2001 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN ignition

Interior Lights

Courtesy Lights

On all models except DX

Each door has a courtesy light. This
light comes on when you open the
door.
Your car also has a courtesy light in
the ignition switch. This light comes on when you open the driver's door.
It remains on for several seconds
after the door is closed.

Instruments and Controls

DOOR LIGHT
IGNITION SWITCH LIGHT

Audio System

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 PWR/VOL knob.
The band and frequency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM button. On the FM band, ST will bedisplayed if the station is broadcast-
ing in stereo. Stereo reproduction on
AM is not available. You can use any of four methods to
find radio stations on the selectedband: TUNE, SEEK, SCAN or thePreset buttons.
TUNE — Use the TUNE bar to tune the radio to a desired frequency. Press the upper part ( ) to tune
to a higher frequency, or the lower part ( ) to tune to a lower
frequency. The frequency numbers
will start to change rapidly. Release the bar when the display reaches the desired frequency. To change the
frequency in small increments, press and release the TUNE bar quickly. SEEK — The SEEK function
searches the band for a station with
a strong signal. To activate it, push
the SEEK switch up or down, then
release it. Depending on which way
you push the switch, the system scans upward or downward from the
current frequency. It stops when it
finds a station with a strong signal.
Comfort and Convenience Features

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.
Comfort and Convenience Features

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

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

Audio System Lighting You can use the instrument panelbrightness control dial to adjust the il-lumination of the audio system (see
page 62 ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lightsare on, even if the radio is turned off.
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 (II), 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. 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.
Comfort and Convenience Features
AM/FM BUTTON

CD/TAPE BUTTON

REPEAT INDICATOR

CD SLOT REPEAT BUTTON

EJECT

BUTTON
RANDOM BUTTON
RANDOM INDICATOR

SEEK/SKIP BAR

PWR/VOL KNOB

Audio System

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 SEEK/SKIP bar
while a disc is playing to select
passages and change tracks.
To move rapidly within a track, press and hold the SEEK/SKIP 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 and release the side of the SEEK/SKIP bar,
the system skips forward to the
beginning of the next track. Press the side to skip backward to the
beginning of the current track. Press
it again to skip to the beginning of
the previous track.
Comfort and Convenience Features

Audio System
The tape direction indicator will light to show you which side of the cassette is playing. The indicates
the side you inserted facing upward
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 off by
pressing the NR button.
Dolby remains off until you turn it on
by pressing the button again.
When the system reaches the end of the tape, it will automatically reversedirection and play the other side. If
you want to remove the cassette
from the drive, press the EJECT button on the cassette player.
If you turn the system off while a

tape is playing, either with the PWR/

VOL knob or by turning off the
ignition, the cassette will remain in

the drive. When you turn the system

back on, the cassette player will be in

pause mode. To begin playing, press

the PLAY button.

To switch to the radio or CD player
while a tape is playing, press the

AM/FM, or CD button. To change
back to the cassette player, push the
CD button.
Comfort and Convenience Features