Pioneer SC-89 Owner's Manual - Page 59

About playable file formats

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05 Basic playback 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. - When AAC or MP3 format is used, sound is reproduced with the minimum gap. If you are conscious about gaps, use WAV or FLAC files. Music files Category Extension MP3 .mp3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 WAV .wav LPCM WMA .wma WMA2/7/8/9 AAC .m4a .aac .3gp .3g2 Apple Lossless .m4a .mp4 MPEG-4 AAC LC MPEG-4 HE AAC Apple Lossless FLAC .flac FLAC Stream Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Bitrate VBR/CBR Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Bitrate VBR/CBR Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Bitrate VBR/CBR Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz 16 bit 2 ch 8 kbps to 320 kbps Supported/Supported 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz 16 bit, 24 bit 2 ch, 5.0 ch, 5.1 ch 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz 16 bit 2 ch 5 kbps to 320 kbps Supported/Supported 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz 16 bit 2 ch 16 kbps to 320 kbps Supported/Supported 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz 16 bit, 24 bit 2 ch 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz 16 bit, 24 bit 2 ch, 5.0 ch, 5.1 ch Category Extension AIFF .aiff .aif DSD .dff .dsf AIFF DSDIFF DSF Stream Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel Sampling frequency Quantization bitrate Channel 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz 16 bit, 24 bit 2 ch 2.8224 MHz, 5.6448 MHz 1 bit 2 ch a "MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia." b 32 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz support 2-channel audio sources only. c Gapless playback is not possible with a 5.0-channel or 5.1-channel audio source. d Files encoded using Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable but some parts of the specification are not supported; specifi- cally, Pro, Lossless, Voice. e Uncompressed FLAC files are not supported. Pioneer does not guarantee playback. f DSD files cannot be played in the sub zone. Photo files Category JPEG Extension .jpg Format Meeting the following conditions: ! Baseline JPEG format ! Y:Cb:Cr - 4:2:2 59

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Basic playback
05
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.
When AAC or MP3 format is used, sound is reproduced with the minimum gap. If you are conscious about
gaps, use WAV or FLAC files.
Music files
Category
Extension
Stream
MP3
<a>
.mp3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
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
WAV
.wav
LPCM
Sampling frequency
<b>
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, 5.0 ch, 5.1 ch
<c>
WMA
.wma
WMA2/7/8/9
<d>
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
.m4a
.aac
.3gp
.3g2
MPEG-4 AAC LC
MPEG-4 HE AAC
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
Apple Lossless
.m4a
.mp4
Apple Lossless
Sampling frequency
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz,
88.2 kHz, 96 kHz
Quantization bitrate
16 bit, 24 bit
Channel
2 ch
FLAC
<e>
.flac
FLAC
Sampling frequency
<b>
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, 5.0 ch, 5.1 ch
<c>
Category
Extension
Stream
AIFF
.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
DSD
<f>
.dff
.dsf
DSDIFF
DSF
Sampling frequency
2.8224 MHz, 5.6448 MHz
Quantization bitrate
1 bit
Channel
2 ch
a
“MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.”
b
32 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz support 2-channel audio sources only.
c
Gapless playback is not possible with a 5.0-channel or 5.1-channel audio source.
d
Files encoded using Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable but some parts of the specification are not supported; specifi-
cally, Pro, Lossless, Voice.
e
Uncompressed FLAC files are not supported. Pioneer does not guarantee playback.
f
DSD files cannot be played in the sub zone.
Photo files
Category
Extension
Format
JPEG
.jpg
Meeting the following conditions:
!
Baseline JPEG format
!
Y:Cb:Cr – 4:2:2