I got the disconnected messages as well with the bad one, that's what really frustrated me until I tried the 2nd Meenova to confirm the 1st was bad.
I didn't realize there was a new version, I'll have to check it out. I bought mine in April.
So here's an update on the Meenova situation, and I sort of think it should be a warning to everyone going down this road:
WARNING: The 2nd Generation Meenova MicroSD OTG reader, dubbed the "Dash Micro" does not seem to work with the FiiO X5 (Your mileage may vary... )
The original Meenova 1st Gen. Model seems to work well with the X5 (based on comments from other users).
I know that both the MicroSD card and the meenova were
not defective, because the card was recognized by both my Mac and PC, and I used the Meenova on my other android tablets and phones, everything worked fine, except when you stick the X5 in the middle
Here was my solution
I went out and bought another OTG MicroSD reader, similar to the Meenova, but bulkier, manufactured by
Transcend. The X5 STILL didn't recognize this.
As a last resort, I went out and bought an OTG 64 GB Flash Drive, manufactured by
Kingston (I wasn't even aware they made these...).
I stuck some music on the flash drive....... and
voila! Everything works. I stuck some music on the drive, and everything works like a charm
I'm a happy camper now, though spending that little bit of excess cash, and wasted time kind of ticks me off.
Link to the Kingston OTG drive.
Amazon.com :
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-32GB-Traveler-MicroDuo-DTDUO/dp/B00IRUS7KU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410625696&sr=8-1&keywords=otg+flash+drive
Kingston official product page:
http://www.kingston.com/en/usb/otg
Note: SanDisk also makes their own USB OTG drives.
As the amateur picture below shows, the drive doesn't stick out that much farther than a Meenova normally would, though it kind of sucks that the drive isn't "expandable" (in the sense that the Meenova can easily swap card sizes).
Happy Listening!
hifx