User Manual
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/WAV/
FLAC files (except files with copy-protection or restricted
playback). For details, see About playable music file
formats on page 47.
• 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 personal
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 Connecting a USB device on page 18.
2
Switch the TV input so that it connects to the receiver.
3
Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the
receiver to the iPod USB input.
Please Wait 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 iPod USB to switch the remote control to the iPod/
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), then switch back to
iPod USB.
• Use a dedicated AC adapter (supplied with the device) for
USB power.
If this doesn’t remedy the problem, it is likely your USB device
is incompatible.
Playback with NETWORK feature
This receiver is equipped with the LAN terminal and you can
enjoy the following features by connecting your components
to these terminals.
• Listening to Internet radio stations
You can select and listen to your favorite Internet radio
station from the list of Internet radio stations created,
edited, and managed by the SHOUTcast database
service.
See Listening to Internet radio stations below.
• Playback the music files stored in PCs
You can playback a lot of musics stored in your PCs using
this unit. For details, see About playable music file formats
on page 47.
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Besides a PC, you can also play back audio files stored
on your other components with the built-in media server
function based on DLNA 1.0 or DLNA 1.5 framework and
protocols (i.e. network-capable hard disks and audio
systems).
See Playing back audio files stored on components on
the network on page 24.
Important
• To listen to Internet radio stations, you must sign a
contract with an ISP (Internet Service Provider)
beforehand.
• Photo or video files cannot be played back.
• Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this
receiver.
• When you play back audio files, ‘Please Wait’ is displayed
before playback starts. The display may continue for
several seconds depending on the type of file.
• In case a domain is configured in a Windows network
environment, you cannot access a PC on the network
while you are logged onto the domain. Instead of logging
onto the domain, log onto the local machine.
• There are cases where the time elapsed may not be
correctly displayed.
AUDIO DISP
iPod
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MENU
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