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
2. System language sets the default system language
3. About shows you hardware and firmware information
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