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Phoneline Jack

USB Ports

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Your home computer

While it is not necessary to have a home computer to use the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center, it is possible to share digital audio files between your home computer and the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center, and to access the home computer’s hard drive for additional digital audio files via Home Phoneline Networking (Home PNA), Universal Serial Bus (USB) or Ethernet. This is convenient if you already have an extensive music library on your computer and you don’t want to re-record your music CDs onto your Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center.

NOTE: In order for your PC and the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center to communicate over an Ethernet or HomePNA network, the Allow emplode to connect over network box must be selected on the Enter emplode password screen.

Connecting via Home PNA

NOTE: To use this option, your PC must have an Home PNA Adapter installed and connected to the phoneline via a standard phone cord.

1.Plug one end of the included Phone Cord into the Phoneline Jack at the back of the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center.

2.Plug the other end of the Phone Cord into the nearest Wall Jack.

Connecting via Ethernet

For a list of supported USB Ethernet adapters, see “Network configuration” on page 63.

NOTE: To use this option, your PC must have an Ethernet Adapter installed and you must have a USB Ethernet Adapter plugged into the USB Port 2 on the back of the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center.

1.Plug one end of an Ethernet cable (not included) into a USB Ethernet Adapter (not included).

2.Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into either:

an available Ethernet Jack, if you have a hub, or

directly into a PC network card.

Connecting via USB

NOTE: To use this option, your PC must have a USB Port and an operating system that supports USB.

1.Plug one end of the included USB Cable into the USB 1 Port on the back of the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center.

2.Plug the other end of the USB Cable into the PC’s USB Port.

NOTE: See “Network configuration” on page 63 and “Enter emplode password” on page 70 to make sure the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center is properly configured to talk over the network to emplode and your PC.

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