Rio Karma
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Table of Contents
Getting Started
Connections
Software Setup
Basic Operations
Advanced Features
Help
Index
User’s Guide
Page 1: ...Rio Karma Table of Contents Getting Started Connections Software Setup Basic Operations Advanced Features Help Index User s Guide...
Page 2: ...rks North America Inc reserves the right to make changes in the specifications and other infor mation contained in this document without prior notification Digital Networks North America Inc disclaims...
Page 3: ...ter 7 Battery 7 Docking Station 8 Earphones 8 Ethernet 8 RCA Out 8 USB 8 Additional Accessories 9 3 Software Setup Software Installation 10 Rio Music Manager 11 4 Basic Operations Basic Operations 12...
Page 4: ...a 50 6 Help Troubleshooting 51 Customer Service Information 51 Frequently Asked Questions 52 Glossary of Digital Audio Terms 59 Bass 59 Bitrate 59 Center 59 Codec 59 Firmware 60 FLAC 60 Gain 60 ID3 Ta...
Page 5: ...hard drive The Rio Karma includes an AC adapter earphones a backlit LCD a long lasting built in battery and a docking station that enables RCA Ethernet and USB 2 0 connectivity Learning More Refer to...
Page 6: ...to play or pause playback FORWARD and REVERSE Select with the RioStick to skip to the next or previous track Select and hold to scan forward or reverse STOP Select with the RioStick to stop playback V...
Page 7: ...SB Connects to supplied USB cable DOCK CONNECTOR Connects to the Rio Karma Docking Station LOCK UNLOCK Slide into the LOCK position to disable buttons and prevent accidental operation VOLUME and Press...
Page 8: ...he Rio Karma Docking Station USB Connects to USB cable DC IN Connects to AC adapter ETHERNET Connects to Ethernet cable RCA OUT Right and Left Connects to external audio system ETHERNET LEDs Light and...
Page 9: ...rack Scroll Bar The first track in the running order is located at the top the last track in the running order is located at the bottom Selected Track Power Indicator Volume Indicator Current Track To...
Page 10: ...xt Play Screen Views Progress View Profile View VU View Playback Modes Repeat All Indicator Shuffle Indicator A B Loop Indicator IntroScan Indicator Repeat Track Indicator Use Menu mode to set Playbac...
Page 11: ...ation Battery The Rio Karma uses a built in lithium ion rechargable battery that lasts many hours per charge Lithium ion batteries drain at a very slow rate even when they are not being used If you ha...
Page 12: ...o an available jack on network on a wall hub switch or router The link lights on docking station s Ethernet port will light and blink when an Ethernet connection is present RCA Out The RCA OUT ports c...
Page 13: ...ries available online at the Rio website Some of the most popular accessories include Rio Car Stereo Adapter Upgrade your car stereo for hundreds of dollars less than buying a new MP3 CD player The Ri...
Page 14: ...he computer s CD ROM drive The Rio installation software launches automatically 2 Click Rio Music Manager INSTALL NOW required and follow the on screen instructions 3 Reboot the computer when the inst...
Page 15: ...compressed digital audio files Rio Music Manager encodes FLAC OGG and WMA tracks by default and MP3 via an optional upgrade pack Automatically Synchronize the music collection on your computer with y...
Page 16: ...Table of Contents Index 12 Rio Karma Chapter 4 Basic Operations Basic Operations Enjoying audio tracks on the Rio Karma is easy Basic operations of the Rio Karma include Copy Transfer Control Play...
Page 17: ...audio format like FLAC MP3 OGG or WMA 1 Launch the Rio Music Manager 2 Insert an Audio CD into your CD ROM drive 3 Click the CD ROM icon on the Rio Music Manager Device List 4 Use any of the followin...
Page 18: ...tegory Categories include Albums Artists Genres Songs and Playlists For example if you wish to transfer all tracks from a favorite artist to the player click the Artists tab and then use any of the te...
Page 19: ...IOSTICK Press Press to cycle through Play Screens In Menu mode press to select menu options RIOSTICK Movement Move to control menu navigation In Player mode move to control PLAY PAUSE STOP FORWARD and...
Page 20: ...k formats Any format can be used within a matter of seconds so you can spend more time enjoying tracks and less time arranging them Artist Album Track Playlist Rio DJ Genre Year If the Rio Karma does...
Page 21: ...e artist name 5 Select an artist 6 If present select a single album or Play All Albums 7 Select a single track or Play All Tracks to begin playback Album To play tracks from a specific album please fo...
Page 22: ...Select a track or Play All Tracks to begin playback Playlist To play tracks from playlists created on the Rio Karma or using Rio Music Manager please follow these steps 1 Press MENU 2 Select Play Musi...
Page 23: ...ss Rio DJ 1 Press MENU 2 Select Play Music 3 Select Rio DJ 4 Select a Rio DJ mode 5 Select Rio DJ mode settings 6 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Rio DJ menu Rio DJ offers the...
Page 24: ...selected Play All setting Top Tunes Select to create a running order composed of a set number of the most frequently played tracks The most frequently played tracks are played first Settings include...
Page 25: ...1 day the default setting 3 days 1 week 2 weeks 1 month 6 months and 1 year D j Vu Select to create a running order composed of the most popular and most recently played tracks during a set amount of...
Page 26: ...lect Play Music 3 Select Genre 4 Select the first letter of the genre name 5 Select a genre 6 Select a single track or Play All Tracks to begin playback Year To play tracks from a specific year please...
Page 27: ...Table of Contents Index 23 Rio Karma Chapter 5 Advanced Features Advanced Features Advanced features of the Rio Karma include Equalizer Organize Bookmarks Settings Features About Track About Rio Karma...
Page 28: ...arma Equalizer The sound of tracks played on the Rio can be adjusted using various preset and fully customizable equalizer settings Bass Treble EQ Off Rock Pop Jazz Classical Trance EQ Mode Custom Equ...
Page 29: ...the EQ Mode has been set to Bass Treble 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Select Bass Treble 4 Select an option by scrolling ROTARY WHEEL Use RIOSTICK to adjust options 5 Select Done to apply settings...
Page 30: ...to Player mode Rock Select the Rock equalizer option to change the sound of tracks according to the Rock preset settings 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Select Rock to set the Rock equalizer option...
Page 31: ...sical Select the Classical equalizer option to change the sound of tracks according to the Classical preset settings 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Select Classical to set the Classical equalizer o...
Page 32: ...preferences Custom equalizer options are only available when the EQ Mode has been set to 5 Band Parametric 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Select Custom 1 Custom 2 or Custom 3 4 Adjust 5 Band Equal...
Page 33: ...arametric 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Select EQ Setup 4 Scroll ROTARY WHEEL to adjust center and width settings 5 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Equalizer menu EQ Setup...
Page 34: ...for keeping sounds clear without being too strong even in noisy external environments Settings include Off the default setting Low Medium and High Stereo Separation Many albums recorded in stereo dur...
Page 35: ...eate a playlist 1 Select Create 2 Name the playlist 3 Select DONE using the index list or press RIOSTICK 4 Select tracks using Artist Album Genre Year or Track methods Press MENU to navigate up to cha...
Page 36: ...running orders Sharing your player with others without losing personal settings 1 Press MENU 2 Select Bookmarks 3 Select a Bookmark option Bookmark options include Set Name and set a new bookmark Sel...
Page 37: ...Table of Contents Index 33 Rio Karma Settings Playback Play Screen Power Display Resume Time Date Language Network Orientation Audible Prompts Menu Button...
Page 38: ...t track running orders to play in standard or random order Settings include Off the default setting and On Previously played tracks are always placed behind the current position in the running order R...
Page 39: ...4 Adjust Current Track View Timer Direction and or Timer Mode settings 5 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Settings menu Play Screen settings include Current Track View Set the...
Page 40: ...to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Settings menu Power options include Auto Standby after set time of no activity Set the player to enter standby mode after a specific amount of time When in...
Page 41: ...Display options include Screen Backlight Set the backlight on the player to shut itself off after a specific amount of time Settings include Always Off the default setting 1 second 2 Seconds 5 Seconds...
Page 42: ...ings or Cancel to return to the Settings menu Resume options include Track to Resume Set the player to begin playback of the last track played before shutdown or the first track in the running order w...
Page 43: ...ngs 3 Select Time Date 4 Select Set Time Set Date and or Time Date Format 5 Adjust settings 6 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Time Date menu Time Date settings include Set Tim...
Page 44: ...Select Language 4 Select a Language setting Language settings include English US the default setting Set the player display language to English US English UK Set the player display language to English...
Page 45: ...ettings 5 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Network menu Network settings include DHCP Automatic is the default setting The player should have no problem connecting to networks...
Page 46: ...d over a network Assigning a non blank password to the player is highly recommended if the player will be connected to a public network IP Address Available in Manual mode IP Address enables IP addres...
Page 47: ...entation setting 5 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Settings menu Orientation settings include Right handed the default setting Restores the player controls to their default se...
Page 48: ...resses with an audible prompt 1 Press MENU 2 Select Settings 3 Select Audible Prompts 4 Select On or Off and a Prompt volume setting Moving the slider right increases the volume Moving the slider left...
Page 49: ...nu button and or Press and hold Menu button settings 5 Select Done to apply settings or Cancel to return to the Settings menu Menu Button options include Pressing Menu button Settings include Main Men...
Page 50: ...limitation is the amount of free space available on your Rio player Although a computer is required to perform all Rio Taxi functions the Rio Taxi feature on the player can be used to display basic in...
Page 51: ...new lap times and the average laptime is displayed for a few moments Lap times are displayed from left to right based on their time The longer the lap time the farther to the right the time will be d...
Page 52: ...a Web browser to connect the Rio Karma to Java enabled Web based versions of Rio Music Manager and Rio Taxi If the Ethernet connection is down or the Ethernet cables are not connected to either the R...
Page 53: ...displays Title Artist Album Genre year Track Duration Comment Codec Bitrate PCM Format File Size Date Loaded Times Played Last Played and Autosynced information 1 Press MENU 2 Select About Track 3 Us...
Page 54: ...Karma screen displays information about the Rio Karma Information displayed on the About screen includes the total amount of space on the disk the amount of free space the number of tracks on the pla...
Page 55: ...ical Support Telephone 206 515 1400 Customer Support Telephone 800 468 5846 With every Rio product you receive the following support services Unlimited access to the Rio web based technical informatio...
Page 56: ...e same time Yes You can play FLAC MP3 Ogg Vorbis and WMA audio content They can be mixed together What are the differences between FLAC MP3 Ogg Vorbis and WMA files Ogg Vorbis and WMA files are genera...
Page 57: ...forward and or rewind capabilities Where is the battery indicator on the Rio Karma The battery indicator on the Rio Karma is located in the top right corner of the display The segments in the battery...
Page 58: ...as normal If the player continues to lock up or does not display properly 1 Reset the player by inserting a pin or needle into the RESET HOLE next to the DC IN port 2 Press and hold MENU POWER until...
Page 59: ...ownloading the update manually 1 Click the following link www rioaudio com support 2 Click the link to the Rio Karma 3 Click Firmware Select and download the latest software Download the software that...
Page 60: ...XP Windows 98 and ME 1 Click Start on the Windows desktop 2 Click Settings 3 Click Control Panel 4 Double click the Network icon 5 Click the TCP IP component installed for your Ethernet card 6 Click...
Page 61: ...cal Area Connection 6 Click Properties 7 Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP 8 Click Use the following IP address 9 Type 192 168 0 x where x is a number between 2 and 254 in the IP Address field The...
Page 62: ...0 x where x is a number between 2 and 254 in the IP Address field The new IP address should not be used by any other computers on your network 10 Type 255 255 255 0 in the Subnet Mask field 11 Click O...
Page 63: ...of music At a 64kbps bitrate the sound quality of WMA is similar to that of an FM radio signal but approximately two minutes of music will fit in 1MB of space Center Each of the five bands in the 5 b...
Page 64: ...formation about the digital audio file such as song title artist album title encoding bitrate track time duration and so on ID3 tag information is displayed on the Album Track title line on the player...
Page 65: ...space when compared to MP3s Rip and Encode Rip and encode refers to the process of extracting audio from an audio CD ripping and encoding it into a compressed digital audio format like FLAC MP3 Ogg V...
Page 66: ...mate range of frequencies that will be affected when the gain of that band is boosted or reduced e g if a band has a Center of 1000Hz a width of two octaves and a Gain of 6dB than a boost will be appl...
Page 67: ...repair or replace the defective product then Digital Networks North America Inc may at its sole discretion refund the current suggested retail price for the product Digital Networks North America Inc...
Page 68: ...ny damages that result from the failure of this product or from the breach of any express or implied warranties These include damage to other equipment lost data lost profits or any consequential inci...
Page 69: ...nergy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a parti...
Page 70: ...NEVER ATTEMPT TO CHARGE A NON RECHARGEABLE ALKALINE BATTERY DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS OR LOCAL LAWS Use of headphones while operating a vehicle is not recommended and is unla...
Page 71: ...E Earphones 8 Encoding 13 EQ Mode 28 EQ Off 26 EQ Setup 29 Equalizer 24 Ethernet 8 F Features 46 Federal Communications Commission FCC 65 Firmware 60 FLAC 60 Forward 2 15 Frequently Asked Questions 5...
Page 72: ...51 Time Date 39 Track 18 Track Details 5 Track Format 5 Trance 27 Transferring tracks Rio Music Manager 14 Treble definition 61 Menu option 25 Troubleshooting 51 U Upgrading Firmware 55 USB 8 V varia...
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