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Rio 600 and 800 Windows Media Player 7 Drivers    Readme File (c) 2001
Rio, A Divison of Sonic|blue Inc.                  All Rights Reserved
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This file is provided to owners and users of the Rio 600 and 800 for 
the express purpose of using Windows Media Player 7 to transfer
music tracks from the computer to the Rio 600 and 800.

NOTE:  You must have the public non-beta release of Windows 
Media Player 7 installed to use this program.  Windows Media
Player 7 comes installed with Windows ME and is also available 
download from http://windowsmedia.com .  

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1. File Contents
2. Instructions
3. Known Issues
4. Release Notes
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1. File Contents

The executable file rio600_wmp7_2905  is a self-extracting 
compressed file, which when expanded, will place two files on 
your computer.  Typically, the files will be extracted to a 
folder labeled C:\Rio\WMP_Drivers, unless the user has changed 
this default setting.

010125a_RioSupport_All.exe - This is the program that installs the 
                             required files to make your Rio 600 
                             compatible with Windows Media Player 7.

rio_wmp7_2905.txt - This text file you are now reading.

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2. Instructions

Note:  This is beta software.  For known issues, please refer to the 
known issues section below.  For questions or comments, please email
RioBetaTest@S3.com

Instructions for installing the Windows Media Player 7 drivers.

2.1   Run the self-extracting program that you have downloaded from the Internet.
2.2   Once the files are extracted, they should be located in a folder on your
      hard drive found at C:\Rio\WMP_Drivers
2.3   Double click on the file named 010125a_RioSupport_All.exe.  You should see a 
      progress bar as the program installs.  Once it is done, the required drivers 
      should be installed.
2.4   To begin transferring files to the Rio with Windows Media Player 7, 
      click on the Portable tab and follow the instructions.  For further help with
      transferring files to the Rio, please refer to the help system built 
      into the Windows Media Player 7

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3. Fixed since v1007: 

- Windows Media Player 7 will not recognize songs placed on the
  Rio600 that have been downloaded by RioPort Audio Manager or
  SoundJam.  If you have songs on the portable player before connecting the
  it to the Windows Media Player software, you will see that
  the memory is not available, but you will not see the songs
  listed in the contents.  The songs will still play ok.

- Rio600 and 800 does not scroll through song title/artist info when
  transferred using Windows Media Player 7. 

- Some users may notice that Windows Media Player is slightly slower
  in transferring songs to the Rio.

- When there are a large number of songs on the Rio (approx. 8
  or more), Windows Media Player may encounter errors when
  transferring more than one song in a row.  Transfer songs one
  at a time at this point, and allow Windows Media Player to fully
  display all songs on the Rio before downloading another
  song.  If an error is displayed, simply resend the song.  The
  Rio does not need to be reset.

- When a large number of songs are on the Rio, each new 
  download will take successively longer to fully complete
  (approximately 2 minutes).

- Selecting portable devices tab on the Windows Media player may
  take a while to have the screen fully display if the Rio
  has a large number of songs on it.


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4. Known Beta-Release Issues:

- Windows Media Player 7 does not recognize if you have selected 
  more songs then there is available space on the Rio.  Trying
  to transfer more songs than there is available space may result
  in an error message to appear and may corrupt the Rio until
  the battery backpack is removed and reconnected (i.e., slide out
  and slide back in).

- Attempting to download a protected WMA file with an expired
  license results in a download error with no further explanation.
  Remove the Rio battery backpack and reconnect to reset the
  Rio.

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5. Release Notes

This is the second publicly released version of the beta drivers 
for the Rio600 and Rio800 for use with Windows Media Player 7.


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Rio 600 and 800 Windows Media Player 7 Drivers    Readme File (c) 2001
Rio, A Divison of Sonic|blue Inc.                  All Rights Reserved
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