Pioneer VSX-531D Operating Instructions Manual Download

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Basic playback

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
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 ‘*’.

•

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

Switch on the receiver and your TV.

See

Connecting a USB device

on page 14

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.

Press

USB

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.

•

Press

USB

to switch the remote control to the USB

operation mode.

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

USB

messages

on page 36

If this doesn’t remedy the problem, it is likely your USB
device is incompatible.

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

Player may not play.

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