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Audio System
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 to 1,710 kilohertz
FM band:
87.7 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 forstations 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."
Comfort and Convenience Features PWR/VOL KNOB
AM/FMBUTTON
PRESET
BUTTONS
TUNE/SEEK
BUTTONS
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Operating the Cassette Player
Turn the system ON. Insert the cassette into the slot with the tapeopening 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 automatically reverse
direction when it reaches the end of
the cassette. PWR/VOL KNOB
TAPE DIRECTION
INDICATOR
DOLBY BUTTON
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.
Comfort and Convenience Features
FF/REW/SKIP
BUTTONS
CASSETTE
SLOT
EJECT
BUTTON PROG/PLAY
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Cassette Search Functions
Once a cassette is playing, you can
use the FF, REW, RPT, or SKIP
function to look for desired songs or
passages.
To rewind the tape, push the button. You will see REW in
the display. To fast forward the tape, push the button. 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 RPT button to replay the
current passage. You will see RPT
displayed. 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 FF/REW/SKIP
BUTTONS
RPT BUTTON
PROG/PLAY
BUTTON
continue repeating this passage until
you turn off RPT by pressing the button again.
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The SKIP function lets you SKIP over a song or passage. To SKIP backward, press until you hear
a beep. You will see REW flashing in
the display. To SKIP forward, press until you hear a beep. You will
see FF flashing in the display. When
the system senses a silent period, it
goes back to PLAY.
The SKIP and RPT functions use silent periods on the tape to find the
end of a selection. These features
may not work satisfactorily on tapes
that have almost no gap between songs, a high noise level between
songs, or silent periods in the middle
of songs.
FF/REW/SKIP
BUTTONS
RPT BUTTON
Caring for Cassettes Damaged cassettes can jam inside
the drive or cause other problems. See page 105 for information on
cassette care and protection.
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AM/FM/Cassette Stereo Audio
System
For U.S. EX model
Your Honda audio system is easy to use, and will give clear AM/FM
reception. The preset buttons allow
you to select six stations on AM and twelve stations on FM.
The cassette system uses Dolby B ®
*
noise reduction to give
excellent sound reproduction. The system also senses when a metal or
chromium-dioxide (CrO 2) tape is
being played and adjusts accordingly.
The Anti-theft feature disables the system if it is disconnected from the
car's battery. To get the system
working again, you must enter a
code number. PWR/VOL KNOB
CASSETTE SLOT
AM/FM
BUTTON
PRESET
BUTTONS
* Dolby noise reduction manufac-
tured under license from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation. "DOLBY" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
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Operating the Radio
The ignition switch must be in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) to operate the audio system. Turn the
system on by pushing the PWR/
VOL knob. The radio comes on and displays the frequency of the stationit was last tuned to.
Adjust the volume by turning the PWR/VOL knob.
Select the band you want to listen to
by pressing the AM or FM button.
You will see the selected band and the frequency in the display.
ST will be displayed next to the fre-
quency if the station is broadcasting
in FM stereo. The AM stereo feature
is not available.
Finding the Radio Station
You can use any of three methods to find radio stations on the selected
band: TUNE, SEEK, or the Preset
buttons.
PWR/VOL KNOB
STEREO INDICATOR
TUNE/SEEK SWITCH
AM/FM
BUTTON
PRESET
BUTTONS
The TUNE function lets you find a desired frequency. Push the TUNE/
SEEK switch up to change to a
higher frequency, and down to
change to a lower frequency.
To change the frequency up or down a single increment, push and release
the TUNE/SEEK switch.
The SEEK function searches the band for stations with a strong signal. Depending on which way you push
the TUNE/SEEK switch, the system
searches up or down from the
current frequency. Push the switch
until you hear a beep, then release it.
The system searches until it finds a station with a strong signal, then
stops. If you do not want to listen to
that station, push TUNE/SEEK
again.
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Presetting
The preset buttons allow you to store radio frequencies for later selection.
Each button will store one frequency
on the AM band, and two on the FM
band.
To store a frequency:
1. Select the desired band, AM or FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two frequencies with each Preset
button.
2. Use the TUNE or SEEK function to tune the radio to a desired
station.
3. Pick the Preset button you want for that station. Press the button
and hold it until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and twelve
on FM.
AUTO SELECT BUTTON
TUNE/SEEK SWITCH
AM/FM
BUTTON
PRESET
BUTTONS
AUTO SELECT LIGHT
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Once that station's frequency is
stored, simply press and release the
proper preset button to tune to it. If
you want to change any preset button's selection, store another fre-
quency as described. The frequen-
cies you preset will be lost if your
car's battery goes dead or is discon-
nected.
The AUTO SELECT function allows
you to find stations easily when youare 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 thosestations. "A SEL" 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. 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 findother stations.
AUTO SELECT does not erase the stations you have manually preset.
When you return to your normal reception area, turn off AUTO
SELECT by pressing the buttonagain. The light goes out and the
Preset buttons can then select thestations you originally set.
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