Pioneer VSX-819H-S manual 11Other connections Connecting a USB device, Basic playback controls

11Other connections

Connecting a USB device

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

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

receiver. Connect a USB mass storage device2 as shown below.

•Push down on the PUSH OPEN tab to access the USB terminal.

		iPod		VIDEO INPUT
		USB	VIDEO	L AUDIO R
SPEAKERS	MULTI-ZONE			MASTER
	CONTROL	ON/OFF		VOLUME

USB PLAY 001/004

MP3 R:Fld S:On

R e l a x Yo u r B o dy Kev i n J a ck s o n We a r e a l l o n e

32kbps0:01

Return

File/Folder number File format Repeat or Shuffle

Song name Artist name

Album name Elapsed time

Bit rates

	iPod		VIDEO INPUT
USB		VIDEO	L AUDIO R

MCACC

SETUP MIC

This receiver

USB mass storage device

Connecting your USB device to the receiver

1Switch on the receiver and your TV.

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.

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 and hold during playback to start scanning.

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.

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.

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