2008 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN Owner's Manual (in English)

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SKIP BAR
SELECTOR
KNOB PRESET
BUTTONS
RETURN BUTTON A.SEL (AUTO
SELECT) BUTTONSCAN
BUTTON
MENU BUTTONSKIP BAR
SELECTOR
KNOB PRESET
BUTTONS
RETURN BUTTON
CATEGORY
BAR
A.SEL (AUTO
SELECT) BUTTON
TITLE
BUTTON
TITLE
BUTTON
MENU BUTTON
FM
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
FOLDER BAR
POWER/
VOLUME
KNOB
AM
BUTTON
POWER/
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KNOB
AM
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FM
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The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM or
FM button. On the FM band, ST will
be displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available.
On the AM band, AM noise
reduction turns on automatically.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
power/volume knob or the AM or
FM button. Adjust the volume by
turning the power/volume knob. You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, skip, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
The skip 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
SKIP bar until you hear a beep, then
release it.
On the FM band, you can also use
the f eatures provided by the radio
data system (RDS). For more
inf ormation on the RDS, see page
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Use the selector 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. Each time you press and release
either side of the SKIP bar, the radio
f requency changes in small
increments.
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 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.
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To Select a Station
To Play the Radio
SK IP
TUNESCAN
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µµEach 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.
Pick a preset button, and hold it
until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM. If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
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. ,pressthe
A. SEL (auto select) button. This
restores the presets you originally
set.
Usethetune,skip,scan,orRDS
function to tune the radio to a
desired station. 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. For inf ormation on FM/AM radio
f requencies and reception, see page
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4. 209To turn of f auto selectPreset A UT O SEL ECT
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On the FM band, you can select a
favorite station and display the
program service name according to
the inf ormation provided by the
radio data system (RDS).
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f unction shows the name of the
station you are listening to. With the
audio system on and the FM band
selected, you can turn this f unction
on or of f . To switch the f unction between onand off, press and release the TITLE
button. With the system on, you will
see ‘‘PS ON’’ message on the display.
If the station you are listening to is
an RDS station, the displayed
f requency switches to 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 ‘‘PS OFF.’’
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Radio Data System (RDS)
Program Service (PS) Name DisplayFeatures
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PROGRAM SERVICE
NAME DISPLAY ON
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On the FM band selected, you can
select the program category
provided by the RDS. Press either
side ( or ) of the CATEGORY
bar (FOLDER bar on models without
XM radio) to display and select an
RDS category. The principal RDS
categories are shown as follows;
ALL: All RDS category stations
ROCK: Rock, classic rock and sof t
rock music SOFT: Adult hits and sof t music
TOP 40: Top 40 of hits
OLDIES: Nostalgia music and oldies
R & B: Rhythm and blues, and sof t
rhythm and blues
RELIGION: Religion music and
religion talk
CLASSIC: Classical music
JAZZ: Jazz
INFO: News, inf ormation, sport, talk,
f oreign language, personality, public,
college, and weather
TRAFFIC: Traffic information
Press either side of the CATEGORY
bar (FOLDER bar on models without
XM radio) 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
function to find radio stations on the
selected RDS category. If you do
nothing while the RDS category
name is displayed, the selected
category is cancelled.
COUNTRY: Country music
This f unction searches up and down
a f requency f or the strongest signal
f rom the f requencies that carry the
selected RDS category inf ormation.
This can help you to find a station in
your favorite category. To activate it,
press and release either side
( or ) of the SKIP bar. 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’’ will be blinking f or
about 5 seconds, then the system
goes back to the last selected station.
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RDS CATEGORY
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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 one, it will stop and play that
station f or 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.
If the system does not find a station,
‘‘NOTHING’’ will be blinking f or
about 5 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
PS name display f unction is of f . In
this case, the display shows a
f requency in place of a PS name.
Press the MENU button to display
the sound settings. Turn the selector
knob to select an appropriate setting:
bass, treble, fader, balance, SUBW
(subwoof er) and SVC (speed-
sensitive volume compensation).
Press the selector (ENTER) knob to
enter the setting, then turn the
selector knob to adjust the setting.If equipped
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Selector knob adjustable
direction is shown.
FADER is selectable.
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Adjusts the bass. The SVC has f our modes; SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the selector 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.
This f unction is set to MID as the
def ault setting when the vehicle
leaves the factory.
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 radio is turned of f .
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound. Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound. Adjusts the treble. Adjusts the strength of
sound f rom the subwoof er speaker.
Adjusts the volume level
basedonthevehiclespeed.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the selector knob to
adjust the setting to your liking.
When the level reaches the center,
you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display.
To return to the normal playing,
push the RETURN or MENU button
af ter you stop adjusting a mode.
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. 72
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BASS
A udio System L ighting
BAL ANCE
FADER
TREBLE SUBW
SVC
Speed-sensit ive Volume
Compensat ion (SVC)
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SUBWOOFER is selectable.
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CATEGORY BARSKIP BAR
XM RADIO BUTTON
MENU BUTTON
RETURN BUTTON SELECTOR KNOB
SCAN BUTTON
POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
TITLE BUTTON
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