2008 HONDA ODYSSEY Radio

The heating and air conditioning
system in your vehicle provides a
comf ortable driving environment in
all weather conditions.
The standard audio system has
many f eatures. This section
describes those f eatures and how to
use them. (If you have an optional
audio system, ref er to the operating
instructions that came with it.)
Your vehicle has an anti-theft audio
system that requires a code number
to enable it.
The security system helps to
discourage vandalism and thef t of
your vehicle.
Theclimatecontrolsystemandthe
audio system have a voice control
feature. Refer to the navigation
system manual f or more inf ormation..............
Vents, Heating, and A/C . 210
Using Automatic Climate ...................................
Control .215
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Using the Rear A/C Unit . 216
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Climate Control Sensors . 220
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Audio System .221
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Playing the AM/FM Radio . 222
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Playing a Disc .226
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Disc Player Error Messages . 233
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Playing the AM/FM Radio . 234
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Playing the XM
Satellite Radio . 238
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Playing Discs .244
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Disc Changer Error Messages . 251
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Playing the AM/FM Radio . 252
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Playing the XM
Satellite Radio . 257
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Playing Discs .263
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Disc Changer Error Messages . 271
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Protecting Your Discs . 272
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AM/FM Radio Reception . 275
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Playing a Tape .277
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Setting the Clock .281
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Remote Audio Controls . 282......................
Auxiliary Input Jack .283
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Radio Thef t Protection . 284
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Rear Entertainment System . 285
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Security System .318
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Cruise Control .319
HomeLink
Universal ................................
Transceiver .322
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Bluetooth
HandsFreeLink. 325
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Parking Sensor System .352
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Reaview Camera and Monitor .356
LX and Canadian DX models
EX and EX-L models without navigation system
Models with navigation system
On vehicles with navigation system
Features
Features
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Playing the AM/FM Radio (LX and Canadian DX models)
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SEEK BAR
AUTO SELECT BUTTON PRESET BUTTONS
PWR/VOL KNOB
SCAN BUTTONFM BUTTON
AM BUTTON TUNE/SOUND KNOB
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
PWR/VOL knob. Adjust the volume
by turning the same knob.
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 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.
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 from the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it
press the or side of the bar,
then release it. You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
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To Play the AM/FM Radio SCAN
To Select a Station
TUNE
SEEK
Playing the AM/FM Radio (LX and Canadian DX models)
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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.
Press the A. SEL button. ‘‘A. SEL’’
appears 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.
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 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM. ,pressthe
A. SEL (auto select) button. This
restores the presets you originally
set.
For inf ormation on AM/FM radio
f requencies and reception, see page .
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4. 275To turn of f auto select
Playing the AM/FM Radio (LX and Canadian DX models)
AUTO SELECT
Preset
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Press the SOUND (TUNE) knob
repeatedly to display the bass, treble,
balance, and f ader settings.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the SOUND
(TUNE) 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 5
seconds af ter you stop adjusting a
mode. Use the TRE/BAS
modes to adjust the tone to your
liking.
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. 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
of f .
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Playing the AM/FM Radio (LX and Canadian DX models)
Adjusting the Sound
Treble/Bass
Balance/Fader A udio System L ighting
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To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.
You operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio. To
select the disc player, press the CD
button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in the
display.
This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormats. When
playing a disc in MP3, you will see
‘‘MP3’’ in the display. In WMA
f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’ will appear in the
display. You can select up to 99
f olders, or up to 255 tracks/f iles.
Video CDs and DVD discs do not
work in this unit.The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
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)
Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
NOTE:
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays UNSUPPORTED FORMAT,
andthenskipstothenextfile.
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Playing a Disc (L X and Canadian DX models)
To Play a Disc
Features
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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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WMA f iles are:Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
Bit rate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3 or WMA, the numbers
of the current f older and f ile are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
. Each time you press the DISP
(preset 1) button, the display shows
you the text data on a disc, if the disc
was recorded with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
album, artist, and track tag.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name.
When you press and release the
DISP button while a disc without text
data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.
The display shows up to about 16
characters of selected text data (the
f older name, f ile name, etc.).
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Playing a Disc (L X and Canadian DX models)
To Load a Disc
Text Data Display Function
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In MP3 or WMA mode
This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles on the selected f older in random
order. To activate f older random,
press the RDM button. You will see
F-RDM in the display. The system
will then select and play f iles
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate f older random by pressing
and holding the RDM button f or 2
seconds.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play to random
play (within a disc random play),
then to normal playing. Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the disc. If you eject the disc,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the disc af ter 10 seconds and put it in
pause mode. To begin playing, press
the CD button.
Press the AM or FM button to
switch to the radio while a disc is
playing. Press the CD button to play
the disc.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the PWR/
VOL knob or by turning of f the
ignition switch, the disc will stay in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the disc will begin playing
where it lef t of f .For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
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Playing a Disc (L X and Canadian DX models)
FOLDER-RANDOM T o Stop Playing a Disc Protecting Compact Discs
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