Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K 7 Other connections Connecting a USB device, Basic playback controls

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Connecting a USB device

It is possible to listen to two-channel audio1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver. Connect a

USB mass storage device2 as shown below.

	AUTO SURR/	SOUND	STANDARD	ADVANCED	STEREO/
	STREAM DIRECT RETRIEVER		SURROUND	SURROUND	A.L.C.	VIDEO INPUT		iPod DIRECT	MCACC
					VIDEO	L AUDIO R	DIGITAL IN	USB	SETUP MIC
PHONES	MULTI-ZONE			ST –	ST +
	CONTROL	ON/OFF	SPEAKERS

USB mass storage device

Connecting your USB device to the receiver

1 Switch on the receiver and your TV.

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB playback. Press iPod USB to switch the remote control to the iPod USB operation mode.

Button What it does

Starts normal playback.

Pauses/unpauses playback.

/ Press to skip to previous/next track.

Press repeatedly to switch between Repeat

Folder, Repeat One and Repeat All.

Press repeatedly to switch between Shuffle On and Shuffle Off.

DISPLAY Press repeatedly to change the song playback information displayed in the front panel display.

/ During playback, press to skip to previous/next track.

2Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod USB.

No Device appears in the OSD.

3Connect your USB device.3

The USB terminal is located on the front panel.

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.4

		Folder/File number
USB		File format
	FLD004TRK001
		Repeat or Shuffle
	MP3
R e l a x Yo u r B o dy		Song name
Kev i n J a ck s o n		Artist name
We a r e a l l o n e		Album name
Play	0:01	Elapsed time

TOP MENU Press to skip to first track.

Important

If a USB ERROR message lights in the display, try following the points below:

USB ERROR	What it means
USB ERROR1	The power requirements of the USB device
	are too high for this receiver.
USB ERROR2	The USB device is incompatible.
USB ERROR3	See Troubleshooting on page 80 for more on
	this error message.
DECODE	There is some problem with the audio data or
ERROR5	the file’s additional information.

•Switch the receiver off, then on again.

•Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched off.

•Select another input source (like DVD), 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.

Note

1This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files (except files with copy-protection or restricted playback).

2• 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.

•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.

•With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the receiver to read the contents of a USB device.

3Make sure the receiver is in standby when disconnecting the USB device.

4• 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 #.

•It is not possible to output the USB audio to ZONE 2.

5• If this error occurs, playback is interrupted and the next playable file is played automatically.

•This error may occur if the title information is changed on a computer, etc.

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