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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8. Press to highlight the power off tab.
9. Press to activate the Stop Power OFF screen, which will then display a
sliding bar scale of minutes that the RioVolt will remain on without activity
before automatically shutting off. By default this number is 1 minute.
10. Press to move the slide right and increase the number of minutes before
the RioVolt powers off.
11. Press to deactivate the Stop Power OFF screen and to enter your selection.
This completes the list of options in the Timer menu group.
Control
The fourth menu group tab is control. This menu group allows you to adjust:
• whether you can scan through tracks (F. s ca n ) and how fast (speed)
• whether you can skip through tracks (F. s k i p )
• how the Mode button on the remote control functions (mode)
• whether the RioVolt automatically starts when the AC Adapter is used
(start)
• whether autopause is used (pause)
1. Press to highlight the control tab.
2. Press to select the control tab and to highlight the F. s c a n tab below.
3. Press to activate the FF/RW Scan screen, which will then display an
arrow next to the marked checkbox.
By default ON will be selected, allowing you to hold down the
FastForward or Rewind buttons on the Joypad to scan forward or
backward through a track.
4. Press to move the arrow to the OFF checkbox if you want to turn off
the scanning feature.
5. Press to mark the checkbox.
6. Press to deactivate the FF/RW Scan screen and to enter your selection.
7. Press to highlight the F. s k i p tab.
8. Press to activate the FF/RW Skip screen, which will then display an
arrow next to the marked checkbox.
9. Press or to move the arrow to the checkbox option you prefer.
10. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
11. Press to deactivate the FF/RW Skip screen and to enter your
selection.
12. Press to highlight the speed tab.
13. Press to activate the FF/RW Scan Speed screen, which will then
display an arrow next to the marked checkbox.
This option allows you can adjust the speed at which your RioVolt scan
forward or backward through a track when you hold down the or
button.
14. Press to move the arrow to the checkbox option you prefer.
15. Press to mark the checkbox you’ve selected.
16. Press to deactivate the FF/RW Scan Speed screen and to enter your selection.
17. Press to highlight the mode tab.










