2009 HONDA PILOT Owners Manual

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.
Playing the FM/AM Radio (LX model)
RDS Program SCAN
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basedonthevehiclespeed.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the 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 return to the audio
display about 10 seconds af ter you
stop adjusting a mode.
Press the TUNE (SOUND) knob
repeatedly to display the BASS,
TREBLE, FADER, BALANCE,
SUBWOOFER, and SVC (speed-
sensitive volume compensation)
settings.
Adjusts the bass.Adjusts the treble.
Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound.
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound. 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.
The SVC has f our modes; SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the TUNE 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.
Adjusts the
strength of sound f rom the
subwoof er speaker.
Except SVC adjustment
Adjusting the Sound SVC
BASS
TREBLE
FADER
BAL ANCE
SUBWOOFER
Playing the FM/AM Radio (LX model)
Speed-sensit ive Volume Compensat ion (SVC)
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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 .129
Playing the FM/AM Radio (LX model)
A udio System L ighting
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Playing a Disc (L X model)
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SKIP BUTTONS
SCAN BUTTON POWER/VOLUME KNOB CD BUTTON
FOLDER BAR LOAD INDICATOR
TITLE BUTTON
EJECT BUTTON
TUNE/SOUND KNOB
RPT/RDM (REPEAT/RANDOM)
BAR
A.SEL (AUTO SELECT) BUTTON
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To load or play a disc, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position. The specif ications f or compatible
MP3 f iles are:
Bitrate:
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
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.
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. Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
16/22.05/24 kHz (MPEG2)
If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA f iles, you can choose the
f ormat to listen by pressing and
holding CD button until you hear a
beep.
NOTE:
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays UNSUPPORTED, and then
skips to the next f ile.
Video CDs and DVD discs do not
work in this unit.
CONT INUED
To Play a Disc
Playing a Disc (L X model)
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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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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.
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page. 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
artist, album, and track tag. Each time you press the TITLE
button, the display shows you the
text data on a disc, if the disc was
recorded with text data.
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
When you press and release the
TITLE button while a disc without
text data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.
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T ext Data Display Function
To Load a Disc
Playing a Disc (L X model)
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You can use the SKIP buttons while
a disc is playing to select passages
and change tracks (files in MP3/
WMA mode).
Each time you press and
release the SKIP button, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
release the to skip backward to
the beginning of the current track.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
andholdthe or SKIP
button.
The display shows up to about 14
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 14
characters, you will see the first 14
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the
TITLE button until the next 14
characters are shown.
You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
When playing a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
SK IP
Playing a Disc (L X model)
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In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode
Each time you press and release the
RPTsideof thebar,themode
changes f rom f ile repeat to f older
repeat, then to normal playing. This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, press and
release the RDM side of the RPT/
RDM bar. In MP3 or WMA mode,
presstheRDMsideof thebar
repeatedly to select RDM (within a
disc random play). You will see RDM
in the display. Press the RDM side of
the bar for 2 seconds to return to
normal play.
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the FOLDER bar. Press the side of the bar to skip to the next
f older, and the side of the bar to
skip to the beginning of the previous
f older.
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT side of
theRPT/RDMbar.YouwillseeRPT
in the display. Press and hold the
RPTsidefor2secondstoturnitoff. This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press the RPT side of the
RPT/RDM bar twice. You will see
F-RPT in the display. The system
continuously replays the current
folder. Press the RPT side of the bar
again to turn it off. Pressing the
RDM side of the bar, or selecting a
different folder with the FOLDER
bar also turns of f the repeat f eature. RANDOM (Random within a
disc)
FOLDER SELECTION
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT) FOL DER-REPEA T
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