Pioneer DEH-P3800MP Operation Manual
Pioneer DEH-P3800MP Operation Manual

Pioneer DEH-P3800MP Operation Manual

Multi-cd control high power cd/mp3/wma player with fm/am tuner
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Operation Manual
Mode demploi
Multi-CD control High power CD/MP3/WMA player
with FM/AM tuner
Syntoniseur FM/AM et lecteur de CD/MP3/WMA,
Puissance élevée, avec contrôleur pour lecteur de
CD à chargeur
DEH-P3800MP

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  • Page 1 Operation Manual Mode demploi Multi-CD control High power CD/MP3/WMA player with FM/AM tuner Syntoniseur FM/AM et lecteur de CD/MP3/WMA, Puissance élevée, avec contrôleur pour lecteur de CD à chargeur DEH-P3800MP...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 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.
  • Page 3 Contents Multi-CD Player Front image enhancer (F.I.E.) 34 Playing a CD 24 Adjusting source levels 34 50-disc multi-CD player 24 Introduction of advanced multi-CD player Initial Settings operation 25 Adjusting initial settings 35 Repeating play 25 Setting the clock 35 Playing tracks in random order 25 Switching the auxiliary setting 35 Scanning CDs and tracks 26...
  • Page 4: Before You Start

    Section Before You Start Information to User CAUTION ! Do not allow this unit to come into contact Alteration or modifications carried out without with liquids. Electrical shock could result. appropriate authorization may invalidate the Also, this unit damage, smoke, and overheat users right to operate the equipment.
  • Page 5: After-Sales Service For Pioneer Products

    800-421-1404 (i.e. revenue-generating) real time broad- casting (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or CANADA any other media), broadcasting/streaming Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc. via internet, intranets and/or other net- CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEPARTMENT works or in other electronic content distri- 300 Allstate Parkway...
  • Page 6: About Wma

    Section Before You Start About WMA Use and care of the remote control Installing the battery Slide the tray out on the back of the remote control and insert the battery with the plus (+) and minus () poles pointing in the proper di- The Windows Media"...
  • Page 7: About The Sat Radio Ready Mark

    Press DETACH to release the front front panel indicates that the Satellite Radio panel. Tuner for Pioneer (i.e., XM tuner and Sirius sa- Press DETACH and the right side of the panel tellite tuner which are sold separately) can be is released from the head unit.
  • Page 8: WhatS What

    Section Whats What Head unit 9 SW button Press to select the subwoofer setting menu. 1 CLOCK button Press and hold to select the bass boost set- Press to change to the clock display. Press ting menu. and hold to change the channel select mode when XM tuner or SIRIUS tuner is se- a 16 buttons lected as the source.
  • Page 9: Remote Control

    Section Whats What Remote control Operation is the same as when using the but- tons on the head unit. See the explanation of the head unit about the operation of each but- ton with the exception of ATT and PAUSE, which is explained below.
  • Page 10: Power On/Off

    CD player.  When the AUX (auxiliary input) is set to off (refer to page 35). ! 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.
  • Page 11: Tuner

    Section Tuner Listening to the radio To perform seek tuning, press and hold c or d 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 briefly pressing c or d.
  • Page 12: Introduction Of Advanced Tuner Operation

    Section Tuner Introduction of advanced % When you find a frequency that you want to store in memory, press one of pre- tuner operation set tuning buttons 16 and hold until the preset number stops flashing. The number you have pressed will flash in the preset number indicator and then remain lit.
  • Page 13: Storing The Strongest Broadcast Frequencies

    Section Tuner The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only the strongest stations, while lower settings let you receive progressively weaker stations. When you want to return to normal seek tuning, press b to turn local seek tun- ing off. LOCAL:OFF appears in the display.
  • Page 14: Built-In Cd Player

    Section Built-in CD Player Playing a CD Notes ! The built-in CD player plays one standard, 12- cm or 8-cm CD at a time. Do not use an adap- ter when playing 8-cm CDs. ! Do not insert anything other than a CD into the CD loading slot.
  • Page 15: Introduction Of Advanced Built-In Cd Player Operation

    Section Built-in CD Player Introduction of advanced Press c or d to select the repeat range. This switches you to the selected setting. built-in CD player operation ! DSC  Repeat the current disc ! TRK  Repeat just the current track Note If you perform track search or fast forward/re- verse during TRK, the repeat play range changes...
  • Page 16: Pausing Cd Playback

    Section Built-in CD Player When you find the desired track press enhances the playback of the track or CD that b to turn scan play off. you are listening to. SCAN :OFF appears in the display. The track will continue to play. Press FUNCTION to select COMP.
  • Page 17: Searching Every 10 Tracks In The Current

    Section Built-in CD Player Searching every 10 tracks in Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN appears in the display. the current disc # When playing a CD TEXT disc, you cannot If a disc contains over 10 tracks, you can switch to TITLE IN.
  • Page 18: Displaying Disc Titles

    Section Built-in CD Player Displaying disc titles Scrolling text information in the display You can display the text information of any disc that has had a disc title entered. This unit can display the first 16 letters only of DISC TITLE, DISC ARTIST, TRACK TITLE and % Press DISPLAY.
  • Page 19: Mp3/Wma/Wav Player

    Section MP3/WMA/WAV Player Playing MP3/WMA/WAV Press a or b to select a folder. # You cannot select a folder that does not have an MP3/WMA/WAV file recorded in it. # To return to folder 01 (ROOT), press and hold BAND. However, if folder 01 (ROOT) contains no files, playback commences with folder 02.
  • Page 20: Introduction Of Advanced Built-In Cd Player (Mp3/Wma/Wav) Operation

    Section MP3/WMA/WAV Player Introduction of advanced ! If you cannot insert a disc completely or if after you insert a disc the disc does not play, built-in CD player (MP3/ check that the label side of the disc is up. WMA/WAV) operation Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the disc for damage before inserting it again.
  • Page 21: Playing Tracks In Random Order

    Section MP3/WMA/WAV Player Press FUNCTION to select RPT. Press b to turn random play off. Press FUNCTION until RPT appears in the dis- RDM :OFF appears in the display. Tracks will play. continue to play in order. Press c or d to select the repeat range. Note Press c or d until the desired repeat range ap- If you turn random play on during FLD and then...
  • Page 22: Pausing Mp3/Wma/Wav Playback

    Section MP3/WMA/WAV Player Pausing MP3/WMA/WAV Selecting the search method playback You can switch the search method between fast forward/reverse and searching every 10 Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of tracks. the MP3/WMA/WAV. Press FUNCTION to select FF/REV. Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE. Press FUNCTION until FF/REV appears in the Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the display.
  • Page 23: Displaying Text Information On Mp3/Wma/Wav Disc

    Section MP3/WMA/WAV Player When playing back a WAV disc # If the current folder contains less than 10 tracks, pressing and holding c recalls the first % Press DISPLAY. track of the folder. Also, if the remaining number Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between of tracks after searching every 10 tracks is less the following settings: than 10, pressing and holding c recalls the first...
  • Page 24: Multi-Cd Player

    Section Multi-CD Player Playing a CD To perform fast forward or reverse, press and hold c or d. To skip back or forward to another track, press c or d. Pressing d skips to the start of the next track. Pressing c once skips to the start of the cur- rent track.
  • Page 25: Introduction Of Advanced Multi-Cd Player Operation

    Section Multi-CD Player Introduction of advanced Press c or d to select the repeat range. Press c or d until the desired repeat range ap- multi-CD player operation pears in the display. ! MCD  Repeat all discs in the multi-CD player ! TRK  Repeat just the current track ! DSC  Repeat the current disc...
  • Page 26: Scanning Cds And Tracks

    Section Multi-CD Player Pausing CD playback Note Pause lets you temporarily stop playback of If you turn random play on during DSC and then the CD. return to the playback display, DRDM appears in the display. Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE. Press FUNCTION until PAUSE appears in the display.
  • Page 27: Playback From Your Its Playlist

    Section Multi-CD Player Erasing a track from your ITS TITLE IN (disc title input)ITS (ITS program- ming) playlist You can delete a track from your ITS playlist if Select the desired track by pressing c ITS play is on. or d. If ITS play is already on, skip to step 2.
  • Page 28: Using Disc Title Functions

    Section Multi-CD Player Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN Press a or b to select a letter of the al- appears in the display, then press phabet. FUNCTION to select ITS. Each press of a will display a letter of the al- After TITLE IN is displayed, press FUNCTION phabet in A B C ...
  • Page 29: Using Cd Text Functions

    Section Multi-CD Player When you select DISC TITLE, the title of the % Press DISPLAY and hold until the title currently playing disc is shown in the display. begins to scroll to the left. The rest of the title will appear in the dis- # If no title has been entered for the currently play.
  • Page 30: Audio Adjustments

    Section Audio Adjustments Introduction of audio # When the subwoofer controller setting is P/O :FUL, you cannot switch to SUB W. (Refer to adjustments page 36.) # You can select the 80: 0 only when subwoofer output is turned on in SUB W. # When selecting the FM tuner as the source, you cannot switch to SLA.
  • Page 31: Using The Equalizer

    Section Audio Adjustments Press c or d to adjust left/right speaker % Press EQ to select the equalizer. balance. Press EQ repeatedly to switch between the fol- When you press c or d, BAL : 0 is displayed. lowing equalizers: Each press of c or d moves the left/right SUPER BASSPOWERFULNATURAL speaker balance towards the left or the right.
  • Page 32: Fine-Adjusting Equalizer Curve

    Section Audio Adjustments Fine-adjusting equalizer curve Adjusting loudness You can adjust the center frequency and the Q Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the factor (curve characteristics) of each currently low- and high-sound ranges at low volume. selected curve band (EQ-L/EQ-M/EQ-H). Press AUDIO to select LOUD.
  • Page 33: Adjusting Subwoofer Settings

    Section Audio Adjustments Press c or d to select the phase of sub- than those in the selected range are outputted woofer output. from the front or rear speakers. Press c to select reverse phase and REV ap- pears in the display. Press d to select normal Press AUDIO to select HPF.
  • Page 34: Front Image Enhancer (F.i.e.)

    Section Audio Adjustments Front image enhancer (F.I.E.) dical changes in volume when switching be- tween sources. The F.I.E. (Front Image Enhancer) function is a ! Settings are based on the FM tuner volume simple method of enhancing front imaging by level, which remains unchanged.
  • Page 35: Initial Settings

    Section Initial Settings Adjusting initial settings Press c or d to select the segment of the clock display you wish to set. Pressing c or d will select one segment of the clock display: HourMinute As you select segments of the clock display the segment selected will blink.
  • Page 36: Setting The Rear Output And Subwoofer Controller

    Section Initial Settings Setting the rear output and ! If you change this setting, subwoofer output in the audio menu return to the factory subwoofer controller settings. This units rear output (rear speaker leads out- put and RCA rear output) can be used for full- range speaker (R-SP :FUL) or subwoofer (R-SP :S/W) connection.
  • Page 37: Other Functions

    Section Other Functions Turning the clock display After you have selected AUX as the source, press FUNCTION and hold until on or off TITLE IN appears in the display. You can turn the clock display on or off. Press a or b to select a letter of the al- % Press CLOCK to turn the clock display phabet.
  • Page 38: Introduction Of Xm Operation

    Section Other Functions Introduction of XM operation Swiching the XM channel select setting You can switch the channel select mode to either selecting with channel number or with category. % Press and hold CLOCK to select the de- sired channel select setting. Press and hold CLOCK repeatedly to switch You can use this unit to control an XM satellite between the following channel select settings:...
  • Page 39: Introduction Of Sirius Operation

    Section Other Functions Introduction of SIRIUS CH NUMBER (channel number select setting) CATEGORY (channel category select operation setting) This unit can control a SIRIUS Satellite Radio tuner (sold separately). When the SIRIUS tuner is used together with this unit, some operations differ slightly from those described in the SIRIUS operation man- ual.
  • Page 40: Additional Information

    ! Use only CDs that have either of the two Compact Disc Digital Audio marks as When you contact your dealer or your nearest shown below. Pioneer Service Center, be sure to record the error message. Message Cause Action...
  • Page 41: Cd-R/Cd-Rw Discs

    Appendix Additional Information MP3, WMA and WAV files ! If the heater is used in cold weather, moist- ure may form on components inside the ! MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3 and CD player. Condensation may cause the CD refers to an audio compression technology player to malfunction.
  • Page 42: Mp3 Additional Information

    Appendix Additional Information ! When playing discs with MP3/WMA/WAV 44.1, 48 kHz sampling frequencies can be files and audio data (CD-DA) such as CD- played back.) EXTRA and MIXED-MODE CDs, both types ! There is no m3u playlist compatibility. can be played only by switching mode be- ! There is no compatibility with the MP3i tween MP3/WMA/WAV and CD-DA.
  • Page 43: About Folders And Mp3/Wma/Wav Files

    Appendix Additional Information ! The sound quality of WAV files generally be- 3 Third level comes better with a larger number of quan- tization bits. This unit can play recordings Notes with 8 and 16 (LPCM) or 4 (MS ADPCM) ! This unit assigns folder numbers.
  • Page 44: Terms

    Appendix Additional Information Terms Linear PCM (LPCM)/Pulse code modulation Bit rate This stands for linear pulse code modulation, This expresses data volume per second, or bps which is the signal recording system used for (bits per second) units. The higher the rate, music CDs and DVDs.
  • Page 45 Appendix Additional Information Packet write This is a general term for a method of writing on CD-R, etc., at the time required for a file, just as is done with files on floppy or hard discs. VBR is short for variable bit rate. Generally speaking CBR (constant bit rate) is more widely used.
  • Page 46: Specifications

    Appendix Additional Information Specifications Mid ........+10 dB (100 Hz), +6.5 dB (10 kHz) General High ........+11 dB (100 Hz), +11 dB (10 kHz) Power source ......14.4 V DC (10.8  15.1 V al- (volume: 30 dB) lowable) HPF: Grounding system ....
  • Page 47 Appendix Additional Information Usable sensitivity ..... 18 µV (S/N: 20 dB) Signal-to-noise ratio ....65 dB (IEC-A network) Note Specifications and the design are subject to pos- sible modifications without notice due to im- provements.
  • Page 48 TEL: (03) 9586-6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC. 300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R OP2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. Blvd.Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso Col.Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico, D.F. 11000 TEL: 55-9178-4270 HÒ¡ýÉPlø...
  • Page 49 DEH-P3800MP This product conforms to CEMA cord colors. Le code de couleur des câbles utilisé pour ce produit est conforme à CEMA. Los colores de los cables este producto se conforman con el código de colores CEMA. Printed in China Imprimé...
  • Page 50: Connecting The Units

    Connecting the Units <ENGLISH> Note: • This unit is for vehicles with a 12-volt battery and • When this product’s source is switched ON, a con- negative grounding. Before installing it in a recre- trol signal is output through the blue/white lead. ational vehicle, truck or bus, check the battery Connect to an external power amp’s system remote voltage.
  • Page 53 Installation Note: • Before making a final installation of the unit, tem- • If installation angle exceeds 60° from horizontal, porarily connect the wiring to confirm that the con- the unit might not give its optimum performance. nections are correct and the system works proper- (Fig.
  • Page 54 Removing the Unit (Fig. 6) (Fig. 7) Frame To remove the frame, extend top and bottom of the frame outwards in order to unlock it. (When reattaching the frame, point the side with a groove downwards and attach it.) • It becomes easy to remove the frame if the front panel is released.
  • Page 55 DIN Rear-mount Installation using the screw holes on the side of the unit 1. Remove the frame. (Fig. 8) Frame To remove the frame, extend top and bot- tom of the frame outwards in order to unlock it. (When reattaching the frame, point the side with a groove downwards and attach it.) •...
  • Page 56 <ENGLISH> Fixing the Front Panel If you do not operate the removing and attaching the front panel function, use the supplied fixing screws and holders to fix the front panel to this unit. 1. Attach the holders to both sides of the front panel. (Fig. 11) Holder Fig.

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