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

Using the FM Tuner
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Using the FM Tuner
By pressing the CD-FM button on the RioVolt or the VOLUME/CD-FM/
MODE click wheel on the remote control you can toggle between playing
CDs and listening to FM radio stations.
• Press and to tune the FM frequencies in 0.1 intervals.
• Press and hold or to scan through the FM frequencies for available
stations.
• Press MODE to select whether you want it played in STEREO or not.
• Press +10/EQ to select whether you want it played with DBB or not.
Creating Presets
1. Tune the RioVolt SP250 to the desired station frequency using and .
2. Press PROGRAM to mark the station.
MEMORY will appears in the display followed by CHANNEL # where # is a number from 1-20.
3. Select the Preset Number you want by pressing or to increase or decrease the number.
Each time you press PROGRAM, it will increase the CHANNEL # by one.
Recalling Presets
1. Press NAVI/MENU to bring up the Presets.
2. Press and to cycle through the stored Presets until you locate the one you want.
The Remote Control
The Remote Control Cable plugs into the Headphones
Port on the side of the RioVolt. The headphones then plug
into the end of the Remote Control.
NOTE: To buy the upgraded remote control
with display, got to www.riohome.com.
Remote Control Buttons
VOLUME / CD-FM / MODE Click Wheel
VOL
• Press the click wheel towards the + to increase volume.
• Press the click wheel toward the - to decrease the
volume.
CD-FM
• Press in and hold the click wheel for 1.5 seconds to
toggle between playing CDs and listening to FM stations.
• Press and to tune to your favorite radio stations.
MODE
• Press the click wheel in and let go to toggle through the Repeat/Shuffle modes.
HOLD Switch
• Slide Hold Switch ON in the direction of the arrow to lock buttons or OFF to unlock the buttons.
Hold
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