šŸ”· FiiO BTR5

@fabiokelm Forgot to mention, Iā€™ll be transmitting the signal From TV, through a 1Mii B03 Pro transmitter/receiver and picking it up on the BTR5. Not sure how this compares to watching movies direct from a telephone?

Sorry, donā€™t know anything about this device. I used the BTR5 from my smartphone (Motorola X4) and from some computers: my Dell Latitude notebook from work, and my personal desktop with an Intel Wifi/Bluetooth radio.

I think you should be fine though. Last case scenario you can connect the BTR5 to a phone, use the Fiio Control app to limit the BTR5 to use only aptx LL, and it should be fine.

Then again, Iā€™m not a big content consumer using Bluetooth so take my comment with a grain of salt. :wink:

1 Like

Is it possible to use both out-put jacks to connect two headphones (wired) simultaneously?
Just trying to sort out my options before pulling the trigger on this device.

My guess would be no. If itā€™s anything like the q5s, balanced out will take precedence over se out

I watch YouTube with them all the time over YouTube on both LDAC and AptX and have never had issues. The app shows a LL support, but I have never bothered running it.

That is transmitting from a PC to the BTR5, I also have a phone connected at the same time most of the day.

I tested it mine, and the answer is no.
I was surprised, the 3.5mm unbalanced wins.

I recently got my btr5 and Iā€™ve got a question , it only turns on when I plug it to my phone and the screen starts blinking ,and when I unplug it it turns off , I let it charge for 2 hours with my phone and when I turn off charging in the menu it charges anyway , is it broken or does it take a lot of time to charge , and I also wanna ask about what charger do I use for it , in the box it said it needed 5v , 500mA , and I didnā€™t found a charger like that , Iā€™ve read that itā€™s better to charge with a power bank

2 Likes

that sounds defective to meā€¦ any option to return / exchange it?

Any good phone charger will do the trick. I keep old iPhone chargers around for things like this.

My 2 cents on your issue: plug it into a charger over night to be certain itā€™s fully charged. Then try a factory reset on it:
21.What if the BTR5 appears to be frozen? How to reset BTR5?-FiiOā€”BORN FOR MUSIC

If itā€™s still not working, try to get a return / exchange. (If you canā€™t do that, I have one Iā€™m selling, happy to give you a really good price.)

2 Likes

It charges over the USB-C, and I actually plug my in once or twice a day for a while. I just have standard powered USB cables on my desk ( C and micro ). It doesnā€™t have enough power to get through the entire day. If you press the small round button, it should show the full display, if it is off that is just the power meter. I donā€™t recall it taking more than 30 minutes to fully charge.

I know there are some odd charging options on the app, but I almost never use it. I set it up once, and then almost never touch the app. My understanding is the app is horrible on iPhone.

1 Like

It wasnā€™t like that the first few days , I didnā€™t charge it when I got it and it worked fine until it hit 2 bars on the charge then it started blinking and only turned on while charging it , could it really be defective

Definitely maybe :thinking:

When you plug it in with a wall charger does the screen do anything? Usually it will show charging status.

I still think trying the factory reset is your best chance.

1 Like

I tried plugging it into a power bank , then I unplugged it and it turn on it showed Bluetooth pairing , then I plugged it into my phone , I choose charge off but it kept charging , I kept unplugging and plugging and then it stopped charging , it may work now but can it fail another day , what I want to know is : is it really defective now ?

no way to know. if it can easily be exchanged from where you bought it I would do it. If you wait and it fails again later, itā€™ll be harder to return / exchange then.

1 Like

That would be my approach, it seems defective. Return it now while you can.

Ok thanks a lot , Iā€™ll try to contatct them

1 Like

I noticed that my btr5 battery life was short and it was usually warm , so I tested it , I did 2h30min of continuous listening and it went from 100% to 20% , Iā€™m using low gain , volume 37% , balanced output to a 2 pin 0.78 cable to bl05s iems plugged in to my iPhone listening to Apple Music lossless , and also noticed in a song that the sound was scratchy I unplugged and plugged and it came back to normal , i want to know if Iā€™m using it correctly or not because i read on some forums a guy that was getting 2-3h of battery life was using it the wrong way and not using real balanced output because he plugged it to a pioneer sc-55 using an RCA cable

The wrong way ?

The reviews match my own experience. All of the reviews claim that on single ended it can get 9 hours of battery life, and on balanced I would expect about half of that, since you generate twice the output power. This is pretty much was I see, higher volumes draw more power, an so on. Per Fiio it should only take 90 minutes to charge from dead to 100%.

I typically charge mine in the morning and at lunch, and run balanced output ( nearly every IEM I use has a balanced cable ) for an average of 4-6 hours a day, but mostly at low volumes, and on LDAC or APTX.

I do occasionally use it in the evening with open back headphones, but then I normally run it over USB-C so it is getting power and at its best bit rates.

Here is the forum : [FiiO BTR5/FiiO BTR5 2021] Flagship Portable High-Fidelity Bluetooth Amplifier, Bluetooth chip CSR8675, support up to 384kHz&DSD256 native | Page 104 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org

So what do you think is the problem with mine , Iā€™m just getting 2.5 h of battery life ?

That sounds defective. Even at full power consumption using balanced output, it should be getting around 4.5 hours with a full charge, and 9 hours on single ended. I would return it.

Ok thanks , Iā€™ve already contacted them about a replacement and Iā€™m waiting for their reply

1 Like