Pioneer DEH-2220UB: Operating this unit

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Operating this unit

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Note

Selecting alternative frequencies

When the tuner cannot get a good reception,

This unit’s AF (alternative frequencies search)

the unit automatically searches for a different

function can be turned on and off. AF should be

station in the same network.

off for normal tuning operation (refer to this

page).

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

off.

Storing and recalling stations

Using PI Seek

You can easily store up to six stations for each

band as presets.

If the tuner cannot find a suitable station, or

reception status deteriorates, the unit automa-

% When you find a station that you want

tically searches for a different station with the

to store in memory, press one of the preset

same programming. During the search,

tuning buttons (1 to 6) and hold until the

PI SEEK is displayed and sound is muted.

preset number stops flashing.

Stored radio station frequency can be recalled

Using Auto PI Seek for preset stations

by pressing the preset tuning button.

When preset stations cannot be recalled, the

# You can also recall stored radio stations by

unit can be set to perform PI Seek during pre-

pressing a or b during the frequency display.

set recall.

! The default setting for Auto PI Seek is off.

Switching the RDS display

Refer to AUTO-PI (auto PI seek) on page 9.

RDS (radio data system) contains digital infor-

mation that helps search for the radio sta-

Receiving traffic announcements

tions.

TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re-

% Press DISP/

/SCRL.

ceive traffic announcements automatically, re-

Program service name—PTY information—

gardless of the source you are listening to.

Frequency

1 Tune in a TP or enhanced other net-

# PTY information and the frequency appear on

work’s TP station.

the display for eight seconds.

2 Press TA/AF to turn traffic announce-

PTY list

ment standby on or off.

NEWS (News), AFFAIRS (Current affairs), INFO (Infor-

3 Use M.C. to adjust the TA volume when

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

a traffic announcement begins.

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

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

The newly set volume is stored in memory and

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

recalled for subsequent traffic announce-

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

ments.

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

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

4 Press TA/AF while a traffic announce-

DRAMA (Drama), CULTURE (Culture), SCIENCE

ment is being received to cancel the an-

(Science), VARIED (Varied), CHILDREN (Children’s),

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

nouncement.

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

The tuner returns to the original source but re-

DOCUMENT (Documentaries)

mains in the standby mode until TA/AF is

pressed again.

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Function settings

CD/CD-R/CD-RW and USB

1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.

storage devices

2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option

Basic Operations

and press to select FUNCTION.

Playing a CD/CD-R/CD-RW

3 Turn M.C. to select the function.

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

slot.

After selecting, perform the following proce-

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

dures to set the function.

OFF to select the built-in CD player.

BSM (best stations memory)

Ejecting a CD/CD-R/CD-RW

1 Press h .

BSM (best stations memory) automatically stores the

six strongest stations in the order of their signal

Playing songs on a USB storage device

strength.

1 Open the USB connector cover and plug in the

1 Press M.C. to turn BSM on.

USB storage device using a USB cable.

To cancel, press M.C. again.

Stop playing a USB storage device

REGION (regional)

1 You may disconnect the USB storage device at

anytime.

When AF is used, the regional function limits the se-

lection of stations broadcasting regional programs.

Selecting a folder

1 Press M.C. to turn the regional function on or off.

1 Press a or b.

LOCAL (local seek tuning)

Selecting a track

1 Press c or d.

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

tions with sufficiently strong signals for good recep-

Fast forwarding or reversing

tion.

1 Press and hold c or d.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

2 Turn M.C. to select the desired setting.

Returning to root folder

FM: OFF—LEVEL 1—LEVEL 2—LEVEL 3—LEVEL

1 Press and hold BAND/ESC.

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Switching between compressed audio and CD-DA

MW/LW: OFF—LEVEL 1—LEVEL 2

1 Press BAND/ESC.

Larger setting number is higher level. The highest

level setting allows reception of only the strongest

Notes

stations, while lower settings let you receive pro-

gressively weaker stations.

! When playing compressed audio, there is no

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

sound during fast forward or reverse.

TA (traffic announcement standby)

! USB portable audio players that can be

charged via USB will be recharged when

1 Press M.C. to turn traffic announcement standby

plugged in and the ignition switch is set to

on or off.

ACC or ON.

AF (alternative frequencies search)

! Disconnect USB storage device from unit

when not in use.

1 Press M.C. to turn AF on or off.

! If plug and play is on and a USB storage de-

vice is present, depending on the type of de-

Notes

vice, the source may switch to USB

automatically when you turn on the engine.

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

Please change plug and play setting as neces-

LOCAL is available.

sary. Refer to USB (plug and play) on page 9.

! Operation is complete even if the menu is can-

celled before being confirmed.

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Displaying text information

Note

Track title list will display the list of track titles on

Selecting the desired text information

1 Press DISP/

/SCRL.

a CD TEXT disc.

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

tist name—track title—track artist name

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

Advanced operations using

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

special buttons

ment—bit rate—folder and track numbers

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

Selecting a repeat play range

pling frequency—folder and track numbers

1 Press 6/

to cycle between the following:

Scrolling the text information to the left

CD/CD-R/CD-RW

1 Press and hold DISP/

/SCRL.

! DISC – Repeat all tracks

! TRACK – Repeat the current track

! FOLDER – Repeat the current folder

Notes

USB audio player/USB memory

! Incompatible text stored with the audio file

! TRACK – Repeat the current file

may not be displayed or may be displayed in-

! FOLDER – Repeat the current folder

! ALL – Repeat all files

correctly.

! Depending on the version of iTunes used to

Playing tracks in random order

write MP3 files onto a disc, comment informa-

1 Press 5/

to turn random play on or off.

Tracks in a selected repeat range are played in

tion may be incorrectly displayed.

random order.

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

corded WMA files, the average bit rate value is

Pausing playback

displayed.

1 Press 2/PAUSE to pause or resume.

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

Enhancing compressed audio and restoring rich

corded MP3 files, VBR is displayed instead of

sound (sound retriever)

bit rate value.

1 Press 1/S.Rtrv to cycle between:

OFF (off)—MODE 1—MODE 2

MODE 1 is effectiv e for low compression rates,

and MODE 2 is effective for high compression

Selecting and playing files/

rates.

tracks from the name list

1 Press

to switch to the file/track

name list mode.

Function settings

2 Use M.C. to select the desired file name

1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.

(or folder name).

2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option

and press to select FUNCTION.

Changing file or folder name

1 Turn M.C.

3 Turn M.C. to select the function.

Playing

After selecting, perform the following proce-

1 When a file or track is selected, press M.C.

dures to set the function.

Seeing a list of files (or folders) in the selected folder

1 When a folder is selected, press M.C.

Playing a song in the selected folder

1 When a folder is selected, press and hold M.C.

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REPEAT (repeat play)

EQUALIZER (equalizer recall)

There are six stored settings DYNAMIC (dynamic),

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

VOCAL (vocal), NATURAL (natural), CUSTOM (cus-

2 Turn M.C. to select a repeat play range.

tom), FLAT (flat) and POWERFUL (powerful).

For details, refer to Selecting a repeat play range on

! When FLAT is selected no adjustments are made

the previous page.

to the sound.

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

RANDOM (random play)

2 Turn M.C. to select the equalizer.

DYNAMIC—VOCAL—NATURAL—CUSTOM—

1 Press M.C. to turn random play on or off.

FLAT—POWERFUL

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

PAUSE (pause)

TONE CTRL (equalizer adjustment)

1 Press M.C. to pause or resume.

You can adjust the bass/mid/treble level.

S.RTRV (sound retriever)

! Adjusted equalizer curve settings are stored in

CUSTOM.

Automatically enhances compressed audio and re-

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

stores rich sound.

2 Press M.C. to select BASS (bass)/MID (mid)/TRE-

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

BLE (treble).

2 Turn M.C. to select the desired setting.

3 Turn M.C. to adjust the level.

For details, refer to Enhancing compressed audio

Adjustment range: +6 to -6

and restoring rich sound (sound retriever) on the

previous page.

LOUDNESS (loudness)

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the low-

and high-frequency ranges at low volume.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

Note

2 Turn M.C. to select the desired setting.

Operation is complete even if the menu is can-

OFF (off)—LOW(low)—HIGH (high)

celled before being confirmed.

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

SLA (source level adjustment)

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

Audio Adjustments

lume level of each source to prevent radical changes

in volume when switching between sources.

1 Press M.C. to display the main menu.

! Settings are based on the FM volume level, which

remains unchanged.

2 Turn M.C. to change the menu option

Before adjusting source levels, compare the FM

and press to select AUDIO.

volume level with the level of the source you wish

to adjust.

3 Turn M.C. to select the audio function.

! The MW/LW volume level can also be adjusted

After selecting, perform the following proce-

with source level adjustments.

dures to set the audio function.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

2 Turn M.C. to adjust the source volume.

Adjustment range: +4 to –4

FAD/BAL (fader/balance adjustment)

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

You can change the fader/balance setting.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

2 Press M.C. to cycle between fader and balance.

Notes

3 Turn M.C. to adjust speaker balance.

Adjustment range (front/rear): F15 to R15

! When selecting FM as the source, you cannot

Adjustment range (left/right): L15 to R15

switch to SLA.

FR 0 is the proper setting when only two speakers

! Operation is complete even if the menu is can-

are used.

celled before being confirmed.

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Initial Settings

This setting allows you to switch your source to USB

automatically.

Important

1 Press M.C. to turn the plug and play on or off.

ON – When USB storage device is connected, the

Power save mode is cancelled if the vehicle bat-

source is automatically switched to USB.Ifyou

tery is disconnected and will need to be turned

disconnect your USB storage device, this unit’s

back on once the battery is reconnected. When

source is turned off.

power save is off, depending on connection meth-

OFF – When USB storage device is connected,

the source is not switched to USB automatically.

ods, the unit may continue to draw power from

Please change the source to USB manuall y.

the battery if your vehicle's ignition switch doesn't

have an ACC (accessory position).

TITLE (multi language)

This unit can display the text information of a com-

1 Press SRC/OFF and hold until the unit

pressed audio file even if they are embedded in a

turns off.

Western European or Russian language.

! If the embedded language and the selected lan-

2 Press SRC/OFF and hold until FM STEP

guage setting are not the same, text information

appears in the display.

may not be displayed properly.

! Some characters may not be displayed properly.

3 Turn M.C. to select the initial setting.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

After selecting, perform the following proce-

2 Turn M.C. to select the desired setting.

EUROPEAN (European)—RUSSIAN (Russian)

dures to set the initial setting.

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

FM STEP (FM tuning step)

PW SAVE (power saving)

Normally the FM tuning step employed by seek tuning

Switching this fun ction on enables you to reduce the

is 50 kHz. When AF or TA is on, the tuning step auto-

consumption of battery power.

matically changes to 100 kHz. It may be preferable to

! Turning on the source is the only operation al-

set the tuning step to 50 kHz when AF is on.

lowed when this function is on.

! The tuning step remains at 50 kHz during manual

1 Press M.C. to turn the power save on or off.

tuning.

1 Press M.C. to display the setting mode.

2 Turn M.C. to select the FM tuning step.

Note

50 KHZ (50 kHz)—100 KHZ (100 kHz)

3 Press M.C. to confirm the selection.

Operation is complete even if the menu is can-

celled before being confirmed.

AUTO-PI (auto PI seek)

The unit can automatically search for a different sta-

tion with the same programming, even during preset

recall.

Using the AUX source

1 Press M.C. to turn Auto PI seek on or off.

1 Insert the stereo mini plug into the

AUX (auxiliary input)

AUX input jack.

Activate this setting when using auxiliary device con-

2 Press SRC/OFF to select AUX as the

nected to this unit.

1 Press M.C. to turn AUX on or off.

source.

USB (plug and play)

Note

AUX cannot be selected unless the auxiliary set-

ting is turned on. For more details, refer to AUX

(auxiliary input) on this page.

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