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.
Section Precautions Precautions To ensure safe driving WARNING ! To avoid the risk of accident and the potential violation of applicable laws, the front DVD or TV (sold separately) feature should never be used while the vehicle is being driven. Also, rear displays should not be in a location where it is a visible distraction to the driver.
! If this unit does not operate properly, contact DVD video disc region numbers your dealer or nearest authorized Pioneer Ser- vice Station. DVD video discs that have incompatible region numbers cannot be played on this player. The...
Dolby Digital/DTS compatibility eration. All the functions have been designed When using this unit with a Pioneer multi- for the easiest possible use, but many are not channel processor, you can enjoy the atmo- self-explanatory.
Section Before You Start casting/streaming via internet, intranets and/ Note or other networks or in other electronic con- This product incorporates copyright protection tent distribution systems, such as pay-audio or technology that is protected by method claims of audio-on-demand applications. An indepen- certain U.S.
Section Before You Start ® Protecting your unit from Plays all versions of DivX video (including ® ® DivX 6) with standard playback of DivX theft media files ! DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos The front panel can be detached to deter theft. are trademarks of DivX, Inc.
Section Before You Start Attaching the front panel WARNING Slide the front panel to the left until it Keep the battery out of the reach of children. clicks. Should the battery be swallowed, immediately Front panel and the head unit are jointed on consult a doctor.
Section Operating this unit 8 DETACH button What’s What Press to remove the front panel from the Head unit head unit. 1 AUDIO button 9 EQ button Press to select various sound quality con- Press to select various equalizer curves. trols.
Section Operating this unit Remote control Button names DVH mode DVD and S-DVD mode SOURCE button Press to cycle through all the available sources. Press and hold to turn the source off. Press to quickly lower the volume level, by about 90%. Press once more to return to the ori- ATT button ginal volume level.
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Section Operating this unit Button names DVH mode DVD and S-DVD mode Press to operate the preprogrammed functions Press to turn the bookmark function on BOOKMARK for each source. (Refer to Using the PGM button or off. For details, refer to Resume play- button on page 53.) back (Bookmark) on page 19.
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DVD mode operation. as 1 for disc 7, until the disc number ap- pears in the display. If Pioneer DVD player (SDV-P7) is connected to this unit as a source DVD player, remote control DVD mode operation...
AUX1 to OFF when not in use (refer to Switch- sumes from the selected point. For more de- ing the auxiliary setting on page 49). ! External unit refers to a Pioneer product (such tails, refer to Resume playback (Bookmark) on page 19.
Section Operating this unit ! If you cannot insert a disc completely or if Tuner after you insert a disc the disc does not play, Basic Operations check that the label side of the disc is up. Press EJECT to eject the disc, and check the When the separately sold display is connected disc for damage before inserting it again.
Section Operating this unit # To return to the frequency display, press Storing and recalling broadcast BAND. frequencies # If you do not operate the function within about If you press any of the preset tuning buttons 1 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned to 6 you can easily store up to six broadcast to the frequency display.
Section Operating this unit The LOCAL 4 setting allows reception of only Playing DVD video discs the strongest stations, while lower settings let Watching a DVD video you receive progressively weaker stations. Read the precautions with discs and player on Handling guideline of discs and player on page 1 Title number indicator Shows the title currently playing.
Section Operating this unit ! You cannot operate this function by using # You can display the menu by pressing the MENU or TOP MENU while a disc is playing. NUMBER when the remote control is set to Pressing either of these buttons again lets you DVH mode.
Section Operating this unit % Press f during playback. Press r or q to adjust playback The icon e is displayed and playback is speed during slow motion playback. paused, letting you view a still image. Each time you press r or q it changes the # To resume playback at the same point that you speed in four steps in the following order: 1/16—1/8—1/4—1/2...
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Section Operating this unit ! You can also switch between languages/audio Changing the viewing angle systems using DVD setup menu. For details, during playback (Multi-angle) refer to Setting the audio language on page 44. With DVDs featuring multi-angle (scenes shot ! Only digital output of DTS audio is possible.
Section Operating this unit % During playback, press BOOKMARK at % To skip progressively backward or for- the point you want to resume playback ward, press CM BACK or CM SKIP. next time. Each time you press CM BACK or CM SKIP it The selected scene will be bookmarked so that changes steps in the following order: playback resumes from that point next time.
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Section Operating this unit ! You can also use the function menu to dis- % Press FUNCTION to display the function play the title name list. Titles can also be names. selected by using the a/b/c/d buttons on Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be- the head unit.
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Section Operating this unit ! L+R – Left and right Press DISPLAY to return to the ordinary ! L – Left display. ! R – Right # If you do not operate the list within about 30 ! MIX – mixing left and right seconds, the display is automatically returned to the ordinary display.
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Section Operating this unit Switching the information and For DVD video Information display 1—Information dis- title display play 2—Normal playback display When the separately sold display is connected For DVD-VR discs to this unit, the following information will ap- Information display 1—Information dis- pear on it.
Section Operating this unit Playing Video CDs tinues even if you release m or n. To resume playback at a desired point, press f. Watching a Video CD # Fast forward/fast reverse may not be possible at certain locations on some discs. If this hap- Read the precautions with discs and player on pens, normal playback automatically resumes.
Section Operating this unit % Press f during playback. Notes The icon e is displayed and playback is ! With some discs, the icon may be dis- paused, letting you view a still image. played and operation may not be possible. # To resume playback at the same point that you ! With Video CD, direct search is not possible turned pause on, press f again.
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Section Operating this unit ! To return to the playback display, press Press r or q to adjust playback speed during slow motion playback. BAND. # If you do not operate the function within about Each time you press r or q it changes the speed in four steps in the following order: 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned 1/16—1/8—1/4—1/2...
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Section Operating this unit # To turn pause off, press b. TROL ON will be displayed instead of track num- ber indicator and play time indicator. Using compression Using the COMP (compression) function let you adjust the sound quality of disc. Press FUNCTION to select COMP.
Section Operating this unit Playing DivX files To skip back or forward to another file, press o or p. Watching a DivX Pressing p skips to the start of the next file. Pressing o once skips to the start of the cur- These are the basic steps necessary to play a rent file.
Section Operating this unit # After entering the number input mode, if you Pausing playback do not perform an operation within about eight Pause lets you temporarily stop disc playback. seconds, the mode is automatically canceled. % Press f during playback. The icon e is displayed and playback is Playing DivX VOD content...
Section Operating this unit Slow motion playback Selecting files from the file name list When playing DivX video file, this lets you slow down playback speed. When the separately sold display is connected to this unit, the listed information will appear % Press r and hold during playback.
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Section Operating this unit # If you select another folder during repeat play, Introduction of advanced the repeat play range changes to disc repeat. operations # When FLD (folder repeat) is selected, it is not Following functions can be operated during possible to play back a subfolder of that folder.
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Section Operating this unit # To return to the previous list (the folder one level higher), press c. Press DISPLAY to return to the ordinary display. # If you do not operate the list within about 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned to the ordinary display.
Section Operating this unit Playing CDs To skip back or forward to another track, press c or d. Listening to a CD # You can also skip back or forward to another track by pressing o or p on the remote con- Read the precautions with discs and player on trol.
Section Operating this unit Press 0 to 9 buttons to enter the desired Press d to move the cursor to the next track number. character position. # You can cancel the input number by pressing When the letter you want is displayed, press d CLEAR.
Section Operating this unit Click the joystick to display the list of For WMA/MP3/AAC discs Folder number and file number—ALBM TITLE track titles. (album title)—TRK TITLE (track title)— FLDR NAME (folder name)—FILE NAME (file Move the joystick up or down to name)—ART NAME (artist name) change the desired track title.
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Section Operating this unit Press FUNCTION to select REPEAT. When you select a folder, a list of files (or folders) in the selected folder appears in the display. Press c or d to select the repeat range. # You can also select a file name (or folder ! DSC –...
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Section Operating this unit When you find the desired track (or 1 Press FUNCTION to select a file name list. folder) press b to turn scan play off. Press FUNCTION until the names of files or # If the display has automatically returned to folders appears in the display.
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Section Operating this unit Press FUNCTION to select COMP. Shows the text information of currently play- ing disc. — For CD TEXT discs Press a or b to select your favorite set- D.TITLE (disc title), D.ARTIST (disc artist ting. name), T.TITLE (track title), T.ARTIST COMP OFF—COMP 1—COMP 2 (track artist name) —...
Section Operating this unit # If you do not operate the audio function within Audio Adjustments about 30 seconds, the display is automatically re- Introduction of audio adjustments turned to the source display. Using balance adjustment You can change the fader/balance setting so that it can provide you an ideal listening envir- onment in all occupied seats.
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Section Operating this unit +6 to –4 (or –6) is displayed as the equalizer Display Equalizer curve curve is increased or decreased. CUSTOM 1 Custom 1 # The actual range of the adjustments are differ- ent depending on which equalizer curve is se- CUSTOM 2 Custom 2 lected.
Section Operating this unit +6 to –6 is displayed as the level is increased Adjusting subwoofer settings or decreased. When the subwoofer output is on, you can ad- # You can then select another band and adjust just the cut-off frequency and the output level the level.
Section Operating this unit Using the high pass filter Notes When you do not want low sounds from the ! The AM volume level can also be adjusted subwoofer output frequency range to play with source level adjustments. from the front or rear speakers, turn on the ! Video CD, CD, compressed audio and DivX HPF (high pass filter).
Section Operating this unit Setting up the DVD player Setting the subtitle language You can set a desired subtitle language. If the Introduction of DVD setup selected subtitle language is recorded on the adjustments DVD, subtitles are displayed in that language. You can use this menu to change audio, subti- tle, parental lock and other DVD settings.
Section Operating this unit Setting the audio language Move the joystick left or right to select the desired menu language. You can set the preferred audio language. Click the joystick. Move the joystick up or down to select The menu language is set. AUDIO LANG.
Section Operating this unit ! LETTER BOX – The picture is the shape of a Setting the angle icon display letterbox with black bands at the top and You can set it up so that the angle icon ap- bottom of the screen pears on scenes where the angle can be ! PANSCAN –...
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Section Operating this unit Click the joystick. Changing the level Parental lock setting menu is displayed. You can change the set parental lock level. Press NUMBER buttons to input a four Move the joystick up or down to select digit code number. PARENTAL.
Section Operating this unit ® Displaying your DivX Notes registration code ! Up to 42 characters can be displayed on one In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) line. If more than 42 characters are set, the content on this unit, you first need to register line breaks and the characters are displayed the unit with your DivX VOD content provider.
Section Operating this unit Initial Settings Setting the clock Use these instructions to set the clock. Adjusting initial settings Using the initial settings, you can customize Press FUNCTION to select CLOCK AJST. various system settings to achieve optimal per- formance from this unit. Press c or d to select the segment you wish to set.
! TV – TV tuner the AUX source on page 52. ! EXT.V – External video unit (such as Pioneer products available in the future) ! DVD – DVD player/multi-DVD player Switching the auxiliary 1 setting ! AUX – Auxiliary equipment Press FUNCTION to select AUX1.
Press FUNCTION to select R-SP. CAUTION Pioneer recommends the use of a camera Press a or b to switch the rear output which outputs mirror reversed images, other- setting. wise screen image may appear reversed.
Note Press a to display RESETOK?. About your country TV signal, consult with your # To cancel resetting the audio functions, press nearest Pioneer dealer. BAND. Press d to display REALLY?. Correcting distorted sound # To cancel resetting the audio functions, press Only when the multi-channel processor (e.g.,...
Section Operating this unit ! When Entertainment, Level indicator 1 or Other Functions Level indicator 2 is selected on the iPod Turning the clock display on or off source, the selected level indicator will be dis- played even if the source is changed. You can turn the clock display on or off.
Section Operating this unit IP-BUS-RCA interconnector (AUX2) Press SOURCE to select AUX2 as the source. When connecting auxiliary equipment using an Press SOURCE until AUX2 appears in the dis- IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector (sold separately) play. # If the auxiliary setting is not turned on, AUX2 % Use an IP-BUS-RCA Interconnector such cannot be selected.
! When a call is made or received using a cellular telephone connected to this unit. ! When the voice guidance is output from a Pioneer navigation unit connected to this unit. The sound is turned off, MUTE is displayed and no audio adjustments, except volume con- trol, are possible.
Section Available accessories ! If the characters recorded on the iPod are Playing songs on iPod not compatible with this unit, those charac- Basic Operations ters will not be displayed. ! If all characters recorded on the iPod are You can use this unit to control an interface not compatible with this unit, NO INFO will adapter for iPod, which is sold separately.
Section Available accessories % Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch Displaying text information on between the following functions: iPod REPEAT (repeat play)—SHFL (random play)— % Press DISPLAY to select the desired text PAUSE (pause) information. # To return to the playback display, press BAND. Song number—SONG TITLE (song title)—...
Section Available accessories Pausing a song Playing songs on USB portable audio player/USB memory Press FUNCTION to select PAUSE. Basic Operations Press a to turn pause on. You can use this unit to control a USB adapter Playback of the current song pauses. # To turn pause off, press b.
Section Available accessories 3 RPT indicator Displaying text information of Shows when repeat range is selected to TRK an audio file or FLD. The operation is the same as that of the built- in DVD player. % Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch Refer to Displaying text information on disc on between the following functions: page 34.
Section Available accessories ! If you perform track search or fast forward/re- Multi-CD Player verse during TRK, the repeat play range Basic Operations changes to FLD. ! When FLD is selected, it is not possible to play You can use this unit to control a multi-CD back a subfolder of that folder.
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Section Available accessories # To return to the playback display, press BAND. Notes # If you do not operate the function within about ! When the multi-CD player performs the pre- 30 seconds, the display is automatically returned paratory operations, READY is displayed. to the playback display.
Section Available accessories Play a CD that you want to program. Function name Operation Press a or b to select the CD. Refer to Using compression on page 37. Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN Multi-CD player has DBE (dynamic appears in the display, then press bass emphasis) function instead COMP...
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Section Available accessories # If no tracks in the current range are pro- Press FUNCTION and hold until TITLE IN grammed for ITS play, then ITS EMPTY is dis- appears in the display, then press played. FUNCTION to select ITS. # To turn ITS play off, press b.
Section Available accessories Selecting discs from the disc title list TV tuner Disc title list lets you see the list of disc titles Basic Operations that have been entered into the multi-CD You can use this unit to control a TV tuner, player and select one of them to play back.
Section Available accessories Storing and recalling broadcast Notes stations ! If you do not operate the function within about If you press any of the preset tuning buttons 1 30 seconds, the display is automatically re- to 6, you can easily store up to six broadcast turned to the channel display.
Section Available accessories Bluetooth adapter Introduction of DVD operation You can use this unit to control a Bluetooth You can use this unit with a separately sold adapter, which is sold separately. DVD player or multi-DVD player. For details concerning operation, refer to the For details concerning operation, refer to the Bluetooth adapter’s manuals.
Section Available accessories % During compressed audio playback, Digital Signal Processor press FUNCTION to display the function Introduction of DSP adjustments names. Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be- You can use this unit to control multi-channel tween the following functions: processor (e.g.
Section Available accessories # When you select MUSIC in the PLII, you can Operating the DSP menu select adjusting music mode. # When playing other than the DVD disc, you cannot switch to DRC. # When selecting the FM as the source, you cannot switch to SLA.
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Section Available accessories ! If both the center and the rear speakers are Using the position selector set to OFF, you cannot use this function. One way to assure a more natural sound is to ! Dolby Pro Logic II supports up to 48kHz accurately position the stereo image, putting sampling rate stereo source and has no ef- you right in the center of the sound field.
Section Available accessories Press d to select PANO. Note Press a or b to turn PANO on/off. If the source is a 2-channel LPCM audio or a 2- channel Dolby Digital audio and you select SFC Press d again to select DIMENSN. effects that are most applicable for 5.1-channel Each time you press a or b it moves the audio (i.e., MUSICAL, DRAMA or ACTION), we...
Section Available accessories Press a to turn the dynamic range con- Notes trol on. ! The AM volume level can also be adjusted DRC ON appears in the display. Dynamic with source level adjustments. range control is now on. ! Video CD, CD, compressed audio and DivX # To turn dynamic range control off, press b.
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Section Available accessories Operating the DSP details menu Press AUDIO and hold until AT EQ ap- pears in the display. # If auto TA and EQ have not been carried out, SET A.EQ is displayed when AT EQ is selected. Press a to turn the auto-equalizer on.
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Section Available accessories ! If the microphone is placed in an unsuitable stances, so please continue to use this position the measurement tone may become value. — When the reflected sound within a vehi- loud and measurement may take a long time, resulting in a drain on battery power.
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Section Available accessories Plug the microphone into the micro- phone input jack on the multi-channel pro- cessor. Turn the ignition switch to ON or ACC. If the car’s air conditioner or heater is turned on, turn it off. Noise from the fan in the air conditioner or heater may prevent correct auto TA and EQ.
Section Available accessories 12 Store the microphone carefully in the SML (small)—LRG (large)—OFF (off) # You cannot select OFF, when FRONT (front glove compartment. Store the microphone carefully in the glove speakers) have been selected. # You can select ON or OFF, when SUB.W (sub- compartment or any other safe place.
Section Available accessories Press BAND to return to the playback Note display. Selecting a cross-over frequency is to set a cross- over frequency of the subwoofer’s L.P .F. (low-pass Note filter) and that of the SML speaker H.P.F. (high- pass filter). The cross-over frequency setting has When playing a 2-channel mono source with Pro no effect if the subwoofer is set to OFF and other Logic II turned on, there may be occasions when...
Section Available accessories Press BAND to return to the playback Note display. To adjust the speaker output levels in this mode is the same as making the speaker output levels at Notes TEST TONE. Both provide the same results. ! If needed, select speakers and adjust their ‘ab- solute’...
Section Available accessories ! An adjusted time alignment is memorized Recalling equalizer curves in TA CUSTOM. There are seven stored equalizer curves which you can easily recall at any time. Here is a list Press AUDIO and hold until FRONT ap- of the equalizer curves: pears in the display, then press AUDIO to select FL.
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Section Available accessories ! The center speaker largely determines the Press d and then press a or b to adjust sound image and getting the balance right the equalizer level. isn’t easy. We recommend reproducing a 2- Each press of a or b increases or decreases the equalizer level.
Appendix Additional Information Troubleshooting Common Symptom Cause Action (See) Power doesn’t turn on. Leads and connectors are incor- Confirm once more that all connections are The unit doesn’t operate. rectly connected. correct. The fuse is blown. Rectify the reason for the fuse blowing, then replace the fuse.
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Appendix Additional Information Problems during DVD playback Symptom Cause Action (See) Playback is not possible. The loaded disc has a different re- Replace the disc with one featuring the same gion number from this unit. region number as this unit. (Page 4, Page 91) A parental lock message is dis- Parental lock is on.
(Page 69) No sounds are heard. Optical cables are incorrectly con- Connect the cables correctly. nected. Error messages When you contact your dealer or your nearest Pioneer Service Center, be sure to record the error message. Message Cause Action ERROR02-XX Dirty disc Clean disc.
Appendix Additional Information Message Cause Action PROTECT All the files on the inserted disc are Replace disc. secured by digital rights manage- ment (DRM) Error messages on the display Message Cause Action ERROR-02-XX Dirty disc Clean disc. Scratched disc Check that the disc is loaded correctly. The disc is loaded upside down Check that the disc is loaded correctly.
Appendix Additional Information Understanding messages Messages Translation Pioneer recommends the use of a camera which outputs mirror CAUTION! SCREEN IMAGE MAY APPEAR reversed images, otherwise screen image may appear re- REVERSED versed.
Appendix Additional Information ! When DVD-R/DVD-RW discs are used, Handling guideline of discs playback is possible only for discs which and player have been finalized. ! Use only conventional, fully circular discs. ! When DVD-R/DVD-RW discs are used, Do not use shaped discs. playback is possible only for discs which have been recorded with the Video format (video mode).
Appendix Additional Information ! The following logo indicates that this unit is ! Titles and other text information recorded compatible with DVD-RW discs which have on a CD-R/CD-RW disc may not be dis- been recorded with the Video Recording played by this unit (in the case of audio format (VR mode).
Appendix Additional Information ! ISO 9660 Level 1 and 2 compliant. Romeo Compressed audio compatibility and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this player. ! Compatible format: WMA encoded by ! Multi-session playback is possible. Windows Media Player Ver. 7, 7.1, 8, 9 or 10 ! Compressed audio files are not compatible ! Bit rate: 5 kbps to 320 kbps (CBR), VBR with packet write data transfer.
Appendix Additional Information ! This unit corresponds to a DivX file display up to 1 590 minutes 43 seconds. Also, search operation beyond this time limit is prohibited. ! If a file contains more than 4 GB, playback is stopped on the way. ! DivX VOD file playback requires ID code of this unit to DivX VOD provider.
Appendix Additional Information Terms Dolby Digital Dolby Digital provides multi-channel audio from up to 5.1 independent channels. This is AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding and the same as the Dolby Digital surround sound refers to an audio compression technology system used in theaters.
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Appendix Additional Information ID3 tag Playlists created using the “WINAMP” soft- This is a method of embedding track-related information in an MP3 file. This embedded in- ware have a playlist file extension (.m3u). formation can include the track title, the ar- tist’s name, the album title, the music genre, the year of production, comments and other MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3.
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Appendix Additional Information Multi-subtitle Title Subtitles in up to 32 languages can be re- DVD video discs have high data capacity, en- corded on a single DVD, letting you choose as abling recording of multiple movies on a sin- desired. gle disc.
Appendix Additional Information Specifications DVD Player System .......... DVD video, DVD-VR, Video General CD, CD, WMA, MP3, AAC, Rated power source ....14.4 V DC DivX system (allowable voltage range: Region number: 12.0 V to 14.4 V DC) for Middle East Asian and South African models Grounding system ....
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Appendix Additional Information AM tuner Frequency range ...... 531 kHz to 1 602 kHz (9 kHz) 530 kHz to 1 640 kHz (10 kHz) Usable sensitivity ..... 18 µV (S/N: 20 dB) Signal-to-noise ratio ....65 dB (IEC-A network) Infrared remote control Wavelength .........
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