Onda MP4 PLAYER VX979 User manual

Digital Music Player
MP4 PLAYER
USER’S MANUAL

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Contents
Precautions·························································································································································2
Characteristics····················································································································································4
About the Player ················································································································································5
Screen Description ·············································································································································7
Basic Operation··················································································································································8
System Menu ···················································································································································10
Listen to Music ················································································································································12
Voice REC ·······················································································································································15
Resources Manager··········································································································································16
Picture Browse·················································································································································17
FM Tuner ·························································································································································17
E-Book·····························································································································································19
Game Function·················································································································································20
SD Card ···························································································································································20
USB Disk·························································································································································21
Convert and Play Video File·····························································································································22
Upgrade Player Driver ·····································································································································24
Troubleshooting ···············································································································································26
Specifications···················································································································································27

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Precautions
This manual contains important safe measurements and correct operational information, so please read all the
information carefully before you use the device in order to avoid any unexpected accidents.
zDo not put the player in the condition of high temperature, humidity or dust.
zDo not put the player in high temperature place (over 40℃), especially not in the cars with window
closed in summer.
zDo not knock or hit the player, especially do not shake TFT screen in order to avoid TFT being
damaged or displayed abnormally.
zSelect suitable volume, turn down or stop use when you feel tingle in ears.
zBattery service lift may be various from different using conditions, manufacturer and manufacturing
time.
zDo not disconnect the player abruptly during the formatting or uploading and downloading, otherwise,
it will cause the program error.
zWe will not be responsible for any obligation for any memory loss caused by product damage, repair or
other reasons. Please operate correctly as per the manual.
zThe player, no matter is powered on or not, once connected with the USB port of started computer, can
be charged.
zDo not dismantle the player personally or use alcohol, thinner or benzene to clean the surface of the
player.
zDo not use the player in the electronics-prohibited area, such as in the plane.

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zDo not use the player when driving or walking in order to avoid traffic accidents.
zPlease charge in the following conditions:
A. Battery electricity icon displays no electricity.
B. Further power on the player when the system is powered off automatically, but it powers off soon.
C. No response with the pressing keys.
※Our Company reserves the right for the improvement of the product. It is subject to any change on the
specifications and designs without further notice!

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Characteristics
2.4-inch 260K full-color TFT display (320X240), (can select the 220X176)
Multi music formats as MP3, WMA and WAV, good timber and real audio frequency display
MPEG-4 video format play, full-screen play display, exterior-sound speaker play
High-definition JPEG picture browse function
Built-in hi-fi 8 Ohm speaker
Microphone record and line-in record
Energy-saving setting, brightness adjustable, customerized power off time
Good timber, support 3D EQ surrounding effect, customerized EQ
Support multi languages
USB2.0 ultra-high speed transmission as 5M/S
Listen to music while reading E-book, with bookmark function
Listen to music while playing games
Portable U-disk function, support Firmware Upgrade
A-B repeat
Mini-SD card adapter

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ScreenDescription
■Music Play
■REC Mode
There are two record mode: microphone and line-in record.

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Microphone Record
Line-in record

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ScreenDescription
■Video Play
■Picture Browse/E-Book/Resources Manager

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BasicOperation
Power On/Off
Power On:
Push the power switch to ON position, long press key for 3 seconds, the player will display the Boot
interface and enter the working mode before the Normal Power Off.
Power Off:
a. In Play state: short press to pause, further press for 3 seconds to power off.
b.In other modes: press for 3 seconds to power off.
c. The system will power off automatically if the battery is not enough.
Hold On/Off
In Video, Music or REC state, you can set the Hold as On to avoid the unexpected operation.
Hold On: long press "MENU+ " key to lock the player automatically.
Hold Off: long press "MENU+ " key to unlock the player automatically.
Power Reset
If your player is blocked during the using, you can push [ON/OFF] power switch to restart the player.
Connect to Computer and Data File Transmission
After starting the computer, you can connect the player to computer via USB cable to achieve the USB power
supply or USB data transmission. When the player is connected to the computer via USB port, it can be used
as a U disk. It requires you only to drag your favorite music or data into MP3 instead of any 3rd procedure.

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Vo l u me C o n t r o l
you should press +and _to adjust the volume.
Battery
This player adopts built-in lithium batteries of high capacity.
Full Partiallyused Tobeused Usedup(timetocharge)
The usable time of battery electricity may be various according to different volume, type of playing file and
pressing operation. The player can save battery as per the set [Customerized Power Off Time] or [Display
Setting].

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SystemMenu
Main Interface
After entering the Main Interface, select your desired option among [Music ]/[Video ]/ [FM ]/
[Photo]/[Text]/[Record]/[Navigation]/[Game]/[Setting] circularly by pushing leftwards or rightwards, and
short press the "MENU" key to enter the option menu, long press [MENU] key to exit the submenu and return
to Main Interface
Setup
In Main Interface, push leftwards or rightwards to select [Settings] option, short press "MENU" key to enter
Setting interface (shown in right bottom), and select the sub-option to be set by pushing Leftwards or
rightwards.
Display Setup
①Backlight time: six options of 5 sec., 10 sec., 15 sec., 20 sec., 30 sec., and
always on.
②Lum: five options of +1, +2, +3, +4 and +5, the lower level, the more bright.
③Backlight mode: two options of Normal and Electricity-saving modes.

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System Setup
Four sub-options: Language, about, Upgrade and Default set.
1.Language Selection: three options of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, korea, japanese,
spanish, french, deutsch, italiano, portuguese, russian.
2.About: player storage memory, remain memory and system software version no., these information are
read-only, short press "MENU" key to exit.
3.Firmware Upgrading
Eject out the dialog box in this menu, it reminds you whether to upgrade the firmware, it will exit if no
firmware upgrading.
4.Defaulted Set
In this menu, eject out the dialog box, confirm whether to resume the defaulted value, select “Yes” or “No”.
Auto Power Off Time
In this menu, there are six options of Power: Off, 10 min.,15 min., 30 min., 60min. and 120 min.
Format
In this menu, eject out the dialog box, confirm whether to format the player, select “Yes” or “No”.

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ListentoMusic
Play/Stop/Pause
In Music Play menu, connect the earphone with player, select the desired song file by pushing leftwards
or rightwards key, short press "MENU" key to begin the playing, then short press key to pause, operate it
circularly. During the playing of music, the interface has real audio frequency display.
The player only supports the Lyric Synchronous Display that the file shares the same name as LRC file of
MP3 format, e.g., music file is named as “Angel.mp3”, the LRC file must be named as “Angel.Irc”, what’s
more, they have to be in the same directory, long press "_" to change the display frequency and the display
lyric.
Music Play Setting Menu
In Music Play state, long press MENU key to return Main Menu and enter the “Music” in “Settings”
option, there are multi options, push Leftwards or rightwards key to shift to the desired setup menu. After your
selection, press MENU key to confirm.
A-B Repeat function
In Music Play state, long press +to begin the repeat, A will display on the screen; long press +To end the
repeat, A-B will display, the player will repeat between the beginning point and the ending point.
1. Repeat Mode
a. Once Stop after playing all the songs in each directory

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b. Repeat 1 Repeat playing a single song.
c. Folder once Play all the songs in the folder.
d. Folder repeat repeatedly play all the songs in the folder.
e. All once Play randomly the songs in the current folder.
f. All repeat Repeatedly play all the songs.
g. Intro Play all the songs of the first 10 seconds in the current folder.
2. EQ Setup
Normal/3D/Rock/Pop/Classic/bass/Jazz/User EQ, the above eight options will bring you different music
effects; also, you can edit your favorite EQ effect by [User EQ set] option. The operation is done by leftwards,
rightwards, ""MENU keys.
3. play mode
order
shuffle

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Video playing
While under the video playing menu, press " " to stop the video playing, long press "MENU" to exit,
long press "rightwards" to fastward playing, long press "leftwards" to backward playing.

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VoiceREC
Voice REC
In Main Interface, enter Record state, long press +key to start recording, long press +key to pause
recording, long press_key to save the recorded file and enter next Record preparation state. Long press
[MENU] key to save the record and exit the REC mode.
REC Setup
In Stop state of REC mode, long press [MENU] key to exit the Main interface, and enter [Record] option,
adjust the settings among [REC Quality]/[REC Volume].
1. REC Quality: high quality, common quality (the first one has larger REC file and better effect; the
second one is in the opposite)
2. REC Volume: five options of +1, +2, +3, +4 and +5. The higher level, the larger recorded volume.
*The recorded voice files can be found in Music Play menu and played to try the effect.
*If the screen displays “Full Space”, it indicates that there is no space for new recorded file, please delete other
files to release more space.

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ResourcesManager
Resources Manager
Resources manager is one of the function characteristics, it can make you know the inside file type, structure
and contents more clearly, for convenient management and search of the file content in classifications .
Note:
Delete File
In Resources Manager, you can select music or video files, press " "key to display delete Dialog box, select
“Yes” to delete and “No” to cancel. After the selection, short press "MENU" key to implement the selected
option.

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PictureBrowse
JPEG Browser
In Main Interface, short press MENU key to confirm to enter Picture Browse mode
Push Leftwards or rightwards key to select the previous or next picture.
FM
Enter FM menu,Press Mode key to select: Manu,Auto,Mem,Pres,Del
Manu: Press "MENU" Key to confirm, press leftwards or rightwards to change the frequent manually, long
press" MENU"to exit.
Auto: Press "MENU" to enter, the player will automatically search,, Press leftwards or rightwards to select the
station.
Mem: press "MENU" key to enter, press leftwards or rightwards to select the stations, press "MENU" to
confirm store, the frequent display on screen will replace the frequent that stored before. First Short press

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MENU to exit mem,then long press MENU to return FM menu.
Del: press "MENU" key to enter, press leftwards or rightwards to select the station that you want to delete,
press "MENU" the confirm, after delete the station’s frequent will display “empty”, First Short press MENU
to exit del,then long press MENU to return FM menu.
FM record :
When you listen the FM music, Long press+key to record and pause selecting, long press MENU key to store
the Music as file and exit FM record mode.
Note:
In FM mode, the earphone is using as antenna, so please keeping the earphone is connected well.

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E-Book
Download TXT File
Connect the player to computer, select the desired file to download and save the file as TXT format in portable
disk.
Read File
In Main Interface, enter Text option, push leftwards or rightwards key to select the desired file to read, then
short press MENU key to read. Turn pages by pushing leftwards or rightwards key.
■Store Bookmark
While in the e-book menu, long press "+" to display the store bookmark, press leftwards or rightwards key to
select the bookmark, and press "MENU" to save the text in the current page. Long press "_"to pick up the
bookmark, press leftwards or rightwards key to select the bookmark, and press "MENU" to pick up the text
you have stored last time.
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