2009 HONDA ELEMENT navigation system

Voice Control System
In addition to the standard audio
controls, the audio system in your
vehicle can be operated using the
voice control system. See the
navigation section in your Quick
Start Guide for an overview of this
system, and the Navigation System
Manual for complete details.Playing the FM/AM Radio
AUTO SELECT
ICON
AM/FM
BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON
TUNER BAR PRESET BUTTONS SOUND ICON
BACKGROUND
ICON
FM1 ICON
FM2 ICON
AM ICON
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To Play the FM/AM Radio
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.
Pushing the AUDIO button will also
turn on the system.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Use the
control buttons on the left side of the
screen. The status bar appears on the
bottom of the screen each time you
operate any of the control buttons.
On the navigation screen, you can
also see audio information by
touching the AUDIO INFO icon on
the lower of the screen.The band and frequency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button, or touch the desired band
icon (FM1, FM2, AM, XM1, or
XM2). On the FM band, STEREO
will be displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.
For information on XM Radio, see
page132.
To Select a Station
You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
TUNE
－Use the TUNE bar to tune
the radio to a desired frequency.
Press the
side of the bar to tune to
a higher frequency, and press the
side to tune to a lower frequency.
Press and hold the
or
side of the
TUNE bar until you hear two beeps
to change the frequency rapidly.
Release the bar when the display
reaches the desired frequency.
SEEK －The seek function searches
up and down from the current
frequency to find a station with a
strong signal. To activate it, press
and hold the
or
side of the
TUNE bar until you hear a beep,
then release it.
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SCAN－The scan function 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 for a station
with a strong signal. When it finds
one, it will stop and play that station
for about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan for the next strong station
and play it for 10 seconds. When it
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again. Preset
－Each preset button can
store one frequency on AM and two
frequencies on FM.
1. Select the desired band, AM or FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
six stations each.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick a preset button, and hold it until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
Each preset button's frequency is
shown on the bottom of the audio
display. AUTO SELECT
－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 AUDIO button to view the
audio control icons, then press the
AUTO SEL icon. You will see AUTO
SEL flashing in the display, and the
system goes into scan mode for
several seconds. It stores the
frequencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
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You will see a‘‘0’’ displayed after
pressing a preset button if auto select
cannot find a strong station for every
preset button.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store other
frequencies on the preset buttons as
previously described.To turn off auto select,
press the AUTO
SEL icon. This restores the presets
you originally set.
For information on FM/AM radio
frequencies and reception, see page
186. Adjusting the Sound
You can adjust the sound on the
navigation screen. To adjust the
sound, push the AUDIO button, then
enter the sound grid by touching the
SOUND icon on the display.
BASS
－Adjusts the bass.
TREBLE －Adjusts the treble. To
adjust the treble and bass, touchor
on each side of the treble or
bass adjustment bar. The adjustment
bar on the right lower display shows
you the current setting.
FADER －Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound. To adjust the
front/rear fader, touch the FR or RR
icon.
SOUND ICON
SPEAKER SETTING
BASS/TREBLE SETTING
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BALANCE－Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the L or R icon.
SUBWOOFER －Adjusts the
strength of sound from the
subwoofer speaker. To adjust the
sound strength, touch
or
on
each side of the adjustment bar.
The right upper display shows you
the current setting of the sound
strength coming from each speaker.
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation) －The SVC mode
controls the volume based on vehicle
speed. The faster you go, the louder
the audio volume becomes. As you
slow down, the audio volume
decreases. Touch the appropriate
icon (Low, Mid, Hi, Off) to select the
mode. This function is set to Mid as the
default setting when the vehicle
leaves the factory. If you feel the
sound is too loud, choose low. If you
feel the sound is too quiet, choose
Hi.
You can also select the icon with the
joystick. Move it up and down to
move the highlighting and scroll
through lists. Select the icon, then
move the joystick left or right to
change the setting.
The system will return to the audio
display about 10 seconds after you
stop adjusting a mode.
Screen ModeYou can select the background
screen to display the sound level.
There are three screen modes: level
(the sound level is shown with the
vertical bars), spectrum analysis (the
sound level appears as ripples of
water), and off. Each time you touch
the background icon, the display
changes.
Audio System Lighting
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page72).The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is off.
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POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
AM/FM BUTTON
CD/XM (XM RADIO)
BUTTON
AUDIO BUTTON
SCAN BUTTONJOYSTICK
CHANNEL
INDICATOR
TUNE BAR PRESET BUTTONS
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Your audio system is capable of
receiving XM
®Radio anywhere in the
United States, and Canada, except
Hawaii and Alaska.
XM
®is a registered trademark of XM
Satellite Radio
®, Inc.
XM Radio receives signals from two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It offers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
different types of music, XM Radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the display.
When you press and hold the
AUDIO button, the display also
shows all XM information. Operating the XM Radio
To listen to XM Radio, turn the
ignition switch to the ACCESSORY
(I) or the ON (II) position. Press the
CD/XM button to select XM Radio.
Adjust the volume by turning the
knob. The last channel you listened
to will show in the display.
You can also change to the XM Radio
while you are listening to an FM
station, AM station, disc, pc card,
etc., by touching the XM1 or XM2
icon on the audio display.
You can also operate the radio using
the control buttons on the left side of
the screen. The status bar appears on
the bottom of the screen each time
you press any of the control buttons.
On the navigation screen, you can
also see the audio information by
touching the AUDIO INFO icon on
the lower of the screen.MODE
－To switch between
channel mode and category mode,
touch the MODE icon. In channel
mode, you can select all of the
available channels. In category
mode, such as Jazz, Rock, Classical,
etc., you can select all of the
channels within that category. Each
time you touch and release the
MODE icon, the display changes
between the channel mode and the
category mode.
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On the audio display, you will see the
selected CHANNEL (number),
CATEGORY, NAME (artist name),
and TITLE (music title).
You may experience periods when
XM Radio does not transmit the
artist's name and song title
information. If this happens, there is
nothing wrong with your system.TUNE
－Press the TUNE bar to
change channel selections. Press
for higher numbered channels andfor lower numbered channels. In the
category mode, you can only select
channels within that category.
CATEGORY －Press and hold
either side of the TUNE bar (
or
) until you hear a beep to select
another category.
SCAN －The scan function 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 or
touch the SCAN icon on the screen.
The system plays each channel in
numerical order for a few seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to listen
to, press the button or touch the icon
again. Preset
－You can store up to 12
preset channels using each preset
button or preset icons on the screen.
Each preset button or icon stores one
channel from the XM1 band and one
channel from the XM2 band.
To store a channel:
1. Press the XM button. Either XM1 or XM2 will show in the display.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan 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.
3. Pick the preset button (icon) you want for that channel. Press and
hold the button (icon) until you
hear a beep.
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