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Written on May 4, 2008 – 8:40 am | by Francis M. |

 

Introduction:
Onda is back with a new player, the VX767, very similar to the previous VX757, but the main differences are the bigger 4.3inch 16:9 screen and features a TV-Out. This player is NOT touch-screen, some websites had erroneous informations about this. The build is very nice, the player feel solid in your hand.

Design:
The design of the VX767 is simple and low-profile, the buttons doesn’t stand out to be seen very clearly, but i think this is the goal for this player, so you’re not distracted by the buttons while you watch videos.

Screen:
The VX767’s screen is one of the biggest on the PMPs market right now, 4.3inch, 16:9 TFT screen, with a resolution of 480×272, even i was surprised at its size at the beginning!

User Interface:
The main interface is quite low-profile, but very easy to understand without even checking the manual (which is only in Chinese…), you have the On/Off button (O) which also serve as a play/pause button while playing musics or videos and can be used as the "Enter" button. Also on the front is a single piece of plastic that have 2 sides you can push: M (for Menu, which you hold to come back to Main menu, or can also be used as the Enter button to select files) and an almost-closed circle icon which you use to come back in previous menus, or holding it if you’re listening to a video to return to your videos menu. On the side is the + and - button (used for volume and navigation), and the Next/Forward button (can also be used for navigation).

The GUI:
The Graphic User Interface is practically the same as on the VX757, with as a new feature added, a TV Out function. The 4 default backgrounds are very colorful, but you can change all backgrounds with pictures you can add on the player (in Picture folder). I’ve also found that the screen turn off even when connected on the USB cable on your computer! (the VX747’s screen doesn’t turn off when connected), which is a good thing when you just want to charge your player via your computer USB port and you don’t want the screen to be always on (it can be dangerous to let a screen on for a long period of time without anything moving on this screen).

Audio:
This player is compatible with MP3 (VBR or CBR), WMA, WAV, APE and FLAC files. It have equalizer options you can choose to improve the sound. An audio spectrum shows if the music doesn’t have a lyric file. This player doesn’t have a built-in speaker, but i’ve found this old feature on previous Onda models was a bit buggy (sometimes the speaker was on, sometimes not, i had to turn it off if the music was playing outloud in a crowded place such as a bus or on the street, can be embarrassing), so it’s a kind of relief it doesn’t have one.

Video:
Video compatibility is pretty good on this player, supporting RM/RMVB, ASF, AVI, WMV, MP4, MPG and FLV (Flash Video) files,found on Youtube, Dailymotion, etc… (to read FLV files, you have to choose “browser” in the main menu, and go to your folder where your FLV files are). The player support files with a video bitrate up to around 750kb, higher than this might make the video lag. I would suggest you to use videos from 650kbps to 750kbps of bitrate. One of the few good, free converters is ViDrop (a link can be found on AllPMP forum to download it).

Photos:
This player is compatible with JPEGs, GIFs, BMPs and PNGs, it can handle any pictures size, you can do rotations on them as well, and you can also use pictures as backgrounds in your player, to customize it as you wish (pressing M button while looking at a picture, a menu appear, you choose where you want to put this picture as background and you press M again).

Other Features:

-FM Radio
Radio reception mainly depend on the earphones/headphones you’re using, and also the weather i believe, since the earphones are used as the antennas. The Radio feature also support up to 40 pre-programmed stations, which are easy to create as bookmarks in the player (Update FM playlist), just make sure the radio region is set to your continent (China, Europe, USA, Japan). Also, you can record the radio station you’re listening to (with a Low, Medium and High quality option).

-Games
The VX767 come with 3 game built-in: Tetris (called Erros in the menu), Brick and Snakes. Those games are virtually unplayable, but you can try to find a good way to play on this player. Even if they are hard to play, those games are still there just in case you suffer from severe boredness.

-Voice Recording
You can  record your own voice with the built-in microphone, the recording quality is good for anyone who want to record outdoor and indoor on-the-go, with Low, Medium and High recording quality as in the FM Radio.

-Text Viewing (E-book)
The player support TXT files, to use as memos and anything else you don’t want to forget. (i.e. phone numbers, email addresses, etc…).

-TV Out
This player feature a TV-Out which you can use to show pictures, videos, musics on a TV. This feature have 2 regions setting: N (for NTSC, 60Hz) and P (for PAL/Secam, 50Hz), so you can make it work on any TV in the world, as long as this TV have Composite (RCA standard) connectors (mono or stereo).

Accessories included:
Included in the box are the earphones, the standard 5-pins USB cable to transfer files and recharging, the stereo Composite TV-Out cable, a blue cleaning cloth (it will be VERY useful to get rid of fingerprints and dust on the screen, trust me!), the Onda warranty card and build date printed on the back, the drivers and tools cdrom and the manual (in Chinese). Also included is a card, which i assume is a prepaid card to download free stuff on the Muzgame.com website. A vital accessory not included is a wall charger. Also, this player have a power-supply connector on one side, used for using the player without having to wait for it to charge i believe). The connector used and voltage for this charger is unknown though…so use this at your own risk.

Conclusion:
The VX767 is a very good versatile player, with its 16:9 4.3inch screen, it almost feel like you’re holding a home theatre system in your hand! You just need a very good pair of earphones, some (converted) movies, and some popcorn!