10Other connections

iPod playback

To navigate songs on your iPod, you can take advantage of the OSD of your TV connected to this receiver.1 You can also control all operations for music in the front panel display of this receiver.

Tip

You can play all of the songs in a particular category by selecting the All item at the top of each category list. For example, you can play all the songs by a particular artist.

Finding what you want to play

When your iPod is connected to this receiver, you can browse songs stored on your iPod by playlist, artist, album name, song name, genre or composer, similar to using your iPod directly.

iPod Top

 

[

 

]

Playlists

[

Artists

]

[ Albums

]

[ Songs

]

[ Podcasts

]

[ Genres

]

[ Composers

]

[ Audiobooks

]

[ Shuffle Songs

]

 

Enter

 

 

 

 

1 Use the buttons to select a category then press ENTER to browse that category.

To return to the previous level any time, press RETURN.

2

Use the

buttons to browse the

selected category (e.g., albums).

 

• Use

to move to previous/next levels.

3

Continue browsing until you arrive at

what you want to play, then press to start playback.2

Navigation through categories on your iPod looks like this:

Playlists Songs

Artists Albums Songs

Albums Songs

Songs

Podcasts

Genres Artists Albums Songs

Composers Albums Songs

Audiobooks

Shuffle Songs

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic playback controls for your iPod:

Button What it does

Press to start playback.

If you start playback when something other than a song is selected, all the songs that fall into that category will play.

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

Press and hold during playback to start scanning.

Press to skip to previous/next track.

Press repeatedly to switch between

Repeat One, Repeat All and Repeat

Off.

Press repeatedly to switch between

Shuffle Songs, Shuffle Albums and

Shuffle Off.

TUNER DISP Press repeatedly to change the song (SHIFT+ ) playback information displayed in the

front panel display.

When browsing, press to move to previous/next levels.

During Audiobook playback, press to switch the playback speed: Faster

Normal Slower

TOP MENU Press to return to the iPod Top menu screen.

RETURN Press to return to the previous level.

Note

1• Note that non-roman characters in the title are displayed as #.

• This feature is not available for photos or video clips on your iPod.

2If you’re in the song category, you can also press ENTER to start playback.

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Pioneer VSX-918V, VSX-818V Other connections, IPod playback, Finding what you want to play, Basic playback controls

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