Pioneer Master the SLA Setting for Optimal Audio Levels in Your Car Stereo System

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02Operating this unit

Adjusting source levels

SLA (source level adjustment) lets you adjust the volume level of each source to prevent ra- dical changes in volume when switching be- tween sources.

!Settings are based on the FM volume level, which remains unchanged.

!The AM volume level can also be adjusted with source level adjustments.

1Compare the FM volume level with the level of the source you wish to adjust.

2Press AUDIO to select SLA.

3Press a or b to adjust the source vo- lume.

SLA +4 to SLA –4 is displayed as the source

volume is increased or decreased.

# To return to the normal display, press BAND.

Other Functions

Adjusting initial settings

Setting the clock

Use these instructions to set the clock.

1Press FUNCTION to select clock.

2Press 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:

Hour—Minute

3Press a or b to set the clock.

Turning the clock display on or off

You can turn the clock display on or off.

!Even when the sources are off, the clock display appears on the display.

%Press CLOCK to turn the clock display on or off.

Each press of CLOCK turns the clock display

on or off.

# The clock display disappears temporarily when you perform other operations, but the clock display appears again after 25 seconds.

Using the initial settings, you can customize various system settings to achieve optimal per- formance from this unit.

1Press SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off.

2Press SOURCE and hold until function name appears in the display.

3Press FUNCTION to select one of the in- itial settings.

Press FUNCTION repeatedly to switch be- tween the following settings:

Clock—FM (FM tuning step)—AM (AM tuning step)—AUX (auxiliary input)

Use the following instructions to operate each particular setting.

#To cancel initial settings, press BAND.

#You can also cancel initial settings by holding down SOURCE until the unit turns off.

Setting the FM tuning step

The FM tuning step employed by seek tuning can be switched between 100 kHz, the preset step, and 50 kHz.

!If seek tuning is performed in 50 kHz steps, stations may be tuned in imprecisely. Tune in the stations with manual tuning or use seek tuning again.

1Press FUNCTION to select FM.

2Press c or d to select the FM tuning step.

Press c to select 50 (50 kHz). Press d to se- lect 100 (100 kHz).

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