Android Car Multimedia Guide
Android Car Multimedia Guide
                                                Contents
 ANOUNCEMENTS.......................................................................................................................3
 OPERATION................................................................................................................................. 4
 SETUP............................................................................................................................................ 6
    1.      Wallpaper..........................................................................................................................6
    2.      Startup picture................................................................................................................. 7
    3.      Common setup................................................................................................................ 7
    4.      Display Setup...................................................................................................................8
    5.      Sound options..................................................................................................................9
    6.      Video options................................................................................................................... 9
    7.      Bluetooth.........................................................................................................................10
    8.      Navigation.......................................................................................................................11
    9.      Steering wheel control................................................................................................. 11
 ANDROID SETUP...................................................................................................................... 12
 RADIO FUNCTION.................................................................................................................... 14
 GPS OPERATION......................................................................................................................14
 DISC PLAYBACK(OPTIONAL)............................................................................................... 15
 U-DISK/SD CARD PLAYBACK...............................................................................................17
 IPOD PLAYBACK(OPTIONAL)...............................................................................................19
 BT HF OPERATION.................................................................................................................. 20
 BT MUSIC (A2DP)..................................................................................................................... 21
 AV IN (AUXILIARY INPUT)........................................................................................................21
 DISPLAY SCREEN INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................21
 GPS ANTENNA INSTALLATION........................................................................................... 23
 TROUBLE SHOOTING............................................................................................................. 24
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 For your safety, please try not to watch the video and operate the machine while
 driving; please turn the volume to the level less than the outside sound. Before you
 start, please read this manual and other manuals of this system to understand the
 safety instructions and warning signs on this manual and the machine. After reading,
 please put it in readily reachable place so as to refer to the manual anytime.
 If you are in trouble with your system, please park your car in a safe place.
 Please follow the traffic rules when using the satellite navigation function.
    Please do not use electronic equipment or prohibit the use of fire, such as: gas
     stations, wineries, electromagnetic interference areas, etc., or may cause
     danger.
    Do not store or install this machine in direct sunlight, nor place it in other
     hazardous substances, especially the LCD screen. If installed, the LCD screen
     is just in the air conditioner near the ventilation duct, please ensure that the cool
     air or hot air do not blow directly to the machine, otherwise it may damage the
     machine, and even the car or personal injury.
    Do not use some sharp objects to draw the screen, do not take hard objects to
     press the display, otherwise it will cause the display or touch screen damage.
    If the machine supports discs (optional), only 12 cm discs can be played, and
     only one disc can be played at a time. Please do not insert 8 cm discs or other
     items into the machine.
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 OPERATION
 System Reset
 1) When using the unit for the first time, press and hold the "RESET" button for
    more than 3 seconds to restore the machine to the factory settings.
 2) When the abnormal operation caused by improper operation and other abnormal
    phenomenon, please press the reset "RESET" button for more than 3 seconds,
    the machine can return to normal.
 Note: Since the reset button on the panel is small, use a pen tip or similar pointed
 object.
 Turn on / off the unit
 1) When the ACC switch is on, press the "POWER" button on the main panel to
    turn on the power;
 2) Insert the disc into the disc, the machine will automatically open, open to enter
    the disc mode;
 3) When starting the machine, long press the main panel "POWER" button switch,
    or flame out the car key will turn off the power of the machine.
 Volume adjustment
 Rotate the volume knob on the panel (the volume control key on some model panels
 is the "VOL + / VOL-" button) to adjust the volume of the unit.
 Mute switch
 Press the "MUTE" button on the panel to mute the system, press again or adjust the
 volume to restore the sound.
 Backlight switch
 Short press the back light switch "LIGHT" button on the panel or remote control to
 turn the backlight of the unit's display on or off.
 Reversing camera
 After the vehicle is reverse, regardless of the machine is turned on or off, the display
 will immediately switch to the reverse camera screen.
 Play source selection
 1) Press the "MODE" button on the main panel or the remote control to toggle
    between radio, disc playback, USB playback, SD playback, mobile TV (optional),
    IPOD playback (optional), or AVIN
 2) In the home page interface, touch the different function icon to enter the
    corresponding interface, the detailed operation of each function see the next
    chapter. Touch the sliding home page to switch between multiple home pages.
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 DISC ESP electronic shock function (disc is optional)
 The machine has an electronic shock function, so the car even if the road is not very
 good road and vibration, the machine's audio and video playback will not be affected
 much, of course, the length of the shock time will play different discs vary. The
 following shock time is for reference only: DVD disc - about 5 seconds; CD / VCD
 disc - about 10 seconds; MP3 - about 150 seconds.
 Mode and play position memory
 Turn off the power of the unit, and then re-boot, the system will return to the original
 shutdown mode. If it is a radio, will continue to listen to the memory before the radio,
 if it is music or video, will continue to resume from the last resumed playback.
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 SETUP
 In the touch screen, click on the main interface settings icon      to enter the system
 settings interface, click on the corresponding option to enter the corresponding
 settings options, you can drag the bar up and down to find the desired settings.
 Note:
 Set the switch slider in the description.
 [       ] Switch on status
 [       ] Switch off status
 1. BACKGROUND WALLPAPER
 In the main interface of any blank, long press 2 seconds, there will be wallpaper
 selection dialog box, as shown below:
 Users can choose static built-in wallpaper, dynamic wallpaper. You can also import
 from the ES file browser user-defined wallpaper, custom wallpaper format can
 support jpg, png, bmp and other image formats.
 Note:
    wallpaper only in the main interface display, into other applications, wallpaper is
     no longer as a background.
    In order to make the wallpaper have a better display, please try not to use a
     lower resolution than the screen picture.
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 2. STARTUP PICTURE
 In the general setting options, click "boot picture", in the pop-up password box, enter
 the password (5678), you can enter the boot screen settings option.
 Press and hold up and down the flip page, select the favorite boot picture, select,
 click "OK" will select the screen is set to boot screen.
 Users can also click       , from the external sd card or U disk into a custom picture
 as a boot picture.
 3. COMMON SETUP
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 4. DISPLAY SETUP
 Day and night mode switch user can click on the main interface " " manual switch,
 you can also switch through the instrument lights to open the signal.
 4-3. Headlamp automatic detection
 Click the right switch button to turn on or off the meter auto detection mode.
 When the automatic detection of the instrument lights is turned on, the system will
 switch the day and night mode according to the current state of the instrument lights.
 The instrument lights will select the brightness mode at night and the daylight
 brightness mode will be selected.
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 5. SOUND OPTIONS
    Click the balance setting icon "        " in the sound interface to enter the
     balance setting interface.
    click around four arrows to adjust the volume of the four speakers in the car.
     "Red dot" in the center that the four speakers of the volume ratio of the same.
    click on the lower right corner of the recovery icon "        " to restore the
     current balance set to the default value.
 5-3. Loudness setting
 Swipe the slider to change the current loudness value, and raise the loudness to
 increase the gain of the low-frequency part of the sound. Please reasonable to
 enhance the loudness value, excessive increase will lead to audio signal distortion.
6. VIDEO OPTIONS
7. BLUETOOTH
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 8. NAVIGATION
Please follow the steps below to set your steering wheel button function.
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 ANDROID SETUP
 1.Enter the Andrews setup interface
 In the main interface to find the Andrews universal settings icon             , click into the
 main interface to install Andrews. As shown below:
2.Wifi connection
 In the settings interface to find the item               , confirm the right of the wifi switch
 is turned on, click to enter:
 As shown above, in the wifi hot list to select the hotspot you want to connect, you
 may need to enter the connection password, click on the connection to complete the
 wifi connection.
 3.Language & input
 In this interface you can complete the interface language replacement, input method
 and input keyboard replacement.
 4.Date set
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 The system acquiescence from the internet and GPS information automatically get
 time information to calibrate the host time. If the customer does not need this feature,
 you can automatically determine the date and time function after the closure, and
 then in this interface, to set their own date and time.
 5.Program installation and removal
    The unit supports user-defined installation of various Android application
     software, but does not guarantee that all applications are compatible. Users can
     use the external U disk, sd card will be third-party Andrews application software
     installed into the unit.
    Firstly copy Andriod APK file into the U disk or sd card and other storage
     devices. The storage device access machine, start the built-in ES file browser
    If you want to delete the installed application, click the icon      on the main
     interface and select the app you want to delete.
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 RADIO FUNCTION
 Enter the radio mode
 Short press the "BAND" key on the panel or touch the "Radio" icon in the main
 screen to enter the radio mode
Band selection
     Click on the "    " icon in the radio screen, the system will automatically
      search from the lowest frequency to the highest frequency of strong signal
      radio.
     During the radio search, press the "       " icon again to stop the search.
 Preset radio
 Each station can store 6 radio frequencies. The machine can store a total of 24 (18
 FM, 6 AM radio) stations.
 Manually store the radio
 Long press the preset station key (1-6) for about 2 seconds, the current radio
 frequency saved in the corresponding preset.
 Stereo / mono conversion (FM only)
     In the center of the city, the radio signal is strong, the stereo mode can receive
      better results, but when the radio signal is unstable, you can choose to switch to
      the mono mode to improve the radio effect.
 DISC PLAYBACK(OPTIOANL)
 Enter the disc mode
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    When the power is turned on, if the dish has a disc, press the "DVD" button on
     the panel or click on the main interface "DVD" icon to enter the disc reading
     mode.
 Note: Some discs may not be available depending on the disc configuration and
 characteristics, or because the disc recording conditions and editing use the
 software.
 Enter / Reject
    When the power is turned on, the disc is printed with the side up and the light is
     inserted into the disc. When the disc is inserted, it will automatically suck and
     start reading. This machine only supports 12cm size disc. Can play DVD /
     DVD-9, CD / VCD format disc.
    When there is a disc in the disc, press the disc on the main panel to exit the disc.
     If the disc is removed after 5 seconds has not been removed, the host will
     re-inhale the disc.
DVD/VCD disc
Menu screen
 DVD video disc, click "       " to enter the menu screen, if it is VCD disc, enter the
 PBC screen.
 Digital selection
 Click "       " pop up the number of selected screen, support chapter selection, title
 selection, time to play three ways.
Repeat play
    Click "      " to switch between different repeat modes. Different types of discs,
     repeat patterns are also different.
    VCD / SVCD: single repeat → full disc repeat
    DVD/DVD-9:Chapter repeat → title repeat → full disc repeat
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Click " " to toggle the screen ratio, 4: 3 and 16: 9 to switch between.
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 files.
 Note: For this Android system, it doesn’t have SD card slot.
 Note:
 The unit supports FAT16 / FAT32 / EXFAT / NTFS format file system.
 Enter the media playback mode
     Insert the U disk or SD, the unit will automatically detect the device inserted.
      This unit will analyze all the files in U disk or SD card, according to the file
      extension is divided into audio and video categories.
     If the current U disk or SD card is ready, click on the home page interface "U
      disk" or "SD card" can also enter the playback screen.
 Audio Playback
 This unit not only supports mp3, but also supports ape, flac and other lossless
 format playback, to give users the perfect sound quality enjoyment.
 Lyrics display
     The unit supports LRC format lyrics, if the song with a lyrics file, the playback
      screen will give priority to display the lyrics. Click on the lyrics or spectrum area
      to toggle the display of lyrics and spectrum.
 Envelope display
     The machine supports mp3 envelope display, if the song with the envelope data,
      as shown above, will give priority to display the envelope screen.
 Folders and lists
     In the playback interface, click "    " to enter the file list screen. Users can
      choose other directories, enter the corresponding folder, and then select the
      song you like to start playing.
 Repeat and random
     Click "     " to switch the repeat mode, repeat the current song → repeat the
      current folder → repeat all tracks.
 click " " to switch the track to random mode on and off.
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 IPOD PLAYBACK(OPTIONAL)
 The unit supports IPOD, IPHONE through Apple's own USB data cable directly to
 play the internal music. Because the use of Apple's certification chip, so you can
 support the latest IPOD and IPHONE models.
 Note: iPod function is not included in default unit.
List switch
 Click         to enter the playlist selection screen, click   into the artist selection
 screen, click       into the track selection screen, click       the key to enter the
 album selection screen.
 Note:
    As the Apple control protocol does not support drag playback, so in the
     playback screen, does not support the playback time drag.
    The unit must install the Apple authentication chip to support Ipod / Iphone
     playback function.
 BLUETOOTH HANDSFREE
 Unit Bluetooth Handsfree provides you with free and secure calls that allow you to
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 drive your vehicle more safely.
 In the main interface, click the "   " icon to enter the Bluetooth interface, as shown
 below.
 Unit and mobile phone for the first time with the connection
 To use the Bluetooth handsfree feature, you must first connect the unit to the phone.
 1) Turn on the phone's Bluetooth function and activate the Bluetooth device search
    function
 2) search unit Bluetooth equipment, such as "BT1234".
 3) When connecting, the phone will prompt you to enter the PIN code, please enter
    the corresponding PIN code, such as "0000".
 4) After the connection is successful, the "Connected" flag will be displayed on the
    screen.
 5) If the phone has been connected with the unit, the user can directly click on the
next " " to establish a Bluetooth connection. The user can also disconnect
 During the call, touch "      " on the screen, and the call will switch between the car
 speakers and the phone.
 Call records
 Call records include "dialed calls", "answered calls", "missed calls", users can dial
 and delete operations.
 Phonebook synchronization
  The unit supports the synchronization of mobile phone books to the unit. After
    Bluetooth connection, click "     " to start downloading the phone book. When the
    download is complete, the phone will match the phone book, if the match is
    successful, will be displayed on the screen caller's name. For quick access to
    contacts, the phone book supports the first letter search function.
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 Note:
 Due to the compatibility of the Bluetooth protocol, the unit does not guarantee to
 support all models of mobile phones, if found Bluetooth connection problems, please
 let us know.
BLUETOOTH MUSIC(A2DP)
 The unit supports Bluetooth music playback, the phone can be stereo audio through
 the Bluetooth transmission to the car speakers, while supporting the "last song",
 "next song", "pause / play" and other simple control.
 Note:
 The mobile must support Bluetooth 2.0 above protocol.
 AVIN(AUXILIARY INPUT)OPERATION
 The unit supports auxiliary audio / video (A / V) input. Please follow the instructions
 below.
 1) Connect the external audio / video system to the AV input cable of this unit
2) Click on AVIN in the homepage to switch to audio and video input mode.
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  1. Use precautions
    Do not place the monitor for long periods of time at direct sunlight or at high
     temperatures. Otherwise it may cause the LCD screen failure.
    If do not use the unit, please avoid direct sunlight to the monitor.
    Use the monitor in the following temperature range.
       Operation temperature range: -10 degrees to +50 degrees
       Storage temperature range: -20 degrees to +80 degrees
    In order to improve the viewing within the car, the display of the LCD screen
     exposed. Do not press the LCD screen, otherwise it may cause malfunction.
     When you click on the LCD screen, be sure to tap your finger in addition to the
     touch screen coordinates. Otherwise it is possible to scratch or stick the dirt.
    Vehicles equipped with safety devices such as air bags should be careful not to
     interfere with the safety of the device.
  2. About the LCD screen
    The LCD screen of the monitor sometimes has a small black dot or a flash point
     (bright spot). This is a unique phenomenon of LCD screen, not a fault.
    When used in cold areas, the screen may be dark after power is turned on. After
     a while will be able to return to normal brightness.
    If the sun direct sunlight to the display of the LCD screen, because the light is
     not easy to see the reflection of the screen.
  3. About maintenance
    When sticking dust on the cleaning screen or dirt on the monitor, turn off the
     power and wipe it with a soft cloth.
    When wiping the monitor, be careful not to scratch the nail.
    Do not use wet cloth. Do not use volatile oils such as volatile oils and thinners.
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  INSTALL GPS ANTENNA
 GPS antenna can be installed inside the car, such as installed on the dashboard; can
 also be installed in the vehicle outside, such as roof. GPS antenna must have an open
 "vision" towards the sky. If the vehicle's glass is equipped with an explosion-proof
 membrane, the insulation film may greatly impair the strength of the GPS antenna's
 acceptance of the satellite signal; in this case, it is recommended that the GPS antenna
 be installed outside the vehicle.
    Remove the side panels, the line through the storage box, until the console
     console, pay attention to the line with the original car line tie tie.
    Connect the GPS antenna plug to the host.
Notice
 Make sure the system is powered off when connecting the GPS antenna
    Do not shorten or extend the GPS antenna; changing the length of the antenna
     may cause short circuit or antenna failure;
    Do not twist or interfere with the GPS antenna steering wheel or shift lever,
     otherwise it may be dangerous!
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 TROUBLE SHOOTING
 If you encounter the following problems in use, troubleshooting will help you quickly
 solve the problem, if the problem is still not resolved, please contact the professional
 or to the sales office advice, not privately open the machine, so as to avoid serious
 consequences!
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                          The navigation system will consider various aspects of the road
Navigation system to      search, in addition to distance will also consider the level of the
the selected road "far    road, cross regulation, viaduct, the main road, in short, to
away"                     facilitate the driver in the shortest possible time to reach the
                          destination.
                          It may be that the navigation scale is set too large or too small.
There is a blank on the   Try changing the size of the scale to see if you can resume the
map                       map display. If it is not resolved, it may be due to loss of
                          positioning, please re-select a mark point.
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