Fiio X3 User manual

X3 User Guide
Be applicable to any versions beyond FW3.0
Preface
Thank you for purchasing our 192k/24bit portable lossless audio player, the X3.
In order to help you better take advantage of the X3 in enjoying music, we specially
designed this user guide and included answers to frequently askedquestions.
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Ⅲ Firmware upgrade
Ⅳ Illustrated guide to menu operation
Ⅴ Detailed literal guide to menu operation
Ⅵ Usage tips
Ⅶ FAQ Center
C. Transferring songs
D. Firmware upgrades
E. External microSD cards
F. Music Playback
G. Other operations
H. Connection with other audio devices
Ⅰ Introduction
Basic operating instructions
A. Introduction
B. Charging
USB DAC [ Refer to“FiiO X3 User Guide-2(USB DAC)”］
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The X3 is a high fidelity digital audio player which can support MP2, MP3, WAV,
WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, OGG, AIFF, DSD and other music formats at up to
192k/24bit sample rates, with support for CUE index playback and gapless playback.
It can also function as a USB audio decoder for external digital music sources.
. Product Overview:
Ⅱ. Basic operating instructions
1) 2.4inch TFT Screen (240*320)
13) Coaxial Out 15) Headphone Output
2) TF Card Slot
10) Micro USB Port 11) Line Out Port
12) HOLD
3) Menu/Back
5) Previous/
Downward
Selecting
4) Next
Upward
selecting
6) Vol“-”
7) Vol“+”
8) On/Off/
Play/Pause
9) Charging
Indicator
14) RESET
Rear cover in aluminum material

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1. 2.4” TFT screen (240x320):
Displays user interface and related information.
2. Micro SD card slot:
Currently supports micro SD cards with up to 128G capacity.
3. Menu / back:
Short-press：
One short-press: Go back up the menu tree by one step.
Two short-presses: Go back twice.
Long-press:
In Now Playing screen: show Quick menu.
In any other screen: go directly to main menu.
In main menu: Both short-pressing and long-pressing shows the Now Playing
screen (if music is playing).
4. Next / Up, 5. Previous / Down:
In Now Playing screen: short-press Next to go to next song, hold to fast forward.
Short-press Previous to go to previous song, hold to rewind.
In any other screen: press Up to highlight the previous menu item and Down to
highlight the next menu item.
6. Vol“-”; 7. Vol“+”:
Volume is adjustable in and out of the Now Playing interface.
In Now Playing screen: Short-press “-” to decrease volume by one step, hold
to continuously decrease down to zero. Short-press “+” to increase volume
by one step, hold to continuously increase up to maximum.
In menus: If highlighted item is a setting, adjusts highlighted setting directly or
if OK button has been pressed to select setting with “>” mark for adjustment.
Otherwise, adjusts volume as normal.
8. On/Off/Play/Pause:
*On: Hold button for one second to turn on player.
*Off: Hold button for three seconds to turn off player.
*Forced shutdown: Hold button for ten seconds.
*In Now Playing screen: short-press for play / pause.
In menu screens: short-press to select highlighted item to go into submenu or
select setting for adjustment.

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9. Charging Indicator:
urns red when charging and green after player is fully recharged.
10. Micro USB Port:
a. For data transmission and charging.
b. Connects to digital music sources to act as USB DAC
11. Line Out Port:
3.5mm stereo audio line out port for connection with external amplifiers.
12. HOLD:
Move HOLD lever down to lock all buttons from operation
(e.g. putting playerin pants pocket for playback without pressing buttons by accident);
move HOLD lever up to unlock player.
13. Coaxial Out:
Outputs coaxial digital signal to devices with coaxial digital input.
Note: Coaxial output has the highest output priority and would shut down
headphone output and line output when coaxial cable is plugged in.
14. RESET：
Reach inside the reset hole with a thin rod (e.g. a toothpick) to reboot the system.
15. Headphone Output:
3.5mm headphone port suitable for headphones with different impedances.

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Ⅲ. Firmware Upgrade
USB Disk Function
It possesses standard USB disk function which supports windows XP, windows7,
windows8, Mac OS X 10.x or above (free from driver installation).
Firmware Upgrade
Firmware upgrades can improve and optimize the performance of the player,
however the player will continue to function normally without the latest firmware
upgrades (It is possible to disable the X3 if firmware updates are carried out
incorrectly, so please read the following instruction carefully before upgrading).
To check the firmware version loaded on the X3, go to System Settings->Info / Storage.
The latest firmware for the X3 is available here:
If you have determined that your X3 requires a firmware update, please follow the
below instructions:
A. Loading firmware onto micro SD card
The X3 supports firmware upgrades via update firmware loaded onto an external
micro SD card in FAT32 format. Follow the following instructions to load the firmware
on the SD card:
1. Use a computer to download the latest firmware for the X3 here:
Download the firmware with the highest version number.
2. Prepare a micro SD card for the firmware upgrade:
It is suggested to use a card with capacity of 32GB or lower, and it should be a blank
card in FAT32 format. To prepare such a card, insert it into the X3 and format it
using X3’s integrated formatting command (System settings->Storage formatting->Yes).
Warning: formatting will wipe all data from the card so please back up the data on
the card to your computer first.Then, extract x3.fw from the firmware zip and put it
in the root directory of the prepared micro SD card. This can be done by connecting
the X3 directly to the computer using the supplied USB cable; the micro SD card
inserted into the X3 should show up as a standard external drive with the label
“X3 TF”.(if the X3 shows the USB DAC interface instead you need to switch the
X3 to USB Storage mode first: System settings->USB mode->use volume keys to
change from “DAC” to “Storage”). Then disconnect and reconnect the USB
cable.)
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/f1ei0b27mfrsq/X3
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/f1ei0b27mfrsq/X3

updating... update success
Firmware upgrading now Upgrade completed
B. Running the firmware upgrade:
Please ensure that the X3 has sufficient battery power (optimally, full power).
Then turn off the X3 and then enter firmware update mode by holding the
Menu button (upper left key) while pressing the Power button until the
firmware upgrade screen shows. After the firmware upgrade is done, the
player would restart automatically.
If the firmware upgrade fails for the first time, please hold the power button
for 10s to reset the player and go back to the upgrading procedure again.
After the upgrade completes, please re-update the player’s media library
by selecting System Settings->Update Media Lib (press OK to update media
library), and delete the x3.fw file from the micro SD card.
Note: Different firmware versions of the X3 would lead to functionality that
may be different from that outlined in this User Guide. No further notice
of such differenceswould be given.
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No TF card or musicStorage location
Choose music according to
albums, artists or genres.
The album, artist and genre info
of music files newly added to
the player would be added after
selecting “Update Media Lib”
(this can be set to Auto to run
each time the X3 is connected to
the computer)
Without a song playing, (1)
leads to various options for
electing music to play, as
shown here.
With a song playing, the Now
Playing screen is shown instead.
>Position丨Track丨OFF
>ON丨OFF
>20~120
>Memory丨Custom（1~120）
>Low丨High
>L10~R10,
List of “Favorites”
Button Operation
Press To go to the next menu “>”
Press To change the number or option
Press To highlight the previous or next
menu item
Press To go back to previous menu
Ⅳ. Illustrated guide to menu
operation: [Main Menu]
>Set system language
>OFF丨Shut down in 10-120min.
>Always on丨Screen off 10~60s
>OFF丨30/60/90/120/150/180/210s
>Select Theme
>Storage丨DAC
>External Storage formatting
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>Shuffle Single Repeat Repeat All One cycle
>Available treble range: -10~10
>Available bass range: -10~10
>Manual丨Auto; Press OK to confirm
Status icons:
1. Current volume
2. Sleep mode
3. Repeat mode
4. Playing
5. Battery indicator
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Cover
Long press
menu button
Ⅳ. Graphical Introduction to Menu Operation: [Playing Menu]
Lyrics
Press To change the number or option
Press To choose menu item
Long Press To back to previous menu
*Long press “Menu” to exit USB DAC interface and go back into main interface and
shut down the USB DAC.
*Set System Settings->USB Mode to DAC for the X3 to function as a DAC connected to
digital sources, or Storage for the X3 to function as external storage and card reader.
The USB cable needs to be unplugged and replugged after each change.
*For working with Windows PCs as DAC, supporting drivers need to be installed on the
Windows PC before using with the X3 for the first time. For more information, please
refer to “FiiO X3 User Guide-2 (USB DAC)”.
Ⅳ. Graphical Introduction to Menu Operation: [USB DAC]
Delete Current File from memory
Choose different loop mode
Add to ( Remove from) Favorites list
Artist, album, code and other
Press “up” to rotate the selection
clockwise, down to rotate counterclockwise

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Ⅴ. Detailed literal guide to menu operation
1. ON / OFF
Detailed literal guide to menu operation.
ON: Hold “OK” button for one second to turn on.
OFF: Hold “OK button for three seconds to turn off.
2. Playing
A. In main menu interface
a. “Memory Play” being set as “On” (Automatically play starting from where it stops)
Choose “Play” after it turns on, short press the “OK” button, it will bring you to the
playing interface
b. “Memory Play” being set as “Off” (When there is no music playing)
Choose “Play” after it turns on, short press the “OK” button, it will bring you to its
submenu where has options as follows: “Play All”, “Favorites”, ”Album”, “Genre”,
“Artist” and “Browse Files”.
B. Under playing interface
Long press the “Menu/Back” button, then you will see its submenu which includes:
“Information”, “Add to Favorites”, “Remove from Favorites”, “Treble”, “Bass”,
“Delete Current File“ “Play Mode” and “Back to Main Menu”.
3. Play All
Press the “OK” button to get to the full list of files. Then choose one song to bring you to the
playing interface.
4. Favorites
A. When there is no file in the folder, a prompt would pop up which reads “Playback Failure File
not found”.
B. If there are files in the folder, short press the “OK” button to get to the playing interface.
5. Category
It is divided into three categories: Album, Genre and Artist.
6. Browse Files
Short press the “OK” button, get into the “Local disk” and “Micro SD Card”.
If there is no TF card inserted in, the prompt would pop up and reads “Playback Failure File
not found”.
7. Play Mode
It includes four options: Normal, Shuffle, Single Repeat and Repeat All. Press vol+ or vol- button
to switch.