Pioneer VSX-824-K Owner's Manual

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Basic playback
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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 1 
(below) is 9.
Note that non-Roman characters in the playlist are 
displayed as ‘#’.
1
Use 
/
 to select a folder, then press 
ENTER
 to browse 
that folder.
To return to the previous level any time, press 
RETURN
.
2
Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to 
play, then press 
 to start playback.
Basic playback controls
This receiver’s remote control buttons can be used for basic 
playback of files stored on USB devices.
Press 
iPod USB
 to switch the remote control to the iPod/
USB operation mode.
Playing back photo files stored on a USB memory 
device
1
Use 
/
 to select a folder, then press 
ENTER
 to browse 
that folder.
For high resolution files, some time may be required 
for the photo to appear.
To return to the previous level any time, press 
RETURN
.
2
Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to 
play, then press 
 to start playback.
The selected content is displayed in full screen and a 
slideshow starts.
Basic playback controls
ENTER
 – Starts displaying a photo and playing a slideshow.
 – Stops the player and returns to the previous menu.
Tip
Slideshows of photo files can be played while listening to 
music files by returning to the folder/file list display while 
playing a music file on a USB device then playing the photo 
files.
About playable file formats
The USB function of this receiver supports the following file 
formats. Note that some file formats are not available for 
playback although they are listed as playable file formats.
With MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, AIFF and Apple Lossless files, 
when music files with the same format, sampling frequency, 
quantization bit number and number of channels are played 
successively, they are played with no gap.
-
Make sure the gap is at the minimum when using MP3 or 
AAC. If you are concerned about the gap, please use 
WAV or FLAC files.
Music files
MUTE
AUTO
SURR
ADV
ENTER
RETURN
AUDIO P.
TOP
MENU
HOME
MENU
TOOLS
MENU
BAND
PTY
ENTER
RETURN
AUDIO P.
TOP
MENU
CLR
SB CH
CH SEL
Fav
RETURN
HOME
MENU
SHIFT
BASS
BASS
TRE
TRE
BAND
PTY
Extension
Stream
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)
.mp3
a
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit
Channel
2 ch
Bitrate
8 kbps to 320 kbps
VBR/CBR
Supported/Supported
ENTER
Fav
RETURN
HOME
MENU
BAND
PTY
ENTER
WAV (LPCM)
.wav
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 
88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 
176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit, 24 bit
Channel
2 ch
WMA (WMA2/7/8/9)
.wma
b
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit
Channel
2 ch
Bitrate
5 kbps to 320 kbps
VBR/CBR
Supported/Supported
AAC (MPEG-4 AAC LC, MPEG-4 HE AAC)
.m4a
.aac
.3gp
.3g2
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit
Channel
2 ch
Bitrate
16 kbps to 320 kbps
VBR/CBR
Supported/Supported
FLAC
.flac
c
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 
88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 
176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit, 24 bit
Channel
2 ch
AIFF
.aif
.aiff
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 
88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 
192 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit, 24 bit
Channel
2 ch
Apple Lossless
.m4a
.mp4
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 
88.2 kHz, 96 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit, 24 bit
Channel
2 ch