Pioneer VSX-821-K Owner's Manual - Page 24

04 Basic playback • If after pressing iPod the display shows NO DEVICE, try switching off the receiver and reconnecting the iPod to the receiver. • The controls of your iPod (excluding the iPod touch and iPhone) will be inoperable when connected to this receiver (Pioneer shows in the iPod display). Playing back files stored on an iPod To navigate songs on your iPod, you can take advantage of the OSD of your TV connected to this receiver. You can also control all operations for music in the front panel display of this receiver. • Note that non-roman characters in the title are displayed as '*'. • This feature is not available for photos or video clips on your iPod. Finding what you want to play 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. 1 Use / to select a category, then press ENTER to browse that category. • To return to the previous level any time, press RETURN. 2 Use / to browse the selected category (e.g., albums). • Use / to move to previous/next levels. 3 Continue browsing until you arrive at what you want to play, then press  to start playback. Tip • If you're in the song category, you can also press ENTER to start playback. • 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. Basic playback controls This receiver's remote control buttons can be used for basic playback of files stored on an iPod. 24 En • Press iPod USB to switch the remote control to the iPod/ USB operation mode. AUTO/ ALC/ BD MENU DIRECT STEREO STANDARD ADV SURR DTV/ TV MUTE AUDIO PARAMETER TOP MENU TUNE TUNER EDIT MASTER TOOLS VOLUME MENU BASS TRE MEMORY PRESET ENTER PRESET HDD DVD VCR 1 2 3 DISP S.RETRIEVER SB CH CH SELECT EQ 4 5 6 CH HOME MENU SETUP TUNE BAND MIDNIGHT SPEAKERS LEV 7 8 9 PHASE CH iPod CTRL CATEGORY RETURN DTV/ TV MUTE DIMMER SIGNAL SEL LEV 0 SHIFT • During Audiobook playback, press / to switch the playback speed: Faster  Normal  Slower Watching photos and video content To view photos or video on your iPod, since video control is not possible using this receiver, you must use the main controls of your iPod instead. Important • To play photos or video on your iPod, you must connect the composite MONITOR OUT jack and TV. • iPod photos and video content can be viewed only when the iPod is connected to the iPod VIDEO input on the front panel. • This feature can only be used with an iPod having video output. 1 Press iPod CTRL to switch to the iPod controls for photo and video playback. The receiver controls will be unavailable while you are watching iPod videos or browsing photos. 2 Press iPod CTRL again to switch back to the receiver controls when you're done. Tip • Change the receiver's input to the iPod in one action by pressing iPod iPhone iPad DIRECT CONTROL on the front panel to enable iPod operations on the iPod. 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 personal 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. 1 Switch on the receiver and your TV. See Connecting a USB device on page 19. 2 Switch the TV input to the input that connects this receiver to the TV through the corresponding composite or component cable. 3 Press iPod USB on the remote control to switch the receiver to the iPod 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.