HIFI WALKER H2 High Resolution Bluetooth MP3 Player User Manual

: June 6, 2024
: HIFI WALKER

Table of Contents

HIFI WALKER H2 High-Resolution Bluetooth MP3 Player
About HIFI WALKER H2
Quick guide
HIFI WALKER H2 at a glance
Setting up HIFI WALKER H2
System Setting
Speciﬁcation
Frequently Asked Questions
About – Better Sound, Better Life
References
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HIFI WALKER H2 High-Resolution Bluetooth MP3 Player

About HIFI WALKER H2

Congratulations on purchasing your HIFI WALKER H2
To use HIFI WALKER H2, you put songs and other audio ﬁles on your H2’s MicroSD card.
Use H2 to:

Sync songs and playlists (.m3u/.m3u8 format only) for listening on the go
Store or back up ﬁles and other data, using H2 as an external disk

What’s in the box?

1*HIFI WALKER H2 HIFI Digital Audio Player
1*Micro USB cable
1*HIFI WALKER Hi-Res Earphone A2
1*User Manual

Quick guide

Battery
The battery will be fully charged in approximately 4 hours on a wall charger. If charging on a computer or other devices, the charging time varies as the input diﬀers on each device.

Power On/Oﬀ
Press and hold the Power button to turn on the H2. The blue status light will light up once turned on. Press and hold to turn oﬀ.

Lock Mode
Press the Power button to lock the device. The screen will be turned oﬀ and all buttons will be locked except the Power button.

Reboot the player
If the player freezes, press and hold the Power button for 8 sec to reboot the player. All settings will be reset to the factory settings.

HIFI WALKER H2 at a glance

Power button
Volume Up
Volume Down
Micro SD card slot
Strap mount
LCD monitor
Previous/Rewind
Next/Fast-forward
Back
Line out port
Micro USB port
Status light
Earphone port
Menu button
Play/Pause
Scroll wheel

Setting up HIFI WALKER H2

Category
Press Play/Pause to enter the Music Category.
You will see:

Songs：
Press Next/Previous to select music ﬁle and press Play/Pause to play
My favorite：
You will see your favorite music from here
Playlist:
Your *.m3u playlist ﬁle will be displayed from [Explorer], not here. We apologize for the misleading menu title. This will be deleted from the [Category] and will be moving to [Explorer] in the next ﬁrmware update.
Recently played songs：
Records of 50 most recent played songs will be shown in here
Album (ID3 tag info required) ： Enter to select your favorite Album.
Genre (ID3 tag info required) ：
Enter to select your favorite Genre.
Artist (ID3 tag info required) ： Enter to select your favorite Artist.
Clear record:
All records under [Category] will be deleted. Audio ﬁles will not be aﬀected.

Explorer
Press Play/Pause to enter the Explorer. You will see:

TF Cards
Access all your music ﬁles from here.

OTG
Connect an external USB drive via USB-OTG cable
Setting
Press Play/Pause to enter.
You will see:
Music Scan：
Scan the entire Micro SD card and build your music library.

Automatic: Scan will be automatically activated every time you insert your Micro SD card.
Manually: Scan will be activated only when you manually ask H2 to scan your Micro SD card.
Press and hold the Menu button in the Music Scan section. Once you release the Menu button, the player will activate the music scan.

Equalizer:
Press Play/Press to select your favorite EQ style. The H2 includes:

Rock
Classic
Jazz
Pop
Dance
Vocal
Blues
Heavy Metal
Custome – Oﬀ

Play mode：
Press Play/Pause to select your favorite play mode:

Play in order: Play the entire music library once.
Single Repeat: Looping the single song.
Random: Randomly play a song from your entire library
Repeat all： Looping the entire music library repeatedly
Gain：
Press Play/Pause to select
- High gain output
- Low gain output
This is to ensure you have the best experience when paring H2 with earphones, headphones, or ampliﬁer.
The default setting is low.
Replay Gain
- Track: Volume will be the same for all music ﬁles.
- Album: Volume will be the same within each album.
Balance：
Press Previous or Next to adjust the left and right channel balance.
Lyric：
The default setting is On.
The name of *.lrc ﬁle and the music ﬁle must be the same. For e.g., you should have testsong111.lrc and testsong111. mp3 or testsong111.wav or testsong111.ﬂac or testsong111. ape to successfully display the lyric.
Album cover:
Press Play/Pause to turn on the album cover
Gapless：
Press Play/Pause to turn on the gapless play.
The default setting is Oﬀ.
Memory play：
Choose your memory play position from：
- Last song.
  The next time you power on H2, it will start playing from the beginning of the song you were listening before powered oﬀ.
- Last position
  H2 will start playing from the location of the song when you previously powered oﬀ.
- Oﬀ.
Volume set：
Enter to set the volume.
- Memory: keep using your previous volume.
- Default: the default volume is 30

System Setting

Press Play/Pause to enter System Settings. You will see:

Language：
The H2 supports Multilanguage:
- English -German -French -Italian
- Japanese-Spanish -Chinese -Korean
Theme
Enter to select Theme A, B or C.
Display
Backlight time:
- Press Next/Previous button to adjust the backlight time.
- The default time is 30 seconds.
- Brightness
- Idle Shutdown Time;
Press Next/Previous to adjust the time to let H2 automatically turn oﬀ when no operation.
The default setting is 5 minutes scheduled Power oﬀ time
Bluetooth：
The H2 supports a bi-directional (2-way) Bluetooth feature. You can either use H2 as a portable ampliﬁer to receive Bluetooth music from your other device or as a sender to send the music to your Bluetooth speaker
- Bluetooth scaning: Press Next/Previous to select your target device. Then, press Play/Pause to connect the device. When successfully connected, H2 will display “Connected” next to your Bluetooth device.
- Paired device: Press Next/Previous to see your connected devices. You can also reconnect your device from here.
- Available devices: you can see all available Bluetooth devices in here. Press Play/Pause to turn on the Bluetooth. The H2 will now scan for Bluetooth devices. It is normal to take few seconds before successfully connecting to your devices. When scanning, your other Bluetooth devices (e.g., Bluetooth headphones or speakers) should also be in scanning/pairing mode.

Note:
Bluetooth streaming does not support DSD audio ﬁles.

Bluetooth streaming output
Bluetooth streaming input from your smartphone or another Bluetooth device. Once your smartphone is connected, there will be a big Bluetooth logo shown in the middle of the screen. You can then be listening to music from H2 with wired earphones.

Note:
You cannot send the Bluetooth signal to your Bluetooth speaker when the H2 is connected to your phone. High quality: Turn it on to enable high-quality Bluetooth streaming. Rebooting the player is required. aptX: Qualcomm® aptX™ audio echnology enhances the wireless sound quality of many of the world’s ﬁnest smartphones, speakers, headphones and tablets.

Bluetooth tips：
Since your HIFI WALKER H2 is built with premium metal materials, the metal body may aﬀect your Bluetooth range. To maximize your Bluetooth experience, make sure to have the back of the body towards your target Bluetooth device (headphones/speakers). Obstructions such hands may also aﬀect the Bluetooth range. Please keep those tips in mind to reach an optimal Bluetooth experience.

USB mode：
Select [USB] to connect the device to your PC or MAC. Please ignore the DAC as it will be discontinued in the future ﬁrmware update.
Font Size:
Press Play/Pause to change the size from [Small], [Medium] to [Big]
Factory Reset：
Select to reset to factory setting
Firmware update：
- Download the newest ﬁrmware “update.upt” and copy it to the root directory of the microSD card.
- Select “Yes” to update.

Please Note:
File System must be FAT32 to successfully upgrade the ﬁrmware, exFAT ﬁle system is also supported when not upgrading the ﬁrmware.

About the player
- Version: The current ﬁrmware version.
- Memory: You can see the used and remaining memory storage.
- About the Play: Here you can ﬁnd our company and contact info

Speciﬁcation

Model	H2
Dimensions	905515mm
Product Weight	152g
Display	2.0 Inches 320*240 TFT Display

Battery

| 1300mAH/3.7V Li-ion Battery Micro USB 5V/1A Input

Audio

Specs

|

Supported Audio File

Format

| DSF（2.8MHz/ 1bit）（DSD） DFF（ 2.8MHz/ 1bit）（DSD） WAV (192KHz/64bit)

APE (192KHz/24 bit)

FLAC（192KHz/24bit） MP3（48KHz/16bit） WMA (192KHz/24bit)

OGG(48KHz/16bit) Aif（Aiﬀ） (384KHz/32 bit) AAC（48KHz/16bit）

Frequently Asked Questions

Can’t power ON the H2
Press and hold the Power button for 3 sec. If the status light does not light up, please charge the player for at least 10 mins and power on again. If the status light does not light up after 10 mins of charging or if the status light does light up but the screen is dead, please contact our customer support.

Player freezes
Press and hold the Power button for 8 secs to reset the device. The status light will be oﬀ, and all setting will return to factory.

Can’t hear music when playing
Check if the volume is too low Check if your earphone is will plugged and not damaged Check if your music ﬁle is well supported and not damaged

Can’t load music to H2
Check if H2 is correctly connected to your computer Check if H2 is in [USB Mode] – [USB] Check if the MicroSD card is correctly inserted and not damaged Check if you have music ﬁle in the MicroSD card

Can I load and play audible books?
If the books are on your pc / laptop in a compatible ﬁle format, then yes

Do you get a forced gap between tracks on playback? e.g. if you are playing a live album do you get interruptive gaps?
There is a gapless option in the [Music Settings] menu.

Should the music ﬁles be loaded using a folder structure e.g. Artist or put all the ﬁles ﬂat at the root folder?
Either way works. We just suggest folders as it’s easier to navigate.

Is there a song limit?
Yes. the limit is 15000 songs

Can you adjust the volume on the device when using Bluetooth?
If your headphones are Bluetooth and have volume, then yes.

My HIFIWalker won’t work with my present iTunes…is it compatible?
No, unfortunately, it is NOT compatible with iTunes. This functions more like an external hard drive. You simply plug it in, an option to open it as a folder pops up, and you simply drag and drop your music. Go to this link as we believe it will answer your question: https://www.lifewire.com/do-i-need-an- ipod-to-play-itunes-songs-2438427

Does this player have noise-canceling and does it show album art easily? Thanks.
The player itself doesn’t have a noise-canceling feature but the earphone included supports passive noise canceling. The player does not support any album art.

Has anyone been able to ﬁnd out if this player will play an entire SD cards worth of music in the random setting other than just in track or album?
Yes, it will play the entire collection of songs in random. Set the player in random mode then select “songs” rather than albums or artists or genres, etc.

When upgrading the SD card, do you have to do anything extra? Can you simply just add a new card and go?
I would plug the new card into a computer to make sure it was formatted, if not, format the new SD card. Then plug it into the HIFI Walker, and download your music. You could also plug the SD card into your computer, load the music onto the SD card, then put the card into the HIFI Walker. I upgraded to a 256 gb card and just dragged my music onto it and it kept all the same folder structures and worked after popping it in.

What do I need to download my CDs in wav on to this player?
http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-CD-to-MP3 Make sure to choose WAV (lossless format) instead of MP3 format.

Does the Hiﬁ Walker support WPL or other playlist ﬁles? Can you create playlists on a PC and load them into the SD card?
Our HIFI WALKER H2 does support .m3u and .m3u8 playlist ﬁles. A player software foobar(http://www.foobar 2000.org/) will help you to make those playlist ﬁles. Only .m3u/.m3u8 ﬁle needs to be at the root folder of the SD card. The folder containing your target music doesn’t have to be at the root folder.

How can the battery be replaced?
The unit is sealed making battery replacement not possible.

Does the player have a bookmark?
Yes! The player does have a bookmark. Navigate the menu to [Music Setting] – [Memory Play] – [Point] to activate the bookmark. Sorry for the previous info.

Can I just drag my music folder over on the SD card 1600 songs in 1 folder?
You can just drag your music into H2’s folder. And yes, the player recognizes single folders with up to 1600 music ﬁles.Is it possible to create a playlist on the go w/o a computer?Yes, but you can only add songs to [My favorites]. You cannot customize the playlist name without a computer.

When would you adjust the gain setting rather than volume? Thanks!
I have my Gain set on High and use the volume to control the audio output from zero to max. High setting gives you a higher output should you need it. I think the Gain setting is to adjust for diﬀerent headphones used with this player. Headphone impedance can range from 8 ohms to 64 ohms. The 8 ohms would be louder at the same gain setting as 64 ohms. I like the ﬂexibility of the controls and input/output the HiFi Walker has.

Can I stream Spotify, Pandora, etc. from my Android phone via Bluetooth to this HiFi WALKER H2 to enjoy the sound quality?
Yes, the H2 supports high-quality Bluetooth streaming via Spotify, Pandora, etc.