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Summary of Contents for Rio Riot

Page 1: ...the perfect player for your entire music collection User s guide NEXT Table of Contents...

Page 2: ...n to your Rio in the car use the optional car cassette adapter accessory not included Listening to music at full power over extended periods of time can damage your hearing If you experience ringing i...

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Page 4: ...ons 17 Tour of the LCD Screen 18 Instant Music with the Rio DJ 19 Playing Albums Artists Songs 20 Playing Your Favorites 22 4 Organizing Music 23 Creating a Playlist 23 Playlist Options 25 Deleting Al...

Page 5: ...on the player the most least played songs only songs from your favorite decade and much more Rather listen to the radio No problem An FM tuner is built in with up to eight presets Need long battery li...

Page 6: ...ackward Skips to previous song Press and hold to scan backward Play Pause Starts pauses playback To save battery life the player will sleep if left in pause or stop for several minutes Press Play Paus...

Page 7: ...he player is powered on but the keys are locked to prevent accidental operation Note LOCK appears on the LCD screen when the player is in Lock mode 1 Getting Started Volume On Lock Off Accessories Hea...

Page 8: ...all your music while you re waiting 1 Connect the supplied AC adapter to the charger port on the bottom of your Rio as shown 2 Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet and begin charging the batt...

Page 9: ...Windows 98 Me 2000 or XP Pentium 166 with 32 MB RAM USB port CD ROM drive 35 MB available hard drive space Internet connection recommended RealJukebox for Windows Music management software for Windows...

Page 10: ...the on screen instructions 3 When installation is complete see page 12 to connect the Rio to your PC About RealJukebox RealJukebox will help you Organize digital audio tracks on your computer Organiz...

Page 11: ...e Help menu and choose iTunes Help Visit the iTunes Web site at www apple com itunes Follow these instructions to load the software that enables your Macintosh computer to recognize the Rio The instal...

Page 12: ...or Mac The Rio Riot USB connection only fits one way Do not try to force the connection and connect the other end to any available USB port on your PC or Mac When finished continue with Chapter 2 Load...

Page 13: ...Music from the Internet There are thousands of Web sites that provide digital audio content Here are a few to get you started www riohome com www windowsmedia com www mp3 com Simply point your favori...

Page 14: ...D automatically opens in iTunes showing the names of each track 3 Select the check box next to each track you wish to encode by default all tracks are checked 4 Click the Import button at the top left...

Page 15: ...list of tracks You can then sort the list by Track Name Artist Album Genre CD Track Length Format Quality or File Name by clicking on the appropriate header 5 To clean up your ID3 tags select a track...

Page 16: ...Select the Rio Riot Digital Audio Player in the list of devices then click OK The view changes to the Devices window and the song s you selected appear at the bottom of the list The Transfer Status c...

Page 17: ...To listen to a particular album see page 20 Artists To listen to the works of a particular artist see page 20 Genre To load every song of a particular genre such as Rock Jazz or Classical see page 21...

Page 18: ...enu Track Info When a track is playing its title appears at the top of the screen followed by the track length time remaining repeat random setting volume level and play status Upcom ing tracks appear...

Page 19: ...SELECT Scroll to pick the number of tracks to play from 10 to 250 then press SELECT New Music Generates a playlist of the files you ve most recently down loaded to the player Scroll to 1 day then pre...

Page 20: ...e track from the album scroll to the track s name then press SELECT 6 Press SELECT or PLAY to begin playback of the selected album s or track s Play Selected Works of an Artist 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll t...

Page 21: ...Press SELECT or PLAY to begin playback of the selected song s 3 Playing Music Play by Genre You can choose to play all songs of a particular genre such as Rock Jazz or Classical 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll...

Page 22: ...then press SELECT 4 Scroll to Artists then press SELECT 5 Scroll to the desired artist then press SELECT Playing Your Favorites 6 Choose from the following To load all favorite albums and tracks for t...

Page 23: ...to your playlist name scroll to the word space then press SELECT 7 When finished scroll to Done then press SELECT 8 Scroll to Albums Artists or Tracks then press SELECT Add Albums to Playlist Scroll...

Page 24: ...n to the Add Tracks menu and repeat Step 8 until you have added all desired tracks 10 When you are finished press BACK repeatedly until the message appears You have created the playlist playlist name...

Page 25: ...a Playlist 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll to Organize then press SELECT 3 Scroll to My Playlists then press SELECT 4 Scroll to Delete then press SELECT 5 Scroll to the playlist you wish to delete then press SE...

Page 26: ...ame then press SELECT Scroll to Delete File then press SELECT to remove the album Deleting Albums Artists Songs Delete an Artist Scroll to the first letter of the artist s name then press SELECT Scrol...

Page 27: ...cted FM station followed by a graphical volume indicator The bottom of the screen shows a list of eight available Radio Presets see page 28 to set and select presets Scanning for Stations Press the FO...

Page 28: ...n press SELECT The preset will appear at the bottom of the Radio screen 9 Repeat Steps 3 8 to add up to eight presets Selecting FM Presets To select an FM preset 1 From Radio mode scroll to a programm...

Page 29: ...Bass Treble Scroll to the Bass or Treble slider then press SELECT Scroll to set the bass or treble level from 6 to 6 then press SELECT 4 Scroll to Done or Cancel then press SELECT Bass Treble You can...

Page 30: ...of the following Random options then press SELECT On All tracks play in random order Off Turns off random function 3 Scroll to Done or Cancel then press SELECT 4 Press BACK to exit the menu system Pl...

Page 31: ...roll wheel and then time out When finished press SELECT 4 Scroll to Done or Cancel then press SELECT 5 Press BACK to exit the menu system Power Saver 1 From the Preferences menu scroll to Power Saver...

Page 32: ...albums and tracks in use Estimated space available for additional tracks 3 Press BACK to exit the menu system The Filter The Filter gives you the option of displaying songs lists alpha betically witho...

Page 33: ...The Random function uses an algorithm called pseudo random which is common to all computers The Rio selects a seed number and then enters a list of predetermined random numbers to play music in a see...

Page 34: ...the firmware upgrade do not close the program turn off the Rio or unplug the USB cable 1 Connect the Rio to the computer with the USB cable 2 Slide the Rio power switch to On 3 Double click the Rio Ri...

Page 35: ...operation Keep dirt sand dust and moisture from entering your Rio Do not use in areas of excessive dust Do not use in places where the humidity is excessively high Do not drop or subject your Rio to s...

Page 36: ...classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada CISPR 22 Warning This equipment is belongs to class A of CISPR 22 recommendation In a residential environment it can produce electromagnetic interfere...

Page 37: ...e unable to provide valid proof of purchase for their Rio Personal Digital Music Player Require repair service after the expiration of the original warranty Require service for product failures not co...

Page 38: ...enu System 18 N New Music 19 P Play All 19 Play Options 30 Play Pause button 6 Playback Control 17 Playback Options 17 Playing Albums 20 Artists 20 by Genre 21 Favorites 22 Songs 21 Playlists Adding A...

Page 39: ...39 Menu Tree 7 Getting Help BACK NEXT Table of Contents...

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