Rio Audio Forge User Manual

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Rio Forge

Table of Contents

• Package Contents

..........................................ii

• Copyright/Trademarks

..................................ii

1 - Getting Started

Welcome.......................................................1

• Learning More

.................................................1

Tour of the Rio Forge............................2
LCD Overview ............................................5

• Player Mode

....................................................5

• Menu Mode

.....................................................5

• Date View

........................................................6

• Time Code View

..............................................6

• Track Format View

.........................................6

• Play Screens

...................................................6

• FM Radio: Store Preset

..................................7

• FM Radio: Manual

...........................................7

• FM Radio: Preset

............................................7

2 - Connections

Basic Connections...................................8

• Battery

............................................................8

• Earphones

.......................................................8

• USB

.................................................................8

• Additional Accessories

...................................9

3 - Software Setup

Windows.....................................................11

• Rio Music Manager

.......................................12

Mac.................................................................13

• iTunes

............................................................13

4 - Basic Operations

Basic Operations....................................14
Copy Tracks ..............................................15

• Copying Tracks with Rio Music Manager

....15

Transfer Tracks ......................................16

• Rio Music Manager

.......................................16

• Transferring Tracks using Windows Explorer

• iTunes

............................................................18

Control the Player.................................19
Play Music..................................................20
Play Music..................................................21

• Play All

..........................................................22

• Album

............................................................22

• Artist

.............................................................22

• Genre

............................................................23

• Track

.............................................................23

• Year

...............................................................23

• New Music

.....................................................23

• Playlist

...........................................................24

• Spoken Word

................................................24

• FM Recordings (Rio Forge 256 and 512 Only)

FM Tuner.....................................................25

• FM Control

....................................................25

• Manual

..........................................................26

• Store Preset

..................................................26

• Preset

............................................................26

5 - Advanced Features

Advanced Features...............................27