2001 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN Owner's Manual (in English)

Audio System

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 first track of the first disc in the magazine. Play onlystandard round discs. Odd-shaped
CDs may jam in the drive or cause
other problems.
When that disc ends, the next disc in the magazine is loaded and played.
After the last disc finishes, the system returns to disc 1.
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. Thiscontinues until it finds a CD to load
and play. You can use the SKIP switch to
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.
REPEAT — 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.
RANDOM PLAY — 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
and hold the RPT button until you
see RDM in the display. The system
will then select and play tracks randomly on the current disc. Whenall 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.
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Audio System

If the system is in Repeat mode, you
must turn it off by pressing RPT
before 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 acassette 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.
If you turn the system off 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.

Protecting Compact Discs
For information on how to handle

and protect compact discs, see page
171.

Comfort and Convenience Features

AM/FM BUTTON

TAPE/CD BUTTON
RANDOM INDICATOR

REPEAT INDICATOR

PRESET BUTTONS
RPT BUTTON

PWR/VOL KNOB
SKIP SWITCH

Audio System
CD Changer Error Indications

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 car to your
Honda dealer.

Comfort and Convenience Features

Audio System

AM/FM/CD Audio System
For LX model

Your Honda's audio system provides clear reception on both AM and FM
bands, while the preset buttons allow
you to easily select your favorite
stations.

The anti-theft feature will disable the system if it is disconnected from the
vehicle's battery. To get the system
working again, you must enter a
code number (see page 174 ).
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. Adjust the volume by turning the same knob. The band and frequency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM or FM button.
On the FM band, ST will
be displayed if the station is broad-
casting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.

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Comfort and Convenience Features

Audio System

You can use any of five methods tofind radio stations on the selected
band: TUNE, SEEK, SCAN, AUTOSELECT, and the Preset buttons.
TUNE — Use the TUNE knob to tune the radio to a desired frequency.
Turn the knob clockwise to tune to a higher frequency, or
counterclockwise to tune to a lower
frequency.
To change the frequency rapidly, press and hold the top or bottom of
the SEEK bar. Release the bar when
the display reaches the desiredfrequency. Depending on which partof the bar you press, the systemscans upward or downward from the
current frequency. SEEK — The SEEK function
searches the band for a station with
a strong signal. To activate it, press and release the top or bottom of the
SEEK bar. Depending on which part of the bar you press, the system
scans upward or downward from the
current frequency. It stops when it
finds a station with a strong signal. SCAN — The SCAN function
samples all the stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN button,
then release it. The system will scan up the band for a station with astrong signal. When it finds one, it
will stop and play that station for approximately five seconds. If you do
nothing, the system will then scan
for the next strong station and play
that for five seconds. When it plays a station that you want to continue
listening to, press the SCAN button
again.

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Audio System

Preset — You can store the
frequencies of your favorite radio stations in the six preset buttons.
Each button will store one frequency
on the AM band, and two
frequencies 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, SEEK, or SCAN function to tune the radio to adesired station.
3. Pick the Preset button you want for that station. Press the buttonand 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. Once a station's frequency is stored,
simply press and release the proper
preset button to tune to it.
The preset frequencies will be lost if your car's battery goes dead, is disconnected, or the radio fuse is

removed.

Comfort and Convenience Features
PWR/VOL KNOB

SEEK/SKIP BAR
PRESET BUTTONS

TUNE/MODE KNOBSCAN
BUTTON
AUTO
SELECT BUTTON
AM/FM BUTTON

STEREO INDICATOR

SCAN INDICATOR

Audio System

AUTO SELECT — If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive the stations you
preset, you can use the Auto Select
feature to find stations in the local
area.

To activate Auto Select, press the
A. SEL button. A. SEL will flash in the display, and the system will gointo scan mode for several seconds.
It automatically scans both bands,
looking for stations with strong signals. It stores the frequencies of
six AM stations and twelve FM stations in the preset buttons. You
can then use the preset buttons to select those stations.
If you are in a remote area, Auto
Select may not find six strong AM
stations or twelve strong FM stations.
If this happens, you will see a "0"displayed when you press any preset
button that does not have a station
stored.
If you do not like the stations Auto
Select has stored, you can store
other frequencies in the preset
buttons. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or SCAN function to find the desired
frequencies, then store them in the selected preset buttons as described
previously. Auto Select does not erase the
frequencies that you preset pre-
viously. When you return home, turn off Auto Select by pressing the
A. SEL button. The preset buttons will then select the frequencies youoriginally set.

Comfort and Convenience Features

Audio System
Adjusting the Sound
Bass, Treble, Balance, and Fader are
each adjustable. You select which of
these you want to adjust by pressing
the TUNE knob. The mode changes from BAS to TRE to FAD to BAL,and then back to the selected audio
mode, each time you press the
TUNE knob.
Balance/Fader — These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming from each speaker.
BAL adjusts the side-to-side strength,
while FAD adjusts the front-to-back
strength.

Select BAL or FAD by pressing the
TUNE knob. Adjust the Balance or Fader to your liking by turning the
TUNE knob. The level number on the display shows you the range. LEVEL NUMBER INDICATOR
Treble/Bass — Use these modes to adjust the tone to your liking. Select
TRE or BAS by pressing the TUNE knob. Adjust the desired mode by
turning the TUNE knob. The level number on the display shows you the

range.
The system will automatically return
the display to the selected audiomode about five seconds after youstop adjusting a mode with the
TUNE knob.

Radio Frequencies and Reception
For information, See page 158 .

Comfort and Convenience Features TUNE/MODE KNOB