The Fiio X5 Thread

[nmatheis]

For upgrading the firmware its recommended in the manual to have a 32gb empty sd card.  Is it safe to upgrade using a filled 64gb card ?  I don't have a spare 32gb card around

That's what I always do.

 

[mandrake50]

  For upgrading the firmware its recommended in the manual to have a 32gb empty sd card.  Is it safe to upgrade using a filled 64gb card ?  I don't have a spare 32gb card around

I thought it was an empty card of any size that would hold the firmware. I did it from a 16 gig card... empty, yes, more than once.
It worked fine!

 

[BubbaBob]

  No - it doesn't.

Players should NEVER write anything to your files.

 

[BubbaBob]

 
I thought it was an empty card of any size that would hold the firmware. I did it from a 16 gig card... empty, yes, more than once.
It worked fine!

I use an 8GB one. The only important thing is FAT32 formatting. Can't believe that the X5 can't deal with exFAT but it can't.

 

[nmatheis]

I just leave my music-filled 64gb mSD card in, copy over the FW file, update, and leave it on the card in case I need to re-flash the FW later. Hasn't caused any problems for me yet.

EDIT: I format all my cards in my X5

 

[Ripvanlink]

I used a card filled with music and it worked fine

 

[aangen]

  For upgrading the firmware its recommended in the manual to have a 32gb empty sd card.  Is it safe to upgrade using a filled 64gb card ?  I don't have a spare 32gb card around

I don't like fishing cards in and out of my F5 so yesterday I plugged it into my computer and just copied the firmware file to the root of a full 128 GB card that is a FAT 32 formatted card. The upgrade went swell and I didn't have to do much of anything. Your results may vary but it worked swell for me.

 

[nmatheis]

Yup, I think Fiio's being very conservative with their FW upgrade recommendations.

 

[aangen]

I have done three FW changes in the last ten minutes using the who cares method. All were successful.

 

[aural bliss]

  I have done three FW changes in the last ten minutes using the who cares method. All were successful.

Nice, I will certainly use this method

 

[olddude]

Ziplock bag

Double bag!

 

[nmatheis]

I honestly use Ziplock bags for my DAPs when I think they might get dusty or wet. It was an honestly helpful suggestion. C'mon, people...

:wink_face:

 

[Dvirlu]

Why not get a vacuum sealed bag and be done with it

 

[40lb]

I honestly use Ziplock bags for my DAPs when I think they might get dusty or wet. It was an honestly helpful suggestion. C'mon, people...

I keep mine in a waterproof grade bag. Had a mac-book air survive a nasty flood in a dorm building i was staying my room had about 6 inches of water in it with the bag on the floor and I wasn't able to recover it for about 5 hours. The bag was soaked inside and out however my mac was completely dry. Ever since then I keep my stuff up off the ground and in a good bag.

 

[Dobrescu George]

i only tried on tralucend site on internet. did not know that that was not where i should have began!