Operation Manual
7 inch Wide Fully Motorized LCD Color Display with 5-
Channel High-Power DVD/VCD/CD Receiver
AVH-P7500DVD
English
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! Playable discs 8
! DVD video disc region numbers 8
! When an operation is prohibited 12
Precautions
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 7
To ensure safe driving 7
To avoid battery exhaustion 7
Before You Start
Information to User 8
For Canadian model 8
About this unit 8
About this manual 9
After-sales service for Pioneer products 9
Product registration 10
Precautions 10
Features 10
To protect the LCD screen 11
For viewing LCD comfortably 11
Condition memory 11
What the marks on DVDs indicate 12
Resetting the microprocessor 12
Use and care of the remote control 13
About the XM READY mark 13
Feature demo 14
Whats What
Head unit 15
Remote control 17
Basic Operations
Turning the unit on and selecting a
source 20
Loading a disc 21
Adjusting the volume 21
Turning the unit off 21
Using the rear display 21
Displaying the navigation video 22
Touch panel key basic operation 23
Opening and closing the LCD panel 24
Changing the wide screen mode 25
Adjusting the picture adjustment 26
Protecting your unit from theft 27
Tuner
Listening to the radio 28
Introduction of advanced tuner
operation 29
Storing and recalling broadcast
frequencies 29
Tuning in strong signals 29
Storing the strongest broadcast
frequencies 30
Playing DVD audio discs
Listening a DVD audio 31
Operating the DVD menu 32
Skipping back or forward to another
group 32
Stopping playback 32
Introduction of advanced DVD audio
operation 33
Repeating play 33
Playing tracks in a random order 33
Scanning tracks 33
Pausing DVD audio playback 34
Browsing still pictures 34
Frame-by-frame playback 34
Slow motion playback 35
Searching for a desired track or group 35
Changing audio language during playback
(Multi-audio) 36
Changing the subtitle language during
playback (Multi-subtitle) 36
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Changing the viewing angle during playback
(Multi-angle) 36
Using the dynamic range control 37
Playing DVD video discs
Watching a DVD video 38
Operating the DVD menu 39
Skipping back or forward to another title 39
Stopping playback 39
Introduction of advanced DVD video
operation 40
Repeating play 40
Pausing DVD video playback 40
Frame-by-frame playback 40
Slow motion playback 41
Searching for a desired scene, starting
playback from a specified time 41
Changing audio language during playback
(Multi-audio) 42
Changing the subtitle language during
playback (Multi-subtitle) 42
Changing the viewing angle during playback
(Multi-angle) 43
Using the dynamic range control 43
Playing Video CDs
Watching a Video CD 44
Operating the menu 45
Stopping playback 45
Introduction of advanced Video CD
operation 46
Repeating play 46
Pausing Video CD playback 46
Frame-by-frame playback 47
Slow motion playback 47
Searching for a desired scene, starting
playback from a specified time 47
Selecting audio output 48
Playing CDs
Listening a CD 49
Stopping playback 49
Introduction of advanced CD operation 50
Repeating play 50
Playing tracks in a random order 50
Scanning tracks of a CD 50
Pausing CD playback 51
Entering disc titles 51
Using CD TEXT functions 52
Playing MP3
Listening MP3 53
Stopping playback 54
Introduction of advanced MP3 operation 54
Repeating play 55
Playing tracks in a random order 55
Scanning folders and tracks 55
Pausing MP3 playback 55
Displaying text information on MP3
discs 56
Scrolling text information in the display 56
Selecting tracks from the file name list 56
TV tuner
Watching the TV tuner 57
Introduction of advanced TV tuner
operation 58
Storing and recalling broadcast stations 58
Storing the strongest broadcast stations
sequentially 58
Confirming current channel and other
settings 59
Multi-CD Player
Listening a CD 60
50-disc multi-CD player 60
Introduction of advanced multi-CD player
operation 61
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Repeating play 61
Playing tracks in a random order 61
Scanning CDs and tracks 62
Pausing CD playback 62
Using ITS playlists 62
Using disc title functions 63
Using CD TEXT functions 65
Using compression and bass emphasis 65
XM tuner
Listening to the XM 66
Introduction of advanced XM tuner
operation 67
Switching the XM display 67
Storing and recalling broadcast stations 67
Swiching the XM channel select setting 67
Selecting the XM channel directly 68
Display the ID code 68
DVD Player
Playing a disc 69
Turning the DVD player on or off 70
Selecting a disc 70
Introduction of advanced DVD player
operation 70
Repeating play 70
Pausing disc playback 71
Playing tracks in a random order 71
Scanning tracks of a CD 71
Using ITS playlists 71
Using disc title functions 71
Audio Adjustments
Introduction of audio adjustments 72
Using the equalizer 73
Using the auto-equalizer 74
Using the position selector 75
Using balance adjustment 75
Adjusting source levels 75
Using the direct control 76
Using the Dolby Pro Logic B 76
Setting the speaker setting 77
Selecting a cut-off frequency 78
Adjusting the speaker output levels 78
Adjusting the speaker output levels using a
test tone 78
Using the time alignment 79
Auto TA and EQ (auto-time alignment and
auto-equalizing) 80
Setting up the DVD player
Introduction of DVD setup adjustments 83
Setting the subtitle language 83
Setting the audio language 84
Setting the menu language 84
Setting assist subtitles on or off 84
Setting angle icon display 85
Setting the aspect ratio 85
Setting the parental lock 85
To play back bonus groups 86
Setting remote control code type 86
InitialSettings
Adjusting initial settings 88
Switching the warning tone 88
Switching the auxiliary setting 88
Correcting distorted sound 88
Switching the sound muting/attenuation 89
Switching the automatic disc playback 89
Switching the dimmer setting for sub-
display 89
Resetting the audio functions 89
Mixing navigation voice/beep and audio
sound 90
Other Functions
Introduction of setup adjustments 91
Setting the video input 91
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Setting for back-up camera 91
Setting the clock 92
Setting the automatic open function 92
Adjusting the LCD panel slide position 93
Setting the video of rear display 93
Displaying the navigation video on rear
display 93
Using the AUX source 93
Switching the background display 94
Using the PGM button 95
AdditionalInformation
Troubleshooting 96
Error messages 98
Understanding auto TA and EQ error
messages 99
DVD player and care 100
DVD discs 100
CD-R/CD-RW discs 100
MP3 files 101
Using the display correctly 102
Language code chart for DVD 104
Terms 105
Specifications 108
Index 110
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