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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160 seconds of skip free MP3/WMA music is always available regardless of the ESP setting.
22. Press to activate the CD ESP screen, which will then display an arrow next to the marked checkbox.
23. Press or to move the arrow to the checkbox option you prefer.
24. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
25. Press to deactivate the CD ESP screen and to enter your selection.
This completes the list of options in the General menu group.
Display
The second menu group tab is display. This menu group allows you to make
changes to the way the display looks and performs by adjusting the Back
Light, Contrast, Ta g I n f o and Time screens.
1. Press to highlight the display tab.
2. Press to select the display tab and to highlight the b.light tab below.
3. Press to activate the Back Light screen, which will then display an
arrow next to the marked checkbox.
• OFF turns the back light off all of the time.
• Button ON turns the back light on only when a button has been
pushed.
• Adapter & Button ON turns the back light on all the time when the
AC Adapter is in use or when a button is pushed.
4. Press or to move the arrow to the checkbox you wish to select.
5. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
6. Press to deactivate the Back Light screen and to enter your selection.
7. Press to highlight the contrast tab.
8. Press to activate the LCD Contrast screen, which will then display a
sliding bar scale that allows you to adjust the degree of contrast.
9. Press to increase the contrast and move the slide to the right or to
decrease the contrast and move the slide to the left.
10. Press to deactivate the LCD Contrast screen and to enter your
selection.
11. Press to highlight the next contrast tab.
This tab brings up the Remocon Contrast screen, which allows you to
adjust the contrast visible in the display of the RioVolt SP250’s optional
remote control, available as an upgrade at www.riohome.com.
This screen works exactly like the LCD Contrast screen.
12. Press to activate the Remocon Contrast screen, which will then
display a sliding bar scale that allows you to adjust the degree of contrast.
13. Press to increase the contrast and move the slide to the right or to decrease the contrast and move
the slide to the left.
14. Press to deactivate the Remocon Contrast screen and to enter your selection.
15. Press to highlight the tag info tab.
16. Press to activate the Tag Information screen, which will then display
an arrow next to the marked checkbox.










