(Note: X5 3rd Gen would be referred to X5 in the below guide) All the below illustrating pictures are for reference only. X5 Users’ Guide Foreword: Thank you for purchasing FiiO’s X5, our 384kHz /32bit / DSD high resolution lossless music player. To let you better utilize the X5 to enjoy high-quality music, we have prepared this complete user manual and collected and answered some frequently asked questions by users. We hope this manual will help you get to know the X5 and unleash its full potential.
Contents A. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 B. Buttons and ports introduced ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Pictorial guide to buttons and ports ................................................................................................................
Is driver installation required for transferring songs? .................................................................................... 30 3. Firmware updates ............................................................................................................................................... 31 How to tell whether the X5 has the latest firmware?.....................................................................................
A. Introduction The X5 is a high fidelity, high resolution digital audio player, running on Android 5.1 and supporting various music formats such as DSD,DXD, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, AIFF, ALAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 etc. at up to 384kHz / 32bit, also sporting such professional features as native DSD decoding, CUE sheets, gapless playback, playing automatically through folders, and graphic equalizers. X5 also comes with Bluetooth.
2. Buttons and ports explained 1) Touchscreen (16.7 million colors, 480x800 pixels): Displays the user interface and other information; for operating the unit via screen touches and/or in conjunction with buttons on the unit; 2) Play / Pause: Press while playing to pause music, press while paused to continue playback; 3) Volume knob: Scroll up to turn up the volume, scroll down to turn down the volume.
C. Pure Music / Android Mode switch 1. Switching from Android to Pure Music mode While in Android mode, Pull down the Quick Settings menu from the top of the touchscreen and tap on the “Android Mode” icon; the player will prompt you on whether to switch the mode. Press OK to switch the X5 to Pure Music mode, allowing uninterrupted music enjoyment with the built in FiiO Music app. 2.
D. Wireless connectivity The supportability of Bluetooth and WiFi on X5 enables users to expand the X5’s function by wireless connection. 1. Bluetooth To use the X5 with new Bluetooth devices (e.g.
Notes:The X5 will pair with the device it last paired with by preference. 2.
Note: when its WiFi is on, the X5 will connect to the WiFi network it last connected to by preference. E. Firmware updates Improper operation during firmware updates may cause the unit to malfunction! Please read the following instructions for firmware updates carefully before proceeding. 1.
4) After the update is complete, please delete the update package as prompted. 2. Local Updates 1) Copy the update zip file provided by FiiO to the internal storage or the SD card inserted into the SD card slot 1 of the X5. (it is recommended to copy to the root directory of either; firmware updates will not affect the files or music contained in the X5.) Do not rename or extract the zip file. To copy files to the X5: Connect the X5 to the computer via the provided USB cable.
3) Tap “OK” to start the update. Do not attempt to operate the X5 while the update is ongoing. 4) The X5 will reboot twice, once in update mode, then back into Android mode. The update process is complete when the Android lockscreen appears. 3. Over-the-air manual updates If you have cancelled the over-the-air automatic firmware update and want to upgrade to the latest firmware later, you can choose to manually start the upgrade.
4. Notes and Precautions 1) Make sure the X5 is adequately charged (preferably fully charged) for the update process to prevent power failure during the update. 2) If update fails, check that you selected the correct update zip file; 3) Please ensure adequate storage capacity if you need to use internal storage to upgrade(recommended to operate when there's over 1GB storage available for use). 4) Do not attempt to operate the X5 while the update is ongoing.
F. Pictorial guide to operating the X5 1. Android Mode The Android interface of the X5 is similar to that of other Android device, for an intuitive operating experience.
3) Quick Settings menu The Quick Settings menu shows some of the commonly used settings icons for the X5 in one full page. To enable the Quick Settings menu, pull down from the top of the screen to enable the notification panel, then pull down the notification panel to enable the Quick Settings menu. Pull up from the bottom of the menu or tap the back or home buttons to dismiss the panel.
4) FiiO Market With the X5 connected to the internet via WiFi (see section D.2), Tap “FiiO Market” on the Android homescreen to show a list of officially recommended apps for which compatibility with the FiiO X5 has been rigorously tested. Slide up and down to view the full list of apps.
following options: Firmware update: tap to manually select an update zip package for updating the X5’s firmware Quick start guide: tap to view the quick start guide for the X5.
b) Audio settings—lowpass filter mode To set the filter modes: Sharp Roll-Off Filter, Slow Roll-Off Filter, Short delay Sharp Roll-Off Filter, Short delay Slow Roll-Off Filter, Super Slow Roll-Off Filter c) Audio settings—Multifunctional Output The 3.5mm output port at the bottom right of the X5 may output analog line signal or coaxial digital S/PDIF signals. This menu item lets you choose between the two.
d) Audio settings—Adjustable volume at LO Adjustable volume at LO: on/off This allows you to set whether the volume through Line Out can be controlled by adjusting the volume level or not. e) Audio settings—Gain Sets the gain level of the headphone output to be either High (high volume) or Low (low volume).
f) Audio settings—Channel balance Sets the volume balance between the left and right channels. From being biased leftmost (L10) through centred (0) to rightmost (R10), there are 21 settings available. g) Display— Brightness level To set the brightness of the screen to a comfortable level according the actual environment.
h) Display—Wallpaper To set the wallpaper at your preference i) Display—Sleep Specify after how much time of inactivity (no button presses, screen touches or playing) X5 will enter sleep mode. In Sleep mode, X5 would have low power consumption. Short press the Power button to wake up X5 from Sleep mode.
j) Display—Font Size Choose the font size at your personal preference 21 / 35
k) Power-off timers—Sleep ”Sleep” can be used to turn off the X7 after a set time, regardless of activity. This may be useful for e.g. bedside listening. The sleep timer may be set to any number of minutes between 0 (OFF; no timer) and 120. l) Power-off timers—Idle poweroff Idle poweroff is a setting for turning off the X5 after a set period of detected inactivity (no button presses, screen touches or playing). The Idle poweroff timer may be set to any number of minutes between 0 (OFF; no timer) and 50.
2. FiiO Music The X5 includes the FiiO Music app, a music player application that has been highly customized to make full use of the audio hardware of the X5 and tailored to the usage needs of advanced music enthusiasts. On first launch of FiiO Music, a pictorial guide to the app will appear. Below is a reproduction of the pictorial guide along with further guiding description.
DLNA: Tap the DLNA symbol on the right to connect to a DLNA-enabled network and browse music on your network.
lower right to choose between sorting by number of tracks in the album and album name) Tap an album to view the tracks within that album. Tap a track to play. Genre: displays the names of all genres represented by at least one song on your X5, according to the chosen order.
b) Gestures Sliding your finger from left to right over a list item to enable the shortcuts menu and tap on the icons to perform the corresponding operations. Sliding from right to left over a list item reveals an option to delete the item. (or format a drive, if “internal storage” or “SD card” is selected in folder view…) Tap on the red button and you will be prompted to confirm the delete action.
6) Add to Favorites: Tap to add the present track to the Favorites playlist; 7) More functions: Tap to view track info or delete the present track; 8) Play mode: Tap to choose between Play All once, Loop Single, Shuffle and Loop All; 9) Previous track 10) Next track 11) Add to playlist: adds the present song to a playlist of your choosing b) Gesture operations Slide left and right on the album cover to change tracks.
lyrics timeline or adjust font size. 4) Equalizer FiiO Music incorporates a graphic equalizer. One may choose between the given genre presets directly, or adjust the ten frequency bands from 31 to 16000Hz independently from -6 to +6 dB, thus satisfying your personalized listening needs and adapting to your listening equipment. Master EQ switch: Slide the lever on the upper right to the right to activate the equalizer.
3. Pure Music Mode The operation of the X5 in Pure Music mode is similar to in Android mode, with the exception that the X5 will be in FiiO Music all the time. In this mode, all background Android processes will be disabled to allow for a smoother music experience. To switch to Android mode, pull down the Quick Settings menu from the top of the touchscreen and tap on the “Pure Music Mode” icon to switch to Android mode. G. FAQ 1.
② The temperature of the X5 will rise somewhat when charging and playing; this is normal. ③ Charging time of the X5 from empty to full will be lengthened as a result of part of the charging current being diverted to power the X5. Does the X5 display accurate battery levels? A: Yes, the X5 includes a coulomb meter for its battery and gives accurate battery readouts.
3. Firmware updates How to tell whether the X5 has the latest firmware? A: The X5 will automatically look for the latest firmware online whenever it is connected to the internet via WiFi. Other than that, you may also manually check the firmware version on your X5 (Android Settings -> About X5 -> Build number) against the firmware versions listed at http://www.fiio.net/en/supports/43 . You may also pay attention to general FiiO news at www.fiio.net or community news at http://www.headfi.org/f/180/fiio .
192kHz/24bit. Please check whether the track you are attempting to play is supported by the X5. Does the X5 support CUE sheets? A: The X5 supports external cue sheets for identifying and playing a cue’d music file as separate tracks. Why is my cue sheet not supported? A: Embedded cue sheets are not supported. Also please make sure that the .cue file is named the same as the music file that it cues.
from the top of the touchscreen and check that the USB connection is set to “storage” rather than “DAC”; then plug the X5 back in. You will be prompted to “Turn on USB storage”. (the prompt can also be brought up manually by pulling down the notifications panel from the top of the touchscreen and tapping the “USB connected” notification.) How to connect the X5’s S/PDIF / coaxial digital output to other equipment? What to connect it to? A: First, make sure that the Multifunctional Output (Section F.1.6.
player. The sound quality will be the same. b) Massive songs stored in the micro SD card might also result in operation delay. c) Massive files of non-music formats like photos, videos stored in the Micro SD card might cost extra time on identification. d) Playing high bitrate files or DSD files from slow micro SD card might cause stuttering. Class 10 or above genuine micro SD cards are recommended.
Does the X5 support 256GB micro SD cards? A: Yes. Does the X5 coaxial digital output support DoP? At what rate? A: DoP output will be supported in future updates at up to 2.8224mHz/1bit ( DSD64). Why can my X5 not receive OTA updates / why is the OTA update so slow? A: The update download may be slow owing to network constraints, at the FiiO server’s end, in the intermediary network, at your Internet ISP, your WiFi router, or owing to poor WiFi reception by the X5 (move closer to the router / hotspot).
