2008 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN audio

Thechartontherightexplainsthe
error messages you may see in the
display while playing a disc.
If you see an error message in the
display while playing a disc, press
the eject button. After ejecting the
disc, check it for damage or
deformation. If there is no damage,
insert the disc again.
If there is still a problem, the error
message will appear again. Press the
eject button, and pull out the disc.
Insert a dif f erent disc. If the new
disc plays, there is a problem with
the f irst disc. If the error message
cycle repeats and you cannot clear it,
take your vehicle to a dealer.Error Message Cause Solution
FOCUS Error
Mechanical Error
TOC Error
High TemperaturePress the eject button, and pull out the disc.
Check if it is inserted correctly in the disc
player.
Make sure the disc is not scratched or damaged.
For more information, see page169.
Press the eject button, and pull out the disc.
Check the disc for damage or deformation. For
more information, see page169.
If the disc cannot be pulled out, or the error
message does not disappear after the disc is
ejected, see your dealer.
Press the eject button, and pull out the disc.
Check the disc for damage or deformation. For
more information, see page169.
Will disappear when the temperature returns to
normal.
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Disc Player Error Messages
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Playing a PC Card
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Features
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REPEAT BUTTON SKIP BUTTON
RANDOM
BUTTON FAST FORWARD
BUTTON JOYSTICK
PLAY MODE
ICON
PC CARD ICON
TRACK LIST ICON
POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
OPEN BUTTON
CD/XM BUTTON
AUDIO BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
TUNE BAR
REWIND BUTTON SKIP BUTTON
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You operate the PC card player with
the same controls used f or the radio
and the disc player. To load or play a
card, the ignition switch must be in
the ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II)
position.
The PC card player reads and plays
cards in MP3 or WMA f ormats.
Depending on the f ormat, the screen
will indicate ‘‘MP3’’ or ‘‘WMA’’ when
a card is playing. The card limit of
the player is 99 f olders and 999
tracks. If the card has a complex
structure, it takes some time f or the
system to begin playing it.
Based on PCMCIA 2.1/JEIDA 4.2,
the recommended PC cards f or the
PC card reader are: Always use the recommended
memory card with the appropriate
adapter (if an adapter is needed).
Some memory cards will not work in
this unit.
When you insert a PC card into
the slot, make sure you put it in
straight. If you cannot insert it,
remove it, and insert again.
Do not keep PC cards in the
vehicle. Direct sunlight and high
heat will damage them.
To avoid damaging the card
reader, do not insert hard disc
drive cards into the PC card slot.
You cannot close the screen
(move it to the upright position)
until the PC card is inserted all the
way into its slot or removed. Never insert f oreign objects into
the PC card slot.
The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
SD memory card CompactFlash
Flash ATA Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
24/22.05/16 kHz (MPEG2)
Bit rate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
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To Play a PC card
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NOTE:
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Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
In WMA f ormat, DRM (digital rights
management) f iles cannot be played.
If the system finds a DRM file, it
skips that f ile and plays the next
available f older or f ile. The PC card slot is behind the
navigation screen. To use the PC
card player, press the OPEN button
beside the screen. The screen f olds
back, and the PC card slot appears.Insert a PC card straight into the slot.
The drive will read the PC card and
begin to play it.
Return the screen to the upright
position by pressing the CLOSE
button on the edge of the screen
panel.
Push the AUDIO button beside the
screen to show the audio display and
operate the PC card player.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Press any
of the appropriate control buttons.
The status bar appears on the
bottom of the screen. On the
navigation screen, you can see the
audio inf ormation whenever you
touch the AUDIO INFO icon on the
screen.
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
Bit rate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Audio System (Models with navigation system)
Loading a PC Card
Features
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PC CARD SLOT
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Therearethreeplaymodes:Folder,
Artist, and Album. Touch the PLAY
MODE icon, then choose one of the
modes by touching its icon. When a
mode is selected, it is highlighted in
blue.
If play mode information was not
includedinthetrackswhenthey
were added to the card, it will not be
displayed on the screen.Foldermodeplaystracksinthe
order they were added to the card.
Artistmodeplaystracksin
alphabetical order, by artist and
song title.
Album mode plays albums
(f olders) in alphabetical order.
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T o Select a Play Mode
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FOLDER MODE
MODE INDICATOR
PLAY MODE ICON
PLAY MODE ICON PLAY MODE ICON
MODE INDICATOR MODE INDICATOR
ARTIST MODE ALBUM MODE
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To select a play mode, push the
AUDIO button to show the audio
display, then touch the PLAY MODE
icon on the display.Select the desired mode by touching
the appropriate icon, or move the
joystick, then press the ENT.
After you select the play mode, the
display changes to the selectable
playing menu. If you select
‘‘Continue playing the Current Song,’’
the system goes into the selected
play mode af ter playing the current
f ile.
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Features
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PLAY MODE ICON
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If you select ‘‘Play a New Track List,’’
the system goes into the selected
play mode immediately and begins to
play the files in order to the new list.
To go back to the previous screen,
presstheCANCELbuttononthe
rightsideofthescreen.Toexitthe
play mode screens, press the AUDIO
button.You can use the preset buttons while
a card is playing to select or change
f iles. Each preset button’s f unction is
shownonthebottomof thescreen.Iconsonthescreencanalsobe
selected with the joystick. Move the
joystick lef t or right and up or down
until the icon is highlighted, then
press the ENT on the top of the
joystick to select the icon.
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T o Change or Select T racks/Files
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PRESET BUTTONS
PRESET BUTTON’S FUNCTION
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Each time you press and
release (preset 6), the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next f ile. Press and release (preset 5), to skip backward to
the beginning of the current f ile.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous f ile.
To move rapidly within
a f ile, press and hold (preset 4)
or (preset 3).
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the TUNE bar to move the
beginning of the next f older. Press
the side of the TUNE bar to skip
the next f older, and to the side to
move the beginning of the current
folder.Pressitagaintoskiptothe
beginning of the previous f older. To continuously replay
a f ile, press and release the RPT
button (preset 1). You will see
TRACK REPEAT in the display.
Press the RPT button again to turn it
off.
This f eature, when
activated, replays all the files on the
selected f older/artist/album in the
order they are recorded or listed. To
activate each repeat mode, press and
hold the RPT button (preset 1) f or 2
seconds. You will see FOLDER
REPEAT, ARTIST REPEAT or
ALBUM REPEAT in the display.
The system continuously replays the
current f older/artist/album. Press
andholdtheRPTbuttonfor2
seconds again to turn it of f . Pressing
the RDM button, or selecting a
dif f erent f older/artist/album with
the TUNE bar also turns off the
repeat feature. This feature
plays the f iles within a f older in
random order. To activate track
random, press and release the RDM
button (preset 2). You will see
TRACK RANDOM in the display.
Press and hold the RDM button for 2
seconds to return to normal play.
This f eature, when
activated, plays all files in each
f older/artist/album in random order,
rather than in the order they are
recorded or listed. To activate each
random play, press the RDM button
(preset 2) 2 times. You will see
FOLDER RANDOM, ARTIST
RANDOM or ALBUM RANDOM in
the display.
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Audio System (Models with navigation system)
SK IP
FF/REW
FOLDER SELECTION T RA CK REPEA T (FIL E
REPEAT)
FOLDER/ARTIST/ALBUM
REPEAT
TRACK RANDOM (Random
within a f older)
FOLDER/ARTIST/ALBUM
RANDOM
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