4 Setting up your Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center

The Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center connects to your home stereo system, your PC, and the Internet. In this chapter, you will learn how to connect the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center, and run initial setup.

Link (green) and

Fan

Data Activity (yellow)

Phoneline Jack

 

LEDs

Pass-Through Jack

 

Runs automatically as needed to regulate the internal temperature

RCA Output

Optical

USB Port 1

USB Port 2

Power Port

Output

Use to connect

Use to connect to

Power Switch

 

to PC

networking devices,

 

 

 

 

keyboards, and so on

 

NOTE: At this time, USB hubs are not supported, and may cause unreliable operation.

White RCA

Jack

Red RCA

Jack

Phoneline Jack

Pass-Through Jack

Setting up your Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center

Connect the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center to your home stereo system

The Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center comes with an RCA cable with red and white connectors at each end, to connect it to your home stereo system.

1.Plug the red RCA connector (right audio channel) to the Red RCA Jack and the white RCA connector (left audio channel) to the White RCA Jack on the back of your stereo receiver.

2.Plug the other end of the RCA cable’s red RCA connector to the Red RCA Jack and the white RCA connector to the White RCA Jack on back of the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center.

Plug the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center into the nearest phone jack for Internet and network access

The Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center has a built-in 56K modem, and a Home Phoneline Networking (Home PNA) card. The modem allows you to access digital music databases on the Internet, and firmware upgrades for your Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center. The Home PNA capability allows you to connect via your standard phonelines to your computer — if you have an optional Home PNA card installed on your computer — or to your Rio Receiver.

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Rio Audio manual Setting up your Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center

Advanced Digital Audio Center specifications

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