Eclipse AVN2454, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...CE CA 90502 310 327 2151 Serial No AVN2454 OWNER S MANUAL Audio We appreciate your purchase of this product Please read through this manual for correct operation We suggest that after reading it you k...

Page 2: ...as well as on the AVN2454 They show safe and correct ways to handle the product so as to prevent personal injury to you and others and avoid damage to property Before reading through the manual take...

Page 3: ...quality 21 Setting DSP acoustics 22 DSP mode setting 22 Adjusting saving DSP acoustics 22 Resetting DSP acoustics levels 23 Adjusting EQ equalizer 23 Setting sound quality 23 Manually setting EQ curv...

Page 4: ...35 Saving manually 35 Saving with AUTO P 35 Changing stations saved by AUTO P 35 Turning off the radio 36 How to operate the CD player How to use the CD player 38 Listening to a CD 38 Selecting a song...

Page 5: ...playing MP3 files 48 Downloading from Internet MP3 music sites 48 Converting CD music to MP3 files 48 Writing to CD R 48 When playing back CD R RW 48 How to operate the CD Changer operation How to us...

Page 6: ...60 Fast forwarding rewinding using the touch switches 60 Pausing the rideo 61 Stopping the video 61 Turning off the DVD 62 Operating the disc menu 62 Searching for a desired chapter 62 Searching by c...

Page 7: ...e volume instantly muting 79 Switching playback modes 80 How to play the tuner 80 Selecting the FM AM band 80 Selecting a station manually or automatically 80 Selecting preset stations 81 How to play...

Page 8: ...90 About using the MP3 player 90 DVD VTR 91 About using the DVD player 91 About using the VTR 92 Other 92 When something isn t clear 92 Index 93 7 The Index by Topic simplifies searches for explanati...

Page 9: ...title A number and title is assigned for each item Operation title A title is assigned for each operation purpose Detailed operation title A title is assigned for each detailed operation purpose Oper...

Page 10: ...erations are given here Section side heading Only the section side heading will appear in dark letters Operation screen A screen showing the operation will appear The operation procedures are continue...

Page 11: ...ous performance environments for matching to the genre and source of a song Wallpaper of your choice can be switched and displayed for use as the background of the information screen and audio playbac...

Page 12: ...bles non stop playing of multiple discs for convenience at times such as taking a long drive It is easy to search for and play a song from among the discs on a changer VTR Connecting a VTR deck enable...

Page 13: ...mediately turn off audio in such situations Exercise caution as to the temperature inside the vehicle The temperature inside the vehicle can increase during hot weather Wait for the temperature inside...

Page 14: ...herwise damage may occur Be careful not to get fingers or other objects behind monitor when it is being retracted into place Interference can cause an injury or damage the deck When removing a disc fr...

Page 15: ...erate even when messages displayed on the screen are followed consult with your equipment retailer because it is possible that the unit has been damaged It is possible that the sound will skip if the...

Page 16: ...he disc may become dirty and that could cause sound jumping Using a disc that has become dirty can scratch the disc and result in sound jumping Use a commercially available compact disc cleaner to cle...

Page 17: ...und performance or protecting CDs The changes in CD thickness or outside dimensions made by these accessories may cause problems in the player Please be sure NOT to attach any ring shape protector or...

Page 18: ...17 Introduction...

Page 19: ...ed a your local retailer Refer to page 78 for instructions on operation of the remote control When the navigation screen is being displayed before pressing the selected mode will be displayed on scree...

Page 20: ...operation screen FM radio operation screen When the operation screen for DVD or video VTR has not been operated for 6 seconds or more the operation screen will automatically be cancelled CD player ope...

Page 21: ...essing will increase volume Pressing will decrease volume Each press of the switch will change the volume by two steps When the volume reaches 50 or higher the switch will change the volume by one ste...

Page 22: ...ouch the DSP EQ or POS switch while the operation screen for a mode is displayed Adjustments made in any mode will be saved and applied to all modes When in DVD mode touching of the operation screen w...

Page 23: ...mance arena THEATER Movietheater CATHEDRAL Church with echo OFF DSP OFF Setting DSP acoustics After making settings touch The acoustics mode adjustments will be saved and the system will return to the...

Page 24: ...ill return to the previous operation screen BACK 1 Touching the EQ touch switch brings up the equalizer mode screen as shown in the table Default settings for the currently adjusted and saved DSP acou...

Page 25: ...saved and the system will return to the previous operation screen BACK 1 Touch the screen and slowly draw the image of the preferred equalizer curve with your finger 2 To make fine adjustments touch...

Page 26: ...positions shown by the table below can be set Touching will cancel all settings After making settings touch The position will be saved and the system will return to the previous operation screen BACK...

Page 27: ...steps above Adjustments to volume balance and position are saved separately Activating each position and then displaying volume balance adjustment screen will show the volume balance for each positio...

Page 28: ...he VOLUME display will flash during mute MUTE 1 Touch on the INFORMATION screen SETTING Sound from the audio system can be temporarily muted Muting sound 1 Press the switch MUTE The pressed touch swit...

Page 29: ...ng sound quality Basic operation When a woofer is connected the preferred output level for audio can be set Setting subwoofer 1 Touch on the INFORMATION screen SETTING 2 Touch or of WOOFER CONT v 3 To...

Page 30: ...n screen and navigation screen can be changed to a preferred wallpaper Setting the wallpaper The pressed touch switch will become green and the wallpaper background will change 1 Press to display the...

Page 31: ...lights taillights license plate lights are on off Displaying the image adjustment screen Default settings When vehicle lights are on Night screen displayed When vehicle lights are off Day screen displ...

Page 32: ...e audio mode screen or DVD VTR screen DISP 1 The day screen and night screen will be switched each time is pressed DAY 2 Touch after making any adjustments ENTER When adjusting audio operation screen...

Page 33: ...nly 1 Touch to strengthen green color to strengthen red color TINT for DVD VTR screen only 1 Touch to make tint darker to make tint lighter Adjusting image quality When adjusting audio operation scree...

Page 34: ...4 normal TV screen size is uniformly expanded in the left and right directions WIDE 3 mode The screen for vertical to horizontal ratio of 3 to 4 normal TV screen size is uniformly expanded in the upw...

Page 35: ...v The station that is closest in frequency to the frequency that is currently displayed on the screen will be searched for automatically and searching will stop when the station is received To stop t...

Page 36: ...to manual AUTO P Saving manually 1 Use manual tuning or automatic tuning to select the station to be saved The radio station frequency is set Touching the preset switch will now tune in the selected s...

Page 37: ...es stations to preset switches AUTO P starts search AUTO P stops search Manual Touch until a beep is heard AUTO P AUTO P may not automatically receive stations if radio waves in the surrounding area a...

Page 38: ...37 RADIO...

Page 39: ...want to hear 1 Press or v up Selects next song down Selects previous song Press to move to the song after the song currently being played and press to move to the song before the song being played Th...

Page 40: ...Touching again will continue playing the current song SCAN Repeating a song 1 Touch RPT Touching once will cause repeating of the song until the function is cancelled Touching again will cancel repea...

Page 41: ...tions are disabled while the vehicle is in motion Explanations are based on this example of MP3 file structure Folder MP3 audio file 1st level 2nd level 3rd level 4th level File changing switches Trac...

Page 42: ...r by folder and file names 2 Touch MP3 Selecting a music file A music file located within a folder can be selected Selecting with file change switch The currently selected file name and folder name wi...

Page 43: ...r finger is removed from the switch v Changing display of the current level The folder level can be switched and displayed 1 Touch or HOME Displays the next higher folder level Displays the level of t...

Page 44: ...ancel random playing of songs Touching while the random function is operating will repeat the currently playing song Touching again will return to random playing of songs The song to be played next is...

Page 45: ...play to a folder file switch TITLE OFF TITLE OFF TITLE Displaying file information 1 Press to display the operation screen CONT Displaying folder file names About display of file information Folder na...

Page 46: ...and artist can be saved This unit supports ID3v 1 0 and ID3v 1 1 tags Use only ASCII code to record tags since only ASCII code is supported by this deck Recording of characters not included in ASCII...

Page 47: ...to use MODE 1 for recording Discs recorded with MODE 2 are not supported MP3 files recorded in a format other than the one explained above may result in files that cannot be played normally and in fi...

Page 48: ...e that file will be mistakenly recognized by the unit as an MP3 file and played resulting in loud noise output that can damage the speakers Be sure to avoid attaching the mp3 file extension to files t...

Page 49: ...be made by inserting the music CD into the CD ROM drive of the computer and following the procedures of the MP3 encoding software to compress the songs of the music CD A 12cm music CD having a maximu...

Page 50: ...ause there are many types of MP3 encoding software available including commercial and freeware programs audio quality may deteriorate noise may be generated when playing starts and some recordings may...

Page 51: ...int fast forward rewind switches Disc repeat switch Disc random switch Disc scan switch Listening to CD 1 Press SOURCE 2 When only one CD changer is connected touch When two CD changers are connected...

Page 52: ...ent song DISC SCAN The system will display the amount of disc changing switches that matches the number of CDs that can be inserted into the CD changer and it will only allow selection of disc numbers...

Page 53: ...order 1 Touch DISC RAND Touching will play songs in random order until the function is cancelled Touching again will cancel random playing of songs The song to be played next is randomly selected at...

Page 54: ...53 CD Changer...

Page 55: ...an be selected and played Some DVD discs have dialog recorded in several different languages and the language can be switched during playback in the same way as multilingual TV broadcasts DVD video ch...

Page 56: ...orporation and the technology must not be used for audiovisual purposes aside from general household use without special approval from Macrovision Corporation Modification and disassembly of this tech...

Page 57: ...erform during operation because this unit is playing the disc according to content specifications intended by the software creator Be sure to consult the explanatory material provided with the disc to...

Page 58: ...has a number title number Title segments are further divided into smaller segments called chapters and each chapter has a number chapter number About DVD disc structure Title Number Chapter Number DVD...

Page 59: ...screen Menu number search screen Default settings screen Title screen BACK BACK BACK BACK ENTER The section below describes the flow for items such as operation and search of images and default setti...

Page 60: ...in motion Chapter changing fast forward rewind switches Title number Angle change switch Buttons off switch Subtitles change switch Audio change switch Chapter number Playing time Button PWR SOURCE St...

Page 61: ...selected Refer to Operating the disc menu on page 62 CONT ATTENTION It is possible to fast forward or rewind through the video being played Using panel button up Advances the video down Rewinds the v...

Page 62: ...61 DVD While paused briefly touching will play in slow motion and touching will play frame by frame 1 Touch Pausing the video 1 Touch Stopping the video...

Page 63: ...Press PWR Turning off the DVD Operating the disc menu 2 Touch or TOP MENU MENU 3 Touch 4 Touch and select the video to play 5 Touch ENTER It is possible to search for a particular video segment by ti...

Page 64: ...g operation because playback is following disc content specifications ATTENTION The title number input screen will be displayed 1 3 Touch ENTER Touching or changes the title number by ones Touching or...

Page 65: ...number by ones Touching or changes the title number by tens 10 10 2 Touch on the DVD operation screen Searching by menu number Turning off the touch switches Display of the touch switches can be chang...

Page 66: ...isplay angle for the video being played Switching between screen display and audio When several angles of a scene are recorded on a disc the angle can be switched The angle number will be displayed 2...

Page 67: ...le number each time the touch switch is touched and switches the displayed subtitle language 3 Touch SUB TITLE Switching subtitle languages Subtitle number and language Each time is pressed the angle...

Page 68: ...by Digital audio from that is definitely recorded on the DVD video dts is a registered trademark of the US company Digital Theater Systems Inc AUDIO ATTENTION When dubbed voices in several languages a...

Page 69: ...Sets the language of voices for video playback Page 69 Sets the language of subtitles for video playback 69 Sets the language of displayed menus 70 Sets display non display of multiple angle mark 71...

Page 70: ...ut a code 1 Touch on the AUDIO LANGUAGE setting screen OTHER 2 Input a language code 3 Touch ENTER Refer to Language code table page 74 for language codes The preferred subtitles for the video being p...

Page 71: ...llows selection of a preferred menu language from those recorded on the disc The setting can be made by either selecting the language from a list or by entering a language code 1 Touch on the SET UP s...

Page 72: ...en ANGLE INDICATOR 2 Touch ENTER Each time is pressed the condition will switch between ON and OFF ANGLE INDICATOR Switching to another language will not be possible if the language selected is not av...

Page 73: ...ot entered setting of viewer restriction will not be possible The password to be shown in the upper section will be displayed as when a password has not yet been set Once the password has been set the...

Page 74: ...The video is displayed with right and left edges cut off DVD software recorded in 4 3 size will be displayed exactly at screen size 4 3 2 Touch ENTER 16 9 4 3 letter box 4 3 pan scan When another moni...

Page 75: ...1619 1620 1721 1813 Hindi Croatian Hungarian Armenian Interlingua Interlingue Inupiak Indonesian Icelandic Hebrew Yiddish Javanese Georgian Kazakh Greenlandic Cambodian Kannada Kashmiri Kurdish Kirghi...

Page 76: ...75 DVD...

Page 77: ...1 Press PWR After switching to the VTR operation screen touch switches will be displayed for about 6 seconds Pressing will display them again The VTR operation screen will be displayed by touching th...

Page 78: ...77 VTR...

Page 79: ...it directly at the remote control light receptor The light receptor may not operate correctly if it is exposed to bright light such as direct sunlight Be sure to press the button on the main unit for...

Page 80: ...stored Press the button to cut the volume or restore it instantly MUTE Turning the power on off Adjusting the audio volume Cutting the volume instantly muting The power turns on or off each time the b...

Page 81: ...ation tuning button Tunes to higher frequency stations button Tunes to lower frequency stations v button button v button MODE Switching playback modes Press the button to switch modes in the following...

Page 82: ...ton Select the next lower number preset button v 1 Press the button v PRESET CH A total of six stations may be selected preset tuning out of those already set in memory through the main unit Refer to...

Page 83: ...ips to the next track button Returns to the beginning of the track being played Press v 1 Press the button v TRACK APS Advancing to the next track or returning to the beginning of the track being play...

Page 84: ...N Use one CR2025 battery 1 On the back of the remote control while pressing the locking knob on the battery slot cover toward your right pull out the battery carrier with your fingernail 2 Remove the...

Page 85: ...that cannot be read Check for a properly loaded music CD Check that the language code matches the DVD Change the setting for viewing restrictions and start again Refer to page 72 Follow the direction...

Page 86: ...eady inserted and you are trying to insert a second disc Eject the previously inserted CD DVD and insert the preferred CD DVD There is water condensation in the deck Do not use the deck for a while an...

Page 87: ...cludes copyright protection technology used in accordance with US patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other entities Use of this copyright protection te...

Page 88: ...enjoyment of the music EQ Equalizer This is one technology digital compression technology used during compression of audio data for sounds such as music Because it has high data compression efficiency...

Page 89: ...numbers attached to titles are called title numbers Title This is a unit for divisions of video or songs recorded on a DVD video but it is a smaller unit than a title A single title is made up of sev...

Page 90: ...screen mode P32 To set the screen to wide mode Adjusting the volume P20 To change the volume Setting the BEEP tone P27 To turn on off the guide tone used at switch operation To change the acoustic env...

Page 91: ...rently being played Playing songs in random order P39 To play songs in a different order Fast forwarding rewinding P39 To fast forward or rewind About using the CD player CD changer Playing MP3 P40 To...

Page 92: ...a DVD video To learn about the marks displayed on discs and packages About marks displayed on discs P56 To learn about discs that can be played About playable discs P55 To learn about disc structures...

Page 93: ...et the player How to use the VTR P76 To use the VTR Other If one of these messages appears P84 When you don t understand a screen message Before assuming the deck has failed P85 When you think the dec...

Page 94: ...P27 M Multi angle mark P71 N Night screen P30 Normal mode screen modes P33 P POS P25 R RAND P39 52 RPT P39 51 S Saving radio stations P35 SCAN P39 51 Setting the BEEP tone P27 T Tint screen adjustment...

Page 95: ...94 V VOLUME switch P20 W Wide 1 mode screen modes P33 Wide 2 mode screen modes P33 Wide 3 mode screen modes P33 Woofer P28 For reference Index...

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Page 98: ...CE CA 90502 310 327 2151 Serial No AVN2454 OWNER S MANUAL Audio We appreciate your purchase of this product Please read through this manual for correct operation We suggest that after reading it you k...