Onkyo TX-NR905 instruction manual 111, About NET/USB

NET/USB

About NET/USB

The AV receiver is network-ready,which means you can hook it up to your home network with a standard Ether- net cable and enjoy the music files stored on your com- puter or media server. If your network is connected to the Internet, you can also enjoy Internet radio.

NET/USB can also be used to play music files stored on USB mass storage devices (e.g., USB flash drives and MP3 players), which can be plugged into the AV receiver’s front panel USB port.

Internet Radio

With Internet radio you can:

•Listen to stations that use MP3 or WMA streaming.

•Select stations by entering the appropriate URL with the remote controller, or connect to the AV receiver from your computer and select stations in your Web browser.

•Preset up to 20 Internet radio stations.

Supported Audio File Formats

For server and USB mass storage device playback, the AV receiver supports the following music file formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, and M4A (MPEG-4 Audio). It also supports Microsoft’s PlaysForSure technology.

■MP3

•MP3 files must be MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 format with a sampling rate of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz and a bit-rate of between 32 kbps and 320 kbps. Incompatible files cannot be played.

•Variable bit-rate (VBR) MP3 files are supported. (Playing times may not display correctly.)

•MP3 files must have a “.mp3” or “.MP3” filename extension.

■WMA

WMA stands for Windows Media Audio and is an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corpo- ration. Audio can be encoded in WMA format by using Windows Media® Player.

•WMA files must have the copyright option turned off.

•Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz and bitrates of between 48 kbps and 320 kbps, and lossless DRM are supported. Incompatible files cannot be played.

•Variable bit-rates (VBR) are supported. (Playing times may display incorrectly with VBR.)

•WMA files must have a “.wma” or “.WMA” filename extension.

■WAV

WAV files contain uncompressed PCM digital audio.

•Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz and bitrates of 16 kbps are supported. Incompatible files cannot be played.

•WAV files must have a “.wav” or “.WAV” filename extension.

■M4A

M4A stands for MPEG-4 Audio.

•Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz and bitrates of between 16 and 320 kbps, are supported. Incompatible files cannot be played.

•Variable bit-rate (VBR) files are supported. (Playing times may not display correctly.)

•M4A files must have a “.m4a” or “.M4A” filename extension.

USB Mass Storage Device Requirements

•The AV receiver supports USB devices that support the USB mass storage device class.

•Playback may not be possible with some USB devices even if they conform to the USB mass storage device class.

•USB devices formatted with the FAT16 or FAT32 file system are supported.

•If the storage device has been partitioned, only music files in the first partition can be played.

•Each folder may contain up to 500 music files, and folders may be nested up to eight levels deep.

•Digital audio signals are not output by the digital out- puts when playing music files.

•USB hubs and USB devices with hub functions are not supported.

Server Requirements

The AV receiver can play digital music files stored on a computer or media server and supports the following technologies:

•Windows Media Player 11

•Windows Media Connect 2.0

•UPnP AV-compatible media server

•DLNA-compatible media server

Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Connect

2.0can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft Web site.

• The computer or media server must be on the same network as the AV receiver.

•Each folder may contain up to 500 music files, and folders may be nested up to eight levels deep.

•Digital audio signals are not output by the digital out- puts when playing music files.

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