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Rio Sport S30S / S35S User’s Guide
Welcome
Thanks for your purchase of the Rio Sport S30S / S35S digital music player. The Rio Sport portable player
supports MP3 and WMA playback, and features a built-in FM radio. The Rio Sport player comes equipped
with an AAA-size alkaline battery to supply up to 10 hours of continuous music playtime. With 64MB mem-
ory (S30S), or 128MB memory (S35S) — expandable with optional external memory cards — the Rio Sport
player holds hours of your favorite music. Use the music management software included on the software
CDs to:
• Organize digital audio tracks on your computer
• Encode your audio CDs into compressed digital audio format
• Download tracks to your Rio player
• Search for tracks on your computer or on the Internet
• Create custom CDs — if you have CD burning hardware and your computer supports it
Contents
Navigating the User’s Guide / Using Acrobat
Tour of the Rio Player
Getting Started
Playing Music
Using the Stopwatch
Setting and Releasing Hold
Setting Shuffle and Repeat Play
Setting the Equalizer
Listening to the FM Radio
Advanced Features
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Using the Music Management Software
Glossary of Digital Audio Terms
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Troubleshooting
Warranty Information
Regulatory Information
Customer Care
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To learn more:
• Refer to the Quick Start poster for the basics on how to set up and start using your Rio player.
• Refer to the complete music management software online Help for step-by-step instructions on how to
use the software to convert CD tracks into compressed digital audio formats, download tracks to your
Rio player, or get audio files from the Internet.
• Visit the SONICblue Web site.
Navigating the User’s Guide
The User’s Guide is in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) file format.
Important: We recommend that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or higher to view
and print the Rio User’s Guide. Acrobat reader 4.0 is available on the software CDs.
Click blue, underlined text links to jump to another location in the document or to a location on the Inter-
net.
Click the Contents link at the top of any page to go to the list of User’s Guide contents.
Click the Index link at the top of any page to go to the alphabetical Index of topics. Click page numbers in
the Index to jump to a topic.
Using Acrobat
Click the navigation buttons
next page, or last page of the User’s Guide.
Click the print button
in the Acrobat toolbar to go to the first page, previous page,
in the Acrobat toolbar to print the User’s Guide.
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Click the show/hide navigation pane button
in the Acrobat toolbar to show a list of bookmarks. Book-
marks are links to the contents of the User’s Guide. Click any bookmark in the list to jump to the page in
the User’s Guide that contains the topic.
Legal Notices
Legal Notices
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© 2002 SONICblue Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
SONICblue Incorporated shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for any damages arising out
of or related to this document or the information contained herein, even if SONICblue has been advised of
the possibility of such damages.
This document is intended for informational and instructional purposes only. SONICblue reserves the right
to make changes in the specifications and other information contained in this document without prior noti-
fication. SONICblue disclaims any obligation to update the information contained herein.
Rio is a registered trademark of SONICblue Incorporated. SONICblue is a trademark of SONICblue Incorpo-
rated.
This product is iTunes ready. iTunes is provided by Apple Computer, Inc. © 2002 Apple
Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. iTunes is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac
and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the United States
and other countries.
Microsoft, Windows Media and the Windows Logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
All other product names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are
associated.
First edition, June 2002
Sport P/N 75510394-001
Tour of the Rio Player
Display (LCD)
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PLAY/PAUSE
Press to play or pause playback;
In Menu mode, press to navigate to the previous Menu
option;
In Stopwatch mode, press to start and stop the timer;
In Tuner mode, press to mute/unmute radio output
ENTER
Press to cycle through
the player’s various
screens;
Press while pressing and hold-
ing MENU to put the Rio player
into or out of Hold mode;
Press and hold to set a book-
mark;
In Menu mode, press to select
Menu options;
In Stopwatch mode, press to
move lap times down on the
LCD; if the timer is running,
press to capture a new lap time
without stopping the timer; press
and hold to reset all lap times to
zero;
In Tuner mode, press to switch
between Manual and Preset
modes; press and hold to store a
preset station
REVERSE and FORWARD
Press to skip to the start of the current or next track —
if less than five seconds have elapsed, REVERSE skips
to the start of the previous track; Press and hold to
scan backward or forward within the current track;
In Menu mode, press FORWARD to select or execute a
Menu option;
In Tuner mode, press to manually tune to stations or
cycle through presets
STOP
Press to stop playback;
In Menu mode, press to navigate
to the next Menu option;
In Stopwatch mode, press to
reset the timer to zero
Battery compartment cover
Remove cover and insert the supplied
battery and optional external memory
cards here. Insert external memory
cards before inserting the battery.
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Tour of the Rio player (continued)
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VOLUME + and - Press to adjust vol-
ume level up or down on a range from
0-30
When the player is turned OFF and back
ON, the volume level automatically
resumes at 70% of the previous level
MENU
Press to display the main Menu system; If a
Menu is already open, press to close;
Press to cancel before selecting or executing
Menu options;
Press and hold, then press ENTER to put the
Rio player into or out of Hold mode — locking
the Rio player buttons to prevent accidental
operation
OFF (0) / ON (1)
Slide to turn your Rio
player OFF or ON;
When the player is
turned OFF, the current
mode and user prefer-
ences are saved and
resume when the player
is turned back ON
MULTIFUNCTION port
Connect supplied earphones, USB
cable, or optional accessory
remote control here
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Hold Indicator
Battery Indicator
Battery Indicator
Track Title (from ID3 tag info)
Artist (from ID3 tag)
Album (CD) (from ID3 tag)
Progress Indicator
Track Number of Total
The Battery Indicator
graphically shows
the power level:
Empty to
Full.
The Battery Indicator
flashes when the
power level is low.
LCD Overview
Player Mode
Repeat
Indicator
Shuffle
Indicator
Clock
Volume
Indicator
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Track Timer: Time
Elapsed or Time
Remaining
Playback
Mode
Indicator
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Press ENTER to cycle
through the player’s
various screens
Date Information
Track Information: Codec,
Encoding Bitrate and Stereo/
Mono Mode Indicator (from
track ID3 tag information)
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Stopwatch Mode
Timer
Lap Times
Lap Statistics: Average Lap Time
Lap Statistics: Current to
Average Lap Time Difference
FM Tuner mode
Frequency Scale
Currently Tuned
Frequency
Strong
Station
Indicator
Stereo/
Mono
Indicator
Mute
Indicator
Tuning Mode
Indicator
Tuning Mode
Indicator
Press ENTER to switch between
Manual and Preset FM Tuner modes
Preset Station
Frequencies:
Currently
selected preset
highlighted
Preset Scroll
Indicator
Getting Started
Please refer to the Quick Start poster for complete
setup instructions, including information on con-
necting the Rio to your computer.
Step 1: Unpack
Make sure your package includes the following:
• Rio player
• Earphones
• One AAA-size alkaline battery
• Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable
• PC and Mac Software CDs
• Quick Start poster and other printed materials
• Carrying case
Step 2: Insert Battery
1 Slide open the battery compartment cover on the
back of the Rio player.
Tip: Insert optional external memory cards
into the memory card slot while the battery
cover is off — before you insert the battery.
2 Insert the supplied battery. Ensure the battery is
inserted properly by matching the + and - sym-
bols on the battery with the symbols in the Rio
player battery compartment.
3 Replace the battery cover.
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Step 3: Install Software
PC
Follow these instructions to load the software that
enables your PC to recognize the Rio player. The
installation also loads the selected music manage-
ment software.
1 Place the software CD label side up into your
computer’s CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds,
the install screen is displayed.
2 Click “Install” link of the music management
software that you would like to install, then fol-
low the on-screen instructions. The Rio Music
Manager application is required.
You can also choose to view the User’s Guide, get
support, or register your Rio player online.
3 Reboot your computer when the software instal-
lation is complete, or you are prompted to do so.
Note: If the install screen does not display
automatically, follow these steps to begin
the installation manually:
1 Click the START button in bottom-left corner of
your computer screen and choose RUN...
2 Type d:\install.exe in the field labeled OPEN. If
your computer’s CD-ROM drive uses a letter
other than “d”, substitute that letter for “d”.
3 Click the OK button, and follow the on-screen
instructions.
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