Pioneer AVH-P7500DVD - 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 f...

When combined with a Pioneer navigation unit When you use this unit with the Pioneer DVD navigation unit, make sure that you use the map disc CNDV-21. This manual explains the operations with the combination use of them. If you do not use the map disc CNDV-21 but use an older version one with the na...

Dolby Digital/DTS compatibility You can enjoy the atmosphere and excitement provided by DVD movie and music software featuring 5.1 channel recordings. ! Manufactured under license from Dolby La- boratories. Dolby , Pro Logic , and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. ! DTS and D...

What the marks on DVDs indicate The marks below may be found on DVD disc labels and packages. They indicate the type of images and audio recorded on the disc, and the functions you can use. Mark Meaning 2 Indicates the number of audio sys- tems. 2 Indicates the number of subtitle lan- guages. 3 Indi...

Use and care of the remote control Installing the battery Slide the tray out on the back of the remote control and insert the battery with the plus (+) and minus ( ) poles pointing in the proper di- rection. ! When using for the first time, pull out the film protruding from the tray. WARNING Keep th...

Feature demo Important The red lead (ACC) of this unit should be con-nected to a terminal coupled with ignition switchon/off operations. If this is not done, the vehiclebattery may be drained. The feature demo automatically starts when power to this unit is turned off while the igni- tion switch is ...

Head unit 1 DISPLAY button Press to select different displays. 2 PGM button Press to operate the preprogrammed func- tions for each source. (Refer to Using the PGM button on page 95.) 3 Ambient light sensor Senses ambient light. This system automati- cally adjusts the brightness of the display to co...

a BAND/ESC button Press to select among three FM and one AM bands and cancel the control mode of functions. b ENTERTAINMENT button Press to switch between the background displays. c FORWARD ( n ) button Press to perform fast forward playback. d STOP ( g ) button Press to stop playback. e NEXT ( p ) ...

! 1 6 can perform the same operations as the preset tuning keys P 1 P 6 and the disc selection keys 01 06 . If you want to select a disc located at 7 to 12 by using 1 6 , press and hold the corresponding numbers such as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number appears in the display. DVD mode operation I...

Turning the unit on and selecting a source 1 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. You can select a source you want to listen to. If DVD AUTO PLAY is turned on, load a disc in this unit to switch to DVD (refer to Switching the automatic disc playback on page 89). % When using the to...

Loading a disc % Insert a disc into the disc loading slot. Playback will automatically start. # If DVD AUTO PLAY is turned off, touch the source icon and then touch DVD to select DVD (refer to the previous page). # When a disc is loaded in this unit, touch the source icon and then touch DVD to selec...

Rear display output is turned on and the illu- mination color of REAR ON changes into the different color than the other buttons. # You can also perform this operation by press- ing REAR.S on the remote control. # To turn the rear display output off, press REAR ON and hold. # When selecting F. SOURC...

Touch panelkey basic operation Activating the touch panelkeys 1 1 Touch panel keys Touch 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 ...

Note If you do not operate the function within about 30seconds, the display is automatically returned tothe playback display. Operating the menu by using the joystick You can also perform most of the menu items by using the joystick. ! Switch the remote control operation mode to AVH to operate the m...

# The adjusted the LCD panel angle will be memorized and automatically returned to thenext time the LCD panel is opened. Turning the LCD panelhorizontal When the LCD panel is upright and it hinders the operation of the air conditioner, the posi- tion of the panel can be turned horizontal tem- porari...

! Remember that using the wide mode featureof this system for commercial or public view-ing purposes may constitute an infringementon the author s rights protected by the Copy- right Law. ! Video will appear grainy when viewed in CINEMA or ZOOM mode. ! The navigation map and the back-up camerapictur...

! Red sun Adjust the brightness for in- termediate brightness (evening) ! Yellow moon Adjust the brightness for dark ambient light (nighttime) 3 Touch c or d to adjust the brightness. Each time you touch c or d moves red to- wards the left or the right. The level indicates the brightness of the scre...

Listening to the radio 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 These are the basic steps necessary to operate the radio. More advanced tuner operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 Band indicator Shows which band the radio is tuned to, AM or FM. 3 Preset numb...

Listening a DVD audio 1 4 5 2 6 3 7 These are the basic steps necessary to play a DVD audio with your DVD player. More ad- vanced DVD audio operation is explained starting on page 33. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 DVD-A indicator Shows when a DVD audio is playing. 3 Group ...

Notes ! You can display the repeat range selected cur-rently by touching DISP . ! If you do not use the touch panel keys for 30seconds, they will be hidden automatically. Operating the DVD menu Some DVDs allow you to select the disc con- tents using a menu. ! You can display the menu by touching MEN...

3 When you find the desired track touch b to turn scan play off. Note After scanning is finished, normal playback of thetracks will begin again. Pausing DVD audio playback Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback. % Touch f during playback. The icon e is displayed for four seconds and playback ...

Slow motion playback This lets you slow down playback speed. ! This function can be operated only on the moving picture parts of DVD audio disc. 1 Keep touching r until is displayed during playback. The icon is displayed, forward slow motion playback begins. # To return to normal playback, touch f ....

Changing audio language during playback (Multi-audio) DVDs can provide audio playback with differ- ent languages and different systems (Dolby Di- gital, DTS etc.). With DVDs featuring multi- audio recordings, you can switch between lan- guages/audio systems during playback. % Touch AUDIO during play...

the 3 mark indicates the number of angles from which scenes were shot. ! Touching ANGLE during fast forward/fast re- verse, pause or slow motion playback returnsyou to normal playback. Using the dynamic range control The dynamic range refers to the difference be- tween the largest and softest sounds...

Watching a DVD video 1 3 4 5 6 2 7 8 These are the basic steps necessary to play a DVD video with your DVD player. More ad- vanced DVD video operation is explained start- ing on page 40. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 DVD-V indicator Shows when a DVD video is playing. 3 Tit...

Introduction of advanced DVD video operation 1 1 Function display Shows the function names. % Touch A.MENU and then touch FUNCTION to display the function names. The function names are displayed and oper- able ones are highlighted. # When A.MENU is not displayed, you can dis- play it by touching the...

! With some discs, the icon may be dis- played, indicating that titles, chapters andtime cannot be specified. Specifying title You can use the direct search function to search for a desired scene by specifying a title. ! Only the remote control can operate this function. To perform this function, sw...

Watching a Video CD 1 3 4 2 5 These are the basic steps necessary to play a Video CD with your DVD player. More ad- vanced Video CD operation is explained start- ing on page 46. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 VideoCD indicator Shows when a Video CD is playing. 3 Track numbe...

Introduction of advanced Video CD operation 1 1 Function display Shows the function names. % Touch A.MENU and then touch FUNCTION to display the function names. The function names are displayed and oper- able ones are highlighted. # When A.MENU is not displayed, you can dis- play it by touching the ...

Note You can also perform the same operations using SEARCH . To display SEARCH , touch A.MENU and then touch FUNCTION . Specifying track You can use the direct search function to play a disc without using a menu (without PBC playback). ! Only the remote control can operate this function. To perform ...

Listening a CD 1 3 4 2 5 These are the basic steps necessary to play a CD with your DVD player. More advanced CD operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 CD indicator Shows when a CD is playing. 3 Track number indicator Shows the trac...

2 Touch a to turn scan play on. The first 10 seconds of each track is played. 3 When you find the desired track touch b to turn scan play off. Note After scanning of a CD is finished, normal play-back of the tracks will begin again. Pausing CD playback Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback. ...

7 Touch OK to store the entered title in memory. # You can also store the entered title in memory by moving the cursor to right until it disappears. 8 Touch ESC to return to the playback dis- play. Notes ! Titles remain in memory, even after the dischas been removed from this unit, and are re-called...

Listening MP3 1 4 5 2 6 3 These are the basic steps necessary to play an MP3 with your DVD player. More advanced MP3 operation is explained starting on the next page. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 MP3 indicator Shows when the MP3 file is playing. 3 Folder number indicator ...

Notes ! When playing discs with MP3 files and audiodata (CD-DA) such as CD-EXTRA and MIXED-MODE CDs, both types can be played only byswitching mode between MP3 and CD-DA bytouching DA<>MP3 or pressing BAND/ESC . ! If you have switched between playback ofMP3 files and audio data (CD-DA), playba...

Watching the TV tuner 1 2 3 4 5 These are the basic steps necessary to operate the TV. More advanced TV operation is ex- plained starting on the next page. 1 Source icon Shows what the source has been selected. 2 Band indicator Shows which band the TV tuner is tuned to. 3 Preset number indicator Sho...

2 Touch a to turn BSSM on. BSSM begins to flash. While BSSM is flashing the 12 strongest broadcast stations will be stored in order from the lowest channel up. When finished, BSSM stops flashing. # To cancel the storage process, touch b . Note Storing broadcast stations with BSSM may re-place broadc...

Introduction of advanced multi-CD player operation 1 1 Function display Shows the function names. % Touch A.MENU and then touch FUNCTION to display the function names. The function names are displayed and oper- able ones are highlighted. # When A.MENU is not displayed, you can dis- play it by touchi...

Scanning CDs and tracks While you are using DISC REPEAT , the begin- ning of each track on the selected disc plays for about 10 seconds. When you are using MULTI-CD REPEAT , the beginning of the first track of each disc is played for about 10 sec- onds. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating ...

Playback from your ITS playlist ITS play lets you listen to the tracks that you have entered into your ITS playlist. When you turn on ITS play, tracks from your ITS playlist in the multi-CD player will begin to play. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating play on page 61. 2 Touch A.MENU and F...

Entering disc titles Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 20 letters long and up to 100 disc titles (with ITS playlist) into the multi-CD player. ! With multi-CD players sold before the CDX- P1250 and CDX-P650, up to 10 letters long can be input into multi-CD player. ! When playing a CD T...

Using CD TEXT functions You can use these functions only with a CD TEXT compatible multi-CD player. Some discs have certain information encoded on the disc during manufacture. These discs may contain such information as the CD title, track title, artist s name and playback time and are called CD TEX...

Listening to the XM 1 2 3 4 5 6 You can use this unit to control a XM satellite di- gital tuner (GEX-P910XM), which is sold separately. For details concerning operation, refer to the XM tuner s operation manuals. This section provides information on XM operations with this unit which differs from th...

Introduction of advanced XM tuner operation 1 1 Function display Shows the function names. % Touch A.MENU and then touch FUNCTION to display the function names. The function names are displayed and oper- able ones are highlighted. # When A.MENU is not displayed, you can dis- play it by touching the ...

% Touch MODE to select the desired chan- nel select setting. Touch MODE repeatedly to switch between the following channel select settings: CH NUMBER (channel number select setting) CATEGORY (channel category select setting) Note You can also perform the same operations using CH MODE . To display CH...

Playing a disc 1 3 5 2 6 4 7 You can use this unit to control a DVD player or multi-DVD player, which is sold separately. For details concerning operation, refer to the DVD player s or multi-DVD player s operation manuals. This section provides information on DVD operations with this unit which diff...

Introduction of audio adjustments By carrying out the following settings/adjust- ments in order, you can create a finely-tuned sound field effortlessly. 1 Using the position selector 2 Selecting a cut-off frequency 3 Auto TA and EQ (auto-time alignment and auto-equalizing) Operating the audio menu 1...

About speaker settings 1 2 3 4 1 Center speaker 2 Front speaker 3 Rear speaker 4 Subwoofer Note When selecting SP LEVEL , Test Tone or Time Alignment , L/R speaker adjustments for the front and rear can be adjusted separately. Using the equalizer The equalizer lets you adjust the equalization to mat...

! The center speaker largely determines the sound image and getting the balance right isn t easy. We recommend reproducing a 2- ch. audio (a CD for example) and getting the balance right among the speakers ex- cept for the center, and then reproducing a 5.1-ch. audio (Dolby Digital or DTS) and ad- j...

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

+8dB 8dB is displayed as the source vo- lume is increased or decreased. Notes ! The AM tuner volume level can also be ad-justed with source level adjustments. ! Video CD, CD and MP3 are set to the samesource level adjustment volume automatically. ! DVD and the optional DVD player are set tothe same ...

3 Touch PANORAMA and then touch d to turn the Panorama control on. # To turn the Panorama control off, touch c . 4 Touch DIMENSION and then touch c or d to adjust front/surround speaker bal- ance. Each time you touch c or d moves the sound towards the front or the surrounds. +3 3 is displayed as the...

3 Touch a or b to adjust the speaker out- put level. Each time you touch a or b increases or de- creases the speaker output level. +10 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. 4 Touch BACK t...

Auto TA and EQ (auto-time alignment and auto- equalizing) The auto-time alignment automatically adjusts the distance between each speaker and the listening position. The auto-equalizer automatically measures the car interior acoustic characteristics, and then creates the auto-equalizer curve based o...

! Auto TA and EQ changes the audio settings as below: The fader/balance settings return to the center position. (Refer to page 75.) The equalizer curve switches to FLAT . (Refer to page 73.) It will be adjusted automatically to high pass filter setting for front, center and rear speaker. ! If you ca...

Introduction of DVD setup adjustments 1 You can use this menu to change audio, subti- tle, parental lock and other DVD settings. ! When watching a DVD/Video CD on the rear display independently, you cannot op- erate this menu. 1 DVD setup menu display Shows the DVD setup menu names. 1 Touch g . SETU...

2 Touch ASSIST SUB TITLE. 3 Touch a to turn assist subtitles on. # To turn assist subtitles off, touch b . Setting angle icon display You can set up that the angle icon appears on scenes where the angle can be switched. 1 Touch SETUP and VISUAL and then touch MULTIANGLE. 2 Touch a to turn angle icon...

4 Touch c or d to select the desired level. The parental lock level is set. ! 8 Playback of the entire disc is possible (initial setting) ! 7 2 Playback of discs for children and non-adult oriented discs is possible ! 1 Playback of discs for children only is possible Notes ! We recommend to keep a r...

Switching the sound muting/attenuation Sound from this system is muted, attenuated or mixed automatically in the following cases: ! When a call is made or received using a cellular telephone connected to this unit. ! When the voice guidance is output from a Pioneer navigation unit connected to this ...

Introduction of setup adjustments 1 1 Setup menu display Shows the setup function names. % Touch A.MENU and then touch SETUP to display the setup function names. The setup function names are displayed and operable ones are highlighted. # When A.MENU is not displayed, you can dis- play it by touching...

2 Touch a to turn back-up camera setting on. # To turn back-up camera setting off, touch b . 3 Touch c or d to select an appropriate setting for polarity. Each time you touch c or d switches between the following polarity: ! BATTERY When the polarity of the con- nected lead is positive while the gea...

Adjusting the LCD panel slide position To adjust the LCD panel slide position, you can turn the set back on or off. 1 Touch A.MENU and SETUP and then touch FLAP SET BACK. 2 Touch a to turn the set back on, and the LCD panel slides to the back. # To turn the set back off, touch b and the LCD panel sl...

Setting the AUX title The title displayed for the AUX source can be changed. 1 After you have selected AUX as the source, touch A.MENU and FUNCTION and then touch NAME EDIT. 2 Touch ABC to select the desired charac- ter type. Touch ABC repeatedly to switch between the following character type: Alpha...

Using the PGM button You can operate the preprogrammed functions for 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 # To turn pause off, press PGM again. % Press PGM ...

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 are correct. The fuse is blown. Rectify the reason for the fuse blowing, then replace the fuse. Be very sure to ...

Symptom Cause Action (See) Switching the viewing angle is not possible. The DVD playing does not feature scenes shot from multiple angles. You cannot switch between multiple angles if the DVD does not feature scenes recorded from multiple angles. You are trying to switch to multiple angle viewing of...

Understanding auto TA and EQ error messages When correct measurement of car interior acoustic characteristics is not possible using the auto TA and EQ, an error message may appear on the display. If an error message appears on the dis- play refer to the table below to see what the problem is and the...

! Playback of discs recorded on a personal computer may not be possible depending on the application settings and the environ- ment. Please record with the correct for- mat. (For details, contact the manufacturer of the application.) ! Playback of CD-R/CD-RW discs may be- come impossible in case of ...

! This unit plays back files with the filename ex-tension (.mp3) as an MP3 file. To preventnoise and malfunctions, do not use this exten-sion for files other than MP3 files. About folders and MP3 files ! An outline of a CD-ROM with MP3 files on it is shown below. Subfolders are shown as folders in t...

Specifications General Power source ............................. 14.4 V DC (10.8 15.1 V al- lowable) Grounding system ................... Negative type Head unit: Max. current consumption ........................................... 10.0 A Dimensions (W × H × D): DIN Chassis ..................... 17...

A Angle icon ........................................... . 36, . 43, . 85 Aspect ratio ............................................ . 85, . 105 Audio language .................................. . 36, . 42, . 84 B Bonus group ................................................. . 105 Brightness ...........

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