Pioneer AVH-P4950DVD - Manual

About this unit CAUTION ! Do not allow this unit to come into contactwith liquids. Electrical shock could result.Also, this unit damage, smoke, and overheatcould result from contact with liquids. ! This product contains a laser diode of higherclass than 1. To ensure continued safety, donot remove an...

The illustration below shows the regions andcorresponding region numbers. Visit our website Visit us at the following site: ! We offer the latest information aboutPioneer Corporation on our website. Features Touch panel key operation It is possible to operate this unit by usingtouch panel key. DVD v...

! Manufactured under license from DolbyLaboratories. “ Dolby ” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of DolbyLaboratories. ! “ DTS ” and “ DTS Digital Out ” are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc. iPod ® compatibility When you use this unit with an interface adap-ter for iPod (CD-IB100 B ) (sold sep...

To protect the LCD screen ! Do not allow direct sunlight to fall on thedisplay when this unit is not being used.Extended exposure to direct sunlight canresult in LCD screen malfunction due tothe resulting high temperatures. ! When using a cellular phone, keep the an-tenna of the cellular phone away ...

Removing the front panel % Push the release button downward and release the front panel. Take care not to grip it too tightly or to dropthe front panel and protect it from contactwith water or other fluids to prevent perma-nent damage. Attaching the front panel % Replace the front panel by holding i...

CAUTION ! Use only one CR2025 (3 V) lithium battery. ! Remove the battery if the remote control is notused for a month or longer. ! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly re-placed. Replace only with the same or equiva-lent type. ! Do not handle the battery with metallic tools. ! Do not store...

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 48.) 3 Ambient light sensor Senses ambient light. This system automati-cally adjusts the brightness of th...

Remote control 1 Remote control selection switch Switch to change the setting of the remotecontrol. For details, refer to Setting remote control code type on page 41. 2 VOLUME buttons Press to increase or decrease the volume. 3 REAR.S button Not used. 4 SOURCE button Press to cycle through all the a...

n AUDIO button AVH mode or DVD mode: Press to change the audio language during DVD playback. TV mode: Not used. o RETURN button AVH mode or DVD mode: Press to display the PBC (playback control) menu duringPBC playback. TV mode: Not used. p MENU button AVH mode or DVD mode: Press to display the DVD m...

Basic Operations Power ON/OFF Turning the unit on % Press SOURCE to turn the unit on. Turning the unit off % Press SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off. # When using the touch panel keys, touch the source icon and then touch OFF . When the source icon is not displayed, you candisplay it by touch...

Touch panel key basic operation Activating the touch panel keys 1 1 Touch panel keysTouch to do various operations. 1 Touch the screen to activate the touch panel keys corresponding to each source. The touch panel keys appear on the display. # To go to the next group of touch panel keys, touch d . 2...

! When the ignition switch is turned OFFafter the LCD panel has been closed, turn-ing the ignition switch ON again (or turningit to ACC) will not open the LCD panel. Inthis case, press OPEN/CLOSE to open the LCD panel. ! When closing the LCD panel, check tomake sure that it has closed completely. If...

FULL (full) A 4:3 picture is enlarged in the horizontal direc-tion only, giving you a 4:3 TV picture (normal pic-ture) without any omissions. JUST (just) The picture is enlarged slightly at the center andthe amount of enlargement increases horizontallyto the ends, enabling you to enjoy a 4:3 picture...

3 Touch c or d to adjust the selected item. Each time you touch c or d it increases or de- creases the level of selected item. +24 to – 24 is displayed as the level is increased or de-creased. 4 Touch ESC to hide the touch panel keys. Adjusting the dimmer The adjustment of DIMMER is stored sepa- rat...

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...

# When P1 to P6 are not displayed, you can dis- play them by touching LIST . # You can also use a and b buttons to recall radio station frequencies assigned to preset tun-ing keys P1 to P6 . Introduction of advanced tuneroperation 1 Press A.MENU button to display MENU. MENU appears on the display. 2...

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...

Notes ! PBC playback of Video CD cannot be can-celled. ! During playback of Video CDs featuring PBC(Playback Control), PBC ON , search and time search functions cannot be used nor can youselect the range for repeat play. Text information Text information recorded on CD TEXT andcompressed audio disc ...

Introduction of advancedoperations 1 1 Function display Shows the function names. 1 Press A.MENU button to display MENU. MENU appears on the display. 2 Touch FUNCTION to display the func- tion names. The function names are displayed and oper-able ones are highlighted. # To return to the previous dis...

Scanning tracks of a CD Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds ofeach track on the CD.When playing the compressed audio disc, thefirst 10 seconds of each track of the currentfolder (or the first track of each folder) isplayed. ! This function is available for CD and com-pressed audio disc. 1 S...

Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio adjustments 1 1 Audio displayShows the audio adjustment status. Important If the multi-channel processor (DEQ-P7650) 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...

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 been selected andonly when EQ-EX is turned on and CUSTOM is selected as the equalizer curve, you can adjust bass and treble set-tings....

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 and then touch c or d to ad- just the output level of the subwoofer. Each time yo...

Adjusting source levels SLA (source level adjustment) lets you adjustthe volume level of each source to prevent ra-dical changes in volume when switching be-tween sources. ! Settings are based on the FM volume level,which remains unchanged. 1 Compare the FM volume level with the level of the source ...

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...

Initial Settings Adjusting initial settings Important Following function cannot be operated in yourarea. (Inoperable function is indicated in grays-cale.) — V.D.P. MIX Using the initial settings, you can customizevarious system settings to achieve optimal per-formance from this unit. 1 1 Function di...

% Touch D. WARN on the initial menu to turn warning tone on. # To turn warning tone off, touch D. WARN again. Switching the auxiliary setting It is possible to use auxiliary equipment withthis unit. Activate the auxiliary setting whenusing auxiliary equipment connected to thisunit. % Touch AUX on th...

Notes ! Even if you change this setting, there is nooutput unless you turn the nonfading output(refer to Using nonfading output on page 36) or subwoofer output (refer to Using subwoofer output on page 35) in the audio menu on. ! If you change the subwoofer controller, sub-woofer output and nonfading...

2 Touch TV SIG to select an appropriate TV signal. Touching TV SIG switches TV signal settings in the following order: AUTO — PAL — NTSC — PAL-M — SECAM Note About your country TV signal, consult with yournearest Pioneer dealer. Other Functions Introduction of setup adjustments Important Following f...

2 Touch a to turn the set back on and the LCD panel slides to the back. # Touch b to turn the set back off and the LCD panel slides to the front. 3 Touch c or d to select the display to open/close automatically or manually. Touch c to select MANUAL , and you have to press OPEN/CLOSE to open/close th...

Alphabet (upper case), numbers and symbols — alphabet (lower case) — European letters, such as those with accents (e.g., á , à , ä , ç ) # You can select to input numbers and symbols by touching 123 . 3 Touch a or b to select a letter of the al- phabet. Each time you touch a it will display alphabet...

Playing songs on iPod Listening to songs on your iPod You can use this unit to control an interfaceadapter for iPod, 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-r...

Pausing a song % Touch f during playback. # To resume playback at the same point that you turned pause on, touch f again. Displaying text information oniPod % Touch DISP. Touch DISP repeatedly to switch between the following settings: T. Title (song title) — Artist (artist name) — Album (album title...

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 30. 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 30. 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 . ! When playing back Video CD or CD, if you per-form track search or fast forward/reverse dur-ing TRACK , the repeat play range changes to DISC . ! When playing back compressed audio, if youselect another fol...

Note Storing broadcast stations with BSSM may re-place broadcast stations you have saved using P01 to P12 . Selecting the area group 1 Touch COUNTRY on the function menu. 2 Touch c or d to select the area group. Touch c or d until the desired area group ap- pears in the display. COUNTRY 1 (CCIR chan...

# To go to the next group of function names, touch NEXT . # 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-...

Using the position selector One way to assure a more natural sound is toaccurately position the stereo image, puttingyou right in the center of the sound field. Theposition selector function lets you automati-cally adjust the speaker output levels and in-serts a delay time to match the number andpos...

Notes ! The AM volume level can also be adjustedwith source level adjustments. ! Video CD, CD and compressed audio are setto the same source level adjustment volumeautomatically. ! DVD and the optional DVD player are set tothe same source level adjustment volumeautomatically. ! External unit 1 and e...

! ADJUST – Adjust the Music mode # You can operate ADJUST only when MUSIC has been selected. Adjusting the Music mode You can adjust the Music mode with the fol-lowing three controls. ! Panorama ( PANORAMA ) extends the front stereo image to include the surroundspeakers for an exciting “ wraparound ...

3 Touch a or b to select the speaker to be adjusted. Each time you touch a or b selects the speak- er in the following order: FRONT (front speakers) — CENTER (center speaker) — REAR (rear speakers) — SUB WOOFER (subwoofer) — PHASE (subwoo- fer setting) # You can switch to PHASE only when the sub- wo...

4 Touch c or d to adjust the speaker out- put level. Each time you touch c or d increases or de- creases the speaker output level. +10 to – 10 is displayed as the level is increased or de-creased. # The test tone rotates to the next speaker after about two seconds from the last operation. 5 Touch ST...

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

LOW (low) — MID (mid) — HIGH (high) 6 Touch b and then touch c or d to se- lect the center frequency of selected band. Touch c or d until the desired frequency ap- pears in the display. 40Hz — 50Hz — 63Hz — 80Hz — 100Hz — 125Hz — 160Hz — 200Hz — 250Hz — 315Hz — 400Hz — 500Hz — 630Hz — 800Hz — 1kHz —...

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 60. # 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 5, 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. ! Up to 99 folde...

! 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 Rated power source ............... 14.4 V DC (allowable voltage range:12.0 V to 14.4 V DC) Grounding system ................... Negative typeMax. current consumption ..................................................... 10.0 A Dimensions (W × H × D): DINChassis ..................

A Angle icon ................................................. . 27, . 39 Aspect ratio .............................................. . 39, . 79 Audio language ........................................ . 26, . 38 B Bookmark ........................................................ . 31 Brightness .......

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