No disk builder needed unless you plan to upgrade the hard disks.

1. You need Emplode 2.0 installed on your PC. You need to do this before anything else.

2. Once that is installed, plug in the player via serial cable and then Upgrade the player software to 2.00. There should be an option on your start menu with Emplode called "Rio Upgrade Wizard" to do this.

3. While you've got the serial cable plugged in, I'd also recommend Tony's Logo Editor, which seems to be the easiest way to flash the kernel and has the added benefit of being able to customize your boot logo. The kernel flash will be nice because you can easily install a Hijack kernel (don't be scared...it's as easy as downloading a file, selecting it and letting the software do the rest). It will enable a lot more really handy features and even some bug fixes that are handled in kernel space.

After you've done all this, fire up emplode and put some music on it (after making sure all your tags are correct!) and enjoy!