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rio car dot org FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)



Category: Main -> Networking and home connection questions
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·  I don't have a serial port on my PC. Is the serial port required? 
·  Which is faster, USB or Ethernet? 
·  How do I hook up the player with ethernet? 
·  Why can't I get ethernet to work? 

·  Can I use the ethernet connection with the car docking sled?
 (Entry last updated on April 15th, 2003)

The car docking sled does not have an ethernet port on it. Oh, they wanted one all right, but there just weren't any docking connectors with enough pins.

So they did the next best thing: They left a hole in the docking sled so you could put an ethernet cable in there if you wanted.

The only problem is getting it to dock reliably. This is tricky. Some folks simply leave some slack in the ethernet cable behind the sled, pull it out through the sled hole, plug it directly into the player, then insert the player into the sled. This works, even if it's not ideal.

If you're set on making docked ethernet, the first thing is to remember to break the keeper tab off the plug or your player might end up permanently docked.

Then, you need to find a way to rigidly support the plug while still being able to adjust it so that it docks reliably every time. This is the hard part. Some have done it by carefully tying the ethernet cable to a piece of a metal bracket using cable ties. Here are two examples of docked ethernet, courtesy of BMihulka and CharcoalGray99 from the Unofficial Empeg BBS:


These are examples of homemade component boxes with integrated docking sleds, but docked ethernet in the car could be handled in a similar way.

Here's a clever version by Jim Hogan, using plywood and RTV silicone (Shoe Goo, actually) to give the plugs a slight amount of flex:


Note that Jim's version also includes the AC adapter jack which happens to solve this problem quite nicely.


·  Can the Rio Car player be used as a server for the Rio Receiver? 
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·  Can I use a wireless ethernet connection to the player? 
·  Can I connect the headphone output from another device to the aux input of the player? 
·  Can I use headphones to listen to the player directly? 
·  How can I listen to the player on my computer? 
·  I can't hear the empeg through my computer speakers! 
·  Where can I get a spare AC power supply for my player? 
·  Can the Rio Car connect to other USB devices such as portable USB hard drives? 
·  Can I connect to the player via FTP or HTTP? 
·  Can I connect to my player 'by name' over ethernet? 


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