Fiio M5 Complete User's Manual
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(This manual is for player introduction only and is subject to subsequent changes
without prior notice.)
Foreword:
Thank you for purchasing FiiO's M5, our 384KHz/32Bit portable HD lossless music player. To let you
better utilize the M5 to enjoy high-quality music, we have prepared this complete user manual and
collected and answered some frequently asked questions by users. We hope this manual will help you get
to know the X5 and unleash its full potential.
M5 Complete user manual

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  • Page 1 Foreword: Thank you for purchasing FiiO's M5, our 384KHz/32Bit portable HD lossless music player. To let you better utilize the M5 to enjoy high-quality music, we have prepared this complete user manual and collected and answered some frequently asked questions by users. We hope this manual will help you get...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction............................- 5 - 2 Buttons and ports introduced.........................- 5 - 2.1 Buttons/Ports Diagram:........................- 5 - 2.2 Button and Interface Instructions......................... - 5 - 2.2.1 Power / lock screen button........................- 5 - 2.2.2 Volume "+".............................. - 5 - 2.2.3 Volume"-"..............................
  • Page 3 3.15.18 Factory restore..........................- 18 - 3.15.19 Restore factory settings........................- 18 - 3.15.20 firmware upgrade..........................- 19 - 3.15.22 About M5............................- 19 - 3.16 Update media library............................. - 20 - 4 Playback page..............................- 20 - 5 Shortcut menu..............................- 21 - 3 Delete playlist..............................
  • Page 4 7.30 Why did you copy the songs and press singers, genres, and albums?............- 26 - 7.31 Why is the total number of songs displayed by M5 different from the number of songs I copied into?..- 26 - 7.32 How to extend the endurance of the M5?....................- 26 -...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Hold the Power/Lock button to turn on the M5. Click the preferred language onscreen to enter main UI. Hold the "Power/Lock" button while the M5 is on, click "Yes" on the pop-up power off dialogue to turn it off. Double click the "power button"...
  • Page 6: Pickup Hole

    switch to the next track. 2.2.3 Volume"-" When the display is on, Press briefly to change volume"-"by one increment, hold down to change volume continuously until to the mute. If the player is in the playing state when the display is off, press and hold the volume"-" button to switch to the previous track.
  • Page 7: Main Interface Menu

    seconds to force the shutdown) 3.2 Main interface menu In the main interface, you can scroll the cursor by sliding the touch bar, select the corresponding item as required, and then press the touch bar or the side confirmation button to enter the project. 3.3 Lock screen clock In the system setting, when the “lock screen clock”...
  • Page 8: Indicator Display

    ⑩Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter:M5 has connected to Bluetooth headphone, Bluetooth codec format is LDAC ⑪Bluetooth codec format as Bluetooth transmitter: Bluetooth transmitter option is on and the M5 hasn't connected to Bluetooth headphone ⑫Play status: Current playback status is 'play' ⑬Play status: Current playback status is 'pause'...
  • Page 9: Recording

    2、Indicator display of different input codes (when playing) Low battery Charging Codec In normal state Blue light pulsates Red light indicates Codec indicator current working light stays steadily Cyan light pulsates status aptX Purple light pulsates aptX HD Yellow light pulsates LDAC White light pulsates 3.6 Recording...
  • Page 10: Step Counter

    3.7 Step counter After entering the step counter page, click the red icon in lower left corner will start to step. The meter icon will display in the status bar. Click the lower right corner icon to stop step. Pedometer interface swipe from right to left in step counter page will enter the step counter history data record page, as shown in the right picture above.
  • Page 11: Genre

    3.8.4 Genre The songs will be sorted according to the genre information marked in ID3, and songs without the genre information will be classified into "Unknown genre ". 3.8.5 Favorites Users can choose to add their favorite songs to the list. For the method of adding songs, please refer to the subsequent introduction of this document.
  • Page 12: Bluetooth Receiving

    "Vol-" button to switch to previous track; double click the "Power" button to turn off or wake up the screen; hold the "Vol +" and "Vol -"buttons at the same time for 3s until the red and blue lights flash alternately, M5 will clear current pairing and enter pairing mode.
  • Page 13: Bluetooth Transmitter

    The status bar will display the Bluetooth icon after turning on the Bluetooth function. Click "search for Bluetooth device" on the page, and the M5 will start to search for surrounding devices. The found devices' name will be displayed in the "paired devices"...
  • Page 14: Play Mode

    3.14.1 Play mode The default playback mode is sequential playback. After the current list is played, the song will stop playing. (If “folder skip” is ON, it will jump to the next list to continue playing until the last list of songs is played. Short press the confirmation button to switch to: Loop play: The song will play in the list all the time;...
  • Page 15: System Settings

    When setting to off, only the tracks in the current folder will be played and the M5 will not play songs from other folders.
  • Page 16: Usb Mode

    3.15.9 Slect output Since the 3.5mm port of M5 supports three output modes, PO, LO and SPDIF, this option is to select the desired output. When selecting PO, the output mode is headphone out, and the volume adjustable; when selecting LO, the output mode is lineout, the volume is not adjustable and fixed to maximum.
  • Page 17: Double Tap The Screen

    The default is "off", indicating that this feature is not enabled. When the option is "on", indicating that this feature is enabled. When a M5 used with strap on hand, as long as according to watch action, lift the wrist to make the M5 in the screen up and are in a horizontal interface, the M5 will automatically turn on the screen.
  • Page 18: Setting The Date

    After entering the date setting page, the display will display as shown in the picture above. Click the arrow icon on the display to set it to the corresponding date. (Note: there is no week setting for M5, and the corresponding day and date will be automatically matched according to the calendar after the date setting is completed) 3.15.17 Language...
  • Page 19: Firmware Upgrade

    1. It is recommended to use the Micro SD card in FAT32 format. If the upgrade is not successful, please try to change the blank Micro SD card below 32G, format it with M5 and copy the firmware to it and try again.
  • Page 20: Update Media Library

    3.16 Update media library The Update media library option has update now and auto update modes. Update now means that the system will update the song library right after clicking this option and create new category list. Auto update means that as long as it is connected with the computer to copy data.
  • Page 21: Shortcut Menu

    could read the lyric of current playing music (The song lyric file need to be copied to the same directory of the song). In the above three pages, click the blank position to enter the full-screen cover display page, as shown in the picture below.
  • Page 22: Delete Playlist

    As shown in the picture above, From files browser page or all music, my favorite, playlist etc page under category, swipe from right: 1 Add songs to my favorites, short press the OK button to add songs to my favorites list, or remove songs from my favorites list.
  • Page 23: Notes

    7.5 Can M5 be charged with other Micro USB cable? Yes, but the original data cable of the M5 is specially designed to reduce the loss during charging. If you use a non-original charging cable, it may cause the charging speed to slow down; if you use a poor quality data cable, you may not be able to charge because the voltage loss of the data cable is too large, or affect the stability of data copying.
  • Page 24 7.7 How to judge the status of M5 charging? When the M5 is charging, the battery icon in the status bar at the upper end of the player display will scroll (if it is off, the display will show a large battery icon to indicate charging). If the battery icon stops scrolling, the machine is fully charged.
  • Page 25 M5 supports the playback of external CUE files, which will be automatically tracked during playback. 7.25 My songs have CUE files. Why not supported? M5 does not support CUE files embedded in song files, or the file names and song file names of CUE files are inconsistent.
  • Page 26 7.28 Why can't my lyrics be displayed? M5 only supports the external LRC format lyrics. The lyrics file name must be the same as the song file name. The embedded lyrics and KRC format lyrics are not supported. 7.29 Why is the cue playing interface displaying garbled characters? M5 currently supports ANSI, Unicode, UTF-8 (with/without BOM) encoding formats, and other encoding formats do not.

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