RIO PMP300
USER’S GUIDE
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
2880 Junction Avenue
San Jose, CA 95134-1922 USA
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................1
What is MP3? ...........................................................................1
The Rio PMP300 Player..........................................................1
How Does Rio Work?............................................................2
MP3 Internet Sites ...................................................................2
2 INSTALLING RIO............................................................................3
General System Requirements...............................................3
Rio Kit Overview.....................................................................4
Rio Hardware Installation.......................................................4
Rio Software Installation.........................................................5
3 USING THE RIO PLAYER..............................................................7
Connecting Rio to Your PC ..................................................7
Using the RioPMP300 Player..................................................9
Making MP3 Files .....................................................................16
4 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................17
A CONTACTING DIAMOND..........................................................19
USA Customer Service ...........................................................19
Technical Support ...................................................................19
B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................21
C TRADEMARK, WARRANTY AND CERTIFICATION
INFORMATION ...............................................................................23
Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of Rio! The Rio PMP300 plays your
favorite audio soundtracks formatted with the popular MP3
standard. This chapter introduces you to the MP3 audio
technology, and provides a general overview on how to use Rio.
¤ ¤ WHAT IS MP3?
¤ ¤ THE RIO PMP300 PLAYER
¤ ¤ HOW TO USE RIO
¤ ¤ MP3 INTERNET SITES
WHAT IS MP3?
MP3 stands for MPEG 1 layer 3. It is an efficient way to store
high-quality music or other audio content on your computer.
MP3 files can be 1/4 to 1/20 the size of a commercial CD audio
file—yet retain a high sound quality. MP3 files usually have the
extension .mp3, and can be downloaded from the Internet, or can
be legally made for personal use from your favorite CDs that you
purchased.
Warning!—It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless
you have the expressed and explicit permission of the copyright
holder(s).
THE RIO PMP300 PLAYER
The Rio PMP300 player stores your favorite MP3 files in its flash
memory so that they can be played anywhere you want to go.
Rio’s solid-state design makes it impervious to the skipping and
jitter experienced with portable CD players. Rio is lightweight,
and about the size of a pager. It is perfect for activities like
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jogging or walking, hiking—just about any activity you like to
do.
HOW DOES RIO WORK?
The Rio PMP300 player is easy to use. It takes only three steps to
start playing your favorite music titles using Rio:
1. Obtain legal MP3 files from many MP3 Internet sites, or
create them from CD disks you purchased using the
MusicMatch JukeBox software provided on the installation
CD.
2. Use the Rio Manger to download your MP3 files into Rio’s
flash memory.
3. Put your headphones on and press the Play button on the
Rio PMP300 player to listen to great digital sound!
The following chapters go into greater detail on how to work
with Rio. Soon you can start taking your favorite personal, and
legally-obtained MP3 files anywhere you go.
MP3 INTERNET SITES
You can obtain legal MP3 files and the latest information on
MP3 technology from a growing number of Internet sites. Some
sites you might want to explore:
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www.mp3.com
www.mpeg.org
www.goodnoise.com
www.musicmatch.com
www.mp3bench.com
www.nordicdms.com
www.diamondmm.com
MP3 files are also available on the MP3 sampler and the
installation CD.
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INSTALLING RIO
This chapter provides an overview of the Rio components and
instructions on the Rio hardware and software installation.
¤ ¤ GENERAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
¤ ¤ RIO KIT OVERVIEW
¤ ¤ RIO HARDWARE INSTALLATION
¤ ¤ RIO SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
GENERAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The following system is recommended:
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20 MB free hard disk space
1 available parallel port
CD-ROM drive (some drives may not accept encoding of MP3
files, see www.mp3.com for more information)
1 installed sound card
Pentium 90MHz or faster
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You may have acceptable performance with older or slower
systems. Be aware that certain operations, like creating MP3 files,
may take several minutes or longer.
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RIO KIT OVERVIEW
Take a moment to examine the components provided with your
Rio PMP300 kit in the following photo:
A
B
E
F
G*
D
C
A – Rio PMP300 player
E – Installation and MP3
sampler CDs
B – Headphones
C – 15-pin data transfer cable G* – Add-on flash memory
D – Parallel port adapter
*Not included. To order, contact Diamond
Customer Service at 1-800-4-MULTIMEDIA
F – AA battery
Rio is designed to connect easily to your PC for downloading
MP3 files. Before you can enjoy high-quality audio with your Rio
Player, you must first connect the parallel port adapter (see
following section) and install the Rio software (see Chapter 2).
Chapter 3 instructs you on how to download MP3 files into Rio’s
flash memory using the Rio Manager.
RIO HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Rio takes advantage of the parallel port on your computer for
MP3 data transfer. To set up Rio for MP3 file transfers, you need
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