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 Your RioVolt SP250
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Using Your RioVolt SP250
The Display
When powered on, the RioVolt’s Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is backlit for easier viewing while buttons are in
use. The backlight turns off after a few seconds to conserve battery power when selections are not being made
unless the AC Adapter is in use. The LCD displays the status of the RioVolt and the Track information for the
the encoded music. The LCD assists you in selecting new music to listen to.
• Battery Indicator — Appears in the upper corner of the display and measures the approximate
remainder of the battery life.
• Artist Name and Track Title — If you encoded the song using Real Jukebox, Rio Audio Manager,
MusicMatch, or iTunes software, the LCD scrolls from side to side through the Artist Name, CD Title, and
Track Title. Track information is contained in the ID3 Tag, which can be included manually or by
connecting to a music database on the Internet.
• Balance/EQ Indicators — Graphically displays the Balance between Left and Right or the EQ Preset
selected.
• Compression Rate — Indicates at which compression rate the track was encoded.
• Sampling Rate — Indicates at which sampling rate the track was recorded.
• Codec Indicator — Indicates which codec was used to record and encode the track.
• Music/Program/Playlist Indicator — Indicates whether the RioVolt SP250 is playing an existing playlist
on the CD, a playlist of tracks you programmed the RioVolt to play or simply tracks on the CD.
• Directory Folder — Indicates that the track being played exists within a music folder, which may be based
upon the Artist, Album, Genre or on whatever criteria you used to group your tracks on the CD.
• Track Number — Track Number on the CD.
• Tr a c k T i m e — Time elapsed in the track.
• Repeat/Shuffle Indicator — Shows if one track, all tracks in a directory, all tracks on the CD
or no tracks are set to repeat; and if one track, all tracks in a directory, all tracks on the CD, or
none of the tracks are set to shuffle. It also shows if the RioVolt is set to play only the track intros .
• Hold Indicator — Indicates whether or not the Hold Switch on the RioVolt SP250 or the remote control
has turned on. If the Hold Switch is ON, the rest of the buttons will no longer function.
Battery Indicator
Artist Name
Tra c k T it l e
Balance/ EQ Indicator
Codec
Indicator
Sampling
Rate
Compression
Rate
Hold Indicator
Repeat/Shuffle
Indicators
Track Number
Directory Folder
Music/Program/
Playlist Indicator
Tr a ck
Time










