1992 HONDA PRELUDE light

Sunroof, Mirrors

The sunroof has a key-off delay.
You can still open and close the sunroof for up to ten minutes after
you turn off the ignition. The key- off delay cancels as soon as you
open either
front door. You must
then turn the ignition ON (II) for
the sunroof to operate.
If you try to open the sunroof in
below-freezing temperatures, or
when it is covered with snow or ice,
you can damage the sunroof panel
or motor.
Mirrors

Keep the inside and outside mirrors
clean and adjusted for best visibili-
ty. Be sure to adjust the mirrors
before you start driving.
The inside mirror has day and
night positions. The night position
reduces glare from headlights
behind you. Flip the tab on the
bottom edge of the mirror to select the day or night position.

Instruments and Controls

Closing the sunroof on some-
one's hands or fingers can
cause serious injury.
Make sure passengers are
clear of the sunroof before
closing it.
NOTICE
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Mirrors, Parking Brake

Available on all Canadian models

The outside mirrors are heated to
remove fog and frost. Press the
mirror defroster button to turn on
the heaters. The light in the button
comes on as a reminder. Press the
button again to turn the heaters off.
Parking Brake

To apply the parking brake, pull
the lever up fully. To release it, pull
up slightly, push the button, and lower the lever. The parking brake
light on the instrument panel
should go out when the parking
brake is fully released (see page 33).
If you try to drive the car without
releasing the parking brake, the
ABS cannot work properly. Driving the car with the parking
brake applied can damage the rear brakes and axles.

Instruments and Controls

NOTICE

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Cigarette Lighter, Ashtray

Cigarette Lighter

The ignition switch must be in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) for the
cigarette lighter to work. To heat
up the lighter, push it in. It will pop
out when it is ready for use. Do not
hold the lighter in while it is
heating up, you could cause it to
overheat.
Ashtray

Open the front ashtray by swinging
the lid down. To remove it for
emptying, open the lid then pull the
ashtray straight outward. Use the ashtray only for cigarettes,
cigars and other smoking materials.
To prevent a possible fire and
damage to your car, don't put paper or other things that can burn in the

ashtrays.

Instruments and Controls
NOTICE

ASHTRAY

CIGARETTE

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Interior Lights

Ceiling Light

The ceiling light has a three-
position switch. In the OFF (far
left) position, the light does not
come on. In the center position, the
interior light comes on when you
open either front door. In the ON
(far right) position, the interior
light stays on continuously.
Ignition Switch Light
Available on Si and Si 4WS models in
the U.S., and
on
SR and
SR
4
WS

models in Canada

This ligh t
comes on whenever you
open the driver's door.
Instruments and Controls

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Heating and Cooling

What Each Control Does
Fan Control Lever

Sliding this lever to the right
increases the fan speed, which
increases air flow.

Temperature Control Lever

Sliding this lever to the right
increases the temperature of air
flowing through the system.

Mode Buttons

These buttons control the direction of air flow. The indicator light
shows which button is controlling
air flow.
Air Conditioner (A/C) Switch

This switc h
turns the air condi-
tioner ON and OFF. The indicator in the switch lights when the A/C is

ON. MODE BUTTONS
REAR WINDOW
DEFROSTER BUTTON
RECIRCULATION
BUTTON
TEMPERATURE
CONTROL LEVER

Recirculation Button

This button controls the source of
air going into the system. When the indicator in this button is lit, the
system is recirculating the interior air (the Recirculation mode). When
the indicator is off, fresh air is
brought in from outside the car (the Fresh Air mode). Push the
FAN CONTROL
LEVER AIR CONDITIONER
ON/OFF SWITCH

button to change between recircu-
lated and fresh air.

Rear Window Defroster
Button

This button turns the rear window defroster on and off (see page 56).

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Audio System (S)

Adjusting the soundUse the Balance and Fader controls
to adjust the sound "direction".
The Balance control moves it left-
to-right. The Fader control moves it front-to-back.
To use either control, push on the
knob to get it to pop out. Adjust the
front-to-back sound to your liking
with the outside ring.
Adjust side-to-side sound balance
with the knob. Push the knob back

in when you are done.

The illuminatio n
for the radio con-
trols comes on with the instrument panel lights, even if the radio is off.
You can use the Balance control to
turn off the radio panel illumina-
tion even with the radio on. Push
the control knob so it pops out, then
pull it out slightly further. Check
this control if the control panel
lights do not come on with the in-
strument panel lights. Use the Bass and Treble controls to
adjust the tone quality to your
liking. Push on the knob to get the controls to pop out. Adjust the bass
level with the outer ring and the
treble level with the knob. When
finished, push the knobs back in so
there is less chance of accidentally
changing your settings.

Comfort and Convenience Features
FADER

CONTROL

BALANCE

CONTROL

BASS

CONTROL

TREBLE

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Audio System (S)

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 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 CrO 2), you
will see "METAL" displayed . The
system automaticall y
adjusts for
the special frequency character-
istics of metal tape. If the tape was recorded with
Dolby "B" noise reduction, turn it
on 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
METAL
INDICATOR
TAPE DIRECTION
INDICATOR
CASSETTE SLOT

EJECT

BUTTON

DOLBY

BUTTON
PLAY
BUTTON
PROG
BUTTON
ON/VOL
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Audio System (S)

Cassette Search Functions

Once a cassette is playing, you can
use the REW, FF, SKIP or
REPEAT function to look for
desired songs or passages.
Press the REW button to rewind
the cassette. Press the FF button to
fast forward. The cassette stops
playing and the light in the button
flashes. To stop rewind or fast
forward, press the 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 syste
m
will continue repeating
this passage until you turn off
REPEAT by pressing the button

again.

Comfort and Convenience Features

PLAY BUTTON

REW BUTTON
REPEAT

BUTTONFF BUTTON

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