Pioneer VSX-920-K: Basic playback

Basic playback05

Playing back photo files stored on a

Slideshow Setup

1

Make the various settings for playing

USB memory device

slideshows of photo files here.

1Use

/

to select ‘

Photos

’ from the

USB

1Use

/

to select ‘

Slideshow Setup

’

Top

menu.

from the

USB Top

menu.

2Use

/

to select a folder, then press

2 Select the setting you want.

ENTER

to browse that folder.

• Theme – Add various effects to the

• To return to the previous level any time, press

slideshow.

RETURN.

• Interval – Set the interval for switching the

3 Continue browsing until you arrive at

photos. This may not be available

what you want to play, then press



to start

depending on the Theme setting.

2

playback.

• BGM – Play music files stored on the USB

The selected content is displayed in full screen

device while displaying photos.

and a slideshow starts.

• Music Select – Select the folder containing

After a slideshow launches, pressing ENTER

the music files to be played when BGM is

toggles between play and pause (only when

set to ON.

Theme on the Slideshow Setup is set to

Normal (OFF)).

3 When you’re finished, press

RETURN

.

You will return to the USB Top

menu.

Basic playback controls

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Button(s) What it does

ENTER,  Starts displaying a photo and playing a

slideshow.

RETURN,

Stops the Player and returns to the



previous menu.

a



Displays the previous photo content.

a



Displays the next photo content.

a



Pauses/unpauses the slideshow.

a

DISP

Displays the photo information.

a.You can only use this button when Theme on the

Slideshow Setup is set to Normal (OFF).

1 Photo files cannot be played in the sub zone.

2 If the slideshow is left in the pause mode for five minutes, the list screen reappears.

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Basic playback 05

About playable file formats

English

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.

Music files

Category Extension Stream

Deutsch

a

.mp3 MPEG-1, 2, 2.5 Audio

Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 48 kHz

MP3

Layer-3

Quantization bitrate 16 bit

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 8 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

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WAV .wav LPCM Sampling frequency 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

Quantization bitrate 8 bit, 16 bit

Channel 2 ch, Monaural

WMA .wma

b

Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 48 kHz

WMA8/9

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Quantization bitrate 16 bit

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 8 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

Nederlands

a.“MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.”

b.Files encoded using Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable but some parts of the specification are not supported;

specifically, Pro, Lossless, Voice.

Photo files

Category Extension

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JPEG .jpg

Format Meeting the following conditions:

.jpeg

• Baseline JPEG format (including files recorded in Exif/DCF

format)

.jpe

• Y:Cb:Cr - 4:4:4, 4:2:2 or 4:2:0

.jif

.jfif

Resolution 30 to 8184 pixels vertical, 40 to 8184 pixels horizontal

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Basic playback05

Using Neural Surround

Listening to the radio

This feature uses Neural Surround™

The following steps show you how to tune in to

technologies to achieve optimal surround

FM and AM radio broadcasts using the

sound from FM radio.

automatic (search) and manual (step) tuning

• While listening to FM radio, press AUTO/

functions. If you already know the frequency of

ALC/DIRECT for Neural Surround

the station you want, see Tuning directly to a

listening.

station below. Once you are tuned to a station

See Auto Surround, ALC and Stream Direct with

you can memorize the frequency for recall

different input signal formats on page 122 for

later—see Saving station presets below for

more on this.

more on how to do this.

The NEURAL SURROUND mode can be

1Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

selected also with STANDARD.

2

Use

BAND

to change the band (FM or

Tuning directly to a station

AM),

if necessary.

Sometimes, you’ll already know the frequency

Each press switches the band between FM and

of the station you want to listen to. In this case,

AM.

you can simply enter the frequency directly

3 Tune to a station.

using the number buttons on the remote

There are three ways to do this:

control.

Automatic tuning – To search for stations

1 Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

in the currently selected band, press and

hold TUNE / for about a second. The

2

Use

BAND

to change the band (FM or

receiver will start searching for the next

AM),

if necessary.

station, stopping when it has found one.

Each press switches the band between FM and

Repeat to search for other stations.

AM.

Manual tuning – To change the frequency

3 Press

D.ACCESS

(Direct Access).

one step at a time, press TUNE /.

4 Use the number buttons to enter the

High speed tuning – Press and hold

frequency of the radio station.

TUNE / for high speed tuning. Release

For example, to tune to 106.00 (FM), press 1, 0,

the button at the frequency you want.

6, 0, 0.

Improving FM sound

If you make a mistake halfway through, press

D.ACCESS twice to cancel the frequency and

If the TUNED or STEREO indicator doesn’t light

start over.

when tuning to an FM station because the

signal is weak, press MPX to switch the

receiver into mono reception mode. This

should improve the sound quality and allow

you to enjoy the broadcast.

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Basic playback 05

Saving station presets

3 Input the name you want.

English

Choose from the following characters for a

If you often listen to a particular radio station,

name up to eight characters long.

it’s convenient to have the receiver store the

frequency for easy recall whenever you want to

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

listen to that station. This saves the effort of

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

manually tuning in each time. This receiver can

0123456789

Deutsch

memorize up to 63 stations, stored in seven

banks, or classes (A to G) of 9 stations each.

!”#$%&’()

∗+,–./:;<=>?@[ \ ]^_{|} ˜

When saving an FM frequency, the MPX

[space]

setting (see above) is also stored.

Use / to select a character, / to set

1 Tune to a station you want to memorize.

the position, and ENTER to confirm your

Français

See Listening to the radio above for more on

selection.

this.

Tip

2 Press

T.EDIT

(

TUNER EDIT

).

The display shows PRESET MEMORY, then a

• To erase a station name, simply repeat

blinking memory class.

steps 1 to 3 and input eight spaces instead

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of a name.

3 Press

CLASS

to select one of the seven

• Once you have named a station preset,

classes, then press

PRESET

/

to select the

you can press DISP when listening to a

station preset you want.

station to switch the display between

You can also use the number buttons to select

name and frequency.

a station preset.

Nederlands

4 Press

ENTER

.

Listening to station presets

After pressing ENTER, the preset class and

You will need to have some presets stored to

number stop blinking and the receiver stores

do this. See Saving station presets on page 51

the station.

if you haven’t done this already.

1Press

TUNER

to select the tuner.

Naming station presets

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For easier identification, you can name your

2Press

CLASS

to select the class in which

station presets.

the station is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A to

1 Choose the station preset you want to

G.

name.

See Listening to station presets below for how

3Press

PRESET

/

to select the station

to do this.

preset you want.

• You can also use the number buttons on

2 Press

T.EDIT

(

TUNER EDIT

).

the remote control to recall the station

The display shows PRESET NAME, then a

preset.

blinking cursor at the first character position.

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Basic playback05

An introduction to RDS

Searching for RDS programs

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by

One of the most useful features of RDS is the

most FM radio stations to provide listeners with

ability to search for a particular kind of radio

various kinds of information—the name of the

program. You can search for any of the

station and the kind of show they’re

program types listed above.

broadcasting, for example.

2

1 Press

TUNER

to select the FM band.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by

2 Press

PTY SEARCH

.

type of program. For example, you can search

PTY SEARCH shows in the display.

for a station that’s broadcasting a show with

the program type, JAZZ.

3 Press

PRESET

/

to select the program

1

You can search the following program types:

type you want to hear.

NEWS – News

FINANCE – Stock market

4 Press ENTER to search for the program type.

AFFAIRS – Current Affairs

reports, commerce,

The system starts searching through all

INFO

– General

trading, etc.

frequency for a match. When it finds one, the

Information

CHILDREN – Programs for

SPORT – Sport

children

search stops and the station plays for five

EDUCATE – Educational

SOCIAL – Social affairs

seconds.

DRAMA – Radio plays, etc.

RELIGION – Programs

CULTURE – National or

concerning religion

5 If you want to keep listening to the

regional culture, theater,

PHONE IN – Public

station, press

ENTER

within the five seconds.

etc.

expressing their views by

If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.

SCIENCE – Science and

phone

technology

TRAVEL – Holiday-type

If NO PTY is displayed it means the tuner

VARIED – Usually talk-

travel rather than traffic

couldn’t find that program type at the time of

based material, such as

announcements

3

the search.

quiz shows or interviews.

LEISURE – Leisure

POP M – Pop music

interests and hobbies

Displaying RDS information

ROCK M – Rock music

JAZZ – Jazz

Use the DISP button to display the different

EASY M – Easy listening

COUNTRY

– Country

4

types of RDS information available.

LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical

music

music

NATION M – Popular

• Press

DISP

for RDS information.

CLASSICS – ‘Serious’

music in a language other

Each press changes the display as follows:

classical music

than English

OTHER M – Music not

OLDIES – Popular music

• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the

fitting above categories

from the ’50s and ’60s

radio station. For example, a talk radio

WEATHER – Weather

FOLK M – Folk music

station may provide a phone number as RT.

reports

DOCUMENT

–

Documentary

• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of

the radio station.

•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the

kind of program currently being broadcast.

• Current tuner frequency.

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1 In addition, there are two other program types, TEST and NONE. You can’t search for these.

2 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

3 RDS searches all frequency. If the program type could not be found among all frequency, NO PTY is displayed.

4 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

• If you see NO RT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station.

• If you see NO PS DATA in the PS display, it means no PS data can be received.

• If you see NO PTY DATA in the PTY display, it means no PTY data can be received.

Basic playback 05

Wireless music play

English

Bluetooth

® ADAPTER for

When the Bluetooth ADAPTER (Pioneer Model

No. AS-BT100) is connected to this unit, a

Wireless Enjoyment of Music

product equipped with Bluetooth wireless

technology (portable cell phone, digital music

player, etc.) can be used to listen to music

Deutsch

wirelessly. Also, by using a commercially

available transmitter supporting Bluetooth

wireless technology, you can listen to music

on a device not equipped with Bluetooth

wireless technology. The AS-BT100 model

supports SCMS-T contents protection, so

Français

music can also be enjoyed on devices

equipped with SCMS-T type Bluetooth wireless

technology.

Remote control operation

The remote control supplied with this unit

Italiano

allows you to play and stop media, and

1

perform other operations.

Pairing the

Bluetooth

ADAPTER and

Bluetooth

wireless technology

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device

“Pairing” must be done before you start

playback of Bluetooth wireless technology

content using the Bluetooth ADAPTER. Make

sure to perform pairing the first time you

operate the system or any time pairing data is

Español

cleared. The pairing step is necessary to

register the Bluetooth wireless technology

2

device to enable Bluetooth communications.

For more details, see also the operating

instructions of your Bluetooth wireless

technology device.

1 Press , then press

Home Menu

.

2 Select ‘

System Setup

’, then press

ENTER

.

3 Select ‘

Other Setup

’, then press

ENTER

.

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1 • It must be necessary that the Bluetooth wireless technology enabled device supports AVRCP profiles.

• Remote control operations cannot be guaranteed for all Bluetooth wireless technology enabled devices.

2 • Pairing is required when you first use the Bluetooth wireless technology device and Bluetooth ADAPTER.

• To enable Bluetooth communication, pairing should be done with both your system and Bluetooth wireless

technology device.

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4 Select ‘

Pairing Bluetooth Device

’, then

Listening to music contents of a

press

ENTER

.

Bluetooth

wireless technology

5 Select the ‘

Passcode

’ setting you want.

device with your system

Select the same passcode as the Bluetooth

1 Press

ADAPTER

on the remote control to

wireless technology device you wish to

3

switch the receiver to

ADAPTER PORT

input.

connect.

• 0000/1234/8888 – Select the passcode

2 Perform the connection operation from

from these options. These are the

the side of the

Bluetooth

wireless technology

passcodes that can be used in most cases.

device to the

Bluetooth

ADAPTER.

• Others – Select to use a passcode other

3 Start playback of music contents stored

than those mentioned above.

on the

Bluetooth

wireless technology device.

This receiver’s remote control buttons can be

6 If you selected

Others

in step 5, enter the

used for basic playback of files stored on

passcode.

4

Bluetooth wireless technology devices.

Use / to select a number and / to

move the cursor.

7 Follow the instructions displayed on the

GUI screen to conduct pairing with the

Bluetooth

wireless technology device.

Switch on the Bluetooth wireless technology

device that you want to make pair, place it near

®

The Bluetooth

word mark and logos are

the receiver and set it to the pairing mode.

registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth

8 Check to see that the

Bluetooth

ADAPTER

SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Pioneer

is detected by the

Bluetooth

wireless

Corporation is under license. Other

technology device.

trademarks and trade names are those of their

When the Bluetooth wireless technology device

respective owners.

is connected:

1

CONNECTED appears in the receiver display.

When the Bluetooth wireless technology device

is not connected:

Go back to the passcode setting in step 5. In

this case, perform the connection operation

from the Bluetooth wireless technology device.

9From the

Bluetooth

wireless technology

device list, select

Bluetooth

ADAPTER and

2

enter the Passcode selected in step 5.

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1 The system can display alphanumeric characters only. Other characters may not be displayed correctly.

2 The passcode may in some cases be referred to as “passkey” or PIN code.

3 When the Bluetooth ADAPTER is not plugged into the ADAPTER PORT, NO ADAPTER will be displayed if ADAPTER

PORT input is selected.

4• Bluetooth wireless technology device should be compatible with AVRCP profile.

• Depending on the Bluetooth wireless technology device you use, operation may differ from what is shown in the

remote control buttons.

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1Press

NET RADIO

to switch to the

English

2

Listening to Internet radio

Internet radio input.

The Internet Radio list screen is displayed.

stations

Internet radio is an audio broadcasting service

2Use

/

to select the Internet radio

1

transmitted via the Internet.

There are a large

station to play back, and then press

ENTER

.

number of Internet radio stations broadcasting

Press / to scroll up and down the list and

Deutsch

a variety of services from every corner of the

select the desired item. When you press

world. Some are hosted, managed, and

ENTER, playback starts with the playback

broadcast by private individuals while others

screen being displayed for the selected item.

are by the corresponding traditional terrestrial

Depending on the Internet line conditions, the

radio stations or radio networks. Whereas

sound may not be smooth when playing

terrestrial, or OTA (over-the-air), radio stations

Internet radio. To return to the list screen,

Français

3

are geographically restricted on the range of

press RETURN.

radio waves broadcast from a transmitter

through the air, Internet radio stations are

Programming the Internet radio

accessible from anywhere in the world, as long

stations

as there is a connection to the Internet, as

By programming the Internet radio stations

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services are not transmitted through the air but

you wish to listen to onto this receiver, you will

are delivered over the World Wide Web. On this

be able to select those Internet radio stations.

receiver you can select Internet radio stations

You can program up to 24 stations.

by genre as well as by region.

There are two methods of programming: one

lets you use the GUI screen on this receiver;

Nederlands

Important

the other lets you connect your computer and

• Before listening to Internet radio, you need

use that screen.

to program the Internet radio stations you

Programming with the GUI screen

wish to listen to onto this unit (see

Programming the Internet radio stations

1Press

TOP MENU

when the Internet

below for how to program). Though the

Radio station list is displayed.

Español

Internet radio stations are programmed in

The Internet Radio Setup screen is displayed.

this receiver before it leaves the factory, the

2Use

/

to select the Internet Radio

link may have expired. In that case, preset

station list screen you wish to edit, and then

the stations again yourself.

press

ENTER

.

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1 • To listen to Internet radio stations, you must have high-speed broadband Internet access. With a 56 K or ISDN

modem, you may not enjoy the full benefits of Internet radio.

• The port number varies depending on the Internet radio station. Check the firewall settings.

• Broadcasts may be stopped or interrupted depending on the Internet radio station. In this case, you cannot listen

to a radio station selected from the list of Internet radio stations.

• VSX-920 only: INTERNET RADIO function cannot be selected for the MULTI-ZONE feature (page 73).

2 The Internet radio function cannot be selected in the main zone when the iPod/USB function is selected in the sub

zone. Also, the Internet radio function cannot be selected in the sub zone when the iPod/USB function is selected in

the main zone.

3 When the list screen is displayed from the playback screen, the playback screen reappears automatically if no

operation is performed for 10 seconds while the list screen is displayed.

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3Use

/

to select “Edit“.

When the connection is made with the

•If you select “Delete”, information

receiver, the following programming screen

regarding the Internet radio stations

will be displayed.

programmed into the currently selected

memory will be deleted.

4 Enter the URL of the Internet radio station

1

you wish to program.

Use / to select a letter and / to move

the cursor.

• A URL containing up to 192 letters can be

entered.

3 Enter the title and URL of the Internet

5 Enter the title of the Internet radio

radio station you wish to program, then press

station.

‘Update’.

Use / to select a letter and / to move

The entered information will be transmitted to

the cursor.

the receiver.

• A title containing up to 22 letters can be

The connection to the URL designated from the

entered.

computer will be confirmed:

If connection is successful, ‘Connection OK’

Programming on the computer screen

will be displayed on screen, and the selected

You can enter the Internet radio list on the

Internet radio station will begin playing via this

screen of a computer that is connected to the

receiver.

same LAN as this receiver, and send the list to

this unit.

If the connection failed, ‘Connection NG’ will

be displayed. Check to see if the URL you

The computer needs to be connected in

entered is correct.

advance to the network of this receiver and set

up.

Important

1 Turn on the computer and launch the

Internet browser.

•‘Connection OK’ and ‘Connection NG’

are only displayed when this receiver is set

2 In the address bar on the browser, enter

to the Internet radio function.

the IP address assigned to this receiver.

• When entering the title and URL of Internet

For example, if the IP address of this receiver is

radio station, do not press ‘Update’ while

“192.168.0.2”, enter “http://192.168.0.2/”.

you are connected to other stations (i.e.,

• This receiver’s IP address can be found in

labelled as “Connecting...”).

the ‘IP address, Proxy’ menu (page 104).

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1 The URL can also be entered by connecting a USB keyboard (see Connecting a USB device on page 36).

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