Hey Joey,
I knew I could count on a good friend for quality advice!
Actually my receiver is the UK edition however the specs relating to audio are still the same. I did read that it does support AAC but when I doubled checked just now it is for audio files playback only…, d’oh!!!
Initially when I posted last night I didn’t use the search term ‘AAC’, instead I searched for ‘PCM’ which didn’t reveal any help.
I guess I can live with the PCM output, I have plenty of DSP settings which make it sound pretty sweet.
Cheers again matey! 
