Pioneer CD Player DEH P4400RB User Manual

Multi-CD control High power CD player

with RDS tuner

Operation Manual

DEH-P4400R

DEH-P4400RB

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Contents

Using CD TEXT functions 28

Other Functions

Using the AUX source 39

• Selecting AUX as the source 39

• Setting the AUX title 39

• Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs 28

• Scrolling titles in the display 28

Using compression and bass emphasis 29

Using the telephone muting/attenuation

and handsfree telephoning function 40

• Telephone muting/attenuation

function 40

Audio Adjustments

Introduction of audio adjustments 30

Setting the sound focus equalizer 31

Using balance adjustment 31

Using the equalizer 32

• Handsfree telephoning function 40

• Recalling equalizer curves 32

• Adjusting equalizer curves 32

• Equalizer curve fine adjustment 33

Adjusting bass 33

Adjusting treble 34

Adjusting loudness 34

Using subwoofer output 34

• Adjusting subwoofer settings 35

Adjusting source levels 35

Additional Information

CD player and care 41

CD-R/CD-RW discs 41

Understanding built-in CD player error

messages 42

Specifications 43

Initial Settings

Adjusting initial settings 36

Setting the FM tuning step 36

Switching auto PI seek 36

Switching the warning tone 37

Switching the auxiliary setting 37

Switching the dimmer setting 37

Switching the rear output setting 37

Switching the handsfree telephoning 38

Switching the telephone

muting/attenuation 38

Switching the telephone standby 38

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Before You Start

About this unit

• The Pioneer CarStereo-Pass is for use only in

Germany.

• Keep this manual handy as a reference for

operating procedures and precautions.

• Always keep the volume low enough so you

can hear sounds outside of the car.

• Protect this product from moisture.

• If the battery is disconnected or discharged,

the preset memory will be erased and must be

reprogrammed.

This product complies with the EMC

Directives (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC) and

CE Marking Directive (93/68/EEC).

The tuner frequencies on this unit are allocated

for use in Western Europe, Asia, the Middle

East, Africa and Oceania. Use in other areas

may result in improper reception. The RDS func-

tion operates only in areas with FM stations

broadcasting RDS signals.

In case of trouble

Should this product fail to operate properly,

contact your dealer or nearest authorized

Pioneer Service Station.

About this manual

This unit features a number of sophisticated

functions ensuring superior reception and oper-

ation. All the functions have been designed for

the easiest possible use, but many are not self-

explanatory. This operation manual will help you

benefit fully from this product’s potential and to

maximize your listening enjoyment.

We recommend that you familiarize yourself

with the functions and their operation by read-

ing through the manual before you begin using

this unit. It is especially important that you read

and observe precautions on this page and in

other sections.

Protecting your unit from theft

The front panel can be detached from the head

unit and stored in the protective case provided

to discourage theft.

• If the front panel is not detached from the

head unit within five seconds of turning off

the ignition, a warning tone will sound.

• You can turn off the warning tone. See

Switching the warning tone on page 37.

This manual explains head unit operation. You

can perform the same operations with the steer-

ing remote control (sold separately).

Important

• Never use force or grip the display and the

buttons tightly when removing or attaching.

• Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive

shocks.

• Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and

high temperatures.

Precautions

• A CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is affixed

to the bottom of this unit.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

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Before You Start

Removing the front panel

Press OPEN to open the front panel.

Grip the left side of the front panel and pull

it gently outward.

Take care not to grip it tightly or drop it.

Put the front panel into the protective case

provided for safe keeping.

Attaching the front panel

Replace the front panel by holding it upright

to this unit and clipping it securely into the

mounting hooks.

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Before You Start

AUDIO

SELECT

SFEQ

! o

7 BAND/ESC button

What’s What

Press to select among three FM or MW/LW

bands and cancel the control mode of func-

tions.

Head unit

1 DISPLAY button

8 1–6 (PRESET TUNING) buttons

Press for preset tuning and disc number

search when using a multi-CD player.

Press to select different displays.

2 FUNCTION button

Press to select functions.

9 SOURCE button

This unit is switched on by selecting a

source. Press to cycle through all of the

available sources.

3 OPEN button

Press to open the front panel.

4 AUDIO button

0 EQ button

Press to select various sound quality con-

trols.

Press to select various equalizer curves.

- VOLUME button

5 5/∞/2/3 buttons

When you press VOLUME, it extends outward

so that it becomes easier to turn.

To retract the VOLUME, press it again.

Rotate to increase or decrease the volume.

Press to do manual seek tuning, fast for-

ward, reverse and track search controls. Also

used for controlling functions.

6 SFEQ button

= TA button

Press to select a natural sound with pres-

ence.

Press to switch traffic announcements func-

tion on or off.

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Before You Start

Optional remote control

Using the remote control with PGM

button

The steering remote control CD-SR80 is sold

separately. Operation is the same as when

using the button on the head unit. See the

explanation of the head unit about the operation

of each button with the exception of ATT, which

is explained below.

The remote control CD-R600, which is sold sep-

arately, can also operate this unit. It has a PGM

(program) button in which frequently used func-

tions are preprogrammed for each source.

Press PGM to active functions as follows:

~ ATT button

Source

Function name

Page

Press to quickly lower the volume level, by

about 90%. Press once more to return to the

original volume level.

Tuner

BSM (on/off)

(Hold for 2 seconds)

Built-in CD player Pause (on/off)

! VOLUME button

Press to increase or decrease the volume.

Multi-CD player

Pause (on/off)

BSSM (on/off)

(Hold for 2 seconds)

Note

• For the details of TV functions refer to the TV’s

manual.

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Power ON/OFF

• External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such

as one available in the future) that, although

incompatible as a source, enables control of

basic functions by this unit. Only one external

unit can be controlled by this unit.

Turning the unit on

Press SOURCE to turn the unit on.

When you select a source the unit is turned on.

• When this unit’s blue/white lead is connected

to the car’s auto-antenna relay control termi-

nal, the car’s antenna extends when this

unit’s source is switched on. To retract the

antenna, switch the source off.

Selecting a source

You can select a source you want to listen to. To

switch to the built-in CD player, load a disc in

this unit (refer to page 18).

Turning the unit off

Press SOURCE to select a source.

Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between

the following sources:

Press SOURCE and hold for at least one sec-

ond to turn the unit off.

Built-in CD player—TV—Tuner—Multi-CD

player—External unit—AUX—Telephone standby

Notes

• In the following cases, the sound source will

not change:

— When a product corresponding to each

source is not connected to this unit.

— When no disc is set in this unit.

— When no magazine is set in the multi-CD

player.

— When the AUX (auxiliary) is set to off (refer

to page 37).

— When the telephone standby is set to OFF

(refer to page 38).

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Tuner

Press BAND/ESC to select a band.

Listening to the radio

Press BAND/ESC until the desired band is dis-

played, F1, F2, F3 for FM or MW/LW.

To perform manual tuning, press 2 or 3

with quick presses.

The frequencies move up or down step by step.

4 2

To perform seek tuning, press and hold 2

These are the basic steps necessary to operate

the radio. More advanced tuner operation is

explained starting on page 10.

This unit’s AF (alternative frequencies search)

function can be switched on and off. AF should

be off for normal tuning operation (refer to page

14).

or 3 for about one second and release.

The tuner will scan the frequencies until a

broadcast strong enough for good reception is

found.

• You can cancel seek tuning by pressing either

2 or 3 with a quick press.

• If you press and hold 2 or 3 you can skip

broadcasting stations. Seek tuning starts as

soon as you release the buttons.

1 BAND indicator

Shows which band the radio is tuned to, MW,

LW or FM.

Note

2 FREQUENCY indicator

Shows to which frequency the tuner is

tuned.

• When the frequency selected is being broad-

cast in stereo the STEREO () indicator will

light.

3 PRESET NUMBER indicator

Shows what preset has been selected.

4 STEREO () indicator

Shows that the frequency selected is being

broadcast in stereo.

Press SOURCE to select the tuner.

Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

Rotate to increase or decrease the volume.

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Tuner

Press FUNCTION to display the function

names.

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between

the following functions:

Introduction of advanced tuner

operation

BSM (best stations memory)—REG (regional)—

LOCAL (local seek tuning)—TA (traffic

announcement standby)—NEWS (news pro-

gram interruption)—AF (alternative frequencies

search)

• To return to the frequency display, press

BAND/ESC.

• If MW/LW band is selected, you can only

select BSM or LOCAL.

1 FUNCTION display

Shows the function status.

2 PRESET NUMBER indicator

Note

Shows what preset has been selected.

• If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically

returned to the frequency display.

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Tuner

Storing and recalling broadcast

frequencies

Tuning in strong signals

Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those

radio stations with sufficiently strong signals for

good reception.

If you press any of the PRESET TUNING buttons

you can easily store up to six broadcast frequen-

cies for later recall with the touch of a button.

Press FUNCTION to select LOCAL.

Press FUNCTION until LOCAL appears in the

display.

When you find a frequency that you want to

store in memory press a PRESET TUNING but-

ton and hold until the preset number stops

flashing.

The number you have pressed will flash in the

PRESET NUMBER indicator and then remain lit.

The selected radio station frequency has been

stored in memory.

Press 5 to turn local seek tuning on.

Local seek sensitivity (e.g., LOCAL 2) appears in

the display.

Press 2 or 3 to set the sensitivity.

There are four levels of sensitivity for FM and

two levels for MW/LW:

FM: LOCAL 1—LOCAL 2—LOCAL 3—LOCAL 4

MW/LW: LOCAL 1—LOCAL 2

The next time you press the same PRESET TUN-

ING button the radio station frequency is

recalled from memory.

The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only the

strongest stations, while lower settings let you

receive progressively weaker stations.

Notes

• Up to 18 FM stations, 6 for each of the three

FM bands, and 6 MW/LW stations can be

stored in memory.

• You can also use 5 and ∞ to recall radio sta-

tion frequencies assigned to PRESET TUNING

buttons.

When you want to return to normal seek

tuning, press ∞ to turn local seek tuning off.

LOCAL :OFF appears in the display.

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Tuner

Storing the strongest broadcast

frequencies

BSM (best stations memory) lets you automati-

cally store the six strongest broadcast frequen-

cies under PRESET TUNING buttons 1–6 and

once stored there you can tune in to those fre-

quencies with the touch of a button.

Press FUNCTION to select BSM.

Press FUNCTION until BSM appears in the dis-

play.

Press 5 to turn BSM on.

BSM begins to flash. While BSM is flashing the

six strongest broadcast frequencies will be

stored under PRESET TUNING buttons in order

of their signal strength. When finished, BSM

stops flashing.

• To cancel the storage process, press ∞.

Note

• Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may

replace broadcast frequencies you have saved

using PRESET TUNING.

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RDS

Press FUNCTION to display the function

names.

Introduction of RDS operation

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between

the following functions:

BSM (best stations memory)—REG (regional)—

LOCAL (local seek tuning)—TA (traffic

announcement standby)—NEWS (news pro-

gram interruption)—AF (alternative frequencies

search)

2 13 4

• To return to the frequency display, press

BAND/ESC.

RDS (radio data system) is a system for provid-

ing information along with FM broadcasts. This

inaudible information provides such features as

program service name, program type, traffic

announcement standby and automatic tuning

intended to aid radio listeners in finding and

tuning in to a desired station.

• If MW/LW band is selected, you can only

select BSM or LOCAL.

Notes

• If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically

returned to the frequency display.

• RDS service may not be provided by all sta-

tions.

1 AF indicator

Shows when AF (alternative frequencies

search) function is on.

• RDS functions like AF and TA are only active

when your radio is tuned to a RDS station.

2 NEWS indicator

Shows when NEWS (news program interrup-

tion) function is on.

3 TA indicator

Shows when TA (traffic announcement

standby) function is on.

4 TP indicator

Shows when a TP station is tuned in.

5 Program service name

Shows the type of broadcast program.

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RDS

Switching the RDS display

Notes

When you tune in a RDS station its program

service name is displayed. If you want to know

the frequency you can.

• Only RDS stations are tuned in during seek

tuning or BSM when AF is on.

• When you recall a preset station, the tuner

may update the preset station with a new

frequency from the station’s AF list. (This is

only available when using presets on the F1 or

F2 band.) No preset number appears on the

display if the RDS data for the station received

differs from that for the originally stored sta-

tion.

• Sound may be temporarily interrupted by

another program during a AF frequency

search.

• When the tuner is tuned to a non-RDS station

the AF indicator flashes.

Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between

the following settings:

Program service name—PTY information—

Frequency

PTY (program type ID code) information is listed

on page 17.

• PTY information and the frequency of the

current station appears on the display for eight

seconds.

• If a PTY code of zero is received from a station,

NONE is displayed. This indicates that the sta-

tion has not defined its program contents.

• If the signal is too weak for this unit to pick up

the PTY code, NO PTY is displayed.

• AF can be switched on or off independently

for each FM band.

Using PI seek

If the unit fails to find a suitable alternative fre-

quency, or if you are listening to a broadcast

and the reception becomes weak, the unit will

automatically search for a different station with

the same programming. During the search, PI

SEEK is displayed and the output is muted. The

muting is discontinued after completion of the

PI seek, whether or not a different station is

found.

Selecting alternative frequencies

If you are listening to a broadcast and the recep-

tion becomes weak or there are other problems,

the unit will automatically search for a different

station in the same network which is broadcast-

ing a stronger signal.

• AF is on as a default.

Press FUNCTION to select AF.

Press FUNCTION until AF appears in the dis-

play.

Press 5 to turn AF on.

Press 5 and AF :ON is displayed.

Press ∞ to turn AF off.

Press ∞ and AF :OFF is displayed.

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RDS

Using auto PI seek for preset stations

Receiving traffic announcements

When present stations cannot be recalled, as

when travelling long distances, the unit can be

set to perform PI seek during preset recall.

• The default setting for auto PI seek is off. See

Switching auto PI seek on page 36.

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you

receive traffic announcements automatically,

no matter what source you are listening to. TA

can be activated for both a TP station (a station

that broadcasts traffic information) or an

enhanced other network’s TP station (a station

carrying information which cross-references TP

stations).

Limiting stations to regional program-

ming

Tune in a TP or enhanced other network’s

When AF is used to automatically retune fre-

quencies, the regional function limits the selec-

tion to stations broadcasting regional

programs.

TP station.

When you are tuned into a TP or enhanced other

network’ s TP station the TP indicator will light.

Press TA to turn traffic announcement

Press FUNCTION to select REG.

standby on.

Press FUNCTION until REG appears in the dis-

Press TA and the TA indicator appears in the

display. The tuner will standby for traffic

announcements.

play.

Press 5 to turn the regional function on.

• To turn traffic announcements standby off,

press TA again.

Press 5 and REG :ON is displayed.

Press ∞ to turn the regional function off.

Use VOLUME to adjust the TA volume when

Press ∞ and REG :OFF is displayed.

a traffic announcement begins.

Rotate to increase or decrease the volume.

The newly set volume is stored in memory and

recalled for subsequent traffic announcements.

Notes

• Regional programming and regional networks

are organized differently depending on the

country (i.e., they may change according to

the hour, state or broadcast area).

• The preset number may disappear on the

display if the tuner tunes in a regional station

which differs from the originally set station.

• REG can be turned on or off independently for

each FM band.

Press TA while a traffic announcement is

being received to cancel the announcement.

The tuner returns to the original source but

remains in the standby mode until TA is pressed

again.

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RDS

Using PTY functions

Notes

• You can also turn the TA function on or off by

pressing FUNCTION.

You can tune in a station by using PTY informa-

tion.

• The system switches back to the original

source following traffic announcement recep-

tion.

Using news program interruption

• TA can be activated from sources other than

the tuner if the tuner was last set to the FM

band but not if it was last set to the MW/LW

band.

• If the tuner was last set to FM, turning on TA

lets you operate other tuning functions while

listening to sources other than the tuner.

• Only TP and enhanced other network’s TP

stations are tuned in during seek tuning or

BSM when TA is on.

When a news program is broadcast from a PTY

code news station the unit can switch from any

station to the news broadcast station. When the

news program ends, reception of the previous

program resumes.

Press TA and hold to turn on news program

interruption.

Press TA until NEWS appears in the display.

• To turn off news program interruption, press

TA and hold until NEWS disappears from the

display.

Responding to the TP alarm

When a TP or enhanced other network’s TP

station is lost due to a weak signal the TP indi-

cator is extinguished and a series of short

beeps, about five seconds long, sound to

remind you to select another TP or enhanced

other network‘s TP station.

Note

• You can also turn on or off news program

interruption by pressing FUNCTION.

Receiving PTY alarm broadcasts

When listening to the tuner, tune in another

TP or enhanced other network’s TP station.

• When listening to sources other than the

tuner the unit will automatically seek out a TP

station with the strongest signal after a 10- or

30-second delay. The delay is 10 seconds if TA is

on and 30 seconds if TA and AF are on.

PTY alarm is a special PTY code for announce-

ments regarding emergencies such as natural

disasters. When the tuner receives the radio

alarm code, ALARM appears on the display and

the volume adjusts to the TA volume. When the

station stops broadcasting the emergency

announcement, the system returns to the previ-

ous source.

• An emergency announcement can be can-

celled by pressing TA.

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RDS

PTY list

Specific

Type of program

NEWS

AFFAIRS

INFO

News

Current affairs

General information and advice

Sports

SPORT

WEATHER

FINANCE

POP MUS

ROCK MUS

EASY MUS

OTH MUS

JAZZ

COUNTRY

NAT MUS

OLDIES

FOLK MUS

L. CLASS

CLASSIC

EDUCATE

DRAMA

CULTURE

SCIENCE

VARIED

Weather reports/meteorological information

Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc.

Popular music

Contemporary modern music

Easy listening music

Non categorized music

Jazz

Country music

National music

Oldies music, golden oldies

Folk music

Light classical music

Serious classical music

Educational programs

All radio plays and serials

National or regional culture

Nature, science and technology

Light entertainment

CHILDREN

SOCIAL

RELIGION

PHONE IN

TOURING

LEISURE

DOCUMENT

Children’s

Social affairs

Religion affairs or services

Phone in

Travel programs, not for announcements about traffic problems

Hobbies and recreational activities

Documentaries

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Built-in CD Player

Playing a CD

Close the front panel.

• After a CD has been inserted, press SOURCE

to select the built-in CD player.

These are the basic steps necessary to play a

CD with your built-in CD player. More advanced

CD operation is explained starting on page 19.

Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

Rotate to increase or decrease the volume.

To perform fast forward or reverse, press

1 TRACK NUMBER indicator

and hold 2 or 3.

Shows the track currently playing.

To skip back or forward to another track,

2 PLAY TIME indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-

rent track.

press 2 or 3.

Pressing 3 skips to the start of the next track.

Pressing 2 once skips to the start of the current

track. Pressing again will skip to the previous

track.

Press OPEN to open the front panel.

CD loading slot appears.

Insert a CD into the CD loading slot.

Notes

Playback will automatically start.

• The built-in CD player plays one, standard,

12-cm or 8-cm (single) CD at a time. Do not

use an adapter when playing 8-cm CDs.

• Do not insert anything other than a CD into

the CD loading slot.

CD loading slot

• If you cannot insert a disc completely or if

after you insert a disc the disc does not play,

check that the label side of the disc is up.

Press CD EJECT to eject the disc, and check

the disc for damage before inserting the disc

again.

CD EJECT button

• You can eject a CD by pressing CD EJECT.

• If the built-in CD player does not operate prop-

erly, an error message such as ERROR-14 may

be displayed. Refer to Understanding built-in

CD player error messages on page 42.

• The Built-in CD player is not equipped with CD

TEXT function.

• A CD TEXT disc is a CD featuring recorded text

information such as Disc Title, Artist Name

and Track Title.

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Built-in CD Player

REPEAT :OFF appears in the display. The track

presently playing will continue to play and then

play the next track.

Introduction of advanced built-in

CD player operation

Note

• If you perform track search or fast

forward/reverse, repeat play is automatically

cancelled.

1 FUNCTION display

Shows the function status.

Playing tracks in a random order

Press FUNCTION to display the function

names.

Random play lets you play back tracks on the

CD in a random order.

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between

the following functions:

Press FUNCTION to select RANDOM.

REPEAT (repeat play)—RANDOM (random

play)—T-SCAN (scan play)—PAUSE (pause)

• To return to the playback display, press

BAND/ESC.

Press FUNCTION until RANDOM appears in the

display.

Press 5 to turn random play on.

RANDOM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will

play in a random order.

Note

• If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically

returned to the playback display.

Press ∞ to turn random play off.

RANDOM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks

will continue to play in order.

Repeating play

Repeat play lets you hear the same track over

again.

Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT.

Press FUNCTION until REPEAT appears in the

display.

Press 5 to turn repeat play on.

REPEAT :ON appears in the display. The track

presently playing will play and then repeat.

Press ∞ to turn repeat play off.

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Built-in CD player

Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE.

Scanning tracks of a CD

Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the

Scan play lets you hear the first 10 seconds of

each track on the CD.

display.

Press 5 to turn pause on.

Press FUNCTION to select T-SCAN.

PAUSE :ON appears in the display. Play of the

Press FUNCTION until T-SCAN appears in the

current track pauses.

display.

Press ∞ to turn pause off.

Press 5 to turn scan play on.

PAUSE :OFF appears in the display. Play will

resume at the same point that you turned pause

on.

T-SCAN :ON appears in the display. The first 10

seconds of each track is played.

When you find the desired track press ∞ to

turn scan play off.

T-SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track

will continue to play.

Using disc title functions

• If the display has automatically returned to

the playback display, select T-SCAN again by

pressing FUNCTION.

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 dis-

played.

Note

• After scanning of a CD is finished, normal

playback of the tracks will begin again.

Entering disc titles

Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 10

letters long and up to 48 disc titles into the built-

in CD player.

Pausing CD playback

Play a CD that you want to enter the title.

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of the

CD.

Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN

appears in the display.

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Built-in CD Player

bet.

Press 5 or ∞ to select a letter of the alpha-

Displaying disc titles

You can display the title of any disc that has had

a disc title entered.

Each press of 5 will display a letter of the alpha-

bet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and symbols in 1 2

3 ... @ # < order. Each press of ∞ will display a

letter in the reverse order, such as Z Y X ... C B A

order.

Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between

the following settings:

PLAY TIME (playback time)—DISC TITLE (disc

title)

When you select DISC TITLE, the title of the

currently playing disc is shown in the display.

• If no title has been entered for the currently

playing disc, NO TITLE is displayed.

Press 3 to move the cursor to the next

character position.

When the letter you want is displayed, press 3

to move the cursor to the next position and then

select the next letter. Press 2 to move back-

wards in the display.

Move the cursor to the last position by

pressing 3 after entering the title.

When you press 3 one more time, the entered

title is stored in memory.

Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback

display.

Notes

• Titles remain in memory, even after the disc

has been removed from built-in CD player, and

are recalled when the disc is reinserted.

• After data for 48 discs has been stored in

memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the

oldest one.

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Multi-CD Player

Playing a CD

To skip back or forward to another track,

press 2 or 3.

Pressing 3 skips to the start of the next track.

Pressing 2 once skips to the start of the current

track. Pressing again will skip to the previous

track.

Notes

You can use this unit to control a multi-CD player,

which is sold separately.

These are the basic steps necessary to play a

CD with your multi-CD player. More advanced

CD operation is explained starting on page 23.

• When the multi-CD player performs the

preparatory operations, READY is displayed.

• If the multi-CD player does not operate prop-

erly, an error message such as ERROR-14 may

be displayed. Refer to the multi-CD player

owner’s manual.

1 DISC NUMBER indicator

• If there are no discs in the multi-CD player

magazine, NO DISC is displayed.

Shows the disc currently playing.

2 TRACK NUMBER indicator

Shows the track currently playing.

50-disc multi-CD player

3 PLAY TIME indicator

Shows the elapsed playing time of the cur-

rent track.

Only those functions described in this manual

are supported for 50-disc multi-CD players.

Press SOURCE to select the multi-CD

player.

Press SOURCE until you see Multi-CD displayed.

Use VOLUME to adjust the sound level.

Rotate to increase or decrease the volume.

Select a disc you want to listen to with the

1 to 6 buttons.

For discs located at 1 to 6, press the correspond-

ing number button.

If you want to select a disc located at 7 to 12,

press and hold the corresponding numbers

such as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number

appears in the display.

• You can also sequentially select a disc by

pressing 5/∞.

To perform fast forward or reverse, press

and hold 2 or 3.

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Introduction of advanced multi-

CD player operation

Repeating play

There are three repeat play ranges for the multi-

CD player: MCD (multi-CD player repeat), TRK

(one-track repeat), and DSC (disc repeat).

Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT.

Press FUNCTION until REPEAT appears in the

display.

Press 2 or 3 to select the repeat range.

1 FUNCTION display

Press 2 or 3 until the desired repeat range

appears in the display.

Shows the function status.

• MCD — Repeat all discs in the multi-CD

player

• TRK — Repeat just the current track

• DSC — Repeat the current disc

Press FUNCTION to display the function

names.

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch between

the following functions:

REPEAT (repeat play)—TITLE LIST (disc title

list)—RANDOM (random play)—SCAN (scan

play)—ITS-P (ITS play)—PAUSE (pause)—

COMP (compression and DBE)

• To return to the playback display, press

BAND/ESC.

Notes

• If you select other discs during repeat play,

the repeat play range changes to MCD (multi-

CD player repeat).

• If you perform track search or fast

forward/reverse during TRK (one-track

repeat), the repeat play range changes to DSC

(disc repeat).

Note

• If you do not operate the function within about

30 seconds, the display is automatically

returned to the playback display.

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Press 5 to turn scan play on.

Playing tracks in a random order

SCAN :ON appears in the display. The first 10

seconds of each track of the present disc (or the

first track of each disc) is played.

Random play lets you play back tracks in a ran-

dom order within the repeat range, MCD (multi-

CD player repeat) and DSC (disc repeat).

When you find the desired track (or disc)

Select the repeat range.

press ∞ to turn scan play off.

Refer to Repeating play on page 23.

SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track (or

disc) will continue to play.

Press FUNCTION to select RANDOM.

• If the display has automatically returned to

the playback display, select SCAN again by

pressing FUNCTION.

Press FUNCTION until RANDOM appears in the

display.

Press 5 to turn random play on.

Note

RANDOM :ON appears in the display. Tracks will

play in a random order within the previously

selected MCD (multi-CD player repeat) or DSC

(disc repeat) ranges.

• After track or disc scanning is finished, nor-

mal playback of the tracks will begin again.

Press ∞ to turn random play off.

RANDOM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks

will continue to play in order.

Pausing CD playback

Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of the

CD.

Scanning CDs and tracks

Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE.

While you are using DSC (disc repeat), the

beginning of each track on the selected disc

plays for about 10 seconds. When you are using

MCD (multi-CD player repeat), the beginning of

the first track of each disc is played for about 10

seconds.

Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the

display.

Press 5 to turn pause on.

PAUSE :ON appears in the display. Play of the

current track pauses.

Select the repeat range.

Press ∞ to turn pause off.

Refer to Repeating play on page 23.

PAUSE :OFF appears in the display. Play will

resume at the same point that you turned pause

on.

Press FUNCTION to select SCAN.

Press FUNCTION until SCAN appears in the

display.

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Using ITS playlists

Note

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 selections.

• After data for 100 discs has been stored in

memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the

oldest one.

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.

Creating a playlist with ITS program-

ming

You can use ITS to enter and playback up to 99

tracks per disc, up to 100 discs (with the disc

title). (With multi-CD players sold before the

CDX-P1250 and CDX-P650, up to 24 tracks can

be stored in the playlist.)

Select the repeat range.

Refer to Repeating play on page 23.

Press FUNCTION to select ITS-P.

Press FUNCTION until ITS-P appears in the

Play a CD that you want to program.

display.

Press 5 or ∞ to select a CD.

Press 5 to turn ITS play on.

Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN

ITS-P :ON appears in the display. Playback

begins of those tracks from your playlist within

the previously selected MCD (multi-CD player

repeat) or DSC (disc repeat) ranges.

• If no tracks in the current range are

programmed for ITS play then ITS EMPTY is

displayed.

appears in the display, then press FUNCTION

to select ITS.

After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION

repeatedly, the following functions appear in the

display:

TITLE IN (disc title input)—ITS (ITS program-

ming)

Press ∞ to turn ITS play off.

Select a desired track by pressing 2 or 3.

ITS-P :OFF appears in the display. Playback will

continue in normal order from the currently

playing track and CD.

Press 5 to store the currently playing track

in the playlist.

IN is displayed briefly and the currently playing

selection is added to your playlist.

Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback

display.

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Play a CD that you want to delete.

Erasing a track from your ITS playlist

Press 5 or ∞ to select a CD.

When you want to delete a track from your ITS

playlist, you can if ITS play is on.

If ITS play is already on, skip to step 2. If ITS play

is not already on, press FUNCTION.

Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN

appears in the display, then press FUNCTION

to select ITS.

After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION

until ITS appears in the display.

Play a CD you want to delete a track from

your ITS playlist, and turn ITS play on.

Refer to Playback from your ITS playlist on page

25.

Press ∞ to erase all tracks on the currently

playing CD from your ITS playlist.

All tracks on the currently playing CD are erased

from your playlist and ITS CLEAR is displayed.

Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN

appears in the display, then press FUNCTION

to select ITS.

After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION

until ITS appears in the display.

Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback

display.

Select a desired track by pressing 2 or 3.

Using disc title functions

Press ∞ to erase a track from your ITS

playlist.

You can input CD titles and display the title.

Then you can easily search for and select a

desired disc for play.

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

normal play resumes.

Entering disc titles

Disc title input lets you input CD titles up to 10

letters long and up to 100 disc titles (with ITS

playlist) into the multi-CD player.

Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback

display.

Play a CD that you want to enter the title.

Press 5 or ∞ to select a CD.

Erasing a CD from your ITS playlist

When you want to delete all tracks of a CD from

your ITS playlist, you can if ITS play is off.

Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN

appears in the display.

After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION

repeatedly, the following functions appear in the

display:

TITLE IN (disc title input)—ITS (ITS program-

ming)

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• When playing a CD TEXT disc on a CD TEXT

compatible multi-CD player, you cannot switch

to TITLE IN. The disc title will have already been

recorded on a CD TEXT disc.

Move the cursor to the last position by

pressing 3 after entering the title.

When you press 3 one more time, the entered

title is stored in memory.

Press 5 or ∞ to select a letter of the alpha-

Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback

bet.

display.

Each press of 5 will display a letter of the alpha-

bet in A B C ... X Y Z, numbers and symbols in 1 2

3 ... @ # < order. Each press of ∞ will display a

letter in the reverse order, such as Z Y X ... C B A

order.

Notes

• Titles remain in memory, even after the disc

has been removed from the magazine, and

are recalled when the disc is reinserted.

• After data for 100 discs has been stored in

memory, data for a new disc will overwrite the

oldest one.

Press 3 to move the cursor to the next

Displaying disc titles

character position.

You can display the title of any disc that has had

a disc title entered.

When the letter you want is displayed, press 3

to move the cursor to the next position and then

select the next letter. Press 2 to move back-

wards in the display.

Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between

the following settings:

PLAY TIME (playback time)—DISC TITLE (disc

title)

When you select DISC TITLE, the title of the

currently playing disc is shown in the display.

• If no title has been entered for the currently

playing disc, NO TITLE is displayed.

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Selecting discs from the disc title list

Displaying titles on CD TEXT discs

Disc title list lets you see the list of disc titles

that have been entered into the multi-CD player

and select one of them to playback.

Press DISPLAY when playing a CD TEXT disc

from the multi-CD player.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between

the following settings:

Press FUNCTION to select TITLE LIST.

Press FUNCTION until TITLE LIST appears in

the display.

PLAY TIME (playback time)—DISC TITLE (disc

title)—D.ARTIST (disc artist)—TRK TITLE

(track title)—T.ARTIST (track artist)

• If specific information has not been recorded

on a CD TEXT disc, NO XXXX will be displayed

(e.g., NO D-TITLE).

Press 2 or 3 to scroll through the list of

titles that have been entered.

• Nothing is displayed for disc whose titles have

not been input.

Press 5 to play your favorite CD title.

Scrolling titles in the display

That selection will begin to play.

This unit can display the first 10 letters only of

DISC TITLE, D.ARTIST, TRK TITLE and

T.ARTIST. When the recorded information is

longer than 10 letters, you can scroll the text to

the left so that the rest of the title can be seen.

Using CD TEXT functions

You can use these functions only with a CD TEXT

compatible multi-CD player.

Press DISPLAY and hold until the title begins

to scroll to the left.

The rest of the title will appear in the display.

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 TEXT discs. Only these specially

encoded CD TEXT discs support the functions

listed below.

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Using compression and bass

emphasis

You can use these funct