Eclipse AVN6000 User manual

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Table of Contents
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Introduction
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Before using the main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About handling discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About new discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About rental discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About specially shaped discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About disc accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About the LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Basic operation
Switching mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching the mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Displaying operation screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operation screen of each mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting main volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting DSP (acoustics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
DSP mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting, saving DSP (acoustics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resetting DSP (acoustics) levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjusting EQ (equaliser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting/saving EQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting a EQ pattern from memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Resetting EQ curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting POS (position selector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting volume balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting the BEEP tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Muting sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switching the bass enhancement (Tru Bass). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting LOUDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the sub-woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting phase control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting the sub-woofer level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting WOOFER OUTPUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting X-OVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the harmoniser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting the Circle Surround II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the background screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting the wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adjusting the background screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting the opening screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the image on the opening screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
About usable image data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adjusting/setting the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Displaying the image adjustment screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
How to switch to daytime display when the lights are ON . . . . . 40
Turning off the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting image quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to operate the tuner
How to use the AM / FM radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Listening to the AM/FM radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting radio stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selection using preset switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selecting radio bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Saving radio stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Saving with AUTO.P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing stations saved by AUTO.P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Turning off the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How to operate the CD player
How to use the CD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Listening to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Searching for a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Repeating a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Playing songs in random order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turning off the CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How to operate the MP3/WMA player
How to use the MP3/WMA player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Playing MP3/WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting a music file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting with file change switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting with TUNE/TRACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing display of the current level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Displaying the current level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Searching for a music file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Repeating the same music file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Playing songs in random order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
About display of file information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Displaying folder/file names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Displaying file information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turning off the MP3/WMA player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
About MP3/WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playable MP3 file standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playable WMA file standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ID3tag/WMAtag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Format of discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
File names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Multi-sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Playing MP3/WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MP3/WMA playing time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Display order of MP3/WMA file/folder names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Making and playing MP3/WMA files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Downloading from Internet MP3/WMA music sites . . . . . . . . . . 65
Converting CD music to MP3/WMA files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Writing to CD-R/CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
When playing back CD-R/RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
How to operate the CD changer
How to use the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Listening to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Searching for a song or CD from all CDs in changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Searching for a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Searching for a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Repeating a song or CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Repeating the current song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Repeating the current CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playing songs in random order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playing songs on current CD in random order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Playing songs on all CDs in random order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Turning off the CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
How to operate iPod®
Operating the iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Listening to iPod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Searching for a song in various ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Displaying the search mode screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selecting a song from your favorite GENRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selecting a song from your favorite ARTIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selecting a song from your favorite ALBUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selecting your favorite song from song name list . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Selecting a song from your favorite PLAYLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How to operate the DVD player
Before using the DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DVD video characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
About Multiple Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
About Multiple Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
About Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About region codes of playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
About marks displayed on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
About DVD disc structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
About flow of operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
How to use the DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Watching a DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Operating the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Playing the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Pausing the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Stopping the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Operating the disc menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turning off the DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Searching for a desired chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Searching by chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Searching by title number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Searching by menu number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the touch switch display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Turning off the touch switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the touch switch display locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switching between screen display and audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching the video angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switching subtitle languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switching dubbed audio language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Setting the DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setting the audio language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Subtitle language setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Menu language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting display of multi-angle mark (angle selection mark) . . . . 96

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Viewer restriction setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Table of language codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
How to operate the VTR
How to use the VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Viewing the VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching the VTR setting screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Turning off the VTR mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
How to operate the DUAL PLAY
How to use the DUAL PLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the rear seat monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Operating the rear seat monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
How to play CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Listening to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selecting a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Repeating a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Pausing a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Stopping a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
How to play MP3/WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Playing MP3/WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selecting a music file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Repeating the same music file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pausing a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stopping a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
How to play DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Watching a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fast-forwarding/rewinding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Playing the video in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Pausing the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Stopping the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Operating the disc menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Selecting the video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Repeating the same chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Switching between screen display and audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Watching a restricted DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
How to use the steering wheel switch
About the steering wheel switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Function names and summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Common operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Radio operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
CD player operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
MP3/WMA Player operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
DVD operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
CD changer operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
How to use an optional remote control
How to use an optional remote control (RMC105). . . . . . 120
Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adjusting the audio volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Muting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Switching playback modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
How to play the tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selecting a station (manually or automatically) . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selecting preset stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
How to play CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Switching CD Changer modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Advancing to the next track or returning to the beginning
of the track being played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Skipping to the next or previous disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
For reference
Information you should know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
If one of these messages appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Before asking for repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Products equipped with Dolby Digital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Products equipped with Macrovision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Index by topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
About screen and sound adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
About Using AM/FM radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
About using the CD player/CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
About using the MP3/WMA player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
About using the DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
About using the VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Useful functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
When something isn't clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
The Index by Topic simplifies searches for explanations
about individual features. When confused by an
operation, use the Index by Topic to search for information
about the operation.

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Introduction
How to use this manual
Item title
A number and title
is assigned for
each item.
Section title
A title is assigned for each
section.
Operation title
A title is assigned
for each operation.
Operation procedure
Describes the
operation.
Proceed with the
operation as per the
numerical order.
Detailed operation title
A title is assigned for
each detailed
operation.
Operation screen
A screen showing
the operation will
appear.

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Introduction
Attention
Additional points
regarding the
operations are given
here.
Section heading
Only the section
heading will appear.
The description shown above is for explanation, and therefore it may differ from
the actual one on the same page.
Go to the next page
The operation
procedures are
continued on the
next page.

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Introduction
Features
DVD player with sharp video and dynamic sound
(Page 76)
Plays DVD Video recorded with high quality
images and sound.
(DVD media is able to record a movie with
high quality video and digital sound that
exceeds the quality of CD media.)
The MP3/WMA player that can play a disc holding
many music tracks equivalent to several albums
(Page 54)
The MP3 compression technology that can
compress the music data by a factor of 10.
The CD-R/RW discs holding MP3/WMA data
can be played with this unit. Also, WMA data
which provides higher compression rate than
MP3 can be played.
DSP effects for simulating acoustics of various
performance environments (Page 24)
Provides ability to simulate the sensation of
various performance environments for
matching to the genre and source of a song.

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Introduction
Selection and display of favorite wallpaper
(screen backgrounds) (Page 37)
Wallpaper of your choice can be switched and
displayed for use as the background of the
information screen and audio playback
screens.
The screen from a navigation unit can also be
linked and selected.
Radio tuner for receiving various broadcasts
• AM/FM tuner (Page 44)
Enables reception of analog AM/FM radio
broadcasts.
●Setting wallpaper for the information screen and
audio operations screen
●AM radio operation screen

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Features
Introduction
System additions
• CD changer (Page 66)
A CD changer enables non-stop playing of
multiple discs, for convenience at times
such as taking a long drive.
It is easy to search for and play a song from
among the discs on a changer.
• iPod (Page 70)
When an optional iPod interface adaptor
(iPC-106) is connected to this main unit, it is
possible to operate the iPod®with this main
unit and to display information relevant to it
on the screen of this main unit, so you can
listen to the songs stored in the iPod.
• VTR (Page 100)
Connecting a VTR deck enables watching
of video tapes.
Easy-access audio controls on the steering wheel
(Page 116)
You can select the radio channel and perform CD, MP3 and DVD operations using the easy-
access switches on the steering wheel. (This function is only available on vehicles fitted with
steering wheel switches.)

Introduction
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Introduction
Before using the main unit
• Be very careful and pay full attention to safety when
operating the audio controls while driving, otherwise
accidents may occur. Also be sure to set volume so that
you can still adequately hear sounds outside the vehicle.
Improper use can contribute to a traffic accident.
• Never continue to use the system if it is malfunctioning in
any way. If smoke, abnormal noises or abnormal odors
are noticed, turn off the power immediately.
Immediately turn off audio in such situations.
• Exercise caution as to the temperature inside the vehicle.
The temperature inside the vehicle can increase during
hot weather. Wait for the temperature inside the vehicle to
drop before using the unit.
Damage could result.
• Do not disassemble or modify the main unit.
The main unit has a precisely designed structure, so
consult your retailer in the event of any unsatisfactory
performance.

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Before using the main unit
Introduction
• Do not apply excessive force to the monitor.
Damage could result.
• Do not place items such as cups or cans on top of the
monitor, and do not leave the monitor tilted down when
not in use.
Damage could result.
• Do not insert any objects other than discs into the disc
slot.
Damage could result.
• Be careful not to get fingers or other objects behind
monitor when it is being retracted into place.
Interference can cause an injury or damage the main unit.
• When removing a disc from the main unit, remove it in the
horizontally level direction.
Do not pull them up forcibly or press down on them
strongly while removing them.
Improper removal can scratch the disc, cause the main
unit to make noise or result in other damage.

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Introduction
About discs
• Water droplets can form on the inside of the main unit during cold or rainy
weather in the same way car windows can fog up. (This is condensation.) When
this happens, the audio can jump and playback can stop, so ventilate or
dehumidify the vehicle for a short time before operating the equipment.
• To safeguard the components of the player, the unit will automatically stop when
a malfunction occurs. The player will not operate even when messages
displayed on the screen are followed, consult with your equipment retailer
because it is possible that the unit has been damaged.
• It is possible that the sound will skip if the vehicle experiences violent motion on
rough roads.
• An audio disc or DVD video disc bearing one of the marks below can be played.
When using DVD-R/RW (DVD-Recordable/ReWritable) and DVD+R/RW
(DVD+Recordable/ReWritable) discs, note that only those whose contents were
recorded in the video mode can be played. Discs whose contents were
recorded in the video recording (VR) mode cannot be played.
• Discs that are compatible with Dolby Digital and bear the indication below can
be used.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories, Inc. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
• It is possible that a CD-R (CD-Recordable) or CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) disc will
not play on the main unit due to the circumstances of the recording, special disc
characteristics, scratches, dirt or deterioration caused by long storage in the
vehicle. In addition, a CD-R or CD-RW disc written with CD-R, CD-RW or UDF
format that has not been finalised will not play on the main unit.
• It is possible that a DVD-R/RW (DVD-Recordable/ReWritable) or DVD+R/RW
(DVD+Recordable/ReWritable) disc will not play on the main unit due to the
circumstances of the recording, special disc characteristics, scratches, dirt or
deterioration caused by long storage in the vehicle. DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW
discs that have not been finalised will not play on the main unit. It may not be
possible to play a disc that has been recorded on a personal computer,
depending on the application setting and the environment.
• The CD-TEXT function can be used only with the CD-TEXT-compatible compact
discs available on the market. If it is used with CD-R or CD-RW discs,
characters may not be displayed normally.
• Do not use discs with transparent or semi-transparent portions within the
recording area, or C-thru discs, since they may not be accepted and ejected
properly and may not play properly.
About playable discs
TEXT

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Before using the main unit
Introduction
• Be sure to store discs in their cases and keep them out of
direct sunlight. Discs can warp and become unusable.
• Do not apply paper-based tape to either the recording
side or label side of a disc. Damage could result.
• Do not use discs on which there are cracks or large
warps. Damage could result.
• Do not touch the recorded side of a disc when handling it.
(This is the side with the rainbow-coloured reflection.) The
disc may become dirty and that could cause the sound to
skip.
• Using a disc that has become dirty can scratch the disc
and cause the sound to skip. Use a commercially
available compact disc cleaner to clean a CD, wiping
lightly from the centre to the edge.
• You may notice that some brand new discs are rough
around the centre hole or outside edge. Remove the
rough edges with the side of a ballpoint pen, etc. Flakes
from the rough edges may stick to the recorded surface
and interfere with playback.
About handling discs
About new discs
Ballpoint pen
Rough Edges

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Introduction
About the LCD panel
• Do not use CD discs with attached cellophane tape,
rental CD discs with glue protruding from labels or discs
with the residue of peeled adhesives. Using discs with
those conditions can prevent the player from properly
opening and closing as well as cause other damage.
• Specially-shaped or octagonal CDs, like heart-shaped
cannot be played. Do not attempt to play them, even with
an adapter, since they may damage the player.
• Please do not use a commercially available lens cleaner
because it may cause damage to the pickup of the player.
• Do not use accessories (stabilisers, protective seals,
laser lens cleaners, etc.) sold for "improving sound
performance" or "protecting CDs." The changes in CD
thickness or outside dimensions made by these
accessories may cause problems in the player.
• Please be sure NOT to attach any ring-shape protector (or
other accessory) to your discs. Those protectors are
commercially available and said to protect discs and to
improve sound quality (and antivibration effect), but they
can do more harm than good in regular uses. The most
common problems are Insert/Eject related problems and
"No playback" problems due to the protector ring that may
have come off in the disc mechanism.
About rental discs
Recorded surface
Cellophane tape
About specially shaped discs
About disc accessories
CD ring
• The LCD panel can appear to be white or black when seen from certain angles.
• The screen will be difficult to read when external light such as sunlight falls on
the display.

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Basic operation
Switching mode
The main unit can be used when the vehicle's ignition switch is on or in the ACC position.
• The main unit supports use of a remote control. The optional remote control is sold
separately and can be purchased at your local retailer. Refer to page 120 for instructions
on operation of the remote control.
Switching the mode
Press .
• The AUDIO MENU screen will be displayed.
Touch .
• The various audio modes can be
selected by touching the
corresponding touch switches.
• When the navigation screen is being
displayed before pressing
, the selected
mode will be displayed on-screen over
the background.
Press .
(SOURCE) MENU
On-screen display
FM
(SOURCE) MENU
Displaying operation screen
CONT