2000 HONDA ODYSSEY Owners Manual

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Radio signals, especially on the FM
band, are deflected by large objects such as buildings and hills. Your
radio then receives both the directsignal from the station's transmitter,
and the deflected signal. This causes
the sound to distort or flutter. This is a main cause of poor radio reception
in city driving. Radio reception can be affected by
atmospheric conditions such as
thunderstorms, high humidity, and even sunspots. You may be able to
receive a distant radio station oneday and not receive it the next day
because of a change in conditions.
Electrical interference from passing
vehicles and stationary sources can cause temporary reception problems.
As required by the FCC:
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.
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Operatin g th e C D Playe r
You operate the CD player with the same controls used for the radio.
With the ignition switch in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II), insert the disc into the CD slot. Push thedisc in halfway, the drive will pull it
in the rest of the way and begin to
play. The number of the track that is playing is shown in the display.
You can also play 3-inch (8-cm) discs without using an adapter ring. In allcases, play only standard round discs.Odd-shaped CDs may jam in the
drive or cause other problems.
When the system reaches the end of the disc, it will return to the begin-
ning and play that disc again.
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AM/FM BUTTO NCD SLO T
TUNE BA R
EJEC T BUTTO N
SEEK/SKI P
BA R
A.SEL/RD M BUTTO N
RPT BUTTO N
C D BUTTO N

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You can switch to the radio while a
CD is playing by pressing the AM/
FM button. Press the CD button to
return to playing the CD. The CD
will begin playing where it left off.
If you turn the system off while a CD
is playing, either with the PWR/VOL
knob or by turning off the ignition,
the disc will stay in the drive. When
you turn the system back on, the CD
will begin playing where it left off.
Press the eject button to remove the
disc from the drive.
If you eject the disc, but do not
remove it from the slot, the system
will automatically reload the disc after 15 seconds and put the CD
player in pause mode. To begin
playing the disc, press the CD button. You can use the TUNE and SEEK/
SKIP bars while a disc is playing toselect passages and change tracks.
To move rapidly within a track, press and hold the TUNE bar. Press the
side to move forward. You will
see CUE in the display. Press the
side to move backward. You
will see REW displayed. Release the bar when the system reaches the
point you want.
Each time you press the side of
the SEEK/SKIP bar, the system skips forward to the beginning of the
next track. Press the side toskip backward to the beginning of
the current track. Press it again to skip to the beginning of the previous
track. REPEA
T — To activate the Repeat
feature, press and release the RPT
button. You will see RPT in the display. The system continuously
replays the current track. Press the
RPT button again to turn it off.
RANDO M PLA Y — This feature,
when activated, plays the tracks on
the CD in random order, rather than in the order they are recorded on theCD. To activate Random Play, press
and release the A. SEL/RDM button.
You will see RDM in the display. The system will then select and play
tracks randomly. This continues
until you deactivate Random Play by
pressing A. SEL/RDM again.
If the system is in Repeat mode, you
must turn it off by pressing the RPT
button before selecting Random Play.
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Operatin g th e C D Change r
(Optional )
A Compact Disc changer is available for your vehicle. It holds up to six discs, providing several hours of
continuous entertainment. You
operate this CD changer with thesame controls used for the in-dash
CD player.
Load the desired CDs in the
magazine and load the magazine in
the changer according to the instructions that came with the unit.
Play only standard round discs. Odd-shaped CDs may jam in the drive or
cause other problems.
To select the CD changer, press the CD button. The disc and track
numbers will be displayed. To select a different disc, press the
appropriate preset button (1 — 6). If
you select an empty slot in the magazine, the changer will, after
finding that slot empty, try to load the CD in the next slot. This
continues until it finds a CD to load
and play.
If you load a CD in the in-dash player
while the changer is playing a CD, the system will stop the changer and
begin playing the in-dash CD. Toselect the changer again, press theCD button. Play will begin where it
left off. Use the CD button to switch
between the player and the changer.
If you eject the in-dash CD while it is
playing, the system will automatically switch to the CD changer and begin
play where it left off. If there are no CDs in the changer, the display will
flash. You will have to select another mode (AM or FM) with the button. When you switch back to CD mode,
the system selects the same unit (in-dash or changer) that was playing
when you switched out of CD mode.
To use the SKIP, REPEAT, and RANDOM functions, refer to the in-
dash player operating instructions.
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Protectin g Compac t Disc s
Handle a CD by its edges; never
touch either surface. Contamination
from fingerprints, liquids, felt-tip pens, and labels can cause the CD tonot play properly, or possibly jam in
the drive.
When a CD is not being played, store it in its case to protect it from dustand other contamination. To prevent
warpage, keep CDs out of direct sunlight and extreme heat. To clean a disc, use a clean soft cloth.
Wipe across the disc from the centerto the outside edge. A new CD may be rough on the
inner and outer edges. The small
plastic pieces causing this roughness can flake off and fall on the re-
cording surface of the disc, causing
skipping or other problems. Remove
these pieces by rubbing the inner and outer edges with the side of a
pencil or pen.
Never try to insert foreign objects in
the CD player or the magazine.
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CD Playe r Erro r Indication s
If you see an error indication in the
display while operating the CD
player, find the cause in the chart to
the right. If you cannot clear the error indication, take the vehicle to
your Honda dealer.
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CD Change r Erro r Indication s
If you see an error indication in the display while operating the CD
changer, find the cause in the chart
to the right. If you cannot clear the error indication, take the vehicle to
your Honda dealer.
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Operatin g th e Cassett e Playe r
(Optional )
The cassette system features Dolby B* noise reduction, automaticsensing of chromium-dioxide (CrO 2
)
tape, and autoreverse for continuous
play.
Make sure the tape opening on the
cassette is facing to the right, then
insert the cassette most of the way
into the slot. The system will pull it
in the rest of the way, and begin to
play.
* Dolby noise reduction manufactured under

license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corpo-

ration. "DOLBY" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories

Licensing Corporation.

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Comfor t an d Convenienc e Feature s

PWR/VO
L

KNO B
AM/F
M

BUTTO N

C D

BUTTO N

TAP E DIRECTIO N INDICATO R

TUN
E BA R

SEEK/SKI
P BA R

PLA Y

BUTTO N

PRO G

BUTTO N
N
R

BUTTO N

REPEAT BUTTO N