Onkyo TX-SR876 instruction manual NET/USB TX-NR906 only, 121, About NET/USB, Internet Radio

NET/USB (TX-NR906 only)

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:

•Corresponds to M3U, PLS and Podcast playlists and the streaming of the corresponding audio format noted below.

•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.

■vTuner Internet Radio

•This unit includes the full vTuner Internet Radio Ser- vice at no additional charge. Once you have connected your unit to the Internet you can select vTuner Internet Radio to search for and play Internet radio stations and podcasts at any time. To enhance your Internet radio experience, the http://onkyo.vtuner.com/ portal is available to you as an easy way to browse to find sta- tions, set up/organize your favorites, add your own stations, get help, etc. After the first time you try Inter- net radio/vTuner on your unit you can use the MAC Address of your unit to create a member login account (email address and password) on the http://onkyo.vtuner.com/ portal. To verify your MAC Address, please see Network Settings (page 128).

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 AAC. 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.

■AAC

AAC 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.

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