10Other connections

Connecting your USB device to the receiver

1Switch on the receiver and your TV.

2Press iPod USB.

No USB appears in the OSD.

3 Connect your USB device.1

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.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folder/File number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB

FLD001TRK001

 

 

 

 

 

File format

Play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat or Shuffle

 

MP3/VBR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relax Your Body

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song name

 

Kevin Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist name

 

We are all one

 

 

 

 

 

Album name

128Kbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elapsed time

 

0:01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit rate

List

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB playback.

Button

What it does

 

 

 

 

Starts normal playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pauses/unpauses playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press and hold during playback to

 

 

 

 

start scanning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNER

Press repeatedly to change the song

DISP

playback information displayed in

(SHIFT+

the front panel display.

 

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

You can also select and play back your favorite file from the folder/file list displayed in the OSD. For details, see Selecting a file from the folder/file list for playback below.

During playback, press to skip to previous/next track; when browsing, press to move to previous/next levels.

TOP MENU Press to return to ROOT folder.

RETURN Press to switch the playback screen to the folder/file list; when browsing a folder/file list, press to return to the previous level.

Note

1Make sure the receiver is in standby when disconnecting the USB device.

2• 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 *.

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