Rio Rio Riot Operation & User’s Manual

Important Safety Information Warning • RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK—DO NOT DISASSEMBLE. To avoid potential electric shock, do not disassemble or modify your Rio. No user-serviceable parts are inside. Refer servicing to qualified personnel. • Do not remove the rechargeable battery from the unit. • To reduce the chance of shock or injury, do not use or operate your Rio in or near water or wet locations. Do not spill liquid on your ...

Expanded Table of Contents 1 Getting Started 5 So, What Does it Do? ................................................... 5 Tour of the Player ......................................................... 6 Charging the Battery .................................................... 8 Installing the Software.................................................. 9 Connecting the Rio to your Computer ...................... 12 2 Loading Music ...

1 Getting Started WELL, FIRST OF ALL try to imagine what you could do with 20GB of storage space... That’s right, 20 gigabytes of your favorite music. 400 albums.* 5,000 songs.* All in the palm of your hand. Just connect the Rio to your computer’s USB port, download your music to the player and you’re on your way. The Rio features a large, backlit graphic LCD display so you can easily navigate your way through your massive son ...

6 Tour of the Player LCD Liquid Crystal Display; see overview on page 18. Menu Displays and exits the menu system. Select Makes selections in menus. Scroll Scrolls up/down through menu choices. Back Returns to previous menu. Also press to display track info when a song is playing. Stop Stops playback. Backward Skips to previous song. Press and hold to scan backward. Play/Pause Starts/pauses playback. To save battery life, th ...

Power On/Lock/Off Powers the player on, off or sets it to Lock mode ( ). In Lock mode, the 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 Headphones Carrying Case AC Adapter USB Cable CDs (Mac & PC) Car Cassette Adapter (Optional) BACK NEXT Table of Contents ...

8 Charging the Battery Charging the Battery Connect the supplied AC Adapter to the charger port, and then plug it into an electrical outlet to charge the battery. The Rio has a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery that lasts up to 10 hours per charge. When you first use the player, charge it for at least five hours for maximum battery life. You can use the Rio while it is charging, so go ahead and rip your CDs and load all your ...

Now you are ready to install the USB driver and music management software to your computer. The supplied CD-ROM will load RealJukebox for Windows or iTunes for Mac. See system requirements below. Installing the Software PC System Requirements • Microsoft 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 Windo ...

10 PC Software Installation If installation does not start automatically, click “Start > Run...>”, and then type “d:\setup32.exe,” where “d” is the letter of your computer’s CD-ROM drive. BACK NEXT Table of Contents Follow these instructions to load the software that enables your PC to recognize the Rio. The installation will also load the RealJukebox music management software. 1 Place the installation CD in your compu ...

1 Getting Started BACK NEXT Table of Contents About iTunes iTunes music software takes the confusion out of managing your personal music collection. iTunes turns your Mac into a powerful digital jukebox, complete with easy-to-use tools for recording music from audio CDs (simply insert a CD to import music to MP3s), searching and browsing your entire collection, managing playlists, downloading songs to your Rio, and listenin ...

Connecting the Rio to your Computer Once the software is installed, you are ready to connect the Rio to your PC 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, “Loading Music.” USB/Headphone Port Connect one end of the supplied USB cable to the USB/Head- phone Port on the ...

ways: 1 Downloading from the Internet 2 Encoding/ripping songs from your personal CD collection. Note: If you already have digital music files stored on your hard drive, feel free to skip to pages 15-16, which demon- strate how to manage your music files and download them to the player. Downloading Music from the Internet There are thousands of Web sites that provide digital audio content. Here a ...

14 Encoding (“Ripping”) Your CDs Encoding a CD with RealJukebox 1 Insert an audio CD in your PC’s CD-ROM drive. • If Auto-Record is enabled (under “Tools > Preferences > General”), you will see a dialog box asking if you wish to record the CD. If you select “Yes,” the RealJukebox software will automatically begin encoding each song on the CD. • If Auto-Record is not enabled, continue with step 2. 2 In a few moments ...

Managing Your Music Files If you have MP3 and WMA files in various folders on your hard drive, the music management software can seek them out and gather them into one unified list. You can then use the software to: • Play tracks • Rename tracks • Clean up your ID3/WMA tags (highly recommended) • Delete tracks • Create playlists • And, of course, download tracks to the player! Managing Music with RealJukebox 1 Click “File> ...

Loading Music to the Player Loading Tracks with RealJukebox Follow these steps to load music from your PC to the Rio. 1 Launch the RealJukebox software. 2 Connect the Rio to your PC using the supplied USB cable and power on the player. 3 Click the “All Tracks” button in the RealJukebox main screen to view a list of all music saved on your PC. 4 Shift-click the desired track(s) or press “Ctrl-A” to select all tracks. 5 Cli ...

Overview of Playback Options The Rio provides a variety of ways to jump quickly to the music you want with the least amount of hassle. The “Play Music” menu gives you seven ways to play: Rio DJ The Rio DJ automatically generates playlists of your favorite music. For example, you can hear a 60-minute sampling of just your favorite songs, a collection of the songs you most recently downloaded, only songs from a particular decade, and ...

18 Tour of the LCD Screen Menu System When the MENU button is pressed, the track information dims and menu bars appear from the right side of the screen. Use the SCROLL wheel to highlight the desired menu item, then press the SELECT button to make your selection. Press the BACK button any time to jump back to the previous menu. Track Info When a track is playing, its title appears at the top of the screen, followed by the track leng ...

Instant Music with the Rio DJ The Rio DJ is a powerful tool that keeps track of everything you play (and don’t play) to access your music in seven entertaining ways. 1 Press MENU. 2 Scroll to “Play Music,” then press SELECT. 3 Scroll to “Rio DJ,” then press SELECT. 4 Scroll to one of the following, then press SELECT: Entertain Me! Generates a random mix of your favorite songs. • Scroll to “15 Minutes,” then press SELECT. ...

20 Playing Albums, Artists & Songs Follow these steps to play a complete album, selected works of a particular artist, or any individual song. Play an Album 1 Press MENU. 2 Scroll to “Play Music,” then press SELECT. 3 Scroll to “Albums,” then press SELECT. 4 Scroll to the first letter of the album’s name, then press SELECT. 5 Choose from the following: • To load all albums and tracks that begin with the selected letter, ...