Other connections

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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.

• Push down on the PUSH OPEN tab to access the

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.

iPod DIRECT USB terminal.

 

AUTO SURR/

HOME

STANDARD

ADVANCED

STEREO/

 

 

 

 

 

STREAM DIRECT

THX

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

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.

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

FLD004TRK001

File format

 

MP3

Repeat or Shuffle

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.

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 78 for more on

 

this error message.

 

 

DECODE

There is some problem with the audio data or

ERROR5

the file’s additional information.

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

 

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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