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OperationManual
DVDAVRECEIVER
AVH-P4950DVD
English
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Contents Thankyou for buying this Pioneer product. Pleasereadthroughtheseoperatinginstructionssoyouwillknowhowtooperate yourmodelproperly. After you have finished reading the instructions, keep this man- ual in a safe place for future reference. DigitalSignalProcessor 58 Besuretoreadthis AdditionalInformation ! Playablediscs 5 Troubleshooting 70 ! DVD videodiscregionnumbers 5 Errormessages 72 ! Whenanoperationis prohibited 8 UnderstandingautoTAandEQerror messages 72 Precautions Understandingmess
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Precautions Section Precautions 01 IMPORTANTSAFEGUARDS WARNING Pleasereadallof theseinstructionsregarding ! Donotattempttoinstallorserviceyour yourdisplayandretainthemfor futurerefer- displaybyyourself.Installationorservi- ence. cingofthedisplaybypersonswithout 1 Readthismanualfullyandcarefullybe- trainingandexperienceinelectronic foreoperatingyourdisplay. equipmentandautomotiveaccessories 2 Keepthismanualhandyasareferencefor maybedangerousandcouldexposeyou operatingproceduresandsafetyinforma- t
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Section 01 Precautions WhenyouattempttowatchaDVD,VideoCD orTVwhiledriving,thewarningVIDEOVIEW- INGISNOTAVAILABLEWHILEDRIVINGwill appearonthefrontdisplay. TowatchaDVD,VideoCDorTVonthefront display,parkyour vehicleinasafeplaceand applytheparkingbrake. Parkingbrakeinterlock Certainfunctions(DVD/TVviewingandcertain touchpanelkeys)offeredbythisunitcouldbe dangerousand/orunlawfulifusedwhiledriv- ing.Topreventsuchfunctionsfrombeing usedwhilethevehicleisinmotion,thereisan interlocksystemthatsenseswhenth
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BeforeYouStart Section BeforeYouStart 02 DVDvideo Aboutthisunit CAUTION ! Donotallowthisunittocomeintocontact withliquids.Electricalshockcouldresult. Also,thisunitdamage,smoke,andoverheat couldresultfromcontactwithliquids. ! Thisproductcontainsalaserdiodeofhigher VideoCD classthan1.Toensurecontinuedsafety,do notremoveanycoversorattempttogainac- cesstotheinsideoftheproduct.Referallser- vicingtoqualifiedpersonnel. ACLASS1LASERPRODUCTlabelisaffixed tothebottomofthisunit. Notethatthislabelmaynotbeaf
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Section 02 BeforeYouStart Theillustrationbelowshowstheregionsand CDplayback correspondingregionnumbers. MusicCD/CD-R/RWplaybackispossible. MP3fileplayback YoucanplaybackMP3filesrecordedonCD- ROM/CD-R/CD-RW(ISO9660Level1/Level2 standardrecordings). ! Supplyof thisproductonlyconveysali- censeforprivate,non-commercialuseand doesnotconveyalicensenorimplyany righttousethisproductinanycommercial (i.e.revenue-generating)realtimebroad- casting(terrestrial,satellite,cableand/or anyothermedia),broadcastin
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BeforeYouStart Section BeforeYouStart 02 ! ManufacturedunderlicensefromDolby Note Laboratories. “Dolby”andthedouble-D Thisproductincorporatescopyrightprotection symbolaretrademarksofDolby technologythatisprotectedbymethodclaimsof Laboratories. certainU.S.patentsandotherintellectualprop- ertyrightsownedbyMacrovisionCorporation andotherrightsowners.Useofthiscopyright protectiontechnologymustbeauthorizedby MacrovisionCorporation,andisintendedfor homeandotherlimitedviewingusesonlyunless ! “DTS”and “
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Section 02 BeforeYouStart ToprotecttheLCDscreen Mark Meaning ! Donotallowdirectsunlighttofallonthe Indicatesthepicturesize(aspectratio: 16 : 9 LB screenwidth-to-heightratio)type. displaywhenthisunitisnotbeingused. Extendedexposuretodirectsunlightcan 2 resultinLCDscreenmalfunctiondueto 3 Indicatesthenumberoftheregion theresultinghightemperatures. whereplayback ispossible. 4 ! Whenusingacellularphone,keepthean- tennaof thecellularphoneawayfromthe ALL displaytopreventdisruptionofthevideoby theappea
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BeforeYouStart Section BeforeYouStart 02 2 PressRESETwithapentiporother Removingthefrontpanel pointedinstrument. % Pushthereleasebuttondownwardand releasethefrontpanel. Takecarenottogripittootightlyortodrop thefrontpanelandprotectitfromcontact withwaterorother fluidstopreventperma- nentdamage. Attachingthefrontpanel RESETbutton % Replacethefrontpanelbyholdingit uprighttotheunitandclippingitsecurely Note intothemountinghook. Aftercompletingconnectionsor whenyouwant toeraseallmemorizedsettingsorre
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Section 02 BeforeYouStart CAUTION ! UseonlyoneCR2025(3V)lithiumbattery. ! Removethebatteryif theremotecontrolisnot usedforamonthorlonger. ! Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyre- placed.Replaceonlywiththesameorequiva- lenttype. ! Donothandlethebatterywithmetallictools. ! Donotstorethebatterywithmetallicmateri- als. ! Intheeventofbatteryleakage,wipethere- motecontrolcompletelycleanandinstalla newbattery. ! Whendisposingofusedbatteries,please complywithgovernmentalregulationsoren- vironmentalp
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Operatingthisunit Section Operatingthisunit 03 12 3 45 6 7 8 l 9 k j i h gfedcba 6 ENTERTAINMENT(ENT)button What’sWhat Presstoswitchbetweenthebackground Headunit displays. 1 INFObutton 7 WIDEbutton Presstoturntheinformationbaron/off. Presstoselectadesiredmodeforenlarging a4:3picturetoa16:9one. 2 PGMbutton Presstooperatethepreprogrammedfunc- 8 V.ADJbutton tionsforeachsource.(Referto Using the Pressandholdtodisplaythepictureadjust- PGM buttononpage48.) mentmenu. 3 Ambientlightsensor 9 RESETbutton
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Section 03 Operatingthisunit c BOOKMARK(BM)button Presstobookmarkascenethatyouwantto resumeplayback. d BAND/ESCbutton PresstoselectamongthreeFMbandsand oneAMbandandtocancelthecontrol modeoffunctions. e EQbutton Presstoselectvariousequalizercurves. f ATTbutton Presstoquicklylowerthevolumelevel,by about90%.Pressoncemoretoreturntothe originalvolumelevel. g Releasebutton Pressdownwardtodetachthefrontpanel. h ANGLE(+/–)button PresstochangetheLCDpanelangle. i SOURCEbutton Thisunitisturnedonbyselecting
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Operatingthisunit Section Operatingthisunit 03 2 3 4 q p 5 n 1 6 l 7 j 8 i 9 h a b g c d e f Fordetails,refertoUsing the remote control Remotecontrol operation mode switchonpage15. 1 Remotecontrolselectionswitch Switchtochangethesettingof theremote 7 BOOKMARK(BOOK.M)button control.Fordetails,referto Setting remote AVHmode:Presstooperatetheprepro- control code typeonpage41. grammedfunctionsforeachsource.(Refer to Using the PGM buttononpage48.) 2 VOLUMEbuttons DVDmode:Presstoturnthebookmark Presst
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Section 03 Operatingthisunit 9 BAND/ESCbutton thetunerordiscnumbersearchforthe AVHmode:PresstoselectamongthreeFM multi-CDplayer. bandsandoneAMbandandtocancelthe DVDmode:Presstodirectlyselectthede- controlmodeoffunctions. siredtrack,chapterordisc. DVDmode:Presstoswitchmodebetween TVmode:Notused. compressedaudioandaudiodata(CD-DA) whenplayingdiscswithcompressedaudio g PREVIOUS(o)button andaudiodata(CD-DA)suchasCD-EXTRA AVHmodeorDVDmode:Presstoreturnto andMIXED-MODECDs. theprevioustrack(chapter). T
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Operatingthisunit Section Operatingthisunit 03 n AUDIObutton DVDmodeoperation AVHmodeorDVDmode:Presstochange IfyouswitchthemodetoDVD,thejoystick theaudiolanguageduringDVDplayback. and0to10operationsarechangedforDVD TVmode:Notused. player. o RETURNbutton % Whenyouwanttooperatethefollow- AVHmodeorDVDmode:Presstodisplay ingfunctions,switchthemodetoDVD: thePBC(playbackcontrol)menuduring ! WhenoperatingtheDVDmenubyusing PBCplayback. thejoystick.(RefertoOperating theDVD TVmode:Notused. menuonpage24.)
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Section 03 Operatingthisunit % Whenusingthebuttons,pressSOURCE BasicOperations toselectasource. PowerON/OFF PressSOURCErepeatedlytoswitchbetween thefollowingsources: Turningtheuniton TUNER(tuner)—TV(television)—AV(AV)— % PressSOURCEtoturntheuniton. DVD(built-inDVDplayer)—S-DVD(DVD player/multi-DVDplayer)—M-CD(multi-CD player)—iPod(iPod)—EXT-1(externalunit1) Turningtheunitoff —EXT-2(externalunit2)—AUX(AUX) % PressSOURCEandholduntiltheunit turnsoff. Notes # Whenusingthetouchpanelkeys,touchthe sour
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Operatingthisunit Section Operatingthisunit 03 Touchtoselectvarioussetupfunctions. Touchpanelkeybasicoperation 4 BACKkey Activatingthetouchpanelkeys Touchtoreturntothepreviousdisplay. 5 ESCkey Touchtocancelthecontrolmodeoffunc- tions. 1 PressA.MENUbuttontodisplayMENU. MENUappearsonthedisplay. 2 Touchthedesiredkeytodisplaythe 1 functionnamesyouwanttooperate. # Togotothenextgroupoffunctionnames, 1 Touchpanelkeys touchNEXT. Touchtodovariousoperations. # Toreturntothepreviousgroupoffunction names,to
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Section 03 Operatingthisunit ! WhentheignitionswitchisturnedOFF % PressANGLE(+/–)toadjusttheLCD aftertheLCDpanelhasbeenclosed,turn- paneltoaneasilyviewableangle. ingtheignitionswitchONagain(orturning TheLCDpanelanglecontinueschangingas ittoACC)willnotopentheLCDpanel.In longasyoupressANGLE(+/–)andhold. thiscase,pressOPEN/CLOSEtoopenthe LCDpanel. ! WhenclosingtheLCDpanel,checkto makesurethatithasclosedcompletely.If theLCDpanelhasstoppedhalfway,leaving itlikethiscouldresultindamage. CAUTION # Thead
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Operatingthisunit Section Operatingthisunit 03 FULL(full) Changingthepictureadjustment A4:3pictureisenlargedinthehorizontaldirec- YoucanadjustBRIGHT(brightness), tiononly,givingyoua4:3TVpicture(normalpic- CONTRAST(contrast),COLOR(color)and ture)withoutanyomissions. HUE(hue)foreachsourceandrear viewcam- era. JUST(just) ! TheadjustmentsofBRIGHTand Thepictureisenlargedslightlyatthecenterand CONTRASTarestoredseparatelyforlight theamountofenlargementincreaseshorizontally ambient(daytime)anddarkambien
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Section 03 Operatingthisunit 3 Touchcordtoadjusttheselected Note item. Theiconsindicatingthecurrentambientbright- Eachtimeyoutouchcorditincreasesorde- nessusedforadjustingBRIGHTandCONTRAST creasesthelevelofselecteditem.+24to –24 maydiffer fromDIMMERslightly. isdisplayedasthelevelisincreasedorde- creased. 4 TouchESCtohidethetouchpanelkeys. Adjustingthedimmer TheadjustmentofDIMMERisstoredsepa- ratelyforeachambientlight;daytime,evening andnighttime.ThebrightnessofLCDscreen willbeadjustedtooptimumle
