Pioneer DVH-P4100UB - Manual

AAC file playback You can play back AAC files recorded on CD-R/RW/ROM (ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2 stan-dard), DVD-R/RW/ROM (ISO9660 Level 1/Level2 standard, UDF 1.02) and USB storage device(FAT 16, FAT 32). DivX ® video compatibility Refer to DivX compatibility on page 73. JPEG picture file playback Yo...

Removing the front panel 1 Press to open the front panel. 2 Grip the left side of the front panel and pull it gently outward. 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. 3 Put the front panel into ...

What ’ s what Head unit 1 SRC/OFF button This unit is turned on by selecting a source.Press to cycle through all the availablesources. 2 MULTI-CONTROL Turn to increase or decrease the volume.Press to select a menu on the DVD menu.Also used for controlling functions. 3 LIST/ button Press to display t...

Remote control Button names DVH mode DVD and S-DVD mode 1 SOURCE button Press to cycle through all the available sources. Press and hold to turn the sourceoff. 2 ATT button Press to quickly lower the volume level by about 90%. Press once more to returnto the original volume level. 3 VOLUME buttons P...

9 CM BACK / CM SKIP but- tons Press to skip progressively backward/forward through the video playing. 10 DIRECT button Press to select channels directly. Not used. 11 A.MENU button Press to select various sound quality controls. 12 FUNC button Press to select functions. 13 0 to 10 buttons, CLEAR but...

! The thumb pad on the remote control canperform the same operations as MULTI-CONTROL on the head unit. DVD mode operation If you switch the mode to DVD , the thumb pad and 0 to 10 operations are changed for the DVD player. % When you want to operate the follow- ing functions, switch the mode to DVD...

c (AF) indicator Appears when AF (alternative frequenciessearch) function is on. d 5 (stereo) indicator Appears when the selected frequency isbeing broadcast in stereo. e (repeat) indicator Shows when track repeat is turned on.Also, shows when folder repeat is on. f (random) indicator Shows when ran...

! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (suchas ones available in the future) that, althoughincompatible as a source, enables control ofbasic functions with this unit. Two externalunits can be controlled with this unit. Whentwo external units are connected, the externalunit is automatically allo...

% When you find a frequency that you want to store in memory, press one of pre-set tuning buttons 1/S.Rtrv to 6/ and hold until the preset number stops flash-ing. The number you have pressed will flash in thepreset number indicator and then remain lit.The selected radio station frequency has beensto...

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the function.BSM (best stations memory) — REGION (regio- nal) — LOCAL (local seek tuning) — TA (traffic announcement standby) — AF (alternative fre- quencies search) Notes ! You can also select the function by pressing FUNCTION on the remote control. ! To return to the...

! During AF search, sound may be temporarilyinterrupted. ! AF can be turned on or off independently foreach FM band. Using PI Seek If the tuner cannot find a suitable station, orreception status becomes bad, the unit auto-matically searches for a different station withthe same programming. During th...

Built-in DVD player Basic Operations % Opening the front panel Press . Disc loading slot appears. Disc loading slot h (eject) button # When loading a disc, face the label side of a disc up. # To avoid a malfunction, make sure that no metal objects come into contact with the term-inals when the front...

! When playing back files recorded as VBR(variable bit rate) files, the play time will not becorrectly displayed if fast forward or reverseoperations are used. ! Playback is carried out in order of file number.Folders are skipped if they contain no files. (Iffolder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playb...

% When PBC menu is displayed, press 0 to 9 corresponding to a menu number to startplayback. # When the menu is two or more pages long, press o or p to switch between displays. Notes ! You can display the menu by pressing RETURN during PBC playback. For details, refer to the instructions provided wit...

% During playback, press BOOKMARK at the point you want to resume playbacknext time. The selected scene will be bookmarked so thatplayback resumes from that point next time.You can bookmark up to five discs. After that,the oldest bookmark is replaced by the newone. # To clear the bookmark on a disc,...

1 Press AUDIO during playback. The audio selection icon is displayed for eight seconds. 2 Press AUDIO while the audio selection icon is displayed. The audio changes each time you press AUDIO . Notes ! With some DVDs, switching between lan-guages/audio systems may only be possibleusing a menu display...

Frame-by-frame playback This lets you move ahead one frame at a timeduring playback. ! This function is available for DVD, DivXdisc and Video CD. % Press r during playback. Each time you press r , you move ahead one frame. # To return to normal playback, press f . # With some discs, images may be un...

For compressed audio files Play time — FLD NAME (folder name) — FILE NAME (file name) — TRACKTITLE (track title) — ARTISTNAME (artist name) — ALBUMTITLE (album title) — COMMENT (comment) — bit rate — folder and track num- bers Notes ! You can scroll to the left of the title by pressingand holding DI...

# If you do not operate the list within about 30 seconds, the display automatically returns to theordinary display. Selecting tracks from the tracktitle list When the separately sold display is connectedto this unit, the listed information will appearon it. Track title list lets you see the list of ...

For compressed audio and DivX, play rangecan be selected from DISC (disc repeat), FOLDER (folder repeat) and TRACK (file re- peat).For JPEG files, play range can be selectedfrom DISC (disc repeat) and FOLDER (folder repeat). ! During playback of Video CDs featuringPBC (playback control), this functi...

Selecting audio output When playing DVD video discs recorded withLPCM audio, you can switch the audio output.When playing Video CD discs, you can switchbetween stereo and monaural audio output. ! This function is available for DVD andVideo CD. ! This function is not possible when discplayback has be...

Notes ! You can also perform this operation in themenu that appears by using MULTI-CONTROL . ! When you use this unit with a multi-channelprocessor (DEQ-P6600) and switch the ad-vanced sound retriever function to 1 or 2 , the volume will become slightly lower. The volumewill become much lower for 2 ...

JPEG files: shows the repeat range and ran-dom setting.DivX: shows the audio system, subtitle settingand repeat range.CD, compressed audio: shows the repeatrange, random setting and scan setting. % Press DISP/BACK/SCRL to switch the in- formation display. For DVD video Information display 1 — Inform...

! If a USB storage device contains a mixture ofvarious media file types such as JPEG andcompressed audio, you can switch betweenmedia file types to play. Refer to Switching the media file type on this page. ! If an error message is displayed, refer to Error messages on page 65. ! If folder 01 (ROOT)...

iPod You can control and play songs/videos on aniPod. ! For details about the supported iPod, referto iPod compatibility on page 72. ! When playing songs on an iPod, iPod DockConnector to USB Cable is required. ! If an iPod with video capabilities is con-nected to this unit via interface cable (e.g....

List for the selected category is displayed. # You can start playback throughout the se- lected category by pressing and holding MULTI-CONTROL . You can also perform this op- eration by pressing and holding d . # You can also change the category by pressing a or b . # You can also select the categor...

2 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select FUNCTION. Turn to change the menu option. Press to se-lect. 3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the function. For song REPEAT (repeat play) — SHUFFLE (shuffle) — SHUFFLEALL (shuffle all) — LINK PLAY (link play) — CTRL (control mode) — PAUSE (pause) — AUDIO BOOK (audiobook sp...

Playing songs related to thecurrently playing song Songs related to the currently playing songare played. You can play songs of the followinglists. — Album list of currently playing artist — Song list of currently playing album — Album list of currently playing genre ! Depending on the number of fil...

4 Press MULTI-CONTROL to determine the selection. # Even if the menu has been canceled before determination, operation is settled. Changing the screen mode While video is playing, you can select the dis-play mode between widescreen (16:9) andstandard (4:3) screen. 1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select WIDE ...

! If you do not operate functions within about30 seconds, the display automatically returnsto the ordinary display. Using balance adjustment You can change the fader/balance setting sothat it can provide the ideal listening environ-ment in all occupied seats. 1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select FAD/BAL in...

4 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to adjust the level.+6 to – 6 is displayed as the level is increased or decreased. Adjusting loudness Loudness compensates for deficiencies in thelow- and high-sound ranges at low volume. 1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select LOUDNESS in the audio function menu. 2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to...

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. ! To perform this function, set the remotecontrol to DVD mode. 1 Select DVD as the source and then press g . 2 Press MENU when the disc is stopped. T...

3 Move the thumb pad up, down, left or right to select the desired audio language. 4 Click the thumb pad. The audio language is set. # Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre- vious display. Notes ! If the selected language is not recorded onthe disc, the language specified on the disc isoutputted...

2 Click the thumb pad to select on or off. Each time you click the thumb pad the se-lected setting switches on or off. # Pressing RETURN takes you back to the pre- vious display. Setting the aspect ratio There are two kinds of display. A wide screendisplay has a width-to-height ratio (TV aspect)of 1...

3 Press 0 to 9 to input a four digit code number. 4 Move the thumb pad left or right to move the cursor to the previous or next po-sition. 5 Click the thumb pad after entering the four digit code number. The code number is set, and you can now setthe level. 6 Move the thumb pad left or right to se- ...

Notes ! Up to 42 characters can be displayed on oneline. If more than 42 characters are set, theline breaks and the characters are displayedon the next line. ! Up to 126 characters can be displayed on onescreen. If more than 126 characters are set,the excess characters will not be displayed. Setting...

Initial Settings Adjusting initial settings Using the initial settings, you can customizevarious system settings to achieve optimal per-formance from this unit. 1 Press SRC/OFF and hold until the unit turns off. 2 Press MULTI-CONTROL and hold until the initial setting menu appears in the dis-play. 3...

Switching the auxiliary 1 setting 1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select AUX1 in the initial setting menu. Refer to Adjusting initial settings on the pre- vious page. 2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the setting mode. # Press DISP/BACK/SCRL to return to the pre- vious display. 3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select ...

2 Press MULTI-CONTROL to display the setting mode. # Press DISP/BACK/SCRL to return to the pre- vious display. 3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the de- sired setting. ! OFF – No video component connected ! EXT-VIDEO – External video unit (such as Pioneer products available in the future) ! AUX – Auxil...

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the lan- guage.EUROPEAN (European language) — RUSSIAN (Russian language) # You can also perform the same operations by pressing a or b . 4 Press MULTI-CONTROL to determine the selection. # Even if the menu has been canceled before determination, operation is settled. S...

! Fader/balance setting (refer to Using bal- ance adjustment on page 53) ! SLA (source level adjustment) setting (referto Adjusting source levels on page 55) ! Dynamic range control (refer to Using the dynamic range control on page 55) ! Direct control setting (refer to Using the di- rect control on...

! When you connect AV component to theAV input with an RCA cable, you need set-ting in the initial setting menu. Refer to Set- ting the AV input on page 46. % Use the rear RCA input to connect an auxiliary device featuring RCA output. For more details, refer to the installation man-ual.This auxiliar...

3 Turn MULTI-CONTROL to select the function.FUNCTION 1 (function 1) — FUNCTION 2 (function 2) — FUNCTION 3 (function 3) — FUNCTION 4 (function 4) — AUTO/MANU (auto/manual) # You can also select the function by pressing FUNCTION on the remote control. # You can also turn FUNCTION 1 on or off by press...

Bluetooth adapter You can use this unit to control a Bluetoothadapter, which is sold separately. For details concerning operation, refer to theBluetooth adapter ’ s manuals. This section provides information on Bluetooth telephone/audio operations with this unit which differsfrom that described in t...

# When playing discs recorded with more than 96 kHz sampling frequency, you cannot use audiofunctions. Also, equalizer curve setting, POSI , AUTO EQ and AUTO TA will be canceled. # When playing discs recorded with more than 96 kHz sampling frequency, audio is outputtedfrom front speakers only. # Whe...

Using the Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Pro Logic II creates five full-bandwidthoutput channels from two-channel sources toachieve high-purity matrix surround. ! If both the center and the rear speakers areset to OFF , you cannot use this function. ! Dolby Pro Logic II supports up to 48 kHzsampling rate ...

1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select OFF (sound field control) in the audio functionmenu. Refer to Introduction of DSP adjustments on page 52. 2 Press c or d to select the desired SFC mode.MUSICAL (musical) — DRAMA (drama) — ACTION (action) — JAZZ (jazz) — HALL (hall) — CLUB (club) — OFF (off) Note If the ...

3 Press a or b to adjust the source vo- lume. Each time MULTI-CONTROL is pushed up or down, source volume increases or decreases. +4 to – 4 is displayed as the source volume is increased or decreased. Notes ! The MW/LW volume level can also be adjustedwith source level adjustments. ! Video CD, CD, c...

! When front speaker is not connected, autoTA and EQ cannot be carried out. ! When this unit is connected to a poweramp with input level control, auto TA andEQ may not be possible if you lower poweramp input level. Set the power amp ’ s input level to the standard position. ! When this unit is conne...

7 Plug the microphone into the micro- phone input jack on the multi-channel pro-cessor. 8 Press MULTI-CONTROL to start the auto TA and EQ. 9 Get out of the car and close the door within 10 seconds when the 10-secondcount-down starts. The measurement tone (noise) is outputtedfrom the speakers, and au...

Correcting the subwoofer ’ s phase If trying to boost the bass output of the sub-woofer doesn ’ t do much or rather makes you feel that the bass gets more murky, this mayindicate that the subwoofer ’ s output and bass content you hear over other speakers canceleach other out. To remove this problem,...

# You cannot select speakers whose size is set to OFF . (Refer to Setting the speaker setting on page 58.) 3 Press a or b to adjust the speaker out- put level.+10 to – 10 is displayed as the level is in- creased or decreased. Note To adjust the speaker output levels in this mode isthe same as making...

Adjusting the time alignment You can adjust the distance between eachspeaker and the selected position. ! An adjusted time alignment is memorizedin CUSTOM . 1 Use MULTI-CONTROL to select FL (time alignment adjustment) in the audio func-tion menu. Refer to Introduction of DSP adjustments on page 52. ...

! The center speaker largely determines thesound image and getting the balance rightisn ’ t easy. We recommend reproducing a 2- ch. audio (a CD for example) and gettingthe balance right among the speakers ex-cept for the center, and then reproducing a5.1-ch. audio (Dolby Digital or DTS) and ad-justi...

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 multi-channel processor connection Symptom Cause Action (See) No sounds are heard.The volume level will not rise. Optical cables are not connectedcorrectly. Connect the cables correctly. Even if multi-channel audio isselected, 2-channel audio is out-put. Digital output setting is set...

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

Handling guideline of discsand player ! Use only discs featuring any of followinglogos. DVD video Video CD CD ! Use only normal, round discs. If you insertirregular, non-round, shaped discs theymay jam in the DVD player or not play prop-erly. ! Check all discs for cracks, scratches orwarping before ...

! Please refer to the information from thedisc manufacturer for more detailed infor-mation about Dual Discs. Compressed audiocompatibility WMA ! Compatible format: WMA encoded byWindows Media Player ! File extension: .wma ! Bit rate: 5 kbps to 320 kbps (CBR), VBR ! Sampling frequency: 8 kHz to 48 kH...

! Depending on the kind of USB portableaudio player/USB memory you use, thisunit may not recognize the USB audioplayer/USB memory or audio files may notbe played back properly. ! Do not leave the USB portable audioplayer/USB memory in direct sunlight forextended amounts of time. Extended expo-sure t...

! To specify the playback sequence, the fol-lowing method is recommended. 1 Create the file name including numbersthat specify the playback sequence (e.g.,001xxx.mp3 and 099yyy.mp3). 2 Put those files into a folder. 3 Record the folder containing files into theUSB device. However, depending on the s...

! EXIF format that processed by the personalcomputer may not be played back. ! There is no progressive JPEG compatibility. Important ! When naming a JPEG picture file, add the cor-responding filename extension (.jpg, .jpeg,.jpe or .jfif). ! This unit plays back files with the filename ex-tension (.j...

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