Your music, front and centre.
The album art up front, in the layout you like best.
SonixOS
A whole new firmware for your HiBy player. Faster, cleaner, and made for your music.
Free and open source
Plays everythingFLACWAVMP3ALAC & AACOpusOgg VorbisWavPackAPEDSD (DSF & DFF)AIFFCAFM4B audiobooksCUE sheets
18audio formats, DSD included
10bands of parametric EQ, with AutoEq
384kHzas a USB DAC for your computer
12languages, and ten keyboard layouts
Sing along, line by line.
Lyrics that follow along with every song.
A library that keeps up.
All your music, neatly organised and always up to date.
Shape the sound.
Tune the sound to your headphones and your taste.
Streaming, radio and podcasts.
Your favourite services, radio and podcasts, right on the player.
Wireless, the easy way.
Headphones, speakers and your phone, without a cable.
SonixLink for Android
Your library, on your phone.
Browse everything on the player from your phone and play it there. The app finds the player by itself on your Wi-Fi, or connects over Bluetooth when you are out. The phone's volume keys change the player's volume, and the lock screen shows what is playing.
And a little more.
Listen to a book, read one, play a game. All without leaving your player.
Audiobooks
Chapters, bookmarks, speed and series, with your place kept for every book.
E-books
EPUB 2 and 3, three reading themes, page turns and bookmarks.
Game Boy
Game Boy and Game Boy Color, with save states, palettes and shaders.
Metronome
30 to 250 BPM, seven time signatures and tap tempo.
File manager
Rename, move, copy and delete, and open pictures and text files.
Also on board.
Ten keyboard layouts
QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY and Russian, as a full keyboard or a T9 keypad. Hold a letter for its accents, hold 123 to switch layout.
AirPlay and DLNA
Play from your iPhone, Mac or Android phone through the player.
Last.fm
Plays made offline are sent the next time you connect.
USB DAC and USB audio out
Connect the player to a computer and it becomes its sound card, up to 384 kHz. Or plug a USB DAC or USB-C headphones into the player.
Sleep timers
One for music, one for audiobooks and one for podcasts.
Charge limit
Stop charging before 100% to make the battery last longer.
Boot logo and screensaver
The boot logo follows your accent colour, or use your own picture. The screensaver shows the cover of what is playing, or your photos.
Remap buttons
Give each button the action you want, and use your headphones' remote.
Gapless and fades
No silence between tracks, or a fade of 1 to 10 seconds.
One firmware, two players.
The same SonixOS on both, made for each one's screen, buttons and DAC.
HiBy R3 Pro II
- Screen
- 480 x 720
- DAC
- Dual Cirrus Logic CS43198
- Outputs
- 3.5 mm, 4.4 mm balanced, USB-C
- DAC controls
- Digital filters, DRE, NOS, high gain
- Charge limit
- 80% to 100%
- Firmware file
r3proii.upt
HiBy R1
- Screen
- 480 x 800
- DAC
- Cirrus Logic CS43131
- Outputs
- 3.5 mm, USB-C
- DAC controls
- Digital filters, NOS, high gain
- Charge limit
- 80%, and 500 mA charging
- Firmware file
r1.upt
Made in my free time
SonixOS is free and open source, made with the help of people who contribute to it. If you enjoy it, you can support its development.