on the EPD select the Font size icon J on the LCD Toolbar Select one of the five font sizes as shown on the following dialog box Then touch OK Oi oru ire om Going to a page in EPUB and PDF formats For eBooks in EPUB and PDF file formats you can go to a particular page by touching the Go to location icon the LCD Toolbar The Go to location dialog box appears Type in the page number and touch Go to S tibrary Searching in HTML and TXT formats For eBooks in HTML and TXT formats you can search for a particular word or phrase by using the Input text box in the Menu bar Follow these steps 3 Touch the Input text box to pop up the keyboard It appears asthe following 2 Type in the word or phrase you want to find Then touch Done In search result screen touch the Search icon E in the Menu bar ibrary Gone wie te wo p corso rewind Um Ca CF TS EE 4 All instances of the word or phrase are listed on the LCD screen Touch one of these and the EPD displays that page of the eBook E Alex eReader 25 10 fing rona boos red now anter the morni Using your eBook s table of contents When your eBook is displayed in the EPD select the T
62. uffle off Edit the playlist as you would any other playlist Ifa song is playing while you are using the Library you can Switch to the Play music screen quickly by selecting the lower song bar Playlists You can create as many playlists as you wish Note The Recently added playlist system playlist and cannot be deleted or renamed ME Alex eheaderD5 10 Create a playlist 3 From the Library select a category 2 From the list that appears navigate to the artist album or song that you want on a playlist Touch amp hold the artist album or song to open the context menu 4 Select Add to playlist 5 Inthe Add to playlist menu that opens select New to create a new playlist or one of the existing playlists 6 The songis are added Manage your playlists 1 Goto the Library screen and select Playlists 2 All your playlists appear You can do the following from this screen Play songs in iist Select the playlist Delete playlist 1 Touch amp hold the playlist to open the context menu 2 Select Delete Rename playlist 1 Touch amp hold the playlist to open the context menu 2 Select Rename Open the virtual keyboard if not already open and type the new 4 Select Save Load your own playlists You can create your own playlists then load them onto your MicroSD card for access through the Music Player The playlist formats supported are M3U WPL and PLS To create a M3U playlist do the follow
63. us or next picture Gallery options You can do the following while in the Gallery E Note inthe flowing instructions you can touch amp hold a picture or video to open the context menu to access al actions rather than open the Pkcureor ideo fullscreen View full screen saley EE Selecta picture or video to open it in full screen view Set as wallpaper 1 Infulkscreen view long press the NEXT PAGE button p and select More gt Set as wallpaper 2 From the menu that opens select Wallpaper Touch amp hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing ar rows then drag the edge in or out to size Touch amp drag the center of the cropper to move it within the picture When you re happy with the cropped area select Save or press the BACK button fl Crop picture 1 In fullscreen view long press b and select Crop 2 Touch amp hold an edge of the cropper to reveal the sizing ar rows then drag the edge in or out to size Touch amp drag the center of the cropper to move it within the picture or video When you are happy with the cropped area select Save Select Discard to cancel the crop The cropped picture or video is saved to the Gallery as a copy The original remains unchanged Rotate picture 1 In full screen view long press 2 Select either Rotate left counter clockwise or Rotate right clockwise Your picture or video rotates and is saved automatically Ne ceader 05
64. usic links simply select the Clear defaults button The next time you try to perform that action youl be shown a dialog box so that you can select application To make it the default select the Use by default for this action check box on this dialog box before you select the application Uninstall f you ve downloaded an application from the Web you can uninstall it from this screen by selecting Uninstall MicroSD card amp eReader storage This option allows you to view and manage the data stor age on your Alex eReader Alex has a total of 2GB internal flash memory MicroSD card Monitor and manage the use of your MicroSD card by using the following Total space This line reports the total storage of the MicroSD card Available space This line reports how much MicroSD storage is free Unmount MicroSD card Unmount your memory card from your Alex for safe removal Note that when your Alex eReader is connected to your computer via USB you cannot use Alex to read books view pictures or play media stored on the card Format MicroSD card Erase all data on the MicroSD card Internal eReader storage This line reports internal memory status Available space Reports how much internal storage is free Factory data reset Select this to reset your Alex to factory settings This will erase all the additional application and data that you have installed yourself All factory installed applica ti
65. w account appear 4 Ifyou want select the Send email from this account by MEZ Alex eReader 25 10 default check box This setting only applies if you have more than one POP3 or IMAP account set up 5 Select Next ifyouusea common email provider the application wil set everything up for youl Before you go to your Inbox you can name the account f you your email address wil be used You are also asked to type your name as you want tto display outgo ing messages You must complete this held before you can select Next and go to your Inbox For less common email providers follow the prompts to type the server protocol and other account information yourself After your account settings have been verified select Next to go to your inbox 6 Toadd more accounts up to five from your Inbox or your Accounts screen long press and select Add account Use your POP3 and IMAP email account Once you ve set up an account you can do the following Refresh Inbox From the Inbox long press and then select Refresh to up date your Inbox with any email not previouslly downloaded Read ema You can display or collapse the messages in your Inbox by selecting Inbox Unread messages display with a colored band Each ac count you add will use a different color B Inbox serons MARIS Forward Reply and Reply all You can reply reply all and forward from the email mes sage
66. you skip it again the dialog box does not reappear EPD status The details of the EPD status bar are as follows Battery T oe Textsize 2 Home Screen 2 Home Screen Home screen overview The Home screen on the LCD is your starting point for using the applications on your Alex eReader Simply touch an icon to use the application it represents Wherever you are and whatever you re doing on the Alex LCD screen simply long press to return to the Home screen Customizing the Home screen wallpaper Wallpaper your Home screen with pictures you have stored in the Alex eReader internal memory or MicroSD card or select a picture from the Wallpaper gallery that comes preinstalled 1 Select Gallery to open your picture album Note that if this is the first time you have viewed the pictures stored in Alex s internal memory or MicroSD card it may take a few mo ments for the pictures to load Navigate to find the picture you want to use and select it The cropper appears Touch amp hold an edge of the cropper to Alex eReader DS 10 reveal the sizing arrows then drag the edge in or out to size the picture Touch and drag the center of the cropper to move it Within the picture When you re happy with the cropped area select Save 2 Alex then applies the wallpaper you ve selected To select a picture from the Wallpaper gallery that comes preinstalled do the following 1 Touch the Sett
67. yperlinks To find hyperlinks in the eBook displayed on the EPD begin from the Hyperlinks list 3 Touch the Input text box in the Menu bar to pop up the keyboard Type inthe highlighted word or phrase and touch Done Select the Search icon inthe Menu bar Alex eReader DS 10 4 The hyperlink listing appears on the LCD as in the following Deleting a hyperlink To delete a hyperlink follow these steps Inthe Hyperlinks list touch and hold the hyperlink to be deleted The following dialog box appears Open 2 Select Delete The Delete confirmation dialog box appears Select OK to confirm the deletion slay EE Deleting all hyperlinks in an eBook To delete all the hyperlinks in an eBook follow these steps 1 From the Hyperlinks list long press P 2 Touch Delete all Iu Touch OK to confirm the deletion Adding a hyperlink To add a hyperlink follow these steps 1 On the Hyperlinks list screen touch the Edit icon Bg The LCD displays the text of the page currently displayed on the EPD 2 Select a word or phrase to which the hyperlink is to be ap plied To selecta word touch it To select a phrase touch the first word of the phrase then the last word The word or phrase is highlighted as in the following olume and peruse its contents without presuming to investigate their meaning Th seem to hold in even greater veneration what is obscure and To deselect the word or p

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