82 | Your home computer
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.
Phoneline Jack
USB Ports
1 2