2005 HONDA PILOT CD changer

The heating and air conditioning
systems in your vehicle 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.
Your vehicle has an anti-theft audio
system that requires a code number
to enable it.
The security system helps to dis-
courage vandalism and thef t of your
vehicle..............
Vents, Heating, and A/C . 100
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Air Flow Buttons .101
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Climate Control .104
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Rear A/C Control .105
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Playing the Radio .106
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Radio Reception .109
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Playing a CD .111
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CD Changer .113, 114
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Protecting your CDs . 116
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CD Player Error Messages . 117
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CD Changer Error Messages . 118
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Playing a Tape .119
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Remote Audio Controls . 122
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Radio Thef t Protection . 123..........................
Setting the Clock .124
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Rear Entertainment System . 125
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DVD Specif ications . 134
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Security System .137
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Cruise Control .138
HomeLink Universal ................................
Transceiver .140
On EX and EX-L models
Features
Features
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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. 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
RDM button. You will see RDM in
the display. This continues until you
press the RDM button again.
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
andholdthe /( )or /
( ). You will see CUE or REW in
the display.
Playing a CD, CD Changer
T o Play a CD REPEA T
RANDOM
SK IP
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.

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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 . 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.
Standard on EX-L model with Navigation
SystemOptional on LX model
T o Stop Playing a CD Operating the CD Changer
Playing a CD, CD Changer
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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. To select the CD changer, press the
CD button. The disc and track
numbers will be displayed. To select
a dif f erent disc, use the appropriate
preset buttons (1 6). On the model
with Navigation System, use the
preset 5 (DISC ) button to select
previous disc, or the preset 6 (DISC ) button to select the next disc in
sequence. The audio system has an in-dash CD
changer that holds up to six discs.
To load CDs or operate CD changer,
the ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem. Press and release any of the
numbered buttons on the CD
changer. The indicator over the
button begins to blink green.
When the indicator blinks green
and red insert a CD into the slot.
Insert it only about halfway; the
drive will pull it in the rest of the
way. If you do not load a CD
within 10 seconds, the indicator
stops f lashing, and system selects
the next CD in the changer.
To load another CD, repeat steps 1
and 2. Do this again until all six
positions are loaded. The system
will begin playing the last CD
loaded.
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3.
EX and EX-L modelsOperating the In-Dash CD
Changer
L oading CDs in the Changer
CD Changer
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If you press the eject button while
listening to the radio or tape, or with
the audio system turned of f , the disc
that was last selected is ejected.
Af ter that disc is ejected, pressing
the eject button again will eject the
next disc in the numerical order. By
doing this six times, you can remove
all the CDs f rom the changer.
If you stop loading CDs bef ore all six
positions are f illed, and you do not
press any of the numbered button,
the system will wait f or 10 seconds,
then stop the load operation and
begin playing the last CD loaded.
If you press any of the numbered
button while a disc is playing, the
system will stop playing that disc and
start the loading sequence. It will
then play the disc just loaded.
You can also load a CD into an empty
position while a CD is playing by
pressing the appropriate numbered
button. Select an empty position, and
press the numbered button f or that
position (1 to 6). The system will
stop playing the current CD and start
the loading sequence. It will then
play the CD just loaded. To remove the disc that is currently
playing, press the eject button. The
system automatically begins the load
sequence so you can load another
CD in that position. If you do not
load another CD, after 10 seconds
the system begins playing the next
disc in the changer.
If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter 10 seconds and begin
playing it.
To remove a dif f erent CD f rom the
changer,firstselectitwiththe
appropriate numbered button.
You can also eject discs when the
ignition switch is of f . The disc that
was last selected is ejected f irst. You
can eject up to six discs, one at a
time.
Removing CDs f rom the Changer
CD Changer
Features
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Error MessageCause Solution
FOCUS Error
No CD in the CD
magazine
Mechanical Error
High Temperature
No CD magazine in the
CD changer.Press the magazine EJECT button and pull it
out. Check f or an error message, and insert the
magazine again. If the message does not
disappear or the magazine cannot be pulled out,
see your dealer.
Insert a CD.
Press the magazine EJECT button and pull it
out. Check for an error message and insert the
magazine again. If the message does not
disappear or the magazine cannot be pulled out,
see your dealer.
Will disappear when the temperature returns to
normal.
Insert CD magazine.
If you see an error message in the
display while playing a CD, f ind the
cause in the chart to the right. If you
cannot clear the error message, take
the vehicle to your dealer.
CD Changer Error Messages
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To operate the rear entertainment
system from the front panel, turn the
RR CTRL knob clockwise. The
amber RR LED comes on to show
that the control panel is enabled.
To play the radio or tape, the buttons
for the front entertainment system
have the same functions.
If aCDisloadedinthemainCD
player or CD changer, select CD/
CHG.If theCDisloadedinthe
lower player, select DVD/AUX.
The DVD player in your Rear
Entertainment System can play DVD
video discs and CDs. It features
Dolby noise reduction.
Turn the RR CTRL knob clockwise.
The amber RR LED will come on to
show that the control panel is now
enabled.
Insert a DVD into the DVD/CD
player below the f ront panel.Press the PLAY button if
the DVD does not start playing
automatically.
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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Rear Entertainment System
To Select Rear Entertainment
f rom the Front Control Panel Operating the DVD Player f rom
the Front Control Panel
PL A Y
Features
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DVD SLOTDVD EJECT
BUTTON

ÛÝUse the and buttons to
select from the stations on the rear
control panel set to the preset
buttons. Pressing the orbutton will cause the system to
search up or down the band f or a
station with a strong signal. You will
seeSEEKinthedisplay.
Use these buttons to select the
entertainment source (radio, tape
player, CD player/CD changer, or
DVD player/Auxiliary device). The
selected source will be shown in the
display. Make sure the rear control
operation has not been disabled with
theRRCTRLknobonthefront
panel.
On the rear control panel, use the
PLAY/PAUSE/PROG button to
reverse the tape direction. Press thebutton to skip forward to
beginning of the next song or
passage. You will see FF f lashing in
the display. Press the button to
skip backward to the beginning of
the current song or passage. You will
seeREVflashinginthedisplay.
Rear Entertainment System
Using the Rear Control Panel
To Play a Tape f rom the Rear
Control Panel
To Play the Radio f rom the Rear
Control Panel
Features
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REAR CONTROLS
OFF BUTTON
SEEK/SKIP
BUTTON
SEEK/SKIP
BUTTON
PLAY/PAUSE/PROG
BUTTON
SOURCE
SELECTION BUTTONS
MENU
BUTTON
ENTER BUTTON CHANNEL BUTTONCHANNEL
BUTTON