Pioneer Super Tuner III D DVH P5850MP User Manual

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Multi-CD control high power DVD/Video CD/CD/MP3/  
WMA player with FM/AM tuner  
DVH-P5850MP  
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Precautions  
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To ensure safe driving  
WARNING  
NEVER install the display in a location that en-  
ables the driver to watch the DVD or Video CD  
while driving.  
WARNING  
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LIGHT GREEN LEAD AT POWER CON-  
NECTOR IS DESIGNED TO DETECT  
PARKED STATUS AND MUST BE CON-  
NECTED TO THE POWER SUPPLY SIDE  
OF THE PARKING BRAKE SWITCH. IM-  
PROPER CONNECTION OR USE OF  
THIS LEAD MAY VIOLATE APPLICABLE  
LAW AND MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS IN-  
JURY OR DAMAGE.  
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To avoid the risk of accident and the potential  
violation of applicable laws, the front DVD or  
TV (sold separately) feature should never be  
used while the vehicle is being driven. Also,  
rear displays should not be in a location  
where it is a visible distraction to the driver.  
In some countries or states the viewing of  
images on a display inside a vehicle even by  
persons other than the driver may be illegal.  
Where such regulations apply, they must be  
obeyed and this units DVD features should  
not be used.  
This unit detects whether your cars parking  
brake is engaged or not, and prevents you  
from watching a DVD or Video CD on the dis-  
play connected to FRONT VIDEO OUTPUT  
while driving. When you attempt to watch a  
DVD/Video CD, the screen will turn black.  
When you park your car in a safe place and  
apply the parking brake, the picture appears  
on the screen.  
When using a display connected  
to DVD REAR MONITOR OUTPUT  
This units DVD REAR MONITOR OUTPUT is  
for connection of a display to enable passen-  
gers in the rear seats to watch the DVD or  
Video CD.  
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Before You Start  
Video CD  
About this unit  
CAUTION  
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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.  
CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCTꢂ  
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This product contains a laser diode of higher  
class than 1. To ensure continued safety, do  
not remove any covers or attempt to gain ac-  
cess to the inside of the product. Refer all ser-  
vicing to qualified personnel.  
CD  
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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.  
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Notes  
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is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Li-  
censing Corporation.  
It is not possible to play back DVD audio disc.  
This player can only play back discs bearing  
the marks shown above.  
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If this unit does not operate properly, contact  
your dealer or nearest authorized Pioneer Ser-  
vice Station.  
Playable discs  
DVD, Video CD and CD discs that display the  
logos shown below can be played back on this  
player.  
DVD video disc region  
numbers  
DVD video discs that have incompatible region  
numbers cannot be played on this player. The  
region number of the player can be found on  
the bottom of this unit.  
DVD video  
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The illustration below shows the regions and  
corresponding region numbers.  
Remember that use of this system for com-  
mercial or public viewing purposes may con-  
stitute an infringement on the authors rights  
protected by the Copyright Law.  
Video CDs featuring PBC compatibility  
It is possible to play back Video CDs featuring  
PBC (playback control).  
CD playback  
Music CD/CD-R/CD-RW playback is possible.  
MP3 file playback  
You can play back MP3 files recorded on CD-  
ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2  
standard recordings).  
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 units 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.  
This manual mainly explains remote control  
operation. However, in addition to those func-  
tions related with DVD/Video CD/CD/MP3/  
WMA operation that can only be operated by  
the remote control, there are also functions  
that can be operated similarly by the head unit  
and functions that can only be operated by the  
buttons provided for the head unit.  
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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 broad-  
casting (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or  
any other media), broadcasting/streaming  
via internet, intranets and/or other net-  
works or in other electronic content distri-  
bution systems, such as pay-audio or  
audio-on-demand applications. An inde-  
pendent 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 CD-  
ROM/CD-R/CD-RW (ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2  
standard recordings).  
NTSC/PAL compatibility  
This unit is NTSC/PAL system compatible.  
When connecting other components to this  
unit, be sure components are compatible with  
the same video system otherwise images will  
not be correctly reproduced.  
Features  
DVD video playback  
It is possible to play back DVD video, DVD-R  
(video mode) and DVD-RW (video mode).  
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and other rights owners. Use of this copyright  
protection technology must be authorized by  
Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for  
home and other limited viewing uses only unless  
otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation.  
Reverse engineering or disassembly is  
prohibited.  
Dolby Digital/DTS compatibility  
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Manufactured under license from Dolby La-  
boratories. Dolby, Pro Logic, and the  
double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby  
Laboratories.  
About WMA  
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DTSis a registered trademark of Digital  
Theater Systems, Inc.  
Multi-channel processor control  
When using this unit with a Pioneer multi-  
channel processor, you can enjoy the atmo-  
sphere and excitement provided by DVD movie  
and music software featuring 5.1 channel re-  
cordings.  
The Windows Media" logo printed on the box  
indicates that this unit can play back WMA  
data.  
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.  
Windows Media and the Windows logo are tra-  
demarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft  
Corporation in the United States and/or other  
countries.  
Multi-aspect  
Switching between wide screen, letterbox and  
panscan display is possible.  
Multi-audio  
You can switch between multiple audio sys-  
tems recorded on a DVD as desired.  
Notes  
Multi-subtitle  
You can switch between multiple subtitle lan-  
guages recorded on a DVD as desired.  
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With some applications used to encode WMA  
files, this unit may not operate correctly.  
Depending on the version of Windows Media  
Player used to encode WMA files, album  
names and other text information may not be  
correctly displayed.  
Multi-angle  
You can switch between multiple viewing an-  
gles of a scene recorded on a DVD as desired.  
Note  
This product incorporates copyright protection  
technology that is protected by method claims of  
certain U.S. patents and other intellectual prop-  
erty rights owned by Macrovision Corporation  
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and minus () poles pointing in the proper di-  
rection.  
What the marks on DVDs  
indicate  
The marks below may be found on DVD disc  
labels and packages. They indicate the type of  
images and audio recorded on the disc, and  
the functions you can use.  
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When using for the first time, pull out the  
film protruding from the tray.  
Mark  
Meaning  
Indicates the number of audio sys-  
tems.  
2
Indicates the number of subtitle lan-  
guages.  
2
WARNING  
Keep the battery out of the reach of children.  
Should the battery be swallowed, immediately  
consult a doctor.  
Indicates the number of viewing an-  
gles.  
3
Indicates the picture size (aspect ratio:  
screen width-to-height ratio) type.  
16 : 9 LB  
CAUTION  
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Use only one CR2025 (3 V) lithium battery.  
Remove the battery if the remote control is not  
used for a month or longer.  
Indicates the number of the region  
where playback is possible.  
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Do not recharge, disassemble, heat or dispose  
of the battery in fire.  
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Do not handle the battery with metallic tools.  
Do not store the battery with metallic materi-  
als.  
When an operation is prohibited  
When you are watching a DVD and attempt to  
perform an operation, it may not be performed  
because of the programming on the disc.  
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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 en-  
vironmental public institutionsrules that  
apply in your country/area.  
Always check carefully that you are loading  
the battery with its plus (+) and minus ()  
poles facing in the proper directions.  
When this happens, the icon  
the screen.  
appears on  
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The icon may not appear with certain  
discs.  
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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 (+)  
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Using the remote control  
Point the remote control in the direction of the  
front panel to operate.  
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The remote control may not function prop-  
erly in direct sunlight.  
Important  
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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.  
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7 a/b/c/d buttons  
When controlling sources  
Head unit  
1 DISPLAY button  
This button is only available on the head  
unit.  
Press to select different displays.  
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These buttons can perform the same op-  
eration as m/n/o/p/r/q but-  
tons on the remote control. Press to do  
manual seek tuning, fast forward, re-  
verse, track search and folder select con-  
trols.  
2 VOLUME  
When you press VOLUME, it extends out-  
ward so that it becomes easier to turn. To re-  
tract VOLUME, press it again. Rotate it to  
increase or decrease the volume.  
When controlling functions  
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These buttons can perform the same op-  
eration as r/q/m/n buttons on  
the remote control.  
3 CLOCK button  
This button is only available on the head  
unit.  
8 A (audio) button  
Press to select various sound quality con-  
trols.  
Press to change to the clock display.  
9 EQ-EX button  
This button is only available on the head  
unit.  
Press and hold to switch between EQ-EX  
and SFEQ functions. Press to operate each  
function.  
4 BAND button  
Press to select among three FM bands and  
one AM band and to cancel the control  
mode of functions.  
5 OPEN button  
This button is only available on the head  
unit.  
Press to open the front panel.  
a 16 buttons  
These buttons can perform the same opera-  
tion as NUMBER (16) buttons on the re-  
mote control. Press for preset tuning and  
disc number search when using a multi-CD/  
DVD player.  
6 F (function) button  
Press to select functions.  
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b EQ button  
This button is only available on the head  
unit.  
Remote control  
1 Remote control selection switch  
Switch to change the setting of the remote  
control. For details, refer to Setting remote  
Press to select various equalizer curves.  
c SOURCE button  
This unit is turned on by selecting a source.  
Press to cycle through all the available  
sources.  
2 VOLUME button  
Press to increase or decrease the volume.  
3 TOP MENU (TOP.M) button  
Press to return to the top menu during DVD  
playback.  
4 MENU button  
Press to display the DVD menu during DVD  
playback.  
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5 RETURN button  
e DIRECT button  
Press to return to the previous display when  
the SET-UP MENU is displayed.  
Press to display the PBC (playback control)  
menu during PBC playback.  
Press to do direct channel select.  
f SOURCE button  
This unit is turned on by selecting a source.  
Press to cycle through all the available  
sources.  
6 AUDIO button  
Press to change the audio language during  
DVD playback.  
g Joystick  
Move to select the setting. Click to set the  
setting or select on or off.  
7 DISPLAY button  
Press to change the information display  
while the DVD player is playing as the  
source.  
h Remote control operation mode switch  
Switch the operation mode between DVD  
mode (only the DVD player can be operated  
by the remote control) or DVH mode (all  
sources of this unit can be operated by the  
remote control). (Refer to page 15.)  
8 SUBTITLE (S.TITILE) button  
Press to change the subtitle language dur-  
ing DVD playback.  
9 ANGLE button  
i BAND button  
Press to change the viewing angle during  
DVD playback.  
Press to select among three FM bands and  
one AM band and to cancel the control  
mode of functions.  
a PLAY/PAUSE (f) button  
Press to switch sequentially between play-  
back and pause.  
j BOOKMARK (BOOK.M) button  
DVH mode  
Press to operate the preprogrammed func-  
tions for each source. (Refer to Using the  
b REVERSE (m) button  
Press to perform fast reverse playback or  
seek tuning while the tuner is playing as the  
source.  
DVD mode  
Press to turn the bookmark function on or  
off. For details, refer to Resume playback  
c PREVIOUS (o)/F (function) button  
When the remote control is set to DVD  
mode, press to return to the previous track  
(chapter). If the remote control is set to  
DVH mode, the function menu appears on  
the head unit display.  
k STEP (r/q) button  
Press to move ahead one frame at a time  
during DVD/VideoCD playback. Press and  
hold for one second to activate slow play-  
back.  
d NUMBER buttons  
Press to directly select the desired track,  
chapter, preset tuning and disc. 16 buttons  
can operate the preset tuning for the tuner  
or disc number search for the multi-CD  
player.  
l ATT button  
Press to quickly lower the volume level, by  
about 90%. Press once more to return to the  
original volume level.  
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m FORWARD (n) button  
Press to perform fast forward playback or  
seek tuning while the tuner is playing as the  
source.  
n STOP (g) button  
Press to stop playback.  
o NEXT (p)/A (audio) button  
When the remote control is set to DVD  
mode, press to go to the next track (chap-  
ter). If the remote control is set to DVH  
mode, the audio menu appears on the head  
unit display.  
p CLEAR button  
Press to cancel the input number when  
NUMBER are used.  
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Using the remote control  
operation mode switch  
There are two remote control operation modes  
on the remote control. If you want to operate  
this unit by remote control, turn the mode  
switch to DVH mode. In this case, both the  
head units buttons and remote control can  
control this unit.  
Note  
If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
Turning the unit on  
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Press SOURCE to turn the unit on.  
DVH mode operation  
When operating this unit by remote control,  
the mode is normally switched to DVH.  
When you select a source, the unit is turned  
on.  
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It is possible to use the r/q/m /n  
buttons on the remote control to perform  
the same operations as the a/b/c/d but-  
tons on the head unit.  
Selecting a source  
You can select a source you want to listen to. If  
DSC-A is turned on, load a disc in the unit to  
switch to DVD (refer to Switching the auto-  
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Numbers (16) can perform the same op-  
erations as 16 buttons on the head unit.  
If you want to select a disc located at 7  
to 12 by using buttons 16, press and  
hold the corresponding numbers, such  
as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number ap-  
pears in the display.  
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Press SOURCE to select asource.  
Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between  
the following sources:  
TUNER (tuner)TV (television)AV (video  
input)DVD (built-in DVD player)S DVD  
(DVD player/multi-DVD player)MULTI CD  
(multi-CD player)EXT (external unit 1)EXT  
(external unit 2)AUX (AUX)  
DVD mode operation  
If you switch the mode to DVD, the joystick  
and NUMBER operations are changed for  
DVD player.  
Notes  
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When you want to operate the follow-  
ing functions, switch the mode to DVD:  
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In the following cases, the sound source will  
not change:  
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When operating the DVD menu by using  
the joystick. (Refer to Basic operation of DVD  
When operating the PBC menu by using  
NUMBER. (Refer to Watching a Video CD on  
When specifying title or track by using  
NUMBER. (Refer to Specifying title on page  
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.  
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When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off  
(refer to page 80).  
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To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no  
metal object comes into contact with the term-  
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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 exter-  
nal units are connected, the allocation of  
them to external unit 1 or external unit 2 is  
automatically set by this unit.  
When this units blue/white lead is connected  
to the cars auto-antenna relay control term-  
inal, the cars antenna extends when this  
units source is turned on. To retract the an-  
tenna, turn the source off. (When you con-  
nected a Pioneer multi-channel processor  
(DEQ-P7650) to this unit, auto-antenna cannot  
be controled.)  
inals when the front panel is open.  
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Close the front panel.  
Notes  
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The DVD player plays one, standard, 12-cm or  
8-cm (single) disc at a time. Do not use an  
adapter when playing 8-cm discs.  
Do not insert anything other than a disc into  
the disc loading slot. Discs which can be  
played back are listed on Playable discs on  
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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.  
If an error message such as ERROR-02 is dis-  
If bookmark function is on, DVD playback re-  
sumes from the selected point. For more de-  
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Loading a disc  
1
Press OPEN to open the front panel.  
Disc loading slot appears.  
After a disc has been inserted, press SOURCE  
to select the DVD player.  
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Insert adisc into the disc loading slot.  
When you set DSC-A:ON, playback will auto-  
matically start. If you set DSC-A:OFF, press  
SOURCE to select DVD (refer to the previous  
Adjusting the volume  
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Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.  
With the head unit, rotate VOLUME to in-  
crease or decrease the volume.  
Disc loading slot  
With the remote control, press VOLUME to in-  
crease or decrease the volume.  
Turning the unit off  
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Press SOURCE and hold until the unit  
turns off.  
EJECT button  
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To eject a disc, press EJECT.  
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Attaching 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.  
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Replace the front panel by holding it  
upright to the unit and clipping it securely  
into the mounting hooks.  
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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. See  
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Important  
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Never use force or grip the display and the  
buttons too tightly when removing or attach-  
ing.  
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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 OPEN to open the front panel.  
2
Gently grip the left side of the front  
panel and slowly pull it 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 perma-  
nent damage.  
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Put the front panel into the protective  
case provided for safe keeping.  
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To perform seek tuning, press and hold  
Listening to the radio  
m or n for about one second and re-  
lease.  
The tuner will scan the frequencies until a  
broadcast strong enough for good reception is  
found.  
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You can cancel seek tuning by pressing either  
m or n with a quick press.  
If you press and hold m or n you can skip  
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broadcasting stations. Seek tuning starts as soon  
as you release the buttons.  
These are the basic steps necessary to operate  
the radio. More advanced tuner operation is  
explained starting on the next page.  
Note  
When the frequency selected is being broadcast  
in stereo the stereo (5) indicator will light.  
1 Band indicator  
Shows which band the radio is tuned to, AM  
or FM.  
2 Signal level indicator  
Shows the radio wave strength.  
3 Frequency indicator  
Shows to which frequency the tuner is  
tuned.  
4 Stereo (5) indicator  
Shows when the frequency selected is  
being broadcast in stereo.  
5 Preset number indicator  
Shows which preset has been selected.  
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Press SOURCE to select the tuner.  
Press SOURCE until you see TUNER dis-  
played.  
2
Press BAND to select aband.  
Press BAND until the desired band is dis-  
played, F1, F2, F3 for FM or AM.  
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To perform manual tuning, press m or  
n with quick presses.  
The frequencies move up or down step by  
step.  
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When you find afrequency that you  
Introduction of advanced  
tuner operation  
want to store in memory press a NUMBER  
(16) 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.  
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The next time you press the same NUMBER  
(16) the radio station frequency is recalled  
from memory.  
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1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
Notes  
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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 use q and r to recall radio  
station frequencies assigned to NUMBER  
(16).  
2 LOC indicator  
Shows when local seek tuning is on.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
BSM (best stations memory)LOCAL (local  
seek tuning)  
Tuning in strong signals  
Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those  
radio stations with sufficiently strong signals  
for good reception.  
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To return to the frequency display, press  
BAND.  
Note  
If you do not operate the function within about 30  
seconds, the display is automatically returned to  
the frequency display.  
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Press F to select LOCAL.  
Press F until LOCAL appears in the display.  
2
Press r to turn local seek tuning on.  
Local seek sensitivity (e.g., LOCAL 2) appears  
in the display.  
Storing and recalling  
broadcast frequencies  
If you press any of the NUMBER (16) you can  
easily store up to six broadcast frequencies for  
later recall with the touch of a button.  
3
Press m or n to set the sensitivity.  
There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and  
two levels for AM:  
FM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2LOCAL 3ꢄ  
LOCAL 4  
AM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2  
The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only  
the strongest stations, while lower settings let  
you receive progressively weaker stations.  
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When you want to return to normal  
seek tuning, press q to turn local seek  
tuning off.  
LOCAL:OFF appears in the display.  
Storing the strongest  
broadcast frequencies  
BSM (best stations memory) lets you automa-  
tically store the six strongest broadcast fre-  
quencies under NUMBER (16) and once  
stored there you can tune in to those frequen-  
cies with the touch of a button.  
1
Press F to select BSM.  
Press F until BSM appears in the display.  
2
Press r to turn BSM on.  
BSM begins to flash. While BSM is flashing  
the six strongest broadcast frequencies will be  
stored under NUMBER (16) in order of their  
signal strength. When finished, BSM stops  
flashing.  
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To cancel the storage process, press q.  
Note  
Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may re-  
place broadcast frequencies you have saved  
using NUMBER (16).  
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4 dts indicator  
Watching a DVD video  
Shows the DTS is on when the multi-chan-  
nel processor (DEQ-P7650) is connected to  
this unit.  
3
5 Dolby Digital indicator  
Shows when the Dolby Digital is turned on.  
6 Chapter number indicator  
Shows the chapter currently playing.  
1
2
2
4 5  
6
Head units display  
6
3
Basic operation of DVD video  
1
Use the joystick to select the desired  
menu option.  
When the DVD offers a menu, a menu is dis-  
played.  
2
Click the joystick.  
Playback starts from the selected menu item.  
You can display the menu by pressing the  
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1
MENU or TOP MENU (TOP.M) while a disc is  
playing. Pressing either of these buttons again  
lets you start playback from the location selected  
from the menu. For details, refer to the instruc-  
tions provided with the disc.  
When the separately sold display is connected to this  
unit, the listed information will appear on it.  
Information display  
These are the basic steps necessary to play a  
DVD video with your DVD player. More ad-  
vanced DVD video operation is explained start-  
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The way to display the menu differs depending  
on the disc.  
3
To perform fast forward or reverse,  
press and hold m or n.  
1 DVD (DVD-V) indicator  
Shows when a DVD video is playing.  
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If you continue pressing m or n for five  
seconds, the color of the icon m/n changes  
from white to blue. When this happens, fast re-  
verse/fast forward continues even if you release  
m or n. To resume playback at a desired  
point, press f.  
2 Title number indicator  
Shows the title currently playing.  
!
On the head units display, if the elapsed  
playing time of current chapter is more  
than 100 minutes, T in the title number  
indicator disappears.  
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Fast forward/fast reverse may not be possible  
at certain locations on some discs. If this hap-  
pens, normal playback automatically resumes.  
3 Play time indicator  
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-  
rent chapter.  
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To skip back or forward to another  
Specifying chapter  
To perform this function, set the remote con-  
trol to DVD mode.  
chapter, press o or p.  
Pressing p skips to the start of the next  
chapter. Pressing o once skips to the start  
of the current chapter. Pressing again will skip  
to the previous chapter.  
Chapter numbers are displayed for eight sec-  
onds.  
!
You cannot operate this function by using  
NUMBER when the remote control is set to  
DVH mode.  
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Press NUMBER corresponding to ade-  
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Using NUMBER also performs the same op-  
sired chapter number during playback.  
Chapter number is displayed for eight seconds  
and playback starts from the selected chapter.  
eration. For more details, refer to Specifying chap-  
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and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
!
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 10 and 0 in that order.  
To select 23, press 10, 10 and 3 in that  
order.  
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To stop playback, press g.  
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When you stop DVD playback by pressing g,  
that location on the disc is memorized enabling  
playback from that point when you play the disc  
again.  
Selecting a chapter directly  
When using the remote control, you can select  
a chapter directly by entering the desired  
chapter number.  
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To resume playback, press f.  
If the remote control is set to DVH, g does  
not operate.  
1
Press DIRECT.  
Chapter number input display appears.  
Specifying title  
To perform this function, set the remote con-  
trol to DVD mode.  
2
Press NUMBER buttons to enter the de-  
sired chapter number.  
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
You can cancel the input number by pressing  
!
You cannot operate this function by using  
NUMBER when the remote control is set to  
DVH mode.  
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CLEAR.  
3
Press DIRECT.  
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Press NUMBER corresponding to ade-  
The chapter of entered number will play.  
sired title number when the disc is  
stopped.  
Note  
Title number is displayed for eight seconds  
and playback starts from the selected title.  
After entering the number input mode, if you do  
not perform an operation within about eight sec-  
onds, the mode is automatically canceled.  
!
!
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To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 10 and 0 in that order.  
To select 23, press 10, 10 and 3 in that  
order.  
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Press r and hold during playback.  
Frame-by-frame playback  
This lets you move ahead one frame at a time  
during playback.  
The icon  
playback begins.  
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is displayed, forward slow motion  
To return to normal playback, press f.  
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Press r.  
2
Press r or q to adjust playback  
Each time you press r, you move ahead one  
frame.  
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speed during slow motion playback.  
Each time you press r or q it changes the  
speed in four steps in the following order:  
1/161/81/41/2  
To return to normal playback, press f.  
Notes  
Notes  
!
!
There is no sound during frame-by-frame play-  
back.  
Depending on the disc and the playback loca-  
tion on the disc, the icon may be displayed,  
indicating that frame-by-frame playback is not  
possible.  
With some discs, images may be unclear dur-  
ing frame-by-frame playback.  
Reverse frame-by-frame playback is not possi-  
ble.  
!
!
There is no sound during slow motion play-  
back.  
Depending on the disc and the playback loca-  
tion on the disc, the icon may be displayed,  
indicating that slow motion playback is not  
possible.  
!
!
!
With some discs, images may be unclear dur-  
ing slow motion playback.  
Changing audio language  
during playback(Multi-audio)  
Pausing DVD video playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
DVDs can provide audio playback with differ-  
ent languages and different systems (Dolby Di-  
gital, DTS etc.). With DVDs featuring multi-  
audio recordings, you can switch between lan-  
guages/audio systems during playback.  
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Press f during playback.  
The icon e is displayed and playback is  
paused, letting you view a still image.  
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To resume playback at the same point that you  
turned pause on, press f again.  
1
Press AUDIO during playback.  
The audio selection icon is displayed for  
eight seconds.  
Note  
Depending on the disc and the playback location  
on the disc, the icon may be displayed, indicat-  
ing that still playback is not possible.  
2
Press AUDIO while the audio selection  
icon is displayed.  
The audio changes each time you press  
AUDIO.  
Slow motion playback  
This lets you slow down playback speed.  
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Notes  
2
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!
!
!
The number in the  
age indicates the number of recorded lan-  
guages/audio systems.  
2
mark on a DVDs pack-  
!
!
!
!
The number in the  
mark on a DVDs pack-  
age indicates the number of recorded subtitle  
languages.  
With some DVDs, switching between subtitle  
languages may only be possible using a menu  
display.  
You can also switch between subtitle lan-  
guages using SET-UP MENU. For details, refer  
While the subtitle selection icon is displayed,  
you can also switch to a desired subtitle lan-  
guage number using NUMBER. At this time,  
you can also switch subtitle display off by  
pressing CLEAR.  
With some DVDs, switching between lan-  
guages/audio systems may only be possible  
using a menu display.  
You can also switch between languages/audio  
systems using SET-UP MENU. For details,  
Only digital output of DTS audio is possible. If  
this units optical digital outputs are not con-  
nected, DTS audio will not be output, so select  
an audio setting other than DTS.  
While the audio selection icon is displayed,  
you can also switch to a desired audio lan-  
guage number using NUMBER.  
Display indications such as Dolby D and  
5.1ch indicate the audio system recorded on  
the DVD. Depending on the setting, playback  
may not be with the same audio system as  
that indicated.  
!
!
Changing the viewing angle  
during playback(Multi-angle)  
With DVDs featuring multi-angle (scenes shot  
from multiple angles) recordings, you can  
switch among viewing angles during play-  
back.  
!
During playback of a scene shot from mul-  
tiple angles, the angle icon is dis-  
played. Turn angle icon display on or off  
using SET-UP MENU. For details, refer to  
Changing the subtitle  
language during playback  
(Multi-subtitle)  
With DVDs featuring multi-subtitle recordings,  
you can switch between subtitle languages  
during playback.  
1
Press ANGLE during playback of a scene  
shot from multiple angles.  
The angle icon  
displayed for eight seconds.  
and angle number are  
1
Press SUBTITLE (S.TITILE) during play-  
back.  
The subtitle selection icon  
eight seconds.  
is displayed for  
2
Press ANGLE while the angle icon and  
angle number are displayed.  
The angle changes each time you press  
ANGLE.  
2
Press SUBTITLE (S.TITILE) while the sub-  
title selection icon is displayed.  
The subtitle language changes each time you  
press SUBTITLE (S.TITILE).  
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Operating from the  
Notes  
information displays  
!
!
!
The  
mark on a DVDs package indicates it  
features multi-angle scenes. The number in  
the mark indicates the number of angles  
3
3
from which scenes were shot.  
Pressing ANGLE during fast forward/fast re-  
verse, pause or slow motion playback returns  
you to normal playback, but the viewing angle  
does not change.  
While the angle icon and angle number are  
displayed, you can also switch to a desired  
angle number using NUMBER.  
1
Information display 1 lets you use the search  
function to specify a title or chapter to search  
for a desired scene, use the time search func-  
tion to specify a time to search for a desired  
scene, select the desired audio and subtitle  
language, and select the angle.  
In addition to the search and time search  
functions of the information display 1, infor-  
mation display 2 lets you select the range for  
repeat play.  
Resume playback (Bookmark)  
The Bookmark function lets you resume play-  
back from a selected scene the next time the  
disc is loaded.  
To perform this function, set the remote con-  
trol to DVD mode.  
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During playback, press  
BOOKMARK (BOOK.M) at the point you  
want to resume playback next time.  
The selected scene will be bookmarked so that  
playback resumes from that point next time.  
You can bookmark up to five discs. After that,  
the oldest bookmark is replaced by the new  
one.  
1 Information display  
Shows the function status.  
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Press DISPLAY to switch the informa-  
tion display.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following display modes:  
Information display 1Information dis-  
play 2Normal playback display  
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To clear the bookmark on a disc, press and  
hold BOOKMARK (BOOK.M) during playback.  
You can also bookmark a disc by pressing and  
#
holding EJECT at the point you want to bookmark.  
Next time you load the disc, playback will resume  
from the bookmarked point. Note that you can  
only bookmark one disc using this method. To  
clear the bookmark on a disc, press EJECT.  
Notes  
!
!
You can perform title, chapter and time set-  
tings with either the information display 1 or  
2. This manual explains how to use the infor-  
mation display 1 to perform title, chapter and  
time settings.  
Pressing DISPLAY during fast forward/reverse  
returns you to normal playback.  
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Searching for a desired scene,  
starting playbackfrom a  
specified time  
You can use the search function to search for  
a desired scene by specifying a title or chapter,  
and the time search function to specify the  
time on a disc at which play starts.  
Notes  
!
!
With discs featuring a menu, you can also  
press MENU or TOP MENU (TOP.M) and then  
make selections from the displayed menu.  
With some discs, the icon may be dis-  
played, indicating that titles, chapters and  
time cannot be specified.  
!
!
Chapter search and time search are not possi-  
ble when disc playback has been stopped.  
Even without using an information display you  
can start playback from a specified title or  
chapter. For details, refer to Specifying title on  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
adesired option.  
The selected option is highlighted.  
2
Press NUMBER to input the desired  
number.  
For titles and chapters  
!
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
Selecting audio, subtitle and angle  
You can perform audio (language, stereo,  
audio type as Dolby Digital etc.), subtitle lan-  
guage and angle selection.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
To select 23, press 2 and 3 in order.  
To jump 10 titles or chapters ahead of  
the selected one, press 10.  
For time (time search)  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
!
To select 21 minutes 43 seconds, press 2, 1,  
adesired option.  
The selected option is highlighted.  
4 and 3 in order.  
!
To select 1 hour 11 minutes, convert the  
time into 71 minutes 00 seconds and press  
buttons 7, 1, 0 and 0 in order.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
To jump 10 seconds ahead of the se-  
lected time, press 10.  
For Audio  
Selection options switch as follows:  
Audio 1Audio 2Audio 3  
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Pressing CLEAR cancels the input number.  
You can also select titles and chapters by mov-  
ing the joystick up or down.  
You cannot select titles and chapters by using  
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For Subtitles  
NUMBER when the remote control is set to DVH  
mode. In this case, use the joystick to select titles  
and chapters.  
Selection options switch as follows:  
Subtitles 1Subtitles 2Subtitles 3  
For Angle  
Selection options switch as follows:  
Angle 1Angle 2Angle 3  
3
While the input number is displayed,  
click the joystick.  
This starts playback from the selected scene.  
Notes  
!
!
The number of switching options depends on  
how many options are recorded on the DVD.  
You can switch audio, subtitle and angle dur-  
ing playback using the respective buttons.  
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!
You can also switch settings by inputting  
numbers with NUMBER.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
Display indications such as Dolby D and  
5.1ch indicate the audio system recorded on  
the DVD. Depending on the setting, playback  
may not be with the same audio system as  
that indicated.  
!
!
!
L+R Left and right  
L Left  
R Right  
Note  
This function is possible only with Linear PCM  
sound.  
Selecting repeat range  
You can choose between repeat play of a disc,  
title or chapter.  
1
Press DISPLAY to switch to the informa-  
tion display 2.  
2
Move the joystick left or right to select  
the repeat range option.  
The repeat range option is highlighted.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
!
!
!
Disc Repeat the current disc  
Title Repeat just the current title  
Chapter Repeat just the current chapter  
Note  
Certain DVD discs display a menu upon comple-  
tion of repeat playback.  
Selecting audio output  
You can switch between stereo and monaural  
audio output.  
1
Press DISPLAY to switch to the informa-  
tion display 2.  
2
Move the joystick left or right to select  
the audio option.  
The audio option is highlighted.  
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During DVD playback, press m or n  
Operating from the  
function display  
to select the repeat range.  
Press m or n until the desired repeat  
range appears in the display.  
!
!
!
DSC Repeat the current disc  
TTL Repeat just the current title  
CHP Repeat just the current chapter  
2
Notes  
1
!
!
If you perform chapter search or fast forward/  
reverse during CHP, the repeat play range  
changes to DSC.  
You cannot operate repeating play when  
DVD AUTO PLAY is on (refer to Automatic  
The following functions can also be operated  
from the head units display.  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
2 RPT indicator  
Shows when repeat range is selected to cur-  
rent chapter.  
Pausing DVD video playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
1
Press F to select PAUSE.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F until PAUSE appears in the display.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)PAUSE (pause)  
2
Press r to turn pause on.  
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the  
current track pauses.  
!
To return to the playback display, press  
BAND.  
3
Press q to turn pause off.  
Note  
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-  
sume at the same point that you turned pause  
on.  
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 DVD  
playback : DSC (disc repeat), CHP (chapter re-  
peat), and TTL (title repeat).  
1
Press F to select RPT.  
Press F until RPT appears in the display.  
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Watching a Video CD  
Basic operation of Video CD  
1
Press NUMBER to select the desired  
menu option.  
When a Video CD featuring the PBC (playback  
control) function starts playing, a menu is dis-  
played.  
!
Playback starts from the selected menu  
1
2
3
item.  
Head units display  
!
When the menu is two or more pages long,  
press o or p to switch between dis-  
plays.  
3
2
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You can display the menu by pressing  
RETURN during PBC playback. For details, refer  
to the instructions provided with the disc.  
#
#
Operation with the joystick is not possible.  
If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
1
2
To perform fast forward or reverse,  
press and hold m or n.  
If you continue pressing m or n for five  
When the separately sold display is connected to this  
unit, the listed information will appear on it.  
#
Information display  
seconds, the color of the icon m/n changes  
from white to blue. When this happens, fast re-  
verse/fast forward continues even if you release  
m or n. To resume playback at a desired  
point, press f.  
These are the basic steps necessary to play a  
Video CD with your DVD player. More ad-  
vanced Video CD operation is explained start-  
#
Fast forward/fast reverse may not be possible  
at certain locations on some discs. If this hap-  
1 VCD indicator  
pens, normal playback automatically resumes.  
Shows when a Video CD is playing.  
3
To skip back or forward to another  
2 Play time indicator  
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-  
rent track.  
track, press o or p.  
Pressing p skips to the start of the next  
track. Pressing o once skips to the start of  
the current track. Pressing again will skip to  
the previous track.  
3 Track number indicator  
Shows the track currently playing.  
Track numbers are displayed for eight sec-  
onds.  
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Using NUMBER also performs the same op-  
eration. For more details, refer to Specifying track  
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If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
Selecting a trackdirectly  
When using the remote control, you can select  
a track directly by entering the desired track  
number.  
and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
4
#
To stop playback, press g.  
When you stop Video CD playback by pressing  
1
Press DIRECT.  
Track number input display appears.  
g, that location on the disc is memorized en-  
abling playback from that point when you play  
the disc again.  
#
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2
Press NUMBER buttons to enter the de-  
sired track number.  
To resume playback, press f.  
If the remote control is set to DVH, g does  
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
You can cancel the input number by pressing  
not operate.  
#
CLEAR.  
3
Press DIRECT.  
Specifying track  
The track of entered number will play.  
To perform this function, set the remote con-  
trol to DVD mode.  
Notes  
!
You cannot operate this function by using  
NUMBER when the remote control is set to  
DVH mode.  
!
!
After entering the number input mode, if you  
do not perform an operation within about  
eight seconds, the mode is automatically can-  
celed.  
During playback of Video CDs featuring PBC  
(playback control), this function cannot be op-  
erated.  
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Press NUMBER corresponding to ade-  
sired track number during playback.  
Track number is displayed for eight seconds  
and playback starts from the selected track.  
!
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 10 and 0 in that order.  
To select 23, press 10, 10 and 3 in that  
order.  
Pausing Video CD playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
Notes  
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Press f during playback.  
!
!
With some discs, the icon may be dis-  
played and operation may not be possible.  
With Video CD, direct search is not possible  
during PBC playback.  
The icon e is displayed and playback is  
paused, letting you view a still image.  
#
To resume playback at the same point that you  
turned pause on, press f again.  
Note  
Depending on the disc and the playback location  
on the disc, the icon may be displayed, indicat-  
ing that still playback is not possible.  
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Slow motion playback  
This lets you slow down playback speed.  
Operating from the  
information display  
1
Press r and hold during playback.  
The icon  
is displayed, forward slow motion  
playback begins.  
#
To return to normal playback, press f.  
2
Press r or q to adjust playback  
speed during slow motion playback.  
Each time you press r or q it changes the  
speed in four steps in the following order:  
1/161/81/41/2  
1
This display lets you use the search function  
to specify a track to search for desired scenes,  
use the time search function to specify a time  
to search for a desired scene, switch audio  
output, and select the range for repeat play.  
During playback of Video CDs featuring PBC  
(Playback Control), PLAYBACK CONTROL ON  
is displayed. During such playback, search  
and time search functions cannot be used nor  
can you select the range for repeat play. (Refer  
Notes  
!
!
There is no sound during slow motion play-  
back.  
Depending on the disc and the playback loca-  
tion on the disc, the icon may be displayed,  
indicating that slow motion playback is not  
possible.  
!
With some discs, images may be unclear dur-  
ing slow motion playback.  
!
PBC playback of Video-CD cannot be can-  
celled.  
1 Information display  
Shows the function status.  
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Press DISPLAY to switch the informa-  
tion display.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following display modes:  
Information displayNormal playback  
display  
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Playing Video CDs  
Searching for a desired scene,  
starting playbackfrom a  
specified time  
You can use the search function to search for  
a desired scene by specifying a track, and the  
time search function to specify the time on a  
disc at which play starts.  
Notes  
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Time search is not possible when disc play-  
back has been stopped.  
Even without using an information display you  
can start playback from a specified track. For  
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During playback of Video CDs featuring  
PBC (playback control), this function can-  
not be operated.  
Track search and time search are not possi-  
ble when disc playback has been stopped.  
Selecting repeat range  
You can choose between repeat play of a disc  
or a track.  
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1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
the repeat range option.  
The repeat range option is highlighted.  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
adesired option.  
The selected option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
2
Press NUMBER to input the desired  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
number.  
For tracks  
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Disc Repeat the current disc  
Track Repeat just the current track  
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To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
To select 23, press 2 and 3 in order.  
To jump 10 tracks ahead of the selected  
one, press 10.  
Notes  
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When repeat play of a Video CD disc is se-  
lected, a menu may be displayed after play-  
back depending on the disc.  
During playback of Video CDs featuring PBC  
(playback control), this function cannot be op-  
erated.  
For time (time search)  
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To select 21 minutes 43 seconds, press 2, 1,  
4 and 3 in order.  
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To select 1 hour 11 minutes, convert the  
time into 71 minutes 00 seconds and press  
buttons 7, 1, 0 and 0 in order.  
To jump 10 seconds ahead of the se-  
lected time, press 10.  
Pressing CLEAR cancels the input number.  
Selecting audio output  
You can switch between stereo and monaural  
audio output.  
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You can also select tracks by moving the joy-  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
stick up or down.  
You cannot select tracks by using NUMBER  
the audio option.  
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The audio option is highlighted.  
when the remote control is set to DVH mode. In  
this case, use the joystick to select tracks.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
3
While the input number is displayed,  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
click the joystick.  
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L+R Left and right  
L Left  
R Right  
This starts playback from the selected scene.  
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Press r to turn repeat play on.  
Operating from the  
function display  
RPT:ON appears in the display. The track cur-  
rently playing will play to the end and then re-  
peat.  
2
3
Press q to turn repeat play off.  
RPT:OFF appears in the display. The track cur-  
rently playing will continue to play and then  
play the next track.  
1
Note  
Repeat and pause functions can also be oper-  
ated from the head units display.  
If you perform track search or fast forward/re-  
verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
Pausing playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
2 RPT indicator  
Shows when repeat play is turned on.  
1
Press F to select PAUSE.  
Press F until PAUSE appears in the display.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)PAUSE (pause)  
2
Press r to turn pause on.  
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the  
current track pauses.  
!
During PBC (Playback Control) playback,  
3
Press q to turn pause off.  
you cannot select RPT.  
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-  
sume at the same point that you turned pause  
on.  
!
To return to the playback display, press  
BAND.  
Note  
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 play the same track over  
again.  
!
During playback of Video CDs featuring  
PBC (playback control), this function can-  
not be operated.  
1
Press F to select RPT.  
Press F until RPT appears in the display.  
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Playing CDs  
in the current disc. (Refer to Selecting the search  
Listening to a CD  
2
To skip back or forward to another  
track, press o or p.  
Pressing p skips to the start of the next  
track. Pressing o once skips to the start of  
the current track. Pressing again will skip to  
the previous track.  
1
2
3
Head units display  
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If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
3
2
3
To stop playback, press g.  
#
When you stop CD playback by pressing g,  
that location on the disc is memorized enabling  
playback from that point when you play the disc  
again.  
#
#
To resume playback, press f.  
If the remote control is set to DVH, g does  
not operate.  
1
When the separately sold display is connected to this  
unit, the listed information will appear on it.  
Selecting a trackdirectly  
When using the remote control, you can select  
a track directly by entering the desired track  
number.  
Information display  
These are the basic steps necessary to play a  
CD with your DVD player. More advanced CD  
operation is explained starting on the next  
1
Press DIRECT.  
Track number input display appears.  
2
Press NUMBER buttons to enter the de-  
1 CD indicator  
Shows when a CD is playing.  
sired track number.  
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To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
You can cancel the input number by pressing  
2 Play time indicator  
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-  
rent track.  
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CLEAR.  
3 Track number indicator  
Shows the track currently playing.  
3
Press DIRECT.  
The track of entered number will play.  
Note  
Basic operation of CD  
After entering the number input mode, if you do  
not perform an operation within about eight sec-  
onds, the mode is automatically canceled.  
1
To perform fast forward or reverse,  
press and hold m or n.  
If you select ROUGH, pressing and holding  
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m or n enables you to search every 10 tracks  
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Selecting repeat range  
You can choose between repeat play of a disc  
or a track.  
Operating from the  
information display  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
the repeat range option.  
The repeat range option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
!
!
Disc Repeat the current disc  
Track Repeat just the current track  
1
Note  
This display lets you use the search function  
to specify a track to search for desired track,  
select the range for repat play, and switch ran-  
dom play and scan play on or off.  
If you perform track search or fast forward/re-  
verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.  
Setting random play  
Random play lets you play back tracks on the  
CD in a random order.  
1 Information display  
Shows the function status.  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
Searching for a desired track  
the random option.  
You can use the search function to specify a  
track to search for a desired track.  
The random option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
the track option.  
The track option is highlighted.  
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ON Tracks will play in a random order  
OFF Tracks will continue to play in order  
2
Press NUMBER to input the desired  
number.  
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To select 3, press 3.  
Setting scan play  
Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of  
each track on the CD.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
To select 23, press 2 and 3 in order.  
To jump 10 tracks ahead of the selected  
one, press 10.  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
#
#
Pressing CLEAR cancels the input number.  
You can also select tracks by moving the joy-  
stick up or down.  
You cannot select tracks by using NUMBER  
when the remote control is set to DVH mode. In  
this case, use the joystick to select tracks.  
the scan option.  
The scan option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
#
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
!
ON The first 10 seconds of each track is  
played  
3
While the input number is displayed,  
click the joystick.  
Play of the selected track starts.  
!
OFF Tracks will continue to play  
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When you find the desired track, move  
Displaying text information on CD  
TEXT discs  
the joystick up or down to cancel the scan  
play.  
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Press DISPLAY to switch the informa-  
tion display.  
Note  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following display modes:  
Information display Disc Title (disc title  
display)Disc Artist (disc artist name display)  
Track Title (track title display)Track Artist  
(track artist name display)  
After scanning of a CD is finished, normal play-  
back of the tracks will begin again.  
Pausing CD playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
!
If specific information has not been re-  
corded on a CD TEXT disc, No XXXX will be  
displayed (e.g., No Track Title).  
Some characters may not be displayed  
properly.  
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Press f during playback.  
The icon e is displayed and playback is  
paused.  
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To resume playback at the same point that you  
turned pause on, press f again.  
Scrolling text information in  
the display  
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of  
DISC TTL, ART NAME, TRK TTL and  
ART NAME. When the recorded information is  
longer than 8 letters, you can scroll the text to  
the left so that the rest of the title can be seen.  
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, artists name and playback time  
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe-  
cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the  
functions listed below.  
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Press DISPLAY and hold until the title  
begins to scroll to the left.  
The rest of the title will appear in the dis-  
play.  
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Press r to turn repeat play on.  
Operating from the  
function display  
RPT:ON appears in the display. The track cur-  
rently playing will play to the end and then re-  
peat.  
2
3
Press q to turn repeat play off.  
RPT:OFF appears in the display. The track cur-  
rently playing will continue to play and then  
play the next track.  
1
Note  
The following functions can also be operated  
from the head units display.  
If you perform track search or fast forward/re-  
verse, repeat play is automatically cancelled.  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
Playing tracks in random order  
Random play lets you play back tracks on the  
CD in a random order.  
2 RPT indicator  
Shows when repeat play is turned on.  
1
Press F to select RDM.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F until RDM appears in the display.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
2
Press r to turn random play on.  
RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play)  
SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause)  
FF/REV (search method)  
RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will  
play in a random order.  
!
To return to the playback display, press  
BAND.  
3
Press q to turn random play off.  
RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will  
continue to play in order.  
Note  
If you do not operate the function within about 30  
seconds, the display is automatically returned to  
the playback display.  
Scanning tracks of a CD  
Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of  
each track on the CD.  
1
Press F to select SCAN.  
Repeating play  
Repeat play lets you hear the same track over  
again.  
Press F until SCAN appears in the display.  
2
Press r to turn scan play on.  
SCAN :ON appears in the display. The first 10  
seconds of each track is played.  
1
Press F to select RPT.  
Press F until RPT appears in the display.  
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When you find the desired track press  
Using disc title functions  
q to turn scan play off.  
SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track  
will continue to play.  
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.  
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If the display has automatically returned to  
the playback display, select SCAN again by press-  
ing F.  
Entering disc titles  
Use the disc title input feature to store up to  
48 CD titles in the unit. Each title can be up to  
8 characters long.  
Note  
After scanning of a CD is finished, normal play-  
back of the tracks will begin again.  
1
Play the CD that you want to enter a  
title for.  
Pausing CD playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
2
Press F and hold until TITLE IN appears  
in the display.  
1
Press F to select PAUSE.  
#
When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot  
Press F until PAUSE appears in the display.  
switch to TITLE IN. The disc title will have already  
been recorded on a CD TEXT disc.  
2
Press r to turn pause on.  
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the  
current track pauses.  
3
Press r or q to select aletter of the  
alphabet.  
Each press of r will display a letter of the al-  
phabet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and sym-  
bols in 1 2 3 ... > [ ] order. Each press of q  
will display a letter in the reverse order, such  
as Z Y X ... C B A order.  
3
Press q to turn pause off.  
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-  
sume at the same point that you turned pause  
on.  
Selecting the search method  
You can switch the search method between  
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10  
tracks.  
4
Press n to move the cursor to the  
next character position.  
1
Press F to select FF/REV.  
Press F until FF/REV appears in the display.  
If the search method ROUGH has been pre-  
viously selected, ROUGH will be displayed.  
When the desired letter is displayed, press  
n to move the cursor to the next position  
and then select the next letter. Press m to  
move backwards in the display.  
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2
Press m or n to select the search  
5
Move the cursor to the last position by  
method.  
pressing n after entering the title.  
When you press n one more time, the en-  
tered title is stored in memory.  
Press m or n until the desired search  
method appears in the display.  
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FF/REV Fast forward and reverse  
ROUGH Searching every 10 tracks  
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Press BAND to return to the playback  
Displaying text information on CD  
TEXT discs  
display.  
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Press DISPLAY.  
Notes  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following settings:  
Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)ART NAME  
(disc artist name)TRK TTL (track title)  
ART NAME (track artist name)  
!
!
Titles remain in memory, even after the disc  
has been removed from the unit, and are re-  
called 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 specific information has not been recorded  
on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be displayed  
(e.g., NO T-TTL).  
Displaying disc titles  
Scrolling text information in the display  
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of  
DISC TTL, ART NAME, TRK TTL and  
ART NAME. When the recorded information is  
longer than 8 letters, you can scroll the text to  
the left so that the rest of the title can be seen.  
You can display the text information of any  
disc that has had a disc title entered.  
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Press DISPLAY.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following settings:  
Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)  
When you select DISC TTL, the title of the cur-  
rently playing disc is shown in the display.  
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Press DISPLAY and hold until the title  
begins to scroll to the left.  
The rest of the title will appear in the dis-  
play.  
#
When a CD with a disc title is inserted, the  
disc title automatically begins to scroll through  
the display.  
#
If no title has been entered for the currently  
playing disc, NO D-TTL is displayed.  
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, artists name and playback time  
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe-  
cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the  
functions listed below.  
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Playing MP3/WMA  
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If the play time is more than 100 minutes,  
only the last two digits of play time (min-  
ute) is displayed on the head units dis-  
play.  
Listening to MP3/WMA  
4 Track number indicator  
Shows the track currently playing.  
1
2
3
4
!
If a track number 100 to 199 is selected,  
d will light up above the last two digits  
of the track number.  
Head units display  
!
If a track number 200 or more is selected,  
d will blink above the last two digits of  
the track number.  
2
4
3
5 ROM indicator  
Shows when the MP3/WMA file is playing.  
When playing discs with MP3/WMA files  
and audio data (CD-DA) such as CD-EXTRA  
and MIXED-MODE CDs, CD/ROM is dis-  
played.  
5
When the separately sold display is connected to this  
unit, the listed information will appear on it.  
Basic operation of MP3/WMA  
Information display  
1
#
Press r or q to select afolder.  
You cannot select a folder that does not have  
These are the basic steps necessary to play an  
MP3/WMA with your DVD player. More ad-  
vanced MP3/WMA operation is explained  
starting on page 42.  
an MP3/WMA file recorded in it.  
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BAND. However, if folder 01 (ROOT) contains no  
To return to folder 01 (ROOT), press and hold  
files, playback commences with folder 02.  
1 MP3/WMA indicator  
Shows the type of file currently playing.  
2
To perform fast forward or reverse,  
press and hold m or n.  
If you select ROUGH, pressing and holding  
2 Folder number indicator  
Shows the number of folder currently play-  
ing.  
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m or n enables you to search every 10 tracks  
in the current folder. (Refer to Selecting the search  
!
On the head units display, if the folder  
number is more than 100, F in the folder  
number indicator disappears.  
3
To skip back or forward to another  
track, press o or p.  
3 Play time indicator  
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-  
rent track.  
Pressing p skips to the start of the next  
track. Pressing o once skips to the start of  
the current track. Pressing again will skip to  
the previous track.  
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#
If the remote control is set to DVH mode, o  
(DRM) , SKIPPED is displayed while the pro-  
tected file is skipped.  
and p are assigned to other functions. Use  
m and n instead for the DVD mode functions  
controlled by o and p.  
!
!
If all the files on the inserted disc are secured  
by DRM, PROTECT is displayed.  
When an MP3/WMA disc is inserted, folder  
name and file name begin to scroll to the left  
automatically.  
4
#
To stop playback, press g.  
When you stop MP3/WMA playback by press-  
ing g, that location on the disc is memorized en-  
abling playback from that point when you play  
the disc again.  
Selecting a trackdirectly  
When using the remote control, you can select  
a track directly by entering the desired track  
number.  
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#
To resume playback, press f.  
If the remote control is set to DVH, g does  
not operate.  
Notes  
1
Press DIRECT.  
Track number input display appears.  
!
When playing discs with MP3/WMA 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  
and CD-DA with BAND.  
If you have switched between playback of  
MP3/WMA files and audio data (CD-DA), play-  
back starts at the first track on the disc.  
This DVD player can play back an MP3/WMA  
file recorded on CD-ROM. (Refer to page 91  
for files that can be played back.)  
2
Press NUMBER buttons to enter the de-  
sired track number.  
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
You can cancel the input number by pressing  
!
!
!
!
#
CLEAR.  
3
Press DIRECT.  
The track of entered number will play.  
There is sometimes a delay between starting  
up CD playback and the sound being issued.  
When being read in, FRMTREAD 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.)  
Note  
After entering the number input mode, if you do  
not perform an operation within about eight sec-  
onds, the mode is automatically canceled.  
!
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.  
!
!
This unit does not play back WMA files re-  
corded as VBR (variable bit rate).  
If the inserted disc contains no files that can  
be played back, NON-PLAY is displayed.  
There is no sound on fast forward or reverse.  
If the inserted disc contains WMA files that  
are protected by digital rights management  
!
!
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!
!
If specific information has not been re-  
corded on an MP3/WMA disc, No XXXX  
will be displayed (e.g., No Track Title).  
Some characters may not be displayed  
properly.  
Operating from the  
information display  
Scrolling text information in  
the display  
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of  
FOLDER, FILE, TRK TTL, ART NAME,  
ALBM TTL, COMMENT and Bit Rate. When  
the recorded information is longer than 8 let-  
ters, you can scroll the text to the left so that  
the rest of the text information can be seen.  
1
This display lets you use the search function  
to specify a track or a folder to search for de-  
sired track or folder, select the range for repeat  
play, and switch random play, scan play and  
pause playback on or off.  
%
Press DISPLAY and hold until the title  
begins to scroll to the left.  
The rest of the title will appear in the display.  
1 Information display  
Shows the function status.  
Searching for a desired folder  
or track  
You can use the search function to specify a  
track to search for a desired folder or track.  
%
Press DISPLAY to switch the informa-  
tion display.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following display modes:  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
adesired option.  
The selected option is highlighted.  
Information display Folder Name (folder  
name display)File Name (file name display)  
Track Title (track title display)  
Artist Name (artist name display)  
Album Title (album title display)  
Comment (comment display)Bit Rate (bit  
rate display)  
2
Press NUMBER to input the desired  
number.  
!
!
!
To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
To select 23, press 2 and 3 in order.  
To jump 10 folders or 10 tracks ahead of  
the selected one, press 10.  
Pressing CLEAR cancels the input number.  
You can also select folders or tracks by mov-  
!
When playing back WMA files, album title  
and comment are not displayed.  
!
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.)  
#
#
ing the joystick up or down.  
You cannot select folders or tracks by using  
#
!
This unit does not play back WMA files re-  
corded as VBR (variable bit rate).  
NUMBER when the remote control is set to DVH  
mode. In this case, use the joystick to select  
folders or tracks.  
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While the input number is displayed,  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
click the joystick.  
to the desired setting.  
Play of the selected folder or track starts.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
!
ON Tracks will play in a random order  
within the previously selected Folder or  
Disc ranges  
Selecting repeat range  
For MP3/WMA playback, there are three re-  
peat play ranges: Folder (folder repeat), Track  
(one-track repeat) and Disc (repeat all tracks).  
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OFF Tracks will continue to play in order  
Setting scan play  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
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.  
the repeat range option.  
The repeat range option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
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Folder Repeat the current folder  
Disc Repeat the current disc  
Track Repeat just the current track  
the scan option.  
The scan option is highlighted.  
2
Move the joystick up or down to switch  
to the desired setting.  
Notes  
This switches you to the selected setting.  
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If you select other 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.  
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ON The first 10 seconds of each track of  
the current folder (or the first track of each  
folder) is played  
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OFF Tracks will continue to play  
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When Folder is selected, it is not possible to  
play back a subfolder of that folder.  
When playing discs with MP3/WMA files and  
audio data (CD-DA), repeat play performs  
within the currently playing data type even if  
Disc is selected.  
3
When you find the desired track, move  
the joystick up or down to cancel the scan  
play.  
Note  
After track or folder scanning is finished, normal  
playback of the tracks will begin again.  
Setting random play  
Random play lets you play back tracks in a  
random order within the repeat range, Folder  
and Disc.  
Pausing playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
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Press f during playback.  
1
Move the joystick left or right to select  
The icon e is displayed and playback is  
paused.  
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the random option.  
The random option is highlighted.  
To resume playback at the same point that you  
turned pause on, press f again.  
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Press m or n to select the repeat  
Operating from the  
function display  
range.  
Press m or n until the desired repeat  
range appears in the display.  
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FLD Repeat the current folder  
TRK Repeat just the current track  
DSC Repeat all tracks  
2
Notes  
1
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If you select another folder during repeat play,  
the repeat play range changes to DSC.  
If you perform track search or fast forward/re-  
verse during TRK, the repeat play range  
changes to FLD.  
When FLD is selected, it is not possible to play  
back a subfolder of that folder.  
When playing discs with MP3/WMA files and  
audio data (CD-DA), repeat play performs  
within the currently playing data type even if  
DSC is selected.  
The following functions can also be operated  
from the head units display.  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
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2 RPT indicator  
Shows when repeat range is selected to cur-  
rent track.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play)  
SCAN (scan play)PAUSE (pause)  
FF/REV (search method)  
Playing tracks in random order  
Random play lets you play back tracks in a  
random order within the repeat range, FLD  
and DSC.  
!
To return to the playback display, press  
BAND.  
1
Select the repeat range.  
Note  
2
Press F to select RDM.  
Press F until RDM appears in the display.  
If you do not operate the function within about 30  
seconds, the display is automatically returned to  
the playback display.  
3
Press r to turn random play on.  
RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will  
play in a random order within the previously  
selected FLD or DSC ranges.  
Repeating play  
For MP3/WMA playback, there are three re-  
peat play ranges: FLD (folder repeat), TRK  
(one-track repeat) and DSC (repeat all tracks).  
4
Press q to turn random play off.  
RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will  
continue to play in order.  
1
Press F to select RPT.  
Press F until RPT appears in the display.  
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1
Press F to select PAUSE.  
Note  
Press F until PAUSE appears in the display.  
If you turn random play on during FLD and then  
return to the playback display, FRDM appears in  
the display.  
2
Press r to turn pause on.  
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the  
current track pauses.  
Scanning folders and tracks  
3
Press q to turn pause off.  
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-  
sume at the same point that you turned pause  
on.  
While you are using FLD, the beginning of  
each track in the selected folder plays for  
about 10 seconds. When you are using DSC,  
the beginning of the first track of each folder  
is played for about 10 seconds.  
Selecting the search method  
1
Select the repeat range.  
You can switch the search method between  
fast forward/reverse and searching every 10  
tracks.  
2
Press F to select SCAN.  
Press F until SCAN appears in the display.  
1
Press F to select FF/REV.  
Press F until FF/REV appears in the display.  
If the search method ROUGH has been pre-  
viously selected, ROUGH will be displayed.  
3
Press r to turn scan play on.  
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SCAN :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.  
2
Press m or n to select the search  
method.  
4
When you find the desired track (or  
Press m or n until the desired search  
method appears in the display.  
folder) press q to turn scan play off.  
SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track  
(or folder) will continue to play.  
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FF/REV Fast forward and reverse  
ROUGH Searching every 10 tracks  
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If the display has automatically returned to  
the playback display, select SCAN again by press-  
ing F.  
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.  
Notes  
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After track or folder scanning is finished, nor-  
mal playback of the tracks will begin again.  
If you turn scan play on during FLD and then  
return to the playback display, FSCN appears  
in the display.  
1
Select the search method ROUGH.  
Pausing MP3/WMA playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
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Press and hold m or n to search  
Scrolling text information in  
the display  
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of  
FOLDER, FILE, TRK TTL, ART NAME,  
ALBM TTL and COMMENT. When the re-  
corded information is longer than 8 letters,  
you can scroll the text to the left so that the  
rest of the text information can be seen.  
every 10 tracks in the current folder.  
If the current folder contains less than 10  
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tracks, pressing and holding n recalls the last  
track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number  
of tracks after searching every 10 tracks is less  
than 10, pressing and holding n recalls the last  
track of the folder.  
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If the current folder contains less than 10  
tracks, pressing and holding m recalls the first  
track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number  
of tracks after searching every 10 tracks is less  
than 10, pressing and holding m recalls the  
first track of the folder.  
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Press DISPLAY and hold until the text  
information begins to scroll to the left.  
The rest of the text information will appear in  
the display.  
Displaying text information on  
MP3/WMA disc  
Text information recorded on a MP3/WMA  
disc can be displayed.  
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Press DISPLAY.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following settings:  
Play timeFOLDER (folder name)FILE (file  
name)TRK TTL (track title)ART NAME (ar-  
tist name)ALBM TTL (album title)  
COMMENT (comment)Bit rate  
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When playing back WMA files, album title and  
comment are not displayed.  
When playing back MP3 files recorded as VBR  
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(variable bit rate) files, the bit rate value is not dis-  
played even after switching to bit rate. (VBR will  
be displayed.)  
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This unit does not play back WMA files re-  
corded as VBR (variable bit rate).  
If specific information has not been recorded  
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on an MP3/WMA disc, NO XXXX will be dis-  
played (e.g., NO NAME).  
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To skip back or forward to another  
track, press m or n.  
Pressing m skips to the start of the next  
track. Pressing n once skips to the start of  
the current track. Pressing again will skip to  
the previous track.  
1
2
3
Notes  
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  
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When the multi-CD player performs the pre-  
paratory operations, READY is displayed.  
If an error message such as ERROR-02 is dis-  
played, refer to the multi-CD player owners  
manual.  
If there are no discs in the multi-CD player ma-  
gazine, NO DISC is displayed.  
When you select a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT  
compatible multi-CD player, the disc and track  
titles begin to scroll to the left auto-  
matically.  
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1 Disc number indicator  
Shows the disc currently playing.  
2 Play time indicator  
Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-  
rent track.  
3 Track number indicator  
Shows the track currently playing.  
Selecting a trackdirectly  
When using the remote control, you can select  
a track directly by entering the desired track  
number.  
1
Press SOURCE to select the multi-CD  
player.  
Press SOURCE until you see MULTI CD dis-  
played.  
1
Press DIRECT.  
Track number input display appears.  
2
Select adisc you want to listen to with  
2
Press NUMBER buttons to enter the de-  
the NUMBER (16) buttons.  
For discs 1 to 6, press the corresponding but-  
ton number.  
For discs 7 to 12, press and hold the corre-  
sponding numbers, such as 1 for disc 7, until  
the disc number appears in the display.  
sired track number.  
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To select 3, press 3.  
To select 10, press 1 and 0 in order.  
You can cancel the input number by pressing  
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CLEAR.  
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You can also sequentially select a disc by  
3
Press DIRECT.  
pressing r or q.  
The track of entered number will play.  
3
To perform fast forward or reverse,  
press and hold m or n.  
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Introduction of advanced  
multi-CD player operation  
Note  
After entering the number input mode, if you do  
not perform an operation within about eight sec-  
onds, the mode is automatically canceled.  
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50-disc multi-CD player  
1
Only those functions described in this manual  
are supported by 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 functions, please refer  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
2 RPT indicator  
Shows when repeat range is selected to cur-  
rent track.  
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Press F to display the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)LIST (disc title list)RDM  
(random play)SCAN (scan play)ITS-P (ITS  
play)PAUSE (pause)COMP (compression  
and DBE)  
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To return to the playback display, press BAND.  
Note  
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 re-  
peat), TRK (one-track repeat) and DSC (disc re-  
peat).  
1
Press F to select RPT.  
Press F until RPT appears in the display.  
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Press m or n to select the repeat  
Scanning CDs and tracks  
range.  
While you are using DSC, the beginning of  
each track on the selected disc plays for about  
10 seconds. When you are using MCD, the be-  
ginning of the first track of each disc is played  
for about 10 seconds.  
Press m or n until the desired repeat  
range appears in the display.  
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MCD Repeat all discs in the multi-CD  
player  
TRK Repeat just the current track  
DSC Repeat the current disc  
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1
Select the repeat range.  
Notes  
2
Press F to select SCAN.  
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!
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 TRK, the repeat play range  
changes to DSC.  
Press F until SCAN appears in the display.  
3
Press r to turn scan play on.  
SCAN :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.  
4
When you find the desired track (or  
Playing tracks in random order  
Random play lets you play back tracks in ran-  
dom order within the repeat range, MCD and  
DSC.  
disc) press q to turn scan play off.  
SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track  
(or disc) will continue to play.  
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If the display has automatically returned to  
the playback display, select SCAN again by press-  
ing F.  
1
Select the repeat range.  
Notes  
2
Press F to select RDM.  
Press F until RDM appears in the display.  
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After track or disc scanning is finished, nor-  
mal playback of the tracks will begin again.  
If you turn scan play on during DSC and then  
return to the playback display, DSCN appears  
in the display.  
3
Press r to turn random play on.  
RDM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will  
play in a random order within the previously  
selected MCD or DSC ranges.  
4
Press q to turn random play off.  
RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will  
continue to play in order.  
Pausing CD playback  
Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback.  
Note  
1
Press F to select PAUSE.  
Press F until PAUSE appears in the display.  
If you turn random play on during DSC and then  
return to the playback display, DRDM appears in  
the display.  
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Press r to turn pause on.  
3
Select adesired track by pressing  
m
PAUSE:ON appears in the display. Play of the  
or n.  
current track pauses.  
4
Press r to store the currently playing  
3
Press q to turn pause off.  
track in the playlist.  
PAUSE:OFF appears in the display. Play will re-  
sume at the same point that you turned pause  
on.  
ITS IN is displayed briefly and the currently  
playing selection is added to your playlist. The  
display then shows ITS again.  
5
Press BAND to return to the playback  
Note  
display.  
Press f on the remote control repeatedly dur-  
ing playback to turn pause on or off.  
Note  
After data for 100 discs has been stored in mem-  
ory, data for a new disc will overwrite the oldest  
one.  
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 selec-  
tions.  
Playbackfrom 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.  
1
Select the repeat range.  
Creating a playlist with ITS  
programming  
You can use ITS to enter and play back up to  
99 tracks per disc from up to 100 discs (with  
the disc titles). (With multi-CD players sold be-  
fore the CDX-P1250 and CDX-P650, up to 24  
tracks can be stored in the playlist.)  
2
Press F to select ITS-P.  
Press F until ITS-P appears in the display.  
3
Press r to turn ITS play on.  
ITS-P:ON appears in the display. Playback be-  
gins of those tracks from your playlist within  
the previously selected MCD or DSC ranges.  
1
Play a CD that you want to program.  
Press r or q to select a CD.  
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If no tracks in the current range are pro-  
grammed for ITS play, then EMPTY is displayed.  
2
Press F and hold until TITLE IN appears  
in the display, then press F to select ITS.  
After TITLE IN is displayed, press F repeatedly,  
the following functions appear in the display:  
TITLE IN (disc title input)ITS (ITS program-  
ming)  
4
Press q to turn ITS play off.  
ITS-P:OFF appears in the display. Playback will  
continue in normal order from the currently  
playing track and CD.  
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Press q to erase all tracks on the cur-  
Erasing a trackfrom your ITS  
playlist  
To delete a track from your ITS playlist, make  
sure ITS play is on.  
rently playing CD from your ITS playlist.  
All tracks on the currently playing CD are  
erased from your playlist and ITS CLR is dis-  
played.  
If ITS play is already on, skip to step 2.  
4
Press BAND to return to the playback  
1
Play the CD that contains the track you  
display.  
want to delete from your ITS playlist and  
turn ITS play on.  
Using disc title functions  
You can input CD titles and display the titles.  
Then you can easily search for and play a de-  
sired disc.  
2
Press F and hold until TITLE IN appears  
in the display, then press F to select ITS.  
After TITLE IN is displayed, press F until ITS  
appears in the display.  
3
Select adesired track by pressing  
m
Entering disc titles  
or n.  
Use the disc title input feature to store up to  
100 CD titles (with ITS playlist) into the multi-  
CD player. Each title can be up to 8 characters  
long.  
4
Press q 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.  
1
Play the CD with the title you want to  
enter.  
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If there are no tracks from your playlist in the  
Press r or q to select a CD.  
current range, EMPTY is displayed and normal  
play resumes.  
2
Press F and hold until TITLE IN appears  
in the display.  
5
Press BAND to return to the playback  
After TITLE IN is displayed, press F repeatedly,  
the following functions appear in the display:  
TITLE IN (disc title input)ITS (ITS program-  
ming)  
display.  
Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist  
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When playing a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT  
To delete all tracks of a CD from your ITS play-  
list, make sure ITS play is off.  
compatible multi-CD player, you cannot switch to  
TITLE IN. The disc title will have already been re-  
corded on a CD TEXT disc.  
1
Play the CD that you want to delete.  
Press r or q to select a CD.  
2
Press F and hold until TITLE IN appears  
in the display, then press F to select ITS.  
After TITLE IN is displayed, press F until ITS  
appears in the display.  
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Press r or q to select aletter of the  
Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)  
alphabet.  
When you select DISC TTL, the title of the cur-  
Each press of r will display a letter of the al-  
phabet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and sym-  
bols in 1 2 3 ... > [ ] order. Each press of q  
will display a letter in the reverse order, such  
as Z Y X ... C B A order.  
rently playing disc is shown in the display.  
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If no title has been entered for the currently  
playing disc, NO D-TTL is displayed.  
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 lets you select one for playback.  
4
Press n to move the cursor to the  
next character position.  
1
Press F to select LIST.  
When the desired letter is displayed, press  
n to move the cursor to the next position  
and then select the next letter. Press m to  
move backwards in the display.  
Press F until LIST appears in the display.  
2
Press m or n to scroll through the  
list of titles that have been entered.  
If no title has been entered for a disc, title is  
not displayed.  
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5
Move the cursor to the last position by  
pressing n after entering the title.  
When you press n one more time, the en-  
tered title is stored in memory.  
3
Press r to play your favorite CD title.  
That selection will begin to play.  
6
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
Using CD TEXT functions  
You can use these functions only with a CD  
Notes  
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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.  
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, artists name and playback time  
and are called CD TEXT discs. Only these spe-  
cially encoded CD TEXT discs support the  
functions listed below.  
Displaying disc titles  
You can display the text information of any  
disc that has had a disc title entered.  
Displaying text information on  
CD TEXT discs  
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Press DISPLAY.  
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Press DISPLAY.  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between  
the following settings:  
the following settings:  
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If the multi-CD player does not support  
Play timeDISC TTL (disc title)ART NAME  
(disc artist name)TRK TTL (track title)  
ART NAME (track artist name)  
COMP/DBE, NO COMP is displayed when you at-  
tempt to select it.  
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If specific information has not been recorded  
2
Press r or q to select your favorite  
on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be displayed  
setting.  
(e.g., NO T-TTL).  
Press r or q repeatedly to switch between  
the following settings:  
COMP OFFCOMP 1COMP 2ꢄ  
COMP OFFDBE 1DBE 2  
Scrolling text information in  
the display  
This unit can display the first 8 letters only of  
DISC TTL, ART NAME, TRK TTL and  
ART NAME. When the recorded information is  
longer than 8 letters, you can scroll the text to  
the left so that the rest of the title can be seen.  
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Press DISPLAY and hold until the title  
begins to scroll to the left.  
The rest of the title will appear in the dis-  
play.  
Using compression and  
dynamic bass emphasis  
You can use these functions only with a multi-  
CD player that supports them.  
Using COMP (compression) and DBE (dy-  
namic bass emphasis) functions lets you ad-  
just the sound playback quality of the multi-  
CD player. Each of the functions has a two-  
step adjustment. The COMP function balances  
the output of louder and softer sounds at high-  
er 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
Press F to select COMP.  
Press F until COMP appears in the display.  
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changed to the multi-channel processors audio  
menu. For details, refer to Introduction of DSP ad-  
Introduction of audio  
adjustments  
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Press A to display the audio function  
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5
6
names.  
Press A repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing audio functions:  
FAD (balance adjustment)EQ (equalizer  
curve adjustment)B (bass and treble level  
adjustment)LOUD (loudness)SUB, W  
(subwoofer on/off setting)/NOFAD (non fading  
output on/off setting)80: 0 (subwoofer set-  
ting)/NOFAD (non fading output setting)  
HPF (high pass filter)SLA (source level ad-  
justment)  
1 4  
7
1 Preset equalizer indicator  
Shows which equalizer preset is currently  
selected.  
When CUSTOM is selected, equalizer curve  
does not display.  
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When SFEQ function has been selected or  
when EQ-EX is turned on and CUSTOM is se-  
lected as the equalizer curve, you can switch to  
B.  
2 SFEQ indicator  
Appears in the display when SFEQ function  
can be activated.  
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When the rear output and subwoofer control-  
ler setting is either R-SP :FUL and P/O :S/W or  
R-SP :S/W, you can switch to SUB, W. (Refer to  
3 EQ-EX indicator  
Appears in the display when EQ-EX function  
can be activated.  
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You can select the 80: 0 only when subwoofer  
output is turned on in SUB, W.  
When the rear output and subwoofer control-  
4 CUSTOM indicator  
Shows when custom equalizer curve is cur-  
rently selected.  
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ler setting is only R-SP :FUL and P/O :FUL, you  
can switch to the nonfading output on/off setting.  
(Refer to page 81.)  
5 Loudness indicator  
Appears in the display when loudness is  
turned on.  
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You can select the nonfading output setting  
only when nonfading output is turned on in the  
nonfading output on/off setting.  
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When selecting the FM tuner as the source,  
you cannot switch to SLA.  
To return to the display of each source, press  
BAND.  
6 SW indicator  
Shows when the subwoofer output is turned  
on.  
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7 Audio display  
Shows the audio adjustments status.  
Note  
If you do not operate the audio function within  
about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re-  
turned to the source display.  
Important  
If the multi-channel processor (DEQ-P7650) is  
connected to this unit, the audio function will be  
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Using the equalizer  
The equalizer lets you adjust the equalization  
to match car interior acoustic characteristics  
as desired.  
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adjust bass and treble for each source when  
CUSTOM curve is selected.  
!
If SFEQ has been previously selected, press  
EQ-EX and hold to switch to EQ-EX and  
EQ-EX appears in the display.  
There are six stored equalizer curves which  
you can easily recall at any time. Here is a list  
of the equalizer curves:  
!
You cannot use EQ-EX function and SFEQ  
function simultaneously.  
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Press EQ-EX to turn EQ-EX on.  
Display  
Equalizer curve  
EQ-EX:ON appears in the display. EQ-EX is  
now on.  
POWERFUL Powerful  
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To turn EQ-EX off, press EQ-EX.  
NATURAL  
VOCAL  
Natural  
Vocal  
CUSTOM  
EQ FLAT  
SPR-BASS  
Custom  
Flat  
Setting the sound focus  
equalizer (SFEQ)  
Super bass  
Clarifying the sound image of vocals and in-  
struments allows the simple staging of a nat-  
ural, pleasant sound environment. Even  
greater listening enjoyment will be obtained if  
seating positions are chosen carefully. FRT1  
boosts the treble on the front output and the  
bass on the rear output. FRT2 boosts the treble  
and the bass on the front output and the bass  
on the rear output. (The bass boost is the  
same for both front and rear.) For both FRT1  
and FRT2, H setting provides a more pro-  
nounced effect than L setting.  
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!
CUSTOM is an adjusted equalizer curve  
that you create.  
A separate CUSTOM curve can be created  
for each source. If you make adjustments,  
the equalizer curve settings will be memor-  
ized in CUSTOM.  
When EQ 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  
EQ FLAT and a set equalizer curve.  
!
!
You cannot use EQ-EX function and SFEQ  
function simultaneously.  
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Press EQ to select the equalizer.  
Press EQ repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing equalizers:  
POWERFULNATURALVOCALCUSTOM  
EQ FLATSPR-BASS  
1
Press EQ-EX and hold to switch to SFEQ  
function.  
Press EQ-EX and hold until SFEQ indicator ap-  
pears in the display.  
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To switch to EQ-EX function, press EQ-EX and  
hold.  
Compensating for  
equalizer curves (EQ-EX)  
The EQ-EX function accentuates the effects of  
each equalizer curve. Furthermore, you can  
2
Press EQ-EX to select the desired SFEQ  
setting.  
Press EQ-EX repeatedly to switch between the  
following settings:  
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FRT1-H (front 1-high)FRT1-L (front 1-low)  
FRT2-H (front 2-high)FRT2-L (front 2-low)  
CUSTOM (custom)SFEQ OFF (off)  
3
Press m or n to adjust left/right  
speaker balance.  
3
Press m or n to select the desired  
When you press m or n, BAL : 0 is dis-  
played. Each press of m or n moves the  
left/right speaker balance towards the left or  
the right.  
position.  
Press m or n until the desired position ap-  
pears in the display.  
L (left)C (center)R (right)  
BAL : L 9 BAL : R 9 is displayed as the left/  
right speaker balance moves from left to  
right.  
Notes  
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If you adjust the bass or treble, CUSTOM  
memorizes an SFEQ setting in which the bass  
and treble are adjusted for personal prefer-  
ence.  
If you switch the SFEQ setting, the HPF func-  
tion is automatically turned off. By turning the  
HPF function on after selecting the SFEQ set-  
ting, you can combine HPF function with  
SFEQ function.  
Adjusting equalizer curves  
You can adjust the currently selected equalizer  
curve setting as desired. Adjusted equalizer  
curve settings are memorized in CUSTOM.  
1
Press A to select EQ.  
Press A until EQ appears in the display.  
2
Press m or n to select the equalizer  
Using balance adjustment  
You can select a fader/balance setting that  
provides an ideal listening environment in all  
occupied seats.  
band to adjust.  
Each press of m or n selects equalizer  
bands in the following order:  
EQ-L (low)EQ-M (mid)EQ-H (high)  
1
Press A to select FAD.  
Press A until FAD appears in the display.  
If the balance setting has been previously ad-  
justed, BAL will be displayed.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the level of  
the equalizer band.  
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Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the level of the equalization band.  
+6 6 is displayed as the level is increased  
or decreased.  
2
Press r or q to adjust front/rear  
speaker balance.  
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You can then select another band and adjust  
Each press of r or q moves the front/rear  
speaker balance towards the front or the rear.  
FAD :F15 FAD :R15 is displayed as the front/  
rear speaker balance moves from front to rear.  
the level.  
Note  
If you make adjustments, CUSTOM curve is up-  
dated.  
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FAD : 0 is the proper setting when only two  
speakers are used.  
When the rear output setting is R-SP :S/W,  
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you cannot adjust front/rear speaker balance.  
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Fine-adjusting equalizer curve  
Note  
You can adjust the center frequency and the Q  
factor (curve characteristics) of each currently  
selected curve band (EQ-L/EQ-M/EQ-H).  
If you make adjustments, CUSTOM curve is up-  
dated.  
Level (dB)  
Adjusting bass and treble  
You can adjust bass and treble settings.  
Q=2W  
Q=2N  
!
If EQ-EX function has been selected and  
EQ-EX turned on and CUSTOM selected as  
the equalizer curve, you can adjust bass  
and treble settings.  
If SFEQ has been set to FRT1, bass adjust-  
ment affects only the rear output: front out-  
put cannot be adjusted.  
If SFEQ has been set to FRT1 or FRT2, tre-  
ble adjustment affects only the front out-  
put: rear output cannot be adjusted.  
Center frequency  
Frequency (Hz)  
1
Press A and hold until frequency and  
the Q factor (e.g., F- 80:Q1W) appears in  
the display.  
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2
Press A to select the band for adjust-  
ment from among low, mid and high.  
Press A repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
LowMidHighB (bass adjustment)T  
(treble adjustment)  
Adjusting bass and treble level  
You can adjust the bass and treble level.  
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If EQ-EX function has been selected and only  
when EQ-EX is turned on and CUSTOM is se-  
lected as the equalizer curve, you can switch to B  
and T.  
1
Press A to select B.  
Press A until B appears in the display.  
If the treble level has been previously ad-  
justed, T will be displayed.  
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3
Press m or n to select the desired  
frequency.  
Press m or n until the desired frequency  
appears in the display.  
Low: 4080100160 (Hz)  
Mid: 2005001k2k (Hz)  
High: 3k8k10k12k (Hz)  
2
Press m or n to select bass or treble.  
Press m and B is displayed. Press n and T  
is displayed.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the level.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the selected bass or treble level. +6 ꢃ  
6 is displayed as the level is increased or de-  
creased.  
4
Press r or q to select the desired Q  
factor.  
Press r or q until the desired Q factor ap-  
pears in the display.  
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Press r to turn loudness on.  
Selecting bass frequency  
You can select the bass frequency for level ad-  
justment.  
Loudness level (e.g., LOUD :MID) appears in  
the display.  
3
Press m or n to select adesired  
1
Press A and hold until frequency and  
level.  
the Q factor (e.g., F- 80:Q1W) appears in  
the display.  
Each press of m or n selects level in the  
following order:  
LOW (low)MID (mid)HI (high)  
2
Press A to select B.  
Press A until B appears in the display.  
4
Press q to turn loudness off.  
LOUD :OFF appears in the display.  
3
Press m or n to select the desired  
frequency.  
Press m or n until the desired frequency  
appears in the display.  
4063100160 (Hz)  
Using subwoofer output  
This unit is equipped with a subwoofer output  
which can be turned on or off.  
Selecting treble frequency  
You can select the treble frequency for level  
adjustment.  
1
Press A to select SUB, W.  
Press A until SUB, W appears in the display.  
When the rear output and subwoofer control-  
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ler setting is either R-SP :FUL and P/O :S/W or  
R-SP :S/W, you can switch to SUB, W. (Refer to  
1
Press A and hold until frequency and  
the Q factor (e.g., F- 80:Q1W) appears in  
the display.  
2
Press r to turn subwoofer output on.  
2
Press A to select T.  
SUB, W:NOR appears in the display. Subwoo-  
fer output is now on.  
Press A until T appears in the display.  
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If the subwoofer output phase has been set to  
3
Press m or n to select the desired  
the reverse, SUB, W:REV will be displayed.  
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frequency.  
Press m or n until the desired frequency  
appears in the display.  
To turn subwoofer output off, press q.  
3
Press m or n to select the phase of  
2k4k6k10k (Hz)  
subwoofer output.  
Press m to select reverse phase and REV ap-  
pears in the display. Press n to select nor-  
mal phase and NOR appears in the display.  
Adjusting loudness  
Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the  
low- and high-sound ranges at low volume.  
Adjusting subwoofer settings  
When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad-  
just the cut-off frequency and the output level  
of the subwoofer.  
1
Press A to select LOUD.  
Press A until LOUD appears in the display.  
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To turn non fading output off, press q.  
1
Press A to select 80: 0.  
Press A until 80: 0 appears in the display.  
When the subwoofer output is on, you can se-  
lect 80: 0.  
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Adjusting nonfading output level  
When the nonfading output is on, you can ad-  
just the level of nonfading output.  
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If the subwoofer setting has been previously  
adjusted, the frequency of that previously se-  
lected will be displayed instead of 80.  
1
ting.  
Press A to select non fading output set-  
2
Press m or n to select cut-off fre-  
quency.  
Press A until NOFAD: 0 appears in the dis-  
play.  
Each press of m or n selects cut-off fre-  
quencies in the following order:  
5080125 (Hz)  
Only frequencies lower than those in the se-  
lected range are outputted from the subwoo-  
fer.  
2
Press r or q to adjust the output  
level of the non fading.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the level of the non fading. +6 6 is  
displayed as the level is increased or  
decreased.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the output  
level of the subwoofer.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the level of the subwoofer. +6 6 is  
displayed as the level is increased or  
decreased.  
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.  
Using nonfading output  
When the nonfading output setting is on, the  
audio signal does not pass through this units  
low pass filter (for the subwoofer), but is out-  
putted through the RCA output.  
1
Press A to select HPF.  
Press A until HPF appears in the display.  
1
Press A to select non fading output on/  
2
Press r to turn high pass filter on.  
off setting.  
Press A until NOFAD:ON appears in the dis-  
play.  
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ler setting is only R-SP :FUL and P/O :FUL, you  
can switch to the nonfading output on/off setting.  
(Refer to page 81.)  
HPF : 80 appears in the display. High pass fil-  
ter is now on.  
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justed, the frequency of that previously selected  
will be displayed instead of HPF : 80.  
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If the high pass filter has been previously ad-  
When the rear output and subwoofer control-  
To turn high pass filter off, press q.  
3
Press m or n to select cut-off fre-  
2
Press r to turn non fading output on.  
quency.  
NOFAD:ON appears in the display. Nonfading  
output is now on.  
Each press of m or n selects cut-off fre-  
quencies in the following order:  
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DVD and the optional DVD 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.  
5080125 (Hz)  
Only frequencies higher than those in the se-  
lected range are outputted from the front or  
rear speakers.  
Note  
If you switch the SFEQ setting, the HPF function  
is automatically turned off. By turning the HPF  
function on after selecting the SFEQ setting, you  
can combine HPF function with SFEQ  
function.  
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.  
1
Compare the FM tuner volume level  
with the level of the source you wish to ad-  
just.  
2
Press A to select SLA.  
Press A until SLA appears in the display.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the source vo-  
lume.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the source volume.  
SLA : +4 SLA : 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.  
Video CD, CD and MP3/WMA are set to the  
same source level adjustment volume auto-  
matically.  
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Operating the DSP menu  
Introduction of DSP  
adjustments  
2
Important  
Following functions are effective only when you  
connected a Pioneer multi-channel processor  
(DEQ-P7650) to this unit.  
1
By carrying out the following settings/adjust-  
ments in the order shown, you can create a fi-  
nely-tuned sound field effortlessly.  
1 DSP display  
Shows the DSP status.  
1
2
3
2 Subwoofer indicator  
Shows when the subwoofer output is turned  
on.  
4
5
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Press A to display the DSP function  
names.  
6
7
8
Press A repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing DSP functions:  
POSI (position selector)FAD (balance ad-  
justment)SLA (source level adjustment)  
DRC (dynamic range control)DIRCT (di-  
rect)Lo/Ro (down mix)  
#
When selecting the FM tuner as the source,  
you cannot switch to SLA, DRC.  
When playing other than the DVD disc, you  
cannot switch to DRC.  
To return to the display of each source, press  
BAND.  
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Note  
If you do not operate the DSP function within  
about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re-  
turned to the source display.  
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sounds bounce off the stage, walls, floors  
and ceilings. At a live performance you  
hear music in three stages: direct sound,  
early reflections, and late reflections, or re-  
verberations. Those factors are programed  
into the SFC circuitry to recreate the acous-  
tics of various performance settings.  
Operating the DSP details menu  
1
2
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mode.  
Press EQ-EX to select the desired SFC  
1 DSP display  
Shows the DSP status.  
Press EQ-EX repeatedly to switch between the  
following mode:  
MUSICAL (musical)DRAMA (drama)  
ACTION (action)JAZZ (jazz)HALL (hall)  
CLUB (club)OFF (off)  
2 PL II indicator  
Shows when the Dolby Pro Logic II is turned  
on.  
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Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
Note  
in the display, then press A to display the  
DSP function names.  
If the source is a 2-channel LPCM audio or a 2-  
channel Dolby Digital audio and you select SFC  
effects that are most applicable for 5.1-channel  
audio (i.e., MUSICAL, DRAMA or ACTION), we  
recommend turning Dolby Pro Logic II on. On the  
other hand, when selecting SFC effects that are  
intended for use with 2-channel audio (i.e., JAZZ,  
HALL or CLUB), we recommend turning Dolby  
Pro Logic II off.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A repeatedly,  
the following DSP functions appear in the dis-  
play:  
FRONT (speaker setting)HPF (cross-over fre-  
quency)FRT-L (speaker output level)  
T TONE (test tone)INITIAL (time align-  
ment mode)FL (time alignment adjustment)  
AT EQ (auto-equalizer on/off)PEQ (3-band  
parametric equalizer)  
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When neither F/L nor F/R is selected in POSI,  
you cannot switch to INITIAL or FL.  
You cannot select AT EQ if auto TA and EQ  
has not been carried out.  
To return to the display of each source, press  
#
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BAND.  
Using the sound field control  
The SFC function creates the sensation of a  
live performance.  
!
The acoustics of different performance en-  
vironments are not the same and depend  
on the extent and contour of space through  
which sound waves move and on how  
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Using the position selector  
Using balance adjustment  
One way to assure a more natural sound is to  
accurately position the stereo image, putting  
you right in the center of the sound field. The  
position selector function lets you automati-  
cally adjust the speaker output levels and in-  
serts a delay time to match the number and  
position of occupied seats. When used in con-  
junction with the SFC, the feature will make  
the sound image more natural and offer a pa-  
noramic sound that envelops you.  
You can select a fader/balance setting that  
provides an ideal listening environment in all  
occupied seats.  
1
Press A to select FAD.  
Press A until FAD appears in the display.  
If the balance setting has been previously ad-  
justed, BAL will be displayed.  
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2
Press r or q to adjust front/rear  
speaker balance.  
1
Press A to select POSI.  
Each press of r or q moves the front/rear  
speaker balance towards the front or the rear.  
FAD :F25 FAD :R25 is displayed as the front/  
rear speaker balance moves from front to rear.  
Press A until POSI appears in the display.  
2
Press m/n/r/q to select alisten-  
ing position.  
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FAD : 0 is the proper setting when only two  
Press one of these, m/n/r/q, to select  
a listening position as listed in the table.  
speakers are used.  
3
Press m or n to adjust left/right  
Button  
m
Display  
F/L  
Position  
speaker balance.  
When you press m or n, BAL : 0 is dis-  
played. Each press of m or n moves the  
left/right speaker balance towards the left or  
the right.  
BAL :L25 BAL :R25 is displayed as the left/  
right speaker balance moves from left to  
right.  
Front seat left  
Front seat right  
Front seats  
All seats  
n
F/R  
r
FRT  
q
ALL  
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To cancel the selected listening position,  
press the same button again.  
Note  
Adjusting source levels  
When you make adjustments for listening posi-  
tion, the speakers are automatically set for appro-  
priate output levels. You can tailor them if you  
want as discussed under the heading of Adjust-  
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.  
1
Compare the FM tuner volume level  
with the level of the source you wish to ad-  
just.  
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Press A to select SLA.  
2
Press r to turn the dynamic range  
Press A until SLA appears in the display.  
control on.  
DRC :ON appears in the display. Dynamic  
range control is now on.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the source vo-  
lume.  
#
To turn dynamic range control off, press  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the source volume.  
q.  
SLA : +4 SLA : 4 is displayed as the source  
volume is increased or decreased.  
Using the direct control  
You can override audio settings to check for ef-  
Notes  
fectiveness of your audio settings.  
!
!
The AM tuner volume level can also be ad-  
justed with source level adjustments.  
Video CD, CD and MP3/WMA are set to the  
same source level adjustment volume auto-  
matically.  
DVD and the optional DVD player are set to  
the same source level adjustment volume  
automatically.  
1
Press A to select DIRCT.  
Press A until DIRCT appears in the display.  
2
Press r to turn the direct control on.  
!
!
DIRCT:ON appears in the display. Direct con-  
trol is now on.  
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To turn direct control off, press q.  
External unit 1 and external unit 2 are set to  
the same source level adjustment volume  
automatically.  
Notes  
!
!
All audio functions are locked out during  
DIRCT:ON except VOLUME and PLII.  
If the source is a 2-channel LPCM audio or a  
2-channel Dolby Digital audio and you select  
DIRCT:ON, audio is heared only over front left/  
right speakers.  
Using the dynamic range  
control  
The dynamic range refers to the difference be-  
tween the largest and softest sounds. The dy-  
namic range control compresses this  
difference so that you can clearly hear sounds  
even at low volume levels.  
Using the down-mix function  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
The down-mix function allows you to play back  
multi-channel audio in 2 channels.  
!
The dynamic range control is effective only  
on Dolby Digital sounds.  
1
Press A to select DRC.  
Press A until DRC appears in the display.  
When playing other than the DVD disc, you  
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cannot switch this mode.  
1
Press A to select Lo/Ro.  
Press A until Lo/Ro appears in the display.  
If the down mix Lt/Rt has been previously se-  
lected, Lt/Rt will be displayed.  
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Press m or n to switch the down  
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!
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Panorama (PANO) extends the front stereo  
image to include the surround speakers for  
an exciting wraparoundeffect.  
Dimension (DIME) allows you to gradually  
adjust the sound field either towards the  
front or the rear.  
Center Width Control (CENT) allows center-  
channel sounds to be positioned between  
the center speaker and the left/right speak-  
ers. It improves the left-center-right stage  
presentation for both the driver and the  
front passenger.  
mix settings.  
!
Lt/Rt Down mix so that the surround  
components can be restored (decoded).  
Lo/Ro Stereo mix the original audio that  
do not contain channel modes such as sur-  
round components.  
!
Using the Dolby Pro Logic II  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
Dolby Pro Logic II creates five full-bandwidth  
output channels from two-channel sources to  
achieve high-purity matrix surround.  
1
Press EQ-EX until MUS (music) appears  
in the display.  
2
Press n to select PANO.  
Press r or q to turn PANO on/off.  
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If both the center and the rear speakers are  
set to OFF, you cannot use this function.  
Dolby Pro Logic II supports up to 48kHz  
sampling rate stereo source and has no ef-  
fect on other types of source.  
3
Press n again to select DIME.  
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Each time you press r or q it moves the  
sound towards the front or the surrounds.  
+3 3 is displayed as the front/surround  
speaker balance moves from front to sur-  
rounds.  
1
Press and hold EQ-EX until PLII appears  
in the display.  
4
Press n again to select CENT.  
2
Press EQ-EX to select the desired mode.  
MOV (movie) The Movie mode suitable  
for movie playback  
MUS (music) The Music mode suitable  
for music playback  
MAT (matrix) The Matrix mode for when  
FM radio reception is weak  
Each time you press r or q it gradually  
spreads the center channel sound into the  
front left and right speakers over a range 07.  
3 is the default and its recommended for  
most recordings. 0 places all center sound in  
the center speaker. 7 places all center sound  
equally in the left/right speakers.  
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PLII :OFFTurn Dolby Pro Logic II off  
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You can adjust the music mode only when  
MUS (music) has been selected.  
To cancel Dolby Pro Logic II, press EQ-EX  
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again to select PLII :OFF.  
Adjusting the Music mode  
You can adjust the Music mode with the fol-  
lowing three controls.  
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Press BAND to return to the playback  
Setting the speaker setting  
display.  
You need to make with/without (or yes/no) and  
size (bass reproducing capacity) selection/ad-  
justments depending on the installed speak-  
ers. The size needs to be set to LRG (large) if  
the speaker is capable of reproducing sounds  
of about 100 Hz or below. Otherwise select  
SML (small).  
Correcting the subwoofers phase  
If trying to boost the bass output of the sub-  
woofer doesnt do much or rather makes you  
feel that the bass gets more murky, this may  
indicate that the subwoofers output and bass  
content you hear over other speakers cancel  
each other out. To remove this problem, try  
changing the phase setting for the subwoofer.  
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Low frequency range is not output if the  
subwoofer is set to OFF and the front and  
rear speakers set to SML or OFF.  
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It is imperative that non-installed speakers  
be set to OFF.  
Set the front or rear speaker to LRG if the  
speaker is capable of reproducing bass  
content, or if no subwoofer is installed.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display.  
2
Press m or n to select the subwoo-  
fer.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
Each press of m or n selects the speaker  
in the following order:  
in the display.  
FRONT (front speakers)CENT (center speak-  
er)REAR (rear speakers)SUB.W (subwoo-  
fer)PHASE (subwoofer setting)  
2
Press m or n to select the speaker  
to be adjusted.  
Each press of m or n selects the speaker  
in the following order:  
FRONT (front speakers)CENT (center speak-  
er)REAR (rear speakers)SUB.W (subwoo-  
fer)PHASE (subwoofer setting)  
3
Press r to turn the subwoofer output  
on.  
4
Press n to select PHASE (subwoofer  
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You can switch to PHASE only when the sub-  
setting).  
woofer has been set to ON.  
5
Press r or q to select the subwoofer  
3
Press r or q to select the correct size  
output phase.  
Press r to select NOR (normal phase). Press  
q to select REV (reverse phase).  
for the selected speaker.  
Each press of r or q selects the size in the  
following order:  
SML (small)LRG (large)OFF (off)  
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Press BAND to return to the playback  
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You cannot select OFF, when FRONT (front  
speakers) have been selected.  
You can select ON or OFF, when SUB.W (sub-  
woofer) has been selected.  
You can switch REV (reverse phase) or NOR  
display.  
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Note  
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When playing a 2-channel mono source with Pro  
Logic II turned on, there may be occasions when  
the following will occur:  
(normal phase), when PHASE (subwoofer setting)  
has been selected.  
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No audio is outputted if the center speaker  
setting is SML or LRG and no center speaker  
is installed.  
Audio is heard only over the center speaker if  
installed and the center speaker setting is  
SML or LRG.  
pass filter). The cross-over frequency setting has  
no effect if the subwoofer is set to OFF and other  
speakers are set to LRG or OFF.  
Adjusting the speaker  
output levels  
You can readjust the speaker output levels  
using a test tone while listening to music.  
Selecting a cross-over  
frequency  
You can select a frequency, under which  
sounds are reproduced through the subwoo-  
fer. If the installed speakers include one whose  
size has been set to SML, you can select a fre-  
quency, under which sounds are reproduced  
through a LRG speaker or subwoofer.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display, then press A to select FRT-L.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until FRT-L  
appears in the display.  
2
Press m or n to select the speaker  
to be adjusted.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
Each press of m or n selects the speaker  
in the following order:  
FRT-L (front speaker left)CENT (center  
speaker)FRT-R (front speaker right)RER-R  
(rear speaker right)RER-L (rear speaker left)  
SUB.W (subwoofer)  
in the display, then press A to select HPF.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until HPF  
appears in the display.  
2
Press m or n to select the speaker  
to be adjusted.  
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You cannot select speakers whose size is set  
Each press of m or n selects the speaker  
in the following order:  
at OFF.  
F (front speakers)C (center speaker)R  
(rear speakers)S (subwoofer)  
3
Press r or q to adjust the speaker  
output level.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the speaker output level. +10 10 is  
displayed as the level is increased or de-  
creased.  
3
Press r or q to select cross-over fre-  
quency for the selected speaker.  
Each press of r or q selects cross-over fre-  
quencies in the following order:  
6380100125160200 (Hz)  
4
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
4
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
Note  
To adjust the speaker output levels in this mode is  
the same as making the speaker output levels at  
T TONE. Both provide the same results.  
Note  
Selecting a cross-over frequency is to set a cross-  
over frequency of the subwoofers L.P.F. (low-pass  
filter) and that of the SML speaker H.P.F. (high-  
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Adjusting the speaker output  
levels using a test tone  
A convenient test tone allows you to easily get  
the overall balance right among the speakers.  
Notes  
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If needed, select speakers and adjust their ab-  
soluteoutput levels. (Refer to Adjusting the  
To adjust the speaker output levels in this  
mode is the same as making the speaker out-  
put levels at FRT-L. Both provide the same re-  
sults.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display, then press A to select  
T TONE.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until  
T TONE appears in the display.  
Using the time alignment  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
The time alignment lets you adjust the dis-  
tance between each speaker and the listening  
position.  
2
Press n to start the test tone output.  
The test tone is outputted. It rotates from  
speaker to speaker in the following sequence  
at intervals of about two seconds. The current  
settings for the speaker over which you hear  
the test tone are shown in the display.  
FRT-L (front speaker left)CENT (center  
speaker)FRT-R (front speaker right)RER-R  
(rear speaker right)RER-L (rear speaker left)  
SUB.W (subwoofer)  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display, then press A to select  
INITIAL.  
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Check each speaker output level. If no adjust-  
ments are needed, perform step 4 to stop the test  
tone.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until  
INITIAL appears in the display.  
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The settings do not appear for speakers  
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You cannot select INITIAL when neither F/L  
whose size is set OFF.  
nor F/R is selected in POSI.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the speaker  
2
Press m or n to select the time  
output level.  
alignment.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the speaker output level. +10 10 is  
displayed as the level is increased or de-  
creased.  
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INITIAL Initial time alignment (factory set-  
ting)  
CUSTOM Adjusted time alignment that  
you can create for yourself  
AUTO TA Time alignment created by auto  
TA and EQ. (Refer to Auto TA and EQ (auto-  
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The test tone rotates to the next speaker after  
about two seconds from the last operation.  
4
5
Press m to stop the test tone output.  
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TA :OFF Turn the time alignment off  
Press BAND to return to the playback  
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To turn time alignment off, select TA :OFF.  
You cannot select AUTO TA if auto TA and EQ  
display.  
has not been carried out.  
3
Press BAND to cancel the time align-  
ment mode.  
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You can turn the auto-equalizer on or off.  
Adjusting the time alignment  
By adjusting the distance between each  
speaker and a selected listening position, you  
can insert delay times into the speaker output  
to obtain a correct sound image and overall  
level balance. Although this is automatically  
achieved when you set the listening position,  
the time alignment feature provides a fine ad-  
justment.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display, then press A to select AT EQ.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until AT EQ  
appears in the display.  
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You cannot use this function if auto TA and  
EQ has not been carried out.  
2
Press r to turn the auto-equalizer on.  
AT EQ:ON appears in the display.  
To turn auto-equalizer off, press q.  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
in the display, then press A to select FL.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until FL ap-  
pears in the display.  
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You cannot select FL when neither F/L nor F/R  
is selected in POSI.  
Auto TA and EQ (auto-time  
alignment and auto-  
equalizing)  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
The auto-time alignment is automatically ad-  
justed 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.  
2
Press m or n to select the speaker  
to be adjusted.  
Each press of m or n selects the speaker  
in the following order:  
FL (front speaker left)C (center speaker)FR  
(front speaker right)RR (rear speaker right)  
RL(rear speaker left)SW(subwoofer)  
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You cannot select speakers whose size is set  
at OFF.  
3
Press r or q to adjust the distance  
between the selected speaker and the lis-  
tening position.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the distance. 500.0 (cm)0.0 (cm) is  
displayed as the distance is increased or de-  
creased.  
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.  
4
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
CAUTION  
Using the auto-equalizer  
The auto-equalizer is the equalizer curve cre-  
ated by auto TA and EQ (refer to Auto TA and  
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Carrying out auto TA and EQ under the follow-  
ing conditions may damage the speakers. Be  
sure to check the conditions thoroughly be-  
fore carrying out auto TA and EQ.  
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When speakers are incorrectly connected.  
(e.g., When a rear speaker is connected to  
a subwoofer output.)  
When a speaker is connected to a power  
amp delivering output higher than the  
speakers maximum input power capabil-  
ity.  
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 loca-  
tion.  
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 circum-  
stances, 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.  
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Before operating the auto TA  
and EQ function  
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Auto TA and EQ changes the audio settings  
as below:  
The fader/balance settings return to the  
center position. (Refer to page 63.)  
The graphic equalizer curve switches to  
EQ FLAT. (Refer to page 72.)  
When a subwoofer is connected to this  
unit, it will be adjusted automatically to  
both subwoofer output and high pass fil-  
ter setting for rear speaker.  
If you carry out auto TA and EQ when a pre-  
vious setting of this already exists, the set-  
ting will be replaced.  
!
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 be-  
fore carrying out auto TA and EQ. Sounds  
other than the measurement tone (sur-  
rounding sounds, engine sound, tele-  
phones ringing etc.) may prevent correct  
measurement of the car interior acoustic  
characteristics.  
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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.  
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When front speaker is not connected, auto  
TA and EQ cannot be carried out.  
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 amps input  
level to the standard position.  
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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 cross-over frequency  
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12  
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Plug the microphone into the micro-  
phone input jack on the multi-channel pro-  
cessor.  
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 cen-  
ter of the headrest of the drivers seat, fa-  
cing forward, using the belt (sold  
separately).  
The auto TA and EQ may differ depending on  
where you place the microphone. If desired,  
place the microphone on the front passenger  
seat to carry out auto TA and EQ.  
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9
Press r to start the auto TA and EQ.  
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 be-  
gins.  
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When all speakers are connected, auto TA  
and EQ is completed in about nine minutes.  
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To stop auto TA and EQ, press any keys.  
To cancel auto TA and EQ part way through,  
3
Turn the ignition switch to ON or ACC.  
press BAND.  
If the cars 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.  
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-  
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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.  
11 Press BAND to cancel the auto TA and  
EQ mode.  
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If no position is selected before you start auto  
TA and EQ, F/L 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.  
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12 Store the microphone carefully in the  
glove compartment.  
Adjusting 3-band parametric  
equalizer  
For CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 equalizer  
curves, you can adjust the front, rear and cen-  
ter equalizer curves separately by selecting a  
center frequency, an equalizer level and a Q  
factor for each band.  
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 mal-  
function.  
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A separate CUSTOM1 curve can be cre-  
ated for each source.  
A CUSTOM2 curve can be created com-  
mon to all sources.  
Using the equalizer  
The equalizer lets you adjust the equalization  
to match car interior acoustic characteristics  
as desired.  
The center speaker largely determines the  
sound image and getting the balance right  
isnt easy. We recommend reproducing a 2-  
ch. audio (a CD for example) and getting  
the balance right among the speakers ex-  
cept for the center, and then reproducing a  
5.1-ch. audio (Dolby Digital or DTS) and ad-  
justing the center speaker output to the  
balance you have already got among the  
other speakers.  
Recalling equalizer curves  
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  
Natural  
1
Press A and hold until FRONT appears  
POWERFUL  
NATURAL  
VOCAL  
in the display, then press A to select PEQ.  
After FRONT is displayed, press A until PEQ  
appears in the display.  
Vocal  
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Adjusted PEQ settings are memorized in  
EQ FLAT  
Flat  
CUSTOM1.  
CUSTOM1  
CUSTOM2  
SPR-BASS  
Custom 1  
Custom 2  
Super bass  
2
Press r or q to select the speaker to  
be adjusted.  
Each press of r or q selects the speaker in  
the following order:  
FRT (front speakers)CEN (center speaker)  
RER (rear speakers)  
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CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 are adjusted  
equalizer curves.  
When EQ 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  
EQ FLAT and a set equalizer curve.  
You cannot select speakers whose size is set  
at OFF.  
3
Press n and then press r or q to  
select the equalizer band to be adjusted.  
Each press of r or q selects equalizer  
bands in the following order:  
LOW (low)MID (mid)HI (high)  
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Press EQ to select the equalizer.  
Press EQ repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing equalizers:  
POWERFULNATURALVOCALEQ FLAT  
CUSTOM1CUSTOM2SPR-BASS  
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Press n and then press r or q to  
select the center frequency of selected  
band.  
Each press of r or q selects the frequency  
in the following order:  
40Hz50Hz63Hz80Hz100Hz125Hz  
160Hz200Hz250Hz315Hz400Hzꢄ  
500Hz630Hz800Hz1kHz1.2kHzꢄ  
1.6kHz2kHz2.5kHz3.1kHz4kHzꢄ  
5kHz6.3kHz8kHz10kHz12kHz  
5
Press n and then press r or q to  
adjust the equalizer level.  
Each press of r or q increases or de-  
creases the equalizer level. +6 6 is dis-  
played as the level is increased or decreased.  
6
Press n and then press r or q to  
select the desired Q factor.  
Each press r or q switches between the  
following Q factor:  
WID (wide)NAR (narrow)  
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You can adjust parameters for each band of  
the other speakers in the same way.  
7
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
Note  
You can select a center frequency for each band.  
You can change the center frequency in 1/3-oc-  
tave steps, but you cannot select frequencies that  
have intervals shorter than 1 octave among the  
center frequencies of the three bands.  
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Setting up the DVD player  
Introduction of DVD setup  
adjustments  
Returning to the previous  
display  
The SET-UP MENU lets you switch between  
displays of different setting options. To con-  
tinue performing different settings, or if you  
make a mistake during setting, pressing  
RETURN takes you back to the previous dis-  
play each time you press it.  
Setting the subtitle language  
1
You can set a desired subtitle language. If the  
selected subtitle language is recorded on the  
DVD, subtitles are displayed in that language.  
You can use this menu to change audio, subti-  
tle, parental lock and other DVD settings. This  
menu can be operated only by using the re-  
mote control.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
SUBTITLE LANG. in the  
SET-UP MENU (LANG.).  
SUBTITLE LANG. is highlighted.  
1 SET-UP MENU  
Shows the setup menu status.  
2
Click the joystick.  
1
2
Press g.  
A subtitle language menu is displayed.  
Press MENU when the disc is stopped.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to select  
SET-UP MENU is displayed.  
the desired language.  
The currently set language is indicated with  
the blue box. The language selected with the  
joystick is highlighted.  
3
Move the joystick left or right to switch  
between LANG (language settings),  
PICT (picture settings) and  
GEN (general settings).  
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To switch to the second language select  
menu, move the joystick left or right.  
To return to the first language select menu,  
move the joystick left or right.  
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Note  
If you press MENU during display of a  
SET-UP MENU, the SET-UP MENU is canceled  
and the unit returns to the previous display.  
4
Click the joystick.  
A subtitle language is set.  
Notes  
!
If the selected language is not recorded on  
the disc, the language specified on the disc is  
displayed.  
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You can also switch the subtitle language dur-  
ing playback with SUBTITLE (S.TITILE). (Refer  
Even if you use SUBTITLE (S.TITILE) to switch  
the subtitle language, this does not affect the  
settings here.  
4
Click the joystick.  
The audio language is set.  
Notes  
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If the selected language is not recorded on  
the disc, the language specified on the disc is  
outputted.  
You can also switch the audio language dur-  
ing playback with AUDIO. (Refer to Changing  
Even if you use AUDIO to switch the audio  
language, this does not affect the settings  
here.  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
When you select GENERAL  
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When you select GENERAL, a language code  
input display is shown. Refer to Language code  
chart for DVD on page 94, use the number but-  
tons to input the four digit code of the desired  
language, and then click the joystick.  
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If you have selected GENERAL, refer to When  
Note  
Pressing CLEAR cancels the input numbers.  
Setting the menu language  
You can set the preferred language for dis-  
Setting the audio language  
plays of menus recorded on a disc.  
You can set the preferred audio language.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
MENU LANG. in the SET-UP MENU (LANG.).  
MENU LANG. is highlighted.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
AUDIO LANG. in the SET-UP MENU (LANG.).  
AUDIO LANG. is highlighted.  
2
Click the joystick.  
A menu language menu is displayed.  
2
Click the joystick.  
An audio language menu is displayed.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to select  
the desired menu language.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to select  
The currently set language is indicated with  
the blue box. The language selected with the  
joystick is highlighted.  
the desired audio language.  
The currently set language is indicated with  
the blue box. The language selected with the  
joystick is highlighted.  
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To switch to the second menu language select  
menu, move the joystick left or right.  
To return to the first menu language select  
#
To switch to the second audio language select  
menu, move the joystick left or right.  
To return to the first audio language select  
menu, move the joystick left or right.  
#
menu, move the joystick left or right.  
#
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4
Click the joystick.  
2
Click the joystick.  
The menu language is set.  
Angle icon display is set on or off.  
Notes  
Notes  
!
If the selected language is not recorded on  
the disc, the language specified on the disc is  
outputted.  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
!
!
You can also switch the angle during playback  
with ANGLE. (Refer to Changing the viewing  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
!
!
If you have selected GENERAL, refer to When  
Setting the aspect ratio  
Setting assist subtitles on  
or off  
Assist subtitles offer explanations for the au-  
rally impaired. However, they are only dis-  
played if they are recorded on the DVD.  
You can turn assist subtitles on or off as de-  
sired.  
There are two kinds of display. A wide screen  
display has a width-to-height ratio (TV aspect)  
of 16:9, while a regular display has a TV aspect  
of 4:3. Be sure to select the correct TV aspect  
for the display you use.  
!
When using a regular display, select either  
LETTER BOX or PANSCAN. Selecting 16:9  
may result in an unnatural picture.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
ASSIST in the SET-UP MENU (LANG.).  
ASSIST is highlighted.  
TV ASPECT in the SET-UP MENU (PICT).  
TV ASPECT is highlighted.  
2
Click the joystick.  
2
Click the joystick.  
Each time you click the joystick the selected  
setting switches on or off.  
TV aspect menu is displayed.  
3
Move the joystick up or down to select  
the desired TV aspect.  
The currently set TV aspect is indicated with  
blue box. The TV aspect selected with the joy-  
stick is highlighted.  
Setting angle icon display  
You can set it up so that the angle icon ap-  
pears on scenes where the angle can be  
switched.  
!
16:9 Wide screen picture (16:9) is dis-  
played as it is (initial setting)  
!
LETTER BOX The picture is the shape of a  
letterbox with black bands at the top and  
bottom of the screen  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
ANGLE in the SET-UP MENU (PICT).  
ANGLE is highlighted.  
!
PANSCAN The picture is cut short at the  
right and left of the screen  
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Click the joystick.  
4
Click the joystick.  
The selected TV aspect is set.  
The code number is set, and you can now set  
the level.  
Notes  
5
Move the joystick left or right to select  
!
When playing discs that do not specify  
PANSCAN, playback is with LETTER BOX  
even if you select PANSCAN setting. Confirm  
whether the disc package bears the  
mark. (See page 9.)  
Some discs do not enable changing of the TV  
aspect. For details, refer to the discs instruc-  
tions.  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
the desired level.  
!
!
LEVEL 8 Playback of the entire disc is pos-  
sible (initial setting)  
16 : 9 LB  
LEVEL 7LEVEL 2 Playback of discs for  
children and non-adult-oriented discs is  
possible  
LEVEL 1 Playback of discs for children  
only is possible  
!
!
!
6
Click the joystick.  
The parental lock level is set.  
Notes  
Setting the parental lock  
!
!
We recommend to keep a record of your code  
number in case you forget it.  
Some DVD video discs let you use parental  
lock to restrict the viewing of violent and adult-  
oriented scenes by children. You can set the  
parental lock level in steps as desired.  
The parental lock level is recorded on the disc.  
You can confirm it by looking at the disc pack-  
age, included literature or on the disc itself.  
With discs that do not feature a recorded par-  
ental lock level, you cannot use parental lock.  
With some discs, parental lock operates to  
skip certain scenes only, after which normal  
playback resumes. For details, refer to the  
discs instructions.  
!
When you set a parental lock level and then  
play a disc featuring parental lock, code  
number input indications may be dis-  
played. In this case, playback will begin  
when the correct code number is input.  
!
!
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre-  
vious display.  
Setting the code number and level  
When you first use this function, register your  
code number. If you do not register a code  
number, parental lock will not operate.  
Changing the level  
You can change the set parental lock level.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
PARENTAL in the SET-UP MENU (GEN).  
PARENTAL is highlighted.  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
PARENTAL in the SET-UP MENU (GEN).  
PARENTAL is highlighted.  
2
Click the joystick.  
Parental lock setting menu is displayed.  
2
Click the joystick.  
Parental lock setting menu is displayed.  
3
Press NUMBER buttons to input afour  
digit code number.  
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Press NUMBER buttons to input the re-  
1
Move the joystick up or down to select  
gistered code number.  
DVD AUTO PLAY in the  
SET-UP MENU (GEN).  
4
Click the joystick.  
DVD AUTO PLAY is highlighted.  
This enters the code number, and you can now  
change the level.  
2
Click the joystick to turn automatic  
playback on or off.  
When the automatic playback is on, you can-  
#
If you input an incorrect code number, the  
icon is displayed. Press CLEAR and input the  
#
correct code number.  
not operate repeating play of DVD disc (refer to  
#
If you forget your code number, refer to If you  
5
Move the joystick left or right to select  
the desired level.  
Setting remote control  
code type  
6
Click the joystick.  
When the remote control operation switch is  
set to DVD, changing the remote control code  
type enables you to operate the Pioneer DVD  
player by the supplied remote control. There  
are three remote codes, code type A, code  
type B and code type DVH. When using this  
unit with a multi-DVD player (e.g. XDV-P9), se-  
lect code A. When using this unit only, select  
code DVH.  
The parental lock level is set.  
Note  
Pressing RETURN takes you back to the previous  
display.  
If you forget your code number  
!
With this unit, code B cannot be used.  
page, and press CLEAR 10 times. The regis-  
tered code number is canceled, letting you  
register a new one.  
1
Set the remote control selection switch  
on the left side of the remote control to  
the appropriate position with a pen tip or  
other pointed instrument .  
!
If you select DVH mode, there is no need to  
take the following procedure.  
Automatic playbackof DVDs  
!
If you select A/B mode, take the following  
procedure and change the code type to the  
appropriate type.  
When a DVDs disc with DVD menu is inserted,  
this unit will cancel the DVD menu automati-  
cally and start playback from the first chapter  
of the first title.  
2
Press 7 and 0 on the remote control si-  
!
Some DVDs may not operate properly. If  
this function is not fully operated, turn this  
function off and start playback.  
multaneously to change the code type.  
Initially, the code type is set to A. Each time  
you press 7 and 0 simultaneously on the re-  
mote control the code type switches between  
A and B.  
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1
Press F to select clock.  
Adjusting initial settings  
Press F repeatedly until clock appears in the  
display.  
2
Press m or n to select the segment  
of the clock display you wish to set.  
Pressing m or n will select one segment  
of the clock display:  
1
HourMinute  
As you select segments of the clock display  
the segment selected will blink.  
Using the initial settings, you can customize  
various system settings to achieve optimal per-  
formance from this unit.  
1 Function display  
Shows the function status.  
1
Press SOURCE and hold until the unit  
3
Press r or q to set the clock.  
turns off.  
Pressing r will increase the selected hour or  
minute. Pressing q will decrease the se-  
lected hour or minute.  
2
Press F and hold until function name  
appears in the display.  
3
Press F to select one of the initial set-  
tings.  
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.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing settings:  
ClockFM (FM tuning step)AM (AM tuning  
step)WARN (warning tone)AUX (auxiliary  
setting)DIMMR (dimmer)R-SP (rear out-  
put and subwoofer controller)TEL (tele-  
phone muting/attenuation)DSC-A (disc  
auto)D_ATT (digital attenuation)A-RESET  
(audio reset)  
1
Press F to select FM.  
Press F repeatedly until FM appears in the dis-  
play.  
#
#
To cancel initial settings, press BAND.  
You can also cancel initial settings by holding  
2
Press m or n to select the FM tuning  
step.  
down F until the unit turns off.  
Pressing m or n will switch the FM tuning  
step between 100 kHz and 50 kHz. The se-  
lected FM tuning step will appear in the dis-  
play.  
#
When the multi-channel processor (e.g., DEQ-  
P7650) is connected to this unit, you can operate  
D_ATT and A-RESET instead of R-SP.  
Setting the clock  
Use these instructions to set the clock.  
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Initial Settings  
Switching the auxiliary setting  
Note  
It is possible to use auxiliary equipment with  
this unit. Activate the auxiliary setting when  
using auxiliary equipment connected to this  
unit.  
If seek tuning is performed in 50 kHz steps, sta-  
tions may be tuned in imprecisely. Tune in the sta-  
tions with manual tuning or use seek tuning  
again.  
1
Press F to select AUX.  
Press F repeatedly until AUX appears in the  
display.  
Setting the AM tuning step  
The AM tuning step can be switched between  
9 kHz, the preset step, and 10 kHz. When  
using the tuner in North, Central or South  
America, reset the tuning step from 9 kHz (531  
1 602 kHz allowable) to 10 kHz (530 1 640  
kHz allowable).  
2
Press r to turn auxiliary setting on.  
AUX :ON appears in the display.  
#
To turn auxiliary setting off, press q.  
Note  
When this unit is connected to the DEQ-P7650,  
you can switch to the AUX mode to analog or di-  
gital. However, when you use AUX as the source,  
make sure the AUX mode is set to analog. AUX  
digital should not be used with this unit.  
1
Press F to select AM.  
Press F repeatedly until AM appears in the dis-  
play.  
2
Press m or n to select the AM tun-  
ing step.  
Pressing m or n will switch the AM tuning  
step between 9 kHz and 10 kHz. The selected  
AM tuning step will appear in the display.  
Switching the dimmer setting  
To prevent the display from being too bright at  
night, the display is automatically dimmed  
when the cars headlights are turned on. You  
can turn the dimmer on or off.  
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
Press F to select DIMMR.  
Press F repeatedly until DIMMR appears in  
the display.  
2
Press r to turn dimmer on.  
1
Press F to select WARN.  
DIMMR:ON appears in the display.  
Press F repeatedly until WARN appears in the  
#
To turn dimmer off, press q.  
display.  
2
Press r to turn warning tone on.  
WARN :ON appears in the display.  
To turn warning tone off, press q.  
#
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or subwoofer output (refer to Using subwoofer  
output on page 58) in the audio menu on.  
If you change the subwoofer controller, sub-  
woofer output and nonfading output in the  
audio menu return to the factory settings.  
Setting the rear output and  
subwoofer controller  
This units rear output (rear speaker leads out-  
put) can be used for full-range speaker  
(R-SP :FUL) or subwoofer (R-SP :S/W) connec-  
tion. If you switch the rear output setting to  
R-SP :S/W, you can connect a rear speaker  
lead directly to a subwoofer without using an  
auxiliary amp.  
Initially, the unit is set for rear full-range speak-  
er connection (R-SP :FUL). When rear output is  
connected to full range speakers (when  
R-SP :FUL is selected), you can connect the  
RCA subwoofer output to a subwoofer. In this  
case, you can select whether to use the sub-  
woofer controllers (low pass filter, phase)  
built-in P/O :S/W or the auxiliary P/O :FUL.  
!
Switching the telephone  
muting/attenuation  
Sound from this system is muted or attenu-  
ated automatically when a call is made or re-  
ceived using a cellular telephone connected to  
this unit.  
1
Press F to select TEL.  
Press F repeatedly until TEL appears in the dis-  
play.  
1
Press F to select R-SP.  
Press F repeatedly until R-SP appears in the  
2
Press m or n to switch the tele-  
display.  
phone muting/attenuation.  
Pressing m or n will switch between  
TEL :A (attenuation) and TEL :MUT (muting)  
and that status will be displayed.  
2
Press r or q to switch the rear out-  
put setting.  
Pressing r or q will switch between  
R-SP :FUL (full-range speaker) and R-SP :S/W  
(subwoofer) and that status will be displayed.  
#
You can select in the following setting:  
!
TEL :MUT Muting  
!
TEL :A20 Attenuation (TEL :A20 has a  
stronger effect than TEL :A10)  
TEL :A10 Attenuation  
#
When no subwoofer is connected to the rear  
output, select R-SP :FUL.  
When a subwoofer is connected to the rear  
output, set for subwoofer R-SP :S/W.  
When the rear output setting is R-SP :S/W,  
you cannot change the subwoofer controller.  
!
#
#
Notes  
!
!
The sound is muted or attenuated, MUTE or  
ATT are displayed and no audio adjustment is  
possible.  
Operation returns to normal when the phone  
connection is ended.  
3
Press m or n to switch the subwoo-  
fer output or non fading output.  
Pressing m or n will switch between  
P/O :S/W and P/O :FUL and that status will  
be displayed.  
Notes  
!
Even if you change this setting, there is no  
output unless you turn the nonfading output  
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Switching the automatic  
disc playback  
You can turn automatic disc playback on or off  
when you insert a disc into the disc loading  
slot. When this function is on, the disc will be  
automatically played after it is inserted into  
the disc loading slot.  
Resetting the audio functions  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
You can reset audio functions other than the  
following settings.  
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Volume setting (refer to Adjusting the vo-  
Listening position setting (refer to Using  
Fader/balance setting (refer to Using bal-  
SLA (source level adjustment) setting (refer  
Dynamic range control (refer to Using the  
Direct control setting (refer to Using the di-  
Initially, this function is set to on.  
1
Press F to select DSC-A.  
Press F repeatedly until DSC-A appears in the  
display.  
2
Press r to turn automatic playback  
on.  
DSC-A:ON appears in the display.  
Press q to turn automatic playback off.  
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Down-mix setting (refer to Using the down-  
Correcting distorted sound  
1
Press F to select A-RESET.  
Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,  
DEQ-P7650) is connected to this unit, you can  
operate this function.  
Press F repeatedly until A-RESET appears in  
the display.  
You can minimize distortion that may be  
caused by the equalizer curve settings.  
Setting an equalizer level high can cause dis-  
tortion. If high sound is crippled or distorted,  
try switching to LOW. Normally, leave the set-  
ting at HI to ensure quality sound.  
2
Press r to display RESETOK?.  
RESETOK? appears in the display.  
To cancel resetting the audio functions, press  
BAND.  
#
3
Press n to display REALLY?.  
REALLY? appears in the display.  
1
Press F to select D_ATT.  
#
To cancel resetting the audio functions, press  
Press F repeatedly until D_ATT appears in the  
BAND.  
display.  
4
Press r to reset audio functions.  
2
Press r or q to select LOW or HI.  
COMPLETE appears in the display.  
Pressing r or q will switch between HI  
(high) and LOW (low) and that status will be  
displayed.  
#
#
To cancel initial settings, press BAND.  
You can also cancel initial settings by holding  
down F until the unit turns off.  
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connect this unit to auxiliary equipment fea-  
turing RCA output. For more details, refer to  
the IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector owners man-  
ual.  
Turning the clockdisplay  
on or off  
You can turn the clock display on or off.  
%
Press CLOCK to turn the clock display  
on or off.  
Selecting AUX as the source  
Each press of CLOCK turns the clock display  
on or off.  
%
Press SOURCE to select AUX as the  
source.  
#
The clock display disappears temporarily  
Press SOURCE until AUX appears in the dis-  
play.  
when you perform other operations, but the clock  
display appears again after 25 seconds.  
#
If the auxiliary setting is not turned on, AUX  
cannot be selected. For more details, see Switch-  
Note  
Even when the sources are off, the clock display  
appears on the display. Pressing CLOCK turns  
the clock display on or off.  
Setting the AUX title  
The title displayed for the AUX source can be  
changed.  
1
After you have selected AUX as the  
Setting the level indicator  
These are two stored level indicator to select  
from.  
source, press F and hold until TITLE IN ap-  
pears in the display.  
2
Press r or q to select aletter of the  
%
Press EQ and hold to select the level in-  
alphabet.  
dicator.  
Each press of r will display a letter of the al-  
phabet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and sym-  
bols in 1 2 3 ... > [ ] order. Each press of q  
will display a letter in the reverse order, such  
as Z Y X ... C B A order.  
Press EQ and hold repeatedly to switch be-  
tween the following settings:  
Level indicator 1Level indicator 2Level in-  
dicator fullLevel indicator off  
Note  
When the optical inputs 1 and 2 on DEQ-P7650  
are occupied and AUX is connected to this unit,  
the level indicators may be incorrectly dis-  
played.  
3
Press n to move the cursor to the  
next character position.  
When the letter you want is displayed, press  
n to move the cursor to the next position  
and then select the next letter. Press m to  
move backwards in the display.  
Using the AUX source  
An IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector such as the  
CD-RB20/CD-RB10 (sold separately) lets you  
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Other Functions  
4
Move the cursor to the last position by  
For details concerning operation, refer to the  
DVD players or multi-DVD players operation  
manual. This section provides information on  
DVD operations with this unit which differs  
from that described in the DVD players or  
multi-DVD players operation manual.  
pressing n after entering the title.  
When you press n one more time, the en-  
tered title is stored in memory.  
5
Press BAND to return to the playback  
display.  
Operation  
You can use the following function with this  
unit. (Reference page is in this manual.)  
Switching between digital  
and analog  
When this unit is connected to the DEQ-  
P7650, you can switch to the AUX mode to  
analog or digital.  
!
Also, operation of the following function with  
this unit differs. (Reference page is in this  
manual.)  
1
Press SOURCE to select AUX as the  
!
source.  
Press SOURCE until AUX appears in the dis-  
play.  
#
If the auxiliary setting is not turned on, AUX  
Function menu switching  
cannot be selected. For more details, see Switch-  
%
During DVD playback, press F to display  
the function names.  
2
Press BAND to switch the modes.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)PAUSE (pause)  
Press BAND repeatedly to switch between the  
following modes:  
ANALOG (analog) DIGITAL (digital)  
%
During Video CD playback, press F to  
display the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
Note  
When this unit is connected to the DEQ-P7650,  
you can switch to the AUX mode to analog or di-  
gital. However, when you use AUX as the source,  
make sure the AUX mode is set to analog. AUX  
digital should not be used with this unit.  
RPT (repeat play)PAUSE (pause)  
%
During CD playback, press F to display  
the function names.  
Press F repeatedly to switch between the fol-  
lowing functions:  
RPT (repeat play)RDM (random play)  
SCAN (scan play)ITS-P (ITS play)PAUSE  
(pause)  
Introduction of DVD operation  
You can use this unit with a separately sold  
DVD player or multi-DVD player.  
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#
To cancel the storage process, press BOOK.M  
Notes  
again.  
!
!
When using this unit with multi-DVD player,  
you can switch to ITS-P.  
Repeat play function is different depending on  
the disc types.  
During DVD playback, press m or n to  
select the repeat range.  
During Video CD or CD playback, press r  
or q to turn repeat play on or off.  
Using ITS playlist and disc title  
functions  
During CD playback when using this unit with  
a multi-DVD player, you can use these func-  
tions. Operation is same as for multi-CD  
player. Please refer to multi-CD player  
section.  
Using the PGM button  
You can operate the preprogrammed functions  
for each source by using BOOK.M.  
%
Press BOOK.M to turn pause on when  
selecting the following sources:  
!
!
!
DVD Built-in DVD player  
S DVD DVD player/multi-DVD player  
MULTI CD Multi-CD player  
#
To turn pause off, press BOOK.M again.  
%
Press BOOK.M and hold to turn BSM on  
when selecting TUNER as the source.  
Press BOOK.M and hold until the BSM turns  
on.  
#
To cancel the storage process, press BOOK.M  
again.  
%
Press BOOK.M and hold to turn BSSM  
on when selecting TV as the source.  
Press BOOK.M and hold until the BSSM turns  
on.  
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Appendix  
Additional Information  
Troubleshooting  
Common  
Symptom  
Cause  
Action (See)  
Power doesnt turn on.  
The unit doesnt operate.  
Leads and connectors are incor-  
rectly connected.  
Confirm once more that all connections are  
correct.  
The fuse is blown.  
Rectify the reason for the fuse blowing, then  
replace the fuse. Be very sure to install the  
correct fuse with the same rating.  
Noise and other factors are causing Turn the unit off and then on.  
the built-in microprocessor to oper-  
ate incorrectly.  
Operation with the remote con- The remote control operation mode Switch to the correct remote control mode.  
trol isnt possible.  
is incorrect.  
The unit does not operate cor-  
rectly even when the appropriate  
remote control buttons are  
pressed.  
The remote control code is incor-  
rect.  
Make sure the remote control selection  
switch setting and code type setting are the  
Battery power is low.  
Load new battery. (Page 9)  
Some operations are prohibited  
with certain discs.  
Check by using another disc.  
Playback is not possible.  
The disc is dirty.  
Clean disc. (Page 90)  
The loaded disc is a type this unit  
cannot play.  
Check what type the disc is.  
Non compatible video system disc  
is loaded.  
Change to a disc compatible to your video  
system.  
No sounds are heard.  
Cables are not connected correctly. Connect the cables correctly.  
The volume level will not rise.  
The unit is performing still, slow mo- There is no sound during still, slow motion or  
tion or frame-by-frame playback.  
frame-by-frame playback.  
There is no picture.  
The parking brake cord is not con-  
nected.  
Connect a parking brake cord, and apply the  
parking brake.  
The parking brake is not applied.  
Connect a parking brake cord, and apply the  
parking brake.  
The icon  
is displayed, and op- The operation is prohibited for the  
This operation is not possible.  
eration is not possible.  
disc.  
The operation is not compatible  
This operation is not possible.  
with the discs organization.  
The picture stops (pauses) and Reading of data has become impos- After pressing g once, start playback once  
the unit cannot be operated.  
sible during playback.  
The volume level is low.  
The attenuator is on.  
more.  
There is no sound.  
Volume level is low.  
Adjust the volume level.  
Turn the attenuator off.  
Secure the unit firmly.  
There is audio and video skip-  
ping.  
The unit is not firmly secured.  
The picture is stretched, the as- The aspect setting is incorrect for  
Select the appropriate setting for your display.  
pect is incorrect.  
the display.  
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Symptom  
Cause  
Action (See)  
When the ignition switch is  
turned ON (or turned to ACC),  
the motor sounds.  
The unit is confirming whether a  
disc is loaded or not.  
This is a normal operation.  
Problems duringDVD playback  
Symptom  
Cause  
Action (See)  
Playback is not possible.  
The loaded disc has a different re-  
gion number from this unit.  
Replace the disc with one featuring the same  
region number as this unit. (Page 6, Page 96)  
A parental lock message is dis- Parental lock is on.  
played and playback is not pos-  
sible.  
Turn parental lock off or change the level.  
Parental lock cannot be can-  
celed.  
The code number is incorrect.  
Input the correct code number. (Page 77)  
You have forgotten your code num- Press CLEAR 10 times to cancel the code  
ber.  
number. (Page 78)  
Dialog language (and subtitle  
language) cannot be switched. multiple language recordings.  
The DVD playing does not feature  
You cannot switch among multiple languages  
if they are not recorded on the disc.  
You can only switch between items Switch using the disc menu.  
indicated in the disc menu.  
No subtitles are displayed.  
The DVD playing does not feature  
subtitles.  
Subtitles are not displayed if they are not re-  
corded on the disc.  
You can only switch between items Switch using the disc menu.  
indicated in the disc menu.  
Playback is not with the audio  
The DVD playing does not feature  
Switching to a selected language is not possi-  
language and subtitle language dialog or subtitles in the language  
ble if the language selected in SET-UP MENU  
settings selected in SET-UP  
selected in SET-UP MENU.  
is not recorded on the disc.  
MENU.  
Switching the viewing angle is  
not possible.  
The DVD playing does not feature  
scenes shot from multiple angles.  
You cannot switch between multiple angles if  
the DVD does not feature scenes recorded  
from multiple angles.  
You are trying to switch to multiple Switch between multiple angles when watch-  
angle viewing of a scene that is not ing scenes recorded from multiple angles.  
recorded from multiple angles.  
The picture is extremely unclear/ The disc features a signal to prohibit Since this unit is compatible with the copy  
distorted and dark during play- copying. (Some discs may have  
back. this.)  
guard analog copy protect system, when play-  
ing a disc that has a signal prohibiting copy-  
ing, the picture may suffer from horizontal  
stripes or other imperfections when viewed  
on some displays. This does not mean this  
unit is malfunctioning.  
Problems duringVideo CD playback  
Symptom  
Cause  
Action (See)  
The PBC (playback control)  
The Video CD playing does not fea- This operation is not possible with Video CDs  
menu display cannot be called ture PBC.  
up.  
not featuring PBC.  
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Symptom  
Cause  
Action (See)  
Repeat play and track/time  
search are not possible.  
The Video CD playing features PBC. This operation is not possible with Video CDs  
featuring PBC.  
DSP  
Symptom  
Cause  
Action  
Speakers are not available to be Their size settings is at OFF.  
Make the correct size settings. (Page 66)  
adjusted.  
Time alignment is not available. Listening position is not set cor-  
rectly.  
Set listening position correctly. (Page 63)  
Speaker size settings is at OFF.  
Make the correct size settings. (Page 66)  
The subwoofer is not available to The subwoofer is set to OFF.  
Set the subwoofer to ON. (Page 66)  
switch its phase.  
Bass content is not heard.  
The subwoofer is set to OFF and yet Make the correct settings. (If no subwoofer is  
other speakers are set to OFF or  
installed, the front or rear speaker needs to  
SML in size.  
be set to LRG.) (Page 66)  
Ocassionally no sounds are out- The center speaker setting is at SML Change the center speaker size setting to  
put when Dolby Pro Logic II is  
turned on.  
or LRG whereas no center speaker OFF. (If the audio source is mono and Dolby  
is installed.  
Pro Logic II is turned on, sound is heard over  
the center speaker only.) (Page 66)  
Occasionally no sounds are  
heard over speakers other than  
the center one.  
Dolby Pro Logic II is turned on.  
Turn Dolby Pro Logic II off. (If the audio  
source is mono and Dolby Pro Logic II is  
turned on, sound is heard over the center  
speaker only.) (Page 65)  
Turning dynamic range control The currently reproduced sound is  
The feature is only effective on Dolby Digital  
sounds. (Page 64)  
on has no effects.  
not Dolby Digital coded.  
No sounds are heard.  
Optical cables are incorrectly con-  
nected.  
Connect the cables correctly.  
Error messages  
When you contact your dealer or your nearest Pioneer Service Center, be sure to record the error  
message.  
Error messages  
Message  
Cause  
Action (See)  
Clean disc.  
ERROR-02  
Dirty disc  
Scratched disc  
Replace disc.  
TEMP  
The temperature of this unit is out- Wait until the units temperature returns to  
side the normal operating range  
within normal operating limits.  
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Message  
Cause  
Action (See)  
NON-PLAY  
The disc does not have the same re- Replace the DVD video with one bearing the  
gion number as this unit  
correct region number.  
This type of disc cannot be played  
by this unit  
Replace the disc with one this unit can play.  
The disc is loaded upside down  
Electrical or mechanical  
Check that the disc is loaded correctly.  
ERROR-05  
PROTECT  
Turn the ignition ON and OFF, or switch to a  
different source, then back to the DVD player.  
All the files on the inserted disc are Replace disc.  
secured by digital rights manage-  
ment (DRM)  
SKIPPED  
The inserted disc contains WMA  
files that are protected by digital  
rights management (DRM)  
Replace disc.  
Error messages on the display  
Message  
Cause  
Action (See)  
ERROR-02  
Dirty disc  
Clean disc.  
Scratched disc  
Check that the disc is loaded correctly.  
THERMAL PROTECTION IN  
MOTION  
The temperature of this unit is out- Wait until the units temperature returns to  
side the normal operating range within normal operating limits.  
DIFFERENT REGION DISC  
The disc does not have the same re- Replace the DVD video with one bearing the  
gion number as this unit  
correct region number.  
NON-PLAYABLE DISC  
This type of disc cannot be played  
by this unit  
Replace the disc with one this unit can play.  
The disc is loaded upside down  
Check that the disc is loaded correctly.  
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  
ERR_MIC  
Microphone is not connected.  
Plug the supplied microphone securely into  
the jack.  
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Message  
Cause  
Action  
ERR_FSP, ERR_FLSP, ERR_FRSP, The microphone cannot pick up the ! Confirm that the speakers are connected  
ERR_CSP, ERR_RLSP, ERR_RRSP, measuring tone of a speaker.  
correctly.  
ERR_SW  
! Correct the input level setting of the power  
amp connected to the speakers.  
! Set the microphone correctly.  
ERR_NOIS  
The surrounding noise level is too  
high.  
! Stop your car in a place that is as quiet as  
possible, and switch off the engine, air condi-  
tioner or heater.  
! Set the microphone correctly.  
!
If the heater is used in cold weather, con-  
densation may form on components inside  
the DVD player. Condensation may cause  
the DVD player to not operate properly. If  
you think that condensation is a problem  
turn off the DVD 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 disc  
DVD player and care  
!
Use only normal, round discs. If you insert  
irregular, non-round, shaped discs they  
may jam in the DVD player or not play prop-  
erly.  
!
playback.  
!
!
Check all discs for cracks, scratches or  
warping before playing. Discs 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.  
DVD discs  
!
!
!
With some DVD video discs, it may not be  
possible to use certain functions.  
It may not be possible to play back some  
DVD video discs.  
When DVD-R/DVD-RW discs are used,  
playback is possible only for discs which  
have been finalized.  
!
!
!
!
!
When DVD-R/DVD-RW discs are used,  
playback is possible only for discs which  
have been recorded with the Video format  
(video mode). It is not possible to play back  
DVD-RW discs which have been recorded  
with the Video Recording format (VR  
mode).  
To clean a disc, wipe the disc with a soft  
cloth outward from the center.  
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!
It may not be possible to play back DVD-R/  
DVD-RW discs which have been recorded  
with the Video format (video mode), be-  
cause of disc characteristics, scratches or  
dirt on the disc, or dirt, condensation, etc.  
on the lens of this unit.  
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.  
!
!
It is not possible to play back DVD-ROM/  
DVD-RAM discs.  
Playback of discs recorded on a personal  
computer may not be possible, depending  
on the application settings and the environ-  
ment. Please record with the correct for-  
mat. (For details, contact the manufacturer  
of the application.)  
MP3 and WMA 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 tech-  
nology that is developed by Microsoft Cor-  
poration. WMA data can be encoded by  
using Windows Media Player version 7 or  
later.  
CD-R/CD-RW discs  
!
When CD-R/CD-RW discs are used, play-  
back is possible only for discs which have  
been finalized.  
!
!
With some applications used to encode  
WMA files, this unit may not operate cor-  
rectly.  
Depending on the version of Windows  
Media Player used to encode WMA files,  
album names and other text information  
may not be correctly displayed.  
!
It may not be possible to play back CD-R/  
CD-RW discs recorded on a music CD re-  
corder 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 environ-  
ment. Please record with the correct for-  
mat. (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 sto-  
rage conditions in the vehicle.  
Titles and other text information recorded  
on a CD-R/CD-RW disc may not be dis-  
played by this unit (in the case of audio  
data (CD-DA)).  
This unit conforms to the track skip func-  
tion of the CD-R/CD-RW disc. The tracks  
containing the track skip information are  
!
This unit allows playback of MP3 files on  
CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW discs. Disc re-  
cordings 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 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 or .wma), is 64, from  
the first character.  
The maximum number of characters which  
can be displayed for a folder name is 64.  
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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!
!
In case of files recorded according to the  
Romeo file system, only the first 64 charac-  
ters can be displayed.  
When playing discs with MP3/WMA 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 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 per-  
mits setting of the playback order.  
Some audio CDs contain tracks that merge  
into one another without a pause. When  
these discs are converted to MP3/WMA  
files and burned to a CD-R/CD-RW/CD-  
ROM, the files will be played back on this  
player with a short pause between each  
one, regardless of the length of the pause  
between tracks on the original audio CD.  
!
The emphasis function is valid only when  
MP3 files of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz frequen-  
cies 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 and 8.  
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 192 kbps, 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 does not play back WMA files re-  
corded as VBR (variable bit rate).  
This unit doesnt support the following for-  
mats.  
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional  
(5.1ch)  
Important  
!
!
When naming an MP3 or a WMA file, add the  
corresponding filename extension (.mp3 or  
.wma).  
This unit plays back files with the filename ex-  
tension (.mp3 or.wma) as an MP3 or a WMA  
file. To prevent noise and malfunctions, do not  
use these extensions for files other than MP3  
or WMA files.  
!
!
Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless  
Windows Media Audio 9 Voice  
MP3 additional information  
!
Files are compatible with the ID3 Tag Ver.  
1.0, 1.1, 2.2 and 2.3 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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!
!
MP3/WMA 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.  
About folders and MP3/  
WMA files  
!
An outline of a CD-ROM with MP3/WMA  
files on it is shown below. Subfolders are  
shown as folders in the folder currently se-  
lected.  
It is possible to play back up to 253 items from  
folders on one disc.  
1
2
3
1 First level  
2 Second level  
3 Third level  
Notes  
!
!
This unit assigns folder numbers. The user  
cannot assign folder numbers.  
It is not possible to check folders that do not  
include MP3/WMA files. (These folders will be  
skipped without displaying the folder number.)  
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Language code chart for DVD  
Language (code), input code  
Japanese (ja), 1001  
English (en), 0514  
French (fr), 0618  
Spanish (es), 0519  
German (de), 0405  
Italian (it), 0920  
Language (code), input code  
Language (code), input code  
Pashto, Pushto (ps), 1619  
Quechua (qu), 1721  
Rhaeto-Romance (rm), 1813  
Kirundi (rn), 1814  
Romanian (ro), 1815  
Kinyarwanda (rw), 1823  
Sanskrit (sa), 1901  
Sindhi (sd), 1904  
Sangho (sg), 1907  
Serbo-Croatian (sh), 1908  
Sinhalese (si), 1909  
Slovak (sk), 1911  
Slovenian (sl), 1912  
Samoan (sm), 1913  
Shona (sn), 1914  
Somali (so), 1915  
Albanian (sq), 1917  
Serbian (sr), 1918  
Siswati (ss), 1919  
Sesotho (st), 1920  
Sundanese (su), 1921  
Swahili (sw), 1923  
Tamil (ta), 2001  
Guarani (gn), 0714  
Gujarati (gu), 0721  
Hausa (ha), 0801  
Hindi (hi), 0809  
Croatian (hr), 0818  
Hungarian (hu), 0821  
Armenian (hy), 0825  
Interlingua (ia), 0901  
Interlingue (ie), 0905  
Inupiak (ik), 0911  
Indonesian (in), 0914  
Icelandic (is), 0919  
Hebrew (iw), 0923  
Yiddish (ji), 1009  
Javanese (jw), 1023  
Georgian (ka), 1101  
Kazakh (kk), 1111  
Greenlandic (kl), 1112  
Cambodian (km), 1113  
Kannada (kn), 1114  
Kashmiri (ks), 1119  
Kurdish (ku), 1121  
Kirghiz (ky), 1125  
Latin (la), 1201  
Lingala (ln), 1214  
Laothian (lo), 1215  
Lithuanian (lt), 1220  
Latvian (lv), 1222  
Malagasy (mg), 1307  
Maori (mi), 1309  
Macedonian (mk), 1311  
Malayalam (ml), 1312  
Mongolian (mn), 1314  
Moldavian (mo), 1315  
Marathi (mr), 1318  
Malay (ms), 1319  
Maltese (mt), 1320  
Burmese (my), 1325  
Nauru (na), 1401  
Chinese (zh), 2608  
Dutch (nl), 1412  
Portuguese (pt), 1620  
Swedish (sv), 1922  
Russian (ru), 1821  
Korean (ko), 1115  
Greek (el), 0512  
Afar (aa), 0101  
Abkhazian (ab), 0102  
Afrikaans (af), 0106  
Amharic (am), 0113  
Arabic (ar), 0118  
Assamese (as), 0119  
Aymara (ay), 0125  
Azerbaijani (az), 0126  
Bashkir (ba), 0201  
Byelorussian (be), 0205  
Bulgarian (bg), 0207  
Bihari (bh), 0208  
Bislama (bi), 0209  
Bengali (bn), 0214  
Tibetan (bo), 0215  
Breton (br), 0218  
Catalan (ca), 0301  
Corsican (co), 0315  
Czech (cs), 0319  
Telugu (te), 2005  
Tajik (tg), 2007  
Thai (th), 2008  
Tigrinya (ti), 2009  
Turkmen (tk), 2011  
Tagalog (tl), 2012  
Setswana (tn), 2014  
Tonga (to), 2015  
Turkish (tr), 2018  
Tsonga (ts), 2019  
Tatar (tt), 2020  
Welsh (cy), 0325  
Danish (da), 0401  
Bhutani (dz), 0426  
Esperanto (eo), 0515  
Estonian (et), 0520  
Basque (eu), 0521  
Persian (fa), 0601  
Finnish (fi), 0609  
Fiji (fj), 0610  
Faroese (fo), 0615  
Frisian (fy), 0625  
Twi (tw), 2023  
Ukrainian (uk), 2111  
Urdu (ur), 2118  
Uzbek (uz), 2126  
Vietnamese (vi), 2209  
Volapük (vo), 2215  
Wolof (wo), 2315  
Xhosa (xh), 2408  
Yoruba (yo), 2515  
Zulu (zu), 2621  
Nepali (ne), 1405  
Norwegian (no), 1415  
Occitan (oc), 1503  
Oromo (om), 1513  
Oriya (or), 1518  
Irish (ga), 0701  
Scots-Gaelic (gd), 0704  
Galician (gl), 0712  
Panjabi (pa), 1601  
Polish (pl), 1612  
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Terms  
formation can include the track title, the ar-  
tists 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 num-  
ber of characters, the information can be  
viewed when the track is played back.  
Aspect ratio  
This is the width-to-height ratio of a TV screen.  
A regular display has an aspect ratio of 4:3.  
Wide screen displays have an aspect ratio of  
16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptional  
presence and atmosphere.  
Bit rate  
ISO9660 format  
This expresses data volume per second, or bps  
(bits per second) units. 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.  
This is the international standard for the for-  
mat 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 con-  
sists of up to 8 characters, half-byte English  
capital letters and half-byte numerals and the  
_sign, with a file-extension of three charac-  
ters).  
Chapter  
DVD titles are in turn divided into chapters  
which are numbered in the same way as the  
chapters of a book. With DVD video discs fea-  
turing chapters, you can quickly find a desired  
scene with chapter search.  
Level 2:  
The file name can have up to 31 characters (in-  
cluding the separation mark .and a file ex-  
tension). Each folder contains less than 8  
hierarchies.  
Extended formats  
Joliet:  
Dolby Digital  
Dolby Digital provides multi-channel audio  
from up to 5.1 independent channels. This is  
the same as the Dolby Digital surround sound  
system used in theaters.  
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. Generally, DVDs are re-  
corded with higher sampling frequency and  
bit rate than CDs. Therefore, DVDs can provide  
higher sound quality.  
DTS  
This stands for Digital Theater Systems. DTS is  
a surround system delivering multi-channel  
audio from up to 6 independent channels.  
m3u  
Playlists created using the WINAMPsoft-  
ware have a playlist file extension (.m3u).  
ID3 tag  
This is a method of embedding track-related  
information in an MP3 file. This embedded in-  
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MP3  
Optical digital output/input  
MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3. It is an  
audio compression standard set by a working  
group (MPEG) of the ISO (International Stan-  
dards Organization). MP3 is able to compress  
audio data to about 1/10th the level of a con-  
ventional disc.  
By transmitting and receiving audio signals in  
a digital signal format, the chance of sonic  
quality deteriorating in the course of transmis-  
sion is minimized. An optical digital output/  
input is designed to transmit and receive digi-  
tal signals optically.  
MPEG  
Packet write  
This stands for Moving Pictures Experts  
Group, and is an international video image  
compression standard. Some DVDs feature di-  
gital audio compressed and recorded using  
this system.  
This is a general term for a method of writing  
on CD-R, etc., at the time required for a file,  
just as is done with files on floppy or hard  
discs.  
Parental lock  
Multi-angle  
Some DVD video discs with violent or adult-or-  
iented scenes feature parental lock which pre-  
vents children from viewing such scenes. With  
this kind of disc, if you set the units parental  
lock level, playback of scenes inappropriate for  
children will be disabled, or these scenes will  
be skipped.  
With regular TV programs, although multiple  
cameras are used to simultaneously shoot  
scenes, only images from one camera at a  
time are transmitted to your TV. Some DVDs  
feature scenes shot from multiple angles, let-  
ting you choose your viewing angle as desired.  
Multi-audio (Multilingual dialog)  
Some DVDs feature dialog recorded in multi-  
ple languages. Dialog in up to 8 languages  
can be recorded on a single disc, letting you  
choose as desired.  
Playbackcontrol (PBC)  
This is a playback control signal recorded on  
Video CDs (Version 2.0). Using menu displays  
provided by Video CDs with PBC lets you enjoy  
playback of simple interactive software and  
software with search functions. You can also  
enjoy viewing high- and standard-resolution  
still images.  
Multi-session  
Multi-session is a recording method that al-  
lows 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-ses-  
sion is a method of recording more than 2 ses-  
sions on one disc.  
Region number  
DVD players and DVD discs feature region  
numbers indicating the area in which they  
were purchased. Playback of a DVD is not pos-  
sible unless it features the same region num-  
ber as the DVD player. This units region  
number is displayed on the bottom of the unit.  
Multi-subtitle  
Subtitles in up to 32 languages can be re-  
corded on a single DVD, letting you choose as  
desired.  
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Additional Information  
Title  
DVD video discs have high data capacity, en-  
abling recording of multiple movies on a sin-  
gle disc. If, for example, one disc contains  
three separate movies, they are divided into  
title 1, title 2 and title 3. This lets you enjoy the  
convenience of title search and other func-  
tions.  
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 compres-  
sion, it is possible to achieve compression-  
priority sound quality.  
WMA  
WMA is short for Windows Media" Audio  
and refers to an audio compression technol-  
ogy that is developed by Microsoft Corpora-  
tion. WMA data can be encoded by using  
Windows Media Player version 7 or later.  
Windows Media and the Windows logo are tra-  
demarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft  
Corporation in the United States and/or other  
countries.  
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Additional Information  
High ..................................... +11 dB (100 Hz), +11 dB  
Specifications  
(10 kHz)  
(volume: 30 dB)  
General  
Tone controls:  
Bass  
Rated power source ............... 14.4 V DC  
(allowable voltage range:  
Frequency ................ 40/63/100/160 Hz  
Gain ............................ ±12dB  
Treble  
Frequency ................ 2.5k/4k/6.3k/10k Hz  
12.0 14.4 V DC)  
Grounding system ................... Negative type  
Max. current consumption  
..................................................... 10.0 A  
Dimensions (W × H × D):  
Gain ............................ ±12dB  
HPF:  
DIN  
Frequency .......................... 50/80/125 Hz  
Slope .................................... 12 dB/oct  
Subwoofer:  
Frequency .......................... 50/80/125 Hz  
Chassis ..................... 178 × 50 × 160 mm  
Nose ........................... 188 × 58 × 20 mm  
D
Chassis ..................... 178 × 50 × 165 mm  
Nose ........................... 170 × 46 × 15 mm  
Weight .......................................... 1.4 kg  
Slope .................................... 18 dB/oct  
Gain ...................................... ±12dB  
Phase .................................. Normal/Reverse  
Audio  
DVD Player  
System .......................................... DVD video, Video CD, Com-  
pact disc audio system  
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.  
Usable discs .............................. DVD video, Video CD, Com-  
pact disc  
Region number:  
Maximum power output ....... 50 W × 4  
50 W × 2/4 W + 70 W × 1/2  
W (for subwoofer)  
Load impedance ...................... 4 W (4 8 W [2 W for 1 ch] al-  
lowable)  
Preout max output level/output impedance  
..................................................... 2.2 V/1kW  
Equalizer (3-Band Parametric Equalizer):  
Low  
for Middle East Asian and South African models  
........................................... 2  
for Southeast Asian models  
........................................... 3  
for South American and Oceanian models  
........................................... 4  
Signal format:  
Frequency ................ 40/80/100/160 Hz  
Q Factor .................... 0.35/0.59/0.95/1.15 (+6 dB  
when boosted)  
Sampling frequency ..... 44.1/48/96 kHz  
Number of quantization bits  
........................................... 16/20/24; linear  
Frequency response ............... 5 44 000 Hz (with DVD, at  
sampling frequency 96 kHz)  
Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 97 dB (1 kHz) (IEC-A net-  
work)  
Gain ............................ ±12dB  
Mid  
Frequency ................ 200/500/1k/2k Hz  
Q Factor .................... 0.35/0.59/0.95/1.15 (+6 dB  
when boosted)  
(CD: 96 dB (1 kHz) (IEC-A  
network))  
Gain ............................ ±12dB  
High  
Dynamic range ......................... 95 dB (1 kHz)  
(CD: 94 dB (1 kHz))  
Distortion ..................................... 0.008 % (1 kHz)  
Output level:  
Frequency ................ 3.15k/8k/10k/12.5k Hz  
Q Factor .................... 0.35/0.59/0.95/1.15 (+6 dB  
when boosted)  
Gain ............................ ±12dB  
Video .................................... 1.0 Vp-p/75 W (±0.2 V)  
Audio ................................... 1.0 V (1 kHz, 0 dB)  
Number of channels .............. 2 (stereo)  
MP3 decoding format ........... MPEG-1 & 2 Audio Layer 3  
WMA decoding format ......... Ver. 7 & 8  
Loudness contour:  
Low ....................................... +3.5 dB (100 Hz), +3 dB (10  
kHz)  
Mid ....................................... +10 dB (100 Hz), +6.5 dB  
(10 kHz)  
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FM tuner  
Frequency range ...................... 87.5 108.0 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 (IEC-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)  
AM tuner  
Frequency range ...................... 531 1 602 kHz (9 kHz)  
530 1 640 kHz (10 kHz)  
Usable sensitivity ..................... 18 µV (S/N: 20 dB)  
Signal-to-noise ratio ............... 65 dB (IEC-A network)  
Infrared remote control  
Wavelength ................................. 940 nm ±50 nm  
Output ........................................... typ; 12 mw/sr per Infrared  
LED  
Note  
Specifications and the design are subject to pos-  
sible modifications without notice due to im-  
provements.  
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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: (800) 421-1404  
PIONEER EUROPE NV  
Haven 1087, Keetberglaan 1, B-9120 Melsele, Belgium  
TEL: (0) 3/570.05.11  
PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE. LTD.  
253 Alexandra Road, #04-01, Singapore 159936  
TEL: 65-6472-7555  
PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.  
178-184 Boundary Road, Braeside, Victoria 3195, Australia  
TEL: (03) 9586-6300  
PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC.  
300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R OP2, Canada  
TEL: 1-877-283-5901  
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: 55-9178-4270  
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