Fiio Adds USB-Output to X7, X7 Mark II, X5 3rd Gen
Like many other manufacturers of portable music players situated in China, Fiio’s philosophy tends to be “sell first, fix later”. But this isn’t just limited to bugs, often various features are advertised, but when you look at the small print it’ll state that said features will only be available with some future update.
To put things into perspective, the original X7 has been available for over 2 years, the X5 3rd Gen was unveiled around 18 months ago, and the X7 Mark II was introduced just under a year ago. Now it seems that finally Fiio is able to bring USB-output to these 3 devices.
The respective updates bring more than just the addition of this USB-output functionality to Fiio’s devices, as some new software features and other fixes have also been included.
1. Added USB Audio output function (the output is in DoP by default; if your DAC does not support DSD decoding, please switch from DoP to D2P in FiiO Music settings);
2. Added “Enter Now Playing after play” option (can be set in FiiO Music settings; when the option enabled, the app will automatically enter the Now Playing menu after clicking a song to play);
3. Added new option to turn on/off the power light (can be set in Settings->Display->Power Light);
4. Fixed issue where some FLAC tracks might stutter when the ViPER Effect was turned on;
5. Fixed issue where the embedded album art could not be displayed for some WMA tracks;
6. Fixed issue where the fast search bar in the Folder View menu might disappear in a few cases;
7. Fixed issue where the sound was abnormal or there was no output when playing DSD tracks via Bluetooth;
8. Fixed issue where the Settings would stop working when entering “Settings->Storage->NAND FLASH->Total space->Downloads”;
9. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
FW1.0.6 for Fiio X7 Mark II
1. Added USB Audio output function (the output is in DoP by default; if your DAC does not support DSD decoding, please switch from DoP to D2P in FiiO Music settings);
2. Added “Enter Now Playing after play” option (can be set in FiiO Music settings; when the option enabled, the app will automatically enter the Now Playing menu after clicking a song to play);
3. Fixed issue where some FLAC tracks might stutter when the ViPER Effect was turned on;
4. Fixed issue where the embedded album art could not be displayed for some WMA tracks;
5. Fixed issue where the fast search bar in the Folder View menu might disappear in a few cases;
6. Fixed issue where the sound was abnormal or there was no output when playing DSD tracks via Bluetooth;
7. Fixed issue where the Settings would stop working when entering “Settings->Storage->NAND FLASH->Total space->Downloads”;
8. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
FW3.3.5 for Fiio X7
1. Added USB Audio output function (the output is in DoP by default; if your DAC does not support DSD decoding, please switch from DoP to D2P in FiiO Music settings);
2. Added “Enter Now Playing after play” option (can be set in FiiO Music settings; when the option enabled, the app will automatically enter the Now Playing menu after clicking a song to play);
3. Fixed issue where some FLAC tracks might stutter when the ViPER Effect was turned on;
4. Fixed issue where the embedded album art could not be displayed for some WMA tracks;
5. Fixed issue where the fast search bar in the Folder View menu might disappear in a few cases;
6. Fixed issue where the sound was abnormal or there was no output when playing DSD tracks via Bluetooth;
7. Fixed issue where the Settings would stop working when entering “Settings->Storage->NAND FLASH->Total space->Downloads”;
8. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
Get The Updates
You can go ahead and grab the appropriate firmware update file(s) for the X5 3rd Gen here, the X7 Mark II here, and finally the X7 here.
