Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.
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Contents Scrolling titles in the display 26 Switching the dimmer setting 37 Using compression and bass emphasis 27 Switching the RCA output setting 37 Selecting the digital attenuator 38 Audio Adjustments Adjusting display contrast 38 Introduction of audio adjustments 28 Switching the telephone muting/ Using balance adjustment 28 attenuation 38...
Section Before You Start About this manual About the demo mode This unit features a number of sophisticated The demonstration automatically starts when functions ensuring superior reception and op power to this unit is turned off while the igni eration. All the functions have been designed tion switch is set to ACC or ON.
Section Before You Start ! When strange or incorrect messages ap ! Remove the batteries if the remote control is not used for a month or longer. pear on the display ! Do not attempt to recharge the supplied bat % Press RESET on the head unit with a teries.
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Section Before You Start ANGLE button Notes ! While a disc or a cassette is left partially in serted, you cannot operate the angle. ! By pressing ANGLE and hold, you can open or close the front panel.
Section Whats What Head unit 7 RESET button Press to reset the microprocessor. 1 TAPE EJECT button Press to eject a tape from your cassette 8 16 buttons player. Press for preset tuning and disc number search when using a multi CD player. 2 DISPLAY button Press to select different displays.
Section Whats What j CD button Press to select the built in or multi CD player as the source. k CASSETTE button Press to select the cassette player as the source. l TUNER button Press to select the tuner as the source. e COLOR button Press to change the back light color of the display.
(refer to page 37). or CD on the remote, to turn the unit on. ! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such When you select a source the unit is turned as one available in the future) that, although incompatible as a source, enables control of basic functions by this unit.
Section Tuner Listening to the radio Press BAND to select a band. Press BAND until the desired band is dis played, F1, F2, F3 for FM or AM. To perform manual tuning, press c or d with quick presses. The frequencies move up or down step by step.
Section Tuner Introduction of advanced Storing and recalling tuner operation broadcast frequencies If you press any of the preset tuning buttons 16 you can easily store up to six broadcast frequencies for later recall with the touch of a button. % When you find a frequency that you want to store in memory press a preset tuning button 16 and hold until the preset...
Section Tuner Press c or d to set the sensitivity. There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and two levels for AM: FM: LOCAL 1LOCAL 2LOCAL 3 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.
Section Cassette Player Playing a tape Insert a cassette tape into the cassette loading slot. Front panel is closed automatically, and play back will start. Cassette loading slot # You can eject a cassette tape by pressing These are the basic steps necessary to play a TAPE EJECT.
Section Cassette Player Introduction of advanced Notes cassette player operation ! Do not insert anything other than a cassette tape into the cassette loading slot. ! A cassette left partially inserted after ejection may incur damage or fall out. ! Play time indicator starts from 0000 in the following cases: When a tape is inserted When the tape direction is changed...
Section Cassette Player Repeating play Press FUNCTION to select NR. Press FUNCTION until NR appears in the dis Repeat play lets you hear the same track over play. again. Press a to turn Dolby B NR on. Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT. B NR :ON appears in the display.
Section Built-in CD Player Playing a CD CD loading slot # You can eject a CD by pressing CD EJECT. Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level. Press VOLUME on the head unit upward to in crease the volume, and press downward to These are the basic steps necessary to play a lower the volume.
Section Built-in CD Player Introduction of advanced may be displayed. Refer to Understanding built in CD player error messages on page 41. built-in CD player operation ! You can eject the CD by pressing and holding CD EJECT with opening the front panel when the CD loading or ejecting cannot operate properly.
Section Built-in CD Player Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT. Press FUNCTION to select T.SCAN. Press FUNCTION until REPEAT appears in the Press FUNCTION until T.SCAN appears in the display. display. Press a to turn repeat play on. Press a to turn scan play on. REPEAT :ON appears in the display.
Section Built-in CD Player Using disc title functions 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. Entering disc titles Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 10 Press d to move the cursor to the next letters long and up to 48 disc titles into the...
Section Built-in CD Player When you select DISC TITLE, the title of the currently playing disc is shown in the display. # If no title has been entered for the currently playing disc, NO TITLE is displayed. Using CD TEXT functions Some discs have certain information encoded on the disc during manufacture.
Section Multi-CD Player Playing a CD Select a disc you want to listen to with the 16 buttons. For discs located at 1 to 6, press the corre sponding number button. If you want to select a disc located at 7 to 12, press and hold the corresponding numbers such as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number ap pears in the display.
Section Multi-CD Player Introduction of advanced Repeating play multi-CD player operation 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). Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT. Press FUNCTION until REPEAT appears in the display.
Section Multi-CD Player Pausing CD playback Press a to turn random play on. RANDOM :ON appears in the display. Tracks Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of will play in a random order within the pre the CD. viously selected MCD or DSC ranges. Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE.
Section Multi-CD Player Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN # If no tracks in the current range are pro appears in the display, then press grammed for ITS play then ITS EMPTY is dis FUNCTION to select ITS. played. After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION Press b to turn ITS play off.
Section Multi-CD Player Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist TITLE IN (disc title input)ITS (ITS program ming) When you want to delete all tracks of a CD # When playing a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT from your ITS playlist, you can if ITS play is off. compatible multi CD player, you cannot switch to TITLE IN.
Section Multi-CD Player Using CD TEXT functions Press BAND to return to the playback display. You can use these functions only with a CD TEXT compatible multi CD player. Notes Some discs have certain information encoded on the disc during manufacture. These discs ! Titles remain in memory, even after the disc may contain such information as the CD title, has been removed from the magazine, and...
Section Multi-CD Player Using compression and 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 let you adjust the sound playback quality of the multi CD player.
Section Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio # To return to the display of each source, press BAND. adjustments Note If you do not operate the audio function within about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re turned to the source display. Using balance adjustment You can select a fader/balance setting that provides an ideal listening environment in all...
Section Audio Adjustments Adjusting loudness Press c or d to select the phase of sub- woofer output. Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the Press c to select reverse phase and low and high sound ranges at low volume. PHASE :REV is displayed. Press d to select normal phase and PHASE :NOR is displayed.
Section Audio Adjustments Adjusting high pass filter Press AUDIO to select the slope setting. Press AUDIO until SLP appears in the display. attenuation slope # When the subwoofer output is on, you can se When the high pass filter is on, you can adjust lect SLP.
Section Audio Adjustments Press AUDIO to select non fading out- ! Since the FM tuner volume is the control, it is put setting. not possible to apply source level adjustments Press AUDIO until NonFAD : 0 appears in the to the FM tuner. display.
Section Digital Signal Processor Using the digital signal % Press DSP to display the DSP function names. processor Press DSP repeatedly to switch between the following functions: SFC (sound field control)POWER (graphic equalizer)50Hz (9 band graphic equalizer) POSI (position selector)ASL (automatic sound levelizer) # To return to the display of each source, press BAND.
Section Digital Signal Processor Recalling sound field programs Using the graphic equalizer Here is a list of the sound field programs: The graphic equalizer lets you adjust the equalization to match car interior acoustic Button Display Effect characteristics as desired. STUDIO Studio JAZZ CLUB...
Section Digital Signal Processor Press c or d to select an equalizer selected, the CUSTOM2 curve will be up curve. dated. Each press of c or d selects equalizer curves in the following order: Recall the equalizer curve you want to S-BASSPOWERNATURALVOCAL adjust.
Section Digital Signal Processor Press DSP to select ASL. Button Display Indicator Position Press DSP until ASL appears in the display. FRONT Front seats Press a to turn ASL on. ASL : MID appears in the display. # To turn ASL off, press b. All seats Press c or d to select the desired ASL level.
Section Initial Settings Adjusting initial settings Setting the clock Use these instructions to set the clock. Press FUNCTION to select clock. Press FUNCTION repeatedly until clock ap pears in the display. Press c or d to select the segment of the clock display you wish to set.
Section Initial Settings lected FM tuning step will appear in the dis Press a or b to turn AUX on or off. play. Pressing a or b will turn AUX on or off and that status will be displayed (e.g., AUX :ON).
Section Initial Settings Press c or d to swtch RCA output set- Press c or d to adjust the contrast. ting. Each press of c or d increases or decreases Pressing c or d will switch between the contrast. RCA :S/W (subwoofer) and RCA :NON (non +7 7 is displayed as the contrast is in fading) and that status will be displayed.
Section Other Functions Turning the clock display Press COLOR and hold until Red ap- pears in the display. on or off You can turn the clock display on or off. Press c or d to select the color to ad- just.
Section Other Functions Selecting AUX as the source Press d to move the cursor to the next character position. % Press SOURCE upward or downward to When the letter you want is displayed, press d select AUX as the source. to move the cursor to the next position and Press SOURCE until AUX appears in the dis then select the next letter.
Appendix Additional Information CD player and care player to dry out and wipe any damp discs with a soft cloth to remove the moisture. ! Use only CDs that have either of the two ! Road shocks may interrupt CD playback. Compact Disc Digital Audio marks as shown below.
Appendix Additional Information Specifications Cassette player Tape ..........Compact cassette tape (C General 30 C 90) Rated power source ....14.4 V DC Tape speed ........4.8 cm/sec (allowable voltage range: Fast forward/rewinding time 12.0 14.4 V DC) .............