[FiiO BTR17/BTR7] True Lossless Bluetooth, Portable Bluetooth DAC and Headphone Amplifier BTR17 Is Officially Released!

[anmolkakkar]

Where is the battery charge limiting feature on BTR7? I cant find it anywhere in the settings or in the FiiO control app.

 

[newworld666]

Where is the battery charge limiting feature on BTR7? I cant find it anywhere in the settings or in the FiiO control app.

On my sample, it's the first line called "battery protection" in the main menu .. it set limit of charging to 80% max

 

[anmolkakkar]

Do you mind sharing a screenshot of it? In my unit there is nothing like such in v1.85.

@FiiO are there different software version being released to different users? My machine is bought in India and has the version 1.85 as downloaded from the FiiO control app's "Online Upgrade" option.

 

[Hinomotocho]

Do you mind sharing a screenshot of it? In my unit there is nothing like such in v1.85.

@FiiO are there different software version being released to different users? My machine is bought in India and has the version 1.85 as downloaded from the FiiO control app's "Online Upgrade" option.

Is your Fiio control app up to date?

 

[anmolkakkar]

Is it in the FiiO control app vs. the unit itself?
I have the v3.3 which is the latest in the Google Play Store.
I must have gone blind. Found it as the first option in the FiiO control app - Battery Protection ON/OFF. Sorry for the false alarm.

 

[Johnfg465vd]

I really like that Fiio implemented a battery protection feature and the ability to "disable" display turning on when pressing volume buttons. I fiddle with the volume a lot, mostly when a new track starts playing so this should extend the battery life a tiny bit for me.

 

[fujio001]

This is an interesting device. I received my unit two days ago and updated to v1.85. I am pairing it with am Iphone 13 and using a set of P1Max. When in wired mode, it makes a crackling noise when changing tracks for a 1-3 seconds. The crackling/distortion is mostly associated with the screen being on. When it is on and a track is changed, you can see the scree glitch a bit. This correlates with the crackling/distortion I hear. It also crackles at the beginning of some tracks even when the screen is off. Wireless performance is good and there are no issues.

Anyone else have the same experience in wired mode? I am seriously thinking about returning this and trying out a Topping G5.

 

[karhujanis]

This is an interesting device. I received my unit two days ago and updated to v1.85. I am pairing it with am Iphone 13 and using a set of P1Max. When in wired mode, it makes a crackling noise when changing tracks for a 1-3 seconds. The crackling/distortion is mostly associated with the screen being on. When it is on and a track is changed, you can see the scree glitch a bit. This correlates with the crackling/distortion I hear. It also crackles at the beginning of some tracks even when the screen is off. Wireless performance is good and there are no issues.

Anyone else have the same experience in wired mode? I am seriously thinking about returning this and trying out a Topping G5.

I have the same issue when playing various mqa and non-mqa tracks from Tidal app on iPad Air 5 and iPhone 13 pro max.

 

[fujio001]

I have the same issue when playing various mqa and non-mqa tracks from Tidal app on iPad Air 5 and iPhone 13 pro max.

I would like to use a portable DAC/amp in both wired and bluetooth modes. Any suggestions on other units that fit the bill?

 

[anmolkakkar]

This is an interesting device. I received my unit two days ago and updated to v1.85. I am pairing it with am Iphone 13 and using a set of P1Max. When in wired mode, it makes a crackling noise when changing tracks for a 1-3 seconds. The crackling/distortion is mostly associated with the screen being on. When it is on and a track is changed, you can see the scree glitch a bit. This correlates with the crackling/distortion I hear. It also crackles at the beginning of some tracks even when the screen is off. Wireless performance is good and there are no issues.

Anyone else have the same experience in wired mode? I am seriously thinking about returning this and trying out a Topping G5.

I also get crackling/static/robotic noises when switching app on S22 Ultra, when turning off audio and then turning off screen, and then turning audio back on in any app. But it is solved by re-plugging the C-to-C cable and it reappears when the same scenario happens. Very annoying.

 

[fujio001]

I also get crackling/static/robotic noises when switching app on S22 Ultra, when turning off audio and then turning off screen, and then turning audio back on in any app. But it is solved by re-plugging the C-to-C cable and it reappears when the same scenario happens. Very annoying.

Anyone have any idea what is causing the crackle?

 

[moisespr123]

Switched to APTX HD and it’s not happening so far.

Glad that I'm not the only one with the LDAC issue, but I have the original BTA30.

Can't believe FiiO has not acknowledged this issue that is clear to be happening with this combination.

As you mentioned, using AptX HD doesn't trigger this issue.

 

[MarkF786]

The BTR7 seems to have “next track” and “previous track” backwards; my mind correlates ”+” with next track, and “-“ with previous track, but FiiO swapped it. I seem to recall other FiiO products doing this as well, while most other vendors’ products work the way I expect.

It would be great to have this configurable. Otherwise, I have to always remember the BTR7 operates in the opposite way than I’d expect.

Does this bother others as well, or am I in the minority?

 

[Chibs]

Glad that I'm not the only one with the LDAC issue, but I have the original BTA30.

Can't believe FiiO has not acknowledged this issue that is clear to be happening with this combination.

As you mentioned, using AptX HD doesn't trigger this issue.

Yea, it's been 3 nights using APTX HD and no resets. When I use LDAC, it happens at least once every night I use it. Sometimes 2 or 3 times.
Here's what I want to try. I'm going to convert optical to coax with an adapter. Maybe the coax port gives me better luck? who knows.
I will say that APTX HD while more stable, doesn't sound as good as LDAC. Hopefully Fiio fixes this. If they do, this is a really nice combo to watch tv with using 4.4 balanced to my Sennheiser HD800s.

Chibs

 

[moisespr123]

Yea, it's been 3 nights using APTX HD and no resets. When I use LDAC, it happens at least once every night I use it. Sometimes 2 or 3 times.
Here's what I want to try. I'm going to convert optical to coax with an adapter. Maybe the coax port gives me better luck? who knows.
I will say that APTX HD while more stable, doesn't sound as good as LDAC. Hopefully Fiio fixes this. If they do, this is a really nice combo to watch tv with using 4.4 balanced to my Sennheiser HD800s.

Chibs

I don't think the optical to coax will make a difference. I do believe it is an encoder or decoder issue either on the BTA30 or on the BTR7. With my LC-BT2 and my BTR5 LDAC works without issues. This is only happening in the BTR7.

It could be an LDAC decoder issue with the BTR7 since both the LC-BT2 and BTR5 as well as the BTA30 uses all the same main CSR8675 chip. The BTR7 uses a newer one and while I'm speculating, it could be an issue with the LDAC codec implementation FiiO is using in it.