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Important Safety Information Warning Caution • RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK—DO NOT DISASSEMBLE. To • Use of headphones while operating a vehicle is not avoid potential electric shock, do not disassemble or recommended and is illegal in some areas. Be careful and modify your Rio. No user-serviceable parts are inside. Refer attentive while driving, biking or walking near traffic. Stop servicing to qualified personnel. listening to your Rio if you find it disruptive or distracting • Do not remove the rec
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Expanded Table of Contents 1 Getting Started 5 4 Organizing Music 23 So, What Does it Do? ................................................... 5 Creating a Playlist ....................................................... 23 Tour of the Player ......................................................... 6 Playlist Options ........................................................... 25 Charging the Battery .................................................... 8 Deleting Albums, Artists & Songs .....
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So, What Does it Do? 1 Getting Started WELL, FIRST OF ALL try to imagine what you could do with The Rio supports popular audio formats, including WMA 20GB of storage space... (up to 192 kbps) and MP3 (up to 320 kbps). Plus you can That’s right, 20 gigabytes of your favorite music. view and sort your music using ID3 and WMA tags. 400 albums.* The CD-ROM includes USB drivers for Windows (98, ME, 2000 or XP) and Mac OS (9.0.4 or higher), along with 5,000 songs.* RealJukebox and iTunes to help you
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Tour of the Player Menu Displays and exits the menu system. LCD Liquid Crystal Display; see overview on page 18. 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. Forward Skips to next song. Press and hold to scan forward. Backward Skips to previous song. Press and hold to scan backward. Play/Pause Starts/pauses playback. To save battery life, the pla
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Volume On - Lock - Off Volume +/– Adjusts volume level. 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. Accessories Headphones Carrying Case AC Adapter USB Cable CDs (Mac & PC) Car Cassette Adapter (Optional) Table of Contents 7 BACK NEXT 1 Getting Started
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Charging the Battery AC Adapter The Rio has a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery that Charger Port 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 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 char
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Installing the Software 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. RealJukebox for Windows iTunes for Mac Music management software for Windows Music management software for Apple computers. Macintosh computers. PC System Requirements Mac System Requirements • Microsoft Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP • Mac OS 9.0.4 or later (9.2.1 recommended) • Pen
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PC Software Installation Follow these instructions to load the software that enables 2 Click the “Install RealJukebox” button, and then follow the your PC to recognize the Rio. The installation will also load on-screen instructions. the RealJukebox music management software. 3 When installation is complete, see page 12 to connect the Rio to your PC. 1 Place the installation CD in your computer’s CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the Rio splash screen will display: About RealJukebox RealJukebox
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Mac OS Software Installation Follow these instructions to load the software that enables 5 Click the “Install iTunes” button, and then follow the on- your Macintosh computer to recognize the Rio. The installa- screen instructions. tion will also load the iTunes music management software. 6 Reboot your computer when the installation is complete. 7 When installation is complete, see page 12 to connect the 1 Place the installation CD in your computer’s CD-ROM Rio to your Mac. drive. 2 The CD conten
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Connecting the Rio to your Computer Once the software is installed, you are ready to connect the Rio to your PC or Mac. ...and connect the other end to any USB/Headphone Port available USB port on your PC or Connect one end of the supplied Mac. When finished, continue with USB cable to the USB/Head- Chapter 2, “Loading Music.” phone Port on the Rio... The Rio Riot USB connection only fits one way. Do not try to force the connection. 12 Table of Contents BACK NEXT Rio Riot User’s Guide
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Downloading Music from 2 Loading Music the Internet You can acquire digital music in MP3 or WMA format in two 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 conte
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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, the CD automatically opens in Real- Jukebox showing the names of each track on the
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Managing Your Music Files If you have MP3 and WMA files in various folders on your Managing Music with iTunes hard drive, the music management software can seek them 1 The iTunes software will automatically locate all music files out and gather them into one unified list. You can then use during the installation process. To add songs manually, the software to: click “File>Add to Library”, and then browse to the folder and files you wish to add. • Play tracks • Rename tracks 2 All tracks are list
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Loading Music to the Player Loading Tracks with RealJukebox Loading Tracks with iTunes Follow these steps to load music from your PC to the Rio. Follow these steps to load music from your Mac to the Rio. 1 Launch the RealJukebox software. 1 Launch the iTunes software. 2 Connect the Rio to your PC using the supplied USB cable 2 Connect the Rio to your Mac using the supplied USB and power on the player. cable and power on the player. 3 Click the “All Tracks” button in the RealJukebox main • The Ri
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3 Playing Music Overview of Playback Options Favorites The Rio provides a variety of ways to jump To listen to just your favorite albums, artists or songs, see quickly to the music you want with the least page 22. amount of hassle. The “Play Music” menu gives you seven ways to play: Playlists To create custom song lists based on any criteria you wish, Rio DJ see pages 23-25. The Rio DJ automatically generates playlists of your favorite music. For example, you can hear a 60-minute sampling of ju
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Tour of the LCD Screen Menu System When the MENU button is pressed, the track information dims and menu bars appear from the right Menu Navigation side of the screen. Use the SCROLL Use the MENU button, wheel to highlight the desired Track Info SELECT button, SCROLL menu item, then press the SELECT When a track is playing, its title appears at wheel and BACK button button to make your selection. the top of the screen, followed by the track to navigate and make Press the BACK button any time to l
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Instant Music with the Rio DJ The Rio DJ is a powerful tool that keeps track New Music of everything you play (and don’t play) to Generates a playlist of the files you’ve most recently down- access your music in seven entertaining ways. loaded to the player. 1Press MENU. • Scroll to “1 day,” then press SELECT. 2 Scroll to “Play Music,” then press SELECT. • Scroll to set the time frame (from 1 day to 1 year), then 3 Scroll to “Rio DJ,” then press SELECT. press SELECT. 4 Scroll to one of the follo
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Playing Albums, Artists & Songs Follow these steps to play a complete Play Selected Works of an Artist album, selected works of a particular artist, 1Press MENU. or any individual song. 2 Scroll to “Play Music,” then press SELECT. 3 Scroll to “Artists,” then press SELECT. Play an Album 4 Scroll to the first letter of the artist’s name, 1Press MENU. then press SELECT. 2 Scroll to “Play Music,” then press SELECT. 5 Scroll to the artist’s name, then press 3 Scroll to “Albums,” then press SELECT. SE
