Basic playback
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Playing a USB device
It is possible to listen to two-channel audio using the USB
interface on the front of this receiver.
Important
•
Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or
bus power) with all USB mass storage devices and
assumes no responsibility for any loss of data that may
occur when connected to this receiver.
Note
•
This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files
(except files with copy-protection or restricted playback).
•
Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard
drives, portable flash memory (particularly keydrives) and
digital audio players (MP3 players) of format FAT16/32. It
is not possible to connect this receiver to a computer for
USB playback.
•
With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the
receiver to read the contents of a USB device.
•
If the file selected cannot be played back, this receiver
automatically skips to the next file playable.
•
When the file currently being played back has no title
assigned to it, the file name is displayed in the OSD
instead; when neither the album name nor the artist name
is present, the row is displayed as a blank space.
•
Note that non-roman characters in the playlist are
displayed as ‘*’.
•
Make sure the receiver is in standby when disconnecting
the USB device.
1
Switch on the receiver and your TV.
See
2
Switch the TV input so that it connects to the receiver.
•
Switch the TV input to the input that connects this
receiver to the TV through the corresponding HDMI
cable.
3
Press
USB
on the remote control to switch the receiver
to the USB input.
Loading
appears in the OSD as this receiver starts
recognizing the USB device connected. After the
recognition, a playback screen appears in the OSD and
playback starts automatically.
Basic playback controls
This receiver’s remote control buttons can be used for basic
playback of files stored on USB devices.
•
Press
USB
to switch the remote control to the USB
operation mode.
Important
If a
USB Error
message lights in the display, try following the
points below:
•
Switch the receiver off, then on again.
•
Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched off.
•
Select another input source (like
BD/DVD
), then switch
back to
USB
.
•
Use a dedicated AC adapter (supplied with the device) for
USB power.
For more information on error messages, see
.
If this doesn’t remedy the problem, it is likely your USB
device is incompatible.
Compressed audio compatibility
Note that although most standard bit/sampling rate
combinations for compressed audio are compatible, some
irregularly encoded files may not play back. The list below
shows compatible formats for compressed audio files:
•
MP3
(MPEG-1/2/2.5 Audio Layer 3) – Sampling rates:
32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 32 kbps to 320 kbps
(128 kbps or higher recommended); File extension:
.mp3
•
WMA
(Windows Media Audio) – Sampling rates: 32 kHz/
44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 48 kbps to 192 kbps (128 kbps
or higher recommended); File extension:
.wma
; WMA9
Pro and WMA lossless encoding: No
•
AAC
(MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding) – Sampling
rates: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 16 kbps to
320 kbps (128 kbps or higher recommended); File
extension:
.m4a
; Apple lossless encoding: No
Other compatibility information
•
VBR (variable bit rate) MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC playback:
Yes (Note that in some cases playback time will not be
displayed correctly.)
•
Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this
receiver.
•
DRM-protected audio files cannot be played back on this
receiver.
About MPEG-4 AAC
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4
AAC standard, which incorporates MPEG-2 AAC, forming
the basis of the MPEG-4 audio compression technology. The
file format and extension used depend on the application
used to encode the AAC file. This receiver plays back AAC
files encoded by iTunes
®
bearing the extension ‘
.m4a
’.
DRM-protected files will not play, and files encoded with
some versions of iTunes
®
may not play.
Apple and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
About WMA
WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to
an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft
Corporation. This receiver plays back WMA files encoded
using Windows Media
®
Player bearing the extension ‘
.wma
’.
Note that DRM-protected files will not play, and files encoded
with some versions of Windows Media
®
Player may not play.
PHASE
PHASE
S.RETRIEVER
S.RETRIEVER
AV
AV
ADJUST
ADJUST
MUTE
MUTE
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
BT AUDIO
BASS
BASS
VOLUME
VOLUME
VOLUME
VOLUME
CD
CD
GAME
GAME
TV
TV
USB
USB
TUN
TUN
AUX
AUX
BT
BT
USB
USB
DISP
DISP
TUNER
TUNER
EDIT
EDIT
SLEEP
SLEEP
TUNE
TUNE+
TUNE
TUNE-
STATUS
STATUS
PRESET
PRESET-
PRESET
BAND
BAND
HOME
HOME
MENU
MENU
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MENU
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