Pioneer AVICF500BT - CD-VM1 Optional Microphone User manual

Operation Manual
ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA NAVIGATION SYSTEM
AVIC-F500BT
Notice to all users:
Be sure to read “Important Information for the user”first!
“Important Information for the user”includes the
important information that you must understand before
using this navigation system.
This software requires that the navigation system is
properly connected to your vehicle’s parking brake and
depending on your vehicle, additional installation may
be required. For more information, please contact your
Authorized Pioneer Electronics retailer or call us at
[phone].
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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate
your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, keep this man-
ual in a safe place for future reference.
Important
The screens shown in the examples may differ
from the actual screens.
The actual screens may be changed without
notice for performance and function improve-
ments.
Introduction
Manual overview 6
–How to read this manual 6
–Terminology 6
–About the definition of terminology 6
Features 7
Map coverage 8
Protecting the LCD panel and screen 8
Viewing the LCD comfortably 8
Notes for internal memory 9
–Before detaching the battery pack 9
–Resetting the navigation system 9
Basic operation
Checking part names and functions 10
Inserting and ejecting an SD memory
card 12
–Inserting an SD memory card 12
–Ejecting an SD memory card 12
Plugging and unplugging a USB storage
device 13
–Plugging in a USB storage device 13
–Unplugging a USB storage device 13
Connecting and disconnecting iPod 14
–Connecting your iPod 14
–Disconnecting your iPod 14
Flow from startup to termination 14
On first-time startup 15
Regular startup 15
How to use the navigation menu
screens 16
–Screen switching overview 16
–What you can do on each menu 17
–Displaying the rear camera image 17
–Listening to the combined car stereo
sounds 17
How to use the map 18
–How to read the map screen 18
–Switching the map between 2D and
3D 20
–Changing the scale of the map 20
–Scrolling the map to the position you
want to see 21
–Changing the tilt and rotation angle of
the map 21
The basic flow of creating your route 22
The operations of a list screen (e.g. city
list) 22
The operation of the on-screen keyboard 22
Searching for and selecting a location
Searching for a location by address 24
Searching for the vicinity Points of Interest
(POI) 26
–Searching for POIs around the
cursor 26
–Searching for a nearby POI 27
–Searching for POIs along the current
route 27
–Searching for POIs around the
destination 27
–Using “Saved Criteria”28
Searching for POIs by using the data on
external storage devices (USB, SD) 30
Searching for a location by coordinates 31
Selecting a location you searched for
recently 32
–Deleting an entry in “History”32
Selecting a location stored in “Favorites”32
–Deleting an entry in “Favorites”33
Setting up a route to your home 33
Setting a route by recalling a saved route 33
Searching for a location by scrolling the
map 34
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After the location is decided (Map
Confirmation Screen)
What you can do with the “Map Confirmation
Screen”36
Route... 36
Save as... 37
Setting the location as a new destination 37
Setting the location as a waypoint 37
Replacing the location as the new final
destination 37
Setting the location as the start point 37
Viewing the information of a specified
location 38
Placing a map pin on the location 38
–Removing a map pin 39
Registering the location as a customized
POI 39
Storing the location in “Favorites”40
Deleting an entry in “Favorites”40
Checking the current route
Checking the current route conditions 41
–Playing simulated travel at high
speed 42
–Checking the entire route overview on
the map 42
Checking the current itinerary 42
Editing waypoints and the destination
Editing waypoints 44
–Adding a waypoint 44
–Sorting waypoints 44
–Deleting a waypoint 44
Storing the current route 44
–Deleting the entry in “Saved
Routes”45
Deleting the current route 45
Browsing information on MSN Direct
Activating the service 46
–Checking your product key 46
–Subscribing to the MSN Direct
service 47
–Activating the MSN Direct
function 47
Browsing gas prices 47
Browsing movie times 48
–Searching for a theater by selecting a
movie title 48
–Searching for a movie title by selecting
a theater 49
Browsing weather information 50
–Checking the local weather
information 50
–Checking worldwide weather
conditions 50
Using traffic information 50
–Viewing the traffic list 50
–How to read traffic information on the
map 51
–Setting the traffic information 51
Using hands-free phoning
Hands-free phoning overview 52
Preparing communication devices 52
Displaying the Phone Menu 52
Registering your cellular phone 52
–Searching for nearby phones 53
–Searching for a specified phone 53
–Pairing from your mobile phone 54
Connecting a registered cellular phone 55
–Disconnecting a cellular phone 55
–Deleting a registered phone 55
Receiving a phone call 56
–Answering an incoming call 56
–Rejecting an incoming call 56
Making a phone call 56
–Direct dialing 57
–Dialing from the history 57
–Calling a number in the “Contacts”
screen 58
–Dialing a phone number on the “Map
Confirmation Screen”58
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–Making a call home easily 58
–Dialing GOOG-411 59
Announcing incoming short mails 59
Transferring the phone book 59
Clearing memory 60
Setting the phone 61
–Setting the phone volume 61
–Stopping Bluetooth wave
transmission 61
–Answering a call automatically 61
–Setting the automatic rejection
function 62
–Echo canceling and noise
reduction 62
–Setting the automatic connection 62
–Editing the device name 62
Notes for hands-free phoning 63
Updating the Bluetooth wireless technology
software 64
Playing the music file (USB, SD)
Starting procedures 65
Reading the screen 65
Using the touch panel keys (Music) 66
–Selecting a track from the list 67
–Browsing embedded text
information 67
Using the “Function”menu 67
Playing the movie file (USB, SD)
Starting procedures 69
Reading the screen 69
Using the touch panel keys (Video) 70
–Searching for a desired scene and
starting playback from a specified
time 70
Using the “Function”menu 71
Using the iPod® (iPod)
Starting procedures 72
Reading the screen 72
Using the touch panel keys (Music) 73
–Browsing for a song 73
Starting the video playback 74
Using the touch panel keys (Video) 75
–Browsing for a video 76
Using the “Function”menu 76
Using the AV input
Starting procedures (AV) 78
Using the touch panel keys 78
Customizing preferences
The options in the “Navi Settings”menu 79
–Basic operations in the “Navi Settings”
menu 79
–GPS & Time Settings 79
–Time Settings 80
–3D Settings 81
–Map Settings 81
–Displayed Info 82
–Smart Zoom 82
–Overview Mode 83
–Manage POI 83
–Manage Track Logs 83
–Route 83
–Warnings 85
–Regional Settings 85
–Restore Factory Settings 85
–Set Home 86
–Demo Mode 86
–Sound settings 86
–About 86
–Setting the POI appearance 87
–Creating new categories 87
–Editing your customized POI 88
–Recording your travel history 89
–Setting your home position 90
The options on the “System Settings”
menu 91
–Displaying the “System Settings”
menu 91
–Selecting the language 91
–Changing the splash screen 92
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–Setting the rear view camera 92
–Adjusting the response positions of the
touch panels (touch panel
calibration) 93
–Adjusting the screen brightness 94
–Setting the power-saving function 94
–Monitoring the battery status 94
–Checking the version information 95
–Turning off the screen 95
The options on the “AV Settings”menu 95
–Displaying the “AV Settings”menu 95
–Setting video input (AV) 95
–Switching the sound muting/
attenuation 96
–Changing the wide screen mode 96
–Setting the audio output 96
–Acquiring/Cataloging iPod music
information 97
Operating Your Navigation System with
Voice
To Ensure Safe Driving 98
Basics of Voice Operation 98
–Flow of voice operation 98
–Starting voice operation 99
Operating iPod by voice 99
Calling the entry on “Contacts”99
Available Basic Voice Commands 100
–Basic commands 100
–Voice operation for the iPod 100
–Voice operation for AV source (other
than iPod) 101
–Voice commands related to hands-free
phoning 102
Tips for Voice Operation 103
Other functions
Returning the navigation system to the
default or factory settings 104
–Setting items to be deleted 105
Appendix
Troubleshooting 106
Messages and how to react to them 109
Messages for Audio Functions 110
Positioning technology 111
–Positioning by GPS 111
–Map matching 111
Handling large errors 111
–When positioning by GPS is
impossible 112
–Conditions likely to cause noticeable
positioning errors 112
Route setting information 114
–Route search specifications 114
Detailed information for playable media 115
–Compatibility 115
–Media compatibility chart 117
About Bluetooth 120
About SD and SDHC logo 120
About WMA 120
About AAC 120
Detailed information regarding connectable
iPods 120
Using the LCD screen correctly 121
–Handling the LCD screen 121
–Liquid crystal display (LCD)
screen 121
–Maintaining the LCD screen 121
–LED (light-emitting diode)
backlight 121
Display information 122
–Destination Menu 122
–Phone Menu 122
–Settings Menu 123
–Shortcut menu 125
Glossary 126
Specifications 128
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Manual overview
Before using this product, be sure to read “Im-
portant Information for the user”(a separate
manual) which contains warnings, cautions,
and other important information that you
should note.
This manual provides important information
you need to make full use of your new naviga-
tion system.
The beginning chapters outline this navigation
system. The later chapters describe the details
of the navigation functions.
Chapter 8 describes the operations related to
hands-free phoning by using a cellular phone
featuring Bluetooth®technology.
Chapter 9 to Chapter 12 describe how to con-
trol the AV sources. Please read these chap-
ters when you use the various functions in the
built-in audio and visual source or operate the
audio equipment connected to the navigation
system.
Chapter 13 describes how to change the set-
tings so as to suit your tastes. The behavior of
your navigation system depends the settings
for navigation and audio-visual functions.
How to read this manual
Finding the operation procedure from
what you want to do
When you have decided what you want to do,
you can find the page you need from the
“Contents”.
Finding the operation procedure from
a menu name
If you want to check the meaning of each item
displayed on the screen, you will find the ne-
cessary page from the “Display information”at
the end of the manual.
Glossary
See the glossary to find the meaning of a
term.
Terminology
Before moving on, take a few minutes to read
the following information about the conven-
tions used in this manual. Familiarity with
these conventions will help you greatly as you
learn how to use your new equipment.
!Buttons on your navigation system are de-
scribed in ALL CAPITAL,BOLD lettering:
e.g.)
MENU button, MAP button.
!Items in different menus, screen titles, and
functional components are described in
bold with double quotation marks “”:
e.g.)
“Destination Menu”screen or “AV
Source”screen
!Touch panel keys that are available on the
screen are described in bold in brackets [ ]:
e.g.)
[Destination], [Settings].
!Extra information, alternatives and other
notes are presented in the following for-
mat:
e.g.)
pIf the home location has not been stored
yet, set the location first.
!References are indicated like this:
e.g.)
=For details, refer to Setting your home
position on page 90.
About the definition of
terminology
“Video image”
“Video image”in this manual indicates the
moving images of iPod, and any equipment
that is connected to this system with an RCA
cable, such as general-purpose AV equipment.
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“External storage device (USB, SD)”
The SD memory card, SDHC memory card,
USB memory device and USB portable audio
player are collectively referred to as the “exter-
nal storage device (USB, SD)”. If it indicates
the USB memory and USB portable audio
player only, they are referred to as the “USB
storage device”.
Features
Touch panel key operation
It is possible to operate the navigation and
audio functions by using the touch panel key.
2D and 3D map view modes
Various types of screen displays can be se-
lected for navigation guidance.
2D map screen
3D map screen
A wide variety of Points of Interest
(POI) information
More than 100 types of POI categories are in-
cluded in the database. You can also create
your own customized POIs and categories.
Auto reroute function
If you deviate from the set route, the system
will re-calculate the route from that point so
that you remain on track to the destination.
pThis function may not work under certain
conditions.
Assign your original image as a splash
screen
You can store your own pictures on an external
storage device (USB, SD) in JPEG or BMP for-
mat and import an original splash screen to
this navigation system. These imported
images can be set up as customized splash
screens.
pImported original images will be stored in
the built-in memory, but the ability to save
these images cannot be guaranteed com-
pletely. If your original image data is de-
leted, set the external storage device (USB,
SD) again and re-import the original image.
A wide variety of playable file formats
!Following file types is playable on the exter-
nal storage device (USB, SD).
MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, MPEG-4, AVI
—Notice regarding video viewing
Remember that use of this system for com-
mercial or public viewing purposes may
constitute an infringement on the author’s
rights as protected by the Copyright Law.
—Notice regarding MP3 file usage
Supply of this navigation system conveys
only a license for private, non-commercial
use and does not convey a license nor
imply any right to use this product in any
commercial (i.e. revenue-generating), real
time broadcasting (terrestrial, satellite,
cable and/or any other media), broadcast-
ing/streaming via internet, intranets and/or
other networks or in other electronic con-
tent distribution systems, such as pay-
audio or audio-on-demand applications. An
independent license for such use is re-
quired. For details, please visit
http://www.mp3licensing.com.
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Auto file name listing
The track name will be automatically listed
when this function is available. This system
provides easy-to-operate audio functions that
allow playback simply by selecting an item
from the list.
iPod®compatibility
This product supports only the following iPod
models and iPod software versions. Others
may not be work correctly.
!iPod nano first generation; Ver. 1.3.1
!iPod nano second generation; Ver. 1.1.3
!iPod nano third generation; Ver. 1.1
!iPod fifth generation; Ver. 1.3
!iPod classic; Ver. 1.1.1
!iPod touch; Ver. 1.1.4
pWhen you use this navigation system with
a Pioneer USB interface cable for iPod (CD-
IU200VM) (sold separately), you can control
an iPod compatible with this navigation
system.
pTo obtain maximum performance, we re-
commend that you use the latest software
for the iPod.
pOperations may vary depending on the
iPod models and the software version of
iPod.
pFor more details about iPod compatibility
with this navigation system, refer to the in-
formation on our website.
piPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., regis-
tered in the U.S. and other countries.
Hands-free phoning
A cellular phone featuring Bluetooth®technol-
ogy can be connected wirelessly.
—The cellular phone used must be compati-
ble with the profile of this navigation sys-
tem.
—When using Bluetooth wireless technology,
this navigation system may not be able to
operate all of the functions on the cellular
phone.
Rear view camera ready
You can display what is behind the vehicle if
connected to a rear view camera (e.g. ND-
BC2) (sold separately).
Map coverage
For more details about the map coverage of
this navigation system, refer to the information
on our website.
Protecting the LCD panel
and screen
pDo not allow direct sunlight to fall on the
LCD screen when this product is not being
used. Extended exposure to direct sunlight
can result in LCD screen malfunction due
to the resulting high temperatures.
pWhen using a cellular phone, keep the an-
tenna of the cellular phone away from the
LCD screen to prevent disruption of the
video in the form of spots, colored stripes,
etc.
pTo protect the LCD screen from damage, be
sure to touch the touch panel keys only
with your fingers. (Keep the use of other in-
struments at a minimum, and only in cases
in which the touch panel calibration is
necessary.)
Viewing the LCD comfortably
Due to its construction, the viewing angle of
the LCD screen is limited. However, “Bright-
ness”may be used to adjust the black density
of the video. When using the screen for the
first time, the adjustment of the black density
for clear viewing is recommended.
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Notes for internal memory
Before detaching the battery pack
If the internal battery is detached or dis-
charged, the memory will be erased and must
be reprogrammed.
pSome data remains. Read Returning the na-
vigation system to the default or factory set-
tings before you operate this function.
=For more detailed information about the
items to be deleted, refer to Returning
the navigation system to the default or
factory settings on page 104.
Resetting the navigation system
Press RESET button only under the following
conditions:
!Prior to using this product for the first time.
!If the product fails to operate properly.
!If there appear to be problems with the op-
eration of the system.
!When adding/removing additional pro-
ducts that connect to the navigation sys-
tem.
!If your vehicle position shown on the map
with a significant positioning error.
1 Turn the ignition switch OFF.
2 Detach the navigation unit from the
cradle.
3 Press RESET button with a pen tip or
other pointed instrument.
RESET button
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Checking part names and functions
This chapter gives information about the
names of the parts and the main features
using the buttons.
1MENU button
Press MENU button to display the “Top
Menu”.
Press and hold to display the “Screen Cali-
bration”screen.
=For details concerning operations, refer
to Adjusting the response positions of the
touch panels (touch panel calibration) on
page 93.
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