User manual RIO FORGE

[. . . ] Table of Contents Getting Started Connections Software Setup Basic Operations Advanced Features Help Index Table of Contents Index Package Contents · Rio Forge · Installation CD · Earphones · Rio Forge Sports Case and Armband · Quick Start Poster · USB Cable Copyright/Trademarks © 2004 Digital Networks North America, Inc. 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 Digital Networks North America has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This document is intended for informational and instructional purposes only. reserves the right to make changes in the specifications and other information contained in this document without prior notification. [. . . ] Region Options include USA (tunes by . 2MHz, the default setting), and Europe (tunes by . 05MHz), and Japan (tunes by . 05MHz). · Rio Forge 37 Table of Contents Index Lock Setup Use the options in the Lock Setup menu to enable various controls when the lock is enabled. Press CENTER to apply settings and return to Player mode. Lock Setup settings include: · Volume Options include Lock (the default setting) and Off. When set to Off, the volume level can be adjusted even when the Rio Forge has been locked. When set to Off, pressing CENTER will scroll through Time Code View, Track Format View, and Date Views even when the Rio Forge has been locked. / , any CONTROL PAD movement will be · · Rio Forge 38 Table of Contents Index Tags Adjust Tags menu settings if the Rio Forge displays random alphabet characters instead of the correct ID3 Tags. If ID3 tags are displayed properly then Tags menu settings do not need to be changed. Properly tagged (Unicode) tracks are unaffected by changes to the Tags menu settings. Press CENTER to apply settings and return to Player mode. Tags settings include: · ASCII Select to read ID3 tags that are encoded using the ASCII Latin alphabet. ASCII is an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. UTF-8 Select to read ID3 tags that are encoded using the UTF-8/Unicode format. UTF is an acronym for Unicode Transformation Format Shift-JIS Select to read ID3 tags that are encoded using the Shift-JIS format. Shift-JIS is a character encoding format created by Microsoft that is based on the Japanese Industrial Standard format. · · Rio Forge 39 Table of Contents Index :: FM Record (Rio Forge 256 and 512 Only) Select to create, playback, or delete FM recordings on the Rio Forge 256 or 512. Select Start (or Stop), Playback, or Delete. FM Record options include: · Start (Only available when in FM Tuner mode) Select to begin recording. After recording has started, return to the FM Record menu and select the Stop option to stop recording. Playback Select an FM recording and press CENTER to play the selected recording. Delete Select an FM recording and press CENTER to delete the selected recording. · · Rio Forge · When in Tuner mode, the earphone wire acts as the antenna for the FM radio. For best reception, keep the earphones plugged into the EARPHONE jack whenever the FM radio is in use. 40 Table of Contents Index :: Stopwatch Use the stopwatch to keep track of time-sensitive events while listening to music. Select Stopwatch. Lap statistics are displayed at the bottom of the Stopwatch screen. When a new lap is set, the difference, either faster (-) or slower (+) between new lap times and the average laptime is displayed for a few moments. When in Stopwatch mode, the controls work in the following ways: · MENU Press to return to the Main Menu. · Pressing MENU and using other player functions will not turn the timer off. The timer will continue to run until PLAY/PAUSE is pressed while in Stopwatch mode. [. . . ] Because MSC compatible Rio players are treated as removable drives, any type of file can be transferred to MSC compatible Rio players using Windows Explorer. Although any type of file can be transferred, to assure full functionality, playlists and copy protected music using Digital Rights Management (DRM) should be transferred to Rio players using Rio Music Manager. MP3 MP3 is short for Moving Pictures Experts Group Audio Layer 3. This format allows for near "CD quality" sound, but at a fraction of the size of normal audio files. MP3 conversion of an audio track from CD-ROM can reduce the file size by approximately a 12:1 ratio with virtually no perceptible loss in quality. [. . . ]