1992 HONDA PRELUDE Owners Manual

Audio System (Si, SR)

The AUTO SELECT function allows you to find stations easily
when you are in an unfamiliar area. Press the AUTO SELECT button.
The system automatically scans
both bands to find six strong stations on AM and twelve on FM,
and stores their frequencies in the
Preset buttons. You can then use
the Preset buttons in the normal
manner to select those stations. "AUTO SELECT" stays displayed
next to the frequency as a reminder.
If you are in a remote area, AUTO
SELECT may not find enough
stations to fill all the available
presets. If this is the case, you will
see a "0" displayed when you press
any Preset button that does not
have a station stored. AUTO SELECT does not erase the
stations you have manually preset.
Turn off AUTO SELECT when
you return to your normal recep-
tion area by pressing the button
again. The light goes out and the
Preset buttons can then select the
stations you originally set. You cannot manually store radio
station frequencies in the Preset
buttons when AUTO SELECT is
ON. If you do not like the stations
found by AUTO SELECT, you can
still use the TUNE or SEEK
function to find other stations.

Comfort and Convenience Features
AUTO SELECT LIGHT
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Radio Frequencies

Your Honda's radio can tune in all
frequencies in both the AM and
FM bands.
Those bands cover these frequen-

cies:

AM band:
530 kilohertz to 1,710 kilohertz
FM band:
87.7 megahertz to 107.9
megahertz
Radio stations on the AM band are
assigned frequencies at least 10
kilohertz apart (530, 540, 550).
Those on the FM band are assigned
frequencies at least 0.2 megahertz
apart (87.9, 88.1, 88.3). Stations must use these exact
frequencies. It is fairly common for
stations to round-off the frequency
in their advertising, so your radio
will show a frequency of 100.9 even
though the announcer may call the station "FM101."

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Audio System (Si, SR)
Operating the Cassette Player

Turn the

system ON. Insert the
cassette into the slot with the tape
opening to the right. Push the cassette in most of the way. The
drive will pull it in the rest of the
way and begin to play. The or will light to show you
which side of the cassette is playing.
The indicates the side you
inserted facing upward is now
playing. To play the other side of
the tape, press the PROG/PLAY
button.
The system also has an Auto-
reverse feature. It will automati-
cally reverse direction when it
reaches the end of the cassette. If the cassette is a metal tape
(chromium-dioxide or CrO2), you
will see "MTL" displayed. The
system automatically adjusts for
the special frequency character-
istics of metal tape.
Dolby noise reduction turns on
when you insert a cassette. If the tape was not recorded with Dolby
"B" noise reduction, turn it off by
pressing the button.
To remove the cassette from the
drive, press the EJECT button. The
system automatically ejects the
cassette whenever you turn off the
system or the ignition switch.

Comfort and Convenience Features

ON/OFF/VOL KNOB

CASSETTE SLOT
TAPE DIRECTION
INDICATOR METAL
INDICATOR

EJECT

BUTTON PROG/PLAY
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Cassette Search Functions
Once a cassette is playing, you can
use the FF, REW, TMS, or REPEAT function to look for
desired songs or passages.
To rewind the tape, push the FF/
REW/TMS button down then
release it. You will see REW in the
display. To fast forward the tape,
push the button up then release it.
You will see FF displayed. To stop
rewind or fast forward, press the PROG/PLAY button. If the system
reaches the end of the cassette
while in fast forward or rewind, it automatically stops that function,
reverses direction, and begins to
play. Press the REPEAT button to
replay the current passage. The
light in the button illuminates as a
reminder. When the system
reaches the end of the song or passage that is being played, it
automatically goes into rewind.
When it senses the beginning of
that passage, it goes back to play. The system will continue repeating
this passage until you turn off REPEAT by pressing the button

again.

Comfort and Convenience Features
FF/REW/TMS

SWITCH
PROG/PLAY

BUTTON
REPEAT

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The TMS function lets you skip to
the beginning of a song or other
passage. The tape skips forward or
backward, depending on which direction you push the FF/REW/
TMS switch.
Activate TMS by pushing the FF/ REW/TMS button and holding it
until you hear a beep. If you push
the button down, you will see REW
blinking in the display as the tape rewinds. If you push the button up,
you will see FF blinking in the
display as the tape fast forwards.
When the system senses a silent
period on the tape, it goes back to
PLAY mode.

The REPEAT and TMS functions
use silent periods on the tape to
find the end of a selection. These
features may not work satisfacto-
rily on tapes that have almost no
gap between songs, a high noise
level between songs, or silent peri- ods in the middle of songs.
Caring For Cassettes

Damaged cassettes can jam inside

the drive or cause other problems.
See page 94 for information on

cassette care and protection.

Comfort and Convenience Features

FF/REW/TMS

SWITCH
REPEAT

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Caring for the Cassette Player

The cassette drive picks up dirt
and oxides whenever you play a
tape. This builds up over time and
causes the sound quality to degrade.
To prevent this, you should clean
the cassette drive after every 30
hours of use. Your dealer has a cleaning kit available for this

purpose.
To remind you, a small red light
labelled CLEAN comes on every 30
hours of tape use. If you are
already regularly cleaning the tape
drive at least every 30 hours,
simply push the CLEAN light for
five seconds to turn it off.
If you do not clean the cassette
drive regularly, it may eventually
become impossible to remove the deposits with a normal cleaning kit.
The cassette player automatically ejects cassettes that do not play
normally. If it ejects a cassette
before it begins to play, it is
probably defective and should not
be inserted again. You may have a cassette suddenly stop playing,
reverse directions once or twice
and then eject. This is normally an
indication the tape is wound
unevenly. It should play normally after being manually rewound. Use 100-minute or shorter cas-
settes. Cassettes longer than 100
minutes use thinner tape that may
break or jam the drive.
Look at a cassette before you insert
it. If the tape is loose, tighten it by
turning one of the hubs with a pencil or your finger.
If the label is peeling off, do not put
it in the player. It may cause the
cassette to jam in the drive mecha-
nism when you try to eject it.
Do not leave cassettes sitting
where they are exposed to high heat or humidity, such as on top of
the dashboard or in the player. If a
cassette is exposed to extreme heat
or cold, let it reach a moderate
temperature before putting it in the
player.
Comfort and Convenience Features

S model
Si and SR models
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Theft Protection
Theft Protection is standard on the Si and Si 4WS models in the U. S.,
and the SR and SR 4WS models in

Canada.

Your audio system is protected by a code number. The system immedi-
ately disables itself whenever the
radio/player unit is disconnected
from the battery. To make it work again, you must enter a five-digit
code with the station Preset
buttons.
Your dealer should have given you
two copies of your audio system's
code number with your car. Keep one of these copies at home, and
the other in your wallet or a con- cealed place in the car. If your car's battery is discon-
nected or goes dead, the audio
system will disable itself. The next
time you turn on the radio you will
see "Code" in the frequency display.
Use the Preset buttons to enter the
five-digit code. If entered correctly,
the radio will start to play.
You will then have to store your
favorite stations in the Preset
buttons. Your original settings
were lost when power was discon-
nected.

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Before Driving

Before you begin driving your
Honda, you should know what gaso-
line to use, and that your car is full
of oil and other important fluids.
You also need to know how to pro-
perly stow luggage or packages.
This section will help you. If you plan to add any accessories to your
car, please read the informatio n in
this section
first.

Break-in Period .............................. 98

Gasoline........................................... 98

Oxygenated Fuels...................... 98
Driving in Foreign Countries... 99
Service Station Procedures........ 100 Filling the Gas Tank ............... 100
Opening the Hood....................
101
Fuel Economy
.............................. 104
Vehicle Condition..................... 104
Driving Habits.......................... 104

Accessories................................... 105
Loading Cargo.............................. 106

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