Pioneer AVH-P4900D - Manual

Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out withoutappropriate authorization may invalidate theuser ’ s right to operate the equipment. For Canadian model This Class B digital apparatus complies withCanadian ICES-003. About this unit The tuner frequencies on this unit are allo-cated ...

DVD video Video CD CD Notes ! is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation. ! This player can only play back discs bearingthe marks shown above. DVD video disc region numbers DVD video discs that have incompatible regionnumbers cannot be played on this player. Theregion number of the play...

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Dolby Digital/DTS compatibility When using this unit with a Pioneer multi-channel processor, you can enjoy the atmo-sphere and excitement provided by DVD movieand music software featuring 5.1 channel re-cordings. ! Manufactured under license from DolbyLaboratories. “ Dolby ” and the double-D symbol ...

! Depending on the version of Windows MediaPlayer used to encode WMA files, albumnames and other text information may not becorrectly displayed. About the SAT RADIOREADY mark The SAT RADIO READY mark printed on thefront panel indicates that the Satellite RadioTuner for Pioneer (i.e., XM tuner and Si...

When an operation is prohibited When you are watching a DVD and attempt toperform an operation, it may not be performedbecause of the programming on the disc.When this happens, the icon appears on the screen. ! The icon may not appear with certain discs. Protecting your unit fromtheft The front pane...

What ’ s What Head unit 1 INFO button Press to turn the information bar on/off. 2 PGM button Press to operate the preprogrammed func-tions for each source. (Refer to Using the PGM button on page 44.) 3 Ambient light sensor Senses ambient light. This system automati-cally adjusts the brightness of th...

c BOOKMARK (BM) button Press to bookmark a scene that you want toresume playback. d BAND/ESC button Press to select among three FM bands andone AM band and to cancel the controlmode of functions. e EQ button Press to select various equalizer curves. f BOOST button Press to boost the subwoofer level....

% When using the buttons, press SOURCE to select a source. Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between the following sources: XM (XM tuner) — SIRIUS (SIRIUS tuner) — TUNER (tuner) — TV (television) — AV (AV) — DVD (built-in DVD player) — S-DVD (DVD player/multi-DVD player) — M-CD (multi-CD player) — i...

Touch to select various setup functions. 4 BACK key Touch to return to the previous display. 5 ESC key Touch to cancel the control mode of func-tions. 1 Press A.MENU button to display MENU. MENU appears on the display. 2 Touch the desired key to display the function names you want to operate. # To g...

% Press ANGLE (+/ – ) to adjust the LCD panel to an easily viewable angle. The LCD panel angle continues changing aslong as you press ANGLE (+/ – ) and hold. # The adjusted LCD panel angle will be memor- ized and automatically returned to the next timethe LCD panel is opened. Turning the LCD panel h...

Changing the picture adjustment You can adjust BRIGHT (brightness), CONTRAST (contrast), COLOR (color) and HUE (hue) for each source and rear view cam- era. ! The adjustments of BRIGHT and CONTRAST are stored separately for light ambient (daytime) and dark ambient (night-time). A sun or moon is disp...

Tuner Basic Operations 1 2 4 3 6 7 5 1 Source icon 2 Band indicator 3 Preset number indicator 4 Frequency indicator 5 Preset list display 6 LOCAL indicator Shows when local seek tuning is on. 7 STEREO indicator Shows when the selected frequency is beingbroadcast in stereo. 1 Touch the source icon an...

The next time you touch the same preset tun-ing key the radio station frequency is recalledfrom memory. # When the touch panel keys are not displayed, you can display them by touching the screen. # When P1 to P6 are not displayed, you can dis- play them by touching LIST . # You can also use a and b ...

Built-in DVD player Basic Operations The built-in DVD player can play back DVDvideo, Video CD, audio CD (CD-DA) and com-pressed audio (WMA/MP3) recorded on CD-ROM. (Refer to page 75 for files that can beplayed back.)Read the precautions with discs and player on Handling guideline of discs and player...

# To return to folder 001 (ROOT), press and hold BAND/ESC . However, if folder 001 (ROOT) con- tains no files, playback commences with folder 002 . # You can also select a folder by pressing a or b button. 5 To skip back or forward to another chapter/track, briefly touch o or p . 6 To perform fast f...

3 Touch ENTER. Playback starts from the selected menu item. # You cannot operate the DVD menu from a / b / c / d buttons on the head unit. # The way to display the menu differs depending on the disc. Operating the DVD menu with 10 key Some DVDs allow you to select from the disccontents using 10key ....

1 Touch d until 10key appears in the dis- play. 2 Touch 10key. 3 Touch 0 to 9 corresponding to a desired title number when the disc is stopped. Title number is displayed for eight secondsand playback starts from the selected title. ! To select 3, touch 3 . ! To select 10, touch 1 and 0 in that order...

Changing the viewing angleduring playback (Multi-angle) With DVDs featuring multi-angle (scenes shotfrom multiple angles) recordings, you canswitch among viewing angles during play-back. ! This function is available for DVD. ! During playback of a scene shot from mul-tiple angles, the angle icon is ...

Slow motion playback This lets you slow down playback speed. ! This function is available for DVD andVideo CD. 1 Keep touching r until is displayed during playback. The icon is displayed, forward slow mo- tion playback begins. # To return to normal playback, touch f . 2 Touch q or r to adjust playba...

# Depending on the discs, the menu may be two or more pages long. In such case, touch o or p to display the next or previous menu. # You can display the menu by touching RETURN during PBC playback. For details, refer to the instructions provided with the disc. Notes ! PBC playback of Video-CD cannot...

# If specific information has not been recorded on a compressed audio file, the list appears inblank. # Depending on the version of ID3 tag or Windows Media Player, the information may notbe displayed correctly. Introduction of advancedoperations 1 1 Function displayShows the function names. 1 Press...

1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating play on the previous page. 2 Touch RANDOM on the function menu to turn random play on. Tracks will play in a random order within thepreviously selected repeat range. # To turn random play off, touch RANDOM again. Scanning tracks of a CD Scan play lets yo...

Entering disc titles You can input CD titles and display the title.The next time you insert a CD for which youhave entered a title, the title of that CD will bedisplayed.Use the disc title input feature to store up to48 CD titles in the unit. Each title can be up to10 characters long. ! This functio...

Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio adjustments 1 1 Audio displayShows the audio adjustment status. Important If the multi-channel processor (DEQ-P8000) isconnected to this unit, the audio function will bechanged to the multi-channel processor ’ s audio menu. For details, refer to Introduction o...

Using the equalizer The equalizer lets you adjust the equalizationto match car interior acoustic characteristicsas desired. Recalling equalizer curves There are six stored equalizer curves whichyou can easily recall at any time. Here is a listof the equalizer curves: Display Equalizer curve POWERFUL...

6 Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect the desired Q factor. Touch c or d until the desired Q factor ap- pears in the display. 2W — 1W — 1N — 2N Note If you make adjustments, CUSTOM curve is up- dated. Adjusting bass and treble You can adjust bass and treble settings. ! If EQ-EX function has be...

2 Touch c to turn subwoofer output on. # To turn subwoofer output off, touch d . 3 Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect the phase of subwoofer output. Touch d to select normal phase and NORMAL appears in the display. Touch c to select reverse phase and REVERSE appears in the display. 4 Touch b ...

3 Touch a to turn high pass filter on. # To turn high pass filter off, touch b . 4 Touch c or d to select cut-off fre- quency. Each time you touch c or d selects cut-off fre- quencies in the following order: 50Hz — 80Hz — 125Hz Adjusting source levels SLA (source level adjustment) lets you adjustthe...

Setting up the DVD player Introduction of DVD setupadjustments You can use this menu to change audio, subti-tle, parental lock and other DVD settings. 1 1 DVD setup menu displayShows the DVD setup menu names. 1 Touch g . SETUP will be displayed instead of MENU . 2 Touch SETUP when the disc is stoppe...

1 Touch SETUP and LANGUAGE and then touch AUDIO LANG. Audio language menu is displayed and thecurrently selected language is highlighted. # To switch to the second language select menu, touch NEXT . # To return to the first language select menu, touch PREV . 2 Touch the desired language. The audio l...

! When using a regular display, select either LETTER BOX or PANSCAN . Selecting 16 : 9 may result in an unnatural picture. ! If you select the TV aspect, the unit ’ s dis- play changes to the same setting. 1 Touch SETUP and VISUAL and then touch TV ASPECT. 2 Touch any of the following touch panel ke...

1 Touch SETUP and VISUAL and then touch PARENTAL. 2 Touch 0 to 9 to input the registered code number. 3 Touch ENTER. This enters the code number, and you can nowchange the level. # If you input an incorrect code number, the icon is displayed. Touch C and input the cor- rect code number. # If you for...

Switching the warning tone If the front panel is not detached from thehead unit within five seconds of turning off theignition, a warning tone will sound. You canturn off the warning tone. % Touch D. WARN on the initial menu to turn warning tone on. # To turn warning tone off, touch D. WARN again. S...

1 Touch NEXT on the initial menu. 2 Touch D. ATT to switch the digital at- tenuator setting. Touching D. ATT switches the digital attenua- tor settings in the following order: HIGH — LOW Switching the sound muting/attenuation Sound from this system is muted or attenu-ated automatically when the sign...

Other Functions Introduction of setup adjustments 1 1 Setup menu displayShows the setup function names. % Press A.MENU button and touch SETUP to display the setup function names. The setup function names are displayed andoperable ones are highlighted. # To return to the previous display, touch BACK ...

2 Touch c to turn rear view camera set- ting on. # To turn rear view camera setting off, touch d . 3 Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect an appropriate setting for polarity. Each time you touch c or d it switches be- tween the following polarity: ! BATTERY – When the polarity of the con- necte...

Using the AUX source An IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector such as theCD-RB20/CD-RB10 (sold separately) lets youconnect this unit to auxiliary equipment fea-turing RCA output. For more details, refer tothe IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector owner ’ s man- ual. Selecting AUX as the source % Touch the source icon and t...

Using the PGM button You can operate the preprogrammed functionsfor each source by using PGM . % Press PGM to turn pause on when se- lecting the following sources: ! DVD – Built-in DVD player ! S-DVD – DVD player/multi-DVD player ! M-CD – Multi-CD player ! iPod – iPod # To turn pause off, press PGM ...

XM tuner Basic Operations You can use this unit to control an XM satellitedigital tuner (GEX-P920XM), which is soldseparately. For details concerning operation, refer to theXM tuner ’ s operation manuals. This section provides information on XM operations withthis unit which differs from that descri...

The next time you touch the same preset tun-ing key P1 to P6 the station is recalled from memory. # You can also use a and b to recall stations assigned to preset tuning keys P1 to P6 . # When the touch panel keys are not displayed, you can display them by touching the screen. # When P1 to P6 are no...

SIRIUS Satellite Radio tuner Basic Operations You can use this unit to control a SIRIUS Satel-lite Radio tuner, which is sold separately. When the SIRIUS tuner is used together withthis unit, some operations differ slightly fromthose described in the SIRIUS operation man-ual. This manual provides in...

Storing and recalling broadcaststations You can easily store up to six broadcast sta-tions for later recall. ! Up to 18 stations, six for each of three SIR-IUS bands can be stored in memory. % When you find a station that you want to store in memory keep touching a presettuning key P1 to P6 until PC...

Playing songs on iPod Listening to songs on your iPod You can use this unit to control an iPod adapter,which is sold separately. 1 3 2 4 6 5 1 Source icon 2 Song number indicator 3 Play time indicator 4 Song title indicator 5 Repeat indicatorShows when repeat range is selected to cur-rent track. 6 R...

Function and operation REPEAT , RANDOM , SCAN , PAUSE , Compression and T. EDIT operations are basi- cally the same as that of the built-in DVDplayer. Function name Operation REPEAT Refer to Repeating play on page 27. But the repeat play ranges you canselect are different from that of thebuilt-in DV...

Playback from your ITS playlist ITS play lets you listen to the tracks that youhave entered into your ITS playlist. When youturn on ITS play, tracks from your ITS playlistin the multi-CD player will begin to play. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Playing tracks in random order on page 27. 2 Touch...

Displaying disc titles % Touch DISP. Touch DISP repeatedly to switch between the following settings: DISC LIST (disc list) — D.Title (disc title) When you select D.Title , the title of the cur- rently playing disc is shown in the display. # If no title has been entered for the currently playing disc...

2 Touch the screen to display the touch panel keys. 3 To skip back or forward to another chapter/track, briefly touch c or d . 4 To perform fast forward or reverse, keep touching c or d . Note If you do not use the touch panel keys within 30seconds, they will be hidden automatically. Selecting a dis...

Notes ! If you select other discs during repeat play,the repeat play range changes to DISC . ! During video CD or CD playback, if you per-form track search or fast forward/reverse dur-ing TRACK , the repeat play range changes to DISC . ! During compressed audio playback, if you se-lect another folde...

Note Storing broadcast stations with BSSM may re-place broadcast stations you have saved using P01 to P12 . Digital Signal Processor Introduction of DSP adjustments You can use this unit to control multi-channelprocessor (e.g. DEQ-P8000), which is sold sepa-rately. ! Some functions may differ depend...

# To return to the previous group of function names, touch PREV . # When playing discs recorded with more than 96 kHz sampling frequency, you cannot use audiofunctions. Also, equalizer curve setting, POSITION , AUTO EQ and AUTOTA will be can- celled. # When playing discs recorded with more than 96 k...

! AUX (auxiliary input) and AV (AV input) are setto the same source level adjustment volumeautomatically. 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 thisdifference so that you can clearly h...

! Panorama ( PANORAMA ) extends the front stereo image to include the surroundspeakers for an exciting “ wraparound ” ef- fect. ! Dimension ( DIMENSION ) allows you to gradually adjust the sound field either to-wards the front or the rear. ! Center Width Control ( CENTER WDT ) al- lows center-channe...

4 Touch c or d to select the correct size for the selected speaker. Each time you touch c or d selects the size in the following order: OFF (off) — SMALL (small) — LARGE (large) # You cannot select OFF , when FRONT (front speakers) have been selected. # You can select ON or OFF , when SUB WOOFER (su...

! If needed, select speakers and adjust their ‘ ab- solute ’ output levels. (Refer to Adjusting the speaker output levels on the previous page.) ! To adjust the speaker output levels in thismode is the same as making the speaker out-put levels at SP LEVEL . Both provide the same results. Using the t...

Display Equalizer curve CUSTOM1 Custom 1 CUSTOM2 Custom 2 SUPER BASS Super bass ! CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 are adjusted equalizer curves. ! When FLAT is selected no supplement or correction is made to the sound. This isuseful to check the effect of the equalizercurves by switching alternatively between F...

7 Touch b and then touch c or d to ad- just the equalizer level. Each time you touch c or d increases or de- creases the equalizer level. +06 to – 06 is dis- played as the level is increased or decreased. 8 Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect the desired Q factor. Each time you touch c or d sw...

Before operating the auto TA and EQfunction ! Carry out auto TA and EQ in as quiet aplace as possible, with the car engine andair conditioning switched off. Also cutpower to car phones or portable telephonesin the car, or remove them from the car be-fore carrying out auto TA and EQ. Soundsother than...

# 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. Refer to Using the position selector on page 59. # If no position is selected before you start auto TA and EQ, FRONT-L is selected automatically. 5 Press SOURCE and ...

Troubleshooting Common Symptom Cause Action (See) Power doesn ’ t turn on. The unit doesn ’ t operate. Leads and connectors are incor-rectly connected. Confirm once more that all connections arecorrect. The fuse is blown. Rectify the reason for the fuse blowing, thenreplace the fuse. Be very sure to...

Problems during DVD 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 sameregion number as this unit. (Page 6, Page 81) A parental lock message is dis-played and playback is not pos-sib...

Error messages When you contact your dealer or your nearest Pioneer Service Center, be sure to record the errormessage. Message Cause Action (See) ERROR-02 Dirty disc Clean disc. Scratched disc Replace disc. ERROR-05 Electrical or mechanical Press RESET . DIFFERENT REGION DISC (RE-GION ERR) The disc...

Understanding messages Messages Translation VIDEO VIEWING IS NOT AVAILABLEWHILE DRIVING Video viewing is not available when driving. YOU CANNOT USE THIS FUNCTIONWHILE DRIVING You cannot use this function while driving. Please source unit off Hold EQ button 2sec, Set Auto EQ&TA Please source unit...

Handling guideline of discsand player ! Use only conventional, fully circular discs.Do not use shaped discs. ! Do not use cracked, chipped, warped, orotherwise damaged discs as they may da-mage the player. ! Do not touch the recorded surface of thediscs. ! Store discs in their cases when not in use....

Example of a hierarchy : Folder : Compressed audio file 1 2 3 4 5 6 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 ! This unit assigns folder numbers. The usercannot assign folder numbers. ! Folder hierarchy is allowed up to eight tiers.However, practical hierarchy of folder isless than two tiers. ! It is possible...

! Do not place anything on the display whenit is opened. Also, do not attempt to carryout angle adjustment, or open/close thedisplay by hand. Applying strong force tothe display may damage it. ! Do not push the LCD screen with muchforce as this may scratch it. ! Be careful not to place anything betw...

Terms 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 of16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptionalpresence and atmosphere. Bit rate This expresses data volume per second, or bps(bits per second...

Specifications General Power source ............................. 14.4 V DC (10.8 V to 15.1 V allowable) Grounding system ................... Negative typeMax. current consumption ..................................................... 10.0 A Dimensions (W × H × D): DINChassis ...........................

A Angle icon ................................................. . 24, . 36 Aspect ratio .............................................. . 36, . 79 Audio language ........................................ . 23, . 35 B Bookmark ........................................................ . 28 Brightness .......

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