Pioneer DEH-1200MP: Operating this unit

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Operating this unit

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Head unit

Indicator State

! Tuner: band and frequency

! RDS: program service name,

Main dis-

PTY information and other lit-

1

play sec-

eral information

tion

! Built-in CD player: elapsed

playback time and text infor-

mation

! The track number or preset

Button Button

Preset

number.

number/

1 F (function) 8 Detach

! If a track number 100 or more

2

track num-

is selected, d on the left of

AUX input jack (3.5

ber

the track number indicator

2 EQ/LOUD 9

mm stereo jack)

will light.

3 SRC/OFF a TA/AF

AF (alternative frequencies

3 AF

search) function is on.

4 1 to 6 b DISP/SCRL

4 TP A TP station is tuned in.

5 Disc loading slot c a/b/c/d

5 TA TA function is on.

6 h (eject) d BAND/ESC

MP3/

The type of the currently playing

7 A (audio)

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WMA

disc.

7 RPT Repeat play is turned on.

8 LOUD Loudness is on.

The selected frequency is being

Display indication

9 5 (stereo)

broadcasted in stereo.

1

2

a LOC Local seek tuning is on.

Basic Operations

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7 8 9 a

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Important

! Handle gently when removing or attaching

the front panel.

! Avoid subjecting the front panel to excessive

shock.

! Keep the front panel out of direct sunlight and

high temperatures.

! Remove any cables and devices attached to

this unit before detaching the front panel to

avoid damage to the device or vehicle interior.

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Operating this unit

Removing the front panel to protect your unit from

Menu operations identical

theft

for function settings/audio

1 Press detach to release the front panel.

2 Grab the front panel and remove.

adjustments/initial settings

3 Put the front panel into the provided protective

case for safe keeping.

Returning to the ordinary display

Canceling the initial setting menu

Re-attaching the front panel

1 Press BAND/ESC.

1 Slide the front panel to the left until it clicks.

You can also cancel initial settings by holding

Front panel and the head unit are connected on

down SRC/OFF until the unit turns off.

the left side. Make sure that the front panel has

been properly connected to the head unit.

Tuner

Basic Operations

Selecting a band

1 Press BAND/ESC until the desired band (F1, F2

2 Press the right side of the front panel until it is

for FM or MW/LW) is displayed.

firmly seated.

If you can’t attach the front panel to the head unit

Manual tuning (step by step)

successfully, try again. However, forcing the front

1 Press c or d.

panel into place may result in damage.

Seeking

Turning the unit on

1 Press and hold c or d, and then release.

1 Press SRC/ OFF to turn the unit on.

You can cancel seek tuning by briefly pressing c

or d.

Turning the unit off

While pressing and holding c or d, you can skip

1 Press SRC/ OFF and hold until the unit turns off.

stations. Seek tuning starts as soon as you re-

Selecting a source

lease c or d.

1 Press SRC/ OFF to cycle between:

TUNER (tuner)—CD (built-in CD player)—AUX

(AUX)

Storing and recalling stations

Adjusting the volume

You can easily store up to six stations as pre-

1 Turn SRC/OFF to adjust volume.

sets.

Note

% When you find a station that you want

to store in memory, press one of the preset

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

tuning buttons (1 to 6) and hold until the

the vehicle’s auto-antenna relay control terminal,

preset number stops flashing.

the vehicle’s antenna extends when this unit’s

Stored radio station frequency can be recalled

source is turned on. To retract the antenna, turn

by pressing the preset tuning button.

the source off.

# Press a or b to recall radio station frequen-

cies.

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Switching the RDS display

Receiving traffic announcements

RDS (radio data system) contains digital infor-

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re-

mation that helps search for the radio sta-

ceive traffic announcements automatically, re-

tions.

gardless of the source you are listening to.

% Press DISP/SCRL.

1 Tune in a TP or enhanced other net-

Program service name—PTY information—

work’s TP station.

Frequency

2 Press TA/AF to turn traffic announce-

# PTY information and the frequency appear on

ment standby on or off.

the display for eight seconds.

3 Turn SRC/OFF to adjust the TA volume

when a traffic announcement begins.

PTY list

The newly set volume is stored in memory and

NEWS (News), AFFAIRS (Current af fairs), INFO (Infor-

recalled for subsequent traffic announce-

mation), SPORT (Sports), WEATHER (Weather), FI-

ments.

NANCE (Finance), POP MUS (Popular music), ROCK

MUS (Rock music), EASY MUS (Easy listening), OTH

4 Press TA/AF while a traffic announce-

MUS (Other music), JAZZ (Jazz), COUNTRY (Country

ment is being received to cancel the an-

music), NAT MUS (National music), OLDIES (Oldies

nouncement.

music), FOLK MUS (Folk music), L.CLASS (Light clas-

The tuner returns to the original source but re-

sical), CLASSIC (Classical), EDUCATE (Education),

mains in the standby mode until TA/AF is

DRAMA (Drama), CULTURE (Culture), SCIENCE

(Science), VARIED (Varied), CHILD REN (Children’s),

pressed again.

SOCIAL (Social affairs), RELIGION (Religion), PHONE

IN (Phone in), TOURING (Travel), LEISURE (Leisure),

DOCUMENT (Documentaries)

Function settings

% Press F (function) to select the function.

After selecting, perform the following proce-

Selecting alternative frequencies

dures to set the function.

When the tuner cannot get a good reception,

LOCAL (local seek tuning)

the unit automatically searches for a different

station in the same network.

Local seek tuning lets you tune in only those radio sta-

tions with sufficiently strong signals for good recep-

% Press and hold TA/AF to turn AF on or

tion.

off.

1 Press a or b to turn local seek tuning on or off.

2 Press c or d to set the sensitivity.

FM: LOCAL 1—LOCAL 2—LOCAL 3—LOCAL 4

Using PI Seek

MW/LW: LOCAL 1—LOCAL 2

If the tuner cannot find a suitable station, or

Larger setting number is higher level. The highest

level setting allows reception of only the strongest

reception status deteriorates, the unit automa-

stations, while lower settings let you receive pro-

tically searches for a different station with the

gressively weaker stations.

same programming. During the search,

TA (traffic announcement standby)

PI SEEK is displayed and sound is muted.

1 Press a or b to turn traffic announcement stand-

Using Auto PI Seek for preset stations

by on or off.

When preset stations cannot be recalled, as

AF (alternative frequencies search)

when travelling long distances, the unit can

1 Press a or b to turn AF on or off.

be set to perform PI Seek during preset recall.

! The default setting for Auto PI Seek is off.

BSM (best stations memory)

Refer to A-PI (auto PI seek) on page 8.

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Displaying text information

BSM (best stations memory) automatically stores the

six strongest stations in the order of their signal

strength.

Selecting the desired text information

Storing broadcast frequencies with BSM may replace

1 Press DISP/SCRL.

broadcast frequencies you have saved using 1 to 6.

CD TEXT discs: Play time—disc title—disc ar-

1 Press a to turn BSM on.

tist name—track title—track artist name

The six strongest broadcast frequencies are

WMA/MP3: Play time—folder name—file name

stored in the order of their signal strength.

—track title—artist name—album title—com-

To cancel the storage process, press b.

ment—bit rate

WAV: Play time—folder nam e—file name—sam-

REG (regional)

pling frequency

When AF is used, the regional functio n limits the se-

Scrolling the text information to the left

lection of stations broadcasting regional programs.

1 Press and hold DISP/SCRL.

1 Press a or b to turn the regional function on or

off.

Notes

! Incompatible text stored with the audio file

Note

may not be displayed or may be displayed in-

If MW/LW band is selected, only BSM or LOCAL

correctly.

is available.

! Depending on the version of iTunes used to

write MP3 files onto a disc, comment informa-

tion may be incorrectly displayed.

CD

! When playing back VBR (variable bit rate)-re-

corded WMA files, the average bit rate value is

Basic Operations

displayed.

! When playing back VBR (variable bit rate)-re-

Playing a CD/CD-R/CD-RW

corded MP3 files, VBR is displayed instead of

1 Insert the disc, label side up, into the disc loading

bit rate value.

slot.

1 If a disc has already been inserted, press SRC/

OFF to select the built-in CD player.

Function settings

Ejecting a CD/CD-R/CD-RW

1 Press h.

% Press F (function) to select the function.

After selecting, perform the following proce-

Selecting a folder

dures to set the function.

1 Press a or b.

Selecting a track

RPT (repeat play)

1 Press c or d.

1 Press c or d to select the repeat range.

Fast forwarding or reversing

DSC – Repeat all tracks

1 Press and hold c or d.

TRK – Repeat the current track

Switching between compressed audio and CD-DA

FLD – Repeat the curren t folder

1 Press BAND/ESC.

RDM (random play)

Note

1 Press a or b to turn random play on or off.

When random play is on, RDM appears in the dis-

When playing compressed audio, there is no

play.

sound during fast forward or reverse.

If you turn random play on during folder repeat,

FRDM appears in the display.

SCAN (scan play)

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Scan play searches for a song within the selected re-

FAD (fader/balance adjustment)

peat range.

You can change the fader/balance setting.

1 Press a to turn scan play on.

1 Press a or b to adjust front/rear speaker balance.

If you turn scan play on during FLD, FSCN ap-

Adjustment range (front/rear): FAD F15 to FAD

pears in the display.

R15

2 When you find the desired track press b to turn

FAD 0 is the proper setting when only two speak-

scan play off.

ers are used.

If the display has automatically returned to the

2 Press c or d to adjust left/right speaker balance.

playback display, select SCAN again by pressing F

Adjustment range (left/right): BAL L15 to BAL

(function).

R15

After scanning of a disc (folder) is finished, nor-

mal playback of the tracks begins.

BASS/MID/TREBLE (equalizer adjustment)

PAUSE (pause)

You can adjust the bass/mid/treble level.

! Adjusted equalizer curve settings are stored in

1 Press a or b to pause or resume.

CUSTOM.

1 Press a or b to adjust the level.

COMP OFF (compression and BMX)

Adjustment range: +6 to -6

Using the COMP (compression) and BMX functions

LOUD (loudness)

let you adjust the sound playback quality of this unit.

1 Press a or b to select your favorite setting.

Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the low-

COMP OFF—COMP 1—COMP 2—COMP OFF—

and high-frequency ranges at low volume.

BMX 1—BMX 2

1 Press a or b to turn loudness on or off.

2 Press c or d to select the desired setting.

FF/REV (fast forward/reverse)

LOW (low)—HI (high)

You can switch the search method between fast for-

SLA (source level adjustment)

ward/reverse and searching every 10 tracks. Selecting

ROUGH enables you to search every 10 tracks.

SLA (Source level adjustment) lets you adjust the vo-

1 Press d to select ROUGH.

lume level of each source to prevent radical changes

FF/REV – Fast forward and reverse

in volume when switching between sources.

ROUGH – Searching every 10 tracks

! Settings are based on the FM volume level, which

To select FF/REV, press c.

remains unchanged.

2 Press BAND/ESC to return to the playback dis-

Before adjusting source levels, compare the FM

play.

volume level with the level of the source you wish

3 Press and hold c or d to search every 10 tracks

to adjust.

on a disc (folder).

! The MW/LW volume level can also be adjusted

If the rest of track number is less than 10, press

with source level adjustments.

and hold c or d recalls the first (last) one.

1 Press a or b to adjust the source volume.

Adjustment range: SLA +4 to SLA –4

Note

Audio Adjustments

You can also turn loudness on or off by pressing

and holding EQ/LOUD.

Audio Adjustments

% Press A (audio) to select the audio func-

tion.

Using the equalizer

After selecting, perform the following proce-

% Press EQ/LOUD to select the equalizer.

dures to set the audio function.

DYNAMIC—VOCAL—NATURAL—CUSTOM

—FLAT—POWERFUL

! CUSTOM allows you to create a customized

setting.

! When FLAT is selected no adjustments are

made to the sound.

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