Operation Manual SPH-DA100 AppRadio Be sure to read Important Information for the User first! Important Information for the User includes important information that you must understand before using this product. English...
Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these instructions so you will know how to operate your mod- el properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, keep this document in a safe place for future reference.
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Contents ₋ Making a phone call ........30 Setting the keyboard layout ....... 41 ₋ ₋ Direct dialling ..........30 Switching the ever scroll function ....41 ₋ ₋ Calling a number in the phone book ..30 Clearing Bluetooth memory ....... 41 ₋...
Chapter Introduction Touch panel keys that are available on the Manual overview • screen are described in bold in brackets [ ]: e.g.) Before using this product, be sure to read • Tap [ Radio ] on the Home screen. Important Information for the User Extra information, alternatives and other •...
Chapter Introduction To ensure safe driving iPhone/iPod compatibility This product supports only the following Certain functions (such as viewing of app iPhone models and iPhone software versions. based visual content and certain touch panel Others may not work correctly. key operations) offered by this product could Made for be dangerous and/or unlawful if used while iPod touch (4th generation): iOS 5.0...
Chapter About AppRadio Checking part names and Features functions Listening to the radio You can listen to the radio using this product. Playing iPod music and video You can play and operate audio sources and video sources with the iPhone connected. Advanced App Mode With Advanced App Mode...
If data loss or corruption occurs on the • iPhone cable smartphone for any reason, it is usually not possible to recover the data. Pioneer ac- The application startup message appears and cepts no liability for damages, costs or ex- AppRadio app launches, then the Appli- penses arising from data loss or corruption.
Chapter About AppRadio Connection states and usable Connect your Android device functions 1. Unlock your Android device. When a smartphone is connected, the follow- 2. Connect your Android device to this ing functions are available. product via the separately sold App No connection state Connectivity Kit (CD-AH200C).
Chapter About AppRadio Connect your Android device When your Android device is connected to this product via the separately sold App Connectiv- ity Kit and Bluetooth profile (SPP). Tuner iPod Apps (iPhone) Apps (Android) Phone *1 When your iPod is connected to this prod- uct, you can play and operate the audio sources and video sources in your iPod.
Chapter Basic operation Home screen Using the touch panel keys Page one The Home screen is the main screen that al- lows access to your entertainment sources, apps, settings and more. Reading the screen Page one ...
Chapter Basic operation Touch panel keys common to Page two each function The touch panel keys for operations common to each function are described below. e.g. “Special Device” screen Settings Displays the settings menu screen. ➲...
Chapter Basic operation Audio source control In Apps source: Selects whether to mix Apps audio output When you press the Home button twice, the with the radio audio output or the iPod audio source control keys will be displayed on- audio output (only when an Android device screen.
Chapter Using the radio Starting procedure Signal level indicator Shows the signal strength of the selected frequency. 1 Press the Home button to display the Frequency indicator Home screen. Frequency scale 2 Tap [Radio] on the Home screen. ...
Chapter Using the radio Switches the reception level. Tuning in to strong signals ➲ For details, refer to Tuning in to strong Local seek tuning lets you tune in to only signals on this page. those radio stations with sufficiently strong Turns news programme interruption on and ...
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Chapter Using the radio Receiving traffic announcements PTY list TA (traffic announcement standby) lets you re- News&Info ceive traffic announcements automatically, no News (News), Affairs (Current affairs), matter what source you are listening to. TA Info (Information), Sport (Sports), Weather (Weather), Finance (Finance) can be activated for both a TP station (a sta- Popular tion that broadcasts traffic information) or an-...
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Chapter Using the radio Interruption icon status When the information interruption setting is enabled, the interruption icon is displayed. The interruption icon display may change de- pending on the programme reception status. ➲ For details of the operation, refer to Receiv- ing traffic announcements on the previous page.
Chapter Playing iPod music and video Starting procedure Current song (episode) information : Song title (episode) • Shows the title of the current song. 1 Connect your iPod. When a podcast is played, the episode is ➲ For details, refer to Connect your iPhone displayed (when available).
Chapter Playing iPod music and video Video : Artist list • Displays an album list for the artist cur- rently being played. : Album list • Displays a song list for the album cur- rently being played. : Genre list •...
Chapter Playing iPod music and video Video Using the functions Narrowing down song (episode) or video sources with the list Tapping an item on a list allows you to search for song (episode) or video sources and play them in your iPod.
Chapter Playing iPod music and video Random play (shuffle) If you tap the key, return to the playback ■ screen. This function shuffles songs, albums or videos and plays them in random order. Category lists (for music): • Playlists • Artists Tapping changes the setting as follows:...
Chapter Playing iPod music and video 4 Tap the first letter of the title of the song/video you are looking for. While searching, touch panel key operation is not available. To refine the search with a different letter, ■ tap [ Cancel 5 Tap the title of the list that you want to play.
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device If your devices feature Bluetooth technology, ❐ If you try to register more than three devic- this product can be connected to your devices es, the system will ask you to select one of wirelessly.
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device 4 Tap [Connection] on the “Bluetooth 7 Tap the Bluetooth device name you Connection Menu”. want to register. ❐ If a PIN code input is required, enter a PIN code. (The default PIN code is “ 0000 ”.) ❐...
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device ❐ If you cannot find the desired device name Searching for a specified on the list, tap [ Other phones ] to search Bluetooth device the devices available nearby. If you cannot connect your Bluetooth device 5 Tap the Bluetooth device name you using the nearby device search and if your want to register.
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device 3 Tap [Connection] on the “Bluetooth If you start connection manually, carry out the Connection Menu”. following procedure. You can also connect the Bluetooth device by having this product detect it automatically. 1 Activate the Bluetooth wireless technol- ogy on your devices.
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device 5 Tap the Bluetooth device name you want to connect. The Bluetooth connection progress is dis- played. When a connection is successfully established, the checkbox next to the device name is selected. The “ Bluetooth Connection Menu ”...
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device 3 Tap [Visibility] to turn visibility off. The “ Bluetooth Connection Menu ” screen To turn visibility on, tap [ Visibility ] again. appears. ■ 3 Tap [Connection] on the “Bluetooth Connection Menu”. Changing a PIN code When connecting your Bluetooth device to this product via Bluetooth wireless technology,...
Chapter Registering and connecting a Bluetooth device 3 Tap [PIN Code Input] on the “Bluetooth 2 Tap on the phone menu. Connection Menu”. The “ Bluetooth Connection Menu ” screen The “ PIN Code ” screen appears. appears. 4 Enter an arbitrary PIN code (up to 8 dig- 3 Tap [Device Information] on the its).
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning Using the touch panel keys CAUTION For your safety, avoid talking on the phone as much as possible while driving. You can control the Bluetooth connection of the smartphone, and make a call using the in- coming or outgoing call histories, transferred ...
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning Adjusting the phone volume Calling a number in the phone book You can select and call a contact from the During the hands-free phoning, you can adjust phone book entries transferred to this prod- the phone volume using the Volume (+/–) uct.
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning 4 Tap the list to display the phone Selecting a number using alphabet number list of the selected entry. search mode The details screen of the phone book appears. If a lot of numbers are registered in the phone 5 Tap the phone number you want to dial.
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning Answering an incoming call Using advanced functions This product informs you that it is receiving a Answering a call automatically call by displaying a message and producing a You can enable or disable auto answer for ring sound.
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning 2 Tap [Yes] to invert the names. Using the preset dial lists The order of all first and last names is inverted. You can easily store up to 6 phone numbers as presets.
Chapter Chapter Using hands-free phoning Using hands-free phoning The registered name appears if the phone Notes for hands-free phoning • number of the received call is already regis- General notes tered in the phone book. When one phone number is registered under different names, Connection to all smartphones featuring •...
Chapter Customising preferences Customising the audio ➲ For details, refer to Setting the rear output on page 38. settings 3 Tap to adjust front/rear speaker ❐ The audio settings cannot be set when the balance. source is set to “ OFF ”. Each time you tap , the front/rear 1 Press the Home button to display the...
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Chapter Customising preferences Adjusting the 5-band graphic equaliser Equaliser curve You can adjust the level of each band for the S.Bass (Super Bass) is a curve in which only low- equaliser curves. pitched sound is boosted. ❐ A separate “ Custom1 ”...
Chapter Customising preferences Adjusting loudness 5 Tap next to “Level” to adjust the output level. Loudness compensates for deficiencies in the “ ” to “ –4 ” is displayed as the level is in- low- and high-sound ranges at low volume. creased or decreased.
Chapter Customising preferences Customising the system Adjusting source levels settings “ ” lets you adjust the vol- Source Level Adjuster ume level of each source to prevent radical changes in volume when switching between 1 Press the Home button to display the the sources.
Chapter Customising preferences 2 Tap [Rear Speaker]. ❐ If you change this setting, subwoofer out- Tapping [ Rear Speaker ] changes the settings put in the audio menu will return to the fac- as follows: tory settings. • Full (default) When no subwoofer is connected to the Setting the FM tuning step rear output, select “...
Chapter Customising preferences 2 Tap [RDS Setup]. 2 Tap [Auto PI]. The “ RDS Setup ” screen appears. Tapping [ Auto PI ] changes the settings as fol- lows: • Off (default): Deactivates the Auto PI seek function. • Activates the Auto PI seek function. Selecting the system language The system language can be selected from eighteen languages.
Chapter Customising preferences Setting the keyboard layout Switching the ever scroll function You can select the keyboard layout displayed If a character string is too long for the specified on this product for text input in Advanced frame, the string scrolls automatically to dis- App Mode play the full text.
Chapter Customising preferences Updating Bluetooth connection Setting safe mode software For safety reasons, you can limit the functions that are available while your vehicle is in mo- This function is used to update this product tion. with the latest software. For information on the software and updating, refer to our web- 1 Display the “System”...
CAUTION “ Auto ” has been selected and the recep- Pioneer recommends the use of a camera tion is weak. Normally, select the appropri- which outputs mirror-reversed images. ate TV signal. Otherwise, the screen image will appear re- ❐...
Chapter Customising preferences Adjusting the picture You can adjust the brightness, contrast, colour, hue, dimmer and temperature for each source and rear view camera. 1 Playback the source you want to adjust the picture. 2 Display the “System” screen. ➲ For details, refer to Customising the system ❐...
Chapter Customising preferences Adjusting the mix sound level Restoring the default settings You can adjust the mixed sound volume in three Resets various settings registered to this prod- levels. uct and restores them to the default settings. When the audio sources are mixed, the second ❐...
Chapter Customising preferences Customising the favourites menu You can register the desired menu items on the “ Favorites ” screen. Registering your fa- vourite menu items allows you to quickly jump to the registered menu screen by a simple touch on the favourites menu.
Chapter Customising preferences 4 Touch the tab on the left edge and/or scroll the bar on the right edge to display the desired menu item. 5 Touch and hold the menu item you want to register. ❐ A icon will appear next to the menu item name.
If you have problems operating this product, refer to this section. The most common problems are listed below, along with likely causes and solutions. If a solution to your problem cannot be found here, contact your dealer or the nearest authorised Pioneer service facility. Problems with this product...
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Appendix Appendix Symptom Cause Action (Reference) The display is very dim. Picture quality adjustment of the dis- Adjust the picture quality. (Page 44) play is not correct. No sounds are produced from an The volume level is low. Adjust the volume level. audio source.
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Appendix Appendix Problems with the phone screen Symptom Cause Action (Reference) Dialling is not possible because Your smartphone is out of range for Retry after re-entering the range for the touch panel keys for dialling service. service. are inactive. The connection between the smart- Perform the connection process.
Appendix Appendix In some driving conditions, signals from GPS Positioning technology • satellites may not reach your vehicle. In this Positioning by GPS case, it is impossible for the system to use GPS positioning. The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses a network of satellites orbiting the Earth.
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Appendix Appendix If you make a slight turn. If the road has a series of hairpin bends. • • If there is a parallel road. • If there is a loop or similar road configura- • tion. If there is another road very nearby, such as •...
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Appendix Appendix If you enter or exit a multi-storey car park or When you drive around a roundabout. • • similar structure using a spiral ramp. When starting driving immediately after • starting the engine. If your vehicle is turned on a turntable or •...
Appendix Appendix Setting list Page Background The customisable settings of this product are System Reset listed below. For details about changing each setting, refer to the page for that item. Connection Status Other settings Audio settings Page Page Favorites Fader/Balance Display OFF Graphic EQ Loudness...