Pioneer DEH-1800 User Manual

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Operation Manual

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High power CD player with FM/AM tuner

Lecteur CD de grande puissance avec syntoniseur

FM/AM

DEH-1800

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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 3

For Canadian model 3

About this unit 3

About this manual 3

After-sales service for Pioneer products 4

Visit our website 4

Protecting your unit from theft 4

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Removing the front panel 4

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Attaching the front panel 4

Whats What

Head unit 5

LCD display 6

Operating this unit

Basic Operations 7

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Turning the unit on and selecting a

source 7

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Adjusting the volume 7

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Turning the unit off 7

Tuner 7

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Listening to the radio 7

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Storing and recalling broadcast

frequencies 7

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Tuning in strong signals 7

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Storing the strongest broadcast

frequencies 8

Built-in CD Player 8

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Playing a CD 8

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Repeating play 8

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Playing tracks in random order 8

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Scanning tracks of a CD 8

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Pausing CD playback 8

Audio Adjustments 9

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Introduction of audio adjustments 9

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Using balance adjustment 9

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Using the equalizer 9

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Adjusting equalizer curves 9

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Adjusting loudness 9

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Adjusting source levels 10

Other Functions 10

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Setting the clock 10

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Turning the clock display on or off 10

Additional Information

Error messages 11

Handling guideline of discs and player 11

Specifications 12

Contents

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 allo-

cated for use in North America. Use in other

areas may result in poor reception.

WARNING:

Handling the cord on this product or cords asso-

ciated with accessories sold with the product

may expose you to chemicals listed on proposi-

tion 65 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.

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.

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 op-

eration. 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 read-

ing through the manual before you begin

using this unit. It is especially important that

you read and observe WARNINGs and CAU-

TIONs in this manual.

Before You Start

English

Section

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 infor-

mation 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

1-877-283-5901

For warranty information please see the Lim-

ited Warranty sheet included with this unit.

Visit our website

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.

2 Receive updates on the latest products and

technologies.

3 Download owners manuals, order product

catalogues, research new products, and

much more.

Protecting your unit from

theft

The front panel can be detached from the

head unit to prevent theft.

Important

! Never use force or grip the display and the

buttons too tightly when removing or attach-

ing.

! 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.

2 Grab the front panel and remove.

Attaching the front panel

% Place the front panel flat against the

face of the head unit until it is firmly

seated.

Before You Start

Section

Head unit

1 EQ button

Press to select various equalizer curves.

2 LOUDNESS button

Press to turn loudness on or off.

3 Disc loading slot

Insert a disc to play.

4 EJECT button

Press to eject a CD from your built-in CD

player.

5 SOURCE button

This unit is turned on by selecting a source.

Press to cycle through all the available

sources.

6 BAND button

Press to select among three FM bands and

one AM band and to cancel the control

mode of functions.

7 DETACH button

Press to remove the front panel from the

head unit.

8 c/d buttons

Press to perform manual seek tuning, fast

forward, reverse and track search controls.

Also used for controlling functions.

9 AUDIO button

Press to select various sound quality con-

trols.

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. Also used for con-

trolling functions.

c CLOCK button

Press to change to the clock display.

d VOLUME (+/) buttons

Press to increase or decrease the volume.

Whats What

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LCD display

1 Main display section

Shows the various information such as

band, play time, and other setting.

! Tuner

Band and frequency are displayed.

! Built-in CD Player

Erapsed play time is displayed.

! Audio and initial setup

Function names and setup status are dis-

played.

2 LOC indicator

Shows when local seek tuning is on.

3 Stereo (5) indicator

Shows when the selected frequency is

being broadcast in stereo.

4 LOUD indicator

Appears in the display when loudness is

turned on.

5 Preset number/track number indicator

Shows the track number or preset

number.

1 2 3 4 5

Whats What

Section

Basic Operations

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 the next page).

% 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.

Adjusting the volume

% Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

Turning the unit off

% Press SOURCE and hold until the unit

turns off.

Tuner

Listening to the radio

1 Press SOURCE to select the tuner.

2 Press BAND to select a band.

Press BAND until the desired band (F1, F2, F3

for FM or AM) is displayed.

3 To perform manual tuning, briefly press

c or d.

4 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

c or d.

# 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 pre-

set tuning buttons 16 and hold until the

preset number stops flashing.

The selected radio station frequency is stored

in memory.

The next time you press the same preset tun-

ing button the radio station frequency is re-

called from memory.

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.

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Storing the strongest broadcast

frequencies

BSM (best stations memory) lets you automa-

tically store the six strongest broadcast fre-

quencies under preset tuning buttons 16.

! 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.

Built-in CD Player

Playing a CD

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 To perform fast forward or reverse,

press and hold c or d.

3 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 cur-

rent track. Pressing again will skip to the pre-

vious track.

Notes

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

cm or 8-cm CD at a time. Do not use an adap-

ter 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 Error messages on page 11.

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/re-

verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.

Playing tracks in 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.

Scanning tracks of a CD

Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of

each track on the CD.

1 Press 3 to turn scan play on.

SCAN appears in the display. The first 10 sec-

onds of each track is played.

2 When you find the desired track press 3

to turn scan play off.

# After scanning of a CD is finished, normal

playback of the tracks will begin again.

Pausing CD playback

Playback of the current track pauses.

% Press 6 repeatedly to turn pause on or

off.

When pause is on, PAUSE appears in the dis-

play.

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Audio Adjustments

Introduction of audio adjustments

% Press AUDIO to display the audio func-

tion names.

Press AUDIO repeatedly to switch between

the following audio functions:

FAD (balance adjustment)BASS (bass ad-

justment)MID (mid-range adjustment)

TREBLE (treble adjustment)LOUD (loud-

ness)SLA (source level adjustment)

# When selecting the FM tuner as the source,

you cannot switch to SLA.

# To return to the display of each source, press

BAND.

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 ad-

justed, BAL will be displayed.

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.

3 Press c or d to adjust left/right speaker

balance.

BAL L 9  BAL R 9 is displayed as the left/right

speaker balance moves from left to right.

Using the equalizer

There are six stored equalizer settings such as

DYNAMIC, VOCAL, NATURAL, CUSTOM,

FLAT and POWERFUL that can easily be re-

called at any time.

! CUSTOM is an adjusted equalizer curve

that you create.

! 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 fol-

lowing equalizers:

DYNAMICVOCALNATURALCUSTOM

FLATPOWERFUL

Adjusting equalizer curves

You can adjust the currently selected equalizer

curve setting as desired. Adjusted equalizer

curve settings are memorized in CUSTOM.

Adjusting bass/mid/treble

You can adjust the bass/mid/treble level.

1 Press AUDIO to select BASS/MID/

TREBLE.

2 Press + or  to adjust the 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.

3 Press c or d to select a desired level.

LOW (low)HI (high)

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Adjusting source levels

SLA (source level adjustment) lets you adjust

the volume level of each source to prevent ra-

dical changes in volume when switching be-

tween 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.

1 Compare the FM tuner volume level

with the level of the source you wish to ad-

just.

2 Press AUDIO to select SLA.

3 Press + or  to adjust the source vo-

lume.

SLA +4  SLA 4 is displayed as the source vo-

lume is increased or decreased.

Other Functions

Setting the clock

Use these instructions to set the clock.

1 Press SOURCE and hold until the unit

turns off.

2 Press AUDIO and hold until clock ap-

pears in the display.

3 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.

4 Press + or  to set the clock.

Pressing + will increase the selected hour or

minute. Pressing  will decrease the selected

hour or minute.

# To cancel clock settings, press BAND.

# You can also cancel clock settings by holding

down AUDIO until the unit turns off.

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.

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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

Dirty disc Clean disc.

ERROR-11, 12,

17, 30

Scratched disc Replace disc.

ERROR-10, 11,

12, 15, 17, 30,

Electrical or me-

chanical

Turn the ignition

ON and OFF, or

switch to a differ-

ent source, then

back to the CD

player.

CD-ROM CD-ROM is in-

serted

Replace disc.

Handling guideline of discs

and player

! Use only discs featuring following logo.

! Use only conventional, fully circular discs.

Do not use shaped discs.

! Do not use cracked, chipped, warped, or

otherwise damaged discs as they may da-

mage the player.

! Unfinalized CD-R/CD-RW disc playback is

not possible.

! Do not touch the recorded surface of the

discs.

! Store discs in their cases when not in use.

! Avoid leaving discs in excessively hot envir-

onments including under direct sunlight.

! 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.

! Condensation may temporarily impair the

players performance. Leave it to adjust to

the warmer temperature for about one

hour. Also, wipe any dump discs with a soft

cloth.

! Playback of discs may not be possible be-

cause of disc characteristics, disc format,

recorded application, playback environ-

ment, storage conditions and so on.

! It is possible to play back up to 99 tracks on

one disc.

! Road shocks may interrupt disc playback.

! Read the precautions with discs before

using them.

Additional Information

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Appendix

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 × 50 × 157 mm

(7 × 2 × 6-1/8 in.)

Nose ........................... 188 × 58 × 20 mm

(7-3/8 × 2-1/4 × 3/4 in.)

Chassis ..................... 178 × 50 × 162 mm

(7 × 2 × 6-3/8 in.)

Nose ........................... 170 × 48 × 15 mm

(6-3/4 × 1-7/8 × 5/8 in.)

Weight ..........................................1.3 kg (2.9 lbs)

Audio

Continuous power output ...22 W × 4 (50  15 000 Hz,

5% THD, 4 W load, both

channels driven)

Maximum power output .......50 W × 4

Load impedance ...................... 4 W (4  8 W allowable)

Preout max output level/output impedance

..................................................... 2.2 V/1 kW

Bass/Mid/Treble:

Bass

Frequency ................ 100 Hz

Gain ............................ ±13dB

Mid

Frequency ................ 1 kHz

Gain ............................ ±12dB

Treble

Frequency ................ 10 kHz

Gain ............................ ±12dB

Loudness contour:

Low ....................................... +7 dB (100 Hz), +4 dB (10

kHz)

High ..................................... +10 dB (100 Hz), +6.5 dB

(10 kHz)

(volume: 30 dB)

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 ............... 94 dB (1 kHz) (IHF-A net-

work)

Dynamic range ......................... 92 dB (1 kHz)

Number of channels .............. 2 (stereo)

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 dBf (0.9 µV/75 W, mono)

Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 75 dB (IHF-A network)

Distortion ..................................... 0.3 % (at 65 dBf, 1 kHz,

stereo)

0.1 % (at 65 dBf, 1 kHz,

mono)

Frequency response ............... 30  15 000 Hz (±3 dB)

Stereo separation .................... 45 dB (at 65 dBf, 1 kHz)

Selectivity .................................... 80 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 ..................... 18 µV (S/N: 20 dB)

Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 65 dB (IHF-A network)

Note

Specifications and the design are subject to pos-

sible modifications without notice due to im-

provements.

Additional Information

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