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® GETTING ST A RTE D prism.book Page 1 Tuesday, November 2 1, 2000 4:02 PM[...]
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® Page 2 Ri o 800 Gett ing S tarte d Guide Copy right © 200 0 SONICblu e, Inc. All Rights R eserved . SONICblue, Inc. does not assu m e any respon sibility for er rors o r omis- sions in thi s document or make any commitmen t to up date the in forma- tio n c o nt a ine d her e i n . Rio ® is a registered trademark of RioPort.com , Inc. in the US[...]
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® Page 3 I NTRODU CTION ...........................................................5 Important information ..........................................6 S ETTIN G UP YOUR R IO ................................................8 Step 1: Unpacking your Rio 800 .......................... 8 Step 2: Charging your Rio .................................11 Ste[...]
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® Page 4 prism.book Page 4 Tuesday, November 2 1, 2000 4:02 PM[...]
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® Page 5 Introduction Introduction Cong ratulati ons on y our pur chase of the Ri o 80 0 portable d igita l audi o player! R io is the per fect comp anion for active peop le — deli ve r in g s ki p- free mu sic for people o n the go. The co nvenient rem ote control, rechar geable battery backpack , and voice reco rding option mak e the Rio 800 t[...]
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® Page 6 Introduction Thi s guide sho ws you how to set up and s tart usi ng your R io. T o lear n more: • Check out the Rio 800 User Guide on the C D-ROM for in-d epth inf orm atio n on using y ou r Rio , an in trodu ctio n to the Rio so ft wa re, warr anty inform ation, a glossar y of dig i tal au dio ter ms, and more. • Cli ck o n t h e Ri [...]
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® Page 7 Introduction Caut ion Do not r emove the rech argeable b att ery from t he backpack. B atteries may exp lode or leak i f disp osed o f in fi re, mixed with a dif fer ent batter y type, inserted backwar ds or disassembled. Caut ion whil e driving: Use of headp hones w hile operating a v ehicle is not recommend ed and is illegal in some are[...]
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® Page 8 Setting up your Rio Setting up your Rio S tep 1: Unp acking your Rio 800 Y our Rio 800 package includes t he follo w ing items: • Rio 80 0 portable digital aud i o player with rech argeable b at tery backpack . • AC adapter . • Headphones . • Headphone remote with sh irt clip . • Universal S erial Bus (USB) cable. • Getting St[...]
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® Page 9 Setting up your Rio Using yo ur Ri o Joypad i nc ludes (cl ockw ise fr om top ) Pla y/Pau se >/|| , Forward >> , Sto p n , Reve rse << , and Se lect . On /Ho l d / Of f Joyp ad Vo l u m e Reco rd LCD Me n u Micr ophone Multifunction por t Sel ect prism.book Page 9 Tuesday, November 2 1, 2000 4:02 PM[...]
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® Page 10 Setting up your Rio Usin g b utt ons and c ont ro ls • On/Ho ld/Off (Po wer ): Slide this swit ch on top of your Rio to tu rn the power o n an d of f, or to put t he Ri o s et tin gs i n Hol d m ode. H old temporar i ly locks the buttons on your Rio except the Po wer switch and the remote — a useful featur e while exercising. • Mul[...]
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® Page 11 Setting up your Rio S tep 2: Chargin g your Rio Caution: Do not r emove the rec hargeable b attery from the backpack . 1 Conn ect the AC adapter into y our Rio ’ s backpack port at the bottom o f the backpack. 2 Conn ect the AC adapter power cord into an electrical ou tl et. The char ge lamp on the backpack lig hts up when ch arging b [...]
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® Page 12 Setting up your Rio S tep 3: In st alling the soft war e PC 1 Place the softwar e C D in the CD-ROM dr ive on your c omputer . After a few seconds, the in stallat ion menu di sp lays. Note: If the installation menu does not display automaticall y , skip to t he nex t page for instructi ons. 2 Cli c k th e Ins t all bu tto n on the instal[...]
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® Page 13 Setting up your Rio 4 Reboo t your compu t er when the ins tallation is complete o r you are promp ted to do so. Ti p : When the installation is complete, the Rio Audio Manager icon is visib le on your computer ’ s desk top . If the installation m enu does n ot display automaticall y , follo w th ese steps to beg in the inst allatio n [...]
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® Page 14 Setting up your Rio Mac 1 Place the softwar e C D in the CD-ROM dr ive on your c omputer . 2 The CD contents display automatically . T o manually displ ay the CD cont ents, dou ble click the icon on y our comput er ’ s des kt op . 3 Double click the Ins tall icon. Th e inst allatio n men u displays. 4 Cli c k th e Ins t all bu tto n on[...]
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® Page 15 Setting up your Rio S tep 4: Usi ng the soft ware See the Rio User Guide o n the software CD-ROM for an introduction to using the Rio so ftware. F or det a iled ins truction s, refer to the PC and Mac software on line Help. T o use the o nline help: PC 1 Click on the Hel p Menu at th e top of the Rio Au dio Manager or AudibleManag er scr[...]
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® Page 16 Setting up your Rio S tep 5: Plug ging in the USB cable 1 Plug o ne end of the USB cab le into the mul tifuncti on port on top of the Rio . 2 Plug the oth er end of t he USB cabl e into the U S B port on your compu t er . On the Mac, the USB port is typically l ocated on the ke yboard. Ti p : The Rio 8 00 USB con nection only fi ts one w[...]
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® Page 17 Setting up your Rio S tep 6: Registe ring your Rio T o r e gi ste r you r Ri o, c lic k the Register b utton on the i nstallation menu. Ti p : The serial number (S/N) req uired to register your Rio is located on the back of the R io under t he back pack. T o detach the backpack , fi rm ly pr ess the b ut ton o n t h e back of y our Rio a[...]
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® Page 18 Setting up your Rio S tep 7: Checki ng out t he User Guide Do you want t o learn mo re about y our Rio? Click th e Us er Gu ide but- ton on the installat ion menu. The User Guid e contains: • In-dep th inf ormation on using your Rio . • An in troducti on to the R io softwa re. • A gl os sa r y o f di g i t a l a u di o term s. • [...]
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® Page 19 Acce ssi ng custom er care Accessing customer care TECHNICA L SUPPORT Hours of Operation Monday-T hursday 5am -7pm P T Friday 5 am-1 1am, 1pm -7pm P T Satu rday 8am-4pm P T Ema il customers uppor t@riohome.co m T elephone (541) 967 -24 50 TDD (541) 967 -24 51 Fax (541) 967 -24 01 We b si t e www .riohome. com Rio Audio Manager support cu[...]
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Rio 800 Getting S ta rted Guide 5226 001 3-001 prism.book Page 20 Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:02 PM[...]