Fiio X3 User manual

X3 User Guide
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Preface
Thank you for the kind purchasing of our latest 192K/24B portable
lossless player X3. In order to help you take better advantage of X3 in
enjoying music, we specially designed this user guide with some collected
frequently asked questions.

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Ⅲ Firmware Upgrade
Ⅳ Graphical Introduction to Menu Operation
Ⅴ Literal Introduction to Menu Operation
Ⅵ User Tips
Ⅶ FAQ Center
C. About Transmitting Songs
D. About Firmware Upgrading
E. About External Card
F. About Music Playing
G. Other Operations
H. Connection with Other Audio Devices
Ⅰ Product Overview
Introduction to Basic Button Operation
A. Introduction
B. About Charging
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X3 is a high fidelity digital audio player which can support MP2, MP3, WAV, WMA,
APE, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, OGG and other music formats with the highest supporting
sample rate up to 192K/24bit. It is also a high-performance portable player that
supports CUE index play and gapless play. Here combine some related pictures to
give better introduction to its operation.
. Product Overview:
Ⅱ. Operation 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. 2.4inch TFT Screen (240*320):
Display operation interface and related information.
2. TF Card Slot:
For standard TF card with 64G at its most.
3. Menu/Back:
Short-press：
One short-press: Go back step by step under any interfaces.
Two short-presses: Go back twice.
Long-press:
Under playing interface: Back to“Songs operation”.
Under other interfaces: Back to Main Menu.
Under main menu: Both short-press or long-press, it would go back to playing
interface (if music is playing).
4. Next/Upward selecting;5. Previous/Downward Selecting:
Under playing interface: Short-press to go for next song and long-press for
fast-forward.
Under other interfaces rather than playing: Go upward for selecting.
Under playing interface: Short-press to go for previous song and long-press
for fast-rewind.
Under other interfaces apart from playing: Go downward for selecting.
6. Vol“-”; 7. Vol“+”:
Under playing interface: Short-press to decrease one level of the volume and
long-press to continuous decrease until its minimum.
Under main menu: For adjustment if there is sub option.
Under playing interface: Short-press to increase one level of the volume and
long-press to continuous increase until its maximum.
Under main menu: For adjustment if there is sub option.
8. On/Off/Play/Pause:
*On: Short-press to turn on.
*Off: Long-press for three seconds to turn off.
*Forced shutdown: Long-press for ten seconds.
*Under playing interface: Short-press for play/pause.
9. Charging Indicator:
Turn red when charging and green after fully-recharged.

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10. Micro USB Port:
For data transmission and charging.
11. Line Out Port:
3.5mm audio output port and to connect amplifier.
12. HOLD:
To lock or unlock key operation.
13. Coaxial Out:
Output digital coaxial signal and can connect to devices with digital coaxial input.
Note: Coaxial output has the highest output priority which would close other
phone out or line out when coaxial cable plug in.
14. RESET：
Press down would automatically reboot the system.
15. Headphone Output:
3.5mm headphone port which is suitable for headphones
with different impedances.

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Firmware upgrading now Upgrade completed
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 upgrade is to improve and optimize the performance of the player which
won’t influence the normal function of the player without upgrading. The player
can support external TF card upgrade.
It might disable the device and make it unable to use if operate incorrectly when
upgrading. So please read the following instruction carefully before upgrading.
TF card upgrade would copy the X3.fw document provided by FiiO to the TF card
in FAT32 format. Turn it off and then simultaneously press the menu button and
power button, you will see the TF upgrade dialog box, after its finish, the player
would restart automatically.
Important notes:
It is suggested to use TF memory card with a capacity of 32G or lower. And it
should be a blank card in FAT32 format. In order to avoid upgrading failure, please
make sure the X3 has sufficient battery (better to with full power). If the firmware
upgrading failed for the first time, please long-press the power button for 10s to
get it reset, and then back to the upgrading procedure again. After the upgrading
finished, please go to the “Update Lib” option.
Note: Discrepancy would lie in different hardware & software version which we would not give further notice.
Delete the x3.fw file from the TF card after upgrade completed
Check firmware version: 【System Settings】>【Info/Storage】

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No TF card or musicStorage location
Choose music according to
category.
The category information in the
music file would be updated after
stored into the machine, which
would create the category list
automatically.
Without song playing, it gets to
various options for music file.
With song playing, it gets to the
playing interface directly, rather than
displaying this menu.
>Position丨Track丨OFF
>ON丨OFF
>31~60
>Memory丨Custom（5~30）
>Cover丨Lyrics丨ID3 *
>Low丨High
>L10~R10,
Shuffle
Available treble range: -10~10
List of “Favorites”
List of all the songs
Available bass range: -10~10
Button Operation
Press Get to next menu “>”
Press To change the number or option
Press To choose menu item
Press To back to previous menu
Ⅳ. Graphical Introduction to
Menu Operation: [Main Menu]
>Set system language
>OFF丨Shut down 10~120mins
>Long Light丨Screen off 10~60secs
>OFF丨30secs丨60secs丨90secs
>OFF丨30secs丨60secs丨90secs
>Six built-in wallpapers for option
>Manual丨Auto; Press OK to confirm
*Display lyrics if there is no cover;
display ID3 if there is no lyrics.
Status icons:
1. Current track/ Total file
2. Current volume
3. Hold
4. Sleep mode
5. Repeat mode
6. Playing
7. Battery indicator
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Single
Repeat
Repeat
All
One
cycle

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Cover
Long press
menu button
Artist, album, code and other
Add to Favorites list
Remove from Favorites list
Available treble range: -10~10
Available bass range: -10~10
Choose different loop mode
Back to main menu
Ⅳ. Graphical Introduction to
Menu Operation: [Playing Menu]
Lyrics

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Ⅴ. Literal Introduction to Menu Operation
1. ON / OFF
*Short-press “OK” button for one second to turn on.
*Long-press “OK” button for three seconds to turn off.
2. Playing
A. Under 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”,
“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 “TF 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.

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8. Treble
The default value of it has been set as 0dB, with the decreasing value of 10KHZ per degree.
Short press vol+ once to increase the treble by one degree and continuously increase by holding
on to it until reaches the maximum of 10dB.
And vice verse, short press vol- once to decrease the treble by one degree and continuously
decrease by holding on to it until reaches the minimum of -10dB.
9. Bass
The default value of it has been set as 0dB, with the decreasing value of 100KHZ per degree.
Short press vol+ once to increase the bass by one degree and continuously increase by holding
on to it until reaches the maximum of 10dB.
And vice verse, short press vol- once to decrease the bass by one degree and continuously
decrease by holding on to it until reaches the minimum of -10dB.
10. Player Settings
A. Memory Play
There are three options: OFF, Track and Position. Press vol+ or vol- button to switch.
Track: It memorizes the track where it stops, and play from the start when turns on next time.
Position: It memorizes the position of the track where it stops, and play from that position when
turns on next time.
B. Gapless Playback
This function mainly focuses on file with CUE index while not so smooth in playing. Turn it on to
shorten the delay so as to bring convenience to end-users; press vol+ or vol- button to switch.
C. Max Vol
The maximum volume limit is from 31 to 60. The reason we do not set its minimum as 0 is to
avoid being regarded as faulty machine; press vol+ to turn up and vol- to turn down.
D. Default Vol
There are two options: Memory and Custom.
Memory: The volume would display as last time.
Custom: The volume would display as the set value.
Short press the “OK” button, get to the default volume settings and press “Next” or
“Previous” button to switch.
When lock on “Custom”, press vol+ to turn up and vol- to turn down; check the set value by
short pressing the “OK” button.
While the vol+ and vol- button would be out of use when lock on “Memory”.
E. Play Display
There are three options: Cover, Lyrics and ID3 (The priority of the three ranks in this sequence);
press vol+ or vol- to switch.
*Cover: Display cover＞Display lyrics＞Display ID3(Display cover if there is one; display lyrics if there is no cover; display ID3 if there is no lyrics).
*Lyrics: Display lyrics＞Display ID3(Display lyrics if there is one; display ID3 if there is no lyrics).
*ID3: Display ID3 if there is one; display blank if there is no ID3 information; but requires for data and bit rate of the file.