2003 HONDA INSIGHT Owners Manual

Playing the FM/AM Radio (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
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SEEK BUTTONA.SEL BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS
VOL/SELECT KNOB
FM/AM BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON BUTTON

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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
FM/AM button. Adjust the volume
by turning the VOL/SELECT knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the FM/AM
button. On the FM band, ST will be
displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available.
You can use any of f ive methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select. Use the SEEK button to
tune to a desired f requency. Press
the button to tune to a higher
f requency, and the button to
tune to a lower f requency.
You can also operate the tune
f unction by using the VOL/SELECT
knob. Press the VOL/SELECT knob
and you will see ‘‘SEL’’ in the display.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency. To turn it of f , press
the VOL/SELECT knob or button, or button.
The system will return to the normal
display about 10 seconds af ter you
stop adjusting the tune mode. The SEEK f unction
searches up and down f rom the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press and hold the or side
of the SEEK button until you hear a
beep, then release it.
The scan f unction samples
all stations with strong signals on the
selected band. To activate it, press
the SCAN button, then release it.
You will see SCAN in the display.
When the system finds a strong
signal, it will stop and play that
station f or about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
andplayitfor10seconds.Whenit
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
To Play the FM/AM Radio
To Select a Station
T UNE
SEEK
SCAN
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traveling and can no longer receive
your preset stations, you can use the
auto select feature to find stations in
the local area.
Press the A. SEL button. ‘‘A. SEL’’
f lashes in the display, and the system
goes into scan mode f or several
seconds. It stores the f requencies of
six AM and twelve FM stations in
the preset buttons. You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset button if auto
select cannot f ind a strong station f or
that preset button.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset
buttons as previously described.
press the
A. SEL button. This restores the
presets you originally set.
Each preset button can
store one f requency on AM and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM. Pick a preset button (1 6), then
press and hold it until you hear a
beep. For inf ormation on FM/AM radio
f requencies and reception, see page.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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To turn of f auto select,
AUTO SELECT
Preset
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On the FM band, you can select a
favorite station and display the
program service name provided by
the radio data system (RDS).
Theprogramservicenamedisplay
f unction shows the name of the
station you are listening to. You can
turn this f unction on or of f .To switch the function between on
and off, press and release the TITLE
button. With the system on, you will
see the ‘‘RDS INFO ON’’ message on
the display. If the station you are
listening to is an RDS station, the
display shows the station name.If the station you are listening to is
not an RDS station, the display
continues to show the f requency
with the PS name display function on.
When you turn of f this f unction by
pressing the TITLE button, the
display shows ‘‘RDS INFO OFF.’’
Radio Data System (RDS)
Program Service (PS) Name Display
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PROGRAM SERVICE
NAME DISPLAY ON

With the FM band selected, you can
select the program category
provided by the RDS. Pressor button to display
and select an RDS category. The
principal RDS categories are shown
as f ollows; ALL PTY: All RDS category stations
ROCK: Rock, classic rock and sof t
rock music
COUNTRY: Country music
SOFT: Adult hits and sof t music
TOP 40: Top 40 hits
OLDIES: Nostalgia music and oldies
R & B: Rhythm and blues, and sof t
rhythm and blues
RELIGION: Programs concerned
with religion.
CLASSIC: Classical music
JAZZ: Jazz
INFO: News, inf ormation, sports,
talk shows, f oreign language,
personality, public, college, and
weather
TRAFFIC: Traffic information
Press or button to
select an RDS category. The display
shows the selected RDS category
name f or about 10 seconds. You can
use the search or scan f unction to
f ind radio stations in the selected
RDS category. If you do nothing
while the RDS category name is
displayed, the selected category is
canceled.
CONT INUED
Radio Data System (RDS) Category
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RDS CATEGORY

The scan f unction samples all
stations with strong signals on the
selected RDS category. To activate it,
press and release the SCAN button.
You will see SCAN in the display.
The system will scan f or a station
with a strong signal in the selected
RDS category. You will also see the
selected RDS category name
blinking while searching it. When it
f inds a strong signal, it will stop and
play that station for about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 10 seconds. When it plays
a station that you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
This f unction searches a f requency
f or a strong signal f rom the
f requency that carry the selected
RDS category inf ormation. This can
helpyoutofindastationinyour
favorite category. To activate it,
press the or side of the
SEEK button. You will see the
selected RDS category name
blinking while searching it. When
the system finds a station, the
selected RDS category name will be
displayed again for about 5 seconds.
If the system does not find a station,
‘‘NOTHING’’ blinks f or about f ive
seconds, then the system goes back
to the last selected station. If the system does not find a station,
‘‘NOTHING’’ blinks f or about f ive
seconds, then the system goes back
to the last selected station.
You can use the RDS program
search or scan f unction even if the
RDS inf ormation display f unction is
of f . In this case, the display shows a
f requency in place of a RDS station
name.
RDS Program SCAN
RDS Program Search
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Press the sound ( ) button to
select an appropriate setting: bass,
treble, fader, balance, and SVC
(speed-sensitive volume
compensation). Turn the VOL/
SELECT knob to adjust the setting.
Adjusts the bass.Adjusts the treble.
Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound.
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the VOL/SELECT
knob to adjust the setting to your
liking. When the level reaches the
center, you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display. Adjusts the volume level
basedonthevehiclespeed.
Wait 10 seconds and the display
returns to normal. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the system is turned
off.
The SVC mode controls the volume
based on vehicle speed. The f aster
you go, the louder the audio volume
becomes. As you slow down, the
audio volume decreases.
The SVC has f our modes: SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the VOL/SELECT knob
to adjust the setting to your liking. If
you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
too quiet, choose high. 124
Adjusting the Sound
BAS
TREBLE
FADER
BAL ANCE SVC
A udio System L ighting
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Speed-sensit ive Volume
Compensat ion (SVC)Features
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Playing a Disc (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
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TITLE BUTTONCD BUTTON
DISC SLOTEJECT BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON SCAN BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON RDM BUTTON
RPT BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON