Event electronic DEH-P8600MP User Manual

Operation Manual
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Multi-CD control DSP High power CD/MP3/WMA
player with FM/AM tuner

Syntoniseur FM/AM et lecteur de CD/MP3/WMA avec
DSP, Puissance élevée, avec contrôleur pour lecteur
de CD à chargeur

DEH-P8600MP

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Contents

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, keep this man-

ual in a safe place for future reference.

Before You Start

Information to User 6
For Canadian model 6
About this unit 6
About this manual 6
After-sales service for Pioneer products 6
Product registration 6
Precautions 7
Features 7
About WMA 7
Resetting the microprocessor 8
About the demo mode 8

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Reverse mode 8

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Feature demo 8

Use and care of the remote control 9

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Installing the battery 9

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Using the remote control 9

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FUNCTION button and AUDIO
button 9

About the XM READY mark 10

Whats What

Head unit 11
Remote control 11

Basic Operations

Turning the unit on 13
Selecting a source 13
Loading a disc 13
Adjusting the volume 14
Turning the unit off 14
Protecting your unit from theft 14

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Removing the front panel 14

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Attaching the front panel 15

Tuner

Listening to the radio 16
Introduction of advanced tuner

operation 17

Storing and recalling broadcast

frequencies 17
Tuning in strong signals 18
Storing the strongest broadcast

frequencies 18
Selecting stations from the preset channel

list 18

Built-in CD Player

Playing a CD 19
Selecting a track directly 19
Introduction of advanced built-in CD player

operation 20
Repeating play 20
Playing tracks in a random order 21
Scanning tracks of a CD 21
Pausing CD playback 21
Selecting the search method 21
Searching every 10 tracks in the current

disc 21
Using compression and BMX 22
Entering disc titles 22
Using CD TEXT functions 23

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Displaying titles on CD TEXT
discs 23

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Scrolling titles in the display 23

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Selecting tracks from the track title
list 23

MP3/WMA/WAV Player

Playing MP3/WMA/WAV 24
Selecting a track directly in the current

folder 25
Introduction of advanced built-in CD player

(MP3/WMA/WAV) operation 26
Repeating play 26
Playing tracks in a random order 27
Scanning folders and tracks 27
Pausing MP3/WMA/WAV playback 27

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Selecting the search method 27
Searching every 10 tracks in the current

folder 28
Switching the tag display 28
Using compression and BMX 28
Displaying text information on MP3/WMA/

WAV disc 29

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When playing back an MP3/WMA
disc 29

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When playing back a WAV disc 29
Scrolling text information in the display 29
Selecting tracks from the file name list 30

Multi-CD Player

Playing a CD 31
Selecting a track directly 31
50-disc multi-CD player 32
Introduction of advanced multi-CD player

operation 32
Repeating play 33
Playing tracks in a random order 33
Scanning CDs and tracks 33
Pausing CD playback 34
Using ITS playlists 34

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Creating a playlist with ITS
programming 34

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Playback from your ITS playlist 34

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Erasing a track from your ITS
playlist 35

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Erasing a CD from your ITS
playlist 35

Using disc title functions 35

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Entering disc titles 36

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Selecting discs from the disc title
list 36

Using CD TEXT functions 37

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Displaying titles on CD TEXT
discs 37

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Scrolling titles in the display 37

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Selecting tracks from the track title
list 37

Using compression and bass emphasis 38

XM tuner

Listening to the XM 39
Introduction of advanced XM tuner

operation 40
Switching the XM display 40
Storing and recalling broadcast stations 40
Swiching the XM channel select setting 40

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Selecting the channel in the channel

category 41
Selecting the XM channel directly 41
Display the ID code 41

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Channel number select setting 41

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Channel category select setting 41

TV tuner

Watching the TV tuner 42
Storing and recalling broadcast stations 42
Storing the strongest broadcast stations

sequentially 43

Selecting stations from the preset channel

list 43

DVD Player

Playing a disc 44
Selecting a disc 44
Introduction of advanced DVD player

operation 45
Repeating play 45
Pausing disc playback 46
Playing tracks in a random order 46
Scanning tracks of a CD 46
Using ITS playlists 46
Using disc title functions 46

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Entering disc titles 46

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Audio Adjustments

Adjusting the audio easily 47
Adjusting the audio finely 47
Extra functions 47
Introduction of audio adjustments 47
Using the position selector 48
Using balance adjustment 48
Using the time alignment 49

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Adjusting the time alignment 49

Using subwoofer output 50

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Adjusting subwoofer settings 50

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Adjusting low pass filter attenuation
slope 51

Using the high pass filter 51

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Muting the speaker units (filters) 51

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Setting the high pass filter for front
speakers 51

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Setting the high pass filter for rear

speakers 52
Using the auto-equalizer 52
Recalling equalizer curves 52
Adjusting equalizer curves 53
Adjusting 13-band graphic equalizer 53
Using BBE sound 54
Adjusting loudness 54
Using automatic sound levelizer 54
Adjusting source levels 55
Auto TA and EQ (auto-time alignment and

auto-equalizing) 55

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Before operating the auto TA and EQ

function 56

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Carrying out auto TA and EQ 56

Initial Settings

Adjusting initial settings 58
Setting the clock 58
Switching the auxiliary setting 58
Switching the dimmer setting 59
Adjusting the brightness 59

Correcting distorted sound 59
Switching the sound muting/attenuation 59
Switching the warning tone 60
Using the feature demo 60
Using reverse mode 60
Switching the font 60
Switching the Ever Scroll 60
Switching the flap auto open 61

Other Functions

Turning the clock display on or off 62
Using the AUX source 62

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Selecting AUX as the source 62

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Setting the AUX title 62
Using different entertainment displays 63
Using the PGM button 63
Rewriting the entertainment displays 63

Additional Information

Understanding built-in CD player error

messages 65

Understanding auto TA and EQ error

messages 65

Understanding error message on rewriting

the entertainment displays 65
CD player and care 66
CD-R/CD-RW discs 66
MP3, WMA and WAV files 67

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MP3 additional information 67

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WMA additional information 68

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WAV additional information 68
About folders and MP3/WMA/WAV files 68
Terms 70
Specifications 72

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musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your
equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer
Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One
that lets the sound come through loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion—and, most
importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing.

Sound can be deceiving. Over time your hearing “comfort level” adapts to higher volumes of
sound. So what sounds “normal” can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing. Guard against
this by setting your equipment at a safe level BEFORE your hearing adapts.

To establish a safe level:

• Start your volume control at a low setting.

• Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it comfortably and clearly, and without distortion.

Once you have established a comfortable sound level:

• Set the dial and leave it there.

Taking a minute to do this now will help to prevent hearing damage or loss in the future. After
all, we want you listening for a lifetime.

We Want You Listening For A Lifetime

Used wisely, your new sound equipment will provide a lifetime of fun and enjoyment. Since
hearing damage from loud noise is often undetectable until it is too late, this manufacturer and the
Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group recommend you avoid prolonged
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osure to excessive noise. This list of sound levels is included for yourprotection

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Quietlibrary, soft whisper

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60 Air conditioner at 20 feet, sewing machine
70 Vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, noisy restaurant
80 Average city traffic, garbage disposals, alarm clock at two feet

THE FOLLOWING NOISES CAN BE DANGEROUS UNDER CONSTANT EXPOSURE

90 Subway, motorcycle, truck traffic, lawn mower
100 Garbage truck, chain saw, pneumatic drill
120 Rock band concert in front of speakers, thunderclap
140 Gunshot blast, jet plane
180 Rocket launching pad

Information courtesy of the Deafness Research Foundation.

iving room, refrigerator, bedroom away from traffi

ht traffic, normal conversation, quiet office

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Before You Start

Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out without
appropriate authorization may invalidate the
users right to operate the equipment.

For Canadian model

This Class B digital apparatus complies with
Canadian ICES-003.

About this unit

The tuner frequencies on this unit are allo­cated for use in North America. Use in other
areas may result in poor reception.

Important (Serial number)

The serial number is located on the bottom of
this unit. For your own security and convenience,
be sure to record this number on the enclosed
warranty card.

About this manual

This unit features a number of sophisticated
functions ensuring superior reception and op­eration. All the functions have been designed
for the easiest possible use, but many are not
self-explanatory. This operation manual will
help you benefit fully from this units potential
and to maximize your listening enjoyment.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself
with the functions and their operation by read­ing through the manual before you begin
using this unit. It is especially important that
you read and observe precautions noted on
the next page and in other sections.

After-sales service for
Pioneer products

Please contact the dealer or distributor from
where you purchased this unit for after-sales
service (including warranty conditions) or any
other information. In case the necessary infor­mation is not available, please contact the
companies listed below:
Please do not ship your unit to the companies
at the addresses listed below for repair without
advance contact.

U.S.A.

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT DIVISION
P.O. Box 1760
Long Beach, CA 90801-1760
800-421-1404

CANADA

Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEPARTMENT
300 Allstate Parkway
Markham, Ontario L3R OP2
[phone]
1-877-283-5901

For warranty information please see the Lim­ited Warranty sheet included with this unit.

Product registration

Visit us at the following site:

1 Register your product. We will keep the details

of your purchase on file to help you refer to
this information in the event of an insurance
claim such as loss or theft.

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2 Receive updates on the latest products and

technologies.

3 Download owners manuals, order product

catalogues, research new products, and
much more.

Precautions

WARNING:

Handling the cord on this product or cords asso­ciated with accessories sold with the product will
expose you to lead, a chemical known to the
State of California and other governmental enti­ties to cause cancer and birth defects or other re­productive harm. Wash hands after handling.

CAUTION:
USE OF CONTROL OR ADJUSTMENT OR
PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES
OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN
MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION
EXPOSURE.

CAUTION:
THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE
EYE HAZARD.

MP3 file playback

You can play back MP3 files recorded on CD­ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2
standard recordings).
! Supply of this product only conveys a li-

cense for private, non-commercial use and
does not convey a license nor imply any
right to use this product in any commercial
(i.e. revenue-generating) real time broad­casting (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or
any other media), broadcasting/streaming
via internet, intranets and/or other net­works or in other electronic content distri­bution systems, such as pay-audio or
audio-on-demand applications. An inde­pendent license for such use is required.
For details, please visit
http://www.mp3licensing.com.

WMA file playback

You can play back WMA files recorded on CD­ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2
standard recordings).

WAV file playback

You can play back WAV files recorded on CD­ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (Linear PCM (LPCM)/MS
ADPCM recordings).

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! Keep this manual handy as a reference for

operating procedures and precautions.

! Always keep the volume low enough so

that you can hear sounds from outside the
car.

! Protect this unit from moisture.
! If the battery is disconnected or dis-

charged, the preset memory will be erased
and must be reprogrammed.

Features

CD playback

Music CD/CD-R/CD-RW playback is possible.

About WMA

The Windows Media" logo printed on the box
indicates that this unit can play back WMA
data.

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WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and
refers to an audio compression technology
that is developed by Microsoft Corporation.
WMA data can be encoded by using Windows
Media Player version 7 or later.
Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows
logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

Notes

! With some applications used to encode WMA

files, this unit may not operate correctly.

! With some applications used to encode WMA

files, album names and other text information
may not be correctly displayed.

Resetting the microprocessor

The microprocessor must be reset under the
following conditions:
! Prior to using this unit for the first time

after installation

! If the unit fails to operate properly
! When strange or incorrect messages ap-

pear on the display

% Press RESET with a pen tip or other
pointed instrument.

About the demo mode

This unit features two demonstration modes.
One is the reverse mode, the other is the fea­ture demo mode.

Important

The red lead (ACC) of this unit should be con­nected to a terminal coupled with ignition switch
on/off operations. If this is not done, the vehicle
battery may be drained.

Reverse mode

If you do not perform an operation within
about 30 seconds, screen indications start to
reverse, and then continue reversing every 10
seconds. Pressing button 5 when power to
this unit is turned off while the ignition switch
is set to ACC or ON cancels the reverse mode.
Press button 5 again to start the reverse
mode.
! Some entertainment displays may not oper-

ate the reverse mode.

Feature demo

The feature demo automatically starts when
power to this unit is turned off while the igni­tion switch is set to ACC or ON. Pressing but­ton 6 during feature demo operation cancels
the feature demo mode. Press button 6 again
to start the feature mode. Remember that if
the feature demo continues operating when
the car engine is turned off, it may drain bat­tery power.

RESET button

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Use and care of the remote
control

Installing the battery

Slide the tray out on the back of the remote
control and insert the battery with the plus (+)
and minus () poles pointing in the proper di­rection.
! When using for the first time, pull out the

film protruding from the tray.

WARNING

Keep the battery out of the reach of children.
Should the battery be swallowed, immediately
consult a doctor.

CAUTION

! Use only one CR2025 (3 V) lithium battery.
! Remove the battery if the remote control is not

used for a month or longer.

! Do not recharge, disassemble, heat or dispose

of the battery in fire.

! Do not handle the battery with metallic tools.
! Do not store the battery with metallic materi-

als.

! In the event of battery leakage, wipe the re-

mote control completely clean and install a
new battery.

! When disposing of used batteries, please

comply with governmental regulations or en­vironmental public institutions rules that
apply in your country/area.

Using the remote control

Point the remote control in the direction of the
front panel to operate.

! The remote control may not function prop-

erly in direct sunlight.

Important

! Do not store the remote control in high tem-

peratures or direct sunlight.

! Do not let the remote control fall onto the

floor, where it may become jammed under the
brake or accelerator pedal.

FUNCTION button and AUDIO button

You can also select the desired mode by
FUNCTION button and AUDIO button on the
remote control. But operation of FUNCTION
button and AUDIO button on the remote con­trol differs from the operation of
MULTI-CONTROL on the head unit. When op­erating the remote control, switch through the
modes as described below to select the mode.

FUNCTION button operation

% Press FUNCTION to select the desired
mode (e.g., built-in CD player).

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be­tween the following modes:

PLAY MODERANDOMSCANPAUSE
SEARCH MODETAG READCOMP/BMX
DISC TITLE

Note

Refer to Introduction of advanced built-in CD
player operation on page 20.

AUDIO button operation

% Press AUDIO to select the desired
mode.

Press AUDIO repeatedly to switch between
the following modes:

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FAD/BALPOSITA 1 TA 2LOUD
G.EQ 1G.EQ 2SW 1SW 2SW 3
F-HPF 1F-HPF 2R-HPF 1R-HPF 2BBE
AUTO-EQASLSLA

Note

Refer to Introduction of audio adjustments on
page 47.

About the XM READY mark

The XM READY mark printed on the front
panel indicates that the Pioneer XM tuner
(sold separately) can be controlled by this unit.
Please inquire to your dealer or nearest
authorized Pioneer service station regarding
the XM tuner that can be connected to this
unit. For XM tuner operation, please refer to
the XM tuner owners manual.

Notes

! XM Satellite Radio is developing a new band

of radio in the U.S.A.

The system will use direct satellite-to-receiver
broadcasting technology to provide listeners
in their cars and at home with crystal-clear
sound seamlessly from coast to coast. XM will
create and package up to 100 channels of di­gital-quality music, news, sports, talk and chil­drens programming.

! The XM name and related logos are trade-

marks of XM Satellite Radio Inc.

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Head unit

1 EJECT button

Press to eject a CD from your built-in CD

player.

Press and hold to open or close the front

panel.

2 SOURCE button, VOLUME

This unit is turned on by selecting a source.

Press to cycle through all the available

sources.

Rotate it to increase or decrease the vo-

lume.

3 RESET button

Press to return to the factory settings (initial

settings).

4 MULTI-CONTROL

Push up, down, left or right to do manual

seek tuning, fast forward, reverse and track

search controls. Also used for controlling

functions.

5 CLOCK button

Press to change to the clock display.

6 BAND/ESC button

Press to select among three FM bands and
one AM band and to cancel the control
mode of functions.

7 DISPLAY button

Press to select different displays.

8 16 buttons

Press for preset tuning and disc number
search when using a multi-CD player.

9 EQ button

Press to select various equalizer curves.

Remote control

Operation is the same as when using the but­tons on the head unit.

a VOLUME buttons

Press to increase or decrease the volume.

b AUDIO button

Press to select various sound quality con­trols.

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c FUNCTION button

Press to select functions.

i ATT button

Press to quickly lower the volume level, by
about 90%. Press once more to return to the
original volume level.

j CD button

Press to select the built-in or multi-CD
player as the source.

k PGM button

Press to operate the preprogrammed func­tions for each source. (Refer to Using the
PGM button on page 63.)

d Joystick

Move to do manual seek tuning, fast for­ward, reverse and track search controls.
Also used for controlling functions.
! You can perform same operation as

MULTI-CONTROL on the head unit, ex­cept the turning operation.

e DIRECT button

Press to directly select the desired track.

f CLEAR button

Press to cancel the input number when 09
are used.

g 09 buttons

Press to directly select the desired track,
preset tuning or disc. Buttons 16 can oper­ate the preset tuning for the tuner or disc
number search for the multi-CD player.

h TUNER button

Press to select the tuner as the source.

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Turning the unit on

% Press SOURCE to turn the unit on.

When you select a source the unit is turned
on.

Selecting a source

You can select a source you want to listen to.
To switch to the built-in CD player, load a disc
in the unit (refer to this page).

% When using the head unit, press
SOURCE to select a source.

Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between
the following sources:

XM tunerTunerTelevisionDVD
player/Multi-DVD playerBuilt-in CD
playerMulti-CD playerExternal unit 1
External unit 2AUX

% When using the remote control, press
TUNER or CD to select a source.

Press each button repeatedly to switch be­tween the following sources:

TUNER: XM tunerTunerTelevision
Sources off
CD: DVD player/Multi-DVD playerBuilt-
in CD playerMulti-CD playerSources
off

 When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off

(refer to page 58).

! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such

as one available in the future) that, although
incompatible as a source, enables control of
basic functions by this unit. Two external units
can be controlled by this unit. When two exter­nal units are connected, the allocation of
them to external unit 1 or external unit 2 is
automatically set by this unit.

! When this units blue/white lead is connected

to the cars auto-antenna relay control term­inal, the cars antenna extends when this
units source is turned on. To retract the an­tenna, turn the source off.

Loading a disc

1 Press EJECT to open the front panel.

CD loading slot appears.

# After a CD has been inserted, press SOURCE
to select the built-in CD player.

2 Insert a CD into the CD loading slot.

Front panel is closed automatically, and play­back will start.

CD loading slot

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Notes

! In the following cases, the sound source will

not change:
 When there is no unit corresponding to the

selected source connected to this unit.

 When there is no disc in the unit.
 When there is no disc in the DVD player.
 When there is no magazine in the multi-

CD player.

 When there is no magazine in the multi-

DVD player.

# You can eject a CD by pressing EJECT.

Notes

! The built-in CD player plays one, standard, 12-

cm or 8-cm (single) CD at a time. Do not use
an adapter when playing 8-cm CDs.

! Do not insert anything other than a CD into

the CD loading slot.

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Basic Operations

! If you cannot insert a disc completely or if

after you insert a disc the disc does not play,
check that the label side of the disc is up.
Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the
disc for damage before inserting it again.

! You can eject the CD by pressing and holding

EJECT with opening the front panel when the
CD loading or ejecting cannot operate prop­erly.

! If the built-in CD player does not operate prop-

erly, an error message such as ERROR-11
may be displayed. Refer to Understanding
built-in CD player error messages on page

65.

Adjusting the volume

% Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

With the head unit, rotate VOLUME to in­crease or decrease the volume. With the remote control, press VOLUME to in­crease or decrease the volume.

Turning the unit off

% Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

! You can turn off the warning tone. See

Switching the warning tone on page 60.

! You can turn off the flap auto open. See

Switching the flap auto open on page 61.

Important

! Never use force or grip the display and the

buttons too tightly when removing or attach­ing.

! Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive

shocks.

! Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and

high temperatures.

! A few seconds after turning the ignition

switch to on or off, the front panel automati­cally moves. When this happens, your fingers
may become jammed in the panel, so keep
your hands away from it.

! When removing the front panel, be sure to

hold the corrugated release button on the rear
of the front panel while pulling.

Removing the front panel

1 Press and hold EJECT to open the front
panel.

Protecting your unit from
theft

The front panel can be detached from the
head unit and stored in the protective case
provided to discourage theft.
! If the front panel is not detached from the

head unit within five seconds of turning off
the ignition, a warning tone will sound and
the front panel will open.

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2 Slide and remove the front panel to­ward you.

Take care not to grip it too tightly or to drop it.

Basic Operations

Release button

3 Put the front panel into the protective
case provided for safe keeping.

Attaching the front panel

1 Make sure the inner cover is closed.

2 Replace the front panel by clipping it
into place.

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Tuner

Listening to the radio

These are the basic steps necessary to operate
the radio. More advanced tuner operation is
explained starting on the next page.

1 LOC indicator

Shows when local seek tuning is on.

2 Stereo (5) indicator

Shows that the frequency selected is being
broadcast in stereo.

3 Preset number indicator

Shows which preset has been selected.

4 Band indicator

Shows which band the radio is tuned to, AM
or FM.

4 To perform seek tuning, push and hold
MULTI-CONTROL left or right for about one
second and release.

The tuner will scan the frequencies until a
broadcast strong enough for good reception is
found.

# You can cancel seek tuning by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.
# If you push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right you can skip stations. Seek tuning starts as
soon as you release MULTI-CONTROL.

5 Frequency indicator

Shows to which frequency the tuner is
tuned.

1 Press SOURCE to select the tuner.
Press SOURCE until you see Tuner displayed.

2 Press BAND/ESC to select a band.

Press BAND/ESC until the desired band is dis­played, FM1, FM2, FM3 for FM or AM.

3 To perform manual tuning, push
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

The frequencies move up or down step by
step.

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Introduction of advanced
tuner operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in

highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name appears on the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:
BSM (best stations memory)LOCAL (local
seek tuning)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.
# To return to the frequency display, press
BAND/ESC.

Note

If you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the frequency display.

Storing and recalling
broadcast frequencies

If you press any of the preset tuning buttons
16 you can easily store up to six broadcast
frequencies for later recall with the touch of a
button.

% When you find a frequency that you
want to store in memory press one of pre­set tuning buttons 16 and hold until the
preset number stops flashing.

The number you have pressed will flash in the
preset number indicator and then remain lit.
The selected radio station frequency has been
stored in memory.
The next time you press the same preset tun­ing button the radio station frequency is re­called from memory.

Notes

! Up to 18 FM stations, six for each of the three

FM bands, and six AM stations can be stored
in memory.

! You can also recall radio station frequencies

assigned to preset tuning buttons 16 by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

! You can also store the radio station frequency

in memory by using the preset channel list.
(Refer to Selecting stations from the preset
channel list on the next page.)

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Tuning in strong signals

Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those
radio stations with sufficiently strong signals
for good reception.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select LOCAL.
The function name tag LOCAL is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn local
seek tuning on.

Local seek sensitivity (e.g., Local 2) appears in
the display.

# To turn local seek tuning off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
set the sensitivity.

There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and
two levels for AM:
FM: Local 1Local 2Local 3Local 4
AM: Local 1Local 2
The Local 4 setting allows reception of only
the strongest stations, while lower settings let
you receive progressively weaker stations.

Storing the strongest
broadcast frequencies

BSM (best stations memory) lets you automa­tically store the six strongest broadcast fre­quencies under preset tuning buttons 16 and
once stored there you can tune in to those fre­quencies with the touch of a button.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select BSM.
The function name tag BSM is highlighted.

16 in the order of their signal strength. When

finished, the preset channel list appears.

# To cancel the storage process, press

MULTI-CONTROL.

3 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired station.

Turn to change the station; press to select.

# You can also change the station by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

Note

Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may re­place broadcast frequencies you have saved
using buttons 16.

Selecting stations from the
preset channel list

The preset channel list lets you see the list of
preset stations and select one of them to re­ceive.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
preset channel list mode.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired station.

Turn to change the station; press to select.

# You can also change the station by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To store the currently received frequency in
memory, press and hold MULTI-CONTROL until
the selected preset number stops flashing.
# To return to the frequency display, press

BAND/ESC.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn BSM on.
Searching begins to flash. While Searching is

flashing the six strongest broadcast frequen­cies will be stored under preset tuning buttons

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Playing a CD

These are the basic steps necessary to play a
CD with your built-in CD player. More ad­vanced CD operation is explained starting on
the next page.

1 Play time indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-

rent track.

2 Track number indicator

Shows the track currently playing.

3 Disc title indicator

Shows the title of the currently playing disc.

! If no title has been entered for the cur-

rently playing disc, nothing is displayed.

1 Press SOURCE to select the built-in CD
player.

Press SOURCE until you see Compact Disc
displayed.

# If no disc is loaded in the unit, you cannot se­lect Compact Disc (built-in CD player). Insert a
disc in the unit. (Refer to page 13.)

3 To skip back or forward to another
track, push MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

Pushing MULTI-CONTROL right skips to the
start of the next track. Pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left once skips to the start
of the current track. Pushing again will skip to
the previous track.

Note

When a disc is inserted, the disc and track titles
automatically begin to scroll in the display. When
Ever Scroll is set to ON at the initial setting, the
disc and track titles scroll continuously. About
Ever Scroll, refer to Switching the Ever Scroll on
page 60.

Selecting a track directly

When using the remote control, you can select
a track directly by entering the desired track
number.

1 Press DIRECT.

Track number input display appears.

2 Press 09 buttons to enter the desired
track number.

# You can cancel the input number by pressing

CLEAR.

3 Press DIRECT.

The track of entered number will play.

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2 To perform fast forward or reverse,
push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right.

# If you select ROUGH, pushing and holding
MULTI-CONTROL left or right enables you to

search every 10 tracks in the current disc. (Refer
to Selecting the search method on page 21.)

Note

After entering the number input mode, if you do
not perform an operation within about eight sec­onds, the mode is automatically canceled.

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Introduction of advanced
built-in CD player operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in
highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name appears on the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:
PLAY MODE (repeat play)RANDOM (ran­dom play)SCAN (scan play)PAUSE
(pause)SEARCH MODE (search method)
TAG READ (tag display)COMP/BMX
(compression and BMX)DISC TITLE (disc
title input)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.

# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

Notes

! When playing audio data (CD-DA), tag display

is not effective even if you turn TAG READ
(tag display) on. (Refer to page 28.)

! When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot

switch to DISC TITLE. The disc title will have
already been recorded on a CD TEXT disc.

! If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically re­turned to the playback display.

Repeating play

Repeat play lets you hear the same track over
again.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
PLAY MODE.

The function name tag PLAY MODE is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn repeat
play on.
Repeat mode :ON appears in the display. The

track currently playing will play to the end and
then repeat.

# To turn repeat play off, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.

Note

If you perform track search or fast forward/re­verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.

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Playing tracks in a random
order

Random play lets you play back tracks on the
CD in a random order.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
RANDOM.

The function name tag RANDOM is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn random
play on.
Random mode :ON appears in the display.

Tracks will play in a random order.

# To turn random play off, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.

Scanning tracks of a CD

Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of
each track on the CD.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SCAN. The function name tag SCAN is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play
on.
Scan mode :ON appears in the display. The

first 10 seconds of each track is played.

3 When you find the desired track press
MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play off.
Scan mode :OFF appears in the display. The

track will continue to play.

# If the display has automatically returned to
the playback display, select SCAN again by using
MULTI-CONTROL.

Note

After scanning of a CD is finished, normal play­back of the tracks will begin again.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select PAUSE. The function name tag PAUSE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn pause
on.
Pause :ON appears in the display. Play of the

current track pauses.

# To turn pause off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Selecting the search method

You can switch the search method between
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10
tracks.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
SEARCH MODE.

The function name tag SEARCH MODE is
highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the
search method.

Press MULTI-CONTROL until the desired
search method appears in the display.

! FF/REV  Fast forward and reverse ! ROUGH  Searching every 10 tracks

Searching every 10 tracks in
the current disc

If a disc contains over 10 tracks, you can
search every 10 tracks. When a disc contains
a lot of tracks, you can roughly search for the
track you want to play.

1 Select the search method ROUGH.

Refer to Selecting the search method on this
page.

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Pausing CD playback

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the CD.

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2 Push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right to search every 10 tracks on a disc.

# If a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pushing
and holding MULTI-CONTROL right recalls the
last track of the disc. Also, if the remaining num­ber of tracks after searching every 10 tracks is
less than 10, pushing and holding
MULTI-CONTROL right recalls the last track of
the disc.
# If a disc contains less than 10 tracks, pushing
and holding MULTI-CONTROL left recalls the first
track of the disc. Also, if the remaining number of
tracks after searching every 10 tracks is less than
10, pushing and holding MULTI-CONTROL left re­calls the first track of the disc.

Using compression and BMX

Using the COMP (compression) and BMX
functions let you adjust the sound playback
quality of the CD player. Each of the functions
have a two-step adjustment. The COMP func­tion balances the output of louder and softer
sounds at higher volumes. BMX controls
sound reverberations to give playback a fuller
sound. Listen to each of the effects as you se­lect through them and use the one that best
enhances the playback of the track or CD that
you are listening to.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
COMP/BMX.

The function name tag COMP/BMX is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select your fa­vorite setting.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly to switch
between the following settings:

OFFCOMP 1COMP 2OFFBMX 1
BMX 2

Entering disc titles

You can input CD titles and display the title.
The next time you insert a CD for which you

have entered a title, the title of that CD will be
displayed.
Use the disc title input feature to store up to
48 CD titles in the unit. Each title can be up to
10 characters long.
! When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot

switch to DISC TITLE. The disc title will
have already been recorded on a CD TEXT
disc.

1 Play the CD that you want to enter a
title for.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
DISC TITLE.

The function name tag DISC TITLE is high­lighted.

3 Press button 1 to select the desired
character type.

Press button 1 repeatedly to switch between
the following character types:
Alphabet (upper case), numbers and symbols
Alphabet (lower case)European letters,
such as those with accents (e.g., á, à, ä, ç)

# You can select to input numbers and symbols
by pressing button 2.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select a letter of the alphabet.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up will dis­play a letter of the alphabet in A B C ... X Y Z,
numbers and symbols in 1 2 3 ... @ # < order.
Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL down will dis­play a letter in the reverse order, such as ZYX

... C B A.

5 Push MULTI-CONTROL right to move
the cursor to the next character position.

When the letter you want is displayed, push
MULTI-CONTROL right to move the cursor to
the next position and then select the next let­ter. Push MULTI-CONTROL left to move back­wards in the display.

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6 Move the cursor to the last position by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL right after enter­ing the title.

When you push MULTI-CONTROL right one
more time, the entered title is stored in mem­ory.

7 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

Notes

! Titles remain in memory, even after the disc

has been removed from the unit, and are re­called when the disc is reinserted.

! After data for 48 discs has been stored in

memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the
oldest one.

! If you connect a multi-CD player, you can

input disc titles for up to 100 discs.

! When a multi-CD player that does not support

disc title functions is connected, you cannot
enter disc titles in this unit.

Using CD TEXT functions

Some discs have certain information encoded
on the disc during manufacture. These discs
may contain such information as the CD title,
track title, artists name and playback time
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe­cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the
functions listed below.

Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs

% Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:

: track title : disc title and : disc artist

name



track artist name and

# If specific information has not been recorded
on a CD TEXT disc, title or name is not displayed.

: disc artist name and : track title

: track title and : track artist name :

: track title

Scrolling titles in the display

This unit can display the first 14 (22) letters of
disc title, disc artist name, track title and track
artist name. When the text information is long­er than 14 (22) letters, you can scroll the dis­play as follows.

% Press DISPLAY and hold until the title
begins to scroll through the display.

The titles scroll.

Note

When Ever Scroll is set to ON at the initial setting,
CD text information scrolls continuously in the
display. If you want to display the first 14 (22)
characters of text information temporarily and
scroll from the beginning, press and hold

DISPLAY. About Ever Scroll, refer to Switching
the Ever Scroll on page 60.

Selecting tracks from the track title list

Track title list lets you see the list of track titles
on a CD TEXT disc and select one of them to
play back.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
track title list mode.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired track title.

Turn to change the track title; press to play.

# You can also change the track title by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

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Playing MP3/WMA/WAV

These are the basic steps necessary to play an
MP3/WMA/WAV with your built-in CD player.
More advanced MP3/WMA/WAV operation is
explained starting on page 26.

1 Play time indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur­rent track (file).

2 Folder number indicator

Shows the number of folder currently play­ing.

3 Track number indicator

Shows the track (file) currently playing.

4 File name indicator

Shows the name of file currently playing.

5 MP3/WMA/WAV indicator

Shows the type of file currently playing.

1 Press SOURCE to select the built-in CD
player.

Press SOURCE until you see Compact Disc
displayed.

# If no disc is loaded in the unit, you cannot se­lect Compact Disc (built-in CD player). Insert a
disc in the unit. (Refer to page 13.)

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select a folder.

# You cannot select a folder that does not have
an MP3/WMA/WAV file recorded in it.

# To return to folder 01 (ROOT), press and hold
BAND/ESC. However, if folder 01 (ROOT) contains
no files, playback commences with folder 02.

3 To perform fast forward or reverse,
push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right.

# This is fast forward and reverse operation only
for the file being played. This operation is can­celed when the previous or next file is reached.

# If you select ROUGH, pushing and holding
MULTI-CONTROL left or right enables you to

search every 10 tracks in the current folder. (Refer
to Selecting the search method on page 27.)

4 To skip back or forward to another
track, push MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

Pushing MULTI-CONTROL right skips to the
start of the next track. Pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left once skips to the start
of the current track. Pushing again will skip to
the previous track.

Notes

! When playing discs with MP3/WMA/WAV files

and audio data (CD-DA) such as CD-EXTRA
and MIXED-MODE CDs, both types can be
played only by switching mode between MP3/
WMA/WAV and CD-DA with BAND/ESC.

! If you have switched between playback of

MP3/WMA/WAV files and audio data (CD-DA),
playback starts at the first track on the disc.

! The built-in CD player can play back an MP3/

WMA/WAV file recorded on CD-ROM. (Refer
to page 67 for files that can be played back.)

! There is sometimes a delay between starting

up CD playback and the sound being issued.
When being read in, Format read is dis­played.

! Playback is carried out in order of file number.

Folders are skipped if they contain no files. (If
folder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playback
commences with folder 02.)

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! When playing back files recorded as VBR

(variable bit rate) files, the play time will not be
correctly displayed if fast forward or reverse
operations are used.

! If the inserted disc contains no files that can

be played back, No audio is displayed.

! If the inserted disc contains WMA files that

are protected by digital rights management
(DRM) , Track skipped is displayed while the
protected file is skipped.

! If all the files on the inserted disc are secured

by DRM, Protect is displayed.

! There is no sound on fast forward or reverse.
! When an MP3/WMA/WAV disc is inserted,

folder name and file name automatically
begin to scroll in the display. When Ever Scroll
is set to ON at the initial setting, folder and file
name scroll continuously. About Ever Scroll,
refer to Switching the Ever Scroll on page

60.

Selecting a track directly in
the current folder

When using the remote control, you can select
a track directly by entering the desired track
number.

Note

After entering the number input mode, if you do
not perform an operation within about eight sec­onds, the mode is automatically canceled.

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1 Press DIRECT.

Track number input display appears.

2 Press 09 buttons to enter the desired
track number.

# You can cancel the input number by pressing

CLEAR.

3 Press DIRECT.

The track of entered number will play.

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Introduction of advanced
built-in CD player (MP3/
WMA/WAV) operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in
highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name appears on the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:
PLAY MODE (repeat play)RANDOM (ran­dom play)SCAN (scan play)PAUSE
(pause)SEARCH MODE (search method)
TAG READ (tag display)COMP/BMX
(compression and BMX)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.

# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

Note

If you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the playback display.

Repeating play

For MP3/WMA/WAV playback, there are three
repeat play ranges: Folder (folder repeat),
Track (one-track repeat) and Disc (repeat all
tracks).

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
PLAY MODE.

The function name tag PLAY MODE is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the re­peat range.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly until the
desired repeat range appears in the display.

! Folder  Repeat the current folder
! Track  Repeat just the current track
! Disc  Repeat all tracks

Notes

! If you select another folder during repeat play,

the repeat play range changes to Disc.

! If you perform track search or fast forward/re-

verse during Track, the repeat play range
changes to Folder.

! When Folder is selected, it is not possible to

play back a subfolder of that folder.

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Playing tracks in a random
order

Random play lets you play back tracks in a
random order within the repeat range, Folder
and Disc.

1 Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on the previous page.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
RANDOM.

The function name tag RANDOM is high­lighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn random
play on.
Random mode :ON appears in the display.

Tracks will play in a random order within the
previously selected Folder or Disc ranges.

# To turn random play off, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.

Scanning folders and tracks

While you are using Folder, the beginning of
each track in the selected folder plays for
about 10 seconds. When you are using Disc,
the beginning of the first track of each folder
is played for about 10 seconds.

4 When you find the desired track (or
folder) press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan
play off.
Scan mode :OFF appears in the display. The

track (or folder) will continue to play.

# If the display has automatically returned to
the playback display, select SCAN again by using
MULTI-CONTROL.

Note

After track or folder scanning is finished, normal
playback of the tracks will begin again.

Pausing MP3/WMA/WAV
playback

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the MP3/WMA/WAV.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select PAUSE. The function name tag PAUSE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn pause
on.
Pause :ON appears in the display. Play of the

current track pauses.

# To turn pause off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

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1 Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on the previous page.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SCAN. The function name tag SCAN is highlighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play
on.
Scan mode :ON appears in the display. The

first 10 seconds of each track of the current
folder (or the first track of each folder) is
played.

Selecting the search method

You can switch the search method between
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10
tracks.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
SEARCH MODE.

The function name tag SEARCH MODE is
highlighted.

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2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the
search method.

Press MULTI-CONTROL until the desired
search method appears in the display.

! FF/REV  Fast forward and reverse
! ROUGH  Searching every 10 tracks

Searching every 10 tracks in
the current folder

If the current folder contains over 10 tracks,
you can search every 10 tracks. When one
folder contains a lot of tracks, you can roughly
search for the track you want to play.

1 Select the search method ROUGH.

Refer to Selecting the search method on the
previous page.

2 Push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right to search every 10 tracks in the cur­rent folder.

# If the current folder contains less than 10
tracks, pushing and holding MULTI-CONTROL
right recalls the last track of the folder. Also, if the
remaining number of tracks after searching every
10 tracks is less than 10, pushing and holding
MULTI-CONTROL right recalls the last track of
the folder.
# If the current folder contains less than 10
tracks, pushing and holding MULTI-CONTROL
left recalls the first track of the folder. Also, if the
remaining number of tracks after searching every
10 tracks is less than 10, pushing and holding
MULTI-CONTROL left recalls the first track of the
folder.

Switching the tag display

It is possible to turn the tag display on or off, if
MP3/WMA disc contains text information
such as track title and artist name.
! If you turn the tag display off, time to play-

back will be shorter than when this func­tion is turned on.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
TAG READ.

The function name tag TAG READ is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn tag dis­play on.
Tag read mode :ON appears in the display.

# To turn tag display off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

Note

When you turn the tag display on, the unit returns
to the beginning of the current track in order to
read the text information.

Using compression and BMX

Using the COMP (compression) and BMX
functions let you adjust the sound playback
quality of the CD player. Each of the functions
have a two-step adjustment. The COMP func­tion balances the output of louder and softer
sounds at higher volumes. BMX controls
sound reverberations to give playback a fuller
sound. Listen to each of the effects as you se­lect through them and use the one that best
enhances the playback of the track or CD that
you are listening to.

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1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
COMP/BMX.

The function name tag COMP/BMX is high­lighted.

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2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select your fa­vorite setting.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly to switch
between the following settings:

OFFCOMP 1COMP 2OFFBMX 1
BMX 2

Displaying text information
on MP3/WMA/WAV disc

Text information recorded on an MP3/WMA/
WAV disc can be displayed.

When playing back an MP3/
WMA disc

% Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:

: file name : folder name and : file

name
track title and
and

# When playing back MP3 files recorded as VBR
(variable bit rate) files, the bit rate value is not dis­played even after switching to bit rate. (VBR will
be displayed.)
# When playing back WMA files recorded as
VBR (variable bit rate) files, the average bit rate
value is displayed.
# When you have turned tag display off, you
cannot switch to track title, artist name, album
title or comment.
# If specific information has not been recorded
on an MP3/WMA disc, title or name is not dis­played.
# With some applications used to encode WMA
files, album names and other text information
may not be correctly displayed.

: album title and : track title :

: artist name : artist name

: comment : comment and bit rate

When playing back a WAV disc

% Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:

: file name : folder name and : file

namesampling frequency

# You can only play back WAV files in the fre­quencies 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz
(LPCM), or 22.05 and 44.1 kHz (MS ADPCM). The
sampling frequency shown in the display may be
rounded.

Scrolling text information
in the display

This unit can display the first 14 (22) letters
only of folder name, file name, track title, artist
name, album title and comment. When the re­corded information is longer than 14 (22) let­ters, you can scroll the text to the left so that
the rest of the text information can be seen.

% Press DISPLAY and hold until the text
information begins to scroll through the
display.

The text information scrolls.

Notes

! Unlike MP3 and WMA file format, WAV files

display only folder name and file name.

! When Ever Scroll is set to ON at the initial set-

ting, CD text information scrolls continuously
in the display. If you want to display the first
14 (22) characters of text information tempora­rily and scroll from the beginning, press and
hold DISPLAY. About Ever Scroll, refer to
Switching the Ever Scroll on page 60.

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Selecting tracks from the file name list

File name list lets you see the list of file names
(or folder names) and select one of them to
playback.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
file name list mode.

Names of files and folders appear in the dis­play.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired file name (or folder name).

Turn to change the name of file or folder;
press to play; push right to see a list of the
files (or folders) in the selected folder.

# You can also change the name of file or folder
by pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To return to the previous list (the folder one
level higher), push MULTI-CONTROL left.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

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Playing a CD

You can use this unit to control a multi-CD
player, which is sold separately.

These are the basic steps necessary to play a
CD with your multi-CD player. More advanced
CD operation is explained starting on the next
page.

1 Play time indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-

rent track.

2 Disc number indicator

Shows the disc currently playing.

3 Track number indicator

Shows the track currently playing.

4 Disc title indicator

Shows the title of the currently playing disc.

! If no title has been entered for the cur-

rently playing disc, nothing is displayed.

1 Press SOURCE to select the multi-CD
player.

Press SOURCE until you see Multi CD dis­played.

2 Select a disc you want to listen to with
the 16 buttons.

For discs located at 1 to 6, press the corre­sponding button number.
If you want to select a disc located at 7 to 12,
press and hold the corresponding numbers,

such as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number ap­pears in the display.

# You can also sequentially select a disc by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

3 To perform fast forward or reverse,
push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right.

4 To skip back or forward to another
track, push MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

Pushing MULTI-CONTROL right skips to the
start of the next track. Pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left once skips to the start
of the current track. Pushing again will skip to
the previous track.

Notes

! When the multi-CD player performs the pre-

paratory operations, Ready is displayed.

! If the multi-CD player does not operate prop-

erly, an error message such as ERROR-11
may be displayed. Refer to the multi-CD player
owners manual.

! If there are no discs in the multi-CD player ma-

gazine, No disc is displayed.

! When you select a disc, the disc and track ti-

tles automatically begin to scroll in the dis­play. When Ever Scroll function is ON at the
initial setting, the disc and track titles scroll
continuously. About Ever Scroll, refer to
Switching the Ever Scroll on page 60.

Selecting a track directly

When using the remote control, you can select
a track directly by entering the desired track
number.

1 Press DIRECT.

Track number input display appears.

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2 Press 09 buttons to enter the desired
track number.

# You can cancel the input number by pressing

CLEAR.

3 Press DIRECT.

The track of entered number will play.

Note

After entering the number input mode, if you do
not perform an operation within about eight sec­onds, the mode is automatically canceled.

50-disc multi-CD player

Only those functions described in this manual
are supported for 50-disc multi-CD players.
This unit is not designed to operate disc title
list functions with a 50-disc multi-CD player.
About the disc title list funtions, please refer to
Selecting discs from the disc title list on page

36.

Introduction of advanced
multi-CD player operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in
highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name appears on the display.

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3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:
PLAY MODE (repeat play)RANDOM (ran­dom play)SCAN (scan play)PAUSE
(pause)COMP (compression and DBE)
ITS PLAY (ITS play)ITS MEMORY (ITS pro-
gramming)D.TITLE INPUT (disc title input)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

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! When playing a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT

compatible multi-CD player, you cannot
switch to D.TITLE INPUT. The disc title will
have already been recorded on a CD TEXT
disc.

! If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically re­turned to the playback display.

Repeating play

There are three repeat play ranges for the
multi-CD player: MCD (multi-CD player re­peat), Track (one-track repeat) and Disc (disc
repeat).

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
PLAY MODE.

The function name tag PLAY MODE is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the re­peat range.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly until the
desired repeat range appears in the display.

! MCD  Repeat all discs in the multi-CD

player

! Track  Repeat just the current track

! Disc  Repeat the current disc

Notes

! If you select other discs during repeat play,

the repeat play range changes to MCD.

! If you perform track search or fast forward/re-

verse during Track, the repeat play range
changes to Disc.

Playing tracks in a random
order

Random play lets you play back tracks in a
random order within the repeat range, MCD
and Disc.

1 Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on this page.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
RANDOM.

The function name tag RANDOM is high­lighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn random
play on.
Random mode :ON appears in the display.

Tracks will play in a random order within the
previously selected MCD or Disc ranges.

# To turn random play off, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.

Scanning CDs and tracks

While you are using Disc, the beginning of
each track on the selected disc plays for about
10 seconds. When you are using MCD, the be­ginning of the first track of each disc is played
for about 10 seconds.

1 Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on this page.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SCAN. The function name tag SCAN is highlighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play
on.
Scan mode :ON appears in the display. The

first 10 seconds of each track of the current
disc (or the first track of each disc) is played.

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4 When you find the desired track (or
disc) press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan
play off.
Scan mode :OFF appears in the display. The

track (or disc) will continue to play.

# If the display has automatically returned to
the playback display, select SCAN again by using
MULTI-CONTROL.

Note

After track or disc scanning is finished, normal
playback of the tracks will begin again.

Pausing CD playback

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the CD.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select PAUSE. The function name tag PAUSE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn pause
on.
Pause :ON appears in the display. Play of the

current track pauses.

# To turn pause off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Creating a playlist with ITS
programming

You can use ITS to enter and play back up to
99 tracks per disc, up to 100 discs (with the
disc titles). (With multi-CD players sold before
the CDX-P1250 and CDX-P650, up to 24 tracks
can be stored in the playlist.)

1 Play a CD that you want to program.

Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to select
the CD.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
ITS MEMORY.

The function name tag ITS MEMORY is high­lighted.

3 Select the desired track by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL up to store the
currently playing track in the playlist.
Memory complete is displayed briefly and

the currently playing selection is added to your
playlist. The display then shows ITS memory
again.

5 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

Using ITS playlists

ITS (instant track selection) lets you make a
playlist of favorite tracks from those in the
multi-CD player magazine. After you have
added your favorite tracks to the playlist you
can turn on ITS play and play just those selec­tions.

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After data for 100 discs has been stored in mem­ory, data for a new disc will overwrite the oldest
one.

Playback from your ITS playlist

ITS play lets you listen to the tracks that you
have entered into your ITS playlist. When you
turn on ITS play, tracks from your ITS playlist
in the multi-CD player will begin to play.

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1 Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on page 33.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select ITS PLAY.

The function name tag ITS PLAY is high­lighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn ITS play
on.
ITS play mode :ON appears in the display.

Playback begins of those tracks from your
playlist within the previously selected MCD or
Disc ranges.

# If no tracks in the current range are pro­grammed for ITS play then Memory empty is
displayed.
# To turn ITS play off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Erasing a track from your ITS
playlist

When you want to delete a track from your ITS
playlist, you can if ITS play is on.
If ITS play is already on, skip to step 2. If ITS
play is not already on, use MULTI-CONTROL.

1 Play the CD with the track you want to
delete from your ITS playlist, and turn ITS
play on.

Refer to Playback from your ITS playlist on the
previous page.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL down to erase
the track from your ITS playlist.

The currently playing selection is erased from
your ITS playlist and playback of the next track
from your ITS playlist begins.

# If there are no tracks from your playlist in the
current range, Memory deleted is displayed and
normal play resumes.

5 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist

When you want to delete all tracks of a CD
from your ITS playlist, you can if ITS play is off.

1 Play the CD that you want to delete.

Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to select
the CD.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
ITS MEMORY.

The function name tag ITS MEMORY is high­lighted.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL down to erase
all tracks on the currently playing CD from
your ITS playlist.

All tracks on the currently playing CD are
erased from your playlist and
Memory deleted is displayed.

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2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
ITS MEMORY.

The function name tag ITS MEMORY is high­lighted.

3 Select the desired track by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

4 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

Using disc title functions

You can input CD titles and display the titles.
Then you can easily search for and play a de­sired disc.

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Entering disc titles

Use the disc title input feature to store up to
100 CD titles (with ITS playlist) into the multi­CD player. Each title can be up to 10 charac­ters long.

1 Play the CD that you want to enter a
title for.

Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to select
the CD.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
D.TITLE INPUT.

The function name tag D.TITLE INPUT is high­lighted.

# When playing a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT
compatible multi-CD player, you cannot switch to
D.TITLE INPUT. The disc title will have already
been recorded on a CD TEXT disc.

3 Press button 1 to select the desired
character type.

Press button 1 repeatedly to switch between
the following character types:
Alphabet (upper case), numbers and symbols
Alphabet (lower case)European letters,
such as those with accents (e.g., á, à, ä, ç)

# You can select to input numbers and symbols
by pressing button 2.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select a letter of the alphabet.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up will dis­play a letter of the alphabet in A B C ... X Y Z,
numbers and symbols in 1 2 3 ... @ # < order.
Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL down will dis­play a letter in the reverse order, such as ZYX

... C B A.

5 Push MULTI-CONTROL right to move
the cursor to the next character position.

When the letter you want is displayed, push
MULTI-CONTROL right to move the cursor to
the next position and then select the next let­ter. Push MULTI-CONTROL left to move back­wards in the display.

6 Move the cursor to the last position by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL right after enter­ing the title.

When you push MULTI-CONTROL right one
more time, the entered title is stored in mem­ory.

7 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

Notes

! Titles remain in memory, even after the disc

has been removed from the magazine, and
are recalled when the disc is reinserted.

! After data for 100 discs has been stored in

memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the
oldest one.

Selecting discs from the disc
title list

Disc title list lets you see the list of disc titles
that have been entered into the multi-CD
player and select one of them to play back.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
disc title list mode.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired disc title.

Turn to change the disc title; press to play.

# You can also change the disc title by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# If no title has been entered for a disc, No title
will be displayed.

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# No disc is displayed next to the disc number
when there is no disc in the magazine.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

Using CD TEXT functions

You can use these functions only with a CD
TEXT compatible multi-CD player.

Some discs have certain information encoded
on the disc during manufacture. These discs
may contain such information as the CD title,
track title, artists name and playback time
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe­cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the
functions listed below.

Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs

% Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:

: track title : disc title and : disc artist

name



track artist name and

# If specific information has not been recorded
on a CD TEXT disc, title or name is not displayed.

Scrolling titles in the display

This unit can display the first 14 (22) letters of
disc title, disc artist name, track title and track
artist name. When the text information is long­er than 14 (22) letters, you can scroll the dis­play as follows.

% Press DISPLAY and hold until the title
begins to scroll through the display.

The titles scroll.

: disc artist name and : track title

: track title and : track artist name :

: track title

Note

When Ever Scroll is set to ON at the initial setting,
CD text information scrolls continuously in the
display. If you want to display the first 14 (22)
characters of text information temporarily and
scroll from the beginning, press and hold

DISPLAY. About Ever Scroll, refer to Switching
the Ever Scroll on page 60.

Selecting tracks from the track
title list

Track title list lets you see the list of track titles
on a CD TEXT disc and select one of them to
play back.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
disc title list mode.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired disc title of CD TEXT.

Turn to change the disc title; press to play.

# You can also change the disc title by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# If no title has been entered for a disc, No title
will be displayed.
# No disc is displayed next to the disc number
when there is no disc in the magazine.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL right to switch
to the track title list.

4 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired track title.

Turn to change the track title; press to play.

# You can also change the track title by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

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Using compression and
bass emphasis

You can use these functions only with a multi­CD player that supports them.

Using COMP (compression) and DBE (dy­namic bass emphasis) functions lets you ad­just the sound playback quality of the multi­CD player. Each of the functions has a two­step adjustment. The COMP function balances
the output of louder and softer sounds at high­er volumes. DBE boosts bass levels to give
playback a fuller sound. Listen to each of the
effects as you select them and use the one
that best enhances the playback of the track
or CD that you are listening to.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select COMP.
The function name tag COMP is highlighted.

# If the multi-CD player does not support
COMP/DBE, No COMP is displayed when you at-
tempt to select it.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select your fa­vorite setting.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly to switch
between the following settings:

OFFCOMP 1COMP 2OFFDBE 1
DBE 2

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Listening to the XM

You can use this unit to control a XM satellite di­gital tuner (GEX-P910XM), which is sold
separately.

For details concerning operation, refer to the
XM tuners operation manuals. This section
provides information on XM operations with
this unit which differs from that described in
the XM tuners operation manual.
! This unit does not have the text scroll

function.

! With this unit, you can operate one addi-

tional function: XM channel direct
selection.

1 XM channel name

Shows the channel name of broadcast

channel.

5 XM channel number indicator

Shows to which XM channel number the
tuner is tuned.

1 Press SOURCE to select the XM.
Press SOURCE until you see XM displayed.

2 Press BAND/ESC to select a XM band.

Press BAND/ESC repeatedly until the desired
XM band is displayed, XM1, XM2 or XM3.

3 To perform tuning, push
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

The channels move up or down step by step.
Channels that cannot currently be selected
are skipped, and the next channel is selected.

# If you push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right, you can increase or decrease channel num­ber continuously.
# You can also perform tuning from a desired
channel category. (Refer to Selecting the channel
in the channel category on page 41.)

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2 XM channel select setting indicator

Shows what channel select setting has

been selected. CH.No is displayed when

Channel Number is selected, and

CATEGORY is displayed when Category is

selected.

3 XM preset number indicator

Shows what XM preset has been selected.

4 XM band indicator

Shows the XM band which has been

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Introduction of advanced
XM tuner operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in
highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to
select.
SEEK MODE appears on the display.

# To return to the channel display, press
BAND/ESC.

Note

If you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the channel display.

Switching the XM display

% Press DISPLAY to switch the XM display.

Each press of DISPLAY changes the XM dis-
play in the following order:
Channel nameArtist name/featureSong/
program titleChannel category

Storing and recalling
broadcast stations

If you press any of the preset tuning buttons
16 you can easily store up to six broadcast
stations for later recall with the touch of a
button.

% When you find a station that you want
to store in memory press one of preset tun­ing buttons 16 and hold until the XM pre­set number stops flashing.

The number you have pressed will flash in the
XM preset number indicator and then remain
lit. The selected station has been stored in
memory.
The next time you press the same preset tun­ing button the station is recalled from mem­ory.

Notes

! Up to 18 stations, six for each of three XM

bands can be stored in memory.

! You can also recall stations assigned to preset

tuning buttons 16 by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

Swiching the XM channel
select setting

You can switch if you select a channel with a
channel number or from a channel category
when you select a channel.

% Press CLOCK and hold to switch the
channel select setting.

Press CLOCK and hold repeatedly to switch
between the following channel select settings:
Channel Number (channel number select set­ting)Category (channel category select
setting)

# You can also switch the XM channel select
setting in the menu that apears by using
MULTI-CONTROL.

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Selecting the channel in the
channel category

1 Press CLOCK and hold to select
Category.

Press CLOCK and hold repeatedly to switch
between the following channel select settings:
Channel Number (channel number select set­ting)Category (channel category select
setting)

# You can also switch the XM channel select
setting in the menu that apears by using

MULTI-CONTROL.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select the desired channel category.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the desired channel in the selected
channel category.

Selecting the XM channel
directly

When using the remote control, you can select
the XM channel directly by entering the de­sired channel number.

Display the ID code

Channel number select setting

If you select CH000, the ID code is displayed.

% Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select CH000.

Channel category select setting

RADIO ID is provided as a channel category
for displaying the ID code.

% Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select RADIO ID from channel category.

# If you select another channel, display of the ID
code is canceled.
# Display of the ID code repeats displaying
RADIO ID and the ID code one after the other.

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1 Press DIRECT.

Channel number input display appears.

2 Press 09 buttons to enter the desired
channel number.

# You can cancel the input number by pressing

CLEAR.

3 Press DIRECT.

The entered XM channel is selected.

Note

After entering the number input mode, if you do
not perform an operation within about eight sec­onds, the mode is automatically canceled.

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TV tuner

Watching the TV tuner

You can use this unit to control a TV tuner,
which is sold separately.

For details concerning operation, refer to the
TV tuners operation manuals. This section
provides information on TV operations with
this unit which differs from that described in
the TV tuners operation manual.

1 Preset number indicator

Shows which preset has been selected.

2 Band indicator

Shows which band the TV tuner is tuned to.

3 Channel indicator

Shows which channel the TV tuner is tuned.

1 Press SOURCE to select the TV.

Press SOURCE until you see Television dis­played.

2 Press BAND/ESC to select a band.

Press BAND/ESC until the desired band is dis­played, TV1 or TV2.

3 To perform manual tuning, push
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.

The channels move up or down step by step.

4 To perform seek tuning, push and hold
MULTI-CONTROL left or right for about one
second and release.

The tuner will scan the channels until a broad­cast strong enough for good reception is
found.

# You can cancel seek tuning by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL left or right.
# If you push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right you can skip broadcasting channels. Seek
tuning starts as soon as you release
MULTI-CONTROL.

Storing and recalling
broadcast stations

If you press any of the preset tuning buttons
16 you can easily store up to six broadcast
stations for later recall with the touch of a but­ton.

% When you find a station that you want
to store in memory press one of preset tun­ing buttons 16 and hold until the preset
number stops flashing.

The number you have pressed will flash in the
preset number indicator and then remain lit.
The selected station has been stored in mem­ory.
The next time you press the same preset tun­ing button the station is recalled from mem­ory.

Notes

! Up to 12 stations, six for each of two TV bands

can be stored in memory.

! You can recall preset channels P01P12 by

pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

! You can also store the station in memory by

using the preset channel list. (Refer to Select-
ing stations from the preset channel list on the
next page.)

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Storing the strongest
broadcast stations
sequentially

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in

highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name tag BSSM is highlighted.

3 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn BSSM
on.
Searching begins to flash. While Searching is

flashing the 12 strongest broadcast stations
will be stored in order from the lowest channel
up. When finished, the preset channel list ap­pears.

# To cancel the storage process, press
MULTI-CONTROL.

# You can also change the station by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To return to the channel display, press
BAND/ESC.

Notes

! Storing broadcast stations with BSSM may re-

place broadcast stations you have saved
using P01P12.

! If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically re­turned to the TV picture.

Selecting stations from the
preset channel list

The preset channel list lets you see the list of
preset stations and select one of them to re­ceive.

1 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to switch to the
preset channel list mode.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired station.

Turn to change the station; press to select.

# You can also change the station by pushing
MULTI-CONTROL up or down.
# To store the currently received station in mem­ory, press and hold MULTI-CONTROL until the
selected preset number stops flashing.
# To return to the channel display, press
BAND/ESC.

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4 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired station.

Turn to change the station; press to select.

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Playing a disc

You can use this unit to control a DVD player or
multi-DVD player, which is sold separately.

For details concerning operation, refer to the
DVD players or multi-DVD players operation
manual. This section provides information on
DVD operations with this unit which differs
from that described in the DVD playersor
multi-DVD players operation manual.

1 Play time indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur­rent chapter/track.

2 Disc number indicator

Shows the disc currently playing when
using a multi-DVD player.

3 To skip back or forward to another
chapter/track, push MULTI-CONTROL left or
right.

Selecting a disc

! You can operate this function only when a

multi-DVD player is connected to this unit.

% Press any of 16 to select the desired
disc.

# You can also sequentially select a disc by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down.

3 Title number indicator

Shows the title currently playing during
DVD video playback.

4 Chapter/track number indicator

Shows the chapter/track currently playing.

5 V/VCD/CD indicator

Shows the type of disc currently playing.

1 Press SOURCE to select the DVD player/
multi-DVD player.
Press SOURCE until you see DVD displayed.

2 To perform fast forward or reverse,
push and hold MULTI-CONTROL left or
right.

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Introduction of advanced
DVD player operation

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in

highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FUNCTION.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The function name appears on the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:

During DVD video or Video CD playback
PLAY MODE (repeat play)PAUSE (pause)
During CD playback
PLAY MODE (repeat play)RANDOM (ran-

dom play)SCAN (scan play)PAUSE
(pause)D.TITLE INPUT (disc title input)
ITS PLAY (ITS play)ITS MEMORY (ITS pro-
gramming)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.
# To return to the playback display, press
BAND/ESC.

Note

If you do not operate the function within about 30
seconds, the display is automatically returned to
the playback display.

Repeating play

! During PBC playback of Video CDs, this

function cannot be operated.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
PLAY MODE.

The function name tag PLAY MODE is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the re­peat range.
During DVD video playback

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly until the
desired repeat range appears in the display.

! Disc  Repeat the current disc
! Chapter  Repeat just the current chapter
! Title  Repeat just the current title

During Video CD or CD playback

Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn repeat play on
or off.

Notes

! If you select other discs during repeat play,

the repeat play range changes to Disc.

! If you perform track search or fast forward/re-

verse during Track, the repeat play range
changes to Disc.

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Pausing disc playback

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select PAUSE. The function name tag PAUSE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn pause
on.
Pause :ON appears in the display. Play of the

current track pauses.

# To turn pause off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Playing tracks in a random
order

! You can operate this function only during

CD playback.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
RANDOM.

The function name tag RANDOM is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn random
play on.
Random mode :ON appears in the display.

Tracks will play in a random order.

# To turn random play off, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.

Scanning tracks of a CD

! You can operate this function only during

CD playback.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play
on.
Scan mode :ON appears in the display. The

first 10 seconds of each track is played.

3 When you find the desired track press
MULTI-CONTROL to turn scan play off.

Using ITS playlists

! You can operate these functions only when

a multi-DVD player is connected to this
unit.

! This function differs slightly from ITS play-

back with a multi-CD player. With multi­DVD player, ITS playback applies only to the
CD playing. For details, refer to Using ITS
playlists on page 34.

Using disc title functions

You can input CD titles and display the titles.
Then you can easily search for and play a de­sired disc.

Entering disc titles

Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 10
letters long into the multi-DVD player. For de­tails concerning operation, refer to Entering
disc titles on page 36.
! You can operate this function only when a

multi-DVD player is connected to this
unit.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SCAN. The function name tag SCAN is highlighted.

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Adjusting the audio easily

The following functions let you easily adjust
your audio system to match the car interior
acoustic characteristics, which vary depend­ing on the type of car.

! Recalling equalizer cur ves
! Using the position selector (POSI)
! Adjusting equalizer curves (G.EQ 1)

Adjusting the audio finely

By carrying out the following settings/adjust­ments in the order shown, you can create a fi­nely-tuned sound field effortlessly.

! Using the position selector (POSI)
! Using balance adjustment (FAD/BAL)
! Using subwoofer output (SW 1)
! Adjusting subwoofer settings (SW 2)
! Adjusting low pass filter attenuation slope

(SW 3)

! Setting the high pass filter for front speakers

(F-HPF 1, F-HPF 2)

! Setting the high pass filter for rear speakers

(R-HPF 1, R-HPF 2)

! Auto TA and EQ (auto-time alignment and

auto-equalizing)

! Recalling equalizer cur ves
! Adjusting equalizer curves (G.EQ 1)
! Adjusting 13-band graphic equalizer

(G.EQ 2)

Extra functions

These functions are helpful in adjusting the
sound to suit your system or your personal
preferences.

! Using BBE sound (BBE)
! Adjusting loudness (LOUD)
! Using automatic sound levelizer (ASL)
! Adjusting source levels (SLA)

Introduction of audio
adjustments

1 Function name tag

Shows the audio function currently selected
in highlighted manner.

2 Audio display

Shows the audio adjustments status.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select AUDIO.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The audio function name appears on the dis­play.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the
audio function.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the audio functions in the following
order:

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FAD/BAL (balance adjustment)POSI (posi­tion selector)TA 1 (time alignment setting)
TA 2 (time alignment adjusting)LOUD
(loudness)G.EQ 1 (graphic equalizer)
G.EQ 2 (13-band graphic equalizer)SW 1
(subwoofer on/off)SW 2 (subwoofer cut-off
frequency)SW 3 (subwoofer slope)

F-HPF 1 (front high pass filter slope)
F-HPF 2 (front high pass filter cut-off fre-
quency)R-HPF 1 (rear high pass filter slope)
R-HPF 2 (rear high pass filter cut-off fre-

quency)BBE (BBE)AUTO-EQ (auto-equali­zer on/off)ASL (automatic sound levelizer)
SLA (source level adjustment)

# You can also switch between the audio func­tions in the reverse order by turning
MULTI-CONTROL counterclockwise.
# When selecting the FM tuner as the source,
you cannot switch to SLA.
# When selecting TA OFF in TA 1, you cannot
switch to TA 2.
# You can select SW 2 and SW 3 only when sub-
woofer output is turned on in SW 1.
# To return to the display of each source, press
BAND/ESC.

Note

If you do not operate the audio function within
about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re­turned to the source display.

Using the position selector

One way to assure a more natural sound is to
clearly position the stereo image, putting you
right in the center of the sound field. The posi­tion selector function lets you automatically
adjust the speakers output levels and inserts
a delay time to match the number and posi­tion of occupied seats.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select POSI.
The function name tag POSI is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left, right, up or
down to select a listening position.

Direction Display Position

Left Front Left Front seat left

Right Front Right Front seat right

Up Front Seat Front seats

Down All seat All seats

# To cancel the selected listening position, push
MULTI-CONTROL in the same direction again.

Using balance adjustment

You can select a fader/balance setting that
provides an ideal listening environment in all
occupied seats.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
FAD/BAL.

The function name tag FAD/BAL is high­lighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust front/rear speaker balance.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
moves the front/rear speaker balance towards
the front or the rear.
Fader F25  Fader R25 is displayed as the
front/rear speaker balance moves from front to
rear.

# Fader FR00 is the proper setting when only
two speakers are used.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
adjust left/right speaker balance.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
moves the left/right speaker balance towards
the left or the right.

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Balance L25  Balance R25 is displayed as
the left/right speaker balance moves from left
to right.

Using the time alignment

The time alignment lets you adjust the dis­tance between each speaker and the listening
position.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select TA 1.
The function name tag TA 1 is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the time alignment.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects time alignment in the following order:
Initial (initial)Custom (custom)Auto TA
(auto-time alignment)TA OFF (off)

! Initial is the factory supplied time align-

ment.

! Custom is an adjusted time alignment that

you can create for yourself.

! Auto TA is the time alignment created by

auto TA and EQ. (Refer to Auto TA and EQ

(auto-time alignment and auto-equalizing)

on page 55.)

# Please set Auto TA appears. This indicates
that you cannot select Auto TA if auto TA and EQ
has not been carried out.

Adjusting the time alignment

You can adjust the distance between each
speaker and the selected position.
! An adjusted time alignment is memorized

in Custom.

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1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select TA 1.
The function name tag TA 1 is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select a unit
of distance.

Each press of MULTI-CONTROL selects the
unit of distance in the following order:

(inch) (inch)(cm) (centimeter)

3 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select TA 2.
The function name tag TA 2 is highlighted.

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# Can't adjust TA. Set position FL/FR appears
when neither Front Left nor Front Right is se­lected in the position selector mode (POSI).
# When selecting TA OFF in TA 1, you cannot
switch to TA 2.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the speaker to be adjusted.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects the speaker in the following order:

Front L (front left)Front R (front right)
Rear R (rear right)Rear L (rear left)
Sub. W (subwoofer)

# You cannot select Sub. W when the subwoo-
fer output is off.

5 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the distance between the selected
speaker and the listening position.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the distance.
160inch  0inch is displayed as the distance
is increased or decreased, if you have selected
inches ((inch)).

400.0cm  0.0cm is displayed as the distance
is increased or decreased, if you have selected
centimeters ((cm)).

# You can adjust the distance for the other
speakers in the same way.

6 Press BAND/ESC to cancel the time
alignment mode.

Using subwoofer output

This unit is equipped with a subwoofer output
which can be switched on or off. When a sub­woofer is connected to this unit, turn the sub­woofer output on.
The subwoofer output phase can be switched
between normal and reverse.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn subwoo­fer output on.
Sub. W Normal appears in the display. Sub-

woofer output is now on.

# To turn subwoofer output off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the phase of subwoofer output.

Push MULTI-CONTROL left to select reverse
phase and Sub. W Reverse appears in the dis­play. Push MULTI-CONTROL right to select
normal phase and Sub. W Normal appears in
the display.

Adjusting subwoofer settings

When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad­just the cut-off frequency and the output level
of the subwoofer.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SW 2.
The function name tag SW 2 is highlighted.

# When the subwoofer output is on, you can se­lect SW 2.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select cut-off frequency.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects cut-off frequencies in the following
order:
506380100125160200 (Hz)
Only frequencies lower than those in the se­lected range are outputted from the subwoo­fer.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the output level of the subwoofer.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the level of the sub­woofer. +6  24 is displayed as the level is in­creased or decreased.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SW 1.
The function name tag SW 1 is highlighted.

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Adjusting low pass filter
attenuation slope

When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad­just the continuity of sound between speaker
units.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SW 3.
The function name tag SW 3 is highlighted.

# When the subwoofer output is on, you can se­lect SW 3.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select slope.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects slopes in the following order:
18 12 6 (dB/oct.)

Note

When slope of subwoofer and high pass filter are

-12dB, and same cut-off frequency, the phase is
reversed 180 degrees at the cut-off frequency. In
this case, reversing the phase assures improved
sound continuity.

Using the high pass filter

When you do not want low sounds from the
subwoofer output frequency range to play
from the front or rear speakers, turn on the
HPF (high pass filter). Only frequencies higher
than those in the selected range are outputted
from the front or rear speakers.

Muting the speaker units (filters)

You can mute front and rear speaker units (fil­ters) separately. When speaker units (filters)
are muted, no sound is outputted from those
speakers.
! If you mute the selected speaker unit (fil-

ter), MUTE is displayed and no adjust­ments are possible.

! Even if any speaker unit (filter) is muted,

you can adjust the parameters for other
speaker units (filters).

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select F-HPF 1
(or R-HPF 1).

The function name tag F-HPF 1 (or R-HPF 1)is
highlighted.

2 Press and hold MULTI-CONTROL to
mute the selected speaker unit (filter).
MUTE is displayed.

# To cancel the muting, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Setting the high pass filter for
front speakers

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select F-HPF 1.
The function name tag F-HPF 1 is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select slope.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects slopes in the following order:
12 6Pass (0) (dB/oct.)

# If you set the slope to 0 dB/oct. (Pass), the
audio signal bypasses the filter, so the filter does
not have an effect.

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3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select F-HPF 2.
The function name tag F-HPF 2 is highlighted.

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4 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select cut-off frequency.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects cut-off frequencies in the following
order:
506380100125160200 (Hz)
Only frequencies higher than those in the se­lected range are output from the front speak­ers.

5 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the output level of the front speak­ers.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the level of the front
speakers. ±0  24 is displayed as the level is
increased or decreased.

Setting the high pass filter for
rear speakers

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select R-HPF 1.
The function name tag R-HPF 1 is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select slope.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects slopes in the following order:
12 6Pass (0) (dB/oct.)

# If you set the slope to 0 dB/oct. (Pass), the
audio signal bypasses the filter, so the filter does
not have an effect.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select R-HPF 2.

The function name tag R-HPF 2 is highlighted.

Only frequencies higher than those in the se­lected range are output from the rear speak­ers.

5 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the output level of the rear speak­ers.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the level of the rear
speakers. ±0  24 is displayed as the level is
increased or decreased.

Using the auto-equalizer

The auto-equalizer is the equalizer curve cre­ated by auto TA and EQ (refer to Auto TA and

EQ (auto-time alignment and auto-equalizing)

on page 55).
You can turn the auto-equalizer on or off.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
AUTO-EQ.

The function name tag AUTO-EQ is high­lighted.

# Please set Auto EQ appears. This indicates
that you cannot turn the auto-equalizer on if auto
TA and EQ has not been carried out.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn the auto­equalizer on.
Auto EQ ON appears in the display.

# To turn auto-equalizer off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select cut-off frequency.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects cut-off frequencies in the following
order:
506380100125160200 (Hz)

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Recalling equalizer curves

The equalizer lets you adjust the equalization
to match car interior acoustic characteristics
as desired.

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There are seven stored equalizer curves which
you can easily recall at any time. Here is a list
of the equalizer curves:

Display Equalizer curve

POWERFUL Powerful

NATURAL Natural

VOCAL Vocal

FLAT Flat

CUSTOM1 Custom 1

CUSTOM2 Custom 2

SUPER BASS Super bass

! CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 are adjusted

equalizer curves that you create. Adjust­ments can be made with a 13-band graphic
equalizer.

! When FLAT is selected no supplement or

correction is made to the sound. This is
useful to check the effect of the equalizer
curves by switching alternatively between
FLAT and a set equalizer curve.

% Press EQ to select the equalizer.

Press EQ repeatedly to switch between the fol­lowing equalizers:

SUPER BASSPOWERFULNATURAL
VOCALFLATCUSTOM1CUSTOM2

Adjusting equalizer curves

The factory supplied equalizer curves, with the
exception of FLAT, can be adjusted to a fine
degree (nuance control).

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select G.EQ 1.
The function name tag G.EQ 1 is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select an equalizer curve.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the equalizer curve.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the equalizer curve re­spectively.
+6  5 (or 6) is displayed as the equalizer
curve is increased or decreased.

# The actual range of the adjustments are differ­ent depending on which equalizer curve is se­lected.
# The equalizer curve with all frequencies set to
0 cannot be adjusted.

Adjusting 13-band graphic
equalizer

For CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 equalizer
curves, you can adjust the level of each band.
! A separate CUSTOM1 curve can be cre-

ated for each source. (The built-in CD
player and the multi-CD player are set to
the same equalizer adjustment setting
automatically.) If you make adjustments
when a curve other than CUSTOM2 is se­lected, the equalizer curve settings will be
memorized in CUSTOM1.

! A CUSTOM2 curve can be created com-

mon to all sources. If you make adjust­ments when the CUSTOM2 curve is
selected, the CUSTOM2 curve will be up­dated.

1 Recall the equalizer curve you want to
adjust.

See Recalling equalizer curves on the previous
page.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select G.EQ 2.
The function name tag G.EQ 2 is highlighted.

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3 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the equalizer band to adjust.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
selects equalizer bands in the following order:

50801252003155008001.25k
2k3.15k5k8k12.5k (Hz)

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the level of the equalizer band.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the level of the equali­zation band.
+6  6 is displayed as the level is increased
or decreased.

# You can then select another band and adjust
the level.

5 Press BAND/ESC to cancel the 13-band
graphic equalizer mode.

Using BBE sound

With BBE, playback very close to the original
sound can be obtained by correction with a
combination of phase compensation and
high-range boost for the delay of the high-fre­quency components and the amplitude devia­tion occurring during playback. This function
makes it possible to reproduce the dynamic
sound field as if you are listening to a live per­formance.
With BBE sound processing technology, you
can adjust the level of BBE.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select BBE.
The function name tag BBE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn BBE on.

# To turn BBE off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the level of BBE.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the level of BBE.
+4  4 is displayed as the level is increased
or decreased.

Note

Manufactured under license from BBE Sound,
Inc. The mark BBE is a trademark of BBE Sound,
Inc.

Adjusting loudness

Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the
low- and high-sound ranges at low volume.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select LOUD.
The function name tag LOUD is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn loudness
on.
Loudness ON appears in the display.

# To turn loudness off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Using automatic sound
levelizer

During driving, noise in the car changes ac­cording to the driving speed and road condi­tions. The automatic sound levelizer (ASL)
monitors such varying noise and automati­cally increases the volume level, if this noise
becomes greater. The sensitivity (variation of
volume level to noise level) of ASL can be set
to one of five levels.

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2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn ASL on.

ASL level (e.g., Mid-Low) appears in the dis­play.

# To turn ASL off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select the desired ASL level.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
selects ASL level in the following order:

Low (low)Mid-Low (mid-low)Mid (mid)
Mid-High (mid-high)High (high)

Note

When the ASL mode is turned on and exited, ASL
appears on the display of each source.

Adjusting source levels

SLA (source level adjustment) lets you adjust
the volume level of each source to prevent ra­dical changes in volume when switching be­tween sources.
! Settings are based on the FM tuner volume

level, which remains unchanged.

1 Compare the FM tuner volume level
with the level of the source you wish to ad­just.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SLA.
The function name tag SLA is highlighted.

# When selecting the FM tuner as the source,
you cannot switch to SLA.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
adjust the source volume.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up or down
increases or decreases the source volume.
+4  4 is displayed as the source volume is
increased or decreased.

Notes

! The AM tuner volume level can also be ad-

justed with source level adjustments.

! The built-in CD player and the multi-CD player

are set to the same source level adjustment
volume automatically.

! External unit 1 and external unit 2 are set to

the same source level adjustment volume
automatically.

Auto TA and EQ (auto-time
alignment and auto­equalizing)

The auto-time alignment is automatically ad­justed for the distance between each speaker
and the listening position.
The auto-equalizer automatically measures
the car interior acoustic characteristics, and
then creates the auto-equalizer curve based
on that information.

WARNING

To prevent accidents, never carry out auto TA and
EQ while driving. When this function measures
the car interior acoustic characteristics to create
an auto-equalizer curve, a loud measurement
tone (noise) may be outputted from the speakers.

CAUTION

! Carrying out auto TA and EQ under the follow-

ing conditions may damage the speakers. Be
sure to check the conditions thoroughly be­fore carrying out auto TA and EQ.
 When speakers are incorrectly connected.

(e.g., When a rear speaker is connected to
a subwoofer output.)

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 When a speaker is connected to a power

amp delivering output higher than the
speakers maximum input power capabil­ity.

! If the microphone is placed in an unsuitable

position the measurement tone may become
loud and measurement may take a long time,
resulting in a drain on battery power. Be sure
to place the microphone in the specified loca­tion.

Before operating the auto TA
and EQ function

! Carry out auto TA and EQ in as quiet a

place as possible, with the car engine and
air conditioning switched off. Also cut
power to car phones or portable telephones
in the car, or remove them from the car be­fore carrying out auto TA and EQ. Sounds
other than the measurement tone (sur­rounding sounds, engine sound, tele­phones ringing etc.) may prevent correct
measurement of the car interior acoustic
characteristics.

! Be sure to carry out auto TA and EQ using

the supplied microphone. Using another
microphone may prevent measurement, or
result in incorrect measurement of the car
interior acoustic characteristics.

! When front speaker is not connected, auto

TA and EQ cannot be carried out.

! When muting the front speaker units, auto

TA and EQ cannot be carried out. (Refer to
page 51.)

! When this unit is connected to a power

amp with input level control, auto TA and
EQ may not be possible if you lower power
amp input level. Set the power amps input
level to the standard position.

! When this unit is connected to a power

amp with an LPF, turn off the LPF on the
power amp before carrying out auto TA and
EQ. In addition, the cut-off frequency for

built-in LPF of an active subwoofer should
be set to the highest frequency.

! The time alignment value calculated by

auto TA and EQ may differ from the actual
distance in the following circumstances.
However, the distance has been calculated
by computer to be the optimum delay to
give accurate results for the circum­stances, so please continue to use this
value.
 When the reflected sound within a vehi-

cle is strong and delays occur.

 When delays occur for low sounds due

to the influence of the LPF on active
subwoofers or external amps.

! Auto TA and EQ changes the audio settings

as below:
 The fader/balance settings return to the

center position. (Refer to page 48.)

 The graphic equalizer curve switches to

FLAT. (Refer to page 52.)

 When a subwoofer is connected to this

unit, it will be adjusted automatically to
both subwoofer output and high pass fil­ter setting for rear speaker.

! If you carry out auto TA and EQ when a pre-

vious setting of this already exists, the set­ting will be replaced.

Carrying out auto TA and EQ

1 Stop the car in a place that is as quiet
as possible, close all doors, windows and
the sun roof, and then turn the engine off.

If the engine is left running, engine noise may
prevent correct auto TA and EQ.

2 Fix the supplied microphone in the cen­ter of the headrest of the drivers seat, fa­cing forward, using the belt (sold
separately).

The auto TA and EQ may differ depending on
where you place the microphone. If desired,

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place the microphone on the front passenger
seat to carry out auto TA and EQ.

3 Turn the ignition switch to ON or ACC.

If the car s air conditioner or heater is turned
on, turn it off. Noise from the fan in the air
conditioner or heater may prevent correct auto
TA and EQ.

# Press SOURCE to turn the source on if this
unit is turned off.

4 Select the position for the seat on
which the microphone is placed.

Refer to Using the position selector on page

48.

# If no position is selected before you start auto
TA and EQ, Front Left is selected automatically.

5 Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

6 Press and hold EQ to enter the auto TA
and EQ measurement mode.

The front panel opens automatically.

7 Plug the microphone into the micro­phone input jack on this unit.

8 Press MULTI-CONTROL to start the auto
TA and EQ.

9 Get out of the car and close the door
within 10 seconds when the 10-second
count-down starts.

The measurement tone (noise) is outputted
from the speakers, and auto TA and EQ be­gins.

# When all speakers are connected, auto TA
and EQ is completed in about six minutes.
# To stop auto TA and EQ, press
MULTI-CONTROL again.
# To cancel auto TA and EQ part way through,
press BAND/ESC.

10 When auto TA and EQ is completed,
Complete is displayed.

When correct measurement of car interior
acoustic characteristics is not possible, an
error message is displayed. (Refer to Under-
standing auto TA and EQ error messages on
page 65.)

11 Press BAND/ESC to cancel the auto TA
and EQ mode.

12 Store the microphone carefully in the
glove compartment.

Store the microphone carefully in the glove
compartment or any other safe place. If the
microphone is subjected to direct sunlight for
an extended period, high temperatures may
cause distortion, color change or mal­function.

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Initial Settings

Adjusting initial settings

Initial settings lets you perform initial setup of
different settings for this unit.

1 Function name tag

Shows the function currently selected in
highlighted manner.

2 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL and hold until
the clock appears in the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select one of
the initial settings.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the functions in the following order:
CLOCK (clock)AUX (auxiliary input)DIM
(dimmer)BRIGHT (brightness)D.ATT (digi­tal attenuator)MUTE (telephone muting/at­tenuation)WARN (warning tone)DEMO
(feature demo)REV (reverse mode)FONT
(font)SCROLL (ever scroll)AUTO OPEN
(flap auto open)

# You can also switch between the functions in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.
# To cancel initial settings, press BAND/ESC.

Setting the clock

Use these instructions to set the clock.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select CLOCK.
The function name tag CLOCK is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
select the segment of the clock display you
wish to set.

Pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right will se-
lect one segment of the clock display:
HourMinute
As you select segments of the clock display
the segment selected will blink.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
set the clock.

Pushing MULTI-CONTROL up will increase
the selected hour or minute. Pushing
MULTI-CONTROL down will decrease the se­lected hour or minute.

Note

You can match the clock to a time signal by
pressing MULTI-CONTROL.
! If the minute is 0029, the minutes are

rounded down. (e.g., 10:18 becomes 10:00.)

! If the minute is 3059, the minutes are

rounded up. (e.g., 10:36 becomes 11:00.)

Switching the auxiliary setting

It is possible to use auxiliary equipment with
this unit. Activate the auxiliary setting when
using auxiliary equipment connected to this
unit.

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1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select AUX.
The function name tag AUX is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn AUX on.
AUX :ON appears in the display.

# To turn AUX off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Switching the dimmer setting

To prevent the display from being too bright at
night, the display is automatically dimmed
when the cars headlights are turned on. You
can turn the dimmer on or off.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select DIM.
The function name tag DIM is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn dimmer
on.
Dimmer :ON appears in the display.

# To turn dimmer off, press MULTI-CONTROL
again.

Adjusting the brightness

Display brightness adjustment lets you adjust
the display for easier viewing when lighting
conditions change.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select BRIGHT.
The function name tag BRIGHT is highlighted.

2 Push MULTI-CONTROL left or right to
adjust the brightness level.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL left or right
increases or decreases the brightness level. 0
 31 is displayed as the level is increased or
decreased.

Correcting distorted sound

When listening to a CD or other source on
which the recording level is high, setting the
equalizer curve level to high may result in dis­tortion. You can switch the digital attenuator
to low to reduce distortion.
! Sound quality is better at the high setting

so this setting is usually used.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select D.ATT.
The function name tag D.ATT is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the di­gital attenuator level.

Pressing MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly will
switch between High (high) and Low (low)
and that status will be displayed.

Switching the sound
muting/attenuation

Sound from this system is muted or attenu­ated automatically when a call is made or re­ceived using a cellular telephone connected to
this unit.
! The sound is turned off, MUTE is displayed

and no audio adjustments are possible.

! The sound is attenuated, ATT is displayed

and no audio adjustments, except volume
control, are possible.

! Operation returns to normal when the

phone connection is ended.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select MUTE.
The function name tag MUTE is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired setting.

Press MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly to switch
between the following settings:

! 10dB ATT  Attenuation

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! 20dB ATT  Attenuation (20dB ATT has a

stronger effect than 10dB ATT)

! TEL mute  Muting

Switching the warning tone

If the front panel is not detached from the
head unit within five seconds of turning off the
ignition, a warning tone will sound. You can
turn off the warning tone.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select WARN.
The function name tag WARN is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn warning
tone on.
Warning tone :ON appears in the display.

# To turn warning tone off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

Using the feature demo

The feature demo automatically starts when
power to this unit is turned off while the igni­tion switch is set to ACC or ON.
You can turn the feature demo on or off.

Important

The red lead (ACC) of this unit should be con­nected to a terminal coupled with ignition switch
on/off operations. If this is not done, the vehicle
battery may be drained.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select DEMO.
The function name tag DEMO is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn the fea­ture demo on.
Demonstration :ON appears in the display.

# To turn the feature demo off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

Using reverse mode

If you do not perform an operation within
about 30 seconds, screen indications start to
reverse, and then continue reversing every 10
seconds.
You can turn the reverse mode on or off.
! Some entertainment displays may not oper-

ate the reverse mode.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select REV.
The function name tag REV is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn the re­verse mode on.
Reverse mode :ON appears in the display.

# To turn the reverse mode off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

Switching the font

There are two kinds of fonts to select from.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select FONT.
The function name tag FONT is highlighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the de­sired font.

Pressing MULTI-CONTROL repeatedly will
switch between Type1 (type 1) and Type2
(type 2) and that status will be displayed.

Switching the Ever Scroll

When Ever Scroll is set to ON, CD text infor­mation scrolls continuously in the display. Set
to OFF if you prefer the information to scroll
just once.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select SCROLL.
The function name tag SCROLL is highlighted.

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2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn the Ever
Scroll on.
Ever-scroll:ON appears in the display.

# To turn the Ever Scroll off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

Switching the flap auto open

For theft protection, the front panel opens
automatically and easily detaches. Flap auto
open is on as a default.

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
AUTO OPEN.

The function name tag AUTO OPEN is high­lighted.

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to turn the flap
auto open on.
Face auto open :ON appears in the display.

# To turn the flap auto open off, press

MULTI-CONTROL again.

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Other Functions

Turning the clock display
on or off

You can turn the clock display on or off.

% Press CLOCK to turn the clock display
on or off.

Each press of CLOCK turns the clock display
on or off.

Note

Even when the sources and the feature demo are
off, the clock display appears on the display.
Pressing CLOCK turns the clock display on or
off.

Using the AUX source

An IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector such as the
CD-RB20/CD-RB10 (sold separately) lets you
connect this unit to auxiliary equipment fea­turing RCA output. For more details, refer to
the IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector owners man­ual.

Selecting AUX as the source

% Press SOURCE to select AUX as the
source.

Press SOURCE until AUX appears in the dis­play.

# If the auxiliary setting is not turned on, AUX
cannot be selected. For more details, see Switch-
ing the auxiliary setting on page 58.

Setting the AUX title

The title displayed for the AUX source can be
changed.

1 After you have selected AUX as the
source, use MULTI-CONTROL and select
FUNCTION to display TITLE INPUT.

2 Press button 1 to select the desired
character type.

Press button 1 repeatedly to switch between
the following character types:
Alphabet (upper case), numbers and symbols
Alphabet (lower case)European letters,
such as those with accents (e.g., á, à, ä, ç)

# You can select to input numbers and symbols
by pressing button 2.

3 Push MULTI-CONTROL up or down to
select a letter of the alphabet.

Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL up will dis­play a letter of the alphabet in A B C ... X Y Z,
numbers and symbols in 1 2 3 ... @ # < order.
Each pushing MULTI-CONTROL down will dis­play a letter in the reverse order, such as ZYX

... C B A.

4 Push MULTI-CONTROL right to move
the cursor to the next character position.

When the letter you want is displayed, push
MULTI-CONTROL right to move the cursor to
the next position and then select the next let­ter. Push MULTI-CONTROL left to move back­wards in the display.

5 Move the cursor to the last position by
pushing MULTI-CONTROL right after enter­ing the title.

When you push MULTI-CONTROL right one
more time, the entered title is stored in mem­ory.

6 Press BAND/ESC to return to the play­back display.

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Using different
entertainment displays

You can enjoy entertainment displays while lis­tening to each sound source.

1 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the
main menu.
FUNCTION, AUDIO and ENTERTAINMENT

appear on the display.

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select
ENTERTAINMENT.

Turn to change the menu option; press to se­lect.
The entertainment display currently selected
appears on the display.

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to change the
display.

Turn MULTI-CONTROL clockwise to switch be­tween the displays in the following order:
BGV 1 (background visual 1)BGV 2 (back­ground visual 2)BGV 3 (background visual

3)BGV 4 (background visual 4)BGP 1
(background picture 1)BGP 2 (background
picture 2)BGP 3 (background picture 3)
BGP 4 (background picture 4)BGP 5
(background picture 5)S/A 1 (spectrum ana­lyzer 1)S/A 2 (spectrum analyzer 2)
LEVEL 1 (level meter 1)LEVEL 2 (level
meter 2)E.CLK (entertainment clock)OFF
(entertainment display OFF)MOVIE 1 (movie

1)MOVIE 2 (movie 2)

# You can also switch between the displays in
the reverse order by turning MULTI-CONTROL
counterclockwise.
# To cancel the entertainment display mode,
press BAND/ESC.

4 Press MULTI-CONTROL to select the cur­rent display.

The selected entertainment display is dis­played.

Using the PGM button

You can operate the preprogrammed functions
for each source by using PGM.

% Press PGM to turn pause on when se­lecting the following sources:

! Built-in CD Player
! DVD player/multi-DVD player
! Multi-CD Player

# To turn pause off, press PGM again.

% Press PGM and hold to turn BSM on

when selecting Tuner as the source.
Press PGM and hold until the BSM turns on.

# To cancel the storage process, press PGM
again.

% Press PGM and hold to turn BSSM on
when selecting TV as the source.
Press PGM and hold until the BSSM turns on.

# To cancel the storage process, press PGM
again.

% Press PGM to select the desired channel
select setting when selecting XM as the
source.

Press PGM repeatedly to switch between the
following channel select settings:
Channel Number (channel number select set­ting)Category (channel category select
setting)

Rewriting the
entertainment displays

You can rewrite the entertainment display.
Please create or download the data using your
Computer, and record it on CD-R. For details,
please visit
http://www.pioneer.co.jp/car/pclink3a/.

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Important

Once the rewriting process has started, do not re­move the front panel or turn the ignition off, until
it is completed.

1 Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

2 Press and hold EQ and DISPLAY until
the unit goes into download mode.

Front panel is opened automatically and then
Download and Insert disc is displayed.

# If a disc is loaded in the unit, it is ejected auto­matically.
# When the front panel is open, does not go into
download mode even if you press and hold EQ
and DISPLAY.

3 Insert the disc containing the rewritten
data into the CD loading slot.
Download Ready appears in the display, and

then data rewriting will start automatically.
Now loading is displayed during rewriting.

CD loading slot

! To cancel download mode, press EJECT.
! If the rewriting process does not operate prop-

erly, an error message such as CD ERROR
may be displayed. Refer to Understanding

error message on rewriting the entertainment
displays on the next page.

4 After Finished is displayed, press EJECT
to eject the disc.

Download mode is exited and unit turns off.

Notes

! Do not insert anything other than a CD into

the CD loading slot.

! It can take several minutes to complete this

operation.

! During download mode, buttons other than

EJECT are inactive.

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Understanding built-in CD
player error messages

When problems occur during CD play an error
message may appear on the display. If an
error message appears, refer to the table
below to see what the problem is and the sug­gested method of correcting the problem. If
the error cannot be corrected, contact your
dealer or your nearest Pioneer Service Center.

Message Cause Action

ERROR-11, 12,
17, 30

ERROR-11, 12,
17, 30

ERROR-10, 11,
12, 17, 30, A0

ERROR-22, 23 The CD format

ERROR-44 All tracks are

Dirty disc Clean disc.

Scratched disc Replace disc.

Electrical or me­chanical

cannot be played
back

skip tracks

Turn the ignition
ON and OFF, or
switch to a differ­ent source, then
back to the CD
player.

Replace disc.

Replace disc.

Understanding auto TA and
EQ error messages

When correct measurement of car interior
acoustic characteristics is not possible using
the auto TA and EQ, an error message may ap­pear on the display. If an error message ap­pears, refer to the table below to see what the
problem is and the suggested method of cor­recting the problem. After checking, try again.

Message Cause Action

Error check
MIC

Error check
front SP, Error
check FL SP,
Error check FR
SP, Error check
RL SP, Error
check RR SP,
Error check
SW

Error check
noise

Microphone is
not connected.

The microphone
cannot pick up
the measuring
tone of a speaker.

The surrounding
noise level is too
high.

Plug the supplied
microphone se­curely into the
jack.

! Confirm that the
speakers are con­nected correctly.
! Cancel muting
the front speaker
units.
! Correct the input
level setting of the
power amp con­nected to the
speakers.
! Set the micro­phone correctly.

! Stop your car in
a place that is as
quiet as possible,
and switch off the
engine, air condi­tioner or heater.
! Set the micro­phone correctly.

Understanding error
message on rewriting the
entertainment displays

When problems occur during rewriting the en­tertainment displays an error message may
appear on the display. If an error message ap­pears refer to the table below to see what the
problem is and the suggested method of cor­recting the problem. If the error cannot be cor­rected, contact your dealer or your nearest
Pioneer Service Center.

Message Cause Action

CD ERROR CD player error Press EJECT and

check the disc.

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Message Cause Action

CD ERROR A0 Electrical error Turn the ignition

Disc ERROR The disc does not

Download
ERROR, Trans­mit ERROR

FILE ERROR File error Rewrite the file.

contain the ne­cessary data

Writing error Press EJECT and

ON and OFF.

Press EJECT and
replace the disc.

retry the rewriting.

CD player and care

! Use only CDs that have either of the two

Compact Disc Digital Audio marks as
shown below.

! Use only normal, round CDs. If you insert ir-

regular, non-round, shaped CDs they may
jam in the CD player or not play properly.

! Check all CDs for cracks, scratches or

warping before playing. CDs that have
cracks, scratches or are warped may not
play properly. Do not use such discs.

! Avoid touching the recorded (non-printed)

surface when handling the disc.

! Store discs in their cases when not in use.
! Keep discs out of direct sunlight and do

not expose the discs to high temperatures.

! Do not attach labels, write on or apply che-

micals to the surface of the discs.

! To clean a CD, wipe the disc with a soft

cloth outward from the center.

! If the heater is used in cold weather, moist-

ure may form on components inside the
CD player. Condensation may cause the CD
player to malfunction. If you think that con­densation is a problem turn off the CD
player for an hour or so to allow it to dry
out and wipe any damp discs with a soft
cloth to remove the moisture.

! Road shocks may interrupt CD playback.

CD-R/CD-RW discs

! When CD-R/CD-RW discs are used, play-

back is possible only for discs which have
been finalized.

! It may not be possible to play back CD-R/

CD-RW discs recorded on a music CD re­corder or a personal computer because of
disc characteristics, scratches or dirt on
the disc, or dirt, condensation, etc., on the
lens of this unit.

! Playback of discs recorded on a personal

computer may not be possible, depending
on the application settings and the environ­ment. Please record with the correct for­mat. (For details, contact the manufacturer
of the application.)

! Playback of CD-R/CD-RW discs may be-

come impossible in case of direct exposure
to sunlight, high temperatures, or the sto­rage conditions in the car.

! Titles and other text information recorded

on a CD-R/CD-RW disc may not be dis­played by this unit (in the case of audio
data (CD-DA)).

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! This unit conforms to the track skip func-

tion of the CD-R/CD-RW disc. The tracks
containing the track skip information are
skipped automatically (in case of audio
data (CD-DA)).

! If you insert a CD-RW disc into this unit,

time to playback will be longer than when
you insert a conventional CD or CD-R disc.

! Read the precautions with CD-R/CD-RW

discs before using them.

MP3, WMA and WAV files

! MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3 and

refers to an audio compression technology
standard.

! WMA is short for Windows Media" Audio

and refers to an audio compression tech­nology that is developed by Microsoft Cor­poration. WMA data can be encoded by
using Windows Media Player version 7 or
later.

! WAV is short for waveform. It is a standard

audio file format for Windows

! With some applications used to encode

WMA files, this unit may not operate cor­rectly.

! With some applications used to encode

WMA files, album names and other text in­formation may not be correctly displayed.

! This unit allows playback of MP3/WMA/

WAV files on CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW
discs. Disc recordings compatible with
level 1 and level 2 of ISO9660 and with the
Romeo and Joliet file system can be played
back.

! It is possible to play back multi-session

compatible recorded discs.

! MP3/WMA/WAV files are not compatible

with packet write data transfer.

! The maximum number of characters which

can be displayed for a file name, including

®

.

the extension (.mp3, .wma or .wav), is 64,
from the first character.

! The maximum number of characters which

can be displayed for a folder name is 64.

! In case of files recorded according to the

Romeo file system, only the first 64 charac­ters can be displayed.

! When playing discs with MP3/WMA/WAV

files and audio data (CD-DA) such as CD­EXTRA and MIXED-MODE CDs, both types
can be played only by switching mode be­tween MP3/WMA/WAV and CD-DA.

! The folder selection sequence for playback

and other operations becomes the writing
sequence used by the writing software. For
this reason, the expected sequence at the
time of playback may not coincide with the
actual playback sequence. However, there
also is some writing software which per­mits setting of the playback order.

Important

! When naming an MP3/WMA/WAV file, add

the corresponding filename extension (.mp3,
.wma or .wav).

! This unit plays back files with the filename ex-

tension (.mp3, .wma or .wav) as an MP3/
WMA/WAV file. To prevent noise and malfunc­tions, do not use these extensions for files
other than MP3/WMA/WAV files.

MP3 additional information

! Files are compatible with the ID3 Tag Ver.

1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 formats for display
of album (disc title), track (track title), artist
(track artist) and comments. Ver. 2.x of ID3
Tag is given priority when both Ver. 1.x and
Ver. 2.x exist.

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! The emphasis function is valid only when

MP3 files of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz frequen­cies are played back. (16, 22.05, 24, 32,

44.1, 48 kHz sampling frequencies can be
played back.)

! There is no m3u playlist compatibility.
! There is no compatibility with the MP3i

(MP3 interactive) or mp3 PRO formats.

! The sound quality of MP3 files generally be-

comes better with an increased bit rate.
This unit can play recordings with bit rates
from 8 kbps to 320 kbps, but in order to be
able to enjoy sound of a certain quality, we
recommend using only discs recorded with
a bit rate of at least 128 kbps.

WMA additional information

! This unit plays back WMA files encoded by

Windows Media Player version 7, 7.1, 8 and

9.

! You can only play back WMA files in the fre-

quencies 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz.

! The sound quality of WMA files generally

becomes better with an increased bit rate.
This unit can play recordings with bit rates
from 48 kbps to 320 kbps (CBR) or from 48
kbps to 384 kbps (VBR), but in order to be
able to enjoy sound of a certain quality, we
recommend using discs recorded with a
higher bit rate.

! This unit doesnt support the following for-

mats.
 Windows Media Audio 9 Professional

(5.1ch)

 Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless
 Windows Media Audio 9 Voice

! You can only play back WAV files in the fre-

quencies 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz
(LPCM), or 22.05 and 44.1 kHz (MS
ADPCM). The sampling frequency shown
in the display may be rounded.

! The sound quality of WAV files generally be-

comes better with a larger number of quan­tization bits. This unit can play recordings
with 8 and 16 (LPCM) or 4 (MS ADPCM)
quantization bits, but in order to be able to
enjoy sound of a certain quality, we recom­mend using discs recorded with the larger
number of quantization bits.

About folders and MP3/
WMA/WAV files

! An outline of a CD-ROM with MP3/WMA/

WAV files on it is shown below. Subfolders
are shown as folders in the folder currently
selected.

WAV additional information

! This unit plays back WAV files encoded in

Linear PCM (LPCM) format or MS ADPCM
format.

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1 First level

2 Second level

! It is possible to play back up to 99 folders on

one disc.

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3 Third level

Notes

! This unit assigns folder numbers. The user

can not assign folder numbers.

! It is not possible to check folders that do not

include MP3/WMA/WAV files. (These folders
will be skipped without displaying the folder
number.)

! MP3/WMA/WAV files in up to 8 tiers of folders

can be played back. However, there is a delay
in the start of playback on discs with numer­ous tiers. For this reason we recommend
creating discs with no more than 2 tiers.

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Terms

Bit rate

This expresses data volume per second, or bps
units (bits per second). The higher the rate,
the more information is available to reproduce
the sound. Using the same encoding method
(such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better
the sound.

ID3 tag

This is a method of embedding track-related
information in an MP3 file. This embedded in­formation can include the track title, the ar­tists name, the album title, the music genre,
the year of production, comments and other
data. The contents can be freely edited using
software with ID3 Tag editing functions.
Although the tags are restricted as to the num­ber of characters, the information can be
viewed when the track is played back.

ISO9660 format

This is the international standard for the for­mat logic of CD-ROM folders and files. For the
ISO9660 format, there are regulations for the
following two levels.

Level 1:

The file name is in 8.3 format (the name con­sists of up to 8 characters, half-byte English
capital letters and half-byte numerals and the
_ sign, with a file-extension of three charac­ters.)

Level 2:

The file name can have up to 31 characters (in­cluding the separation mark . and a file ex­tension). Each folder contains less than 8
hierarchies.

Extended formats

Joliet:
File names can have up to 64 characters.
Romeo:
File names can have up to 128 characters.

Linear PCM (LPCM)/Pulse code
modulation

This stands for linear pulse code modulation,
which is the signal recording system used for
music CDs and DVDs.

m3u

Playlists created using the WINAMP soft­ware have a playlist file extension (.m3u).

MP3

MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. It is an
audio compression standard set by a working
group (MPEG) of the ISO (International Stan­dards Organization). MP3 is able to compress
audio data to about 1/10th the level of a con­ventional disc.

MS ADPCM

This stands for Microsoft adaptive differential
pulse code modulation, which is the signal re­cording system used for the multimedia soft­ware of Microsoft Corporation.

Multi-session

Multi-session is a recording method that al­lows additional data to be recorded later.
When recording data on a CD-ROM, CD-R or
CD-RW, etc., all data from beginning to end is
treated as a single unit or session. Multi-ses­sion is a method of recording more than 2 ses­sions on one disc.

Number of quantization bits

The number of quantization bits is one factor
in the overall sound quality; the higher the
bit-depth, the better the sound quality. How­ever, increasing the bit-depth also increases
the amount of data and therefore storage
space required.

Packet write

This is a general term for a method of writing
on CD-R, etc., at the time required for a file,

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Additional Information

Appendix

just as is done with files on floppy or hard
discs.

VBR

VBR is short for variable bit rate. Generally
speaking CBR (constant bit rate) is more
widely used. But by flexibly adjusting the bit
rate according to the needs of audio compres­sion, it is possible to achieve compression­priority sound quality.

WAV

WAV is short for waveform. It is a standard
audio file format for Windows

®

.

WMA

WMA is short for Windows Media" Audio
and refers to an audio compression technol­ogy that is developed by Microsoft Corpora­tion. WMA data can be encoded by using
Windows Media Player version 7 or later.
Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows
logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

English

En

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Appendix

Additional Information

Specifications

General

Power source ............................. 14.4 V DC (10.8  15.1 V al-

lowable)

Grounding system ................... Negative type

Max. current consumption

..................................................... 10.0 A

Dimensions (W × H × D):

DIN

Chassis ..................... 178 × 5 0 × 159 mm

(7 × 2 × 6-1/4 in.)

Nose ........................... 188 × 58 × 29 m m

(7-3/8 × 2-1/4 × 1-1/8 in.)

D

Chassis ..................... 178 × 5 0 × 164 mm

(7 × 2 × 6-1/2 in.)

Nose ........................... 170 × 45 × 24 m m

(6-3/4 × 1-3/4 × 1 in.)

Weight .......................................... 1. 6 kg (3.5 lbs)

Audio/DSP

Continuous power output is 22 W per channel minimum
into 4 ohms, both channels driven 50 to 15,000 Hz with
no more than 5% THD.

Maximum power output ....... 50 W × 4

Load impedance ...................... 4 W (4  8 W allowable)

Preout max output level/output impedance

..................................................... 4.0 V/100 W

Loudness contour ................... +10 dB (100 Hz), +6.5 dB

(10 kHz) (volume: 30 dB)
Equalizer (13-Band Graphic Equalizer):

Frequency .......................... 50/80/125/200/315/500/800

Hz

1.25/2/3.15/5/8/12.5 kHz

Equalization range ........ ±12 dB

Auto equalizer:

(Front & rear & subwoofer 13 band graphic)

Frequency .......................... 50/80/125/200/315/500/800

Hz

1.25/2/3.15/5/8/12.5 kHz

Equalization range ........ +6 12 dB

HPF (Front/rear):

Frequency .......................... 50/63/80/100/125/160/200

Hz

Slope .................................... 0 ( Pass)/6/12 dB/oct

Gain ...................................... 0 24 dB/Mute

Subwoofer:

Frequency .......................... 50/63/80/100/125/160/200

Hz

Slope .................................... 6/12/18 dB/oct

Gain ...................................... +6 24 dB/Mute

Phase .................................. Normal/Reverse

CD player

System .......................................... Compact disc audio system

Usable discs .............................. Compact disc

Signal format:

Sampling frequency ..... 44.1 kHz

Number of quantization bits

........................................... 16; linear

Frequency characteristics ...5  20,000 Hz (±1 dB)

Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 100 dB ( 1 kHz) (I HF -A net-

work)

Dynamic range ......................... 95 dB (1 kHz)

Number of channels .............. 2 (stereo)

MP3 decoding format ........... MP EG -1 & 2 Audio Layer 3

WMA decoding format ......... Ver. 7, 7.1, 8, 9 (2ch audio)

WAV signal format .................. Li near PCM & MS ADPCM

FM tuner

Frequency range ...................... 87.9  107.9 MHz

Usable sensitivity ..................... 8 dBf (0.7 µV/75 W, mono,

S/N: 30 dB)

50 dB quieting sensitivity ..... 10 d Bf (0.9 µV/75 W, mono)

Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 75 dB (IHF-A network)

Distortion ..................................... 0.3 % (at 65 d Bf, 1 kHz,

stereo)

0.1 % (at 65 dBf, 1 kHz,

mono)

Frequency response ............... 30  15,000 Hz (±3 dB)

Stereo separation .................... 45 d B (at 6 5 dBf, 1 kHz)

Selectivity .................................... 8 0 dB (±200 kHz)

Three-signal intermodulation (desired signal level)

..................................................... 30 dBf (two undesired sig-

nal level: 100 dBf)

AM tuner

Frequency range ...................... 530  1,710 kHz (10 kHz)

Usable sensitivity ..................... 1 8 µV (S/N: 20 dB)

Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 65 dB (IHF-A network)

Note

Specifications and the design are subject to pos­sible modifications without notice due to im­provements.

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PIONEER CORPORATION

4-1, MEGURO 1-CHOME, MEGURO-KU, TOKYO 153-8654, JAPAN

PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC.

P.O. Box 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540, U.S.A.
TEL: [phone]

PIONEER EUROPE NV

Haven 1087, Keetberglaan 1, B-9120 Melsele, Belgium
TEL: [phone]

PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE. LTD.

253 Alexandra Road, #04-01, Singapore 159936
TEL: [phone]

PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.

178-184 Boundary Road, Braeside, Victoria 3195, Australia
TEL: [phone]

PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC.

300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R OP2, Canada
TEL: [phone]

PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO, S.A. de C.V.

Blvd.Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso
Col.Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico, D.F. 11000
TEL: [phone]

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<KMMZX> <03L00000>

Published by Pioneer Corporation.
Copyright © 2003 by Pioneer Corporation.
All rights reserved.

Publié par Pioneer Corporation. Copyright
© 2003 par Pioneer Corporation. Tous
droits réservés.

Printed in Thailand
Imprimé en Thaïlande

<CRD3830-A/N> UC

Note:

• This unit is for vehicles with a 12-volt battery and
negative grounding. Before installing it in a recre­ational vehicle, truck, or bus, check the battery
voltage.

• To avoid shorts in the electrical system, be sure to
disconnect the ≠ battery cable before beginning
installation.

• Refer to the owner’s manual for details on con­necting the power amp and other units, then make
connections correctly.

• Secure the wiring with cable clamps or adhesive
tape. To protect the wiring, wrap adhesive tape
around them where they lie against metal parts.

• Route and secure all wiring so it cannot touch any
moving parts, such as the gear shift, handbrake
and seat rails. Do not route wiring in places that
get hot, such as near the heater outlet. If the insula­tion of the wiring melts or gets torn, there is a dan­ger of the wiring short-circuiting to the vehicle
body.

• Don’t pass the yellow lead through a hole into the
engine compartment to connect to the battery. This
will damage the lead insulation and cause a very
dangerous short.

• Do not shorten any leads. If you do, the protection
circuit may fail to work when it should.

• Never feed power to other equipment by cutting
the insulation of the power supply lead of the unit
and tapping into the lead. The current capacity of
the lead will be exceeded, causing overheating.

• When replacing fuse, be sure to use only fuse of
the rating prescribed on the fuse holder.

• Since a unique BPTL circuit is employed, never
wire so the speaker leads are directly grounded or
the left and right ≠ speaker leads are common.

• If the RCA pin jack on the unit will not be used, do
not remove the caps attached to the end of the con­nector.

• Speakers connected to this unit must be high­power types with minimum rating of 50 W and
impedance of 4 to 8 ohms. Connecting speakers
with output and/or impedance values other than
those noted here may result in the speakers catch­ing fire, emitting smoke, or becoming damaged.

• When this product’s source is switched ON, a con­trol signal is output through the blue/white lead.
Connect to an external power amp’s system remote
control or the car’s Auto-antenna relay control ter­minal (max. 300 mA 12 V DC). If the car features
a glass antenna, connect to the antenna booster
power supply terminal.

• When an external power amp is being used with
this system, be sure not to connect the blue/white
lead to the amp’s power terminal. Likewise, do not
connect the blue/white lead to the power terminal
of the auto-antenna. Such connection could cause
excessive current drain and malfunction.

• To avoid short-circuiting, cover the disconnected
lead with insulating tape. Especially, insulate the
unused speaker leads without fail. There is a possi­bility of short-circuiting if the leads are not insulat­ed.

• To prevent incorrect connection, the input side of
the IP-BUS connector is blue, and the output side
is black. Connect the connectors of the same colors
correctly.

• If this unit is installed in a vehicle that does not
have an ACC (accessory) position on the ignition
switch, the red lead of the unit should be connected
to a terminal coupled with ignition switch ON/OFF
operations. If this is not done, the vehicle battery
may be drained when you are away from the vehi­cle for several hours. (Fig. 1)

Fig. 1

• The black lead is ground. Please ground this lead
separately from the ground of high-current prod­ucts such as power amps.
If you ground the products together and the ground
becomes detached, there is a risk of damage to the
products or fire.

• Cords for this product and those for other products
may be different colors even if they have the same
function. When connecting this product to another
product, refer to the supplied manuals of both
products and connect cords that have the same
function.

No ACC positionACC position

INSTALLATION MANUAL

MANUEL D’INSTALLATION

<KMMZX> <03L00000>

DEH-P8600MP

Printed in Thailand

Imprimé en Thaïlande

<CRD3831-A/N> UC

This product conforms to CEMA cord colors.
Le code de couleur des câbles utilisé pour ce produit est con­forme à CEMA.

Connecting the Units <ENGLISH>

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

Left

Right

Fuse resistor

Fuse resistor

Fuse holder

Perform these connections when using
the optional amplifier.

With a 2 speaker system, do not
connect anything to the speaker leads
that are not connected to speakers.

Yellow/black
If you use a cellular telephone, connect
it via the Audio Mute lead on the
cellular telephone. If not, keep the
Audio Mute lead free of any
connections.

Yellow
To terminal always supplied with
power regardless of ignition switch
position.

Red
To electric terminal controlled by
ignition switch (12 V DC) ON/OFF.

Orange/white
To lighting switch terminal.

Black (ground)
To vehicle (metal) body.

Gray

Gray/black

Violet

Violet/black

White

White/black

Green

Green/black

Connecting cords with RCA pin
plugs (sold separately)

Power amp

(sold separately)

System remote control

Power amp

(sold separately)

Power amp

(sold separately)

Blue/white
To system control terminal of the power amp or
Auto-antenna relay control terminal (max. 300
mA 12 V DC).

Subwoofer output
(SUBWOOFER OUTPUT)

Rear output
(REAR OUTPUT)

Front output
(FRONT OUTPUT)

Rear speaker

Front speaker

Subwoofer

Front speaker

Front speaker

Front speaker

Rear speaker

Rear speaker

Rear speaker

Subwoofer

This terminal may or may
not be included.

23 cm (9 in.)

15 cm (5-7/8 in.)

Antenna jack

15 cm (5-7/8 in.)

IP-BUS input
(Blue)

Multi-CD player
(sold separately)

IP-BUS cable

This product

Jack for the Wired Remote Control
Refer to Wired Remote Control’s manual
(sold separately).

C

C

A

F

F

O

O

N

S

T

A

R

T

F

F

O

O

N

S

T

A

R

T

Fig. 2

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

+

≠

Left

Right

Fuse resistor

Fuse resistor

Fuse holder

Perform these connections when using
the optional amplifier.

With a 2 speaker system, do not
connect anything to the speaker leads
that are not connected to speakers.

Yellow/black
If you use a cellular telephone, connect
it via the Audio Mute lead on the
cellular telephone. If not, keep the
Audio Mute lead free of any
connections.

Yellow
To terminal always supplied with
power regardless of ignition switch
position.

Red
To electric terminal controlled by
ignition switch (12 V DC) ON/OFF.

Orange/white
To lighting switch terminal.

Black (ground)
To vehicle (metal) body.

Gray

Gray/black

Violet

Violet/black

White

White/black

Green

Green/black

Connecting cords with RCA pin
plugs (sold separately)

Power amp

(sold separately)

System remote control

Power amp

(sold separately)

Power amp

(sold separately)

Blue/white
To system control terminal of the power amp or
Auto-antenna relay control terminal (max. 300
mA 12 V DC).

Subwoofer output
(SUBWOOFER OUTPUT)

Rear output
(REAR OUTPUT)

Front output
(FRONT OUTPUT)

Rear speaker

Front speaker

Subwoofer

Front speaker

Front speaker

Front speaker

Rear speaker

Rear speaker

Rear speaker

Subwoofer

This terminal may or may
not be included.

23 cm (9 in.)

15 cm (5-7/8 in.)

Antenna jack

15 cm (5-7/8 in.)

IP-BUS input
(Blue)

Multi-CD player
(sold separately)

IP-BUS cable

This product

Jack for the Wired Remote Control
Refer to Wired Remote Control’s manual
(sold separately).

Installation <ENGLISH>

Note:

• Before finally installing the unit, connect the
wiring temporarily, making sure it is all connected
up properly, and the unit and the system work
properly.

• Use only the parts included with the unit to ensure
proper installation. The use of unauthorized parts
can cause malfunctions.

• Consult with your nearest dealer if installation
requires the drilling of holes or other modifications
of the vehicle.

• Install the unit where it does not get in the driver’s
way and cannot injure the passenger if there is a
sudden stop, like an emergency stop.

• The semiconductor laser will be damaged if it
overheats, so don’t install the unit anywhere hot
— for instance, near a heater outlet.

• If installation angle exceeds 60° from horizontal,
the unit might not give its optimum performance.
(Fig. 3)

Fig. 3

• The cords must not cover up the area shown in the
figure below. This is necessary to allow the ampli­fires to radiate freely. (Fig. 4)

Fig. 4

DIN Front/Rear-mount

This unit can be properly installed either from “Front” (conventional DIN Front-mount) or
“Rear” (DIN Rear-mount installation, utilizing threaded screw holes at the sides of unit
chassis). For details, refer to the following illustrated installation methods.

DIN Front-mount

Installation with the rubber bush (Fig. 5)

Fig. 5

Installation without the rubber bush (Fig. 6)

Fig. 6

Nut (5 mm)

Dashboard

Drill a 5.5 – 6.0 mm
diameter hole.

Screw (5 × 16 mm)

Nut (5 mm)

Screw

Strap
Be sure to use the strap to secure the back
of the unit in place. The strap can be bent
by hand to the desired angle.

Holder
After inserting the holder into the dash­board, then select the appropriate tabs
according to the thickness of the dash­board material and bend them.
(Install as firmly possible using the top
and bottom tabs. To secure, bend the
tabs 90 degrees.)

Dashboard

Rubber bush

Screw

60°

182

53

Removing the Unit (Fig. 7) (Fig. 8)

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

DIN Rear-mount

Installation using the screw holes on the side of the unit

1. Remove the frame. (Fig. 9)

Fig. 9

Insert the release pin into the hole in
the bottom of the frame and pull out
to remove the frame.
(When reattaching the frame, point
the side with a groove downwards
and attach it.)

Frame

Insert the supplied extraction keys into the unit, as
shown in the figure, until they click into place. Keeping
the keys pressed against the sides of the unit, pull the
unit out.

2. Fastening the unit to the factory radio mounting bracket.
(Fig. 10) (Fig. 11)

Select a position where the screw holes of the bracket and
the screw holes of the head unit become aligned (are fitted),
and tighten the screws at 2 places on each side. Use either
binding screws (5 × 8 mm) or flush surface screws
(5 × 9 mm), depending on the shape of the screw holes in
the bracket.

Fig. 10

Fig.11

About the fixing screws for the front panel

If you do not operate the removing and attaching the front panel function, use the supplied
fixing screw to fix the front panel to this unit.

Fig. 12

Frame

Insert the release pin into the hole in
the bottom of the frame and pull out
to remove the frame.
(When reattaching the frame, point
the side with a groove downwards
and attach it.)

Screw

Dashboard or Console

Factory radio mounting bracket

Fixing screw