Rio Audio Digital Audio Receiver manuale d’uso

About the User Guide Retu rn to P g.1 Page 1 Rio Digit al Audio Recei v er User Gui de About the User Guide The Rio Receiv er User Guid e includes the foll owing sections: Introduction T roubleshooting Fr e quently Ask ed Qu estions ( F A Qs) Glo ssar y Con tac ting Cu stom er Ca re Na v iga ting and pri nti ng the R io Rece iv e r Us er G u ide Th[...]

Copy rig ht an d trad ema rk Retu rn to P g.1 Page 2 Cop y rig ht and tradema rk Cop yright © 2000 SONI Cblue, Inc. All Rig ht s R e s er v ed. SONICblue, Inc. does not as s ume a ny r es pons ibilit y for err ors or om is sion s in t his document or mak e an y com- mitment to upd ate the informati on contained her ein. Rio is a r eg ister ed trad[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 3 T r o ub l eshooting Steps Pr ob lem: Rio Receiv er c an not co nnect to serve r . T roub leshooting measur es: 1.) Ensur e that the Audio Receiv er Manager sof tware is lo a ding properly on the ser v er computer . V e rify that ther e is a blue mus ic note icon in t he system tra y , indicating t hat[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 4 Pr oblem : T he V olume Select on the Rio Rec eiver do esn ’ t w o rk. T roub leshooting measur es: • The V o lume Se lec t on the Rio Receiv er will onl y function when bar e wire speak ers ar e connected dir ectly to t he device. This uses a n a mplif ied signal and allo ws you to change the v ol[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 5 Pr oblem: Titl e track a nd tim e counter a r e too small to see o r difficult to re a d . T roub leshooting measur es: The displa y settings can be mo d ified t o suit your pr eferences . 1.) Click Menu . 2.) Click C hang e Disp la y . 3.) Click Select La y o ut . There ar e a variety of displa y fe a[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 6 5.) At the to p of the window select the Rio C onnector card o r your thir d party HP NA or Ethe rnet car d that the Audio Recei ver Manager so ftware w ill be ser ving music ov er . 6.) V erif y that Mak e m usi c a vai lab le on this ada pt er is check ed. 7.) If you ha ve not alrea d y done so, g o [...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 7 Prob lem : Ho w do I disable M edia Se nse in W indo ws M illenni um? T roub leshooting measur es: 1.) Click S ta rt > Se tti ngs > C on tr o l P an el . 2.) Double-clic k Net wo rk . 3.) Clic t he cop y of TCP/IP that is bound t o t he network adap ter you want to configur e . Fo r example: TCP/[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 8 P ro bl em: Ho w d o I v er ify t he IP Ad dr ess in Wi ndo ws 9x o n the mus ic ser v er is valid? T roub leshooting measur es: 1.) Click Star t > Run and type in WI NI PC FG . 2.) Click OK . 3.) Fr om the pulldown menu, select t he Rio Connect or , your thi r d p arty HP NA card o r y our Ethe rne[...]

Troubleshootin g Steps Retu rn to P g.1 Page 9 3.) Click Ad d /R emov e to r em ov e and r estore the o riginal Internet Explor er set t ings . 4.) Restart the compute r . 5.) Install Int ernet Expl or er 5. 01 , Int ernet Expl or er 5. 01 Service P ac k 1 , or Intern et Expl or er 5. 5 . 6.) F or the mor e savvy computer user , it is possible to i[...]

Frequently Asked Questions Retu rn to P g.1 Page 10 F requ ently As k ed Quest ions Ho w do I encode, "rip ", the m usic o ff m y CDs s o I c an liste n to them on m y Re ceiv er ? There are many enco d er pr o grams a vailable on the W eb, many of which are f ree. For exa mple y ou can go to www .mu sicm atc h.c om, www .r eal. com or ww[...]

Frequently Asked Questions Retu rn to P g.1 Page 11 Can I install th e Audio Re ceive r M anag e r pr o gra m on s e veral c omputers on m y ho me netw ork? No . The Audio Receiv er Manager can onl y run on one computer at a time. While it is possible t o chang e the s er ver computer in the ho me , it is not r ecommended to operate multiple instan[...]

Frequently Asked Questions Retu rn to P g.1 Page 12 • Connect y our Rio R eceiv er to a home s t er eo system us ing the r ed and white RC A OUT jacks pr ovided. This will allo w yo u to integrate yo ur Rio Receiv er into yo ur home entertainment system. • Use the spring clips, which ar e pow ered out puts , for bare wire boo kshelf speak ers. [...]

Frequently Asked Questions Retu rn to P g.1 Page 13 Will the Rio Re ceiv er work with 10 Base-T E thernet network adapters? Y es. The Ri o Receiv er support s a 10 Mb Et hernet connector . Y o u can connect your Rio Receiver to a n Ethernet hub with standard Categ or y 5 net w ork cable or directly to a host PC using an Ethern et crossov er cable. [...]

Frequently Asked Questions Retu rn to P g.1 Page 14 When pla ying an M P3 file that was e ncod ed using V a riable Bit Rate on the Rio Receiver , t he rate sh o ws as being “ A Fix ed Rate ” . Wh y? Depending o n the encoding method fo r your V a ri a ble Bit Rate (VBR) mus ic files, the displa yed bit rate ma y vary . It m ay sh ow as 32 kb/s [...]

Gl ossar y Retu rn to P g.1 Page 15 Glo ss ar y AA C Advanced A ud io Coding (A AC ) is one of the audio compr ession fo rmats defined by the MP EG-2 specification. AA C used to be called NBC (Non-Backwar d-Compatible), because it is not co m patibl e with the MPEG-1 audio fo rmats. AA C ma y ev entually replace MP3 since it offers bet ter sound qu[...]

Gl ossar y Retu rn to P g.1 Page 16 Gracenote Gracenote, f ormerly kno wn as CD Database (CDDB), is an vast d atabase of CD inf ormation t hat includes d isc name , s ong tit les and other information. Gracenote s upports hundreds of different t hird par ty softwa re CD pla yers. Access to the Gracenote ser vice is of fe red fre e of charge to end-[...]

Gl ossar y Retu rn to P g.1 Page 17 WM A Window s Med ia Aud io (WM A) i s th e compress ed au di o for mat th at Micros of t is po siti onin g as a rep lace ment fo r MP 3. WMA ma y r eplace MP3 since it offers greater file compr ession — twice that of MP 3 — at th e sa me o r better sound quality .[...]

Contac ting Cus t o mer Ca re Retu rn to P g.1 Page 18 Contac ting Customer Car e Rio Pr oduct Suppo r t With e v er y Rio pr oduct y ou receiv e the follo wing suppor t ser v i c es: • Unlimi t ed access to the Rio w eb-bas ed tec hnical information r es our ces, whi ch a r e a vailable 24 hours a da y ev ery da y at www .r ioho me .c om . H ere[...]