Pioneer AVX-P8DVD - Manual

WARNING NEVER install the rear display in a location that enables the driver to watch the DVD or TV whiledriving. To avoid battery exhaustion Be sure to run the vehicle engine while using this unit. Using this unit without running the engine can result in battery drainage. WARNING Do not use with ve...

Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out withoutappropriate authorization may invalidate theuser s right to operate the equipment. About this unit Important (Serial number) The serial number is located on the bottom ofthis unit. For your own security and convenience,be sure to rec...

with DVD video playback, cannot be se- lected as a source. ! Voice-recognition control system of the combined Pioneer navigation unit cannot function properly. The voice operation for navigation can be used, but the voice op- eration related to AV equipment cannot be used. ! Route guidance of the co...

Precautions WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords asso-ciated with accessories sold with the product willexpose you to lead, a chemical known to theState of California and other governmental enti-ties to cause cancer and birth defects or other re-productive harm. Wash hands after handl...

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 movie and music software featuring 5.1 channel re- cordings. ! Manufactured under license from Dolby La- boratories. Dolby and the double-D sym-...

For viewing LCD comfortably Due to its construction, the view angle of the LCD screen is limited. The viewing angle (verti- cal and horizontal) can be increased, however, by using BRIGHT to adjust the black density of the video. When using for the first time, adjust the black density in accordance w...

2 Press RESET with a pen tip or other pointed instrument. RESET button Notes ! When using with a Pioneer navigation unit, ifyou press RESET , be sure ACC OFF is se- lected. If ACC ON is selected, correct opera-tion may not be possible even if you press RESET . ! After completing connections or when ...

d RELEASE button Move downward to remove the front panel from this unit. e NEXT ( p ) button Press to go to the next track (chapter). f PREVIOUS ( o ) button Press to return to the previous track (chap- ter). g PLAY/PA USE ( f ) button Press to switch sequentially between play- back and pause. h AV ...

8 BACK button Press to return to the previous display. 9 BAND/ESC button Press to cancel the control mode of func- tions. a ENTERTAINMENT button Press to switch between the background displays. b FORWARD ( n ) button Press to perform fast forward. c STOP ( g ) button Press to stop playback. d NEXT (...

! Only when using this unit with ADD-ON mode ( M ), 1 6 can perform the same op- erations as the disc selection keys 01 06 . If you want to select a disc located at 7 to 12 by using buttons 1 6 , press and hold the corresponding numbers, such as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number ap- pears in the d...

Turning the unit on and selecting a source 1 1 Source icon Shows which source has been selected. You can select a source you want to listen to. If DVD D. AUTO is turned on, load a disc in the unit to switch to DVD (refer to Switching the automatic disc playback on page 63). IP-BUS mode ( S ) 1 Selec...

When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off(refer to page 63). When AV INPUT1 (video input 1) and/or AV INPUT2 (video input 2) are not set to VIDEO (refer to page 65). ! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (suchas one available in the future) that, althoughincompatible as a source, enables co...

CAUTION When you have turned the DVD/Video CD play-back on by pressing REAR.S on the remote con- trol, you cannot turn it off even if you press AV SOURCE ( SOURCE ) and hold. In this case, press REAR.S to turn the DVD/Video CD playback off. % Press REAR.S to watch a DVD/Video CD on the rear display ...

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 ...

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 AVX to operate the menu by using the joystick on the remote control. (Refer to page 17.) 1 Click the joystick during display of each source to dis...

# 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 panel can be turned horizontal temporarily. % Press FLIP DOW...

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 displayed to the left of BRIGHT and CONTRAST , respec- tively, as the ambient light sensor deter- mines bright...

The level indicates the brightness of the screen being adjusted. The farther yellow moves to the right, the brighter the screen. 4 Touch ESC to hide the touch panel keys. Note The icons indicating the current ambient bright-ness used for adjusting BRIGHT and CONTRAST may differ from DIMMER slightly....

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 29. 1 Source icon Shows which source has been selected. 2 DVD-V indicator Shows when a DVD video is playing. 3 Title ...

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...

% Touch r during playback. Each time you touch r , you move ahead one frame. # To return to normal playback, touch f . Notes ! Depending on the disc and the playback loca-tion on the disc, the icon may be displayed, indicating that frame-by-frame playback is notpossible. ! With some discs, images ma...

! 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...

Changing the viewing angle during playback (Multi-angle) With DVDs featuring multi-angle (scenes shot from multiple angles) recordings, you can switch among viewing angles during play- back. ! During playback of a scene shot from mul- tiple angles, the angle icon is dis- played. Turn angle icon disp...

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 35. 1 Source icon Shows which source has been selected. 2 V-CD indicator Shows when a Video CD is playing. 3 Track number indi...

# You can also perform fast reverse/fast forward by holding the joystick left or right. # Fast forward/fast reverse may not be possible at certain locations on some discs. If this hap-pens, normal playback automatically resumes. Note If you do not use the touch panel keys within 30seconds, they will...

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 ...

Listening to a CD 1 3 4 2 6 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 which source has been selected. 2 CD indicator Shows when a CD is playing. 3 Track number indicator Shows the tr...

playback from that point when you play the discagain. # To play back the disc again, touch f . Introduction of advanced 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 on...

4 While the inputted number is dis- played, touch ENTER. This starts playback from the selected track. Entering disc titles You can input CD titles and display the title. The next time you insert a CD for which you have entered a title, the title of that CD will be displayed. Use the disc title inpu...

Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs % Touch DISP. Touch DISP repeatedly to switch between the following settings: D.Title (disc title) D.Artist (disc artist name) T.Title (track title) T.Artist (track artist name) # If specific information has not been recorded on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be disp...

Introduction of advanced built-in DVD player (MP3/ WMA) 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- pl...

Scanning folders and tracks While you are using FOLDER , the beginning of each track in the selected folder plays for about 10 seconds. When you are using DISC , the beginning of the first track of each folder is played for about 10 seconds. 1 Select the repeat range. Refer to Repeating play on the ...

played even after switching to bit rate. ( VBR will be displayed.) # If specific information has not been recorded on an MP3/WMA disc, NO XXXX will be dis- played (e.g., NO NAME ). Scrolling text information in the display This unit can display the first 19 letters only of Folder , File , T.Title , ...

50-disc multi-CD player Only those functions described in this manual are supported for 50-disc multi-CD players. This unit is not designed to operate disc title list functions with a 50-disc multi-CD player. Introduction of advanced multi-CD player operation 1 1 Function display Shows the function ...

Repeating play There are three repeat play ranges for the multi-CD player: M-CD (multi-CD player re- peat), TRACK (one-track repeat) and DISC (disc repeat). 1 Touch A.MENU and FUNCTION and then touch REPEAT. 2 Touch j to select the repeat range. Touch j repeatedly until the desired repeat range appe...

Using ITS playlists ITS (instant track selection) lets you make a playlist of favorite tracks from those in the multi-CD player magazine. After you have added your favorite tracks to the playlist you can turn on ITS play and play just those selec- tions. Creating a playlist with ITS programming You ...

5 Touch b to erase the track from your ITS playlist. The currently playing selection is erased from your ITS playlist and playback of the next track from your ITS playlist begins. # If there are no tracks from your playlist in the current range, ITS EMPTY is displayed and nor- mal play resumes. Eras...

7 Touch OK to store the entered title in memory. 8 Touch ESC to return to the playback dis- play. Notes ! Titles remain in memory, even after the dischas been removed from the magazine, andare recalled when the disc is reinserted. ! After data for 100 discs has been stored inmemory, data for a new d...

Watching the television 1 3 4 2 5 Only when using this unit with ADD-ON mode ( M ), you can perform the following operations by this unit. You can use this unit to control a TV tuner, which is sold separately. For details concerning operation, refer to the TV tuner s operation manuals. This section ...

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...

When you select OTHERS When you select OTHERS , a language code input display is shown. Refer to Language code chart for DVD on page 79 to input the four-digit code of the desired language. 1 Touch 0 9 to input the language code. # To cancel the inputted numbers, touch C . # You can also input the d...

2 Touch ASUB TITL. 3 Touch a to turn assist subtitles on. # To turn assist subtitles off, touch b . Setting angle icon display You can set it up so that the angle icon ap- pears on scenes where the angle can be switched. 1 Touch SETUP and VISUAL and then touch M. ANGLE. 2 Touch a to turn angle icon ...

4 Touch any of 1 8 to select the desired level. The parental lock level is set. ! LEVEL 8 Playback of the entire disc is pos- sible (initial setting) ! LEVEL 7 LEVEL 2 Playback of discs for children and non-adult-oriented discs ispossible ! LEVEL 1 Playback of discs for children only is possible Not...

Notes ! Linear PCM output of DTS audio is not possi-ble. If you select LPCM , DTS audio is not out- put. ! When using an amplifier and decoder that arenot Dolby Digital compatible, select LPCM . Setting digitaland analog audio output You can set linear PCM audio output for both digital and analog ou...

Adjusting initialsettings 1 Initial settings lets you perform initial setup of different settings for this unit. 1 Function display Shows the function names. 1 Press AV SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off. 2 Touch A.MENU and then touch INITIAL to display the function names. The function names a...

Switching the wired remote controlsetting When using this unit with a Pioneer head unit featuring jack for the wired remote control, you can operate the basic function of each source by touch panel key. ! Only when using this unit with IP-BUS mode ( S ), you can operate this function. 1 Touch A.MENU...

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...

This unit features a function that automatically switches to the rear view camera video ( VIDEO 2/BACK CAMERA INPUT jack) when a rear view camera is installed on your vehicle. When the gear shift is in REVERSE (R) posi- tion, the video automatically switches to a rear view camera video. (For more de...

Touch d to select AUTO , and the display auto- matically opens/closes when power to this unit is turned on. Setting the clock Use these instructions to set the clock. 1 Touch A.MENU and SETUP and then touch CLOCK ADJ. 2 Touch OFF to turn the clock display on. ON will appear in the display instead of...

# 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 a letter of the alphabet in AB C ... X Y Z , numbers and symbols in 1 2 3 ... | } ¯ order. Each time you touch b it will display a letter in the ...

Using the PGM button You can operate the preprogrammed functions for each source by using BOOKMARK (BOOK.M) . ! Only when using this unit with ADD-ON mode ( M ), you can operate this function. % Press BOOKMARK (BOOK.M) to turn pause on when selecting the following sources: ! Built-in DVD player ! Mu...

5 SRC key This unit is turned on by selecting a source. Touch to cycle through all the available sources. Introduction of DVD operation You can use this unit with a separately sold DVD player or multi-DVD player. For details concerning operation, refer to the DVD player s or multi-DVD player s opera...

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 ...

Problems duringVideo CD playback Symptom Cause Action (See) The PBC (playback control) menu display cannot be called up. The Video CD playing does not fea- ture PBC. This operation is not possible with Video CDs not featuring PBC. Repeat play and track/time search are not possible. The Video CD play...

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 direct exposure to sunlight, high temperatures, or the sto- rage conditions in the...

! This unit plays back files with the filename ex-tension (.mp3 or .wma) as an MP3 or a WMAfile. To prevent noise and malfunctions, do notuse these extensions for files other than MP3or WMA files. MP3 additionalinformation ! Files are compatible with the ID3 Tag Ver. 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 forma...

Notes ! This unit assigns folder numbers. The usercan not assign folder numbers. ! It is not possible to check folders that do notinclude MP3/WMA files. (These folders will beskipped without displaying the folder number.) ! MP3/WMA files in up to 8 tiers of folders canbe played back. However, there ...

! Small black dots or white dots (bright dots) may appear on the LCD screen. These are due to the characteristics of the LCD screen and do not indicate a problem with the display. ! At low temperatures, the LCD screen may be dark for a while after the power is turned on. ! The LCD screen will be dif...

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 of 16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptional presence and atmosphere. Bit rate This expresses data volume per second, or bps units (bits...

Specifications General Power source ............................. 14.4 V DC (10.8 15.1 V al- lowable) Grounding system ................... Negative type Max. current consumption ..................................................... 5.0 A Dimensions (W × H × D): DIN Chassis .............................

A Angle icon ................................................. . 32, . 59 Aspect ratio .............................................. . 59, . 80 Audio language ........................................ . 31, . 58 B Bookmark ........................................................ . 32 Brightness .......

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