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The heating and air conditioning
systems in your Honda provide a
comf ortable driving environment in
all weather conditions.
The standard audio system has
many f eatures. This section de-
scribes those f eatures and how to
use them. (If you selected an
optional audio system, ref er to the
operating instructions that came
with it.)
The security system helps to dis-
courage vandalism and thef t of your
Honda.
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Heating and Cooling . 110
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What Each Control Does . 110 ............
How to Use the System . 113
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To Turn Everything Of f . 116
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Climate Control System . 117
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Fully-automatic Operation . 119
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Semi-automatic Operation . 120
Sunlight Sensor/
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Temperature Sensor . 124
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Audio System (DX) . 125
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Operating the Radio . 126
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Adjusting the Sound . 129
Operating the Cassette
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Player . 130
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Caring f or Cassettes . 132
Operating the Optional CD
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Changer . 133
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Protecting Compact Discs . 135
CD Changer Error
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Indications . 136
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Audio System (LX and LX-V6) . 137
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Operating the Radio . 137
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Adjusting the Sound . 141
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Operating the CD Player . 142
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Operating the CD Changer . 144
CD player Error
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Indications . 146 CD Changer Error
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Indications . 147
Operating the Cassette .....................................
Player . 148
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Tape Search Functions . 150
Caring f or the Cassette
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Player . 151
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Audio System (EX and EX-V6) . 153
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Operating the Radio . 154
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Adjusting the Sound . 157
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Audio System Lighting . 158
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Radio Frequencies . 158
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Radio Reception . 158
Operating the Cassette
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Player . 160
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Tape Search Functions . 161
Caring f or the Cassette
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Player . 164
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Operating the CD Changer . 165
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Protecting Compact Discs . 171
CD Changer Error
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Indications . 172
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Remote Audio Controls . 173
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Thef t Protection . 174
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Security System . 175
Air conditioning is optional on the
U.S. DX model.
On EX and EX-V6 models
Comf ort and Convenience Features
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures 109
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Turn the audio system ON. Make
sure the tape opening on the cassette
is f acing 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.
The tape direction indicator will light
to show you which side of the
cassette is playing. The indicates
thesideyouinsertedfacingupward
is now playing. If you want to play
the other side, press the PROG
button.
Dolby B noise reduction turns on
when you insert a cassette. If the
tape was not recorded with Dolby B
noise reduction, turn it of f by
pressing the button. When the system reaches the end of
the tape, it will automatically reverse
direction and play the other side. If
you want to remove the cassette
f rom the drive, press the EJECT
button.
With a cassette playing, you can use
the FF, REW, SKIP, or REPEAT
f unction to f ind a desired program.
Fast Forward and Re-
wind move the tape rapidly. To re-
wind the tape, push the REW button.
You will see REW in the display. To
fast forward the tape, push the FF
button. You will see FF displayed.
Press the PLAY button to take the
system out of rewind or f ast f orward.
If the system reaches the end of the
tape while in f ast f orward or rewind,
it automatically stops that function,
reverses direction, and begins to play. The Skip Function allows
you to f ind the beginning of a song
or passage. To f ind the beginning of
the song or passage currently
playing, push the SKIP switch down.
You will see REW f lashing in the
display as the tape rewinds. To f ind
the beginning of the next song, push
the SKIP switch up. You will see FF
flashing in the display as the tape
f ast f orwards. When the system
f inds the beginning of a song or
passage, it goes back to PLAY mode.
Operating the Cassette Player
T ape Search Functions
FF/REWSK IP
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A Compact Disc changer is available
f rom your dealer. It holds up to six
discs, providing several hours of
continuous entertainment. You
operate the CD changer with the
same controls used f or the radio and
cassette player.
Your dealer also has an accessory in-
dash single CD player available that
is operated by the radio controls. To
operate this unit, use the instructions
(except f or those relating to multiple
discs) in this section.
Using the instructions that came
with the changer, load the desired
CDs in the magazine, and load the
magazine in the changer. Play only
standard round discs. Odd-shaped
CDs may jam in the drive or cause
other problems.
Operating the Optional CD
Changer
Audio System
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
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select tracks within a disc. If you
push and release the SKIP switch,
the system will move to the
beginning of a track. Push the switch
up to move to the beginning of the
next track, and push the switch
down to move to the beginning of
the current track.
If you push and hold the SKIP switch,
you will hear a beep and the system
will continue to move across tracks.
Release the switch when you think it
has reached the desired place on the
disc.
When you activate the
Repeat feature by pressing the RPT
button, the system continuously
replays the current track. You will
see RPT in the display as a reminder.
Press the RPT button again to turn it
off.
This feature,
when activated, plays the tracks on a
CD in random order, rather than in
the order they are recorded on the
CD. To activate Random Play, press
andholdtheRPTbuttonuntilyou
seeRDMinthedisplay.Thesystem
will then select and play tracks
randomly on the current disc. When
all tracks on that disc have been
played, the next disc is loaded and
played randomly. This continues
until you deactivate Random Play by
pressing RPT again.
To operate the CD changer or player,
the ignition must be in ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) and the audio system
must be on.
Press the CD button until ‘‘CD’’
appears in the display. The system
will start to play the f irst track of the
f irst disc in the magazine. Play only
standard round discs. Odd-shaped
CDs may jam in the drive or cause
other problems.
To select a dif f erent disc, press the
appropriate preset button (1 6). If
you select an empty slot in the
magazine, the changer will, af ter
f inding that slot empty, try to load
the CD in the next slot. This
continues until it f inds a CD to load
and play.
When that disc ends, the next disc in
the magazine is loaded and played.
Af ter the last disc f inishes, the
system returns to disc 1.
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If the system is in Repeat mode, you
must turn it of f by pressing RPT
bef ore you can select Random Play.
Then press the button again until
you see RDM displayed.
To take the system out of CD mode,
press the AM/FM button or insert a
cassette in the player. If a tape is
already in the cassette player, press
the TAPE button. When you return
to CD mode, play will continue at the
same disc and track.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page.
If you turn the system of f while a CD
is playing, either with the PWR/VOL
knob or the ignition switch, play will
continue at the same disc and track
when you turn it back on.
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Protecting Compact Discs
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With the ignition switch in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II), insert
the disc into the CD slot. Push the
disc in half way, 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. 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.
You operate the CD player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control dial to adjust the il-
lumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is turned of f .
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Operating the CD Player
A udio System L ighting
Audio System
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If you turn the system of f 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
youturnthesystembackon,theCD
will begin playing where it lef t of f .
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 lef t of f .
You can use the SEEK/SKIP bar
while a disc is playing to select
passages and change tracks.
To move rapidly within a track, press
andholdtheSEEK/SKIPbar.Press
the side to move f orward. 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 and release the
side of the SEEK/SKIP bar,
the system skips forward to the
beginning of the next track. Press
the sidetoskipbackwardtothe
beginning of the current track. Press
it again to skip to the beginning of
the previous track.
Press the eject button to remove the
disc f rom the drive.
If you eject the disc, but do not
remove it from the slot, the system
will automatically reload the disc
af ter 15 seconds and put the CD
player in pause mode. To begin
playing the disc, press the CD button.
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Audio System
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To activate the Repeat
f eature, 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.
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
the RDM button. You will see RDM
in the display. The system will then
select and play tracks randomly.
This continues until you deactivate
RandomPlaybypressingtheRDM
button again. A Compact Disc changer is available
foryourcar.Itholdsuptosixdiscs,
providing several hours of
continuous entertainment. You
operate this CD changer with the
same controls used f or 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 dif f erent disc, press the
DISC (Preset 6) or DISC
(Preset5)button.Thenextdiscin
the changer is loaded and played
when you press the DISC button.
DISC loads and plays the previous
disc. If you select an empty slot in
the magazine, the changer will, af ter
f inding that slot empty, try to load
the CD in the next slot. This
continues until it f inds a CD to load
and play.
Audio System
Comf ort and Convenience Feat ures
REPEAT
RANDOM PLAY
Operating the CD Changer
(Optional)
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