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    . Multi-CD control High power CD/MP3/WMA player with RDS tuner Operation Manual DEH-P4800MP Visit www.pio neer.co.uk (or www.pion eer-eur.com) to register your product ENGL IS H Q sound.vis ion.soul MAN-DEH-P4 800MP-GB .fm Page 1 Thursda y, Septem ber 29, 2005 11:55 AM[...]

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    2 ENGLISH Contents Thank y ou for buyi ng thi s Pionee r product Please re ad through these operatin g instructio ns so you will know how t o operate your model properl y. After you hav e finis hed r eading th e ins tructio ns, keep this ma nual in a safe pl ace for fu ture r eference . Connecti ng the Uni ts .............. ......... .... 3 Install[...]

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    3 ENGL IS H Connecting the Units Notes • This unit is for vehi cles with a 12 -volt ba ttery and n egative gro unding . Before inst alling it in a recrea tional ve hicle, tru ck, or bus , check the batte ry voltag e. • To avoid shorts in the electri cal syste m, be sur e to discon nect th e - ba tter y ca ble b ef ore beginni ng instal lation. [...]

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    4 ENGLISH Connecting the Units Note Dependin g on the kind of v ehicle, the function o f 3* and 5* ma y be d ifferent. In th is cas e, be sure to connec t 2* to 5* a nd 4* to 3*. Connect le ads of the same color to eac h othe r. System re mote c ontrol Cap (1* ) When no t using th is terminal , do not remove the cap . Yellow (3* ) Back-up (or a cce[...]

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    5 ENGL IS H Removing the Unit To remo ve t he fr am e, ex ten d to p an d bo ttom of t he fra me o utwa rds in ord er to unl ock it. (Wh en re attachi ng the frame, point the s ide with a g roove d ownward s an d attach it.) • It becom es easy to remov e the frame if the fro nt pa nel is released . DIN Rea r-mount Installation using the screw hol[...]

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    6 ENGLISH Installation 2. Faste ning the u nit to th e fact ory r adio m oun tin g brack et. Fixi ng the fro nt panel If you d o not operat e the R emoving and Atta ching the Fron t Pan el Funct ion, us e the supplie d fixing screw s and fix the fron t panel to this u nit. 1. F ix the fr ont pan el to the unit us ing fixin g screw s. Select a posit[...]

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    7 ENGL IS H Before You Star t About this manual This un it fea tur es a num ber of so phi stic ated funct ion s ensur ing superi or re cepti on an d opera tio n. All the fu ncti ons ha ve be en des igne d for the ea siest poss ible us e, bu t man y are not se lf-explanato ry. This op eration manual w ill help y ou benefit f ully from th is unit ’[...]

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    8 ENGLISH Before You Star t Protec ting your unit from thef t The fro nt panel can b e detach ed fro m the he ad unit a nd st ored i n the pro vided protect ive ca se to prevent theft. Impor tant • Never u se force or gri p the displa y and th e buttons too ti ghtly when removin g or attac hing. • Avoi d subject ing the fron t pane l to exce ss[...]

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    9 ENGL IS H What’s What Optional rem ote con trol The rem ote cont rol CD -R 310 is sold sepa rate ly. Operat ion is the same a s when using the buttons on th e head unit. See t he ex planat ion of the h ead u nit abou t the o perat ion of ea ch bu tton with the ex ception of ATT , which is e xplain ed bel ow. 헀 PAU SE butt on Press to turn pau[...]

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    10 ENGLISH Tuner Listen ing to the ra dio These are th e basic s teps necessa ry to o perat e the rad io. Mo re adva nced t uner operati on is expla ined s tarting on thi s page. This un it’s A F (alt ernati ve freque ncies search) funct ion ca n be turn ed on and off. AF should be of f for norm al tuni ng oper ation (refer to page 12). 1. P ress[...]

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    11 ENGL IS H Tuner Tuning i n strong s ignal s Local s eek tuni ng lets you tune in o nly th ose radio statio ns wi th suff icient ly strong signal s for g ood re ception. 1. Pre ss FUNC TION to s elect LOCA L. Press FUNCTI ON until LOCAL appe ars in the di splay. 2. Press 8 to turn loc al seek tuning o n. Loca l seek sens itiv it y (e.g ., LO CAL [...]

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    12 ENGLISH RDS Switching the R DS display When you t une in an R DS st ation its progr am se rvi ce na me is dis playe d. Sw itc h the displ ay to f ind out th e fr equenc y. * Press DI SPLAY. Press DISPL AY repeat edly to swit ch bet ween the foll owing s etting s: Progra m ser vice n ame – P TY in formatio n – Fr equen cy • The freq uenc y [...]

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    13 ENGL IS H RDS 3. Use VO LUME to adj ust th e TA volum e wh en a tra ffi c an nounce men t begi ns. Rotate it to in crea se or dec rease the volu me. The ne wly s et volum e is st ored in m emory and reca lled fo r subseq uent traffic announ cements . 4. Press TA whi le a tr aff ic anno unce me nt is be ing recei ved t o can cel th e announ ceme [...]

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    14 ENGLISH Built-in CD Player Play ing a CD These are th e basic s teps neces sary to p lay a CD with your built-i n CD pl ayer. M ore advanc ed CD operat ion i s expla ined s tarting on th is pa ge. 1. Insert a C D into t he CD loa ding slo t. Playback wi ll automatic ally start. • You can ejec t a CD by pr essin g EJEC T . • To avo id a mal f[...]

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    15 ENGL IS H Built-in CD Player Playi ng trac ks in rand om order Random play let s you play b ack t rac ks on the CD in a ra ndo m orde r. 1. Press FUN CTIO N to se lect RDM . Press FUNCTI ON until RDM ap pears in the displ ay. 2. Press 8 to turn rand om play on. RDM :ON appears in the disp lay. Tracks will play in a random order. 3. Press 2 to tu[...]

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    16 ENGLISH Built-in CD Player • If a di sc con tai ns les s th an 10 track s, pr ess ing an d hol ding 4 recalls the firs t track of the d isc. A lso, if the re maining number of trac ks af ter searc hing e very 10 tracks is le ss th an 10 , pres sin g and hol ding 4 recalls the fir st trac k of the disc. Using di sc ti tle func tions You ca n in[...]

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    17 ENGL IS H MP3/WMA/W AV Player Play ing MP3/ WMA/WAV These are the basic steps ne cessa ry to p lay an MP3/WMA/ WAV wi th yo ur bui lt-in C D play er. More advanc ed MP3/W MA/W AV opera tion i s expl ained starting on thi s page . 1. Insert a CD-ROM into the CD loading slot. Playback wi ll automatic ally start. • You can ejec t a CD -ROM b y pr[...]

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    18 ENGLISH MP3/WMA/W AV Player Repea ting pla y For MP3/ WMA/W AV playb ack, the re are three re peat p lay rang es: FL D (folde r repeat) , TRK (one-tr ack re peat) an d DSC (repea t all tr acks). 1. Pre ss FUNC TION to s elect RPT. Press FUNCTI ON until RPT app ears in the display. 2. Press 4 or 6 to sele ct the re peat range. Press 4 or 6 until [...]

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    19 ENGL IS H MP3/WMA/W AV Player Using c ompressi on and BMX Using th e COMP (c ompress ion) an d BMX fu nction s let you adjust the so und pla yback qual ity of this pl ayer. Ea ch of the fu nction s has a t wo-st ep ad justment . The COMP functio n bala nces the outpu t of lo uder and softe r sound s at hi gher volu mes. BM X control s sou nd rev[...]

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    20 ENGLISH MP3/WMA/W AV Player When playing back a WAV disc * Press DI SPLAY. Press DISPL AY repeat edly to swit ch bet ween the foll owing s etting s: Play tim e – FOLDER (fo lde r nam e) – FILE (file na me) – Sam plin g freq uenc y • If specif ic informati on has not bee n recorded on a WAV disc, NO X XXX will be displ ayed (e.g., NO N AM[...]

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    21 ENGL IS H Multi-CD Player 50-dis c mu lti-CD playe r Only thos e functio ns descri bed in this manu al are supported by 50 -disc multi -CD play ers. Int roducti on o f ad vanced multi-C D player oper ation * Press FUNCTION to display th e fun ction names. Press FUNCTI ON repe atedly to switch b etween the foll owing fu nctions: RPT (repeat play)[...]

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    22 ENGLISH Multi-CD Player 4. When yo u find the desired track (or disc ) press 2 to tu rn scan p lay off . SCAN :OF F appears in th e display. The track (or disc) will c ontinue to p lay. • If the di splay h as automati cally returned to the playba ck dis play, select SCAN again by pr essing FUNCTION . Notes • After trac k or disc scann ing is[...]

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    23 ENGL IS H Multi-CD Player 3. Select the desired t rack by pre ssing 4 or 6 . 4. Press 2 to eras e the track fro m your ITS play list. The cu rrently play ing sel ectio n is eras ed from your I TS playlist and playbac k of t he next tra ck from your ITS playlist begins. • If there ar e no tracks fro m your pla y list in the curren t range, EMP [...]

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    24 ENGLISH Multi-CD Player Displaying text information on CD TEXT discs * Press DI SPLAY. Press DISPL AY repe atedl y to swit ch between the followin g sett ings: Play t ime – DISC TITL E (di sc ti tle) – DISC ART IST (di sc art ist na me) – TR ACK T ITL E (track title ) – T RACK AR TIST (track arti st name) • If specif ic informatio n ha[...]

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    25 ENGL IS H Audio Ad justment s Using ba lance adju stment You ca n select a fader/ balance setting that provides a n ideal liste ning environm ent in all o c cupi ed seats . 1. Pre ss AUDIO t o select FAD. Press AUDI O unt il FAD appears in the display . • If the ba lance setting h as been previ ously adjus ted, BAL will be dis played. 2. Press[...]

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    26 ENGLISH Audio Ad justment s Fine-adjusting equalizer curve You can adj ust the cen ter frequ ency and the Q f actor (cu rve ch arac ter isti cs) of eac h curren tly selected curve band ( EQ-L / EQ-M / EQ-H ). 1. Press A UDIO and h old until fre quency and the Q factor (e .g., F- 80: Q1W) appe ars in the display. 2. Press AUDIO to select the ban [...]

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    27 ENGL IS H Audio Ad justment s Adjusting subwoofer settings When the su bwoofer outp ut is on , you can adjust the cut-off fr equency and the output level of the subw oof er. 1. Press SW to s elect 80 : 0. Press SW u ntil 80: 0 appears in the display. • You can also selec t the s ubwoofe r setting menu by pres sing AUD IO on the unit. • When [...]

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    28 ENGLISH Audio Ad justment s Adjust ing source l evels SLA (sou rce level ad justment) lets y ou adjust t h e volume lev el of each s ource to preven t radical ch anges in vo lume wh en switchin g betwee n sources. • Setti ngs are b ased on the F M tuner vol ume leve l, wh ich re mains un changed. 1. Compare the FM tuner v olume leve l with the[...]

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    29 ENGL IS H Initial Setting s Switching Auto PI Seek The un it can automat ically searc h for a differen t station wi th the same pr ogramming, even du rin g pres et r ecall . 1. Press FUNC TIO N to sel ect A-PI. Press FUNCTI ON repe atedly un til A-PI app ears in the dis play. 2. Press 8 or 2 to t u rn A-PI o n or off. Pressi ng 8 or 2 will tu rn[...]

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    30 ENGLISH Other Functions Using t he AUX source This unit c an control up t o two auxilia ry equipments su c h as VCR or por ta ble devices (sol d separat ely). When con nected, auxi liary e quipmen ts are automati cally read in as AUX s ource s and as signed to AUX1 or AUX 2 . T he re lat ionsh ip b etw een AU X1 an d AUX2 sources is explai ned b[...]

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    31 ENGL IS H Addition al Inform ation Under standin g built-in CD pl ayer erro r message s When you cont act your dea ler or your nearest Pioneer Se rvice Ce nter, be sur e to record the error mes s age. Sound muti ng Sound f rom thi s unit is mut ed a u tomatically in th e followin g cases: • When a call i s made o r rece ived usi ng a cellul ar[...]

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    32 ENGLISH Addition al Inform ation • If you in sert a CD-RW di sc into th is unit, time to playbac k will be longe r than w h en you in sert a conv enti onal CD or CD- R di sc. • Read th e precautio ns wit h CD-R/ CD-RW discs before usin g the m. MP3, W MA and WAV files • MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3 and refers t o an aud io compr ess[...]

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    33 ENGL IS H Addition al Inform ation WAV additional information • This unit p lays bac k WAV files en coded in Li near PCM (LPCM ) forma t or MS ADPCM form at. • You can only play b a ck WA V files in th e frequen cies 16 kHz, 2 2.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz (LPCM) , or 22 .05 kHz and 44 .1 kHz (MS A DPCM). The sam pling frequ [...]

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    34 ENGLISH Addition al Inform ation MP3 MP3 is short fo r MPEG Audio Layer 3 . It is an audi o compres sion standa rd set b y a worki ng gro up (MPEG) o f the ISO ( Intern ational Standa rds Organi zation ). MP3 is abl e to com press au dio data to abo ut 1/10th th e level of a co nventional disc. MS ADPC M This st ands for Micro soft ada ptive dif[...]

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    MAN-DEH-P4 800MP-GB.fm Page 35 Thur sday, Sept e mber 29, 200 5 11:55 AM[...]

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