Pioneer VSX-LX70: Playback with Home Media Gallery

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Playback with Home Media Gallery

Chapter 3:

Playback with Home Media Gallery

DLNA

Introduction

The Home Media Gallery allows you to play music on

media servers connected on an identical Local Area

Network (LAN) as the receiver. This unit allows for the

playing of files stored on the following:

• PCs running Microsoft Windows XP with Windows

Media Connect installed

DLNA CERTIFIED™ Audio Player

• PCs running Microsoft Windows Vista or XP with

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a cross-

Windows Media Player 11 installed

industry organization of consumer electronics,

• DLNA-compatible digital media servers (on PCs or

computing industry and mobile device companies.

other components)

Digital Living provides consumers with easy sharing of

To play back audio files stored on components on the

digital media through a wired or wireless network in the

network or listen to Internet radio stations, you must turn

home.

on the DHCP server function of your router. In case your

The DLNA certification logo makes it easy to find

router does not have the built-in DHCP server function, it

products that comply with the DLNA Interoperability

is necessary to set up the network manually. Otherwise,

Guidelines. This unit complies with DLNA Interoperability

you cannot play back audio files stored on components

Guidelines v1.0.

on the network or listen to Internet radio stations. See

When a PC running DLNA server software or other DLNA

Setting up the network on page 10 for more on this.

compatible device is connected to this player, some

setting changes of software or other devices may be

required. Please refer to the operating instructions for

About network playback

the software or device for more information.

The network playback function of this unit uses the

following technologies:

DLNA and DLNA CERTIFIED are trademarks and/or service marks of

Digital Living Network Alliance.

Windows Media Connect

Content playable over a network

See Windows Media Player 11/ Windows Media Connect

• Even when encoded in a compatible format, some

on page 17 for more on this.

files may not play correctly.

Windows Media DRM

• Movie and photo files cannot be played back.

Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management

• There are cases where you cannot listen to an

(WMDRM) is a platform to protect and securely deliver

Internet radio station even if the station can be

content for playback on computers, portable devices and

selected from a list of radio stations.

network devices. Home Media Gallery functions as a

• Some functions may not be supported depending on

WMDRM 10 for networked devices. WMDRM protected

the server type or version used.

content can only be played on media servers supporting

• Supported file formats vary by server. As such, files

WMDRM.

not supported by your server are not displayed on this

Content owners use WMDRM technology to protect their intellectual

unit. For more information check with the

property, including copyrights. This device uses WMDRM software to

manufacturer of your server.

access WMDRM protected content. If the WMDRM software fails to

protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the

software’s ability to use WMDRM to play or copy protected content.

Revocation does not affect unprotected content. When you download

licenses for protected content, you agree that Microsoft may include a

revocation list with the licenses. Content owners may require you to

upgrade WMDRM to access their content. If you decline an upgrade,

you will not be able to access content that requires the upgrade.

This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of

Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this

product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft.

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About playback behavior over a network

• Playback may stall when the PC is switched off or any

Playback

media files stored on it are deleted while playing

CD

CD-R

HDMI

content.

DVD TV

BD TV CTRL

TV VOL

INPUT

SELECT

TV CH

VOL

HOME MEDIA

• If there are problems within the network environment

DVR2

GALLERY

ZONE2/3

DVR1

i Pod

TUNER

RECEIVER

(heavy network traffic, etc.) content may not be

TV/DTV

REC

INFO

SLEEP

DIMMER

ANALOG

A

MUTE

displayed or played properly (playback may be

ATT

MPX

EON

REC STOP

JUKEBOX

BCDE

interrupted or stalled). For best performance, a

SR

+

GENRE

100BASE-TX connection between player and PC is

AUDIO SUBTITLE

HDD

DVD

DISP

CH

CH

recommended.

PHOTO

T.DISP

STEREO/

STATUSSTATUS

SIGNAL SEL

SBch

F.S.SURR

D.ACCESS

CLASS

CLEAR

DISC

• If several clients are playing simultaneously, as the

+

10

CH

ENTER

LEVEL

MULTI OPE

THX

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

case may be, playback is interrupted or stalled.

A PARAMETER

V PARAMETER

TOP MENU 

MENU T.EDIT

TUNE

SHIFT

PHASE

MCACC S.DIRECT

• Depending on the security software installed on a

BAND

ST ST

ENTER





connected PC and the setting of such software,

SETUPSETUP

RETURNRETURN

network connection may be blocked.

PROGRAM

TUNE

PTY SEARCH

GUIDE

TV CONTROL

RECEIVER

Pioneer is not responsible for any malfunction of the

player and/or the Home Media Gallery features due to

communication error/malfunctions associated with your

Important

network connection and/or your PC, or other connected

equipment. Please contact your PC manufacturer or

• For the names of folders, files, and Internet radio

Internet service provider.

stations, up to 21 characters are displayed on the

“Windows Media™” is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

folder/file list screen of the Home Media Gallery while

This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and

up to 24 characters are displayed on the playback

cannot be used or distributed without a license from Microsoft

screen.

Licensing, Inc.

• When you play back audio files, ‘Connecting...’ is

®

®

®

®

Microsoft

, Windows

Vista, Windows

XP, Windows

2000,

displayed before playback starts. The display may

®

®

®

Windows

Millennium Edition, Windows

98, and WindowsNT

are

continue for several seconds depending on the type

either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

of file.

the United States and/or other countries.

• In case a domain is configured in a Windows network

Authorizing this receiver

environment, you cannot access a PC on the network

while you are logged onto the domain. Instead of

In order to be able to play with Home Media Gallery, this

logging onto the domain, log onto the local machine.

receiver must be authorized. This happens automatically

when the receiver makes a connection over the network

• This receiver can play back audio files compressed in

to the PC. If not, please authorize this receiver manually

VBR (Variable Bit rate) mode, but there are cases

on the PC. The authorization (or permission) method for

where the time elapsed may not be correctly

access varies depending on the type of server currently

displayed.

being connected. For more information on authorizing

this receiver, refer to the instruction manual of your

server.

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1 Press

HOME MEDIA GALLERY

(press

iPod

while

4 Repeat Step 3 to play back the desired song.

you press and hold

SHIFT

) to select

HMG

as the input

You can perform the following operations with the remote

source.

control of this receiver. Note that some buttons are not

It may take several seconds for this receiver to access the

available for operation depending on the category currently

network. The following screen appears when the Home

being played back.

Media Gallery is selected as the input source.

Button(s) Function

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

Top Menu

 Play

Pre 001/009

[ USB ]

 Pause

[ Internet Radio ]

[ Neural Music Direct ]

[ Server1 ]

 Stop

[ Server2 ]

[ Server3 ]

[ Server4 ]

/ Skip forward and backward

[ Favorites ]

Next

: All repeat (available only

The server without the mark cannot be accessed.

during playback)

2Use

/

to select the category you want to play

1

: Repeat one song (available

only during playback)

back, and then press

ENTER

.

Shuffle

Select a category from the following list:

• USB – USB memory device

DISP Display

• Internet Radio – Internet radio

/ Scroll up and down

• Neural Music Direct – Internet radio that supports

ENTER Select and confirm an item in the

selected list.

Neural Surround



• Server Name – Server components on the network

RETURN Previous Menu

• Favorites – Favorite songs currently being registered



Depending on the selected category, the names of

TOP MENU Top Menu

folders, files, and Internet radio stations are displayed.

Playing back audio files stored on

3Use

/

to select the folder, music file or Internet

components on the network

radio station to play back, and then press

ENTER

.

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

select the desired item. When you press ENTER, playback

About the playback screen

starts with the playback screen being displayed for the

The following screen appears when you play back audio

selected item. To return to the list screen, press RETURN.

files. Note that some items may not be displayed

depending on the type of file.

• In case of a USB memory device or a server

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

Play

Server1

Play

Pre 001/012

[ Group1 ]

[ Group2 ]

We are all one

Song

[ Group3 ]

Song1

Beat Band

Artist

[ Group4 ]



Artist1

PRIDE of LIFE

Album

[ Group5 ]

Album1

[ Group6 ]

3:36

Time elapsed

[ File1 ]

3:36

[ Song0 ]

Return

Next Return

Return

• In case of Internet radio

Playing back audio files stored on a USB

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

memory device

Internet Radio

Play

Pre 001/006

[ Location ]

The maximum number of levels that you can select in

[ Genre ]

[ Podcasts By Location ]

Song1

Steps 3 and 4 is 8. Also, you can display and play back up

[ Podcasts By Genre ]



Artist1

[ New Stations ]

Album1

1

[ Most Popular Station ]

to 2000 folders and files within a single folder.

3:36

Return

Return

Only the audio files with the mark can be played back.

In case of the folders with the mark, use / and

ENTER to select the desired folder and audio file.

Note

1 • Playback stops when the last song in a folder is played back to the end.

• When a USB memory device with a large capacity is connected, it may take some time to read all the contents.

• This receiver does not support a USB hub.

• Copyrighted audio files cannot be played back on this receiver.

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Listening to Internet radio stations

Listening to Neural Music Direct

About Internet radio

About Neural Music Direct

Internet radio is an audio broadcasting service

Neural Music Direct is an Internet radio station managed

transmitted via the Internet. There are a large number of

and operated by Neural THX. Neural radio stations deliver

Internet radio stations broadcasting a variety of services

multichannel surround sound. The Neural-THX Surround

from every corner of the world. Some are hosted,

mode is automatically selected and lets you enjoy a rich

managed, and broadcast by private individuals while

multichannel surround sound experience. For details

others are by the corresponding traditional terrestrial

about Neural THX, see the operation manual supplied

radio stations or radio networks. Whereas terrestrial, or

separately.

OTA (over-the-air), radio stations are geographically

restricted on the range of radio waves broadcast from a

transmitter through the air, Internet radio stations are

accessible from anywhere in the world, as long as there

is a connection to the Internet, as services are not

Neural Surround is a trademark owned by Neural Audio Corporation,

THX is a trademark of THX Ltd., which may be registered in some

transmitted through the air but are delivered over the

jurisdictions. All rights reserved.

World Wide Web. On this receiver you can select Internet

radio stations by genre as well as by region.

Playing back your favorite songs

About the playback screen

About the Favorites folder

The following screen appears when audio streams from

You can register up to 20 of your favorite songs in the

an Internet radio station are received.

Favorites folder. Note that only the audio files stored on

Home Media G

-

55.0

dB

components on the network can be registered.

Play

We are all one

Song

Registering and deleting audio files and Internet

Beat Band

Artist

PRIDE of LIFE

Album

radio stations in and from the Favorites folder

3:36

Time elapsed

Press PROGRAM while a song is being played back or

Return

stopped. The selected song is then registered in the

Favorites folder.

About list of Internet radio

Up to 20 songs or Internet radio stations can be

The list of Internet radio stations on this receiver is

registered. Songs stored on a USB memory device

created, edited, and managed by the vTuner database

cannot be registered.

service exclusively for use with this receiver.

To delete a registered song, select the Favorites folder,

Saving and retrieving Internet radio stations

select the song you want to delete from the folder, and

You can easily save and retrieve saved Internet radio

press CLEAR. The selected song is then deleted from the

stations. See Advanced operations for Internet radio on

Favorites folder.

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page 9 for more on this.

Note

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.

• A list of Internet radio stations provided by the vTuner database service is subject to change or deletion without notice due to various reasons.

• 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.

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About playable file formats

The Home Media Gallery feature 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. Also, the compatibility of file formats varies depending

on the type of server. Check with your server to ensure the compatibility of file formats supported by your server.

Category Extension Stream

MP3 .mp3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Quantization bitrate 16 bit

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 8 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

LPCM — LPCM Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 44.1 kHz

Quantization bitrate 16 bit, 20 bit, 24 bit

Channel 2 ch

WAV .wav LPCM Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 44.1 kHz

Quantization bitrate 16 bit, 20 bit, 24 bit

Channel 2 ch

WMA .wma WMA2/7/8 Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Quantization bitrate 16 bit

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 5 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

WMA9 Sampling frequency 8 kHz to 48 kHz

Quantization bitrate 16 bit

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 5 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

AAC .m4a

MPEG-4 AAC LC

Sampling frequency 32 kHz to 48 kHz

.aac

MPEG-4 HE AAC (aacPlus v1/2)

Quantization bitrate 16 bit

.3gp

.3g2

Channel 2 ch

Bitrate 16 kbps to 320 kbps

VBR/CBR Supported/Supported

FLAC .flac FLAC Sampling frequency 8 kHz, 16 kHz, 22 kHz, 32 kHz,

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

Quantization bitrate 8 bit, 16 bit

Channel 2 ch (8-bit monaural audio is

not supported)

Bitrate —

VBR/CBR Not supported/Supported

“MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from

Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.”

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Retrieving saved Internet radio stations

Advanced operations for Internet radio

You need to save Internet radio stations first before

retrieving them. If there are no Internet radio stations

currently being saved, see Saving Internet radio stations

D.ACCESS

CLASS

CLEAR

DISC

above and save at least one Internet radio station before

+

10

CH

ENTER

LEVEL

proceeding with the following steps.

A PARAMETER

V PARAMETER

TOP MENU 

MENU T.EDIT

TUNE

1 Select the class that you want to retrieve an

BAND

ST ST

ENTER





SETUPSETUP

RETURNRETURN

Internet radio station from.

TUNE

Each time you press CLASS, the class switches to A, B,

PROGRAM

PTY SEARCH

GUIDE

TV CONTROL

and C in turn.

TV VOL

INPUT

SELECT

TV CH

VOL

2Use

/

to select the station number that you

want to retrieve.

You can also select the station number by using the

number buttons.

Saving Internet radio stations

This receiver can remember the Internet radio stations

‘Preset Not Stored’ appears when you select an Internet

that you often listen to in 3 classes (A, B, and C) with up

radio station currently not being saved.

to 10 stations in each class to make the total of 30

stations at its maximum capacity.

Before proceeding with the following steps, check

whether you have followed Steps 1 to 3 on page 6.

1 Tune into the Internet radio station that you want

to save.

Tune into the desired Internet radio station by following

Steps 1 to 3 on page 6.

2Press

T.EDIT

to switch to the station-saving mode.

3Press

CLASS

to select the class that you want to

save the station in.

Select the desired class from A, B, and C.

4Use

/

to select the number that you want to

save the station as, and then press

ENTER

.

You can also select the station number by using the

number buttons. Select the desired number from 0 to 9.

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