User guide
Table Of Contents
- RioVolt SP250™ User Guide
- About the User Guide
- Navigating and printing the RioVolt SP250 User Guide
- Copyright and trademark
- Introduction
- Package Contents
- System Requirements (For included software only)
- System Recommendations
- Safety Information
- Getting Started
- Using Your RioVolt SP250
- The Setup Menu
- Using the FM Tuner
- The Remote Control
- How to Upgrade Your RioVolt SP250:
- Troubleshooting
- Problem: The RioVolt SP250 gives a No Disk error message when spinning up.
- Problem: Why is it that when I play a CD with both CD Audio and MP3/ WMA files I can only play th...
- Problem: Why am I not able to get the display to remain lit when using the player in the dark?
- Problem: I am unable to power up the RioVolt. This happens when using new batteries or the AC pow...
- Problem: When the player is left unattended and in a 'stop' or 'pause' state, often when I return...
- Problem: The skip protection for CD Audio does not seem to last for 40 - 160 seconds, is this a p...
- Problem: During playback of MP3/WMA music CDs, the CD appears to stop, is something wrong?
- Problem: The RioVolt is working with batteries, but when I plug in the AC adapter it does not wor...
- Problem: I am hearing some 'popping' or 'skipping' in some MP3/WMA tracks, it is always in the sa...
- Problem: I cannot get the Program function to work on the player. It always tries to set an A-B l...
- Problem: My Macintosh software application is telling me it has expired, what do I do?
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What type of CDs can I play with the RioVolt?
- Can I mix CD Audio with MP3 and/or WMA files?
- Can I put both MP3 and WMA files on the same CD?
- What is the maximum number of songs I can put on a single CD?
- After creating a CD using DirectCD the RioVolt will not read it properly.
- Will the RioVolt play Variable Bitrate (VBR) files?
- Where is the battery indicator on my RioVolt?
- How much playtime can I get from 2 AA batteries?
- What kind of skip protection is there on the Riovolt?
- The CD seems to stop during playback, is this normal?
- How do I encode, "rip", the songs from my CDs so I can listen to them on my RioVolt?
- Where can I find digital music files on the Internet?
- How do I burn my own CDs?
- What are ID3 tags and how can I use this feature?
- What is CDText support?
- Do I have to use the remote control when I use the headphones?
- Can I use any set of headphones with the remote control?
- RioVolt SP250 Specifications
- One Year Limited Warranty
- Regulatory Information
- Glossary
- Contacting Customer Care

The Setup Menu
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General
When you first enter the Setup Menu, the General tab will automatically be highlighted as the first menu group.
1. Press to select this menu group, which will then highlight beep vol in the
bottom row of tabs.
This option controls whether you hear an audible beep when you press
buttons or not. 0 turns off the Beep function, while 1-4 adjust the volume
level of the Beep function.
2. Press to activate the beep vol screen, which will then display an arrow
next to the marked checkbox.
3. Press or to move the arrowto the checkbox option you prefer.
4. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
5. Press to deactivate the beep vol screen and to enter the selection you made.
6. Press to bring up the next bottom tab — resume.
This screen allows you to turn the Resume function off so that the RioVolt
SP250 will no longer pick up playing the same song at the same position
where it had left off when you powered it off last or when you switched to
the FM Tuner.
ON maintains the Resume function.
OFF discontinues the Resume function.
7. With the resume tab highlighted, press to activate the Resume screen.
By default the ON checkbox will be checked.
8. Press to move the arrow to the OFF checkbox 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 tab — vol step.
This screen allows you to select at what rate the Volum e increases and
decreases. You can decrease the vol step to 20, but the default is set to 40
to allow you to fine tune your Volu me levels.
12. Press to activate the Volume Step screen, which will then display an
arrow next to the marked checkbox.
13. Press to move the arrow to the 20 checkbox if you want to lower the vol step function.
14. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
15. Press to deactivate the Volume Step screen and to enter your selection.
16. Press to bring up the next bottom tab — language.
By default this screen is set to EU & US for English, but if you prefer you
can select either Korea or Japan.
17. Press to activate the Language screen, which will then display an arrow
next to the marked checkbox.
18. Press or to move the arrow to the the language checkbox you prefer.
19. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
20. Press to deactivate the Language screen and to enter your selection.
21. Press to bring up the next bottom tab — cd esp.
CD ESP stands for CD Electronic Shock Protection. ESP adjusts the
amount of music that is stored to prevent skipping when the RioVolt is
jarred. The options are 40 seconds or 160 seconds for music CDs.










