Pioneer VSX-LX52 manual Basic playback Playing a USB device, Return

Basic playback

Playing a USB device

It is possible to playback files1 using the USB interface on the front of this receiver.

1Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a USB device on page 36.2

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

Loading appears in the GUI screen as this receiver starts recognizing the USB device connected.3 When the display shows USB Top menu you’re ready to playback from the USB device.

•Main Zone:

USB Top

A/V RECEIVER

Music

Photos

Slideshow Setup

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Playing back audio files stored on a USB memory device

The maximum number of levels that you can select in Step 2 (below) is 8. Also, you can display and play back up to 30 000 folders and files within a USB memory device.4

1 Use / to select ‘Music’ from the USB Top menu.

USB Top		Top Menu	Music
A/V RECEIVER			A/V RECEIVER
Music	Folder1
Photos		Folder2
Slideshow Setup		Folder3
		Music1
		Music2
		Music3
		Music4
		Music5
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2Use / to select a folder, then press ENTER to browse that folder.

•To return to the previous level any time, press

RETURN.

	3 Continue browsing until you arrive at what you
	want to play, then press  to start playback.
• Sub Zone:	• Main Zone:

USB Top

Track number

[	Music	]
[	Photos	]
[ Slideshow Setup		]

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Top Menu

PLAY

xxxx/xxxx

Track title or File name

	Track				Title			Playing time
								Play mode
3:02						-2:02
	Artist Name						Random On	Artist name
		Album
				Title
								Album title or Folder
								name
			USB
	Now Playing

If an Over Current message lights in the display, the power requirements of the USB device are too high for this receiver. Try following the points below:

•Switch the receiver off, then on again.

•Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched off.

•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.

Genre : xxxxxxxxxxx

Format : xxxxxxxxxxx File information

Bit Rate : xxxxxxxxxxx

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Note

1• 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 unit 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.

2Make sure the receiver is in standby when disconnecting the USB device.

3• 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 GUI screen 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 #.

•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.

4• Playback stops when the last song in a USB memory device is played back to the end.

•When a USB memory device with a large capacity is connected, it may take some time to read all the contents.

•This receiver does not support a USB hub.

•Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this receiver.

•DRM-protected audio files cannot be played back on this receiver.

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