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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9. Press to activate the Shuffle Mode screen.
By default all of the option checkboxes will be selected. You can select
multiple options by marking all of the checkboxes or none at all by clearing
all of the checkboxes.
10. Press or to move the arrow to the checkbox option you prefer.
11. Press to mark or unmark the checkbox.
12. Repeat until you’ve completed making your selections.
13. Press to deactivate the Shuffle Mode screen and to enter your selection.
14. Press to highlight the intro tab.
15. Press to activate the Intro Mode screen.
This option allows you to decide whether or not you want to be able to
play just the introduction pieces of tracks by pressing the Mode button on
your RioVolt or on the remote control.
16. Press or to move the arrow to the checkbox option you prefer.
17. Press to mark the checkbox.
18. Press to deactivate the Intro Mode screen and to enter your selection.
This completes the list of options in the Mode menu group.
User EQ
The last menu group tab is user EQ, which allows you to create your own EQ
Preset by adjusting the Bass Boost, Tr e bl e B o o s t , Bass Corner
Frequency, and Treble Corner Frequency.
Bass Boost
• Controls the volume of the bass frequencies in the music. Increasing the
level, increases the amount of bass you'll hear.
Tre b l e B o o s t
• Controls the volume of the treble frequencies in the music. Increasing the level, increases the amount of
treble you'll hear.
Bass Corner Frequency
• Sets the highest frequency affected when the bass level is adjusted. The higher the corner frequency, the
wider the range of bass frequencies affected. (e.g. If the bass corner frequency is set at 200 Hz, then all
frequencies from 20Hz - 200Hz will increase in volume when the bass level is increased)
Treble Corner Frequency
• Sets the lowest frequency affected when the treble level is adjusted. The lower the corner frequency, the
wider the range of bass frequencies affected. (e.g. If the treble corner frequency is set at 4,000 Hz, then all
frequencies from 4,000Hz - 20,000Hz will increase in volume when the treble level is increased)
1. Press to highlight the user EQ tab.
2. Press to select the user EQ tab and to highlight the b. boost tab below.
3. Press to activate the Bass Boost screen, which will then display the
sliding bar scale for the bass range.
4. Press to increase the bass boost, represented by the number in the slide
bar or press to decrease the bass boost.
5. Press to deactivate the Bass Boost screen and to enter your selection.
6. Press to highlight the b.c.freq tab.










