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New In-Car Multimedia Receivers entertain, connect and communicate

From March, we’ll be introducing five new in-car multimedia receivers designed to deliver high-quality audio and video from CD, DVD, SD and USB, Bluetooth wireless technology and your iPod or iPhone.

The AVH series consists of three double DIN units,

and two single DIN models:

AVH-5200DVD and
AVH-5200BT.

All models are equipped with a new, intuitive graphical user interface and large LCD touch screens for easy control. Customisable menu items, button illumination and a variety of background designs allow you to perfectly match your system to your car interior or mood.

AVH-5200BT

AVH-5200BT: Digital playtime! Enjoy all your film and music, all of the time.

The new AVH series multimedia receivers transform your car into a complete multimedia hub, enabling seamless integration to many of the most popular portable devices.

An advanced on-screen Slide Touch feature makes it easy to steer through the control menus and large media lists simply by touching and dragging the text on the screen. In addition, the systems’ tabbed menus enable fast navigation, while Quicklinks allow you to jump to the source menu or iPod content with just a single touch of the screen.

Advanced iPod and iPhone integration

Ready for iPod. Works with iPhone iPod/iPhone Direct Control allows you to control your portable device directly from your headunit. By connecting your iPod directly to the receiver’s USB terminal, you get direct access to all the content stored on the digital media player, using the headunit’s touch screen.

With ABC Search it’s possible to quickly search through lists of artists, albums and songs by scrolling alphabetically using the first letter in the name. As a handy extra the iPod/iPhone will charge while connected.

Connectivity

SD Card Each unit features built-in connectivity to USB storage devices, SD memory cards, and devices with mini-jack AV outputs for diverse media playback capabilities. With an integrated Parrot Bluetooth module, the AVH-3200BT and AVH-5200BT are hands-free communication capable. Bluetooth is also available on the AVH-P4200DVD with the addition of an optional Pioneer IP-Bus Bluetooth Adapter.

The 2010 AVH series multimedia receivers are NavGate ready, which allows you to enhance your AV system with fast and precise navigation capabilities by connecting our AVIC-F220 NavGate upgrade unit. The AVIC-F220 is a compact, detachable add-on system that provides full turn-by-turn navigation and compatibility with our NavGate Feeds software.

Customisation

Each model offers a wide range of customisation options, for those who want to add a personal touch to their in-car system.

Choose from a multitude of screen and button colours to perfectly match your dashboard lighting. 5 pre-set screen and button colours are available, while custom colours can also be created for the button illumination using the RGB colour selector. A customisable background feature gives the choice of four pre-loaded wallpapers, three background visuals, or the ability to import your own JPEG images from a CD-ROM, USB storage device, or SD card to use as wallpaper.

Video

Plays your DivX files, too The new systems offer playback of iPod video, DVD and DivX video content. Display JPEG images during music playback, similar to the slideshow feature commonly found on digital picture frames.

Audio

Audio output for each player is enhanced by our MOSFET 50 W x 4 amplification, 4-Volt pre-amp outputs, High-Pass/Low-Pass crossovers for subwoofer integration and a patented Advanced Sound Retriever (ASR) which restores the musical details lost in the creation of compressed music files.

With the 8-band Graphic Equaliser (GEQ) the audio can be tuned to your personal taste, whereas the Auto Equaliser enables automatic tailoring of the sound to the car (CD-MC20 microphone required). In addition, each AVH series receiver features Sonic Center Control, which adjusts the timing of selected speakers to shift the sonic centre of the system to a specific area of your car.