Pioneer FH-P6200 manual

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    Operation Manual Multi-CD control DSP High power CD Cassette player with FM/AM tuner FH-P6200 English  Español[...]

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    Thank you for buying this P ioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. A fter you have finished read ing the instructio ns, put them away in a safe place for future r eference. Before Y ou Start About this manual 4 P recautions 4 About the demo mode 4 Use and care of the rem[...]

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     Scrolling titles in the display 26 Using compression and bass emphasis 27 Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio adjustments 28 Using balance adjustment 28 Adjusting loudness 29 Using subwoofer output 29  Adjusting subwoofer (low pass filter) settings 29  Adjusting low pass filter attenuation slope 29 Using the high pass filter 30  Ad[...]

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    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-explanator y . This operation manual will help you benefit fully from this product  sp o - tential and to maximize your listening enjoy- men[...]

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    ! Remove the batteries if the remote control is not used for a month or longer . ! Do not attempt to recharge the supplied bat- teries. ! Do not mix new and used batteries. ! If the event of batter y leakage, wipe the remote control completely clean and install new bat- teries. ! When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental reg[...]

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    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. Before Y ou Start En 6 Section 01[...]

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    Head unit 1 T APE EJECT button Press to eject a tape from your cassette player . 2 DISPLA Y button Press to select different displays. 3 ANGLE button Press to change the display angle. 4 SOURCE button This unit is turned on by selecting a source. Press upward or downward to cycle through all of the available sources. 5 FUNCTION button Press to sele[...]

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    e COLOR button Press to change the back light color of the display . f LOUD button Press to turn loudness on or off . Press and hold to change to the clock dis- play . g CD EJECT button Press to eject a CD from your built-in CD player . Remote control Operation is the same as when using the but- ton on the head unit. h A TT button Press to quickly [...]

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    T urning the unit on % Press SOURCE on the head unit upward or downward, or press TUNER, CASSETTE or CD on the remote, to turn the unit on. When you select a source the unit is turned on. Selecting a source Y ou can select a source you want to listen to. T o switch to the built-in CD player , load a disc in this unit (refer to page 16). T o switch [...]

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    Listening to the radio 1 3 2 These are the basic steps necessar y to operate the radio. More advanced tuner operation is explained starting on the next page. Important If you are using this unit in North, Central or South America, reset the AM tuning step (see Setting the AM tuning step on page 37). 1 Band indicator Shows which band the radio is tu[...]

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    Introduction of advanced tuner operation 1 3 2 1 LOC indicator Shows when local seek tuning is on. 2 Preset number indicator Shows what preset has been selected. 3 Function display Shows the function status. % Press FUNCTION to display the function names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be- tween the following functions: BSM (best stations memo[...]

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    3 Press c or d to set the sensitivity . There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and two levels for AM: FM: LOCAL 1  LOCAL 2  LOCAL 3  LOCAL 4 AM: LOCAL 1  LOCAL 2 The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only the strongest stations, while lower settings let you receive progressively weaker stations. 4 When you want to return to norma[...]

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    Playing a tape 1 3 2 These are the basic steps necessar y to play a tape with your cassette player . More advanced cassette player operation is explained starting on the next page. WARNING Do not use with the front panel left open, after ejecting a cassette tape. If you do leave it open, it may result in injur y in the event of an accident. 1 T ape[...]

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    Notes ! 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 00  00  in the following cases:  When a tape is inserted  When the tape direction is changed  When you rewind the tape to the beg[...]

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    Repeating play Repeat play lets you hear the same track over again. 1 Press FUNCTION to select REPEA T. Press FUNCTION until REPEA T appears in the display . 2 Press a to turn repeat play on. REPEA T :ON appears in the display . The track currently playing will play and then repeat. 3 Press b to turn repeat play off. REPEA T :OFF appears in the dis[...]

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    Playing a CD 2 1 These are the basic steps necessar y to play a CD with your built-in CD player . More ad- vanced CD operation is explained starting on the next page. WARNING Do not use with the front panel left open, after ejecting a CD. If you do leave it open, it may result in injur y in the event of an accident. 1 T rack number indicator Shows [...]

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    may be displayed. Refer to Understanding built-in CD player error messages on page 41. ! Y ou can eject the CD by pressing and holding CD EJECT with opening the front panel when the CD loading or ejecting cannot operate properly . ! When a CD TEXT disc is inserted, the disc and track titles begin to scroll to the left auto- matically . Introduction[...]

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    1 Press FUNCTION to select REPEA T. Press FUNCTION until REPEA T appears in the display . 2 Press a to turn repeat play on. REPEA T :ON appears in the display . The track currently playing will play and then repeat. 3 Press b to turn repeat play off. REPEA T :OFF appears in the display . The track currently playing will continue to play and then pl[...]

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    Using disc title functions Y ou 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 letters long and up to 48 disc titles into the built-in CD player . 1 Play a CD that you want to [...]

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    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. These discs may contain such information as the CD title, track title,[...]

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    Playing a CD 3 2 1 Y ou can use this unit to contr ol a multi-CD player , which is sold separately. These are the basic steps necessar y to play a CD with your multi-CD player . More advanced CD operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Disc number indicator Shows the disc currently playing. 2 T rack number indicator Shows the track curre[...]

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    Introduction of advanced multi-CD player operation 3 2 1 1 DISC indicator Shows when repeat range is selected to cur- rent disc. 2 REPEA T indicator Shows when repeat range is selected to cur- rent track. 3 Function display Shows the function status. % Press FUNCTION to display the function names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be- tween the f[...]

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    3 Press a to turn random play on. RANDOM :ON appears in the display . T racks will play in a random order within the pre- viously selected MCD or DSC ranges. 4 Press b to turn random play off. RANDOM :OFF appears in the display. T racks will continue to play in order . Scanning CDs and tracks While you are using DSC , the beginning of each track on[...]

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    2 Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN appears in the display , then press FUNCTION to select ITS. After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION repeatedly , the following functions appear in the display : TITLE IN (disc title input)  ITS (ITS program- ming) 3 Select a desired track by pressing c or d . 4 Press a to store the currently playing t[...]

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    Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist When you want to delete all tracks of a CD from your ITS playlist, you can if ITS play is off . 1 Play a CD that you want to delete. Press a or b to select a CD. 2 Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN appears in the display , then press FUNCTION to select ITS. After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION until I[...]

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    7 Press BAND to return to the playback display . Notes ! Titles remain in memory, even af ter 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. Displaying disc titles Y ou can display the title of any dis[...]

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    Using compression and bass emphasis Y ou 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 . Each of the functions have a two-st ep adjustment. The COMP function balances the output of louder a[...]

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    Introduction of audio adjustments 2 1 3 1 SW indicator Shows when the subwoofer output is turned on. 2 LOUD indicator Appears in the display when loudness is turned on. 3 Audio display Shows the audio adjustments status. % Press AUDIO to display the audio func- tion names. Press AUDIO repeatedly to switch between the following audio functions: FADE[...]

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    Adjusting loudness Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the low- and high-sound ranges at low volume. 1 Press AUDIO to select LOUD. Press AUDIO until LOUD appears in the dis- play . 2 Press a to turn loudness on. LOUD :ON appears in the display . 3 Press b to turn loudness off. LOUD :OFF appears in the display. Note Y ou can also turn loudness [...]

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    1 Press AUDIO to select the slope setting. Press AUDIO until SLP appears in the display . # When the subwoofer output is on, you can se- lect SLP . 2 Press c or d to select slope. Press c and 12dB is displayed. P ress d and 18dB is displayed. Note When slope of subwoofer and high pass filter are 12dB , and same cut-off frequency , the phase is reve[...]

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    1 Press AUDIO to select non fading out- put setting. Press AUDIO until NonF AD : 0 appears in the display . 2 Press a or b to adjust the level of the non fading output. Each press of a or b increases or decreases the level of the non fading. +6   24 is dis- played as the level is increased or decreased. Adjusting source levels SLA (source lev[...]

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    Using the digital signal processor 2 1 6 45 3 3 The digital signal processor lets you control many aspects of sound output including equalization, sound field control and listening position. 1 ASL indicator Shows when the automatic sound levelizer is turned on. 2 Position indicator Shows which listening position is currently selected. 3 Sound field[...]

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    Recalling sound field programs Here is a list of the sound field programs: Button Display Effect 1 STUDIO Studio 2 JAZZ CLUB Jazz club 3 CLUB Club 4 BBE BBE 1 Press DSP to select the sound field con- trol. Press DSP until SFC appears in the display . # If the sound field control has been previously set to a sound field program then the title of tha[...]

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    2 Press c or d to select an equalizer curve. Each press of c or d selects equalizer cur ves in the following order: S-BASS  POWER  NA TURAL  VOCAL  FLA T  CUSTOM1  CUSTOM2 Adjusting equalizer curves The factor y supplied equalizer cur ves, with the exception of FLA T , can be adjusted to a fine degree (nuance control). 1 Recall an[...]

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    Button Display Indicator Position a FRONT F ront seats b ALL All seats c FRONT -L Front seat left d FRONT -R Front seat right 1 Press DSP to select the position selec- tor . Press DSP until POSI appears in the display . # If the position selector has been previously set to a listening position then the title of that pre- viously selected listening [...]

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    Adjusting initial settings 1 Initial settings lets you per form initial set up of different settings for this unit. 1 Function display Shows the function status. 1 Press SOURCE upward or downward re- peatedly until the unit turns off. 2 Press FUNCTION and hold until the clock appears in the display . 3 Press FUNCTION to select one of the in- itial [...]

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    lected FM tuning step will appear in the dis- play . Note If seek tuning is per formed in 50 kHz steps, sta- tions may be tuned in imprecisely. T une in the sta- tions with manual tuning or use seek tuning again. 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, [...]

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    2 Press c or d to swtch RCA output set- ting. Pressing c or d will switch between RCA :S/W (subwoofer) and RCA :NON (non fading) and that status will be displayed. Selecting the digital attenuator When listening to a CD or other source on which the recording level is high, setting the equalizer cur ve level to high may result in dis- tortion. Y ou [...]

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    T urning the clock display on or off Y ou can turn the clock display on or off. % Press LOUD and hold until the clock ap- pears in the display . # T o turn off the clock display , press LOUD and hold until the clock disappears from the display . # The clock display disappears temporarily when you per form other operations, but the clock display app[...]

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    Selecting AUX as the source % Press SOURCE upward or downward to select AUX as the source. Press SOURCE until AUX appears in the dis- play . # If the auxiliar y setting is not turned on, AUX cannot be selected. For more details, see Switch- ing the auxiliar y setting on page 37. Setting the AUX title The title displayed for the AUX source can be ch[...]

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    Understanding built-in CD player error messages When problems occur during CD play an error message may appear on the display. If an error message appears on the display refer to the table below to see what the problem is and the suggested method of correcting the pro- blem. If the error cannot be corrected, contact your dealer or your nearest Pion[...]

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    CD player and care ! Use only CDs that have either of the two Compact Disc Digital Audio marks as shown below . ! Use only normal, round CDs. If you insert ir- regular , non-round, shaped CDs they may jam in the CD player or not play properly. ! Check all CDs for cracks, scratches or warped discs before playing. CDs that have cracks, scratches or a[...]

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    Specifications General Rated power source ............... 1 4 . 4 V D C (allowable voltage range: 12.0  14.4 V DC) Grounding system ................... Negative type Max. current consumption ..................................................... 1 0 . 0 A Dimensions (W × H × D): Chassis ............................... 1 7 8 × 1 0 0 × 1 6 0 m [...]

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    PIONEER CORPORA TION 4-1, MEGURO 1-CHOME, MEGUR O-KU , TOKY O 153-8654, JAP AN 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, K eetberglaan 1, B-9120 Melsele, Belgium TEL: (0) 3/570.05.11 PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE. L TD. 253 Alexandra Road, #04-01,[...]