ZiShan Z3 User Manual

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to turn Z3 on and off? A: Toggle the bottom switch

2. How to determine the player is fully charged? A: Turn off the player and then charge until the

LED is off, the general charge of 3 hours light on the machine will not be off

3. How to lock the screen? A: Long press the MIDDLE + LEFT at the same time

4. How to restore the factory settings? Shut the player down, turn it on and hold LEFT until the

message "Restored to factory" appears

5. TF card is presenting, but not recognizing. A: Format your TF card to FAT32 or exFAT

6. What to do when system crashes? A: 1. Try to restore factory settings 2. Make sure total audio

files count is 10,000 or less

7. System crashes when entering the file browser. A: Make sure the audio files count in each single

folder is 1000 or less

8. How to use EQ preset files? A: Enter the file browser and find "180EQ" folder, select the EQ then

short press RIGHT to set

9. Where can I find latest firmware and QQ exchange group? Firmware URL

https://pan.baidu.com/s/1pLoSrzl

DAC settings

Five digital filtering presets available, mainly to improve the ringing of the square wave phenomenon,

not the whole sound, so it plays a minor role. Default is Short delay slow roll‐off filter.

USB DAC function lets you use your Z3 as the external USB sound card. When USB DAC option is enabled

in settings, the driver will be installed automatically when Z3 will be connected to the computer. User

needs to manually set Z3 as the default playback device, it may be configured in your system's audio

settings (example for Win7: Start – Control Panel – Sounds and Audio Devices – select ZiShan Z3 – press

small arrow near Set as default button ‐ select Set as default playback device).

System settings

1. Backlight time sets LCD backlight timeout from last button pressing

2. System language sets the default system language

3. About shows you hardware and firmware information

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Page 1 ZiShan Z3 User Manual Frequently Asked Questions 1. How to turn Z3 on and off? A: Toggle the bottom switch 2. How to determine the player is fully charged? A: Turn off the player and then charge until the LED is off, the general charge of 3 hours light on the machine will not be off 3. How to lock the screen? A: Long press the MIDDLE + LEFT at the same time 4. How to restore the factory settings? Shut the player down, turn it on and hold LEFT until the message "Restored to factory" appears 5. TF card is presenting, but not recognizing. A: Format your TF card to FAT32 or exFAT 6. What to do when system crashes? A: 1. Try to restore factory settings 2. Make sure total audio files count is 10,000 or less 7. System crashes when entering the file browser. A: Make sure the audio files count in each single folder is 1000 or less 8. How to use EQ preset files? A: Enter the file browser and find "180EQ" folder, select the EQ then short press RIGHT to set 9. Where can I find latest firmware and QQ exchange group? Firmware URL https://pan.baidu.com/s/1pLoSrzl DAC settings Five digital filtering presets available, mainly to improve the ringing of the square wave phenomenon, not the whole sound, so it plays a minor role. Default is Short delay slow roll‐off filter. USB DAC function lets you use your Z3 as the external USB sound card. When USB DAC option is enabled in settings, the driver will be installed automatically when Z3 will be connected to the computer. User needs to manually set Z3 as the default playback device, it may be configured in your system’s audio settings (example for Win7: Start – Control Panel – Sounds and Audio Devices – select ZiShan Z3 – press small arrow near Set as default button ‐ select Set as default playback device). System settings 1. Backlight time sets LCD backlight timeout from last button pressing ...
Page 2 Controls  Short press UP or DOWN to move a frequency grid  Short press LEFT or RIGHT to change current frequency  Short press MIDDLE to confirm and exit  Long press LEFT to cancel changes and exit  Short press UP or DOWN to change the volume  Short press LEFT for switching EQ  Short press RIGHT to set the play mode  Short press UP or DOWN to select  Short press LEFT or RIGHT to change the settings  Long press LEFT to cancel changes and return to the main menu  Short press UP to enter playback settings  Short press DOWN to enter the file browser  Short press MIDDLE to play / pause song  Short press LEFT or RIGHT for previous/next song  Long press RIGHT for fast forward  Long press LEFT to return to the main menu ...
Page 3  Short press UP or DOWN to select  Short press LEFT or RIGHT to change settings  Short press MIDDLE to confirm to return  Long press LEFT to cancel changes and return to the main menu  Long press LEFT to return to the main menu  Short press RIGHT to play selected song  Short press MIDDLE for Play/Delete menu.  Short press LEFT to return to previous level  Long press LEFT to return to the main menu Firmware Update 1. Get the latest firmware z3app.bin 2. Shut down the player 3. Using a card reader place z3app.bin to the TF card root directory 4. Insert TF card with z3app.bin file into the player and turn it on 5. Upgrade process starts automatically, usually it takes about 40 seconds 6. Use the card reader to delete z3app.bin from the TF card ...