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Streaming Media via Your Home Network,  

Listening to Your iPod/iPhone/iPad and Listening to FM Radio,  

Before you can access files located on other devices via DLNa, each device must first 

give permission to share files with the BDs receiver. To give file sharing permission on a 

pC with windows Media player:

1.  Open windows Media player.
2.  Open the Library menu and select Media sharing.  The Media sharing window will 

appear.

3.  Check the “share My Media” box. an icon for the BDs receiver will appear in the 

window.

4.  select the BDs icon, select “allow,” then select “Ok.”

The computer’s wMa and Mp3 media should now be available to the BDs receiver. To 

share media on other types of computers, operating systems or media software, check 

the instructions for the computer, operating system or media player. 
To determine which of your network devices allow DLNa media sharing, simply scroll 

through the BDs receiver’s Home Menu and select DLNa; the various network devices 

will be listed below the main title. simply click on a device and if it allows file sharing, its 

file structure will be displayed, allowing you to find the available media. 
NOTe: your BDs receiver is compatible with Mp3 and wMa media; no other types of 

media can be played. 
Bluetooth connectivity lets you stream audio wirelessly from a device that has been 

paired with the BDs receiver.

 

• after you have paired the BDs receiver with a Bluetooth device, you can select 

“Bluetooth” as the active source from the Home Menu.

 

• If at any time you begin playing media on a paired Bluetooth device the audio stream 

will automatically break in (the OsD will display a “Bluetooth activated” message) 

and interrupt the source that is currently playing through the BDs receiver. 

with both of the above methods, the Bluetooth screen will appear on the OsD.

Bluetooth

Artist:Jugalbandi

Song:Uncle Sun

Album:Jugalbandi Classic

19:46/32:12

Press “Stop” to abort Bluetooth

Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control playback.
To terminate Bluetooth streaming and return to the previously playing source, press the 

remote’s stop button at any time while the Bluetooth screen is displayed.
Playing Media from YouTube. youTube is an Internet-based service that lets you share 

videos with friends, family and the world.
Displaying Media from Picasa. google’s picasa is a Cloud-based subscription service 

that lets you organize, edit and share your digital images via the Internet and view them 

on your TV. NOTe: Before you can view content from picasa you first must set up an 

account with the service.
Playing Music from Pandora. available only on BDs receivers sold in the United states, 

pandora is a free, personalized Internet radio service that lets you access a wide cross 

section of musical styles and tastes. NOTe: Before you can stream audio from pandora 

you first must set up an account with the service.

Use your apple cable (not supplied) to connect your iOs-compatible mobile device to 

the BDs receiver’s front-panel UsB port. The ipod icon will appear on the Home Menu. 

Highlight the “ipod” icon and press the Ok button. The BDs receiver’s on-screen display 

(OsD) will show ipod Now playing screen.

iPod

Please see the screen iOS devices of the operation.

VOL Up

VOL Down

Menu / Back

Control playback

Navigate menus

NOTe: The BDs receiver will not play video content stored on an ipod, iphone or ipad.
In addition to playing content from an iOs-compatible device, buttons on the receiver’s 

remote control will control a number of the ipod/iphone/ipad functions, as shown on the 

Now playing screen.
pressing the Home button will switch the OsD to the Home screen while you continue to 

hear the ipod/iphone/ipad content through your BDs receiver. pressing the Repeat button 

will cycle the connected device between Repeat song, Repeat all, Repeat Off.

press the Radio button on the remote control or, if the Home screen is displayed on 

the OsD, highlight “Radio” and press the Ok button. The Radio Now playing screen will 

appear on the OsD and the BDs receiver’s information display will show the currently 

tuned-in fM frequency; the bottom line of the display will show the RDs information for 

the currently tuned station (if available).

FM Radio

Scan to a higher frequency
Scan to a lower frequency
Tune to higher frequency
Tune to a lower frequency

Highlight the previous preset
Select the highlighted preset
Highlight the next preset

Save to the preset
Delete the current preset

In addition to playing the radio through the receiver, pressing the Radio button places the 

remote in the radio-control mode, as shown on the Now playing screen.
pressing the Home button will switch the OsD to the Home screen while the radio 

continues to be heard through the BDs receiver. To display the Radio Now playing screen 

again, press the Back button.

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Listening to Audio Sources, Listening to Media via AirPlay  

and Playing Files from USB Devices and Data Discs 

press the Aux button on the remote control. The receiver will switch to the audio input 

that was selected last. subsequent presses of the aux button will advance through the 

audio inputs in the following order: Coax In, Optical In 1, Optical In 2, Aux In 1, Aux In 2 

and HDMI ARC (audio Return Channel). The aux Input Now playing screen will appear on 

the TV or flat-panel display.

AUX allows you to listen to the audio of an external source
device that you have connected to the audio inputs of the BDS.
To toggle through the avaiable inputs press the  AUX button on
the remote repeatedly.

You can program the BDS remote to control external devices
when the AUX button is selected. For additional information on
programming the remote or learning individual button codes of
an external source remote control please refer to the Owners
Manual.

Press the ‘Options’ button and follow the front panel display if
you would like to adjust the Lip sync for this source.

 

COAX IN

In addition to playing the aux source through the receiver, pressing the aux button places 

the remote in the aux-control mode. If you programmed the remote to control an auxiliary 

component (either by entering in a code number or teaching commands to the remote), 

the remote will now operate according to that programming mode. (see Programming 

the Remote Control, on page 13.)
Lip sync delay: when playing an aux source, audio and video processing circuitry may 

create a slight delay between the picture and sound. pressing the Options button lets 

you adjust the audio delay to eliminate “lip sync” errors that may occur between the 

sound and picture in video programs with sound playing through one of the receiver’s 

rear-panel audio inputs. Use the Cursor Up/Down buttons to increase or decrease the 

audio delay until the perceived lip-sync errors disappear and the sound and picture are 

properly synchronized. The amount of audio delay is shown on the receiver’s front-panel 

Information display.

If you have connected a BDs 277 or BDs 577 receiver to a network router that has wi-

fi

®

 capability, you can wirelessly stream audio to it via airplay from compatible apple 

devices with iOs 4.2 or newer that are joined on the same network, and from computers 

that have iTunes 10.1 or newer that are joined on the same network. see Connect to 

Your Home Network, on page 12 for information about connecting to your network, and 

General Settings: Network, on page 17 for information about joining your network.
To initiate AirPlay streaming to the BDS receiver:

 

• To initiate airplay streaming from a computer with iTunes, launch iTunes, click on 

the airplay button that appears at the bottom of the computer’s iTunes window, and 

select “Hk BDs” in the pop-up list that appears.

HK BDS

AirPlay 

Button

Select 

“HK BDS” 

From Pop-Up List

 

• To initiate airplay streaming from an ipod, iphone or ipad device, tap the airplay 

button on the device’s screen and select “Hk BDs” in the speaker-selection list that 

appears.

The airplay audio stream will break in (the OsD will display an “airplay activated” 

message) and interrupt the source that is currently playing through the BDs receiver. The 

airplay screen will appear on the OsD.

AirPlay

Artist:Jugalbandi

Song:Previously Disenchanted

Album:Yellow Star Mailing List

8:22/14:57

Press “Stop” to abort AirPlay

Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control playback.
To terminate airplay streaming and return to the previously playing source, press the 

remote’s stop button at any time while the airplay screen is displayed.

your BDs receiver can play Mp3 (up to 320kbps bitrate) audio files, display Jpeg photos 

and show Mpeg 1 (layer 1), Mpeg 2 (layers 2 and 3), and Divx home theater profile audio/

video files stored on a UsB device or a CD/DVD data disc. 
IMPORTANT: Only media in the FAT32 file system are compatible with your BDS receiver. 
To access files on a device inserted into the receiver’s UsB port, press the Home button 

and select UsB from the source list on the screen.

Home Menu

USB

DLNA

Bluetooth

YouTube

Pandora

Picasa

Type: USB

Size: 123.062MB

FS: FAT32

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Regardless of the device’s file structure, the screen will first show three individual folders 

named “photo,” “Music,” “Video” and “aVCHD (high-definition video files from aVCHD 

camcorders).” select the type of media you want to play from these three folders.

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Type:Folder

USB

Photo

Music

Video

AVCHD

Options

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Playing Files from USB Devices and Data Discs

The screen will then show the device’s file structure. selecting a folder will show all files of 

the selected type of media in the folder. If there are files of the selected type in the device’s 

root directory, they will also be shown.
To move up one directory level, press the Cursor Left button or select the arrow.

In the top directory, select “photo.” select a folder containing photo files and highlight 

a photo file in the folder. a thumbnail of the highlighted photo will appear on the right of 

the screen.

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Type:JPG
Size:0.241M
Resolution:720x524

Sunset

Connie1

Connie2

Stadium

AB Stand 1

USB

USB

Options

Use these remote buttons while viewing photos:
Play button: press this button to begin a slide show that displays the photos in the 

current folder or directory level (starting with the highlighted Jpeg) for 15 seconds in the 

order they appear in the folder.
Pause button: press this button to freeze the current photo on the screen. press the play 

button to resume the slide show.
Stop button: press to end the slide show and return to the directory.
Next/Step and Previous/Step buttons: press these buttons to skip to the next or 

previous photo file in the slide show or directory.
Cursor Up button: pressing this button while a photo is displayed rotates the photo 180°. 

pressing this button while the directory list is displayed highlights the previous item in 

the directory.
Cursor Down button: pressing this button while a photo is displayed shows a mirror-

image reflection of the photo. pressing this button while the directory list is displayed 

highlights the next item in the directory.
Cursor Left button: pressing this button while a photo is displayed rotates the photo 90° 

counterclockwise. pressing this button while the directory list is displayed jumps to the 

next higher directory level.
Cursor Right button: pressing this button while a photo is displayed rotates the photo 

90° clockwise. 
Options button: pressing this button while a photo is displayed shows the Options menu, 

which gives you the following options:

 

• file: select a file to view.

 

• play Mode: View files in their normal order, in random order (until you press the stop 

button) or in shuffle order (displays each image in the folder one time in random 

order, then returns to the directory).

 

• slide show: select the amount of time you want each slide to be displayed: 5 

seconds, 15 seconds or 30 seconds.

 

• Transition: select from various types of image-to-image transitions.

pressing the Options button when a directory is displayed shows the playlist Options box. 

see Using Playlists, on page 27, for more information.

Thumbnail (Yellow) button: pressing this button while playing a slide show displays 

thumbnail images of all photos in the slide show. Use the Cursor and Ok buttons to 

highlight and select images to view.

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Previous

Move

Next

Zoom (Blue) button: pressing this button during a slide show freezes an image and 

zooms in 2x size. additional presses of the button change the zoom to 3x, 4x, 1/2x, 1/3x 

and 1/4x size.

In the top directory, select “Music.” select a folder containing music files and highlight 

a music file in the folder. Information about the highlighted file will appear on the right 

of the screen.

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Type:MP3
Total Time:03:29
Title:Beanwater Junction, Part 1
Artist:Jugalbandi
Album:Night Crazy

USB

Beanwater Part 1

Laydown Delivery

Madagascar Wombat

Night Crazy

The Lost Transit Center

Options

selecting a music file plays the file. If there are other music files in the folder that follow 

the selected file, the receiver will play them in the order they appear on the on-screen 

display. The following screen will appear while music files play: 

Type: 

MP3

Total Time: 

03:29

Title: 

Beanwater Junction, Part 1

Artist: Jugalbandi
Album: 

Night Crazy

00 : 02 : 37

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Playing Files from USB Devices and Data Discs  

and Using Playlists

If a selected Mp3 file has an album cover-art ID3 tag, the art will be displayed on the 

screen.
Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control music-file playback. see Remote 

Control Functions, on page 8, for more information about the functions of these buttons.
when the BDs receiver is playing music files from a UsB device or CD data disc, 

the Repeat and Options functions are slightly different from when they are playing  

Blu-ray Disc recordings, DVDs and music CDs:
Repeat button: pressing this button cycles through the following repeat modes:  

1 (song), all (folder), Off. The active repeat mode is indicated in the screen’s top bar.
Options button: pressing this button displays any available options for the song currently 

playing:

 

• file: select a song to play.

 

• Time: Display the track’s elapsed time or the track’s time remaining.

 

• play Mode: plays songs in their normal order, in random order (until you press the 

stop button) or in shuffle order (plays each song in the folder one time in random 

order, then returns to the directory).

 

• Bitrate: shows the bitrate of the song currently playing.

 

• advance: performs a rapid, audible search forward through the song.

 

• Replay: each press of the Ok button jumps back ten seconds during play.

 

• find: Lets you advance to a precise time in the track. 

while playing music files from a UsB device or data CD, you can also view photos that are 

on the same media. press the Home button while the music file is playing, navigate to a 

folder containing photo files, and select a photo file to begin a slide show.

In the top directory, select the folder labeled “Video,” or the folder labeled “aVCHD.” 

select a folder containing video files and highlight a video file in the active folder.

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Type:Folder

USB

Options

..

Dodgers Sweep Yanks in ‘63

Koufax’s Perfect Game

Gagne Saves 84th Game

Krik Gibson’s Homer

Bums Champs in 1955

The video will automatically play. If there are other video files in the folder, the BDs 

receiver will play each one in the order they appear on the on-screen menu.
Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control video file playback. see Remote 

Control Functions, on page 8, for more information about the functions of these buttons.
when the BDs receiver is playing video files from a UsB device or CD data disc, the 

Repeat and Options functions are slightly different from playing Blu-ray Disc recordings 

and DVDs:
Repeat button: pressing this button cycles through the following repeat modes:   

1 (current video), all (folder), Off. 
Options button: pressing this button displays any available options for the video that is 

currently playing file, Title, Chapter, Time, play Mode, audio, subtitle, Code page, Bitrate, 

advance, Replay, adjust Lip sync and find.

Because UsB devices and CD data discs can contain large numbers of playable files, 

you can create a playlist for each that will make it easier for you to access selected files.
To Create a Playlist:
NOTe: The procedure is the same for a CD data disc playlist and a UsB playlist.

1.  press the Home button. The Home menu will appear.
2.  select CD data disc or UsB. The photo, Music and Video folders will appear. 
3.  select the type of file you want to create the playlist for. you can create a playlist for 

each type of file.

4.  as you search through the directory structure, when you see a file you want to 

include in the playlist for that file type, highlight it and press the Options button. The 

playlist options box will appear.

5.  To add the item to the playlist, select “add to playlist.”
6.  Repeat steps 4 – 5 for all items you want to add to the playlist.

To create a playlist for a different file type, repeat steps 1 – 6, but in step 3, select a 

different file type.
To Play a Playlist:

1.  press the Home button. The Home menu will appear.
2.  select playlist. The photo/Music/Video screen will appear.
3.  select the file type of the playlist you want to play. The playlist will open.
4.  select the first item in the playlist and press the play button. The playlist will play.

To repeat the playlist, press the Repeat button. you can repeat one item (“1”) or the entire 

playlist (“all”).

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