12 | The display
The Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center condenses all your music into a single
manageable database. Simple as a CD player but smart as a PC, it holds more than
650 CDs worth of songs, and lets you experience the freedom of digital music
streaming on your home system. In this chapter, you will learn the functions of the
buttons on the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center and on the remote control,
how to play music CDs, convert music CDs into digital audio tracks, manage your
music, play recorded music, write custom CDs, use functions like Shuffle and
Repeat, Add to Now Playing List, Audio Bookmarks, and more.
The display
The display is divided into two sections: the Main Window and the Status/
Feedback Bar.
The Main Window
The Main Window is the larger portion at the top of the display. By default the
Main Window shows the Now Playing screen.
In Now Playing Mode, the main window displays information regarding the
music the Rio Advanced Digital Audio Center is currently playing, which could be
music Tr acks on a CD or on the hard drive, the music by a particular Artist, the
tracks in a Playlist, Genre, and so on.
In Menu Mode, the main window displays Menu screens you can select to
perform various actions, for example, encoding music CDs, creating or editing
playlists, playing music CDs, recording custom CDs, and so on.
Now Playing Screen
Main Window
Status/Feedback Bar