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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.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob to the right to tune to
a higher f requency, and turn it to the
lef t to tune to a lower f requency. 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
then scan f or the next strong station
and play it f or 10 seconds. When it
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
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
SEEK/SKIP button, then release it.
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/FM
button. Adjust the volume by turning
the power/volume knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button. On the FM band, ST will be
displayed if the station is broadcast-
ing in stereo. Stereo reproduction in
AM is not available.
To Select a Station
TUNE
SCAN
To Play the AM/FM Radio
SEEK
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Each side of the buttons
(1 through 6) can store one
f requency on AM, and two
f requencies 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.
Press the A. SEL button. You will see
A. SEL f lashing 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 as previously described.
,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
.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
six stations each.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Pick a preset number (1 6), 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.
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3.
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Preset A UT O SEL ECT
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Your audio system is capable of
receiving XM Radio anywhere in the
United States, except Hawaii and
Alaska.
XM
is a registered trademark of
XM Satellite Radio
,Inc.
XM Radio receives signals f rom two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It of f ers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
dif f erent types of music, XM Radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the display.
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SCAN BUTTON
PRESET BUTTONS TUNE KNOB DISP BUTTON
SEEK/SKIP BUTTON
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The scan f unction gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button. The
system plays each channel in
numerical order f or a f ew seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to
continue listening to, press the
button again.
Youcanstoreupto12
preset channels using each side of
the preset button. Each side of the
button stores one channel f rom the
XM1 band and one channel f rom the
XM2 band.
To store a channel: Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune to a desired
channel.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In channel mode, all channels can be
selected. Pick a preset number you want f or
that channel. Press and hold the
button until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Once a channel is stored, press and
release the proper side of the preset
button to tune to it.
Press the AUX button. Either XM1
or XM2 will show in the display. Press the AUX button again. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3. XM is loading the
audio or program inf ormation.
The channel
currently selected is no longer
broadcasting.
The encryption
code is being updated. Wait until the
encryption code is f ully updated.
Channels 0 and 1 should still work
normally.
The signal is
currently too weak. Move the vehicle
to an area away from tall buildings,
and with an unobstructed view of the
southern horizon.
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3.
4.
5.
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SCAN
Preset
XM Radio Display Messages
‘‘L OA DING’’
‘‘OFF A IR’’
‘‘UPDA T ING’’
‘‘NO SIGNA L ’’
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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.
You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM/FM button or
AUXbuttononmodelsthatareXM
radio capable. Press the CD button
again to switch back to the disc
player.
To play an audio unit connected to
the auxiliary input jack or the USB
adapter cable when a disc is playing,
press the AUX button. Press the CD
button again to switch back to the
disc player. If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume 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 .
An optional six or eight disc changer
is available f or your vehicle. This
disc changer uses the same controls
used f or the in-dash disc player or
the radio.
Load the desired discs in the
magazine, and load the magazine in
the changer according to the
instructions that came with the unit.
To select the disc changer, press the
CD button. The disc and track
numbers will be displayed. To select
a dif f erent disc, use the preset 4
(DISC ) or the preset 1 (DISC )on the preset button. To select the
previous disc, press the preset 4
(DISC ), or the preset 1 (DISC )
to select the next disc in sequence.
If you select an empty slot in the
magazine, the changer will search
f or the next available disc to load and
play.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
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To Stop Playing a Disc
Operating the Optional Disc
ChangerProtecting Discs
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If the audio system still does not
recognize the iPod, the iPod may
need to be reset. Follow the
instructions that came with your
iPod, or you can f ind reset
instructions online at
If the iPod indicator does not appear
in the audio display, check the
connections, and try to reconnect the
iPod a f ew times.
When the iPod is connected and the
iPod mode is selected on the audio
display, ‘‘USB LOAD’’ is shown f or a
f ew seconds, then the iPod indicator
is shown in the display. In the radio
or disc mode, the display shows a
‘‘USB CONNECTED’’ message f or a
f ew seconds. Af ter loading, you will
see Honda mark on the iPod. That
means you can only operate your
iPod with the vehicle’s audio unit. Itmaytakeafewminutesfor
the Honda mark to display on
the iPod. If the display does not
change, this f unction is not
supported on your iPod model
or f irmware.
Each time you press the DISP button,
the display mode switches between
the album name, the song/track
name, the artist name, or name of f
(which turns off the text display).
The display shows up to 16
characters of the selected data. If the
text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown.
:
www.apple.com/
ipod.
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Use the SEEK/SKIP button while a
USB f lash memory device is playing
to select passages and change f iles.
Each time you press and
releasethe sideof theSEEK/
SKIP button, the system skips
f orward to the beginning of the next
f ile. Press and release the side
of the button, to skip backward to
the beginning of the current f ile.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous f ile. Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal play.
Press and hold the button until you
hear a beep to turn of f either repeat
mode. Pressing either side of the
SEEK/SKIP button also turns of f
this feature.This
f eature replays all the f iles in the
selected f older in the order they are
stored. To activate f older repeat,
press and release the RPT button
(preset 2) repeatedly until you see
F-RPT in the display.
This feature
continuously plays a f ile. To activate
f ile repeat, press and release the
RPT button (preset 2). You will see
RPT in the display. To
select a different folder, turn the
TUNE knob right or left. Turn to the
righttoskiptothenextfolder,and
turn to the left to skip to the previous
f older. Turning the TUNE knob
more than two clicks skips several
folders.
To move rapidly within a f ile, press
andholdeitherside( or )
of the SEEK/SKIP button.
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T o Change or Select Files
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SK IP F-RPT (Folder Repeat)
RPT (File Repeat)
FOLDER SELECTION
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This
f eature plays the f iles in the selected
f older in random order. To activate
f older random, press and release the
RDM button (preset 3). You will see
F-RDM in the display.
This feature
plays all the f iles in random order.
To activate all random, press and
release the RDM button (preset 3)
repeatedly until you see RDM in the
display.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random, to all random,
then to normal play.
Press and hold the button until you
hear a beep to turn off either random
mode. This feature
samples all f iles in the selected
f older in the order they are stored.
To activate the scan, press and
release the SCAN button. You will
see SCAN in the display. You will get
a 10 second sampling of each f ile in
the folder. This
f eature samples the f irst f ile in each
f older in the order they are stored.
To activate f older scan, press and
release the SCAN button repeatedly
until you see F-SCAN in the display.
You will get a 10 second sampling of
the f irst f ile in each f older.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal play.
Press and hold the button until you
hear a beep to turn off either scan
mode.
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RDM (All Random)
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