Pioneer AVH-601EX / AVH-600EX / AVH-501EX / AVH-500EX DVD RDS AV Receiver Installation Manual
Important Safety Information
WARNING: Rear visibility systems (backup cameras) are required in certain new vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada. U.S. regulations began according to a two year phase-in on May 1, 2016, and both the U.S. and Canada require that all such vehicles manufactured on or after May 1, 2018 have rear visibility systems. Owners of vehicles equipped with compliant rear visibility systems should not install or use this product in a way that alters or disables that system's compliance with applicable regulations. If you are unsure whether your vehicle has a rear visibility system subject to the U.S. or Canadian regulations, please contact the vehicle manufacturer or dealer.
If your vehicle has a compliant backup camera that displays the backup view through the factory receiver, do not use the Pioneer receiver unless it is connected to and displays the same view as the factory backup camera. Connection to the factory backup camera will require an adaptor, sold separately. Not all vehicles may be able to connect. Please check with a qualified professional installer for installation options specific to your vehicle.
Connection Precautions
Your new product and this manual
- Do not operate this product, any applications, or the rear view camera option (if purchased) if doing so will divert your attention in any way from the safe operation of your vehicle. Always observe safe driving rules and follow all existing traffic regulations. If you experience difficulty in operating this product, pull over, park your vehicle in a safe location and apply the parking brake before making the necessary adjustments.
- Do not install this product where it may (i) obstruct the driver's vision, (ii) impair the performance of any of the vehicle's operating systems or safety features, including airbags, hazard lamp buttons, or (iii) impair the driver's ability to safely operate the vehicle. In some cases, it may not be possible to install this product because of the vehicle type or the shape of the vehicle interior.
Important Safeguards
WARNING: Pioneer does not recommend that you install this product yourself. This product is designed for professional installation only. We recommend that only authorized Pioneer service personnel, who have special training and experience in mobile electronics, set up and install this product. NEVER SERVICE THIS PRODUCT YOURSELF. Installing or servicing this product and its connecting cables may expose you to the risk of electric shock or other hazards, and can cause damage to this product that is not covered by warranty.
Precautions Before Connecting the System
WARNING: Do not take any steps to tamper with or disable the parking brake interlock system which is in place for your protection. Tampering with or disabling the parking brake interlock system could result in serious injury or death.
CAUTION: Secure all wiring with cable clamps or electrical tape. Do not allow any bare wiring to remain exposed. Do not directly connect the yellow lead of this product to the vehicle battery. If the lead is directly connected to the battery, engine vibration may eventually cause the insulation to fail at the point where the wire passes from the passenger compartment into the engine compartment. If the yellow lead's insulation tears as a result of contact with metal parts, short-circuiting can occur, resulting in considerable danger.
It is extremely dangerous to allow cables to become wound around the steering column or shift lever. Be sure to install this product, its cables, and wiring away in such so that they will not obstruct or hinder driving.
Make sure that the cables and wires will not interfere with or become caught in any of the vehicle's moving parts, especially the steering wheel, shift lever, parking brake, sliding seat tracks, doors, or any of the vehicle's controls.
Do not route wires where they will be exposed to high temperatures. If the insulation heats up, wires may become damaged, resulting in a short circuit or malfunction and permanent damage to the product.
Do not shorten any leads. If you do, the protection circuit (fuse holder, fuse resistor or filter, etc.) may fail to work properly.
Never feed power to other electronic products by cutting the insulation of the power supply lead of this product and tapping into the lead. The current capacity of the lead will be exceeded, causing overheating.
Before Installing This Product
Use this unit with a 12-volt battery and negative grounding only. Failure to do so may result in a fire or malfunction.
To avoid shorts in the electrical system, be sure to disconnect the [-] battery cable before installation.
To Prevent Damage
WARNING: When speaker output is used by 4 channels, use speakers over 50 W (Maximum input power) and between 4 Ω to 8 Ω (impedance value). Do not use 1 Ω to 3 Ω speakers for this unit.
When rear speaker output is used by 2 Ω of subwoofer, use speakers over 70 W (Maximum input power).
*Please refer to connection for a connection method.
The black cable is ground. When installing this unit or power amp (sold separately), make sure to connect the ground wire first. Ensure that the ground wire is properly connected to metal parts of the car's body. The ground wire of the power amp and the one of this unit or any other device must be connected to the car separately with different screws. If the screw for the ground wire loosens or falls out, it could result in fire generation of smoke or malfunction.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing a ground wire connecting to metal parts of a car's body, with a separate connection for a power amp and other devices.
When replacing the fuse, be sure to only use a fuse of the rating prescribed on this product.
This product cannot be installed in a vehicle without ACC (accessory) position on the ignition switch.
Diagram Description: Two illustrations comparing ACC position (OFF, ON, START) with No ACC position.
To avoid short-circuiting, cover the disconnected lead with insulating tape. It is especially important to insulate all unused speaker leads, which if left uncovered may cause a short circuit.
For connecting a power amp or other devices to this product, refer to the manual for the product to be connected.
The graphical symbol ⎓ placed on the product means direct current.
Notice for the Blue/White Lead
When the ignition switch is turned on (ACC ON), a control signal is output through the blue/white lead. Connect to an external power amp's system remote control terminal, the auto-antenna relay control terminal, or the antenna booster power control terminal (max. 300 mA 12 V DC). The control signal is output through the blue/white lead, even if the audio source is switched off.
Product Components and Power Cord
This product
- Microphone 3 m (9 ft. 10-1/8 in.)
- Wired remote input (Hard-wired remote control adapter can be connected, sold separately).
- SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner (Refer to the instruction manual for SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner, sold separately).
- RGB cable (supplied with Navigation system)
- This product
- Pioneer navigation system (Contact your dealer to inquire about the connectable navigation unit).
- Antenna jack
- Subwoofer output (STD)/Low range output (NW)
- Rear output (STD)/Middle range output (NW)
- Front output (STD)/High range output (NW)
- Power supply
- Fuse (10 A)
- iDatalink adapter input
NOTE: Before using and/or connecting the iDatalink Maestro adapter, you will need to first flash the Maestro module with the appropriate vehicle and head unit firmware. You can find the device number that is required for the activation on the followings (refer to the Operation Manual.): The label on the packaging of this product, The label on this product, The [Firmware Information] screen.
Power Cord
Diagram Description: Illustration of the power cord with numbered wires and their functions:
- To power supply
- Power cord
- Yellow: To terminal supplied with power regardless of ignition switch position.
- Red: To electric terminal controlled by ignition switch (12 V DC) ON/OFF
- Orange/white: To lighting switch terminal.
- Black (ground): To vehicle (metal) body.
- Violet/white: Of the two lead wires connected to the back lamp, connect the one in which the voltage changes when the gear shift is in the REVERSE (R) position. This connection enables the unit to sense whether the car is moving forward or backward.
Wiring Details
Yellow/black: If you use an equipment with Mute function, wire this lead to the Audio Mute lead on that equipment. If not, keep the Audio Mute lead free of any connections.
Blue/white: Connect to system control terminal of the power amp (max. 300 mA 12 V DC).
Light green: Used to detect the ON/OFF status of the parking brake. This lead must be connected to the power supply side of the parking brake switch.
Diagram Description: Illustration of speaker leads with numbered connections and color codes:
- To power supply
- Power cord
- Left
- Right
- Front speaker (STD) or high range speaker (NW)
- Rear speaker (STD) or middle range speaker (NW)
- White
- White/black
- Gray
- Gray/black
- Green
- Green/black
- Violet
- Violet/black
- Subwoofer (4 Ω)
- When using a subwoofer of 2 Ω, be sure to connect the subwoofer to the violet and violet/black leads of this unit. Do not connect anything to the green and green/black leads.
- Not used.
- Subwoofer (4 Ω) × 2
NOTES:
- When a subwoofer is connected to this product instead of a rear speaker, change the rear output setting in the initial setting. The subwoofer output of this product is monaural. For details, refer to the Operation Manual.
- With a two-speaker system, do not connect anything to the speaker leads that are not connected to speakers.
Power Amplifier Connections
Without internal amp
Important: The speaker leads are not used when this connection is in use.
With internal amp
Important: Front speaker and Rear speaker signals (STD) or middle range speaker and high range speaker signals (NW) are output from the speaker leads when this connection is in use.
Diagram Description: Illustrations showing power amplifier connections for speakers:
- Rear speaker (STD) / Middle range speaker (NW)
- To Front output (STD) / To high range output (NW)
- Front speaker (STD) / High range speaker (NW)
- To subwoofer output (STD) / To low range output (NW)
- Subwoofer (STD) / Low range speaker (NW)
NOTE: Select the appropriate speaker mode between standard mode (STD) and network mode (NW). For details, refer to the Operation Manual.
iPod/iPhone and Smartphone Connectivity
NOTES:
- For details on how to connect an external device using a separately sold cable, refer to the manual for the cable.
- For details concerning the connection, operations and compatibility of iPhone, refer to the Operation Manual.
- For details concerning the connection and operations of smartphone, refer to the Operation Manual.
iPod/iPhone with Lightning connector
Diagram Description: Illustration showing connecting an iPod/iPhone with a Lightning connector via the USB port. It shows the USB port, USB cable (1.5 m), and USB interface cable (CD-IU52, sold separately).
iPhone with 30-pin connector
Diagram Description: Illustration showing connecting an iPhone with a 30-pin connector via the USB port. It shows the USB port, USB cable (1.5 m), and USB interface cable (CD-IU51, sold separately).
Smartphone (Android™ device)
Diagram Description: Illustration showing connecting an Android smartphone via the USB port. It shows the USB port, USB cable (1.5 m), USB - micro USB cable (supplied with CD-MU200), and USB Type-C cable (supplied with CD-CU50).
NOTE: The length of Type USB A - micro USB B cable cannot exceed 2 m (6 ft. 6 in.) and Type USB A - USB C cannot exceed 4 m (13 ft. 1 in.) according to the USB cable standard. When using a cable other than the above conditions, the main unit function may not operate properly.
Camera and External Video
Camera
About rear view camera: When you use the rear view camera, the rear view image is automatically switched from the video by moving the shift lever to REVERSE (R). Camera View mode also allows you to check what is behind you while driving.
WARNING: USE INPUT ONLY FOR REVERSE OR MIRROR IMAGE REAR VIEW CAMERA. OTHER USE MAY RESULT IN INJURY OR DAMAGE.
CAUTION:
- The screen image may appear reversed.
- With the rear view camera you can keep an eye on trailers, or back into a tight parking spot. Do not use for entertainment purposes.
- Objects in rear view may appear closer or more distant than in reality.
- The image area of full-screen images displayed while backing or checking the rear of the vehicle may differ slightly.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing rear view camera connections. It includes connections for the rear view camera (ND-BC8, sold separately) to the product's video output, RCA cable, power supply, and reverse gear signal input (Violet/white). It also shows Yellow (F.C IN) for AVH-601EX/AVH-501EX and an RCA cable for an external view camera.
NOTES:
- Connect only the rear view camera to R.C IN. Do not connect any other equipment.
- Some appropriate settings are required to use rear view cameras. For details, refer to the Operation Manual.
External video component and the display
Diagram Description: Illustration showing external video component connections, including a rear display with RCA input jacks, connection to video input, and RCA cables (sold separately).
External Video Output and AUX Input
This product outputs: Yellow (V IN), Yellow (V OUT), Red, white (R IN, L IN).
AUX input: Mini-jack AV cable (CD-RM10, sold separately).
Diagram Description: Illustration showing external video component connections from the product, including V IN, V OUT, R IN, L IN, and AUX input.
NOTE: The appropriate setting is required to use the external video component. For details, refer to the Operation Manual.
WARNING: NEVER install the rear display in a location that enables the driver to watch the video source while driving. This product's rear video output is for connection of a display to enable passengers in the rear seats to watch the video source.
Installation
Precautions Before Installation
CAUTION: Never install this product in places where, or in a manner that:
- Could injure the driver or passengers if the vehicle stops suddenly.
- May interfere with the driver's operation of the vehicle, such as on the floor in front of the driver's seat, or close to the steering wheel or shift lever.
- To ensure proper installation, be sure to use the supplied parts in the manner specified. If any parts are not supplied with this product, use compatible parts in the manner specified after you have the part compatibility checked by your dealer. If parts other than supplied or compatible ones are used, they may damage internal parts of this product or they may work loose and the product may become detached.
- Do not install this product where it may (i) obstruct the driver's vision, (ii) impair the performance of any of the vehicle's operating systems or safety features, including airbags, hazard lamp buttons or (iii) impair the driver's ability to safely operate the vehicle.
- Never install this product in front of or next to the place in the dashboard, door, or pillar from which one of your vehicle's airbags would deploy. Please refer to your vehicle's owner's manual for reference to the deployment area of the frontal airbags.
Before Installing
- Consult with your nearest dealer if installation requires drilling holes or other modifications of the vehicle.
- Before making a final installation of this product, temporarily connect the wiring to confirm that the connections are correct and the system works properly.
Installation Notes
- Do not install this product in places subject to high temperatures or humidity, such as: Places close to a heater, vent or air conditioner. Places exposed to direct sunlight, such as on top of the dashboard. Places that may be exposed to rain, such as close to the door or on the vehicle's floor.
- Install this product horizontally on a surface within 0 to 30 degrees tolerance (within 5 degrees to the left or right). Improper installation of the unit with the surface tilted more than these tolerances increases the potential for errors in the vehicle's location display, and might otherwise cause reduced display performance.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing the acceptable 0-30 degree installation tolerance for the unit.
When installing, to ensure proper heat dispersal when using this product, make sure you leave ample space behind the rear panel and wrap any loose cables so they are not blocking the vents.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing leaving ample space (5 cm) behind the unit for ventilation.
Mounting Instructions
Installation using the screw holes on the side of this product
1 Fastening this product to the factory radio-mounting bracket. Position this product so that its screw holes are aligned with the screw holes of the bracket, and tighten the screws at three locations on each side. Use either the truss head screws (5 mm × 9 mm) or flush surface screws (5 mm × 9 mm), depending on the shape of the bracket's screw holes.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing the factory radio-mounting bracket, indicating where to align screw holes. It also shows dashboard or console, and mentions truss head screw or flush surface screw, advising to use supplied screws.
Installing the microphone
Install the microphone in a place where its direction and distance from the driver make it easiest to pick up the driver's voice. Be sure to turn off (ACC OFF) the product before connecting the microphone. Depending on the vehicle model, the microphone cable length may be too short when you mount the microphone on the sun visor. In such cases, install the microphone on the steering column.
Mounting on the sun visor
1 Fit the microphone lead into the groove.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing fitting the microphone lead into a groove on the microphone clip.
2 Attach the microphone clip to the sun visor.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing the microphone clip being attached to the sun visor, with labels for Tab and Microphone base.
Installation on the steering column
1 Detach the microphone base from the microphone clip by sliding the microphone base while pressing the tab.
2 Mount the microphone on the steering column.
Diagram Description: Illustration showing detaching the microphone base from the clip and then mounting it on the steering column using double-sided tape or clamps.
Adjusting the microphone angle
Keeping it away from the steering wheel.
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