Pioneer DEH-1770 User Manual

Operation Manual

High power CD player with FM/AM tuner

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DEH-1770

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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.

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Before You Start

About this unit 3
Protecting your unit from theft 3

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Removing the front panel 3

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Attaching the front panel 3

Whats What
Head unit 4

Power ON/OFF

Turning the unit on and selecting a

source 5

Turning the unit off 5

Tuner

Listening to the radio 6
Storing and recalling broadcast

frequencies 6

Tuning in strong signals 6
Storing the strongest broadcast

frequencies 7

Turning the clock display on or off 11

Setting the FM tuning step 11

Additional Information

Understanding built-in CD player error

messages 12
CD player and care 12
CD-R/CD-RW discs 12
Specifications 14

Built-in CD Player

Playing a CD 8
Playing tracks in a random order 8
Repeating play 8
Pausing CD playback 8

Audio Adjustments

Introduction of audio adjustments 9
Using balance adjustment 9
Using the BTB (bass treble booster) 9

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Adjusting BTB 9
Adjusting loudness 10
Adjusting source levels 10

Initial Settings

Adjusting initial settings 11
Setting the clock 11

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Before You Start

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About this unit

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

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.

CAUTION

! Do not allow this unit to come into contact

with liquids. Electrical shock could result.
Also, this unit damage, smoke, and overheat
could result from contact with liquids.

! Keep this manual handy as a reference for op-

erating procedures and precautions.

! Always keep the volume low enough so that

you can hear sounds from outside the vehicle.

! Protect this unit from moisture.
! If the battery is disconnected or discharged,

the preset memory will be erased and must be
reprogrammed.

! If this unit does not operate properly, contact

your dealer or nearest authorized Pioneer Ser­vice Station.

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.

Removing the front panel

1 Press DETACH to release the front
panel.

Press DETACH and the right side of the panel
is released from the head unit.

2 Grab the front panel and remove.

Grab the right side of the front panel and pull
away to the left. The front panel will be de­tached from the head unit.

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

Attaching the front panel

1 Place the front panel flat against the
head unit.

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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.

2 Press the front panel into the face of
the head unit until it is firmly seated.

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Whats What

Head unit

1 CLOCK button

Press to change to the clock display.

2 BTB button

Press to select various BTB (bass treble
booster) setting.

3 Disc loading slot

Insert a disc to play.

4 LOUDNESS button

Press to turn loudness on or off.

5 EJECT button

Press to eject a CD from your built-in CD
player.

6 AUDIO button

Press to select various sound quality con­trols.

7 c/d buttons

Press to do manual seek tuning, fast for­ward, reverse and track search controls.
Also used for controlling functions.

8 DETACH button

Press to remove the front panel from the
head unit.

9 BAND button

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

a LOCAL/BSM button

Press to turn local function on or off.
Press and hold to turn BSM function on or
off.

b 16 buttons

Press for preset tuning.

c SOURCE button

This unit is turned on by selecting a source.
Press to cycle through all the available
sources.

d VOLUME (+/) buttons

Press to increase or decrease the volume.

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Power ON/OFF

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Turning the unit on and
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 page 8).

% Press SOURCE to select a source.

Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between
the following sources:

Built-in CD playerTuner

When you select a source the unit is turned
on.

Notes

! When no disc has been set in the unit, the

source will not switch to the built-in CD player.

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

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

Turning the unit off

% Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

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Section

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Tuner

Listening to the radio

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1 Band indicator

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

2 LOC indicator

Shows when local seek tuning is on.

3 Stereo (5) indicator

Shows that the frequency selected is being
broadcast in stereo.

4 Frequency indicator

Shows to which frequency the tuner is
tuned.

5 Preset number indicator

Shows which preset has been selected.

1 Press SOURCE to select the tuner.

# If you press and hold c or d you can skip sta-
tions. Seek tuning starts as soon as you release
the button.

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

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

% 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.

2 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

3 Press BAND to select a band.

Press BAND until the desired band is dis­played, F1, F2, F3 for FM or AM.

4 To perform manual tuning, briefly press
c or d.

5 To perform seek tuning, press and hold
c or d 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 briefly pressing
either c or d.

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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.

% Press LOCAL/BSM repeatedly to turn
local seek tuning on or off.

When local seek tuning is on, LOC appears in
the display.

Tuner

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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.
! Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM

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

% Press LOCAL/BSM and hold until the
BSM turns on.
BSM begins to flash. While BSM is flashing

the six strongest broadcast frequencies will be
stored under preset tuning buttons 16 in the
order of their signal strength. When finished,
BSM stops flashing.

# To cancel the storage process, press
LOCAL/BSM.

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Built-in CD Player

Playing a CD

1 2

1 Track number indicator

Shows the track currently playing.

2 Play time indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur­rent track.

1 Insert a CD into the CD loading slot.

Playback will automatically start.

# Be sure to turn up the label side of a disc.
# After a CD has been inserted, press SOURCE

to select the built-in CD player.

# You can eject a CD by pressing EJECT.

2 Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

3 To perform fast forward or reverse,
press and hold c or d.

4 To skip back or forward to another
track, press c or d.

Pressing d skips to the start of the next track.
Pressing c once skips to the start of the cur­rent track. Pressing again will skip to the pre­vious track.

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.

! If an error message such as ERROR-11 is dis-

played, refer to Understanding built-in CD
player error messages on page 12.

Playing tracks in a random
order

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

% Press 4 repeatedly to turn random play
on or off.

When random play is on, RDM appears in the
display.

Repeating play

Repeat play lets you hear the same track over
again.

% Press 5 repeatedly to turn repeat play
on or off.

When repeat play is on, RPT appears in the
display.

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

Pausing CD playback

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of
the CD.

% Press 6 repeatedly to turn pause on or
off.

When pause is on, PAUSE appears in the dis­play.

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Audio Adjustments

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Introduction of audio
adjustments

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1 Audio display

Shows the audio adjustments status.

2 LOUD indicator

Appears in the display when loudness is
turned on.

% Press AUDIO to display the audio func­tion names.

Press AUDIO repeatedly to switch between
the following audio functions:
FAD (balance adjustment)BASS (bass ad-
justment)TREBLE (treble adjustment)
LOUD (loudness)SLA (source level adjust-
ment)

# When selecting the FM tuner as the source,
you cannot switch to SLA.
# If you do not operate the audio function within
about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re­turned to the source display.
# To return to the display of each source, press

BAND.

2 Press + or  to adjust front/rear speaker
balance.
FAD F15  FAD R15 is displayed as the front/

rear speaker balance moves from front to rear.

# FAD 0 is the proper setting when only two
speakers are used.

3 Press c or d to adjust left/right speaker
balance.
BAL L9  BAL R9 is displayed as the left/right

speaker balance moves from left to right.

Using the BTB (bass treble
booster)

There are five stored BTB settings such as

DYNAMIC, POWER, MAX, CUSTOM and
FLAT that can easily recall at any time.

! CUSTOM is an adjusted BTB setting that

you create.

! When FLAT is selected no supplement or

correction is made to the sound. This is
useful to check effect of the BTB settings
by switching alternatively between FLAT
and set BTB setting.

% Press BTB to select the desired BTB set­ting.

Press BTB repeatedly to switch between the
following BTB setting:

POWERMAXCUSTOMFLAT
DYNAMIC

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Using balance adjustment

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

1 Press AUDIO to select FAD.

# If the balance setting has been previously ad­justed, BAL will be displayed.

Adjusting BTB

You can adjust the currently selected BTB set­ting as desired. Adjusted BTB settings are
memorized in CUSTOM.

Adjusting bass

You can adjust the bass level.

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Audio Adjustments

1 Press AUDIO to select BASS.

2 Press + or  to adjust the bass level.
+6  6 is displayed as the level is increased

or decreased.

Adjusting treble

You can adjust the treble level.

1 Press AUDIO to select TREBLE.

2 Press + or  to adjust the treble level.
+6  6 is displayed as the level is increased

or decreased.

Adjusting loudness

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

1 Press AUDIO to select LOUD.

2 Press + to turn loudness on.
LOUD indicator is displayed.

# To turn loudness off, press .
# You can also turn loudness on or off by press-

ing LOUDNESS.

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

2 Press AUDIO to select SLA.

3 Press + or  to adjust the source vo­lume.
SLA +4  SLA 4 is displayed as the source vo-

lume is increased or decreased.

3 Press c or d to select a desired level.
LOW (low)HI (high)

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.

! The AM tuner volume level can also be ad-

justed with source level adjustments.

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Initial Settings

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Adjusting initial settings

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

1 Function display

Shows the function status.

1 Press SOURCE and hold until the unit
turns off.

2 Press AUDIO and hold until clock ap­pears in the display.

Press AUDIO repeatedly to switch between
the following settings:
ClockFM (FM tuning step)
Use the following instructions to operate each
particular setting.

# To cancel initial settings, press BAND.
# You can also cancel initial settings by holding

down AUDIO until the unit turns off.

Setting the clock

Use these instructions to set the clock.

1 Press AUDIO to select clock.

2 Press c or d to select the segment of
the clock display you wish to set.

Pressing c or d will select one segment of the
clock display:
HourMinute
As you select segments of the clock display
the segment selected will blink.

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3 Press + or  to set the clock.

Pressing + will increase the selected hour or
minute. Pressing  will decrease the selected
hour or minute.

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.

# The clock display disappears temporarily
when you perform other operations, but the clock
display appears again after 25 seconds.

Setting the FM tuning step

The FM tuning step employed by seek tuning
can be switched between 100 kHz, the preset
step, and 50 kHz.
! If seek tuning is performed in 50 kHz steps,

stations may be tuned in imprecisely. Tune
in the stations with manual tuning or use
seek tuning again.

1 Press AUDIO to select FM.

2 Press c or d to select the FM tuning
step.

Press c to select 50 (50 kHz). Press d to se­lect 100 (100 kHz).

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Appendix

Additional Information

Understanding built-in CD
player error messages

When you contact your dealer or your nearest
Pioneer Service Center, be sure to record the
error message.

Message Cause Action

ERROR-11, 12,
17, 30

ERROR-11, 12,
17, 30

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

ERROR-44 All tracks are

Dirty disc Clean disc.

Scratched disc Replace disc.

Electrical or me­chanical

skip tracks

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

Replace disc.

CD player and care

! Use only CDs that have the Compact Disc

Digital Audio mark as show 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.)

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Additional Information

Appendix

! 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 vehicle.

! 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.

! 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.

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