Pioneer DEH-8400BT User Manual

Operation Manual

CD RDS RECEIVER

DEH-8400BT

English

Contents

Thank you for purchasing this PIONEER product.

To ensure proper use, please read through this manual before using this product. It is especially important that you read and observe WARNINGs and CAUTIONsin this manual. Please keep the manual in a safe and accessible place for future refer-

ence.

Before you start

About this unit 3 In case of trouble 3 Demo mode 4 About this manual 4

Operating this unit

Head unit 5 Optional remote control 5 Set up menu 5 Basic operations 6 Menu operations identical for function

settings/audio adjustments/initial settings/

lists 7 Tuner 7 CD/CD-R/CD-RW and external storage

devices (USB, SD) 11 iPod 13 Audio adjustments 15 Using Bluetooth wireless technology 17 Initial settings 21 Other functions 22

Additional information

Troubleshooting 25 Error messages 25 Handling guidelines 28 Compressed audio compatibility (disc, USB,

SD) 29 iPod compatibility 31 Sequence of audio files 31 Bluetooth profiles 31 Copyright and trademark 32 Specifications 33

Before you start

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If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general household waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronic products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recovery and recycling.

Private households in the member states of the EU, in Switzerland and Norway may return their used electronic products free of charge to designated collection facilities or to a retailer (if you purchase a similar new one). For countries not mentioned above, please contact your local authorities for the correct method of disposal. By doing so you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment, recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential negative effects on the environment and human health.

About this unit

The tuner frequencies on this unit are allocated for use in Western Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. Use in other areas may result in poor reception. The RDS (radio data system) function only operates in areas with broadcasting RDS signals for FM stations.

CAUTION

This product is a class 1 laser product classified under the Safety of laser products, IEC 60825-1:2007, and contains a class 1M laser module. To ensure continued safety, do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.

CAUTION—CLASS 1M INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN, DO NOT VIEW DIRECTLY WITH OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.

CAUTION

! Do not allow this unit to come into contact

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

! The Pioneer CarStereo-Pass is for use only in

Germany.

! Always keep the volume low enough to hear

outside sounds.

! Avoid exposure to moisture. ! If the battery is disconnected or discharged,

any preset memory will be erased.

Note

Function setting operations are completed even if the menu is cancelled before the operations are confirmed.

Before you start

In case of trouble

Should this unit fail to operate properly, please contact your dealer or nearest authorized PIONEER Service Station.

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Before you start

Demo mode

Important

! Failure to connect the red lead (ACC) of this

unit to a terminal coupled with ignition switch on/off operations may lead to battery drain.

! Remember that if the feature demo continues

operating when the car engine is turned off, it may drain battery power.

The demo starts automatically if you do not operate this unit within about 30 seconds since it was last operated or if the ignition switch is set to ACC or ON while it is turned off. To cancel the demo mode, press and hold ( Press and hold ( can also deactivate demo mode in the initial settings. Select Demonstration (demo display setting) and turn off the demo display. For details, refer to Initial settings on page 21.

/DISP) again to start. You

About this manual

! In the following instructions, USB mem-

ories, USB portable audio players, and SD memory cards are collectively referred to as “external storage devices (USB, SD)”.If only USB memories and USB portable audio players are indicated, they are collectively referred to as “USB storage devices”.

! In this manual, iPod and iPhone will be re-

ferred to as “iPod”.

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Head unit

4 5

2 LEVER 9 BAND/

5 Open button c Disc loading slot

Part Part

(phone/on

hook)

/DISP a SRC/OFF

(list) b

AUX input jack (3.5 mm stereo jack)

/ e

8 PTY

MULTI-CONTROL (M.C.)

d h (eject)

SD memory card slot Remove the front panel to access the SD memory card slot.

(iPod)

Optional remote control

The remote control CD-SR110 is sold separately. Remote controller buttons marked with the same numbers as on the unit operate in the same way as the corresponding unit button regardless of button name.

Part Operation

f PHONE

/CAN-

CEL

h a/b/c/d

/START

j VOLUME

g h

Press to display the phone menu. Press and hold to display the connection menu. Press to reject an incoming call or cancel making a call.

While operating the phone, press to end a call or reject an incoming call.

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

Press to start talking on the phone while operating a phone. Press to switch between callers on hold.

Press to increase or decrease volume.

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CAUTION

Use a Pioneer USB cable when connecting the USB audio player/USB memory device as devices connected to the unit directly will protrude out, which is dangerous. Do not use unauthorized products.

Set up menu

When you turn the ignition switch to ON after installation, set up menu appears on the display. You can set up the menu options below.

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1 After installation of this unit, turn the ignition switch to ON. SET UP appears.

2 Turn M.C. to switch to YES.

# If you do not operate for 30 seconds, the set up menu will not be displayed. # If you prefer not to set up at this time, turn M.C. to switch to NO. If you select NO, you cannot set up in the set up menu.

3 Press M.C. to select.

4 Perform the following procedures to set the menu.

To proceed to the next menu option, you need to confirm your selection.

Language select (multi-language)

1 Turn M.C. to select the desired language.

English—Français—Italiano—Español— Deutsch—Nederlands—РУССКИЙ

2 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Calendar (setting the date)

1 Turn M.C. to change the year. 2 Press M.C. to select day. 3 Turn M.C. to change the day. 4 Press M.C. to select month. 5 Turn M.C. to change the month. 6 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Clock (setting the clock)

1 Turn M.C. to adjust hour. 2 Press M.C. to select minute. 3 Turn M.C. to adjust minute. 4 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

FM step (FM tuning step)

Demonstration (demo display setting)

1 Turn M.C. to set the demo display to off. 2 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Quit appears.

5 To finish your settings, turn M.C. to select YES.

# If you prefer to change your setting again, turn

M.C. to switch to NO.

6 Press M.C. to select.

Notes

! Because demonstration mode is the function

for displaying at stores, do not use this function while driving.

! You can set up the menu options in the initial

settings. For details about the settings, refer to Initial settings on page 21.

! You can cancel set up menu by pressing SRC/

OFF.

Basic operations

Important

! Handle gently when removing or attaching

the front panel.

! Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive

shock.

! Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and

high temperatures.

! To avoid damaging the device or vehicle inter-

ior, remove any cables and devices attached to the front panel before detaching it.

1 Turn M.C. to select the FM tuning step.

50kHz (50 kHz)—100kHz (100 kHz)

2 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Contrast (display contrast setting)

1 Turn M.C. to adjust the contrast level.

0 to 15 is displayed as the level is increased or de-

creased.

2 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

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Removing the front panel to protect your unit from theft The front panel can be detached to deter theft.

1 Press the open button to open the front panel. 2 Grip the left side of the front panel and pull it

gently outward. Take care not to grip it too tightly or to drop the front panel and protect it from contact with water or other fluids to prevent permanent damage.

3 Always keep the detached front panel in a protec-

tion device such as a protection case.

Re-attaching the front panel 1 Reattach the front panel by holding it upright to

the unit and clipping it securely into the mounting hooks.

Turning the unit on 1 Press SRC/OFF to turn the unit on.

Turning the unit off 1 Press and hold SRC/OFF until the unit turns off.

Selecting a source

1 Press SRC/OFF to cycle between:

TUNER (tuner)—CD (CD player)—USB1 (USB1)/ iPod1 (iPod1)—USB2 (USB2)/iPod2 (iPod2)—SD

(SD memory card)—AUX (AUX)—BT Audio (BT audio)

Adjusting the volume 1 Turn M.C. to adjust the volume.

! If connecting both USB1 (USB storage de-

vice1)/iPod1 (iPod connected using USB input1) and USB2 (USB storage device2)/ iPod2 (iPod connected using USB input2) at the same time, use a Pioneer USB cable (CDU50E) in addition to the regular Pioneer USB cable.

Menu operations identical for function settings/audio adjustments/initial settings/lists

Returning to the previous display Returning to the previous list/category. (the folder/category one level higher.) 1 Press

Turning the demo display on or off 1 Press and hold

Returning to the ordinary display Canceling the initial setting menu 1 Press BAND/

Returning to the ordinary display from the list/category 1 Press BAND/

Selecting a function or list 1 Turn M.C. or LEVER. ! In this manual, “Turn M.C.” is used to describe

/DISP.

the operation used to select a function or list.

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CAUTION

For safety reasons, park your vehicle when removing the front panel.

Notes

! 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.

! When there are two USB storage devices con-

nected to this unit and you want to switch between them for playback , disconnect communications for the USB storage device first before proceeding.

Tuner

Basic operations

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RDS

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Non-RDS or MW/LW

1 TAG indicator 2 Tags transferring indicator 3 Band indicator 4 5 (stereo) indicator 5 LOC indicator

Appears when local seek tuning is on.

6 Preset number indicator 7 Signal level indicator 8 TEXT indicator

Shows when the radio text is received.

9 PTY label indicator a Program service name b Frequency indicator

Selecting a band

1 Press BAND/

2,FM-3 for FM or MW/LW) is displayed.

Manual tuning (step by step) 1 Turn LEVER.

Seeking 1 Turn and hold down LEVER.

! While turning and holding down LEVER, you

can skip stations. Seek tuning starts as soon as you release LEVER.

until the desired band (FM-1, FM-

Using Auto PI Seek for preset stations

When preset stations cannot be recalled, the unit can be set to perform PI Seek during preset recall. ! The default setting for Auto PI Seek is off.

Refer to Auto PI (auto PI seek) on page 21.

Storing and recalling stations for each band

1 Press (list).

The preset screen is displayed.

2 Use M.C. to store the selected frequency in the memory.

Turn to change the preset number. Press and hold to store.

3 Use M.C. to select the desired station.

Turn to change the station. Press to select.

# All stations stored for FM bands can be recalled from each independent FM band. # You can tune the channel up or down manually by pressing # Press BAND/ dinary display.

or . or (list) to return to the or-

Switching the RDS display

RDS (radio data system) contains digital information that helps search for the radio stations.

Using PI Seek

If the tuner cannot find a suitable station, or the reception status deteriorates, the unit automatically searches for a different station with the same programming. During the search, PI seek is displayed and the sound is muted.

% Press

/DISP.

PTY information and frequency or program service name—song title and artist name

# PTY information and the frequency appear on the display for eight seconds.

Using PTY functions

You can tune in to a station using PTY (program type) information.

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Searching for an RDS station by PTY information You can search for general types of broadcasting programs, such as those listed in the following section. Refer to PTY list on this page.

1 Press PTY. 2 Turn LEVER left or right to select the desired set-

ting.

News&Inf—Popular—Classics—Others

3 Press M.C. to begin the search.

The unit searches for a station broadcasting that type of program. When a station is found, its program service name is displayed. PTY (program type ID code) information is listed in the following section. Refer to PTY list on this page. To cancel the search, press M.C. again. The program of some stations may differ from that indicated by the transmitted PTY. If no station is broadcasting the type of program you searched for, Not found is displayed for about two seconds and then the tuner returns to the original station.

PTY list

News&Inf

News (News), Affairs (Current affairs), Info (Informa-

tion), Sport (Sports), Weather (Weather), Finance (Finance)

Popular

Pop Mus (Popular music), Rock Mus (Rock music), Easy Mus (Easy listening), Oth Mus (Other music), Jazz (Jazz), Country (Country music), Nat Mus (Na-

tional music), Oldies (Oldies music), Folk mus (Folk music)

Classics

L. Class (Light classical), Classic (Classical)

Others

Educate (Education), Drama (Drama), Culture (Cul-

ture), Science (Science), Varied (Varied), Children (Children’s), Social (Social affairs), Religion (Religion), Phone In (Phone in), Touring (Travel), Leisure (Leisure), Document (Documentaries)

— iPod touch 4th generation — iPod touch 3rd generation — iPod touch 2nd generation — iPod touch 1st generation — iPod classic 160GB — iPod classic 120GB — iPod classic — iPod nano 6th generation — iPod nano 5th generation — iPod nano 4th generation — iPod nano 3rd generation — iPhone 4 — iPhone 3GS — iPhone 3G — iPhone

However, tag information can be stored in this unit even while other iPod models are used.

The song information (tag) can be saved from the broadcasting station to your iPod. The songs will show up in a playlist called “Tagged playlist” in iTunes the next time you sync your iPod. Then you can directly buy the songs you want from the iTunes Store. ! The tagged songs and the song that you

can buy from the iTunes Store may be different. Make sure to confirm the song before you make the purchase.

Storing the tag information to this unit

1 Tune in to the broadcast station. 2 Press and hold M.C. if TAG is indicated in the dis-

play while desired song is broadcasting. ! While storing the tag data on this unit, TAG

flashes.

Storing the tagged information to your iPod 1 Connect an iPod to the USB cable using an iPod

Dock Connector.

2 Select Tags transfer from the function settings to

transfer tag information from this unit to the iPod. Refer to Tags transfer (Tags transfer) on page 15.

! If you switch sources during tag transfer, the

transfer will stop. To cancel the transfer, select Tags transfer from the function settings and then try transferring the tag information again.

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Using iTunes tagging

This function can be operated with the following iPod models.

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Using radio text

Displaying radio text You can display the currently received radio text and the three most recent radio texts. 1 Press and hold down

! You can turn off radio text display by pressing

/DISP, SRC/OFF or BAND/ .

! When no radio text is received, NO TEXT ap-

pears in the display.

2 Turn LEVER left or right to recall the three most

recent radio texts.

3 Press

Storing and recalling radio text You can store data from up to six radio text transmissions to the RT Memo 1 to RT Memo 6 keys.

1 Display the radio text you want to store in the

2 Press

3 Use LEVER to store the selected radio text.

4 Use LEVER to select the desired radio text.

or to scroll.

memory.

(list).

The preset screen is displayed.

Turn it to change the preset number. Press and hold down M.C. to store.

Turn it to change the radio text. Press M.C. to select. ! To return to the ordinary display, press BAND/

or (list).

(list) to display radio text.

! The tuner automatically stores the three lat-

est radio text broadcasts received, replacing the oldest text with the newest text.

Function settings

1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.

2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option and press to select FUNCTION.

3 Turn M.C. to select the function.

After selecting, perform the following procedures to set the function.

! If MW/LW band is selected, only BSM,

Local and Tuning Mode are available.

BSM (best stations memory)

BSM (best stations memory) automatically stores the six strongest stations in the order of their signal strength. 1 Press M.C. to turn BSM on.

To cancel, press M.C. again.

Regional (regional)

When Alternative FREQ is used, the regional function limits the selection of stations to those broadcasting regional programs.

1 Press M.C. to turn the regional function on or off.

Local (local seek tuning)

Local seek tuning lets you tune in to only those radio stations with sufficiently strong signals for good reception. 1 Press M.C. to turn local on.

! To cancel, press M.C. again.

2 Turn LEVER left or right to select the desired set-

ting. FM: Level 1—Level 2—Level 3—Level 4 MW/LW: Level 1—Level 2 The highest level setting allows reception of only the strongest stations, while lower levels allow the reception of weaker stations.

PTY search (program type selection)

You can tune in to a station using PTY (program type) information. 1 Turn LEVER left or right to select the desired set-

ting.

News&Inf—Popular—Classics—Others

2 Press M.C. to begin the search.

For details, refer to Searching for an RDS station by PTY information on the previous page.

Traffic Announce (traffic announcement standby)

1 Press M.C. to turn traffic announcement standby

on or off.

Alternative FREQ (alternative frequencies search)

When the tuner cannot get a good reception, the unit automatically searches for a different station in the same network. 1 Press M.C. to turn the alternative frequencies

search on and off.

News interrupt (news program interruption)

1 Press M.C. to turn the NEWS function on or off.

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Tuning Mode (LEVER tuning setting)

You can assign a function to the LEVER on the unit. Select Manual (manual tuning) to tune up or down manually or select Preset (preset channel) to switch between preset channels. 1 Press M.C. to select Manual or Preset.

CD/CD-R/CD-RW and external storage devices (USB, SD)

Basic operations

1 Bit rate/sampling frequency indicator

Shows the bit rate or sampling frequency of the current track (file) when the compressed audio is playing.

! When playing back VBR (variable bit

rate)-recorded AAC files, the average bit rate value is displayed. However, depending on the software used to decode AAC files, VBR may be displayed.

2 Folder number indicator

Shows the folder number currently playing when the compressed audio is playing.

3 Track number indicator 4 PLAY/PAUSE indicator 5 S.Rtrv indicator

Appears when Sound Retriever function is on.

6 Song time (progress bar) 7 Play time indicator

Open the front panel 1 Press the open button.

Disc loading slot appears.

Playing a CD/CD-R/CD-RW 1 Insert the disc into the disc loading slot with the

label side up.

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Ejecting a CD/CD-R/CD-RW 1 Press h (eject).

Playing songs on a USB storage device 1 Use a Pioneer USB cable to connect the USB sto-

rage device to the unit.

! Plug in the USB storage device using the USB

cable.

Stopping playback of files on a USB storage device ! You may disconnect the USB storage device at

any time.

Playing songs on an SD memory card

1 Remove the front panel. 2 Insert an SD memory card into the SD card slot.

Insert it with the contact surface facing down, and press on the card until it clicks and completely locks into place.

3 Re-attach the front panel. 4 Press SRC/OFF to select SD as the source.

Playback will start.

Stopping playback of files on an SD memor y card

1 Remove the front panel. 2 Press on the SD memory card until it clicks.

The SD memory card is ejected.

3 Pull out the SD memory card. 4 Re-attach the front panel.

Selecting a folder 1 Press

Selecting a track 1 Turn LEVER.

Fast forwarding or reversing 1 Turn and hold down LEVER to the right or left.

Returning to root folder 1 Press and hold BAND/

Switching between compressed audio and CD-DA 1 Press BAND/

Switching between playback memory devices You can switch between playback memory devices on USB storage devices with more than one Mass Storage Device-compatible memory device. 1 Press BAND/ ! You can switch between up to 32 different mem-

or .

ory devices.

Notes

! When playing compressed audio, there is no

sound during fast forward or reverse.

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