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X3 User Guide
Be applicable to any versions beyond FW3.0
Preface
Thank you for purchasing our 192k/24bit portable lossless audio player, the X3.
In order to help you better take advantage of the X3 in enjoying music, we specially
designed this user guide and included answers to frequently askedquestions.
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  • Page 1 Be applicable to any versions beyond FW3.0 Preface Thank you for purchasing our 192k/24bit portable lossless audio player, the X3. In order to help you better take advantage of the X3 in enjoying music, we specially designed this user guide and included answers to frequently askedquestions.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Ⅵ Usage tips Ⅶ FAQ Center A. Introduction B. Charging C. Transferring songs D. Firmware upgrades E. External microSD cards 17-18 F. Music Playback G. Other operations H. Connection with other audio devices USB DAC [ Refer to“FiiO X3 User Guide-2(USB DAC)”］...

  • Page 3: Ⅱ Basic Operating Instructions

    Ⅰ . Product Overview: The X3 is a high fidelity digital audio player which can support MP2, MP3, WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, ALAC, OGG, AIFF, DSD and other music formats at up to 192k/24bit sample rates, with support for CUE index playback and gapless playback.
  • Page 4 1. 2.4” TFT screen (240x320): Displays user interface and related information. 2. Micro SD card slot: Currently supports micro SD cards with up to 128G capacity. 3. Menu / back: Short-press： One short-press: Go back up the menu tree by one step. Two short-presses: Go back twice.
  • Page 5 9. Charging Indicator: urns red when charging and green after player is fully recharged. 10. Micro USB Port: a. For data transmission and charging. b. Connects to digital music sources to act as USB DAC 11. Line Out Port: 3.5mm stereo audio line out port for connection with external amplifiers. 12.

  • Page 6: Ⅲ Firmware Upgrade

    It is suggested to use a card with capacity of 32GB or lower, and it should be a blank card in FAT32 format. To prepare such a card, insert it into the X3 and format it using X3’s integrated formatting command (System settings->Storage formatting->Yes).
  • Page 7 B. Running the firmware upgrade: Please ensure that the X3 has sufficient battery power (optimally, full power). Then turn off the X3 and then enter firmware update mode by holding the Menu button (upper lef t key) while pressing the Power button until the firmware upgrade screen shows.

  • Page 8: Ⅳ Illustrated Guide To Menu Operation

    “Update Media Lib” Press To go back to previous menu (this can be set to Auto to run each time the X3 is connected to the computer) Storage location No TF card or music ① ② List of “Favorites”...
  • Page 9 *Long press “Menu” to exit USB DAC interface and go back into main interface and shut down the USB DAC. *Set System Settings->USB Mode to DAC for the X3 to function as a DAC connected to digital sources, or Storage for the X3 to function as external storage and card reader.

  • Page 10: Ⅴ Detailed Literal Guide To Menu Operation

    Ⅴ. Detailed literal guide to menu operation 1. ON / OFF Detailed literal guide to menu operation. ON: Hold “OK” button for one second to turn on. OFF: Hold “OK button for three seconds to turn off. 2. Playing A. In main menu interface a.
  • Page 11 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.
  • Page 12 F. Balance Short press “OK” button get into the adjustment interface; Adjust the level by pressing ， vol+ and vol-, with maximum to 10dB at left channel and 10dB at right channel; check the set value by short pressing the “OK” button 11.

  • Page 13: Ⅵ Usage Tips

    J. Storage formatting When a micro SD card is inserted into the X3, select this option and choose "Yes" to format the micro SD card. All data on the card will be erased. The X3 formats cards into FAT32 format.

  • Page 14: Ⅶ Faq Center

    Thank you for the kind purchasing of our latest portable lossless player X3 with 192K/24B. In order to help you take better advantage of our X3 in enjoying music, we specially collect some frequently asked questions from end-users. Related answers to the questions are as follows, hope that helps.

  • Page 15: Charging

    What’s worse, if it is very poor quality, it may unable to charge due to the high voltage loss. What is the best way to charge X3? By using Apple original charger for iPad and X3 original data cable to get it recharged with power off. This can achieve the best charging effect.
  • Page 16 C. About Transmitting Songs Supportable operating system of X3 X3 supports WIN XP/WIN7/WIN8 and other operating systems in 32bit or 64bit, as well as MAC OS operating system of Apple. Supportable USB interface type of X3 USB2.0 and USB3.0...
  • Page 17 4. Email us at support@fiio.net to know latest firmware. What's the name of X3 firmware? The name of X3 is X3.FW and any modification on the file name or extension would make it invalid. Upgrading Steps 1. Get one blank Micro SD card (1G to 32G) with Class4 speed or higher. And you should format the Micro SD card into FAT32.
  • Page 18 SanDisk).Though we are unable to test all the brands, normally it can work well once with good quality.If the speed of card is too slow, X3 would get stuck in operation or unable to play high data rate lossless music (like 192K/24B in APE format). In this case, we would suggest you to use TF card in CLASS6 or even higher.
  • Page 19 Though we are unable to test all the brands, normally it can work well once with good quality. If the speed of card is too slow, X3 would get stuck in operation or unable to play high data rate lossless music (like 192K/24B in APE format). In this case, we would suggest you to use Micro SD card in CLASS6 or even higher.

  • Page 20: Other Operations

    You can transform the APE file into WAV or FLAC by FOOBAR. 2. It would become slow when there are too many music files in X3. Please do not put too many files in it.

  • Page 21: Connection With Other Audio Devices

    At this time, the headphone is disconnected to the inside of X3 so as to avoid any sonic boom or abnormal sound. However, the disconnection of the relay depends on the electrical signal which would generate slight sound.

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