The FiiO X1 Discussion and Help and Support Thread |192K/24B|100mW | LO | inline remote

[koan1011]

  yeah sorry about that, it's just me being a noob. the X1 does play when charging, I only tried to press ON/OFF when all I had to do was press play

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I think when I do finally start taking my X1 out (still too worried about it being expensive) I'll take up your tip about also carrying a cheap player with me for when the power goes on the X1.
 
I have a player that is relatively small and light and will be better than carrying a power pack with me.

 

[amadeuswus]

Hello,
 
Thanks in advance for any tips you might have for waking up a "stalled" X1.  I connected mine to my Windows 7 pc for the first time today.  The X1 screen showed that it was connected and the computer monitor showed that drivers had been installed successfully and the device was ready to use.  However, the X1 only momentarily showed up as an attached device and soon after vanished from the list of drives.  I could not power the X1 down; its screen continued to show that it was connected via usb.  After I detached it from the computer, the X1 screen went black but the blue power light stays on.  It does not respond to any button, no matter how long I hold it down (the screen stays dark).  It hasn't shut itself down even though it's long past the auto shut off time.
 
(If this matters, last night I was able to transfer a few files to the onboard 32gb card using a Mac laptop, and the X1 played normally.  Today, different story.)
 
Thank you for your suggestions!
Edward

 

[H20Fidelity]

Hello,

Thanks in advance for any tips you might have for waking up a "stalled" X1.  I connected mine to my Windows 7 pc for the first time today.  The X1 screen showed that it was connected and the computer monitor showed that drivers had been installed successfully and the device was ready to use.  However, the X1 only momentarily showed up as an attached device and soon after vanished from the list of drives.  I could not power the X1 down; its screen continued to show that it was connected via usb.  After I detached it from the computer, the X1 screen went black but the blue power light stays on.  It does not respond to any button, no matter how long I hold it down (the screen stays dark).  It hasn't shut itself down even though it's long past the auto shut off time.

(If this matters, last night I was able to transfer a few files to the onboard 32gb card using a Mac laptop, and the X1 played normally.  Today, different story.)

Thank you for your suggestions!
Edward

There's a reset button on the volume side, remove the silicon case and try pressing it for 5 seconds if it happens again.

 

[amadeuswus]

Hi H20Fidelity,
Thanks for your reply--the pinhole reset woke the player up.  I appreciate your help.  Any thoughts on how I can avoid the freeze if I try again?  The card itself is fine--I've been moving files to it from the same Windows pc using a card reader.
 
Thanks again.
Edward

 

[koan1011]

  Hi H20Fidelity,
Thanks for your reply--the pinhold reset woke the player up.  I appreciate your help.  Any thoughts on how I can avoid the freeze if I try again?  The card itself is fine--I've been moving files to it from the same Windows pc using a card reader.
 
Thanks again.
Edward

Personally I'd swap files to an fro, using the SD card in a card reader attached to the computer. It is normally faster anyway. You shouldn't really need to connect to a computer. Not even to upgrade the firmware.

 

[H20Fidelity]

Hi H20Fidelity,
Thanks for your reply--the pinhold reset woke the player up.  I appreciate your help.  Any thoughts on how I can avoid the freeze if I try again?  The card itself is fine--I've been moving files to it from the same Windows pc using a card reader.

Thanks again.
Edward

You need to go into your USB driver device settings in Windows and delete the corrupt driver then let X1 reinstall it. I'm on my phone so its hard to explain but Google search of 'fix corrupt usb driver' should help.

Unless someone else can chime in! There's also a good chance it was just a one off thing.

 

[amadeuswus]

Thanks to all who have replied about my frozen X1 problem--you are a very helpful community.  If I may add one other question:  is the X1 designed so that once the screen saver darkens the screen, the front panel controls are all inactive until you tap the power button again?  Is there a key lock mode that would leave the front controls (play/pause, forward/back) active even if the screen is dark?
 
Also, when the screen is dark and I press and hold down either volume button, it changes the track instead of changing the volume.  (Single taps change the volume as expected.)  Is this also by design or key lock setting?
 
Thanks very much
Edward

 

[H20Fidelity]

Thanks to all who have replied about my frozen X1 problem--you are a very helpful community.  If I may add one other question:  is the X1 designed so that once the screen saver darkens the screen, the front panel controls are all inactive until you tap the power button again?  Is there a key lock mode that would leave the front controls (play/pause, forward/back) active even if the screen is dark?

Also, when the screen is dark and I press and hold down either volume button, it changes the track instead of changing the volume.  (Single taps change the volume as expected.)  Is this also by design or key lock setting?

Thanks very much
Edward

The changing tracks on volume hold (when screen is off) is by design. I guess a safety feature too if X1 gets pushed up against something in your backpack for example.

In the system settings change the key-lock settings to lockscreen 3, this will allow you to change tracks and pause whilst the screen is asleep using the front buttons.

 

[clee290]

I modded the latest beta to include the black and white themes. Download links and info in my signature below.
 
Unfortunately, I'm still unable to move icons around. Is it possible and I'm just doing something wrong? Or do you guys just not want us to move things around? @JamesFiiO @Joe Bloggs
 
Hope it'll be possible in the future as it'll make for some nice themes

 

[koan1011]

There are some LP rips out that say they are 128k/24bit. Is it possible to rip LPs at that rate and actually have the quality? And if so do you hear that quality if you play on the X1 via Headphone out or via Line out only?

 

[amadeuswus]

Maybe I'll get lucky and have all my questions about the X1 answered today.... I've only played a few albums so far (all wav rips from cd) and I've already experienced several short crackups in the sound on various tracks, sort of like what you would get if you accidentally bumped your old-time LP spinner.  No actual silence, but jarring.  The music continues after that.  When I rewind, my X1 usually replays the same passage without incident.  Might there be a problem with the unit or perhaps the card?  (I don't think the source files are at fault; they play normally via a USB DAC and also when transferred to another DAP.  Thanks again for your help.

 

[Koolpep]

  There are some LP rips out that say they are 128k/24bit. Is it possible to rip LPs at that rate and actually have the quality? And if so do you hear that quality if you play on the X1 via Headphone out or via Line out only?

How else would you listen to these recordings if not via HO or LO? I did some blind tests and I can't hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192. I can't even reliably feel the difference between well encoded 320kbit/s MP3s and FALC/WAV/ALAC files. With some tracks I can, with some I can't it always depends on the headphones (are they high end enough to even let you hear these tiny differences) and the mix/recording. 

 

[Koolpep]

Seems to me as the player couldn't read the tracks fast enough from the card. Try this: convert the tracks into another lossless format the player plays, FLAC or ALAC they both have smaller file sizes than wav while still being lossless, see if it happens with these files too.
 
Cheers,
K

 

[castleofargh]

  Maybe I'll get lucky and have all my questions about the X1 answered today.... I've only played a few albums so far (all wav rips from cd) and I've already experienced several short crackups in the sound on various tracks, sort of like what you would get if you accidentally bumped your old-time LP spinner.  No actual silence, but jarring.  The music continues after that.  When I rewind, my X1 usually replays the same passage without incident.  Might there be a problem with the unit or perhaps the card?  (I don't think the source files are at fault; they play normally via a USB DAC and also when transferred to another DAP.  Thanks again for your help.

http://files.elv.de/Assets/Produkte/11/1182/118295/Downloads/118295_x1_player_um_en.pdf
6) at the bottom

 

[castleofargh]

  There are some LP rips out that say they are 128k/24bit. Is it possible to rip LPs at that rate and actually have the quality? And if so do you hear that quality if you play on the X1 via Headphone out or via Line out only?

you can find many tutorials and advices on how to rip LPs on the net. I very highly recommend looking them up before trying to rip your own albums. 
 
the X1 will play any rip like any other player can. some believe there will be an audible difference from the original, some don't. I'm with the second group(if the rip was well done and with a proper soundcard).