2001 HONDA CIVIC CD player

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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.)
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Heating and Cooling . 106
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What Each Control Does . 106
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How to Use the System . 108
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To Turn Everything Of f . 113
Audio System (U.S. and ........................
Canadian DX) . 114
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Operating the Radio . 114
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Adjusting the Sound . 118
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Audio System Lighting . 119
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Digital Clock . 119
Operating the Optional Cassette
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Player . 120
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Tape Search Functions . 121
Operating the Optional
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CD Player/Changer . 123
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Audio System (U.S. LX) . 126
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Operating the Radio . 126
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Adjusting the Sound . 130
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Audio System Lighting . 131
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Digital Clock . 131
Operating the Cassette
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Player . 132
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Tape Search Functions . 133
Operating the Optional
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CD Player/Changer . 135 Audio System (U.S. EX and
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Canadian LX) . 138
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Operating the Radio . 138
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Adjusting the Sound . 142
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Audio System Lighting . 143
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Digital Clock . 143
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Radio Frequencies . 144
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Radio Reception . 145
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Operating the CD Player . 147
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Operating the CD Changer . 149
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Protecting Compact Discs . 150
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CD Player Error Indications . 151
CD Changer Error
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Indications . 152
Operating the Cassette .....................................
Player . 153
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Tape Search Functions . 154
Caring f or the Cassette
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Player . 156
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Thef t Protection . 157
Air conditioning is standard on LX
andEXmodelsintheU.S.,andLX
model in Canada. It is optional on
other models.
Comf ort and Convenience Features
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The cassette system f eatures Dolby
B noise reduction, automatic
sensing of chromium-dioxide (CrO )
tape, and autoreverse f or continuous
play.
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.
If you turn the system of f while a
tape is playing, either with the PWR/
VOL knob or by turning of f the
ignition, the cassette will remain in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the tape will begin playing
where it lef t of f .
To switch to the radio or optional CD
changer while listening to a tape,
press the AM/FM or CD/TAPE
button. To change back to the
cassette player, press the CD/TAPE
button.
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.
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 turns on when
you insert a cassette. If the tape was
not recorded with Dolby noise
reduction, turn it of f by pressing the
NR button.
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Dolby noise reduction manuf actured 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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Operating the Optional Cassette
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A trunk-mounted Compact Disc
changer is available through 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.
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.
To operate the CD changer or player,
the ignition must be in ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) and the audio system
must be on.
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Operating the Optional CD
Player/Changer
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Press the CD/TAPE button. You will
see ‘‘CDC’’ in the display. The
system will start to play the f irst
track of the first disc. 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.
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.
Press the EJECT button to remove
the disc f rom the player.
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.
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.
Insert the disc into the CD slot. Push
the disc in half way, the drive will pull
it in the rest of the way. Push the
CD/TAPE button and the disc will
start to play.
You will see the track number being
played 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
driveorcauseotherproblems.
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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CD Changer
CD Player
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When you activate the
RepeatfeaturebypressingtheRPT
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
the RDM button. You will see RDM
in the display. The system 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
RandomPlaybypressingtheRDM
button again.
If you push and hold the SEEK/
SKIP bar, the system will continue to
move across tracks. Release the bar
when you think it has reached the
desired place on the disc.
You can use the SEEK/SKIP bar to
select tracks within a disc. If you
press and release the SEEK/SKIP
bar, the system will move to the
beginning of a track. Press the
side to move to the beginning
of the next track, and the side
to move to the beginning of the
current track. 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 CD/TAPE button. When you
return to CD mode, play will contin-
ue at the same point that it left off.
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 point when you
turn it back on.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
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For inf ormation, See page .
For inf ormation, See page . 151152
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REPEAT
RANDOM PLAY
Protecting Compact Discs
CD Player Error Indications
CD Changer Error Indications
CD Player and Changer
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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 .
The audio system usually shows the
time when the ignition switch is in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II). It
shows the operation mode of the
radio, cassette player, or optional CD
changer when you operate them,
then goes back to the time display
af ter f ive seconds.Adjust the hours by pressing and
holding the CLOCK button, then
pressing the H (Preset 4) button.
Adjust the minutes by pressing and
holding the CLOCK button, then
pressing the M (Preset 5) button.
You can set the time only when the
clock is displayed.
If an error occurs while operating
the optional CD player or changer,
the display will keep showing the
error code and will not switch to the
time display until the error is
corrected (see pages and ).
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A udio System L ighting
Digital Clock
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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.
You can quickly set the time to the
nearest hour. If the displayed time is
bef ore the half hour, the clock is set
back to the previous hour by
pressing and holding the CLOCK
button, then pressing the RESET
(Preset 6) button. If the displayed
time is af ter the half hour, the clock
is set forward to the beginning of the
next hour.
1:06 would RESET to 1:00
1:52 would RESET to 2:00
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Operating the Cassette Player
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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.
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.
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 lower part of the
SKIP bar. You will see REW f lashing
in the display as the tape rewinds. To
f ind the beginning of the next song,
push the upper part of the SKIP bar.
You will see FF f lashing in the
display as the tape f ast f orwards.
When the system finds the
beginning of a song or passage, it
goes back to PLAY mode.
If you turn the system of f while a
tape is playing, either with the PWR/
VOL knob or by turning of f the
ignition, the cassette will remain in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the tape will begin playing
where it lef t of f . To switch to the radio or optional CD
changer while listening to a tape,
press the AM/FM or CD/TAPE
button. To change back to the
cassette player, press the CD/TAPE
button.
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.
With a cassette playing, you can use
the FF, REW, SKIP, or REPEAT
f unction to f ind a desired program.
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FF/REW
T ape Search Functions
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