ICARUS eXceL User Manual ©2011 ICARUS Reader
www.icarusreader.com Table of Contents Preface ..................................................................... 4 Guidelines ............................................................... 4 Precautions............................................................. 6 Contents of the box............................................. 6 Outline...................................................................... 7 Controls ...................................................................
www.icarusreader.com Pictures .................................................................. 27 Pictures Menu .............................................. 28 Music....................................................................... 29 Play Interface .............................................. 29 Scribbling .............................................................. 30 Notes....................................................................... 31 Webbrowser ..................................
www.icarusreader.com Preface T hank you for purchasing the ICARUS eXceL e-reader, the most advanced 9.7” E-Ink Pearl e-reader on the market! The eXceL is powered by a 16-level grayscale e-ink screen that looks and feels like paper. Passive lighting and diffuse surface relax your eyes and reduce eye strain. With the hand-writing system, you can take notes while reading and sketch up ideas that happen to emerge.
www.icarusreader.com Always place the product on a stable surface. Violently shaking or dropping the product will cause damage to the product and its electronic components. Do not press on the screen or put heavy weights on it. Do not expose your product to magnetic fields. Please use only original ICARUSTM accessories, do not use third party components or third party accessories. Do not attempt to repair or take the product apart. This will void your warranty.
www.icarusreader.com Precautions Avoid applying excessive force to the display. The device uses a glass-based display is thus liable to break if mistreated. Never open the device as this will invalidate any warranty or manufacturer’s responsibility. Please contact your ICARUS retailer when you have any technical difficulties. Do NOT expose the device to excessive moisture, rain or heat sources caused by heating equipment.
www.icarusreader.com Outline Front View MENU BACK 5-way PREV Joystick NEXT __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Bottom and Side View USB Earphone Jack SD Card Slot Connector Volume Power On/Off Control button button Back View Speaker Reset __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
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www.icarusreader.com device crashes/freezes. Basic Operations Press and hold the Power Button to turn on the device. It will automatically enter the main menu on Home screen after the start-up screen. The main menu includes Library, Reading history, Dictionary, Pictures, Music, Scribbling, Notes, Web Browser, Applications and Settings. Press the PREV/NEXT PAGE Buttons to turn pages. Move the 5-way Navigation Joystick to navigate to the desired icon.
www.icarusreader.com Reading History The 4 most recent files will be displayed on the Reading History widget. Press the Navigation Joystick to select the file and press down the joystick to confirm. Date and Time This widget display current time. Press the Navigation Joystick to select this widget and to confirm, time and date will be showed on the screen as a screen saver. Press the BACK Button to exit.
www.icarusreader.com Reading Books Press the Navigation Joystick to select the desired book and to start reading. Press the PREV/NEXT PAGE Button to turn pages. Press the BACK Button to exit reading. Press the MENU Button to popup the menu and choose an item to enter the submenu detailed as follows. The content of the submenu will be different according to the file format. Font By Ratio Configure the font size by several font levels: 100% to 500%.
www.icarusreader.com Configure the font size and/or shape while viewing document. activated while viewing PDF/ePub, and 25% to 400% for CHM/HTML document. By Numbers Configure the font size by the actual number. This function is activated while viewing TXT/Mobi(non-drm)/DOC document. Style Press this icon to enter the submenu to adjust line spacing. Font Family Configures the font family for viewing a document. The existing font families of thedevice are shown on the menu.
www.icarusreader.com Standby To turn the device into standby, click this button. In standby, the device stops working and a screen saver (picture) appears. The device consumes very little power while in stand by. Pressing any key can wake up the device from standby status. Shutdown Shut down the device by clicking this button. Zooming Adjust the zoom of the current screen. The screen can be scaled by fixed value. The screen can also be scaled Hide Margin Auto hides the margin of files.
www.icarusreader.com Annotations mean a group of annotation operations, including annotating & sketching. Layout Select the layout of pages while viewing documents. screen. The annotated texts are highlighted. Erase Annotation To erase annotations on the current screen. The annotations are erased when you click on them or drag the stylus through them. All Annotations To display all of the annotations by list. The highlighted texts as well as the corresponding page numbers are displayed on the list view.
www.icarusreader.com Thumbnail View To view the books in 4 thumbnails view. Tools Tools represent a group of assistant functions for better reading. Search To search for a pattern in current document. The search results are highlighted. Table of Content To open the table of contents. Press the PREV/NEXT PAGE Buttons to turn pages if available. Press the Navigation Joystick to select the desired item and to confirm the option.
www.icarusreader.com while browsing document. Next View Select item Next View to go to next screen while browsing document. This button is activated only if you have chosen Previous View. Go To Page Press the virtual keypad to input the page number. Press to backspace. Press the Navigation Joystick to move to the OK icon to go to the selected page. Show/Hide Hyperlinks To display or not display hyperlinks of files(e.g. PDF, doc ) Clock To show you how much you have read.
www.icarusreader.com Internal Storage The device supports more than 18 types of file formats, including EPUB, PDF, FB2, MOBI, TXT, RTF, PDB, HTM, HTML, CHM, DJVU, DJV, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, and DOC/DOCX. It also supports compressed files in ZIP and RAR formats. Supports more formats in subsequent firmware upgrade. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Internal Storage Menu In the Internal Storage list, press the Menu Button to popup Internal Storage Menu. Move the Navigation Joystick to select the option and to confirm. Press the BACK Button to exit. View View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in main view. File File means the operations to a file. Details View Display the contents in details. The details includes name, last access time, read count and reading progress.
www.icarusreader.com Memory Card All the files on a SD memory card are displayed in the list. The device supports expansion storage of SD card up to 32GB. You do not need to store files in corresponding file folders; you can put them anywhere on the memory card. The device can recognize various kinds of files automatically. dicts fonts This folder is for dictionary format in StarDict storage. Please refer to the chapter on Dictionaries for more detailed instructions.
www.icarusreader.com handwriting manual notes_template snapshot tts The folder is for handwriting files storage to recognize what you write (including chinese.dat, Europe.dat, Japanese.dat). This folder contains the User Manual in PDFformat. Press the PREV/NEXT Page Buttons to turn pages. Press BACK to return to main menu. Press the MENU Button to enter Books Menu. The folder is for notes template files storage, you can add more PNG formats file to this folder.
www.icarusreader.com Reading history Select the Reading history icon; all of the recently read documents are displayed. The four most recent files will be shown on Recent Reading widget. Up Clear Press this Up icon to return to the home screen. Press this Clear All icon to clear all recent reading files. All __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Dictionary StarDict-compatible dictionaries can be installed on the eXceL. You can download many dictionaries on www.icarusreader.com in the Products section of the website. Dictionaries Select Dictionaries to show the dictionary list. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Similar Words Explanation Lookup Select Similar Words to show the similar words group. Select Explanation to show the translation content. Input letters by software keyboard and then select Lookup to show the translation. Installing Dictionaries Create a new folder named dicts in root directory of the memory card. Download the desired dictionary files in dicts folder. The dictionary will be installed automatically. NOTE: User can download these free dictionaries from: - http://xdxf.
www.icarusreader.com SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.ifo SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.idx SDROOT - dicts - dict_b - dict_b.dict.dz Finally, open a file and use the menu to enable the dictionary. Click on a word. Keep trying until it works. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Using the Dictionary Input the keyword in the text box. Press the Navigation Joystick upward/downward to select the desired word in the list. Press the Navigation Joystick rightward/leftward to move the cursor. Press the Dictionaries icon to select the desired dictionary. Press the Navigation Joystick to confirm the option and press the BACK Button to exit. NOTE: The Dictionary can be used alone, but it can also be enabled while reading books.
www.icarusreader.com Pictures Photos saved on SD card are automatically displayed in the list. The device supports picture formats such as TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, and PNG. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Pictures Menu While in the Pictures list, press the Menu Button to enter the Pictures Menu. Press the Navigation Joystick to select the option and to confirm. Press the BACK Button to exit. View View means the way of displaying and arranging contents in the main view. File File means the operations of a file. Details View Display the contents in details. The details includes name, last access time, read count and reading progress.
www.icarusreader.com Music Music files saved on a SD card or Internal Storage are displayed in the list. The device supports MP3 and WAV files formats. Play Interface Press the function button to play the desired track. On the Play Interface screen the following operations can be performed. 1. Press the volume button on the bottom of the device to adjust the volume level. 2. Press the 5-ways Navigation Joystick to select previous/next track and press OK button to confirm. 3.
www.icarusreader.com Music Mode, in which you can use the device for playing music. To exit the mode, select the Music icon on the home screen or press the MENU button popup shortcut to enter the music playback screen, and then select to quit the music player. Scribbling - Select the Scribble icon to enter the Create Scribble interface. - Select the Create Scribble icon to choose a template for scribble. - You can add your own templates to SD card in notes_template folder.
www.icarusreader.com Notes Create Notes - Highlight ‘Create Note’ and press the Navigation Joystick to create a new note. - Click on the keypad to input characters. - Press the BACK Button to pop up the notes dialog box. Highlight YES to save the new notes. Highlight NO to exit to the new notes interface without save. - Input characters to create a file name. Highlight OK to confirm.
www.icarusreader.com Webbrowser Before browsing a website you need to access a network through the Wi-Fi Configuration. Wi-Fi Configuration At the Wi-Fi configuration interface, follow the steps below to enable WiFi. • Make sure the Wi-Fi is turned on • The Hardware Address is displayed after the Wi-Fi switch is turned on. • The device will search for the available Wi-Fi automatically. The available Wi-Fi connection will be displayed in the list. • Select to add a new SSID.
www.icarusreader.com • Select a wireless network with the Navigation Joystick and press it to connect to Wi-Fi. • Enter the password if the network is encrypted. Connection will be established automatically. Web Browser Upon the successful Wi-Fi connection, select the icon and press the Navigation Joystick to enter Browser mode. It will automatically enter the preset homepage.
www.icarusreader.com Browser Menu Press the Menu Button to browse a web page detailed as follows: Tool Bar Tool bar provides four functions: going back to the previous website, going forward to the next website, refreshing the current website, or stop the loading of the current page. By selecting the clock icon, it can show the current time and reading time. Clock Virtual By selecting this virtual keyboard icon, you can input letters to the address bar.
www.icarusreader.com • Clear Cookies – Clear all cookies • Don’t Auto-load Image – Open this option and the browser will not load images. NOTE: Through the built-in web browser, you can access the specified websites. You can input text on a website by the stylus. A virtual keyboard appears after you click on a web form. The input text string is displayed on the form after you confirm the input is done.
www.icarusreader.com Applications In this Application, you can find the Calendar, Clock and Games and apps. More applications will be added later. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2011 ICARUS Reader. All rights reserved.
www.icarusreader.com Settings Press the Settings icon to enter the Settings mode directly. In the Settings mode, the following settings can be adjusted. Language Select the desired language. Date To adjust the value, press the Navigation Joystick to move the cursor. Press the Joystick to confirm. Default Font Move the Navigation Joystick to select the font and press down to confirm the option. Installing Fonts: Create a new folder named fonts in root directory of the memory card.
www.icarusreader.com Start Setting Customize your boot option; select opening recently read documents or opening the main interface when booting the device. Screen Update Set the refreshing rates, make full screen refreshing after reading certain amount of pages, for example, every 3/5/7/9 pages, or always. Power Management In Power Management you can set the time of standby and automatical shutdown for the device.
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www.icarusreader.com Technical Specifications Display Resolution Supported File Formats Adobe DRM Expansion Slots Battery Other Interfaces Dimensions Weight 9.7” 1200 x 825, 16 Grey scales Book:EPUB,PDF,FB2,MOBI,TXT,RTF,HTML,HTM, CHM,PDB,DJVU,DJV,DOC, DOCX,XLS, XLSX,PPT, PPTX,ZIP Music: MP3, WAV Picture: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF DRM for EPUB/PDF, built-in Adobe Reader Mobile SD card, up to 32GB Lithium Battery, 1600 mAh mini USB2.0/3.
www.icarusreader.com via www.icarusreader.com Software Updates You can update the software by follow steps: • Download the latest updates package from the ICARUS website: www.icarusreader.com • Save the updates package in a SD card. • Make sure the updates package is located at the root directory of the SD card. The name should end with ‘*.upd’. • Insert the SD card into device. • Restart device, press and hold the OK button. NOTE, the OK button should be pressed before the device restarts.
