Playing A Usb Device; Basic Playback Controls; Compressed Audio Compatibility - Pioneer VSX-531 Operating Instructions Manual

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Playing a USB device

It is possible to listen to two-channel audio using the USB
interface on the front of this receiver.
Important
• 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.
Note
• This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files
(except files with copy-protection or restricted playback).
• 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 computer for
USB playback.
• With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the
receiver to read the contents of a USB device.
If the file selected cannot be played back, this receiver
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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
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displayed as '*'.
• Make sure the receiver is in standby when disconnecting
the USB device.
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Switch on the receiver and your TV.
See Connecting a USB device on page
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Switch the TV input so that it connects to the receiver.
• Switch the TV input to the input that connects this
receiver to the TV through the corresponding HDMI
cable.
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USB
Press on the remote control to switch the receiver
to the USB input.
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.

Basic playback controls

This receiver's remote control buttons can be used for basic
playback of files stored on USB devices.
USB
• Press to switch the remote control to the USB
operation mode.
GAME GAME CD CD TV TV
BT AUDIO BT AUDIO BT AUDIO BT AUDIO
TUN TUN USB USB BT BT
PHASE PHASE S.RETRIEVER S.RETRIEVER
AUX AUX
AV AV
ADJUST ADJUST MUTE MUTE
Important
If a USB Error message lights in the display, try following the
points below:
• Switch the receiver off, then on again.
• Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched off.
• Select another input source (like BD/DVD), then switch
back to USB.
• Use a dedicated AC adapter (supplied with the device) for
USB power.
For more information on error messages, see
messages on page 32.
If this doesn't remedy the problem, it is likely your USB
device is incompatible.
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HOME HOME RETURN RETURN
MENU MENU
USB USB
TOP TOP
MENU MENU
BASS BASS
TUNER TUNER
DISP DISP EDIT EDIT SLEEP SLEEP
TUNE+ TUNE
PRESET- PRESET PRESET+ PRESET
VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME
TUNE TUNE- STATUS STATUS
BAND BAND
USB
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Basic playback

Compressed audio compatibility

Note that although most standard bit/sampling rate
combinations for compressed audio are compatible, some
irregularly encoded files may not play back. The list below
shows compatible formats for compressed audio files:
• MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Audio Layer 3) – Sampling rates:
32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 32 kbps to 320 kbps
(128 kbps or higher recommended); File extension: .mp3
• WMA (Windows Media Audio) – Sampling rates: 32 kHz/
44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 48 kbps to 192 kbps (128 kbps
or higher recommended); File extension: .wma; WMA9
Pro and WMA lossless encoding: No
• AAC (MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding) – Sampling
rates: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz; Bit rates: 16 kbps to
320 kbps (128 kbps or higher recommended); File
extension: .m4a; Apple lossless encoding: No
Other compatibility information
• VBR (variable bit rate) MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC playback:
Yes (Note that in some cases playback time will not be
displayed correctly.)
• Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this
receiver.
• DRM-protected audio files cannot be played back on this
receiver.
About MPEG-4 AAC
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4
AAC standard, which incorporates MPEG-2 AAC, forming
the basis of the MPEG-4 audio compression technology. The
file format and extension used depend on the application
used to encode the AAC file. This receiver plays back AAC
®
files encoded by iTunes bearing the extension '.m4a'.
DRM-protected files will not play, and files encoded with
®
some versions of iTunes may not play.
Apple and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
About WMA
WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to
an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft
Corporation. This receiver plays back WMA files encoded
®
using Windows Media Player bearing the extension '.wma'.
Note that DRM-protected files will not play, and files encoded
®
with some versions of Windows Media
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