2004 HONDA ELEMENT radio

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Interior Convenience Items
Inst rument s and Cont rols86
CARGO AREA COIN TRAY
CARGO AREA
SIDE POCKET
DOOR POCKETS VANITY MIRROR
RADIO POCKET
ACCESSORY
POWER
SOCKET
GLOVE BOX
CENTER LOWER POCKET
BEVERAGE HOLDERS CEILING POCKET
: If equipped BUNGEE CORDSSEAT-BACK POCKET
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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.)
Your Honda has an anti-thef t audio
system that requires a code number
to enable it................
Vents, Heating, and A/C . 90
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Air Flow Buttons . 91
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Playing the Radio . 94
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Radio Reception . 97
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Playing a CD . 99
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Protecting Your CDs . 101
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CD Player Error Messages . 102
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CD Changer Error Messages . 103
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Radio Thef t Protection . 104
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Setting the Clock . 105
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Auxiliary Input Jack . 106
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Cruise Control . 107
Comf ort and Convenience Features
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Playing the Radio
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AM/FM BUTTON STEREO INDICATORSCAN INDICATORSCAN BUTTON
SEEK BAR
PWR/VOL KNOB
AUTO SELECT
BUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS STEREO INDICATOR
PWR/VOL KNOB
SEEK BUTTONS
TUNE KNOB SCAN BUTTON PRESET BUTTONSFM BUTTON
U.S. LX and Canadian DX Models EX Models
AM BUTTONAUTO SELECT
BUTTON
MODE/TUNEKNOB
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Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency.
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 either ( or ), then
release it.
The ignition switch must be in
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II). Turn
the system on by pushing the PWR/
VOL knob or the AM or FM button.
Adjust the volume by turning the
same knob.
The band and f requency 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-
castinginstereo.Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.
You can use these five methods to
f ind radio stations on a selected
band: the
preset buttons, and .
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. The system will scan f or
a station with a strong signal. When
it f inds one, it will stop and play that
station f or about f ive seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
and play it for five seconds. When it plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
Each preset button can
store one f requency on AM, and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two f requencies with each preset
button.
UsetheTUNE,SEEK,orSCAN
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Pick a preset button, and hold it
until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 to store a total
of six stations on AM and twelve
stations on FM.
The preset f requencies will be lost if
your vehicle’s battery goes dead, is
disconnected, or the radio f use is
removed.
2. 3. 4.
1.
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To Play the Radio TUNE
SEEK
To Select a Station TUNE,SEEK,SCAN, AUTO SELECT SCAN Preset
Playing the Radio
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If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the Auto Select f eature
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 every preset button.
If you do not like the stations Auto
Select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset
buttons. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or
SCAN functions to find stations, then
store them in the preset buttons as
described. press the
A. SEL button. This restores the
presets you originally set.
Press the MODE knob repeatedly to
display the Bass (BAS), Treble
(TRE), Balance (BAL), Fader (FAD),
and Sub-Woof er (SUB-W) settings.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the MODE knob to
adjust the setting to your liking.
When the level reaches the center,
you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display. The
system will automatically return the
display to the selected audio mode
about f ive seconds af ter you stop
adjusting a mode. These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming f rom each speaker.
BAL adjusts the side-to-side strength,
while FAD adjusts the f ront-to-back
strength.
Use
the TRE/BAS/SUB-W modes to
adjust the tone to your liking.To turn of f Auto Select,
If equippedAUTO SELECT Adjusting the SoundBalance/Fader
T reble/Bass/Sub-Woof er
Playing the Radio
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Your Honda’s radio can receive the
complete AM and FM bands.
Those bands cover these f requen-
cies:
AM band:
530 to 1,710 kilohertz
FM band:
87.7 to 107.9 megahertz
Radio stations on the AM band are
assigned f requencies at least ten
kilohertz apart (530, 540, 550).
Stations on the FM band are
assigned f requencies at least 0.2
megahertz apart (87.9, 88.1, 88.3).
Stations must use these exact
f requencies. It is f airly common f or
stations to round-of f the f requency in
their advertising, so your radio could
display a f requency of 100.9 even
though the announcer may identif y
the station as ‘‘FM101.’’How well your Honda’s radio
receives stations is dependent on
many f actors, such as the distance
from the station’s transmitter,
nearby large objects, and atmos-
pheric conditions.
A radio station’s signal gets weaker
as you get f arther away f rom its
transmitter. If you are listening to an
AM station, you will notice the sound
volume becoming weaker, and the
stationdriftinginandout.If youare
listening to an FM station, you will
see the stereo indicator f lickering of f
and on as the signal weakens.
Eventually, the stereo indicator will
go of f and the sound will f ade
completely as you get out of range of
the station’s signal.
Driving very near the transmitter of
a station that is broadcasting on a
f requency close to the f requency of
the station you are listening to can
also af f ect your radio’s reception.
You may temporarily hear both
stations,orhearonlythestationyou
are close to.
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Radio Frequencies Radio Reception
Radio Reception
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Radio signals, especially on the FM
band, are def lected by large objects
such as buildings and hills. Your
radio then receives both the direct
signal f rom the station’s transmitter,
and the def lected signal. This causes
the sound to distort or flutter. This is
a main cause of poor radio reception
in city driving.Radio reception can be af f ected by
atmospheric conditions such as
thunderstorms, high humidity, and
even sunspots. You may be able to
receive a distant radio station one
day and not receive it the next day
because of a change in conditions.
Electrical interf erence f rom passing
vehicles and stationary sources can
cause temporary reception problems.
As required by the FCC:
Changes or modif ications not expresslyapproved by the party responsible f orcompliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment.
Radio Reception
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With the ignition in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position,
insert a CD into the CD slot. The
drive will pull the CD in the rest of
the way and begin to play it. You
operate the CD player with the same
controls used f or the radio. The
number of the track playing is shown
in the display. The system will
continuously play a CD until you
change modes.
Each time you press and release
, the player skips f orward to
the beginning of the next track.
Press and release to skip
backward to the beginning of the
previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the or . You will
see CUE or REW in the display.
To continuously replay a track, press and release the RPT
button. You will see RPT in the
display. Press the RPT button again
to turn it off.
This f eature plays the
tracks in random order. To activate
Random Play, press and release the
A. SEL/RDM button. You will see
RDM in the display. This continues
until you press the A. SEL/RDM
button again.
Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the CD. If you eject the CD,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the CD af ter 15 seconds and put it in
pause mode. To begin playing, press
the CD button.
Press the AM/FM button to switch
to the radio while a CD is playing.
Press the CD button to play the CD.
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 CD will stay in the drive. When
youturnthesystembackon,theCD
will begin playing where it lef t of f .
A CD changer is available f or your
vehicle. It holds up to six CDs. You
operate the 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.
To select the CD changer, press the
CD button. The CD and track
numbers will be displayed. To select
a dif f erent CD, use the preset 5
(DISC ) or preset 6 (DISC )
button. 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.
To Play a CD
To Change Tracks (SKIP)
REPEAT
RANDOM
To Stop Playing a CD
Operating the Optional CD
Changer
Playing a CD
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