Pioneer F500 Operations Manual

Operation ManualNAVIGATION GATEWAY SYSTEMAVIC-F500BTBe sure to read “Important Information for the user” first!“Important Information for the user” in

Checking part names and functionsThis chapter gives information about thenames of the parts and the main featuresusing the buttons.1 MENU buttonPress

No sounds are produced.The volume level will not rise.Cables are not connected correctly. Connect the cables correctly.The system is performing still,

Messages and how to react to themThe following messages may be displayed by your navigation system.There are occasions when you may see error messages

Messages for Audio FunctionsWhen problems occur with AV source playback, an error message appears on the display. Referto the table below to identify

Positioning technologyPositioning by GPSThe Global Positioning System (GPS) uses anetwork of satellites orbiting the Earth. Eachof the satellites, whi

When positioning by GPS isimpossible! If signals cannot be received from morethan two GPS satellites, GPS positioningdoes not take place.! In some dri

! If the road has connected hairpin bends.! If there is a loop or similar road configura-tion.! If you take a ferry.! If you are driving on a long, st

! If you drive very slowly, or in a start-and-stop manner, as in a traffic jam.! If you join the road after driving around alarge vehicle park.! When

! The number of roundabout exits displayedon the screen may differ from the actualnumber of roads.Route highlighting! Once set, the route is highlight

USB storage device compatibility= For more details about USB storage devicecompatibility with this navigation system,refer to Specifications on page 1

Media compatibility chartGeneralMedia USB storage device SD memory cardFile system FAT16/FAT32Maximum number of foldersFAT32: No limit.FAT16: 512 (inc

2 MAP buttonPress to view the map screen.Press and hold to display the “Picture Ad-justment” screen.= For details concerning operations, referto Adjus

WAV compatibilityMedia USB storage device SD memory cardFile extension .wavFormat Linear PCM (LPCM), IMA-ADPCMSampling frequencyLPCM: 16 kHz to 48 kHz

MPEG-4 compatibilityMedia USB storage device SD memory cardFile extension .mp4Compatible video codec MPEG-4Compatible audio codec AACRecommended video

About BluetoothBluetooth is a short-range wireless radio con-nectivity technology that is developed as acable replacement for mobile phones, hand-held

! Firmly secure the iPod when driving. Do notlet the iPod fall onto the floor, where it may be-come jammed under the brake or acceleratorpedal.For det

Display informationDestination MenuPage[Address]24[POI][Around Current GPS Location]27[Around Destination]27[Around Cursor]26[Along Route]27[Saved Cri

Settings MenuNavi SettingsPage[GPS & Time Settings]76[Time Settings]77[Visual][3D Settings]78[Map Settings]78[Displayed Info]79[Smart Zoom]79[Over

System Settings menuPage[Language]89[Splash Screen]89[Back Camera]90[Screen Calibration]90[Picture Adjustment]91[Power Management]91[Battery Status]92

Shortcut menuMap Confirmation ScreenPage[Map]34[Save as...]37[Add Pin]38[Add POI]39[Add Favourite]40[Add Cam]40[Route...]36[Go Here Now]37[Add Via]37[

GlossaryAACAAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding andrefers to an audio compression technologystandard used with MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.Aspect ratioThis is

Point of Interest (POI)Point Of Interest; any of a range of locationsstored in the data, such as railway stations,shops, restaurants, and amusement pa

= For details, refer to Plugging and unplug-ging a USB storage device on the nextpage.= For details, refer to Connecting your iPodon the next page.g A

SpecificationsGeneralRated power source ... 5 V DCEarthing system ... Negative typeMaximum current consumption...

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PIONEER CORPORATION4-1, MEGURO 1-CHOME, MEGURO-KUTOKYO 153-8654, JAPANPIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC.P.O. Box 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540,

Plugging and unplugging aUSB storage deviceCAUTION! To prevent data loss and damage to the sto-rage device, never remove it from this naviga-tion syst

p For connection, USB interface cable foriPod (CD-IU200VM) (sold separately) is re-quired.1 Detach the supplied USB cable afterchecking that no data i

2 Touch the language that you want touse on the screen.3 Touch the language that you want touse for the voice guidance.The navigation system will now

How to use the navigation menu screensThe “Top Menu” appears when you boot up the navigation system for the first time.Screen switching overview257861

What you can do on each menu1 Top MenuPress MENU button to display the “To pMenu”.This is the starting menu to access the desiredscreens and operate t

How to use the mapMost of the information provided by your navigation system can be seen on the map. You need to be-come familiar with how the informa

This key will be displayed while you activatethe dummy run (“Fly over” or “DemoMode”). Touching the key to cancel thedummy run.= For details, refer to

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operateyour model properly. After y

When you drive on a multi-lane roadAppears where multi-lane roads exist whenyou are driving on your route. The highlightedlane indicates the recommend

p Zooming out will reduce the size of the iconand further zooming out will hide it. How-ever, the pin-shaped icon is not resized andkeeps displayed.p

The basic flow of creatingyour route1 Park your vehicle in a safe place, and applythe handbrake.j2 Display the “Destination Menu”.j3 Select the method

7 Caps lock controlSwitches the keyboard between lowercase let-ters and uppercase letters.Each touch of [aA] changes the settings asfollows:— enables

CAUTIONFor safety reasons, these route-setting functionsare not available while your vehicle is in motion.To enable these functions, you must stop in

5 Touch the key next to “City:” to enterthe city name.6 Enter the city name or postcode.! When the options are narrowed down to sixor less, those are

If only one option is appropriate for your entry,the screen will jump to the “Map ConfirmationScreen” directly and the process of entering thestreet n

6 Touch on of the options at the bottomof the “Map Confirmation Screen” to selectthe next operation.Touching [Route...] and [Go Here Now] se-quentiall

3 Touch one of the items on the list.! Selecting an item that has already beenstored allows you to overwrite it.4 Touch the search method that youwant

3 Touch one of the items on the list.4 Touch the desired POI.5 Touch on of the options at the bottomof the “Map Confirmation Screen” to selectthe next

Setting up a route to your home 33Setting a route by recalling a saved route 33Searching for a location by scrolling themap 34After the location is de

3 Touch the desired storage that youwant to load.4 Touch the folder that includes the de-sired item on the list.5 Touch one of the items on the list.6

2 Touch [Coordinate].3 Touch either the latitude key or thelongitude key, whichever you want toenter.The values on the latitude key or longitude keysh

p “History” can store up to 32 locations. Ifthe entries reach the maximum, the newentr y overwrites the oldest one.1 Touch [Destination] on the “Top M

3 Touch on of the options at the bottomof the “Map Confirmation Screen” to selectthe next operation.Touching [Route...] and [Go Here Now] se-quentiall

Searching for a location byscrolling the mapSpecifying a location after scrolling the mapenables you to set the position as an operabletarget in the “

Searching for and selecting a locationEngb35Chapter03Searching for and selecting a location

What you can do with the “Map Confirmation Screen”Under most conditions after searching for a location, the “Map Confirmation Screen” appears to let y

= For more details concerning the operation,refer to Replacing the location as the newfinal destination on this page.Starting PointSets the location a

Setting the location as thestart pointOnly setting the starting point is performedwhen there is no route. Other wise, the newroute from the starting p

1 Search for a location or position thecursor on the desired area by scrolling themap and displaying the “Map ConfirmationScreen”.2 Touch [Save as...]

– Answering a call automatically 58– Setting the automatic rejectionfunction 58– Echo cancelling and noisereduction 59– Setting the automatic connecti

Storing the location in“Favourites”Storing your favourite locations as “Favour-ites” provides you with the opportunity to savethe time and effort of r

5 Touch the desired camera type to as-sign a type category.12 3 4 5Available options;1 Fixed cameras2 Mobile cameras3 Built-in cameras4 Section contro

Checking the current routeconditionsThe “Route Information” screen provides youwith various detailed information about thecurrent route.This is an exa

3 Touch [Dest.] to switch to the screen forfirst waypoint.The “Route Information (to via)” screen ap-pears.4 Touch [Via] to switch to the secondwaypoi

Alternative options:! Detailed InstructionsAll turning points, passed streets and otherinformation is shown.! InstructionsAll turning points (where vo

Editing waypointsYou can edit waypoints (locations you want tovisit on the way to your destination) and recal-culate the route so that is passes throu

2 Touch [Save Route].3 Enter the desired name and then touch[Done] to complete the entry.The previous screen appears.Deleting the entry in “SavedRoute

RDS-TMC tuner is embedded in the cradle.Therefore, this function is available only whenthe navigation system is attached on the cra-dle.You can view c

Setting the traffic informationPreferred functions related to traffic informa-tion can be set.1 Touch [Destination] on the “Top Menu”,and then touch [

Hands-free phoning overviewCAUTIONFor your safety, avoid talking on the phone asmuch as possible while driving.If your mobile phone features Bluetooth

– Adjusting the screen brightness 91– Setting the power-saving function 91– Monitoring the battery status 92– Checking the version information 92– Tur

Searching for nearby phonesThe system searches for available mobilephones near the navigation system and dis-plays them in a list, and registers them

5 Touch the model name of the mobilephone to be connected.The system searches for mobile phones withBluetooth technology that are waiting for theconne

Connecting a registeredmobile phoneThe navigation system automatically connectsthe mobile phone selected as the target ofconnection. However, connect

Receiving a phone callYou can perform hands-free answering byusing the navigation system.Answering an incoming callThe system informs you that it is r

Direct dialling1 Touch [Dial Pad] on the “ Phone Menu”.= For details, refer to Displaying the PhoneMenu on page 49.The direct dial screen appears.2 To

2 If you touch an entry on the list, dial-ling starts.p If you touch [Detail], you can check the de-tails of the party before making a phonecall.p To

p If you have not registered your home num-ber, a message appears. Touch [Yes]tostart registration.= For more details about “Set Home”,refer to Settin

p You can send the phone book entries re-peatedly before touching [OK]. If your mo-bile phone supports one-by-one transferonly, send all the entries t

= For details concerning operations, referto Answering an incoming call on page53.Stopping Bluetooth wavetransmissionYou can stop transmission of elec

Echo cancelling and noisereductionWhen you are operating hands-free phoningin the vehicle, you may hear an undesiredecho. This function reduces the un

Manual overviewBefore using this product, be sure to read “Im-portant Information for the user” (a separatemanual) which contains warnings, cautions,a

! With some mobile phones, the speakers ofthe system may not produce a ring sound.! If private mode is selected on the mobilephone, hands-free phoning

1 Touch [Phone Settings] on the “ PhoneMenu”.= For details, refer to Displaying the PhoneMenu on page 49.2 Touch [Bluetooth Software Update].The curre

You can play the compressed audio filesstored in the external storage device (USB,SD).p In the following description, the SD mem-or y card, USB memory

The marks shown below appears and indi-cates the current playback condition.: Repeat play: Random play: Scan playIndicator ImplicationMedia RepeatAll

Touching [f] switches between playbackand pause.7 Displaying the map screenSelecting a track from the listThe list lets you see the list of track titl

p If you turn [Random]to“On” while therepeat play range is set to “Track”, therepeat play range changes to “Folder”automatically.3 Scan folders and tr

You can play the video files stored in the exter-nal storage device (USB, SD).p In the following description, the SD mem-or y card, USB memory device

Using the touch panel keys(Video)6521473a981 Recalls equaliser curvesSelect one from the 11 equaliser curves.p This function is also effective for bee

For folders, files! To select 3, touch [3] and [Enter] in order.! To select 10, touch [1] and [0] and [Enter]inorder.For time (time search)! To select

Using the USB interface cable for iPod en-ables you to connect your iPod to the naviga-tion system.p For connection, USB interface cable foriPod (CD-I

“External storage device (USB, SD)”The SD memory card, SDHC memory card,USB memory device and USB portable audioplayer are collectively referred to as

p If the characters recorded on the iPod arenot compatible with this navigation system,those characters may turn into garbledcharacters.Using the touc

2 Touching or switches the selectionto the next or previous page in the list.3 Touch the item that you want to refine.Refine the item until the track

3 Touch your desired item on the list tonarrow down them until the video list ap-pears.= For details concerning operations, refer toBrowsing for a vid

Narrowing down a video with the list1 Touch your desired category.2 Touching or switches the selectionto the next or previous page in the list.3 Touch

! Albums — Select an album randomly,and then play back all songs in thatalbum in order3 Setting the audiobook play speedWhile listening to an audioboo

You can display “video image” output by theequipment connected to “AV Input”.p Use the CD-RM10 (sold separately) to con-nect the external video compon

The options in the “NaviSettings” menuBasic operations in the “NaviSettings” menuPreferences related to the navigation functionscan be set.A method fo

4 51231 Positions of the GPS constellation being re-ceived by the navigation systemColourSignal com-municationUsed in posi-tioningGreen Yes YesGrey Ye

! “Time”Enables you to adjust the time difference byone hour. Touch a or b to adjust it.p “Time Zone” and “Time” are activatedonly when [Off] is selec

! “Show Street Labels”Shows or hides the street names and citynames.! “Textured Polygons”You can select whether to draws or refrainfrom drawing the ma

Auto file name listingThe track name will be automatically listedwhen this function is available. This systemprovides easy-to-operate audio functions

Available options;! “Zoom-in limit:”Allows you to set the limit for zoom-in beha-viour.! “Zoom-out limit:”Allows you to set the limit for zoom-out be-

Available options;! “Method:”Determines which condition takes priorityfor route calculation.[Fast]:Calculates a route with the shortest traveltime to

[Off]:Calculates the route taking into account theroads and areas where permission isneeded for entry.WarningsThe settings related to warning operatio

Available options;! “Distance Units”Controls the unit of distance and speedshown.! “Coordinate display format”Controls the format of latitude and long

Controls the volume of the navigation gui-dance.! “Keys”Controls the beep tone volume.! “Dynamic Volume”Increases and decreases the master vo-lume of

! “POI Icon Visibility Distance”Touching the key shows the option. Touchone of them to set the desired visibility.When “Satellite” is selected, the PO

Editing your customised POIIf you have already stored the customised POI,you can edit the POI property.p If the custom POI is found on an externalstor

3 Touch [Record] to activate the track log-ger.The key then changes to [Stop Recording].Touching [Stop Recording] allows you to de-activate the track

4 Touch the desired key to operate it.Available options;! “Update interval:”Sets how often the system updates the log.! “Current autosave track size:”

Selecting the languageYou can set the languages used on the pro-gramme and voice guidance. Each languagecan be set separately.1 Touch [Language] on th

Notes for internal memoryBefore detaching the battery packIf the internal battery is detached or dis-charged, the memory will be erased and mustbe rep

The navigation system checks the external sto-rage device (USB, SD). If an appropriate file isfound, the file list will be displayed.p If there is no

1 Touch [Screen Calibration] on the “Sys-tem Settings” menu.A message confirming whether to start the ca-libration appears.p You can also start the ca

! “Backlight Timeout”Enables you to set the power-saving featureof the screen backlight.[Never]:Deactivates the power-saving feature of thescreen back

p Only when selecting the AV source withvideo, you can adjust [Wide Mode].p Only when the AV source is “OFF”,[MUTEInput/GUIDE] can be adjusted.Setting

p Remember that use of this system for com-mercial or public viewing purposes mayconstitute an infringement on the author’srights protected by the Cop

Installing the additional filefor voice guidance (TTS files)TTS file is used to read out the street name inthe route guidance and notification on arri

Returning the navigationsystem to the default orfactory settingsYou can return settings or recorded content tothe default or factory settings. There a

Setting items to be deletedThe items to be deleted vary depending on thereset method. The items listed in the followingtable return to the default or

TroubleshootingIf you have problems operating your navigation system, refer to this section. The most commonproblems are listed below, along with like

The map colour does not switchautomatically between daytimeand nighttime.[Night mode] is set to [Day]. Check [Night mode] setting and make sure[Automa