Pioneer VSX-824-K Owner's Manual

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If after pressing 

 the display shows NO 

, try switching off the receiver and 

reconnecting the iPod to the receiver.

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The controls of your iPod will be inoperable when 

connected to this receiver.

To navigate songs on your iPod, you can take advantage of the 

OSD of your TV connected to this receiver.

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Note that non-roman characters in the title are displayed as 

‘#’.

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This feature is not available for photos or video clips on your 

iPod.

When your iPod is connected to this receiver, you can browse 

songs stored on your iPod by playlist, artist, album name, 

song name, genre or composer, similar to using your iPod 

directly.

/

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When  or  is pressed at the list screen, the 

page switches.

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To return to the previous level any time, press 

.

/

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Use 

/

 to move to previous/next levels.



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If you’re in the song category, you can also press 

 to 

start playback.

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You can play all of the songs in a particular category by 

selecting the All item at the top of each category list. For 

example, you can play all the songs by a particular artist.

This receiver’s remote control buttons can be used for basic 

playback of files stored on an iPod.

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Press 

 to switch the remote control to the iPod/

USB operation mode.

This allows you to switch between performing iPod operations 

via the receiver remote control or on the iPod itself.

 

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Press 

 again to switch back to the receiver 

controls when you’re done.

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Change the receiver’s input to the iPod in one action by 

pressing 

 on the front 

panel to enable iPod operations on the iPod.

It is possible to play files using the USB interface on the front 

of this receiver.

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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.

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About one minute is required between turning the power 

on and completion of startup.

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Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard 

drives, portable flash memory (particularly keydrives) and 

digital audio players (MP3 players) of format FAT16/32.

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Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this 

receiver.

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With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the 

receiver to read the contents of a USB device.

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If the file selected cannot be played back, this receiver 

automatically skips to the next file playable.

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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.

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Note that non-roman characters in the playlist are 

displayed as ‘#’.

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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 24

.

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Switch the TV input to the input that connects this 

receiver to the TV through the corresponding HDMI 

cable.

receiver to the iPod/USB input.
When the display shows the names of folders and files, 

you’re ready to play from the USB device.
If a USB Error message lights in the display, try following 

the points below:

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Switch the receiver off, then on again.

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Reconnect the USB device with the receiver switched 

off.

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Select another input source (like BD), then switch back 

to iPod/USB.

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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.