IRULU F20 User manual

iRULU F20 MP3 Player
User Manual

CONTENTS
English 1 - 10
Deutsch 11 - 23
Italiano 24 - 35
Español 36 - 47
Français 46 - 59
日本語 60 - 69
Read Before Use
Thank you for your purchasing iRULU music player. Please read the manual carefully

before using the player.
Buttons andControls
1. Power Button; Screen ON/OFF
Hold to power on/off the player;
Press to turn on/off the screen.
2. Display Screen
3. Scroll Wheel
Scroll to select menu items;
4. Button
Executes the desired items;
Starts/pauses the playing music.
5/6. / Button
Press to select menu items; switch to previous/next song; fast backward/forward during music
playing.
7. “M”Button
Menu; on “All songs”playlist interface, long press to quickly search the target song.
8. Button
Go back; on any other interface, long press button to return to the mail interface; on main
interface, press to return to the music playing interface when there is music playing/paused on
the background.
9. Power Indicator Light
Light up when powered on and go out when powered off.
10/11. Volume Button
Press to increase/decrease volume.
12. Micro SD Card Slot
13. Earphone Jack
14. USB/OTG Port
15. Line-out Port

Quick Guide
1. Charge the Player
Charge by Computer
Use USB cable to connect this player with a running computer. The USB cable can be used both
for data transferring and player charging.
Use 5V/500mA~1000mA Charger (Charger not included)
Plug one end of the USB cable into the charger and the other end into your player. Normally, it
needs about 4 hours for fully charged.
2. Power ON/OFF
Long press the power button for about 3 seconds to turn on/off the player;
Blue indicator light will be on when powered on and goes out when powered off.
Please Note:
When the system crashes or has no response, please hold the power button for 8 seconds to
restart the player.
3. Screen on/off
You can short press the power button to turn on/off the screen.
When the screen is off, the volume button, play/pause button and the previous/next song button
will not available while music playing in the background.
4. Insert/Remove Micro SD Card
Insert the Micro SD card into its slot, and the deck will automatically lock the SD card. When
remove the micro SD card, push the card inward and then let it go, the card will automatically
pops up.
5. Data Transfer
Use USB cable connect the player with computer, copy the music and other needed files in the
computer, and then paste them in the player, or just drag and drop the files directly when
connected to computer.
6. Main Interface
There are 4 parts on the main interface: Category, Music Library, Music Setting and System
Setting. Scroll the wheel or press / to browse and press to enter.
Please Note:
On any other interface, long press button to return to the main interface.
Music Playing Interface
You can find music files in both “Category”and “Music Library”. On any song list interface, scroll
the wheel or press / to browse and press to enter the music playing interface.
1. Basic Operations
Press to play/pause the music;
Press the two side buttons on the right to adjust volume;

Short press / to go to next/previous song;
Long press this button to move fast forward/backward;
Press button to return to the playlist;
On “All Songs”interface, long press “M”button to quickly search t he target song by
alphabetical order;
On main interface, press button to return to the music playing interface when there is
music playing/paused on the background.
2. Playing Setting
When you are on music playing interface, press “M”button to have a quick access to the
following instructions displayed on the right of the screen. Including: Collection, Play Mode, EQ,
Bluetooth, and Wallpaper. Scroll the wheel or press / to select the items, then press
button to make further choices.
Collection: Add /remove the song to/from “My Favorite”song list;
Play Mode: Set the order in which songs are played:
(Play in order / repeat all / repeat 1 / shuffle);
EQ (Equalizer): Choose the playing music style:
(Rock / Classic / Jazz / Pop / Dance / Vocal / Blues / Heavy Metal / Custom / OFF);
Bluetooth: Turn on/off the Bluetooth function;
Wallpaper: Choose to display or turn off the wallpaper.
Category
After scanning music from Micro SD card, you can see related music files sorted by different
classification criteria in “category”which includes “All songs”, “My favorite”, “Playlist”, “Recent
played songs”, “Artist”, “Album”, “Genre”… If you want clear all recently played records, you can
enter “Clear records”and choose “Yes”.
1. Add song to “My Favorite”list
On any song list interface except “My favorite”, scroll the wheel and press / to enter the
target song, then press “M”button and choose “Add to my favorite”with button to confirm.
2. Add to playlist / Centralized Playback / Create Playlist
Add to playlist:
On any song list interface except the lists in “Playlist”, choose the target song, then press “M”
button and choose “Add to playlist”with button to enter the list options, choose the
target list with the button to confirm;
Centralized Playback:
Enter the “Playlist”and choose the target list, then press “M”button and choose “Play”to
play all songs in the chosen list;
Create Playlist:
You can create playlist synchronously via Hiby music APP on Android devices.
3. Clear Records
If you choose “Clear records”, all the records in “Recently played songs”will be deleted.

Music Setting
“Music setting ”is where you conduct settings and operations that are directly related to music
playing. This includes: Music scan, Equalizer, Play mode, Gain setting, Replay gain, Balance control,
Album cover, Wallpaper, Display Lyric, Gapless playback, Memory playback, Volume setting, and
Customized powered-on volume.
You can scroll the wheel or press / to select the setting items, then press button to
make further choices.
1. Music Scan: scan data from Micro SD memory card, identify and classify music, create
music index in “Category”.
If you choose “Automatic”, the system will scan the music files from Micro SD card and classify
them automatically right after disconnecting from the computer; Choose “Manually”to scan
manually and then press “M”button to scan music files.
Please Note:
During the scanning process, do not press button, or the process will be discontinued.
2. Gain Setting
The “High”and “Low”gain switching can adjust the player ’s output in order to adapt to different
hardware (headphones, amp, etc) for auditory needs. The default setting is “Low”.
3. Replay Gain
Sometimes, different songs have different volume level. Turn on “Replay Gain”on to
automatically adjust the level to the same.
4. Balanced Control
Press button and the adjustment bar will show up. Scroll the wheel or press / to tune
the balance of the right channel and left channel.
5. Album Cover/Display Lyric
Press button to choose whether to display album cover/lyric. The default setting is “ON”.
Please Note:
To ensure normal display, you are supposed to save the cover/lyric file and music file together in
the same folder; support cover format: JPG; support lyric format: LRC; the same of the cover/lyric
file should be the same as the related music file.
6. Wallpaper
Choose whether to display wallpaper. The default setting is “ON”.
7. Gapless Play
Choose whether to reduce the time intervals while switching one song to another. The default
setting is “OFF”.
8. Memory Play: set the way to continue playing the music:
Back to last song (Play from last song from its beginning);
Back to last position (Resume playing from the position of the last song);

Close (Disable memory playback function).
9. Powered-on Volume Setting: set the musicplaying volume each time after you turn on
the player:
Memory: The default value you set last time when you use the player;
Default: The default volume value setting is 30;
Customize: customize powered-on volume value. To set the specific value, find “Customize
powered-on volume”on “Music setting ”interface and press button to enter the volume
value adjustment bar. The default value is 20.
System Setting
On system setting interface, you can scroll the wheel or press / to choose the setting
items. This includes: Language, Theme selection, Display setting, Bluetooth setting, USB mode,
Front size, Reset, Firmware update, and About the player. Then press button for further
operations and press button to return.
1. Language / Theme Selection
There are 9 available system languages (English / German / French / Italian / Japanese / Spanish /
Chinese / Korean) and 3 optional theme interfaces;
2. Front Size
Set system front size to Big / Medium / Small;
3. Display Setting: setting relevant to screen display:
Backlight time: the backlight will be out when it reaches the set time (press power button to
turn on the screen); the maximum value is “30 min”. The default setting is “1 min”;
Brightness: press button to enter the brightness value adjustment bar. Scroll the wheel or
press button / to adjust the value. The default setting is “50%”;
Idle shutdown: if there is no operation on the device, it will power off automatically when
reaches the setting time. The default setting is “5 min”;
Sleep timer: the device will power off automatically when reaches the setting time. The
default setting is “OFF”.
4. Bluetooth Setting:
While it’s on Bluetooth setting interface, choose “Bluetooth”and press to turn on/off
Bluetooth function. When the Bluetooth is enabled, the player will start scanning automatically
and related list will show:
Bluetooth name: the name of the device as a Bluetooth transmitter;
Hibylink: when Hibylink is on, Android users can control the device remotely on Hiby music
APP, such as play the music files, edit playlist, and add songs to “My favorite”, etc…
Please note:
A: Please visit website to download the Hiby APP: www.irulu.com >
B: HibyLink function currently only supports Android system (4.1 and above) smart phone. It
does not support IOS system.
High quality: turn on “high quality”for lossless sound quality transmisstion;

Bluetooth scanning: search the nearby devices that have turned on its Bluetooth. And the
searched device will be listed under “available device”;
Paired device: the devices that have successfully connected with the player. Scroll the wheel
or press / to choose from paired devices; press button to connect/disconnect;
press “M”button and choose “Yes”to cancel the pairing;
Available device: the searched available Bluetooth devices. Scroll the wheel or press button
/ to choose from searched device then press button to connect.
5. USB Mode: when use USB cable connect playerwith PC, there are 2 optional modes:
USB mode: in USB mode, when player connected to computer, the cable can be used to
charge the player or transfer data;
Please Note:
If you want to play music while charging via computer, please long press button .
DAC mode: in DAC mode, the player can be used as USB-DAC. For the first time, you need to
install USB-DAC driver software on your Windows computer. Please visit website to download the
driver: www.irulu.com >
Please Note:
MAC system can directly identify the device without having to install the software.
6. Reset
The choice “Format Micro SD card”will delete all the files in card. If you choose “factory setting ”,
the player’s system setting will be restored to factory defaults (The files in Micro SD card will be
retained).
7. Firmware Update
1) Insert the TF card into the card slot, and use USB cable to connect player with PC;
2) Format the device and set the format to FAT32 on computer and copy the update.upt to
the TF card root directory;
Please visit our website to download update software: www.irulu.com >
3) On the player, choose “Firmware Update”on “System setting”interface with the button
to confirm and then the system will automatically restart and upgrade.
Please Note ；
Do not operate the player during the upgrade process.
8. About the Player
You can see the used space, available space and firmware version.
Music Library
In “Music library”, you are allowed to check all the files in the Micro SD card or OTG device.
Please Note:
To view files on OTG device, you need to connect OTG device to the player first. You can’t add song
to “my favorite”list on OTG device.
Line Out

The player can support analog audio output (line out). Connect one end of the standard 3.5mm
audio cable to the Line-out port of your player and the other end to the external audio player
device. At this time, when there is music playing on the player, the audio signal can be
transmitted to the external audio device.
Specifications
Item Name
iRULU F20 HIFI Music Player
Dimension
94 * 57 * 15mm
Weight
108g
Display
2.0 inches TFT Display (320 * 240)
Power
1500mA / 3.7V Lithium Battery
Charging Power
Input: 5V / 1A (Micro USB)
Audio Format
5V / 500 ~ 1000mA
Audio Parameter
Audio Format
APE (192kHz / 24 bit); WAV (192kHz / 32 bit);
WMA (192kHz / 24 bit);
Wma Lossless (96kHz / 24 bit);
FLAC (192kHz / 24 bit); DSD (5.6MHz / 1 bit);
DFF (5.6MHz / 1 bit);
Aiff / M4A / AAC / OGG / MP2 / MP3
Distortion
< 0.008%
SNR
103dB ±2dB
Frequency
20Hz –20KHz
Dynamic Range
98dB
Earphone
Impedance
8Ω- 15Ω
Analog Output
3.5mm
Interface
Line Out Output
3.5mm
Data Interface
USB 2.0
Card Slot
Micro SD card up to 256GB
Working
Temperature
-5 ~ 40℃
OS
Windows XP / Vista / Win7/8.1 / Mac OS 10 / Linux 2.4.2 and above
If you have any problem about this player, please feel free to contact us: [e-mail], we’ll
reply you within 24 hours.

FAQ & Troubleshooting