Usb Playback; Using The Usb Interface; Basic Playback Controls - Pioneer VSX-916-K Operating Instructions Manual

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USB playback

Chapter 7:
USB playback

Using the USB interface

It is possible to listen to two-channel audio
using the USB interface on the front of this
receiver. Connect a USB mass storage device
as shown below.
1 Press USB ( SHIFT +AM).
2 Connect your USB device.
The USB terminal is located on the front panel.
3 Press (play) to start playback.
Files/folders play in sequential order based on
the filename (according to the Unicode
standard). Within a given directory, all files are
played before continuing to folders/subfolders.
In the diagram below, playback proceeds from
folder 0 to folder 5, playing files 1 to 8 in order.
Folder 0
Folder 1
(Root)
(Artisit)
file 1
file 2
Folder 5
file 3
(Artisit)
• Make sure the receiver is in standby when
disconnecting the USB device.
Note
1 This 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 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.
• With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the receiver to read the contents of a USB device.
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Folder 2 Folder 3
(Album)
file 4
Folder 4
(Album)
file 8 file 7

Basic playback controls

1 The following table shows the basic controls on
the remote for USB playback.
2
Button What it does
Starts normal playback.
Pauses/unpauses playback.
Press to start fast reverse scanning
(press twice for high-speed scanning).
Press to start fast forward scanning.
(press twice for high-speed scanning).
Skips to the start of the current track,
then previous tracks.
Skips to the next track.
Important
If a USB ERR message lights in the display, try
following the points below:
USB ERR What it means
file 5
The power requirements of the USB
file 6
USB ERR1
device are too high for this receiver.
USB ERR2
The USB device is incompatible
See Troubleshooting on page 66 for
USB ERR3
more on this error message.
• Switch the receiver off, then on again.
• Reconnect the USB device with the
receiver switched off.