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Rio Digital Audio Receiver User Guide

About the User Guide

The Rio Receiver User Guide includes the following sections:

Introduction

Getting Started

Installation:

The Rio Connector
The Audio Receiver Manager Software
The Rio Receiver

Using Your Rio Receiver 

The Display
Menus and Buttons
The Rio Remote 
Advanced Features

Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Rio Receiver Specifications

Warranty

Regulatory Information

Glossary

Contacting Customer Care

Navigating and printing the Rio Receiver User Guide

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Page 1: ...The online Rio Receiver User Guide is in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format NOTE We strongly recommend that you use Adobe Acrobat version 4 0 available on the CD ROM to view and print the Rio Receiver User Guide Click links blue underlined text to jump to another location in the document or to a location on the World Wide Web Acrobat Toolbar icons Click the Show Hide Navigation Pane icon in the Acrobat...

Page 2: ...d under license Microsoft Windows Media and the Windows Logo are trademarks or registered trade marks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Parts of the software provided with the Rio Receiver are covered by the GNU General at wwww gnu org Under the terms of the license we are required to provide the source code for these components Source code is provided on CD ROM ...

Page 3: ... music files and playlists anywhere in your house Download music from the Internet onto your PC create Playlists of your favorite CDs and enjoy them with your Rio Receiver Package Contents Rio Digital Audio Receiver with power cord Rio Digital Audio Connector optional Rio Digital Audio Remote 15 standard phone cord 6 standard phone cord 6 RCA cable Rio Receiver Installation CD Audio Receiver Manag...

Page 4: ...nity IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS No Data transmission cables should be connected or disconnected during a thunderstorm Do not open the housing of this product when it is connected to the PSTN Communication Networks and or Local power Use this device only in environments where temperatures don t exceed 95 F Always ensure proper ventilation is possible during use CAUTION To reduce the risk of fire...

Page 5: ...ware section instead The Rio Digital Audio Connector 1 Remove the computer case and insert the Rio Connector into an available PCI slot The PCI slots are the white slots at the back of your computer case and they require that you screw the bracket into the com puter frame Make certain the Rio Connector is firmly seated in the PCI slot before replacing the cover on the PC 2 Plug the included 6 phon...

Page 6: ...If it does not automatically run click the Start button in the bottom left corner of the desktop and then Run Type in D Setup exe and click OK If your CD ROM drive is a letter other than D replace D with that letter 3 Click the Rio Software button The Installation Wizard screen will appear 4 Click Next You will be prompted to read through the Audio Receiver Manager software license agreement 5 Cli...

Page 7: ...r searches for your music and click OK to start the search When it finishes searching for music the Audio Receiver Manager displays the following message with the number of tracks and playlists that it located if any exist 9 Click OK to close the program The Audio Receiver Manager software will display a blue musical note in the computer s System Tray at the bottom of the screen when the network c...

Page 8: ... both jacks to see if you can communicate over the single line NOTE You can plug your phone answering machine fax or satellite dish into the port marked Phone to continue using that phone jack with your other devices OR b Ethernet Network Plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the back of the Rio Receiver in the port marked Ethernet and the other end into your network hub 2 Connect the Rio Receive...

Page 9: ...sed with a stereo receiver neither the Rio Receiver nor its remote control the volume level as the speakers are plugged into the stereo receiver 3 Plug the Rio Receiver power cord into the back of the Rio Receiver and into nearest power supply 4 Push the Power button on the Rio Receiver or on the remote The Rio Receiver s liquid crystal display LCD will display The Rio Receiver locates the server ...

Page 10: ... Receiver Bit Rate Indicator The amount of compression used to encode the song Track Time Time remaining time elapsed in the song Repeat Indicator Shows if a song is set to repeat if all songs are set to repeat or if no songs are set to repeat Random Indicator Shows if the Receiver is set to shuffle the songs in play Menus and Buttons The buttons on the face of the Rio Receiver include Power Repea...

Page 11: ...tput through your speakers press the Volume Select twice and then turn it to the left or right to adjust the balance levels accordingly To adjust the Bass level press the Volume Select again and then turn it to the left or right to raise or lower the Bass level accordingly To adjust the Treble level press the Volume Select again and then turn it to the left or right to raise or lower the Treble le...

Page 12: ... the Volume Select to choose that option 4 On the Select Music screen highlight Playlist and press the Volume Select to choose that option 5 Scroll through the playlists which are listed alphabetically on the Playlists menu until you highlight the desired playlist 6 Highlight Play All Music and press the Volume Select to play all of the songs in that playlist NOTE Pressing the Random button will c...

Page 13: ...choice and pressing the Volume Select 6 The screen title will be that of the Artist you chose Scroll through the list of songs provided in alphabetical order by that artist and highlight the song you want to play Press the Volume Select to play that song The Joypad Controls Play Pause Press once to play the first song in the current selection Pressing the Play Pause button while a song is playing ...

Page 14: ...ong currently playing Press again to turn off this feature List Create and recall playlists on the Rio Receiver using the Alphanumeric Numbers Search Press to search for an album artist genre song title or playlist using the Alphanumeric Numbers Alphanumeric Numbers Use these numbered and lettered buttons with the Search and List features to find selections by their title or number Play Pause 4 Pr...

Page 15: ...ht Select Music and press Enter 4 On the Select Music screen highlight Playlist and press Enter 5 On the Playlists screen scroll through the playlists which are listed in alphabetical order with the Select button and highlight the desired playlist Press Enter 6 Highlight Play All Music and press Play to play the songs in that playlist NOTE Pressing Random will cause the Digital Audio Receiver to s...

Page 16: ...Play to play all of the songs by that artist or highlight an individual song and press Play to play only that song To Search for Music with Alphanumeric Buttons 1 Press the Search button a Once for Title b Twice for Artist c Three times for Album d Four times for Genre 2 Press the Alphanumeric buttons that correspond to the Album Artist Genre Playlist or Song Title you are searching for For exampl...

Page 17: ...ight the specified selection you want to play For example Album Album Title 4 Press List and press a number to preset the selection The numbers 00 99 are available for use 5 Press Enter To recall a preset playlist 1 Press List 2 Type in the number or browse through the presets displayed with the up and down buttons 3 Highlight the desired preset and press Enter The preset playlist will then play m...

Page 18: ...cated on a computer other than the server PC through the Receiver can negatively impact the performance of both the PCs and the network This is because files are activated on the PC where they are located and then streamed through the network to the server PC and then to the Receiver Turning on File Sharing WARNING If you own a cable modem or are connected to the Internet via DSL enabling File Sha...

Page 19: ...perties 2 Click the File and Print Sharing button 3 Put a check mark in the box next to the statement I want to be able to give others access to my files by clicking your mouse in the check box 4 Click OK 5 That computer is now visible to other computers on your network and to the Rio Receiver ...

Page 20: ...ndow select Shared As by clicking on the empty circle next to it 4 Select the Access Type you wish to give to others 5 Click the OK button to finish Now the music folder is available to the Rio Receiver and to other computers on the network NOTE You can choose to set passwords for Read Only or Full Access to control access to this folder or leave them blank so that the folder is available to any o...

Page 21: ...ou want to access for music to display their shared hard drives and folders 6 Click the hard drive or folder you want to search and click the OK button Your selection will now appear in the Select Music Locations folder 7 Click the OK button The Audio Receiver Manager software will then search those drives and update its music database When it finishes the Audio Receiver Manager will display a mes...

Page 22: ...highlight Select Layout 5 Press the Volume Select on the Rio Receiver or the Enter button on the remote 6 On the Layout screen choose 1 of 5 different layouts All Info default Remaining Time Scope View Inverse Scope Big Title 7 Press the Volume Select on the Receiver or the Enter button on the remote NOTE The Rio Receiver will maintain your layout choice as long as it remains plugged into a power ...

Page 23: ...rt unplug and replug the Rio Receiver and allow it to search for the server again 7 If the Receiver still does not find the server try connecting the Rio Receiver directly into the network card on one system to rule out any issues with wiring NOTE If directly connecting an Ethernet card to the Rio Receiver you may need to use an Ethernet crossover cable Problem The Rio Receiver reports an error on...

Page 24: ...appear as a premature interruption of music playback When you navigate the Rio Receiver s menu and choose Select Music there are a variety of options To choose an extended playlist choose the Play All Music selection from whatever menu option you choose Album Artist and so on When you are unable to use Next Track without having the player stop this usually is caused by only choosing a single track...

Page 25: ...0 100 Mb network device under the Network Component listing and choose Properties 5 Click the Advanced tab in the box labeled Property 6 Choose Media Type 7 Using the drop down menu for Value choose 10 Mbps Half Duplex The default value for this field will be hardware default 8 Apply these settings and reboot when prompted 9 Retry your Rio Receiver connection Problem I don t know if the Audio Rece...

Page 26: ...y If any files were skipped during the driver installation that might cause the Audio Receiver Manager software to fail to launch 4 Verify that the IP Address of the Rio Connector card your third party HPNA or your Ethernet card is not all zeros 0 0 0 0 If the IP address of the adapter is all zeros then the Audio Receiver Manager software will not start To resolve this problem you may need to spec...

Page 27: ... click the musical note icon in the system tray 2 Go to the View menu and select Details The hardware address and IP Address will be listed to the right of the Rio Receiver in the display window Problem How do I verify the drivers for the Rio Connector HPNA card or Ethernet card were installed properly Troubleshooting measures 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click Network 3 The follo...

Page 28: ... Network Adapter installed there will be only one instance of TCP IP 4 Click Properties 5 On the IP Address tab click Specify an IP Address 6 In the IP Address box type 192 168 0 x where x is a number between 2 and 254 NOTE the IP Address should be one that is not currently in use by another computer on your network If your music server is already part of a network substitute your network s IP ran...

Page 29: ...r Internet Explorer 5 5 6 For the more savvy computer user it is possible to install the correct file directly from the shipping Windows Operating System software without re installing Internet Explorer The necessary file is named IPHLPAPI DLL v5 0 1717 2 It can be found in the following cab file NET7 CAB Simply extract this file directly to the Rio Audio Receiver software directory Then start the...

Page 30: ...e of the download artist information and file size may be included with the song track s name but if not clicking on the music file should produce this information 4 Click Download 5 When the File Download screen appears select Save this program to disk and click OK 6 When the Save As screen appears select the destination folder on your hard drive and click OK The music file will then be saved to ...

Page 31: ...song has 16 levels of information available in a 128KB file it will only have 1 or 2 of those same levels in a 16 24 KB file Therefore the sound quality is poorer Sometimes I experience skipping music or brief delays in menu response What causes this When the server computer is sending music to your Rio Receiver both the server computer and your network connection are using available resources If ...

Page 32: ... function properly without interfering with the other Why do some songs show multiple entries when I try to select my music on the Rio Receiver This can be caused by several reasons The most common reason for this is if a song is present in multiple folders on the server computer and more than one of these folders is selected when importing music The track will show up multiple times This can also...

Page 33: ... menu selections After you finish making selections the light will go out This is to ensure a longer life for your Rio Receiver display How does the Rio Receiver know what the album and song title are This information is retrieved from the ID3 tag portion of the MP3 file information The ID3 tag contains all of the track information If you encode your own MP3 files from existing CD music be sure to...

Page 34: ...do not select occasionally appear on my Rio Receiver menu display The Audio Receiver Manager software scans for databases of common encoding software like Real Jukebox and MusicMatch in addition to the folders you specify Any songs found in the MusicMatch playlists or the Real Jukebox music database files are added to the Rio Receiver s database Why do the speakers continue to play music when I pl...

Page 35: ...10dBm 0 05 RL 16R Output Level 1kHz 1 THD 0 43Vrms typ Frequency response 100Hz 20kHz 0 1dB 20Hz 20kHz 0 1dB 3 3dB THD 1kHz 12dBm 0 02 THD 10kHz 12dBm 0 08 Channel Crosstalk 1kHz better than 75dB Power amp out RL 8 R Max Output Power 1kHz 10 THD 2 x 10W Nominal Output power 1kHz 0 3 THD 2 x 8W Frequency response 20Hz 20kHz 0 5dB 1 8dB THD 1kHz 1W 0 13 RL 4 R Max Output Power 1kHz 10 THD 2 x 15W EI...

Page 36: ...cifications Return to Pg 1 Page 36 General Specifications Manufacturer SONICblue Model Digital Audio Receiver Physical Width 9 228mm Depth 9 228mm Height 3 76mm Weight 3lbs 7oz 1 67kg Power Voltage 100 240 50 60Hz 1 2A ...

Page 37: ...or shipping to SONICblue Our mailing address is SONICblue Inc Communications Division 7101 Supra Drive SW Albany OR 97321 USA Product failures not covered by this warranty This warranty covers defects in manufacture that arise from correct use of the device It does not cover damage caused by abuse misuse improper modification or repair moisture extreme heat or cold corrosive environments shipping ...

Page 38: ...OTHER THAN IN WRITING BY AN OFFICER OF SONICblue This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you ...

Page 39: ...ement that the sum of the Ringer Equivalence Numbers of all the devices does not exceed 5 You cannot connect the adapter to a party line or to a coin telephone line You must only connect your adapter to a standard modular telephone jack type RJ 11 If your adapter needs repairs you must arrange for the manufacturer to make them if you are to keep the adapter s FCC registration valid If you need to ...

Page 40: ...fore installing this equipment users should ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local telecommunications company The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection The customer should be aware that compliance with the above conditions may not prevent degradation of service in some situations Repairs to certified equipment should be coor...

Page 41: ...et distribution while at the same time protecting and managing rights related to that digital information Codec Depending on the context and kind of technology involved codec may be defined in two ways In telecommunications a codec is usually a coding decoding chip used to translate between digital and analog transmissions A modem uses one to interpret incoming analog signals and converts the digi...

Page 42: ...gen and Thomson Multimedia MP3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic compression to remove all superfluous information more specifically the redundant and irrelevant parts of a sound signal that the human ear doesn t hear It also adds a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform MDCT that implements a filter bank increasing the frequency resolution 18 times higher than that of layer 2 MP3 shrink...

Page 43: ...43 WMA Windows Media Audio WMA is the compressed audio format that Microsoft is positioning as a replacement for MP3 WMA may replace MP3 since it offers greater file compression twice that of MP3 at the same or better sound quality ...

Page 44: ...roduct Support In addition to the services mentioned above all retail purchasers of Rio products receive Person to person telephone support for the first 90 days of ownership To extend support after the expiration of New Product Support we offer an affordable fee based Extended Service Option Please see web site for details at www riohome com Technical Support US Customer Service US Hours of Opera...

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