Fiio M5 User manual

M5 Complete user manual

(This manual is for player introduction only and is subject to subsequent changes

without prior notice.)

Foreword:

Thank you for purchasing FiiO's M5, our 384KHz/32Bit portable HD lossless music player. To let you

better utilize the M5 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

1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ - 5 -

Buttons and ports introduced

.................................................................................................................- 5 -

2.1

Buttons/Ports Diagram:

.................................................................................................................... - 5 -

2.2

Button and Interface Instructions

......................................................................................................................... - 5 -

2.2.1 Power / lock screen button.....................................................................................................................- 5 -

2.2.2 Volume "+".............................................................................................................................................. - 5 -

2.2.3 Volume"-"................................................................................................................................................- 6 -

2.2.4 Pickup hole.............................................................................................................................................. - 6 -

2.2.5 Headphone/Coaxial output.................................................................................................................... - 6 -

2.2.6 USB interface...........................................................................................................................................- 6 -

2.2.7 Micro card slot........................................................................................................................................ - 6 -

3 Page display introduction....................................................................................................................- 6 -

3.1 Switch machine and home page........................................................................................................................ - 6 -

3.2 Main interface menu..........................................................................................................................................- 7 -

3.3 Lock screen clock................................................................................................................................................- 7 -

3.4 Status Bar............................................................................................................................................................- 7 -

3.5 Indicator display................................................................................................................................................. - 8 -

3.6 Recording............................................................................................................................................................- 9 -

3.7 Step counter..................................................................................................................................................... - 10 -

3.8 Classification play............................................................................................................................................. - 10 -

3.8.1 All songs................................................................................................................................................ - 10 -

3.8.2 Artist......................................................................................................................................................- 10 -

3.8.3 Album.................................................................................................................................................... - 10 -

3.8.4 Genre.....................................................................................................................................................- 11 -

3.8.5 Favorites................................................................................................................................................ - 11 -

3.8.6 Playlist................................................................................................................................................... - 11 -

3.9 Now playing......................................................................................................................................................- 11 -

3.10 Browse files.................................................................................................................................................... - 11 -

3.11 Bluetooth receiving........................................................................................................................................ - 12 -

3.12 Settings...........................................................................................................................................................- 12 -

3.13 Bluetooth transmitter.................................................................................................................................... - 13 -

3.14 Play settings....................................................................................................................................................- 13 -

3.14.1 Play mode............................................................................................................................................- 14 -

3.14.2 Resume mode..................................................................................................................................... - 14 -

3.14.3 Playback gap........................................................................................................................................- 14 -

3.14.4 Max volume.........................................................................................................................................- 14 -

3.14.5 Fixed volume setting........................................................................................................................... - 14 -

3.14.6 Balance................................................................................................................................................ - 14 -

3.14.7 Equalizer.............................................................................................................................................. - 14 -

3.14.8 Play through folder............................................................................................................................. - 14 -

3.15System settings................................................................................................................................................- 15 -

3.15.1Brightness.............................................................................................................................................- 15 -

3.15.2 Backlight time......................................................................................................................................- 15 -

3.15.3 Power saving standby......................................................................................................................... - 15 -

3.15.4sleep standby....................................................................................................................................... - 15 -

3.15.5 USB mode............................................................................................................................................- 16 -

3.15.6 Recording quality................................................................................................................................ - 16 -

3.15.7 Lock screen clock.................................................................................................................................- 16 -

3.15.8 Clock face............................................................................................................................................ - 16 -

3.15.9 Slect output.........................................................................................................................................- 16 -

3.15.10 SPDIF output..................................................................................................................................... - 16 -

3.15.11 display direction................................................................................................................................- 16 -

3.15.12 Double tap the screen.......................................................................................................................- 17 -

3.15.13 Raise hand to turn on the screen..................................................................................................... - 17 -

3.15.14 power button.................................................................................................................................... - 17 -

3.15.15 Time setting.......................................................................................................................................- 17 -

3.15.16 setting the date.................................................................................................................................- 18 -

3.15.17 Language........................................................................................................................................... - 18 -

3.15.18 Factory restore.................................................................................................................................. - 18 -

3.15.19 Restore factory settings.................................................................................................................... - 18 -

3.15.20 firmware upgrade............................................................................................................................. - 19 -

3.15.22 About M5.......................................................................................................................................... - 19 -

3.16 Update media library..................................................................................................................................... - 20 -

4 Playback page......................................................................................................................................................- 20 -

5 Shortcut menu.....................................................................................................................................................- 21 -

3 Delete playlist......................................................................................................................................................- 22 -

6 notes:................................................................................................................................................ - 23 -

7 FAQs.................................................................................................................................................. - 23 -

7.1 What power sources can the M5 be used to charge?.....................................................................................- 23 -

7.2 What is the charging current of M5?...............................................................................................................- 23 -

7.3 How long is the charging time of M5?.............................................................................................................- 23 -

7.4 Can M5 listen to songs while charging?...........................................................................................................- 23 -

7.5 Can M5 be charged with other Micro USB cable?...........................................................................................- 23 -

7.6 Why can't the M5 be charged by some desktop USB sockets or the charging speed is slow?...................... - 23 -

7.7 How to judge the status of M5 charging?........................................................................................................- 24 -

7.8 Which operating systems does M5 support for copying songs?.....................................................................- 24 -

7.9 M5 supports USB interface standard data copy?............................................................................................ - 24 -

7.10 Does the M5 support file be directly dragged and deleted by the file manager on the computer?........... - 24 -

7.11 Does the M5 online computer need to be installed with a driver?.............................................................. - 24 -

7.12 How do I know if M5 has the latest firmware?............................................................................................. - 24 -

7.13 How to upgrade the M5 firmware?............................................................................................................... - 24 -

7.14 Will the upgrade fail to become brick? What if I change the brick?.............................................................- 24 -

7.15 What types of cards does the M5 support?.................................................................................................. - 24 -

7.16 M5 pick card?................................................................................................................................................. - 24 -

7.17 What size card does the M5 support?...........................................................................................................- 24 -

7.18 How to format Micro SD card into FAT32 format?........................................................................................ - 24 -

7.19 All files on the Micro SD card cannot be displayed on M5............................................................................- 25 -

7.20 Files on the Micro SD card (FAT32) only show partial files on M5................................................................ - 25 -

7.21 How do I reset the database files in M5 storage?......................................................................................... - 25 -

7.22 What formats does the M5 support for Micro SD card recording?.............................................................. - 25 -

7.23 M5 supports APE, why my APE can't play......................................................................................................- 25 -

7.24 Does M5 support CUE playback?...................................................................................................................- 25 -

7.25 My songs have CUE files. Why not supported?.............................................................................................- 25 -

7.26 Why can't I see the CUE file saved in the browse file?..................................................................................- 25 -

7.27 How to play random folders across folders?................................................................................................. - 25 -

7.28 Why can't my lyrics be displayed?................................................................................................................. - 26 -

7.29 Why is the cue playing interface displaying garbled characters?..................................................................- 26 -

7.30 Why did you copy the songs and press singers, genres, and albums?..........................................................- 26 -

7.31 Why is the total number of songs displayed by M5 different from the number of songs I copied into?.... - 26 -

7.32 How to extend the endurance of the M5?.................................................................................................... - 26 -

1 Introduction

The M5 is a high fidelity digital audio player, supporting lossy and lossless music formats including MP3,WAV, WMA,

APE, FLAC, AAC,ALAC,DSD,ISO and Ogg Vorbis. A maximum sample rate of 192kHz/32bit is supported and other features

include Bluetooth and CUE sheets. The M5 also can support headphone output, Lineout, digital coaxial output and 2.5mm

balanced output. It's a portable high-performance music player. The following are some illustrations to introduce the M5.

Buttons and ports introduced

2.1

Buttons/Ports Diagram:

2.2

Button and Interface Instructions

2.2.1 Power / lock screen button

Hold the Power/Lock button to turn on the M5. Click the preferred language onscreen to enter main UI. Hold the

"Power/Lock" button while the M5 is on, click "Yes" on the pop-up power off dialogue to turn it off. Double click the

"power button" while powered on to turn screen on / off. Hold the button for about 2 seconds to power off (hold for 10

seconds for a forced shutdown).

2.2.2 Volume "+"

When the display is on, Press briefly to change volume"+"by one increment, hold down to change volume

continuously until to the

maximum.

If the player is in the playing state when the display is off, press and hold the volume"+" button to switch to the next

track.

If the player is on lock screen clock interface when the display is locked, press and hold the volume"+" button to

switch to the next track.

2.2.3 Volume"-"

When the display is on, Press briefly to change volume"-"by one increment, hold down to change volume

continuously until to the mute.

If the player is in the playing state when the display is off, press and hold the volume"-" button to switch to the

previous track.

If the player is on lock screen clock interface when the display is locked, press and hold the volume"-" button to

switch to the previous track.

2.2.4 Pickup hole

Microphone pickup hole (Do not cover this position when using the recording function, so as not to affect the

recording effect)

2.2.5 Headphone/Coaxial output

3.5mm headphone output interface, support for 3-segment and 4-segment headphones (not supported for remote

control). Meanwhile, support for the line out and coaxial out, it is available for you to choose to set in the system settings.

2.2.6 USB interface

For data exchange, battery charging, etc.

2.2.7 Micro card slot

Use standard Micro SD (TF ) card to support up to 2TB capacity.

3 Page display introduction

3.1 Switch machine and home page

Press and hold the power button in the off state, it will start up in about 2s; when you turn on the phone for the first

time, the language selection interface will appear. You can slide the cursor through the touch bar as needed, select the

corresponding display language and press the confirm button to confirm the save (also in the system settings - Switch

other languages todisplay in Language). As shown above.

Press and hold the power button during the power-on state, and the player will turn off the button after the

shutdown animation appears.

(Note: If you are unable to shut down normally when there is a crash, you can press and hold the power button for 10

seconds to force the shutdown)

3.2 Main interface menu

In the main interface, you can scroll the cursor by sliding the touch bar, select the corresponding item as required, and

then press the touch bar or the side confirmation button to enter the project.

3.3 Lock screen clock

In the system setting, when the “lock screen clock” item is turned on, when the player reaches the backlight time to

automatically lock the screen (off the screen) or the user presses the power button to manually lock the screen, press the

power button to activate the screen, the interface shown above will display.

In this interface, you can slide the touch bar up or down to unlock, enter the display interface before the lock screen,

or you can press the power button again to unlock the interface.

The user can set the “Lock Screen Clock” item of the system setting to off, so that the lock screen clock interface will

not appear when the lock screen wakes up.

In the lock screen clock interface, if there is a song playing, then press and hold the volume plus button to switch to

the next song (short press is still the volume plus); long press the volume down button to switch to the previous track

(short press is still the volume minus) ).

For more different lock screen clock style, you can select it into the clock face of the system settings.

3.4 Status Bar

The status bar is as shown above:

①Home: Click to return home page

②Clock: Time display

③Line out: Output is set to LO

④Step counter on: Step counter has been turned on

⑤Coaxial out: Output is set to SPDIF

⑥Headphone out: Output is set to PO

⑦Sleep on: Sleep has been turned on

⑧Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter：M5 has connected to Bluetooth headphone, Bluetooth codec

format is SBC

⑨Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter：M5 has connected to Bluetooth headphone, Bluetooth codec

format is APTX

⑩Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter：M5 has connected to Bluetooth headphone, Bluetooth codec

format is LDAC

⑪Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter：Bluetooth transmitter option is on and the M5 hasn't connected

to Bluetooth headphone

⑫Play status: Current playback status is 'play'

⑬Play status: Current playback status is 'pause'

⑭Volume: Current volume value

⑮Battery: Current battery level icon

(Note: Some icons need to be displayed in the corresponding state, and the icons displayed in different states may

not be the same)

3.5 Indicator display

The indicator only lights up at Bluetooth receiving mode, it won't light up at non-Bluetooth receiving mode.

1. Status indicator display (when not playing)

Status

Blue light

Red light

Low battery

Off

Indicates the current working status

Connected

Flashes every 3 seconds

Off

Charging

Indicates the current working status

Off

Charging

completed

indicates the current working status

off

2、Indicator display of different input codes (when playing)

3.6 Recording

After clicking the 'Recording' icon from main page, the first picture above is displayed. Click the red icon in lower left

corner to start record. (As shown in the second picture above.)

During recording, you can pause the record by clicking the lower left corner icon. Or stop the record by clicking the

lower right corner icon. You could choose whether saving the record at that time as needed.(After saving the record, the

page is shown as the first picture above ) Click the lower right corner icon to enter the record file page and select the file

to play. If you don't need to read the record files, you could exit this page by sliding from left edge to right.

The recording file will be saved in the Record folder in the root directory of the Micro SD card.

(Note: 1.please inserts the Micro SD card before recording, and make sure that the Micro SD card has enough free space to

save the recording file. If the MICRO SD card is not inserted, the recording cannot be started.

2. during the recording process, the song cannot be played at the same time, and the recording interface cannot be

exited. When you need to play the song, please exit the recording and play it again; if you play the song first and then enter

the recording, the recording will stop automatically after the recording is started.

Codec

In normal state

Low battery

Charging

SBC

Blue light pulsates

Red light indicates

the current working

status

Codec indicator

light stays steadily

AAC

Cyan light pulsates

aptX

Purple light pulsates

aptX HD

Yellow light pulsates

LDAC

White light pulsates

3.7 Step counter

After entering the step counter page, click the red icon in lower left corner will start to step. The meter

icon will display in the status bar. Click the lower right corner icon to stop step. Pedometer interface swipe

from right to left in step counter page will enter the step counter history data record page, as shown in the

right picture above. Swipe from the right to the left sliding can enable the pop-up delete operation menu

in this page. You can delete the record data according your need.

3.8 Classification play

(Note: Before using the classified play function, please update the song library in "Settings - Update Song Library".

After updating the music library, the system will classify the song according to the ID3 information of the song itself.)

3.8.1 All songs

All songs: All songs are summarized in this list, through which you can see all the songs that can be recognized.

3.8.2 Artist

The songs will be categorized according to the artists marked in ID3, and the artists will be classified as follows

according to the album; songs without an artist will be classified as "unknown artists".

3.8.3 Album

The songs will be sorted according to the album information marked in ID3, and songs without album information will

be classified into "unknown albums".

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