User Manual Illumina (E853BK)
Foreword Thank you for purchasing this ICARUS Illumina XL e-reader. The Illumina XL is a library in the palm of your hand and can hold thousands of e-books. It uses a high-resolution display technology called electronic paper, from the newest generation (E-Ink Pearl). It works using ink just like books and newspaper, but it displays the ink particles electronically. The electronic paper display is reflective, which means unlike most displays, you can read it clearly even in bright sunlight.
Notes Please kindly read carefully all the notes below. Ⅰ Safety Notes 1 The device is not waterproof. Please prevent the use in wet and dangerous environments. 2 Never place the device under bright sunlight in order not to shorten the battery life 3 Never squeeze the display panel or put heavy objects on it to protect the screen from getting broken 4 Do not clean the device with a chemical liquid.
In colder or warmer environments the display might malfunction. 8 Do not subject the device to extremely hot conditions, as this could lead to overheating and damage to the components. 9 Stop using the device if the battery is damaged, distorted, discolored, overheated or smells bad. Ⅱ Product Notes 1 If the reader cannot recognize the memory card inserted, please take this out and insert it again 2 While the memory card is reading data, please do not remove the memory card.
hardware are in constant development, it is possible that parts of this user manual do not correspond to the actual product. Always visit www.icarusreader.com for the latest product information.
General recommendations In order to get the best possible performance out of your e-reader we advise the following. Use of the front light The front light can be used to read in environments with little light. The front light adds a layer of light on top of the E-Ink screen. We recommend the following use: Bright environments i.e. outdoor In principle no light is needed; if use in sunlight you desire you could use the light to make the screen more ‘white’.
Getting ebooks The internet is a massive source of ebooks. However with ebooks (like with music) you will also find content that is illegal and infringing on copyright. We recommend only using book stores and sources of copyright-free material. Not only because of the copyright issue, but also because ebooks offered illegally often are poorly formatted or can otherwise lead to deteriorated performance of your hardware. Popular sources of copyright-free ebooks are Project Gutenberg and Manybooks.
period of time we recommend completely shutting down the device. Take care of your hardware As all electronic equipment, e-readers are sensitive. Especially the e-paper screen can be damaged when pressure is exerted (if the e-reader falls, if sharp or heavy objects touch the screen etcetera). Therefor we recommend using protective covers. These provide protection and also give your e-reader a stylish look of your choice. The best choice for the Illumina is the PerfectFit series by ICARUS.
Device outline, ports and buttons Button function 1 Power button Press and hold 3 seconds to turn on; press once to go to sleep mode; press once to wake-up the device; when turned on press and hold for 3 seconds to turn off device completely.
2 USB port Connect with PC to transfer files or use wall or car charger to charge device 3 3.
Desktop / main menu The Main Menu contains the following items: Recently Read items、 Recently Added items Menu items: Books、Images、Applications, Settings, Browser 11
Recently read: The Recently Read pane shows the last 3 books you have read. Swipe from right to left to access more recently read books. In total this pane contains 12 books (4x3). Press an e-book to open it and continue reading where you left of the last time you were reading this book. Recently added: In the middle of the desktop is the recently added pane, it shows the 4 books last added to the device. Swipe from right to left to access more books that were added.
Tip: If you press on the right bottom of the screen (the area where you see the battery indicator and time), you will see a pop-up showing information on network connections and battery status. Also you can adjust the brightness, turn Wi-Fi on/off, turn notifications on/off or go to the Settings menu.
Books In the main menu press to open the library with e-books. This view shows books that are stored in the Documents folder stored on local memory and memory card; The Books interface has two display modes: list details and shelf. Press 1. to switch the display mode. Book shelf mode 9：each page display 9 ebooks, 3*3. You can use the page turning buttons or touch the screen to select the ebooks. It will display the book cover if the ebook contains one.
3. List mode： this view has 6 rows in every page, you can flip to check all the available e-books, it will display the book cover if it is stored inside the ebook.
Menu function： Press the icon when reading to open the pop-up menu. You can use the Edit function, Search function, Jump to a page and Sort the books.
Edit function： Press “ ”to enter Edit mode, as below: You can perform basic file management actions: select all, copy, cut, delete. To select a specific book, check the box next to the book. To select all books, use the Select All icon in the top bar.
Search function： You can search for book titles in the current and all underlying folders. Press “ ” to open the search frame, as below: Enter the keyword in the dialog box and press OK to initiate the search. Search results will be displayed.
Jump to Page： You can jump to a specific page with e-books. Click“ ” to open the jump page dialog box： Enter the desired page numbers into the Dialog box, press OK to jump to the page.
Sort function： Press “ ”to open the sort menu You can sort e-books by time, format, author and size.
Note： The library displays book covers contained in FB2、PDF、EPUB、and MOBI file formats. Books in other file formats will be displayed in the default format.
Reading books The Illumina supports the following file formats ： TXT、EPUB、PDF、FB2、HTML/HTM、PDB、RTF、MOBI、DJVU/DJV、 CHM、RAR、DOC/DOCX、PPT/PPTX、XLS/XLSX、PRC、TCR When opening an ebook, the screen looks as follows: 23
The progress bar at the bottom of the screen displays the current page number and the total page number. The bar shows the progress within the book visually. You can turn pages by swiping across the screen (left to right to go back; right to left to go forward). Alternatively you can tap the screen on the right hand side to go forward or on the left hand side to go backwards.
Note on PDF files: PDF files can be displayed in its original format or in Reflow mode. When using the original format, if you zoom in the text will become larger than the screen. In order to read all text on a page you will need to scroll left to right and top to bottom. If you select Reflow mode the page will be automatically reformatted (like an ePub file). The text will fit the page no matter what font size you select. A special kind of PDF file is a scanned document which is saved as PDF.
Text functions: In the reading interface you can select words (by touching them with your finger) to perform certain operations： 26
Copy: Long-press words or a sentence in the reading interface to highlight these words or sentences. Press “ ” to copy the selected text. Comment: Long-press words or a sentence in the reading interface to select these. Press “ ”to open the annotations interface; write the annotation you need and click save, you will see an underlining when the annotation is saved. Some files do not support this function.
Note: you need to have dictionaries installed to use this function! Only dictionaries in StarDict format are supported. See the part of this manual on Dictionaries to learn more about using dictionaries.
Reading options menu: When reading a book, many options for changing the lay-out of the book and other options are available. To open the options menu, press the bottom of the page in the center. The pop-up menu looks as follows: Jump to Page ：press to jump to a specific page within the book. Input the desired page number and press OK to confirm.
Page settings： you can adjust font type, font size, line spacing, margin and more Note: You cannot change the font type when reading PDF、DJVU/DJV、DOC、PPT、XLS formats. Note: Depending on the file format, some options might not be available. Ebooks in ePub format have most options for customization. Search：press to open the search function; input the search string and press OK to start the search. Rotate screen：press to rotate the screen from portrait to landscape mode.
In the top of the screen, more options are available for bookmark management: To add a bookmark to the current page, press the bookmark item in the top of the page: Press “ ” to open the following screen, which shows the Table of Contents (TOC) if the ebook contains one, Bookmarks and Annotations.
Reading PDF files As mentioned before, PDF files are different from ePub, TXT and other files. They can be displayed in two modes. You can select the mode in the options menu while reading a book (Formatted vs. Reflow) 1) Reflow mode (=text only) In this mode, text is adjusted to automatically fit the page, no matter what font size is selected. 2) Formatted In this mode, the page is displayed as originally created and in such way that 1 page in the book is displayed on 1 e-reader screen.
Images In the Apps menu, press “ 1 ” to open the picture library. This app shows pictures and folders saved in local memory and on the memory card 2 Open the pop-up menu by pressing in the bottom of the screen. You can edit, search, sort or jump to a page with files. 3 This device supports following pictures formats: JPG、BMP、TIF、PNG、 GIF The images can be displayed in two views: 1.
2. list mode ：every page can display 6 rows , you can flip to browse pictures.
Menu function ： Click “ ”to open the pop-up menu. You have the following options: edit , search , jump to page and sort .
Edit function ： Click“ ”to enter the edit mode: You can copy, cut or delete an image.
Search function： Click“ ”to search based on file name: Enter the keyword in the Dialog box , press OK to intiate the search.
Jump to page function： Press “ ” and enter a page number to go to that specific page with image files.
Sort function： Press “ ” to open the sort function: You can sort images based on time , type , author and size.
MENU options while viewing an image: Detail：press this icon to check the picture’s properties Rotate Left 90: to rotate the picture 90 degrees counter clockwise Rotate Right 90: to rotate the picture 90 degrees clockwise 41
Slideshow：to show the pictures in slideshow mode (automatic transition) 42
Applications The Illumina has several pre-installed apps installed. These include a web browser, e-mail client and more. The operating system of this device is Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. This allows you to install apps yourself (out of the thousands of apps available for Android on the internet). Click “ ”to open the applications interface. All the installed applications will be displayed in this view. To open an application, short-press the corresponding icon.
show a pop-up with the word ‘manage’. Press that pop-up to go to the app management section. This can also be opened from within the Settings menu. Pre-installed applications: E-mail：you can set up your own email account to receive and send out emails Browser: browse the web Dictionary: dictionaries should be installed in the folder “/mnt/sdcard/Dict”.
File manager： you can check all the available files under this section and manage them How to install apps yourself? There are two ways to install apps: 1) Use the ICARUS / Goodereader App Store This app store is pre-installed in the apps section. It contains most popular apps and has a curated section of apps especially suited for E-Ink screens / e-readers 2) Sideload apps and install via APK files In order to install an app, please copy the *.APK file of that app in a folder of choice.
Settings Click“ ” to open the settings menu. In the next section all different settings are explained.
WiFi WiFi interface ： When WiFi is turned on , the e-reader will search for available networks and list them. Select the appropriate network and enter the password. The connection will be established. The next time the network is in reach, connection will be established automatically.
Display You can adjust the screen brightness , sleep time , standby time and fonts. 1. Brightness Adjust the brightness by pressing – and + or pressing and holding them. 2. Sleep You can adjust the standby time to 3 minutes , 5 minutes , minutes , our default setting is 3 minutes 3. Shutdown You can adjust the shutdown time to 1/3/6/12/24 hours or never.
4. Statusbar Let’s you choose if you want to show or hide the taskbar while reading. 5. Customize the desktop apps The desktop (home screen) of the Illumina has 4 main icons that by default open the Book library, the Apps menu, the Settings menu and the Web browser: It is possible to choose different destinations for these four icons. You could for instance have one icon open a preferred application (you could replace the Browser by Dropbox).
Accounts management In order to read content that is protected by Adobe DRM, you need to assign an Adobe ID to your e-reader. You can do this in one of two ways: 1) You can connect the e-reader to a computer that has Adobe Digital Editions installed. When you connect the device, you can authorize it with Adobe Digital Editions.
You can add, delete and manage your Adobe account here. For more information on Adobe DRM, Adobe ID and more we refer to Adobe’s website on this subject: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions.
Storage In this section you can check (occupied) space in the internal memory and memory card. You can also load (mount) a memory card in this area.
Date and time You can set up the date and time in this section. The time and date can be adjusted automatically by your WiFi network or set manually. You can also select time and date format and the time zone. To adjust a setting (time or date) press Set date or Set time respectively. In the pop-up that follows, use the + and – to adjust accordingly and press Set to confirm.
Browser In the main menu, press “ ” to open the webbrowser. The following screen will appear. Please make sure you connect to a WiFi network before opening the browser. If there is no network connection, the browser will open the network selection screen instead. The browser supports tabbed browsing.
browser window to another Press “ ” to open the webpage status bar ,you can refresh , forward, bookmark, save to bookmark , share website , search on the webpage , enter a URL , and manage offline settings .
Front light While reading a book press “ ” in the status bar to open the light settings. Press “-” and “+” to adjust brightness. Press and hold the - to reduce the brightness and press and hold the + to increase the brightness.
Troubleshooting / support In case of problems with your e-reader, please use the following sources of information and support: 1. Read this user manual for possible solutions 2. Check out our Frequently Asked Questions section of the website. In many cases another user might have experienced the same issue and has found a solution already. The FAQ database contains hundreds of topics. You find it under http://faq.icarusreader.com 3. Ask our support department a question.
Upgrading the firmware Both hardware and software continuously evolve. To incorporate new functionalities or to solve issues, firmware upgrades are regularly released. These are easy to install. Note: never install a firmware that is not directly found on our website www.icarusreader.com How to upgrade the firmware? 1. Go to the support section of the website 2. Select the product of your choice 3. Download the upgrade file for the Illumina. This will be a file with the name update.zip 4.
DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been put into making this user manual as complete as possible. However as both hardware and software evolve over time, there can be differences between the descriptions in this manual and the actual device. We refer you to www.icarusreader.com, this always contains the latest information. All trademarks are property of the respected owners.
