The "Terms of DSP Controller and Product’s Software" (these "Terms") apply to the DSP Controller application (the "Application", as defined in Article 1) and the software for the Product (the "Software", as defined in Article 1), which are provided by PIONEER CORPORATION (the "Company"). An agreement which contains these Terms for the Application and the Software (this "Agreement") shall be concluded between the Company and the User if the User (i) downloads, installs, updates, or uses the Application or the Software, or (ii) agrees to these Terms.

Chapter 1 General Rules

• Article 1 (Definitions)
  • (1) 
    "Product" means the digital sound processing units manufactured and sold by the Company and shall be used with the Application and the Software.
  • (2) 
    "Application" means the a smartphone app and PC software (including its updated version) having the feature to use the Product by connecting to the Product (including the feature to update the Product and the Application), the feature to improve the convenience such as operability of the Product, and other features incidental to these features.
  • (3) 
    "Software" means the software for the Product (including any pre-installed firmware and its updated version).
  • (4) 
    "User(s)" means any individual or legal entity who downloads, installs, updates or uses the Application or the Software.
  • (5) 
    "Services" means any service, website, application, etc. related to the Product designated by the Company, including the Application and the Software.
  • (6) 
    "Connecting Terminal" means an electronic device, such as a PC or smartphone, connected to the Internet and accessible to the server of the Company or a third party designated by the Company.
• Article 2 (Use by Minors, etc.)
  You may not use the Services unless you are at least 16 years of age and satisfy the qualifications for driving an automobile or the like in the country where you use the Services. If you are 16 years of age or older but not considered an adult in your country of residence or you have a limited capacity, you must also obtain the consent of your legal representative to use the Services, such as a person who has parental authority over you.
• Article 3 (Scope of Application and Amendment to these Terms)
  • 1. 
    When making any amendment to these Terms (including the addition of provisions), the Company shall determine the effective date of such amendment, and notify the User in advance of the fact that these Terms will be amended, the details of these Terms after such amendment, and the effective date thereof, by the time before 14 days such amendment becomes effective by appropriate means, such as posting on a website. If the User uses the Services after such announcement, the User shall be bound by the terms and conditions as if he/she has agreed to the amended Terms.
  • 2. 
    If there exists another agreement for the Services, the terms and conditions of such agreement shall take precedence over these Terms, however, the matters not provided for in such agreement shall be subject to these Terms.
• Article 4 (Termination of this Agreement by the User)
  If the User wishes to terminate this Agreement, the User must complete both (1) and (2) below. The Agreement shall be terminated on the date that these are completed by the User.
  • (1) 
    Delete all copies of the Application under the User's possession or control in a non-reproducible form.
  • (2) 
    Delete the Software for updating (including copies) under the User's possession in a non-reproducible form, and then either dispose of the Product or transfer the Product in accordance with Article 11.2.
• Article 5 (Suspension of Provision and Use, and Termination by the Company)
  • 1. 
    If any of the following categories applies or if the Company determines that it applies, the Company may suspend all or part of the Services or terminate this Agreement by giving prior notice to the User by appropriate means, such as posting on a website (except in cases of emergency where prior notice is not feasible):

    • (1) 
      In the event that a computer or server, etc. (the “Computer, Etc.”) pertaining to the provision of the Services is inspected, maintained or otherwise;
    • (2) 
      In the event that the Computer, Etc. pertaining to the provision of the Services is interrupted due to an accident or any other reason;
    • (3) 
      In the event that it becomes reasonably impossible to provide the Services due to a natural disaster such as an earthquake, lightning, fire, or flood, power failure, labor dispute, epidemic, act of war, unauthorized access, accident to the communication and transportation infrastructure, amendment, abolition, or enactment of the laws and regulations, or any other reason not attributable to the Company;
    • (4) 
      In the event that any use that violates or is likely to violate these Terms or any other use that deviates from ordinary use is confirmed;
    • (5) 
      In the event that all or part of the services provided to the Company by a third party, which services are necessary for the provision of the Services, are suspended; or
    • (6) 
      Other events in which the Company reasonably determines to be necessary.
  • 2. 
    Subject to Article 19 and 25, the Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the User or any third party due to measures taken by the Company pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
• Article 6 (Changes to the Contents and Features of the Services, and Termination, etc.)
  • 1. 
    The Company shall not be obliged to provide the Services and may, at its discretion, add, change, or delete the contents or features of the Services, or terminate the provision of the Services through thirty (30) days’ prior notice by appropriate means, such as posting on a website.
  • 2. 
    The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the User or any third party due to measures taken by the Company pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
• Article 7 (Force Majeure)
  The Company shall not be liable to compensate for any damage caused to the User or any third party by force majeure. Force majeure under this Article includes, but is not limited to, labor dispute, internet failure, interruption of the Services, communication failure, default by a third party, fire, act of terrorism, natural disaster, war, epidemic, or enactment, amendment, or abolition of the laws and regulations.
• Article 8 (Elimination of Anti-Social Forces)
  • 1. 
    The User represents and warrants that the User does not fall under an organized crime group, organized crime group member, organized crime group quasi-member, organized crime group-related company, corporate extortionist, group engaging in criminal activities under the pretext of conducting social campaigns or political activities, organized special intellectual crime group, or other anti-social forces ("Anti-Social Forces") as of the date when the User agrees to these Terms and in the future.
  • 2. 
    If the Company determines that the User falls under any of the following items, the Company may cancel this Agreement without any notice:

    • (1) 
      The User falls under the category of Anti-Social Forces;
    • (2) 
      The User provides funds or services, etc. to Anti-Social Forces, or engages in any transaction with Anti-Social Forces;
    • (3) 
      The User is found to have a socially reprehensible relationship with Anti-Social Forces;
    • (4) 
      The User commits any of the following acts against the Company by itself or through a third party:

      • (i) 
        Any unlawful or unreasonable demand;
      • (ii) 
        Any act of violence, including demonstrations, etc. not limited to the use of tangible force;
      • (iii) 
        Any act of persistently forcing a transaction, such as a subscription to an information magazine;
      • (iv) 
        Any act of making a request to the other party by disguising the attributes of the victim organization, etc.; or
      • (v) 
        Any other act prohibited by the "Act on the Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members", or
    • (5) 
      The User informs the Company that it falls under the Anti-Social Forces or is related to the Anti-Social Forces.
  • 3. 
    If the Company cancels this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the User. In addition, the User shall compensate the Company for all damages caused to the Company in connection with the cancellation.
• Article 9 (Intellectual Property Rights)
  Any and all rights including copyrights and any other intellectual property rights pertaining to the contents provided to the User through the Services shall belong to the Company or other right-holders. The User shall not reproduce, modify, publicly transmit, etc. all or part of the services provided through the Services in any form.
• Article 10 (Handling of Personal Information)
  In using the Services, the Company will handle the personal information of the User in accordance with the DSP Controller Privacy Policy.
• Article 11 (No Assignment of Rights and Obligations)
  • 1. 
    The User shall not assign or transfer the right to use the Services or any other rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement to any third party. The Company may freely assign to, transfer to, or be succeeded to by, a third party as regards this Agreement, or any of the Company's rights or obligations under this Agreement.
  • 2. 
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the User may transfer all User's rights with respect to the Software with these Terms, provided that User does not retain the Software (including the copies), transfers all of the Software together with the Product to the transferee, and the transferee agrees to these Terms.
• Article 12 (Severability)
  If any provision of these Terms or any part thereof is deemed invalid or unenforceable under the laws and regulations of the governing jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of these Terms and the remaining part of the provision that is deemed partially invalid or unenforceable shall remain in full force and effect.
• Article 13 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
  • 1. 
    These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
  • 2. 
    The Tokyo District Court shall be the court of first instance with exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between the Company and the User concerning these Terms or the Services. The Company and the User consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court.
• Article 14 (Entire Agreement)
  Subject to Article 3.2, these Terms and the DSP Controller Privacy Policy as separately set forth constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the User.

Chapter 2　DSP Controller

• Article 15 (Permission for Use of the Application)
  • 1. 
    The User may (i) use the Application, (ii) download the Application from the server of the Company or a third party designated by the Company, and (iii) install and update the Application on a Connecting Terminal with these Terms.. The Company does not grant permission to the User to transfer any copyright or other intellectual property rights pertaining to the Application, or to use the Application in any form other than that permitted by these Terms.
  • 2. 
    The User may use the Application only together with the Product in accordance with these Terms.
• Article 16 (Conditions for Use of the Application)
  • 1. 
    To use the Application, the User may need a Connecting Terminal and an Internet environment . In this case, the User must prepare a Connecting Terminal and an Internet environment at its own responsibility and expense.
  • 2. 
    In order to use the features of the Application, the User must keep the Application current at the latest version.
  • 3. 
    The User acknowledges and agrees to the following matters:

    • (1) 
      To use the Application in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and these Terms;
    • (2) 
      To use the Application and drive a vehicle in a reasonable, safe, lawful and appropriate manner, taking into consideration all circumstances related to the use of the Application and not paying close attention to the visual information provided by the Application while driving a vehicle; and
    • (3) 
      To place the Connecting Terminal on which the Application is installed in a safe position that does not interfere with the driver's vision, dashboard warnings or messages, or control of the vehicle body.
• Article 17 (Fees of the Application)
  The Application is a service that requires no fees. For details, please refer to the Application or the Company's website for the Application, and the information page of the AppStore or Google Play, etc. for the Application.
• Article 18 (Prohibited Acts)
  The User may not, directly or indirectly, commit any of the following acts in using the Application:
  • (1) 
    Any act of copying, changing, modifying, adapting, or publicly transmitting the Application;
  • (2) 
    Any act of making the Application available to a third party by way of sublicensing, renting, leasing, or otherwise (irrespective of whether such act is committed on the Internet or in a tangible medium, or by means of transmission or otherwise);
  • (3) 
    Any act of using the Application for commercial purposes;
  • (4) 
    Any act of altering, changing, modifying, reverse engineering, disassembling, decompiling, etc. the Application, or illegally using source code, software, data, etc. obtained from the Application;
  • (5) 
    Any act of avoiding, modifying, disabling, falsifying, or circumventing any of the security features of the Application, including altering the digital rights management features of the Application;
  • (6) 
    Any act of deleting or modifying the notices on the copyrights, trademark rights, or any other rights contained in the Application;
  • (7) 
    Any act of using the Application in a manner not specified in these Terms or the Application;
  • (8) 
    Any act of violating these Terms, or aiding or encouraging any act that violates these Terms;
  • (9) 
    Any act of infringing rights owned by the Company or a third party;
  • (10) 
    Any act against public order and morals;
  • (11) 
    Any act that violates or is likely to violate the laws and regulations;
  • (12) 
    Any act of providing the Company with information that is contrary to the facts;
  • (13) 
    Any act of interfering with the provision of the Application;
  • (14) 
    Any criminal act or any act that may lead to a criminal act; and
  • (15) 
    In addition to the preceding items, any act that the Company reasonably determines to be inappropriate, such as an act that causes prejudice or damage to another User, other third parties or the Company, or an act that deviates from ordinary use.
• Article 19 (Disclaimer)
  • 1. 
    1. THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, AND NO WARRANTY (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY AS TO QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE OR CONFORMITY WITH DESCRIPTION) APPLIES TO THE APPLICATION EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE THAT:

    • (1) 
      ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICATION IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE AND USEFUL, AND SUCH INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES;
    • (2) 
      THE USER'S USE OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR;
    • (3) 
      THE APPLICATION WILL SATISFY THE USER’S NEEDS;
    • (4) 
      THE USE OF THE APPLICATION WILL PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF A CAR ACCIDENT;
    • (5) 
      THE APPLICATION WILL OPERATE ON THE USER'S CONNECTING TERMINAL OR SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION;
    • (6) 
      THE FEATURES OF THE APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CHANGED OR DELETED; AND
    • (7) 
      THE APPLICATION WILL FULLY FUNCTION WITHOUT FOLLOWING THESE TERMS OR ANY OTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE APPLICATION.
  • 2. 
    SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, THE COMPANY MAY CHANGE, SUSPEND, WITHDRAW OR RESTRICT THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS OR OPERATIONAL REASONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, NOTWITHSTANDING ARTICLE 6.1.
  • 3. 
    In any case, the Company's liability for any damage caused to the User and any third party as a result of the provision of the Application shall be limited to ordinary damages directly and actually caused to the User and shall not exceed 10 U.S. dollars (USD 10.00) except in the case of a willful act or gross negligence of the Company or where liability cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
  • 4. 
    The Company shall not, for any reason, be liable for any damage caused to the User due to the failure of the User to use the Application and any accident that occurs while the User is using the Application (this includes, but is not limited to, claims for damages due to lost profits, business interruption, etc.).
  • 5. 
    If the User causes any damage to another User or any other third party in connection with the use of the Application, or a dispute arises between the User and another User or any other third party, the User shall resolve such dispute at its own responsibility and expense and shall not cause any harm or damage to the Company.
  • 6. 
    If the User causes any damage to the Company by violating these Terms or by any wrongful or illegal act, the Company may claim compensation for such damage against such User.
• Article 20 (Updates)
  The User agrees to the following regarding updates to the Application. In this case, the Company is not required to carry out the notice pursuant to Article 6.1.
  • (1) 
    If the User connect a Connecting Terminal to the sever of the Company or a third party designated by the Company, the Application may be automatically updated for the purposes of improving the security functions, fixing errors, adding functions, etc. of the Application.
  • (2) 
    The functions of the Application may be added, changed or deleted as a result of updating the Application.
  • (3) 
    The terms and conditions of these Terms shall also apply to the updated Application.
• Article 21 (Export Control)
  • 1. 
    The User may not use, export or re-export the Application and any documents related thereto in any manner other than that permitted by the laws of Japan and the United States. In particular, the User may not export or re-export the Application and any documents related thereto to any of the following countries or persons (however, these are not limited to the following countries or persons):

    • (1) 
      Countries to which Japan and the United States have imposed embargoes; and
    • (2) 
      Addresses listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
      OFAC Sanctions List Service
      and the Lists of Parties of Concern by the U.S. Department of Commerce
      Bureau of Industry and Security
  • 2. 
    The User represents and warrants to the Company that the User does not live in a country that either falls under item 1 of the preceding paragraph or is included in the lists set forth in item 2 of the preceding paragraph. The User will also be deemed to have agreed not to use the Application and any documents related thereto for the purpose of developing, designing, manufacturing, or producing nuclear, missile, chemical, biological, or conventional weapons, or for any purpose prohibited by the laws of the United States.

Chapter 3
Product’s Software

• Article 22 (Permission for Use of the Software)
  • 1. 
    The User may (i) use the Software, (ii) download the Software from the server of the Company or a third party designated by the Company, (iii) install and update the Software on the Product. The Company does not grant permission to the User to transfer any copyright or other intellectual property rights pertaining to the Software, or to use the Software in any form other than that permitted by these Terms.
  • 2. 
    The User may use the Software only together with the Product in accordance with these Terms.
• Article 23 (Conditions for Use of the Software)
  • 1. 
    To use the Software, the User may need a Connecting Terminal and an Internet environment. In this case, the User must prepare a Connecting Terminal and an Internet environment at its own responsibility and expense.
  • 2. 
    In order to use the features of the Software, the User must keep the Software current at the latest version.
  • 3. 
    When updating the Software to the latest version, the User must check the model number of the Product before downloading to ensure that it is compatible with the Software. The User acknowledges in advance that installing the Software to a product that is not compatible with the Software may cause a product to malfunction.
  • 4. 
    The User acknowledges and agrees to the following matters:

    • (1) 
      To use the Software in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and these Terms; and
    • (2) 
      To place the Product on which the Software is installed in a safe position that does not interfere with the driver's vision, dashboard warnings or messages, or control of the vehicle body.
• Article 24 (Fees of the Software)
  The Software is royalty-free. For details, please refer to the Company's website for the Software.
• Article 25 (Mutatis Mutandis)
  Articles 18 (Prohibited Acts), 19 (Disclaimer), 20 (Updates), and 21 (Export Control) of Chapter 2 DSP Controller shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Software.

【Revision History】
July 22, 2025: First edition

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