Rio RECEIVER Instruction Manual

About the User Guide
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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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Copyright and trademark
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Copyright and trademark
Copyright © 2000 SONICblue, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SONICblue, Inc. does not assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this document or make any com-
mitment to update the information contained herein.
Rio is a registered trademark of RioPort.com, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries and is used 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 in addition to the
standard locations.
All other product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
First Edition, December, 2000.
Part Number 75550124-002

Introduction
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Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing the Rio Digital Audio Receiver, the simple solution to turning
your personal computer into your personal digital audio jukebox. The Rio Receiver streams
music from your PC to any room in your house by simply plugging into an available phone jack.
It works with your existing speakers and uses your home’s existing phone lines to transfer MP3
or WMA 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 Manager software
•Online manual
•Adobe Acrobat
System Requirements
•Intel ®Pentium ®200 MHz MMX or higher CPU
•32MB RAM
•16MB free hard drive space
•CD-ROM drive
•PNA networking or Ethernet networking for PC
•Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, Millennium

Safety Information
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Safety Information
This product was designed to meet the requirements applicable to the following Directives:
•Low Voltage Directive (72/23/EEC) as modified by amending Directive (93/68/EEC) thereby covering the
standards of IEC 950 / EN60905 2nd Edition, 1991+Amd.1, 1992+Amd.2, 1993+Amd.3, 1995+Amd.4, 1996.
Safety of Information Technology Equipment
•EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) as modified by amending Directive (93/68/EEC) EN55022: A2;1997, EN50082-
1: 1992 Radio Interference and Generic Immunity
! 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, use only No. 26 AWG (standard phone cord) or larger
telecommunication line cord.
Attention courant dangereux àl'intérieur, mettre l'appareil hors tension, déconnecter ethernet et débrancher la
ligne téléphonique avant de retirer le couvercle de l'appareil.
Aucun service après-vente pour les pièces détachées àl'intérieur.

Getting Started
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Getting Started
You will need the following items in order to install your new Rio Digital Audio Receiver:
•The Rio Digital Audio Receiver
•The Rio Digital Audio Connector (Optional: If you do not have an existing Home PNA or Ethernet network.)
•2 Phone cords or Ethernet cable
•Speakers
•6’RCA cable (Optional: If you choose to plug the Rio Receiver into your home theater system.)
•The Rio Receiver Installation CD
•Your Windows Operating System Installation or Recovery CD
Installation
NOTE: If adding the Rio Receiver to an existing Home PNA or Ethernet network, skip
The Rio Digital Audio Connector section. Go to The Audio Receiver Manager
Software 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’phone cord into the Rio Connector port marked
Line and into the nearest phone jack. This allows you to use your home
phonelines as a network between your PC and your Rio Receiver.
3. Turn on your PC and start Windows. Windows will display a New
Hardware Found screen and notify you that it has found the Rio
Connector.
4. If prompted, place the Rio Receiver Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive
and click Next. This will prompt Windows to select the Rio Connector’s
driver from the CD.

Installation
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NOTE: You should keep your Windows Installation or Recovery CD handy as you may
be prompted to load drivers from it.
5. Windows will finish installing the Rio Connector.
The Audio Receiver Manager Software
NOTE: (For pre-existing Home PNA or Ethernet networks only.) Before installing the
Audio Receiver Manager software, it is required that all HPNA or Ethernet
network connections be made and working correctly so that the Audio
Receiver Manager software can properly configure the Rio Receiver’s network
connection. See the HPNA or Ethernet hardware manufacturer’s
documentation for instructions on how to install and configure your network.
1. Insert the Rio Receiver Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Rio Receiver splash screen appears, click the Software Installation button.
(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. Click Yes .
When you are prompted to select the destination folder for the program, we recommend leaving it at the
default folder (c:\Program Files\Audio Receiver), but you can change the destination folder by clicking the
Browse button and pointing the installation program to your preferred destination.
6. Click Next and then click Finish.
The Audio Receiver Manager will place a red musical note icon in the PC’s system tray in the right
bottom corner of the desktop and then prompt you with the following message.
7. Click OK. The Select Music Locations screen will come on with a list of the hard drives located on your
computer.

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8. Click OK and let the Audio Receiver Manager search all of the hard drives, folders, and files on your
computer for your digital music files or select the specific hard drives and/or folders that you want the
Audio Receiver Manager to search.
Use Add, Remove, and Remove All to adjust where the Audio Receiver Manager 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 connection has been made between your server computer
and the Rio Receiver.
A red musical note will appear in the System Tray if no connection is made.

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The Rio Digital Audio Receiver
1. Connect the Rio Receiver to your network.
a.) Home PNA Network. In the room where you are going to station
the Rio Receiver (i.e. your living room, bedroom, or kitchen) plug one
end of the included 15’phone cord into the nearest phone jack and the
other end into the back of the Rio Receiver in the port marked
“Wall”. This allows your Rio Receiver and your computer to
communicate via your home phone lines.
WARNING: If your residence uses different phone numbers on
different phone jacks, both the Rio Receiver and the
Home PNA card installed in the computer must be
plugged into the same phone number in order to connect. You can check this by
plugging phones into 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 Receiver to your speakers or to your home theater system.
a.) If you are going to use your Rio Receiver as a
stand alone unit you will need to connect
powered or bookend speakers to it to hear
your music. Connect the speaker wires from
your left speaker to the red and black spring
clips marked “Left”on the back of the Rio
Receiver. Connect the speaker wires from
your right speaker to the red and black spring
clips marked “Right”on the Rio Receiver.
The Rio Receiver and its remote will now
control the volume levels of the speakers.

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NOTE: It is also possible to plug powered speakers into the Line Out jack located on
the back of the Digital Audio Receiver.
OR
b.) If connecting the Rio Receiver to your home theater system, use the
included RCA cable, which has a red and a white RCA connector at
each end. Plug the red RCA connector to the red jack and the white
RCA connector to the white jack on your stereo receiver. Plug the
other end’s red RCA connector to the red jack and the white RCA
connector to the white jack on the Rio Receiver.
NOTE: When used 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 PC and the database of music files stored on that PC. If the Rio
Receiver does not find your PC, check the Troubleshooting and FAQ sections of the manual for tips to
correct this.
5. When it has finished querying your PC, the Rio Receiver will display the first song in the digital music file
database on your PC. It is now ready to bring your music to you.

Using Your Rio Receiver
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Using Your Rio Receiver
The Display
When powered on, the Rio Receiver’s Liquid Crystal Display or
LCD is backlit for easier viewing. It displays the status of the unit,
as well as the Playlist, Artist, and Song information for the music
you are playing. The LCD will assist you in selecting new music to
listen to.
In playback mode, the LCD shows:
•Track Information —The Song title, Album title, Artist
name, bit rate of encoding, and the total time of the song are encoded in the digital music file in the ID3
Tag and read by Gracenote and the Rio Receiver.
•Bit Rate Indicator —The amount of compression used to encode the song.
•Tr a c k T i m e —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
•Repeat
•Random
•Volume Select
•Menu
•Joypad (Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, Stop)
Using the Repeat and Random buttons
Pressing the Repeat button:
1. Once repeats all of the songs in selected play location.
2. Twice repeats the song currently playing.
3. Three times turns off the feature.
Pressing the Random button:
1. Once shuffles the songs in the selected play location.
2. Twice turns off the feature.

Using Your Rio Receiver
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Using the Volume Select in Normal and Menu Modes
In Normal Mode the Volume Select on the Rio Receiver adjusts the Audio Settings:
•Volum e
•Balance
•Bass
•Treble
When the Menu button is pressed, the Rio Receiver is in Menu Mode and the Volume
Select can:
•Select Playlists.
•Choose music by Artist.
•Choose music by Genre.
•Choose music by Album.
•Select individual songs by Title.
•Adjust Audio Settings.
•Adjust Display Settings.
Adjust Audio Settings in Normal Mode
•Turning the Volume Select to the right will increase the volume level, while turning it to the left decreases
the volume level.
•To adjust the Balance of the Receiver’s music output 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 level accordingly.
Adjust Audio Settings in Menu Mode
1. Press the Menu button to access the Menu Options screen.
2. Highlight Change Audio Settings.
3. Press the Volume Select to enter that choice.
4. Scroll through the options (Volume, Balance, Bass, Treble) and highlight the setting you wish to alter. Press
the Volume Select to enter that choice.
5. Turn the Volume Select left or right to adjust the settings to meet your preferences.
6. Press the Menu button again to exit Menu Mode.

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Choose Music in Menu Mode
To Select Existing Playlists:
1. Press the Menu button to access the Menu Options screen.
2. Turn the Volume Select left or right to scroll through the
options.
3. Highlight Select Music and press 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 cause the Rio
Receiver to shuffle all of the songs in the
playlist.

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To Select Individual Songs:
1. Press the Menu button to access the music menus.
2. Turn the Volume Select left or right to scroll through the menus.
3. Highlight Select Music and press the Volume Select to choose that option.
4. On the Select Music screen scroll through the options and
choose whether you want to sort music by Artist, Album,
Genre, Title or Playlist by highlighting your choice and pressing
the Volume Select. For example: Highlight Artist and press
the Volume Select.
5. On the Select Artist screen select which artist you want to
listen to from the alphabetical list of artist names by highlighting
your 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 will pause the song and the
song title in the display will blink to indicate that it is in Pause mode.
Fast Forward ( & ) —Press once to skip to the next track or hold it down to Fast
Forward through the track you are currently listening to.
Rewind ( % ) —Press once to return to a previous track or hold it down to Fast
Rewind through the track you are currently listening to.
Stop ( n ) —Press once to stop. This resets the Rio Receiver back to the beginning
of the current track.

The Rio Remote
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The Rio Remote
Power —Turn the Rio Receiver on and off.
Menu —Press once to access the control menus.
Volume —Press up to increase and down to decrease the
speaker volume.
Select —Scroll through the menus on the LCD by pressing the
up and down arrow buttons.
Enter —Press once to enter in your choices.
Cancel —Press once to cancel the current mode the Rio
Receiver is in.
Random —Press once to shuffle songs in selected play location.
Press again to turn off this feature.
Repeat —Press once to repeat all of the songs or twice to
repeat the song 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 )—Press once to play a song. Pressing the Play
button when a song is in play will pause the song and cause the
title to flash.
Fast Forward ( 8 ) —Press once to skip to next track or hold it
down to fast forward through the current track.
Rewind ( % )—Press once to return to previous track or hold it
down to rewind through the current track.
Stop ( C ) —Press once to stop the current song.

The Rio Remote
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To Select Playlists with the Rio Remote:
1. Press the Menu button to access Menu Options on the Rio
Receiver’s LCD.
2. Press the Select button up or down to scroll through and
highlight options.
3. Highlight 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 shuffle all of the songs in the
playlist.

The Rio Remote
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To Select Individual Songs with the Remote:
1. Press the Menu button to access Menu Options on the Rio
Receiver’s LCD.
2. Press the Select button up or down to scroll through and
highlight options.
3. Highlight Select Music and press Enter.
4. On the Select Music screen highlight Artist and press Enter.
5. On the Select Artist screen scroll through the alphabetical list
of artists with the Select button and highlight the desired artist
name. Press Enter.
6. Highlight Play All Music and press 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 example: To find songs by the group U2:
1. Press Search twice to search by Artist.
2. Press the 8button. All Artists that start with TUV will display.
3. Press the 2button. This will narrow down the search to all Artists with the first letter of TUV and the
second letter of ABC or the number 2 in the name.
4. Highlight U2 and press Enter.

The Rio Remote
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Create and Recall Playlists with the List Button
To create playlists:
1. Press the Menu button to bring up the Select Music screen.
2. Select the Artist, Album, Genre or Playlist menu.
3. Highlight 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 music from your selection.

Advanced Features
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Advanced Features
Accessing digital music stored on other computers on the network
To access digital music files stored on another computer on the network you must:
1. Turn on File Sharing.
2. Share the folder where the files are stored.
3. Set up the Audio Receiver Manager to search the other computer’s hard drive for digital music files.
NOTE: We recommend that you only store your digital music files on the Receiver’s
server PC. Playing digital music files located 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 Sharing may allow computers outside your network on the Internet
to see and access your computer and any files or folders you share. Therefore we
recommend that you contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or network
administrator for assistance in configuring your system to guard against such
access.

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1. Right click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
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.

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Sharing File Folders
To share a particular folder in which digital music files are stored:
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Right click on the folder containing the music files you wish to share For example: My Music. Select
Sharing.
3. On the My Music Properties window 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 other
machine on the network. For more information on Sharing files and folders,
check Windows Help.