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One Year Limited Warranty

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One Year Limited Warranty

Our warranty to you:

SONICblue Incorporated warrants that your product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship 
for a period of one year from the date of original retail purchase.  If you discover a defect covered by this 
warranty, we will repair or replace the product at our option using new or remanufactured components. 
SONCblue Incorporated’s liability is limited solely to the repair or replacement of the defective product. This 
warranty is extended to the original end user purchaser only and is not assignable or transferable to any other 
party.  Any parts or boards removed in the replacement or remanufacture process shall become the property 
of SONICblue Incorporated.

How to obtain service under this warranty:

To obtain service under this warranty, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased this product or 
SONICblue Incorporated’s Customer Care Center at (541) 967-2450 for return instructions.
The Customer Care hours of operation are:

Monday through Saturday, 8 am to 5 pm, PT 

You must deliver the product and the original sale receipt to the dealer from whom you purchased this product 
or to SONICblue Incorporated in order to obtain service under this warranty.  If you return the product to 
SONICblue Incorporated, you must pay for shipping to SONICblue Incorporated.  Our mailing address is:

SONICblue Incorporated
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, or high voltage surges from external sources such as power line, telephone line, or 
connected equipment.  This warranty does not cover wear and tear on covers, housing or wiring.  This 
warranty also does not apply to any product with an altered or defaced serial number.

Limits of liability:

We are only responsible for the repair of this product. We will not be liable to you or anyone else for any 
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, incidental, or punitive 
damages.  IN NO EVENT WILL SONICblue Incorporated BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT GREATER THAN 
THE CURRENTLY SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF THIS PRODUCT. 
THIS WRITTEN WARRANTY REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE WARRANTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN 
SONICblue Incorporated AND YOU.  THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, 
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABLITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THIS WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO THE 
TERM SPECIFIED ABOVE.  NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WILL APPLY AFTER THIS 
PERIOD.  THIS WARRANTY MAY NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN IN WRITING BY AN 

Summary of Contents for RioVolt SP-250

Page 1: ...e Acrobat PDF file format NOTE We strongly recommend that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4 0 available on the CD ROM to view and print the RioVolt SP250 User Guide Click links blue underlined te...

Page 2: ...ve and the RN logo are registered trademarks of RealNetworks Inc This product is iTunes ready iTunes is provided by Apple Computer Inc Copyright 2001 Apple Computer Inc All rights reserved iTunes is a...

Page 3: ...3 and WMA music files the RioVolt SP250 delivers 8 mintues of skip protection up to 160 seconds for CD Audio It also supports firmware upgrades should new features become available for your player in...

Page 4: ...tion Document FAQ Real Jukebox ITunes Installation CD RioVolt SP250 User Guide Frequently Asked Question Document FAQ System Requirements For included software only PC Minimum System Requirements Inte...

Page 5: ...e hearing of the user Class 1 Laser Invisible laser radiation when open and interlocks defeated avoid exposure to beam Product Care Exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures may cause damage to you...

Page 6: ...AC Adapter into the Power Port on the side of the RioVolt and into a power outlet NOTE Let the RioVolt batteries charge up for X hours before playing the RioVolt SP250 without the AC Adapter attached...

Page 7: ...music files into the RioVolt 8 Close the top lid securely 9 Press and hold the Play button on the Joypad to turn the RioVolt SP250 on and to begin playing the first track on the CD NOTE If the RioVol...

Page 8: ...Sampling Rate Indicates at which sampling rate the track was recorded Codec Indicator Indicates which codec was used to record and encode the track Music Program Playlist Indicator Indicates whether...

Page 9: ...d decide to check what s playing on the radio press the CD FM button The CD will stop playing and the display will change to show the radio frequencies When you decide to return to listening to your C...

Page 10: ...s PROG to select each track 4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have finished selecting tracks 5 Press Play Pause to begin playing the playlist of tracks A P will replace the musical note icon to indicat...

Page 11: ...and to open it up to show the tracks located there 4 Press Stop on the Joypad to scroll down through the list of tracks until you highlight the one you are searching for 5 Press FastForward on the Jo...

Page 12: ...n to scan backwards through current track In NAVI Mode Scrolls back to previous folder choice and exits Navi Mode In MENU Mode Moves back through the available Setup Menu tabs In FM Mode Press once to...

Page 13: ...P 40 seconds 160 seconds Display b light back light OFF Button ON Adapter Button OFF LCD Contrast sliding scale Remocon Contrast sliding scale Tag Info OFF ON Time Normal Remaining Timer Sleep Sleep P...

Page 14: ...ckbox if you want to turn off the Resume function 9 Press to mark the checkbox you ve selected 10 Press to deactivate the Resume screen and to enter your selection 11 Press to bring up the next bottom...

Page 15: ...rrow to the checkbox you wish to select 5 Press to mark the checkbox you ve selected 6 Press to deactivate the Back Light screen and to enter your selection 7 Press to highlight the contrast tab 8 Pre...

Page 16: ...Time Information screen and to enter your selection This completes the list of options in the Display menu group Timer The third menu group tab is timer This menu allows you to adjust how long the Rio...

Page 17: ...which will then display an arrow next to the marked checkbox By default ON will be selected allowing you to hold down the FastForward or Rewind buttons on the Joypad to scan forward or backward throu...

Page 18: ...checkbox By default this option is set to OFF When turned ON Auto Pause pauses the player in between track and flashes the track title 24 Press to move the arrow to the ON box if you prefer that opti...

Page 19: ...cy Bass Boost Controls the volume of the bass frequencies in the music Increasing the level increases the amount of bass you ll hear Treble Boost Controls the volume of the treble frequencies in the m...

Page 20: ...e sliding bar scale for the bass range 12 Press to increase the treble boost represented by the number in the slide bar or press to decrease the treble boost 13 Press to deactivate the Treble Boost sc...

Page 21: ...er Each time you press PROGRAM it will increase the CHANNEL by one Recalling Presets 1 Press NAVI MENU to bring up the Presets 2 Press and to cycle through the stored Presets until you locate the one...

Page 22: ...directory of tracks available on the CD Use the following buttons to navigate through those directories Moves up through the directory or list of tracks Moves down through the directory or list of tr...

Page 23: ...SP250 1 Download the new firmware from the the www riohome com 2 Burn the unzipped file onto a Data CD with your CD ROM Writer NOTE The RioVolt will not play music contained on a CD that also has the...

Page 24: ...I play a CD with both CD Audio and MP3 WMA files I can only play the CD Audio Troubleshooting measures When the player reads the disc the CD Audio tracks are located first and played accordingly MP3...

Page 25: ...g wrong Troubleshooting measures The CD will stop spinning to improve skip protection and battery life While the disc is stopped music continues to play out of memory During this time the player will...

Page 26: ...st be stopped to create a playlist When the player is not playing press the Prog button and you will be able to add tracks to your playlist Problem My Macintosh software application is telling me it h...

Page 27: ...urning software for further assistance with this Will the RioVolt play Variable Bitrate VBR files VBR is supported with the most recent Xing encoder If you have VBR issues like repeating sections of t...

Page 28: ...n 4 Refer to the Real Jukebox Help or the ITunes Help document available within the program for instructions on how to use the program including how to encode MP3s create and manage playlists and down...

Page 29: ...ays CDText on CDText capable Audio CDs Many of the current mainstream music CDs contain CDText that will display as track titles on the RioVolt Do I have to use the remote control when I use the headp...

Page 30: ...ristics 2dB CD SUPPORT CD Type CD DA CD Text CD ROM Mode 1 Mode 2 Form 1 Enhanced CD CD Plus CD R RW Read Packet Write ISO9660 Joliet Romeo Multi Session FILE SUPPORT File Type MPEG 1 2 2 5 Layer 3 WM...

Page 31: ...ling address is SONICblue Incorporated 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...

Page 32: ...the device s FCC registration valid This equipment like other electronic equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy If not installed and used according to the instructions in this manual thi...

Page 33: ...used to translate between digital and analog transmissions A modem uses one to interpret incoming analog signals and converts the digital data stream coming from the computer into analog A codec is a...

Page 34: ...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...

Page 35: ...io product via our web site New Product 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 ow...

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