Fiio M3K, Complete User'S Manual

Page 1: ... high resolution music player M3K launched by FiiO Company Note This article is referred to as M3 in the following To let you better utilize the M3 to enjoy high quality music we have prepared this complete user manual and collected answers of some frequently asked questions by users We hope this manual will help you get to know the M3 and unleash its full potential ...

Page 2: ...2 2 2 8 Back 3 2 2 9 Down Next track Fast forward 3 2 2 10 USB transfer Charging 3 2 2 11 Micro SD card slot 3 2 2 12 Headphone out jack 3 2 2 13 Microphone 3 3 Introduction of display 3 3 1 Power on off and home page 3 3 2 Main screen 4 3 3 Lock screen clock 4 3 4 Status Bar 5 3 5 Browse Files 5 3 6 Recording 6 3 7 Category 7 3 7 1 All songs 7 3 7 2 Artist 7 3 7 3 Album 7 3 7 4 Genre 7 3 7 5 Favo...

Page 3: ...ep 11 3 9 6 USB mode 11 3 9 7 Multifunction button 12 3 9 8 Button light 12 3 9 9 Theme 12 3 9 10 Recording quality 13 3 9 11 Lockscreen clock 13 3 9 12 Time setting 13 3 9 13 Date setting 14 3 9 14 Language 14 3 9 15 Storage formatting 14 3 9 16 Factory restore 14 3 9 17 About M3 15 3 10 Now playing screen 15 3 11 Shortcuts menu 16 4 Other operations 17 4 1 Songs added to favorites 17 4 2 Songs r...

Page 4: ...he computer 22 7 11 Does the M3 online computer need to be installed with a driver 23 7 12 How to check whether my M3 has the latest firmware 23 7 13 How to upgrade the M3 firmware 23 7 14 What to do if the update fails Would my M3 be bricked 23 7 15 What cards do the M3 support 23 7 16 Is the M3 picky about cards 23 7 17 What size card does the M3 support 23 7 18 How to format SD card into FAT32 ...

Page 5: ... characters 24 7 30 Why do my new songs not appear under any category 24 7 31 Why does the total number of files displayed by M3 differ from the actual number of files that I copied into the micro SD card 25 7 32 How to get longer battery life for the M3 25 ...

Page 6: ...of 384kHz 32 bit is supported and other features include CUE sheets The main panel adopts touch button to operation and uniform LED tor instruction It s a portable high performance music player The following sections are an illustrated guide to using the M3 2 Buttons and Ports 2 1 Buttons Ports Diagram Power lock button Volume up Volume down Confirm button Shortcuts button Touch bar Up Prev track ...

Page 7: ...press and hold the volume down button to switch the previous track 2 2 4 Confirm button If the player is in the playing state when the display is off or lock screen press briefly to play pause in other menus Shortly press to determine the operation or switch the set value function 2 2 5 Shortcuts button Shortly press to pop up the shortcut menu of the current screen Different shortcut button are u...

Page 8: ... out jack 3 5mm headphone output screen supporting a 3 segment and 4 segment headphones not supported for the headset wire control 2 2 13 Microphone Microphone hole Do not cover it when recording so as not to affect the recording effect 3 Introduction of display 3 1 Power on off and home page Press and hold the power button when M3 is off it will start up in about 2s when you turn on M3 for the fi...

Page 9: ...een clock In the system setting when the lock screen clock item is turned on when the player reaches the backlight time to automatically lock the screen screen off or the user presses the power button to manually lock the screen press the power button to activate the screen the figure above will appear In this screen you can slide the touch bar up or down to unlock enter the display screen before ...

Page 10: ...bove volume icon and current volume value play status clock sleep opened icon headphone insert icon SD card status battery icon Note Some icons need to be displayed in the corresponding state and the icons displayed in different states may not be the same 3 5 Browse Files From the Browse Files in the main screen you need to insert the SD card you can directly view and play the files in the SD card...

Page 11: ...ress the back button shortly to pop up the recording stop prompt Select Yes and press OK to stop recording Press the Back button again after recording stops the recording save selection will pop up and you can save the recording file as needed The recording file will be saved in the folder named Record in the root directory of the SD card Note 1 Please insert the SD card before recording and make ...

Page 12: ...ding to the album marked in ID3 and songs without album information will be classified into Unknown albums 3 7 4 Genre The songs will be sorted according to the genre marked in ID3 and songs without the genre information will be classified into Unknown genre 3 7 5 Favorites Users can choose and add their favorite songs to this list For the method of adding songs please refer to the subsequent intr...

Page 13: ...own Shortly press the confirm button to switch to Song Press the power button to turn off the M3 during playback After turning it on again it will automatically start playing the song played when the previous shutdown and the song will start playing from the beginning Position Press the power button to turn off the M3 during playback When it is turned on again it will automatically start playing t...

Page 14: ...nt screen At this screen slide the touch bar or press the previous next button to adjust the volume value The value can be adjusted to any value between 0 and 60 requires the Default volume option is setting to custom 3 8 7 Balance Shortly press the confirm button to enter the adjustment screen slide the touch bar or press the previous next button to adjust the maximum support left channel ten ste...

Page 15: ...pdate the media library Automatic means that as long as the USB cable is pull out after connected with the computer to copy data The media library is automatically updated after disconnecting the computer or anytime after inserting the SD card Shortly press the confirm button to enter the manual automatic selection screen Select Auto Manual by sliding the touch bar or pressing the previous next bu...

Page 16: ... different time values by sliding the touch bar or pressing the previous next button When set to OFF the function is disabled Note 1 In the state of recording or computer connection the idle standby is invalid 2 In the case of USB charging after the idle standby gets effect M3 will power off 3 9 5 Sleep Whether M3 is playing or not even the player has been operated all the time when the function i...

Page 17: ...st you need to set the Multifunction button to Repeat When you play music in the screen for the first time press the side confirm button hereinafter referred to as Repeat button for the first time the machine will press the Repeat button from 00 00 to the current time In one position such as 01 00 the loop repeats playback At this moment the status bar displays the AB mark icon as shown in the lef...

Page 18: ...reen and the lockscreen clock screen will no longer be displayed 3 9 12 Time setting Time setting entry Press the confirm button to enter the time setting screen as shown figure above After entering this screen the cursor is displayed on the 24 hour format above Figure 1 At this moment press the confirm button to switch the 24 hour format to open or close Then slide the touch bar or press the next...

Page 19: ...ress the back button to save the setting The same is true for the month and day settings 3 9 14 Language M3 supports multiple languages like Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese English French German Japanese Korean Russian Spanish Thai and Italian about 11 languages in all 3 9 15 Storage formatting When it is recognized that there is a SD card insertion state select Storage formatting and confi...

Page 20: ...tal capacity of the SD card the available capacity of the SD card the number of updated tracks the SN code and the NB code Users can slide the touch bar or press the previous next button to view the electronic quick start manual 3 10 Now playing screen The now playing screen is as shown Upper left current song playback progress display current song s number songs in the list total songs of current...

Page 21: ...ualizer as needed Add songs to favorites Shortly press the confirm button to add songs to Favorites list or remove songs from the list of favorites Add songs to the playlist Shortly press the confirm button to enter the upper left screen only the New Playlist item will be displayed when entering for the first time In this screen you can choose to create a new playlist or add songs to the existing ...

Page 22: ...Favorites song s list screen Shortly press the shortcuts button to pop up menu in this screen as shown in Figure 1 the left icon in the menu indicates that the songs are added to Favorites in batches the right one indicates that the songs are removed from Favorites in batches Select the Add icon the left one and press the confirm button to enter the songs selection screen as shown in Figure 2 you ...

Page 23: ...edly 4 2 Songs removed from Favorites Similar to the operation of Songs added to favorites in the list of Favorites list Shortly press the shortcuts button to pop up selection menu select the Delete menu icon on the right as shown in Figure 1 press the confirm button and jump to the songs selection list screen as shown in Figure 2 Slide the touch bar up or down to move the cursor to select tracks ...

Page 24: ...emoval is successful the deletion will be prompted Note The song removes the playlist just to move the song out of the list the song s file is still in the SD card 4 5 Delete playlist From the Category playlist to the playlist screen as shown in Figure 1 move the cursor to the list to be deleted by sliding the touch bar Shortly press the shortcuts button to pop up the operation menu as shown in Fi...

Page 25: ... can refer to the FiiO s official website or ask for the customer service Note M3 does not support editing external lists directly in the player 4 8 Shortcut operation In any screen except the recording screen long press the back button to jump directly to the main screen In the main screen if M3 is playing shortly press the back button to jump to the now playing screen In the storage screen conne...

Page 26: ...ose a micro SD card with FAT32 file system If update fails try using a card of 32GB capacity or under format it using the M3K back up data on the card first copy M3K fw inside again and attempt upgrade again 2 Firmware update will not affect files stored on the card 3 Ensure M3K is sufficiently charged preferably fully charged before the update to prevent power failure during the update 4 Do not o...

Page 27: ...ally 7 5 Can M3 be charged with other Micro USB cable The supplied USB cable or a quality replacement is recommended A poor quality USB cable can lead to slow charging or no charging 7 6 Why does the M3 charge so slowly or not at all through a front USB port on a desktop computer The front USB ports on a desktop computer are connected to the motherboard through long thin cables which cause too muc...

Page 28: ...h the M3 To prevent slow card speeds causing the M3 to stall while playing or be unable to play high bitrate lossless tracks please use micro SD cards of Class 6 or above 7 17 What size card does the M3 support After testing M3 currently supports cards up to 512G 7 18 How to format SD card into FAT32 format It is recommended to insert the SD card into the M3 card slot and format it into FAT32 in S...

Page 29: ... 24 Does M3 support CUE sheets The M3 supports external cue sheets for identifying and playing a cue d music file as separate tracks which will be automatically tracked during playback 7 25 The SD card have CUE files Why M3 can t support it M3 does not support CUE files embedded in song files and not support if the file names and song file s names of CUE files are different 7 26 Why can t I see th...

Page 30: ...mber of files playable by the M3 7 32 How to get longer battery life for the M3 1 Turn on Idle standby When this is set to on the player will enter standby after the set time when no music is playing and the user does not press any buttons on the player 2 Lower the backlight brightness to reduce power consumption 3 Set the Screen timeout to the minimum value so that the player turns off the screen...