2000 HONDA S2000 Owners Manual

Audio System
Radio signals, especially on the FM
band, are deflected by large objects
such as buildings and hills. Your
radio then receives both the direct
signal 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.
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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 one
day 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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Operating the CD Player
You operate the CD player with the
same controls used for the radio.
With the ignition switch in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (lD, insert
the disc into the
CD slot. Push the
disc
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
all
cases, 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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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 to
select 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.
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Each time you press the ~ side of
the SEEK/SKIP bar,
the system
skips forward to the beginning of the
next track.
Press the 1+111 side to
skip backward to the beginning of
the current track.
Press it again to
skip to the beginning of the previous
track.
CONTINUED
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REPEAT -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.
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RANDOM PLAY -This feature,
when activated, plays
the tracks on
the
CD in random order, rather than
in the order they are recorded on the
CD. 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.

Operating the CD Changer
(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 the
same 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. To
select the changer again, press the
CD 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.
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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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Protecting Compact Discs
Handle a CD by its edges; never
touch either surface. Contamination
from fingerprints, liquids, felt-tip
pens, and labels can cause the
CD to
not play properly, or possibly jam
in
the drive.
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When a CD is not being played, store
it
in its case to protect it from dust
and other contamination.
To prevent
warpage, keep
COs out of direct
sunlight and extreme heat.
To clean a disc, use a clean soft cloth.
Wipe across
the disc from the center
to 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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