---
title: "Rivo"
description: "Digital transport that streams your music to an external DAC."
url: https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/64-rivo
collection: "User manuals"
updated: 2026-11-06
language: en
---

# Rivo

Digital transport that streams your music to an external DAC.

![Front and rear views of the Volumio RIVO device show its orange front control and labeled connection ports on the back panel. Visible: RIVO, volumio, USB, NET, Micro SD, HDMI.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/issBbmMLCNjmaLbYssRUh58hio60HDUYA89q8UlBjyxOkttphjUFAX6XEX9W8MMI79i0HOWYmom.jpg)

Rivo is a digital transport: a music streamer with no built-in DAC that sends a clean digital signal to an external DAC. Connect it to your DAC, or to an amplifier or preamplifier with a built-in DAC, to play your music services, your local library and internet radio.

[**Rivo** - User manual (EN)](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2151fee7ab.html)

## Specifications

-   AES/EBU (XLR) digital output, up to PCM 192 kHz/24 bit.
    
-   Coaxial S/PDIF digital output, up to PCM 192 kHz/24 bit.
    
-   AES/EBU and S/PDIF outputs galvanically isolated with 1:1 transformers.
    
-   Low-noise filtered USB output for an external USB DAC, up to PCM 768 kHz/32 bit.
    
-   16 GB of internal memory, expandable with a microSD card.
    
-   Dimensions: 27 × 15 × 5 cm.
    

### Connectivity

-   Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5 GHz) and Bluetooth 5.0.
    
-   1 USB 2.0 port with low-noise filtering, dedicated to a USB DAC.
    
-   1 USB 3.0 port for fast drives such as SSDs, or CD drives.
    
-   1 USB 2.0 port for USB drives, keyboards, mice and smart remotes.
    
-   MicroSD card slot (SDSC/SDHC/SDXC), to add music files locally.
    
-   HDMI output to show the Volumio interface on a TV or monitor, up to 4K/60 fps.
    
-   5V DC power input and rear power switch.
    

### In the box

Rivo and a 5V/3A power supply with 4 plug adapters (EU, US, UK, AU/NZ).